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A caucus of military veterans seeks to bridge the political divide in a polarized Congress
1 week, 4 days ago

A caucus of military veterans seeks to bridge the political divide in a polarized Congress

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The players in this year’s Army-Navy football game kept up a long tradition, with each side honoring the other’s school song when the contest ended. “We’re trying to lead by example, both within Congress to show our colleagues that this is possible, but also to America more broadly,” said Colorado Democrat Jason Crow, who is one of the …

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Caucus of military veterans seeks to bridge the political divide in a polarized Congress
1 week, 5 days ago

Caucus of military veterans seeks to bridge the political divide in a polarized Congress

LA Times  

For Country Caucus co-chair Rep. Jason Crow, right, and Rep. Steve Womack pose for a portrait at the Capitol following a vote Dec. 12 in Washington. “We’re trying to lead by example, both within Congress to show our colleagues that this is possible, but also to America more broadly,” said Colorado Democrat Jason Crow, who is one of the outgoing …

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Rep. Byron Donalds, his gigantic Jim Crow myth and a forgotten fact about Black voters
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Rep. Byron Donalds, his gigantic Jim Crow myth and a forgotten fact about Black voters

Raw Story  

As we celebrated Juneteenth last week, a political argument is brewing about the legacy of the Jim Crow era. During Jim Crow, more Black people were not just conservative — Black people have always been conservative-minded — but more Black people voted conservatively,’ Donalds told the audience Tuesday.” Critics listed a myriad of horrors from the Jim Crow era, from …

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'You brought it up!' MSNBC's Joy Reid confronts Byron Donalds for praising Jim Crow era
7 months ago

'You brought it up!' MSNBC's Joy Reid confronts Byron Donalds for praising Jim Crow era

Raw Story  

Rep. Byron Donalds came on MSNBC with Joy Reid to defend his recently revealed comments at a Black Americans for Trump gathering that "during Jim Crow, the Black family was together" and former President Lyndon Johnson and welfare programs destroyed those family values. "The stuff that comes up about Jim Crow, and twisting my words saying I was being nostalgic …

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How we got to 'Made in China'
9 months, 1 week ago

How we got to 'Made in China'

NPR  

How we got to 'Made in China' Enlarge this image China Photos/Getty Images China Photos/Getty Images In 1937, Carl Crow wrote a book that offered corporate America a glimpse of a new moneymaking frontier. Sponsor Message In a new book, Made in China, historian Elizabeth O'Brien Ingleson explains how corporate America began reconceptualizing trade with China in the 1970s, the …

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The Supreme Court has adopted a conduct code, but who will enforce it?
1 year, 1 month ago

The Supreme Court has adopted a conduct code, but who will enforce it?

Raw Story  

This article originally appeared in ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. The new Supreme Court code’s lack of any apparent enforcement process is “the elephant in the room,” said Stephen Vladeck, a law professor at the University of Texas who studies the court. “The Supreme Court’s promulgation of a code of conduct today is of surpassing historic significance,” former federal …

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Senate Democrats plan to subpoena Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo over Supreme Court justices’ travel
1 year, 2 months ago

Senate Democrats plan to subpoena Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo over Supreme Court justices’ travel

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats said Monday they plan to subpoena Republican megadonor Harlan Crow and conservative activist Leonard Leo for more information about their roles in organizing and paying for luxury travel for Supreme Court justices. The committee could act as soon as next week to authorize Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the panel’s chairman, to issue subpoenas to Crow, Leo …

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What Is No Labels’ Plan for 2024? Wrong Question.
1 year, 6 months ago

What Is No Labels’ Plan for 2024? Wrong Question.

Slate  

This is part of Two Bad, a series exploring Americans’ lackluster enthusiasm for the 2024 election and the problem of the third-party candidate. No Labels plans to run its own presidential candidate in 2024 if it decides the major parties’ nominees are, quote, “unacceptable”—a determination that it says could apply to a rematch between Biden and Donald Trump. It was …

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How Clarence Thomas 'made it easier' for the super-rich to 'influence the political system'
1 year, 8 months ago

How Clarence Thomas 'made it easier' for the super-rich to 'influence the political system'

Raw Story  

Throughout his 32 years on the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Clarence Thomas has been controversial. And in November 1993 came a disturbing article from the New York Times' Neil A. Lewis, who reported that Thomas had told a law clerk, "The liberals made my life miserable for 43 years, and I'm going to make their lives miserable for 43 years." …

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What to know about the Supreme Court and ethical concerns
1 year, 8 months ago

What to know about the Supreme Court and ethical concerns

NPR  

What to know about the Supreme Court and ethical concerns Enlarge this image toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP J. Scott Applewhite/AP New reporting from ProPublica has revealed another example of undisclosed expenses that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas received from a wealthy Republican donor. Among the highlights of the report: Law Megadonor's purchase of Clarence Thomas' property was never disclosed, …

