Just to recap, Clarence Thomas let a GOP megadonor take him on lavish trips, buy his mom's house and let her live there rent free, pay for his grandnephew to attend a private boarding school — all in secret until now.

How is he still on the Supreme Court?

RT @AOC
Members of the Supreme Court:
‼️Accepted payments from billionaires and special interests
‼️who had business before the court
‼️and kept that info from the public
‼️now they are refusing to comply with a Congressional inquiry about it

The Court is de-legitimizing *themselves.* https://twitter.com/basedmikelee/status/1651369912215158784

When you have lost NPR, the most benign and fair member-funded news organization in the USA, you know you are making bad choices. Get off Twitter; save Tesla.

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/1169269161/npr-leaves-twitter-government-funded-media-label

"The size and age of the Cosmos are beyond ordinary human understanding. Lost somewhere between immensity and eternity is our tiny planetary home."
— Carl Sagan

The Milky Way over La Silla Observatory. Credit: ESO/S. Brunier

Hiding Place
by Christopher Weyant, The Boston Globe, MA

#Cartoon #EditorialCartoon #SchoolShooting #USA #GOP #Republicans #USPolitics

RT @FarmActionUS
🚨 The largest U.S. egg producer's profits surged 718% last quarter as Americans struggle to afford to feed their families.

Corporations have gotten away with price-gouging consumers for too long. It's time for consequences.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/29/business/egg-profits-cal-maine/index.html

The American Library Association has released new data about book bans in the United States. The numbers shattered last year's records.

This page has a lot more explanation of what's happening, more images to share, and ways you can get involved.

https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/2022-book-bans/

h/t @elaterite

#BookBans #Books #Libraries #Literacy #History #Histodon

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.

The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.

Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.

The list goes on...

Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.