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Father, husband, #geek, #coffee lover. #NHL #NHLJets fan #CFL #BlueBombers fan. Living in glorious Winnipeg Canada.

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cdarwin , to random
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Clarence Thomas Is Hiding Even More Money Than We Knew.

A new report from Fix the Court, a judicial watchdog and advocacy group,
found that justices on the U.S. Supreme Court received close to a total of
$3 million in gifts, at least, over the last 20 years
—with more than $2.4 million of those gifts being directed solely to Justice Clarence Thomas.

Thomas has repeatedly been the focus of ethical scrutiny over reports that
he received exorbitant gifts and vacations from Republican billionaires,
never paid back a loan for his beloved R.V.,
and cavorted with the Koch brothers,
while failing to adequately disclose many of the perks he’s received.

All of this has been reported on extensively by publications such as ProPublica.
Now, Fix the Court has worked to add it all up.

Fix the Court was able to identify 103 gifts that Thomas received between 2004 and 2024,
totaling a value of $2,402,310.

Overall, it found 193 when counting some gifts that were received before that period.

These gifts could be a number of things: often meals or lodging, with a free flight counting as one gift and a round-trip journey counting as two.
https://newrepublic.com/post/182386/supreme-court-clarence-thomas-hiding-money

caffeinatedgeek ,
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@cdarwin what an embarrassment for the USA judicial system. Supreme Court justices aren’t cheap but they can be purchased.

GottaLaff , to random
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Still feeling pretty awful, so posting and replies at a minimum today again. I’ll post a few this a.m., then, just alerts.

Thank you ahead of time for all the kind words and good wishes.

caffeinatedgeek ,
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@GottaLaff oh no. Caught a bad Canadian virus that can only survive in northern climes leaving you no immunity? <jk> feel better soon.

GottaLaff , to random
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Ahem. Attention please.

I am now in #Canada. 🇨🇦🍁

That is all.

👏🏻💃🏼🥳💥‼️‼️‼️‼️

caffeinatedgeek ,
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@GottaLaff welcome to the great white north, eh.

jerry , to random
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I get to go visit the house my oldest son and his fiancé are buying today. I have to say that it’s an odd realization that my biological purpose for existing is now complete.

caffeinatedgeek ,
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@jerry oh, there WILL be household repairs that will require dad’s help (and tools)

GottaLaff , to random
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🇨🇦We are in ! 😊For 9 days.☹️

caffeinatedgeek ,
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@GottaLaff Welcome!

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