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‘An ethical crisis of its own making’: Democrats blast Supreme Court ethics
3 days, 16 hours ago

‘An ethical crisis of its own making’: Democrats blast Supreme Court ethics

Al Jazeera  

In a new report, Democrats on the US Senate Judiciary Committee call out alleged ethical lapses among high court justices. A report from Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee has detailed new allegations about the “lavish gifts” justices on the United States Supreme Court received from donors. In their report, the Democrats slammed the Supreme Court’s chief justice, conservative John …

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A funny guide to Pride with all the must-see comedy documentaries and live shows in L.A.
6 months, 3 weeks ago

A funny guide to Pride with all the must-see comedy documentaries and live shows in L.A.

LA Times  

On May 7, 2022, the inaugural Netflix Is a Joke festival’s “Stand Out” show welcomed to the Greek Theatre stage 22 diverse LGBTQ+ comedians, including Eddie Izzard, Wanda Sykes, Lily Tomlin, Sandra Bernhard, Rosie O’Donnell, Trixie Mattel, Tig Notaro, Sam Jay, Mae Martin, Joel Kim Booster, Fortune Feimster and Bob the Drag Queen. Elsewhere across Los Angeles: Trixie Mattel’s packed …

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Lauren Boebert 'caught in a lie' after hyping bridge project she voted against funding
7 months ago

Lauren Boebert 'caught in a lie' after hyping bridge project she voted against funding

Raw Story  

Rep. Lauren Boebert took to social media Wednesday to boast about a bridge project in her area, and it didn't go well. Many others highlighted Boebert's two-step of praising funds she voted against going to a project in her state — including the Biden administration itself. "One thing about Congressional Republicans…they’re going to take credit for investments they voted against," …

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How to fix a Supreme Court filled with corrupt stooges for the morbidly rich
8 months, 2 weeks ago

How to fix a Supreme Court filled with corrupt stooges for the morbidly rich

Raw Story  

When the Mifepristone case came before the Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas and Sam Alito bizarrely brought up their desire to see the Comstock Act again enforced. LBJ proposed elevating the only Jewish member of the US Supreme Court, Abe Fortas, to become the new Chief Justice, but racist and antisemitic “conservatives” like Thurmond — and presidential candidate Richard Nixon — …

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Column: Something for Biden to brag about — his IRS funding more than pays for itself
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Column: Something for Biden to brag about — his IRS funding more than pays for itself

LA Times  

It goes without saying that President Biden will take the podium for Thursday’s State of the Union address armed with facts and figures of all that he’s accomplished for the American people during his term. That’s the outcome of a provision of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which endowed the IRS with $80 billion in new funding over 10 …

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Republicans defending Clarence Thomas have gotten nearly $500K from Harlan Crow
1 year, 7 months ago

Republicans defending Clarence Thomas have gotten nearly $500K from Harlan Crow

Salon  

Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have spent recent weeks fiercely defending the deep corruption on the Supreme Court in the wake of major scandals involving several conservative justices, saying that reining in the Court is "unnecessary." According to an analysis by Accountable.US, all nine of the Senate Judiciary Republicans have collectively received nearly half a million dollars in donations …

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Supreme Court scandals: John Roberts’ refusal to do anything is the move of a monarchist.
1 year, 7 months ago

Supreme Court scandals: John Roberts’ refusal to do anything is the move of a monarchist.

Slate  

Last Thursday, Sen. Dick Durbin invited Chief Justice John Roberts to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee about, well, to put it directly—the Supreme Court’s diaphanous ethics regime. Put aside for a moment Politico’s new report that Justice Neil Gorsuch failed to disclose that he’d sold his valuable Colorado property to a prominent lawyer with multiple cases before the court …

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Senate Democrats Urge John Roberts To Probe Clarence Thomas' Undisclosed Gifts
1 year, 8 months ago

Senate Democrats Urge John Roberts To Probe Clarence Thomas' Undisclosed Gifts

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday urged Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to investigate a recent bombshell report that Justice Clarence Thomas has accepted and failed to disclose 20 years’ worth of lavish gifts and luxury travel from a billionaire GOP megadonor. “Senator Durbin is, of course, right that Chief Justice Roberts has a …

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Why is there still no justice for Emmett Till?
2 years, 11 months ago

Why is there still no justice for Emmett Till?