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Clarence Thomas' Citizens United vote enabled billionaire benefactor to boost political power
1 year, 8 months ago

Clarence Thomas' Citizens United vote enabled billionaire benefactor to boost political power

Raw Story  

A report published Monday highlights potential connections between the political influence of Harlan Crow's family and the billionaire GOP megadonor's yearslong endeavor to shower U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas with lavish vacations and other undisclosed gifts. Since Thomas provided a deciding vote in the 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission case, the Crow family's ability to influence federal …

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Supreme Court scandals: John Roberts’ refusal to do anything is the move of a monarchist.
1 year, 8 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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Column: Why are we stuck with a Supreme Court justice who doesn’t follow the law?
1 year, 8 months ago

Column: Why are we stuck with a Supreme Court justice who doesn’t follow the law?

LA Times  

No sooner had Donald Trump finally been fingerprinted and booked than we Americans were reminded of that other V.I.P. The nonprofit news organization ProPublica reported in separate exposes this month how Thomas has for years enjoyed luxe vacations at the expense of Texas billionaire and Republican mega-donor Harlan Crow, and how money actually changed hands in 2014 when a Crow …

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Clarence Thomas reported thousands in income from real estate company that doesn’t exist anymore
1 year, 8 months ago

Clarence Thomas reported thousands in income from real estate company that doesn’t exist anymore

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 Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Over the last two decades, Justice Clarence Thomas reportedly failed …

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Harlan Crowe, 74, the Republican mega-donor who sparked fury by showering Clarence Thomas with gifts
1 year, 9 months ago

Harlan Crowe, 74, the Republican mega-donor who sparked fury by showering Clarence Thomas with gifts

Daily Mail  

Democrats are sounding off about a new report that detailed Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' close relationship with billionaire Harlan Crow. Crow is a Dallas-based real estate magnate Thomas takes annual trips to Topridge, Crow's Adirondacks estate He inherited the real estate empire founded by his father, Trammall Crow, who the Wall Street Journal in 1986 said was the nation's …

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US Justice Clarence Thomas responds to unreported luxury travel
1 year, 9 months ago

US Justice Clarence Thomas responds to unreported luxury travel

Al Jazeera  

The Supreme Court justice says he has ‘sought to comply’ with rules after ProPublica revealed an apparent law violation. United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has responded to a report detailing his failure to disclose luxury trips provided by a Republican megadonor — a possible violation of the law. pic.twitter.com/OzAU0WsRwd — Sheldon Whitehouse April 6, 2023 Meanwhile, Senator Sheldon …

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Clarence Thomas has accepted luxury trips from GOP donor every year without once disclosing them
1 year, 9 months ago

Clarence Thomas has accepted luxury trips from GOP donor every year without once disclosing them

Raw Story  

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. In a statement, Crow acknowledged that he’d extended “hospitality” to the Thomases “over the years,” but said that Thomas never asked for any of it and it was “no different from the hospitality we have extended to our many other dear friends.” Through his largesse, Crow has gained a unique form of access, …

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Fascism makes a comeback — but nothing about its methods is especially new
3 years, 3 months ago

Fascism makes a comeback — but nothing about its methods is especially new

Salon  

On Nov. 3, 2020, the American people conclusively decided to make Donald Trump their first one-term president in more than a quarter-century. Trump tried his hardest to remain in power anyway, fulfilling George Washington's prophecy that a demagogue would manipulate partisanship "to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty." "They want to change the world …

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Democrats point to Georgia in push for new elections law
3 years, 8 months ago

Democrats point to Georgia in push for new elections law

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are spotlighting Georgia as they build their case for a broad overhaul of U.S. election law, arguing the new voting rules in the state are emblematic of Republican measures across the country that threaten access to the polls. A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday — which Democrats provocatively titled “Jim Crow 2021: The Latest Assault …

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Intelligence on Russian hand in US election was clear; it was not always presented that way
3 years, 9 months ago

Intelligence on Russian hand in US election was clear; it was not always presented that way

Firstpost  

Washington: Representative Jason Crow listened during a classified briefing last summer while a top intelligence official said that Russia was hurting Joe Biden’s campaign to help then-president Donald Trump. “We’re so polarised,” Evanina said, “we’re going to be even more susceptible for this kind of activity moving forward.” Former Trump administration officials defended their public assessments of the intelligence. “The …

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The other things Martin Luther King Jr. said at the March on Washington (opinion)
4 years, 4 months ago

The other things Martin Luther King Jr. said at the March on Washington (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Peniel E. Joseph is the Barbara Jordan chair in ethics and political values and the founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is also a professor of history. Los Angeles Clippers Head Coach Doc Rivers spoke for …

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