ProPublicaJun 21, 2023

Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court
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In the years after the undisclosed trip to #Alaska, #Republican megadonor Paul Singer’s hedge fund has repeatedly had business before the Supreme Court. #Alito has never recused himself.

#SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #PaulSinger

https://www.propublica.org/article/samuel-alito-luxury-fishing-trip-paul-singer-scotus-supreme-court?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court

In the years after the undisclosed trip to Alaska, Republican megadonor Paul Singer’s hedge fund has repeatedly had business before the Supreme Court. Alito has never recused himself.

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Show threadNicole ParsonsJun 21, 2023

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Singer, along with his #KochNetwork buddies spent nearly a billion dollars trying to buy elections in 2022.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/03/drowning-our-democracy-us-billionaires-have-pumped-nearly-900000000-midterms

Singer. Koch. Murdoch. Griffin. Ellison. Schwarzman. Thiel. Musk. Uihlein. Yass. Mellon. Crow. Seid. Wilks. Kelcy Warren. Marcus. Buckley. Javaid. Scaife. Ricketts. Troutt. Hendricks. Fancelli. Ryan. Bradley. Lauder. Dunn. Wilks. Peterffy.

These folks fund fascism.
And coups.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/03/us/politics/midterm-money-billionaires.html
https://qz.com/american-billionaires-political-spending-overwhelmingl-1849751449
https://fortune.com/2022/11/19/midterm-elections-congress-political-donations-business-corporate-pacs/

'Drowning Our Democracy': US Billionaires Have Pumped Nearly $900,000,000 Into Midterms

"A torrent of billionaire cash is drowning our democracy," declared the head of Americans for Tax Fairness less than a week before the midterms.

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Show threadAndrewCCMJun 21, 2023
@Npars01 @ProPublica + Blackrock + Soros
Show threadNicole Parsons

@andrewccm @ProPublica

Soros funds pro-democracy and pro-voting advocacy groups.

Soros puts his money where his heart is, while Republican billionaires fund fascism.

https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/

https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/george-soros/underwriting-democracy/9781586482275/?lens=publicaffairs

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/can-democracy-survive-polycrisis-artificial-intelligence-climate-change-ukraine-war-by-george-soros-2023-06

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/07/george-soros-midterm-super-pac-00072797

Republican billionaires fund anti-democracy advocates like corrupt GOP politician Chris Christie, the Fort Lee Bridge guy.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Lee_lane_closure_scandal

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/04/nyregion/george-washington-bridge-scandal-what-you-need-to-know.html

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2023/06/20/chris-christie-big-donors-trump-fight.html

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Jun 21, 2023 at 7:38pmWeb
Show threadAndrewCCMJun 21, 2023
@Npars01 @ProPublica We’ll have to majorly disagree on that.
Show threadOrcJun 21, 2023
@Npars01 @andrewccm @ProPublica I think the rich fascists also put the money where their hearts (for lack of a better word) are; evil is many things, but practical it aint