Al Jazeera  

The Jim Crow era may be gone but its spirit is alive and well. White womanhood and keeping Black men ‘in their place’ Sixty-six years ago, Till’s mutilated body was fished out of the Tallahatchie River in Mississippi. I’m likely to kill him.” Keeping Black men in their place was central to how white America enforced anti-Black racism and designed …

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Texas Lawmakers Sound The Alarm: Senate Dems Lack Urgency On Voting Rights
3 years, 4 months ago

Texas Lawmakers Sound The Alarm: Senate Dems Lack Urgency On Voting Rights

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― Texas Democrats who left the state to prevent Republicans from passing new voting restrictions continued a public campaign in Washington, D.C., this week to convince federal lawmakers to pass sweeping voting rights legislation. Six of the Texas Democrats who left their state to block a new voting restrictions bill gathered at the Martin Luther King …

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Voting rights: What Manchin and Sinema can learn from the Lincoln Republicans
3 years, 5 months ago

Voting rights: What Manchin and Sinema can learn from the Lincoln Republicans

CNN  

CNN — By the standards Democratic Sens. “If you had the same formula some are suggesting now – ‘We’ve got to have a Republican or we can’t put this fire out’ – you wouldn’t have had the 14th or 15th amendments if that had been operative back then,” says Democratic Rep. John Sarbanes of Maryland, one of the lead sponsors …

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Mondaire Jones: Manchin ‘Would Rather Preserve Jim Crow’ For Bipartisanship
3 years, 6 months ago

Mondaire Jones: Manchin ‘Would Rather Preserve Jim Crow’ For Bipartisanship

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Rep. Mondaire Jones responded Sunday to Sen. Joe Manchin, who said he would vote against a timely elections reform bill, describing the West Virginia Democrat as someone who “would rather preserve Jim Crow” under the excuse of bipartisanship. More Marjorie Taylor Greene’s, more Louie Gohmert’s, more Jim Jordan’s ― and now we have the opportunity to actually …

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In Push To End Filibuster, Democrats Point To Its Civil Rights-Era History
3 years, 8 months ago

In Push To End Filibuster, Democrats Point To Its Civil Rights-Era History

NPR  

In Push To End Filibuster, Democrats Point To Its Civil Rights-Era History Enlarge this image toggle caption Alyssa Pointer/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution/Pool/AP Alyssa Pointer/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution/Pool/AP Democrats working to dismantle the filibuster as a major impediment to their legislative agenda say the procedural maneuver is a threat to civil rights. "The question will be for Democrats who were powered into office …

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A cold civil war is being waged in America
3 years, 8 months ago

A cold civil war is being waged in America

Al Jazeera  

In the US, the right-wing voter suppression efforts reached a level not seen since the era of segregation, when white supremacists in the South had passed laws to deny Black Americans the right to vote and threatened everyone who dared to resist with violence. In Georgia, Governor Brian Kemp signed a law on March 25 that will, among other things, …

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Colorado congressman calls for federal action on gun legislation in wake of Boulder mass shooting
3 years, 9 months ago

Colorado congressman calls for federal action on gun legislation in wake of Boulder mass shooting

CNN  

Washington CNN — Rep. Jason Crow is urging Congress to act on gun measures that he argues would make communities safer in the wake of a deadly mass shooting Monday in his home state that left 10 people dead. It’s that simple,” the Colorado Democrat told CNN’s John Berman on “New Day.” Ten people, including a police officer, were killed …

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Warnock: GOP voting restrictions resurrect ‘Jim Crow era’
3 years, 9 months ago

Warnock: GOP voting restrictions resurrect ‘Jim Crow era’

Associated Press  

Sen. Raphael Warnock, whose election as Georgia’s first Black senator gave control of the chamber to Democrats, used his first floor speech on Capitol Hill to blast a wave of Republican-backed measures that would make it harder to cast ballots in states around the country. “We are witnessing right now a massive and unabashed assault on voting rights and voter …

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‘Autocratic. Anti-Democratic. Anti-American’: Schumer launches blistering attack on GOP bills targeting voting rights
3 years, 9 months ago

‘Autocratic. Anti-Democratic. Anti-American’: Schumer launches blistering attack on GOP bills targeting voting rights

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said lawmakers will revive …

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The Supreme Court may be set to gut voting rights — but Democrats can still stop them
3 years, 9 months ago

The Supreme Court may be set to gut voting rights — but Democrats can still stop them

Salon  

With the news cycle as nuts as it is — the constant pandemic news, the ongoing fallout from the Capitol insurrection, conservatives pretending to believe Dr. Seuss was "canceled" — it likely passed many people's attention that the Supreme Court listened to arguments Tuesday that may signal the end of voting rights as we know them. Instead, the concern is …

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