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"The flagrant #corruption of the #Court has received a great deal of media attention & public scrutiny in recent years. But that scrutiny has been largely siloed away from coverage of the Court’s substantive deliberations & #decisions. It’s time to break out of those silos.
The story of the justices’ lucrative relationships with #right-wing #billionaires is inseparable from those billionaires’ judicial shadow-lobbying via amicus briefs."
- @foser @theprospect
https://prospect.org/justice/2024-05-02-covering-friends-of-the-court/
Covering the Friends of the Court
The Supreme Court’s corruption scandals will not soon be forgotten, but many already fail to appreciate their full implications.Jamison Foser (The American Prospect)
#EU pledges $1 bn for #Lebanon, urges curbs against illegal #migration
Eight rights groups including #AmnestyInternational and #HumanRights Watch warned before von der #Leyen's #Beirut visit that #Syria was not safe for returns.EU assistance "geared to enabling or incentivising returns to Syria risks resulting in forced returns of #refugees", a statement said.
WhistleÂblowÂer who accused Boeing supplier of ignoring defects dies | Aviation News | Al Jazeera
Geez it starts looking dangerous to speak against Boeing.
WhistleÂblowÂer who accused Boeing supplier of ignoring defects dies
Former Spirit AeroSystems employee Joshua Dean dies after sudden illness, family says.Al Jazeera
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/01/1247512187/federal-judges-disclosures-luxury-trips
#Bribery #SCOTUS #FederalJudiciary #Corruption #AileenCannon
"It’s a rogue court, a thoroughly corrupt one, one that is so far gone in its corruption that it feels free even from the practical obligation to clothe its corruption for the sake of appearances."
#SupremeCourt #Trump #corruption
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"We cannot pretend that this is normal or acceptable. Indeed, the MAGA extremists are depending on Democrats to be temperate, refined, and reserved in the face of corruption. The time for presumptions of goodwill and deference to the Court has passed. It abused our trust and refused to regulate itself. We must do so before it is too late."
~ Robert B. Hubbell
#SupremeCourt #Trump #corruption
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https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/weekend-reader-comments-330
"The display we saw yesterday was a vivid illustration of how the Court has gone thoroughly rogue, cutting itself off from even the appearances of the processes that give it legitimacy. That is the core of the current Court’s corruption."
~ Josh Marshall
#SupremeCourt #Trump #corruption
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The gift link below is from Robert B. Hubbell at Today's Edition.
Peering into the Corrupt Court's Pretensions and Corruption
There were so many things that happened yesterday in the Supreme Court’s...TPM
By @pluralistic : "The specific process by which Google enshittified its search" (24 Apr 2024) https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/24/naming-names/
This is worth a read.
#BadEconomy #tech #enshittification #Internet #fuckery #corruption #InformationLiteracy
From yesterday: Environmental advocates called it “a land grab of Boca Chica State Park land for a private space corporation that is clearly not in the public interest.” So why is the state parks agency seemingly so eager to work with #SpaceX? https://www.texasobserver.org/spacex-tpwd-park-land-musk/
#politics #ElonMusk #news #USpol #Texas #corruption #environment #pollution #SouthTexas
The SpaceX Land Swap Is Only the Latest Texas Public Park Giveaway
Does the state parks agency serve the people, or corporate interests?Lise Olsen (The Texas Observer)
This is exactly want Doug Ford wants. Make things so difficult for family doctors, they quit and move to a private system.
Doctors gets $38 per patient visit yet our #corrupt premier gives Galen Weston $75 every time a pharmacist diagnoses a minor ailment, accurate or not.
#Corruption is destroying this province. Doctors like this leaving the system is a feature, not a bug of this corruption.
Vote out this corrupt set of bastards.
https://torontolife.com/city/family-doctor-clinic-closing-burnout-inflation/
“I’ve been a family doctor for more than 20 years. Now, I have no choice but to close my practice”
Rising costs, new administrative duties and subsequent burnout have made it impossible for physician Fan-Wah Mang to keep her Mississauga clinic open. Delivering the news to her patients—many of whom have nowhere else to go—broke her heartToronto Life
A Manhattan DA prosecutor, Joshua Steinglass, said that #juror 4 or someone w/ their name seems to have been #arrested in the 1990s in Westchester for tearing down #political ads. After some more research, he says, they also found that the juror's wife was previously involved in a #corruption inquiry & cooperated w/ the DA's office. This means that the juror, if they've identified the right person, #lied in response to one of the questions on the questionnaire.
#Trump #criminal #law #TrumpTrial
Our top story: “The terms of iHeartMedia’s podcast agreement with Cruz are not public, and the company’s recent comments do not explain why it is sending money derived from ad sales associated with Cruz’s podcast to a super PAC supporting Cruz’s 2024 reelection campaign ...” https://www.texasobserver.org/ted-cruz-podcast-payoff-fec-complaint/
#news #politics #corruption #democracy #USpol #TedCruz #Congress #Republicans #Texas #podcast
Is Ted Cruz’s Podcast PAC Payoff Scheme Illegal?
The Texas senator’s iHeartMedia deal, which sent over $600,000 to an aligned super PAC, may have broken campaign finance laws—or exploited a new loophole.Justin Miller (The Texas Observer)
Previously: At Abbott's sprawling (and costly) #border base, National Guard soldiers deployed in Eagle Pass will enjoy “chef-driven meals,” a fitness center, a lounge, a sand volleyball court, and an arcade. https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-border-military-base-millions/
#news #politics #USpol #Immigration #Mexico #Texas #GregAbbott #corruption #Republicans
Abbott’s Border Military Base Could Cost Texans $500 Million
Last Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott held a press conference in Eagle Pass, the border town he has turned into a militarized staging ground for his standoff with the feds. It was his third such press conference in as many weeks.Justin Miller (The Texas Observer)
"Today, #Republican senators are trying to kill the legislation...
Some worry about handing President #Biden a win so close to the #election (I’d argue the 400,000 kids lifted out of poverty would be the real winners, but to each their own.)
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said this explicitly in January: “Passing a #tax bill that makes the president look good... means he could be reelected.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/11/child-tax-credit-republicans-senate/
#GOP #Corruption #Politics #Family #Children #USA #News
