I’m sure this is totally fine

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    That yacht trip to Russia is listed as 2003. So, the Russians have had a US Supreme Court justice on their payroll for 20 years now?

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    Of all the things I’m not surprised by, this is one of them. The fact that a Republican accepts bribes from Vladimir Putin ought to be immensely shocking, but the last ten years have utterly destroyed my capacity to be shocked by these people.

    Assuming this country survives, history books looking back at this era are going to be fucking wild.

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      No, it’s internal bribery. While its not entirely clear where those bribes came from, in the text, they are listed in the table:

      “Likely Undisclosed Gifts and Income from Harlan Crow and Affiliated Companies”

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      Remember, that’s the playbook… The waves never stop crashing on the shore and you become numb to how totally unacceptable even one of these corrupt acts is. Before you know it, there are 300 of them at your feet and they are consistently escalating and you are just exhausted and overwhelmed.

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    The president has the explicit authority to direct the DOJ to enforce laws

    He can order them to detain Thomas in Gitmo.

    And it would be 100% legit thanks to recent rulings.

    Or…

    Biden can just not do shit because he personally doesn’t think he should be allowed to

    We need a president willing to use every tool at their disposal to stop fascism, not one that’s fine with loosing as long as they tried their “goodest”

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      Too busy trying to not rock the boat meanwhile other people are actively punching holes in it

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      Do you honestly think Biden is fully aware of and capable of using his newly decided powers? I don’t.

      Hell, would you trust Biden to drive your car home for you after it gets dark outside?

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        To put it bluntly, if I were as old as he is, I would just start ordering things to happen, because ultimately the worst that happens is the people say no, put me in a cushy federal resort prison for a couple years, and I’m dead.

        I trust plenty of people with physical limitations to do mental things, but not physical things.

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        “your president won’t even order the murder of citizens without a trial, what a huge fucking coward he is for not taking the easy road”

        This is what you sound like to people residing in reality.

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    Ah, well. That explains AOC filing articles of impeachment now.

    You don’t accept bribes from internal to the U.S. but you DEFINITELY don’t accept bribes from ENEMIES of the U.S.

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        It’s always been amazing to look at the lobbyists donation amounts to senators to see how cheaply they can be bought.

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          I dont know why everyone assumes it has to be like millions. They already make decent money, and then they feel entitled to this extra compensation, its less about the amounts and more about precedent

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            I’m sure in many cases they’d do it for free because they agree in general, it’s just looks strange to see values in the hundreds by these absolutely behemoth companies.

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              Yeah you start to wonder if the companies almost have to take advantage or be accused of not pursuing profits for their shareholders.

              I think a lot of this bribery stuff only becomes officially illegal later on as well, so maybe they feel they are in a sort of grey area thats defensible.

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    Amazing how cheap it is to buy out the highest court of the most powerful nation

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      Maybe a gofundme-Campaign? I guess it can’t be very hard to raise some measly bucks for a bribe if that’s how it has to be.

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        I just can’t imagine what type of person spends their entire lives studying law and justice, applying the Constitution to real life cases, etc., and is then able to just throw that all away for a few boat trips and a vacation or two…

        Like there has to be malice here, not just incompetence. Thomas and Alito, at the very least, are purposely setting alight the Constitution they have dedicated their lives to and swore to uphold out of some form of anger or vengeance. It’s the only explanation.

        They know exactly what they are doing, probably better than anyone else on the planet given their credentials. And for what?

        It’s sickening.

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    At this point a new revelation about Thomas doesn’t even really count as evidence that he’s corrupt - it’s evidence that he’s even more corrupt.

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    Fun fact: the constitution talks about supreme Court justices having immunity just as much as it talks about presidents having immunity

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      On whose authority?

      No, really. I’m serious. Who is able to arrest them for their crimes? I know they can be impeached by Congress but I wonder if even that is enough. Can’t they just appeal their cases all the way up to their peers in the SCOTUS and be absolved of any crimes via a corrupt court?

      I’m extremely afraid of the trajectory we are on here in the USA.

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        Well, that depends… given what the powers they just granted POTUS… they could just be dispatched as long as it’s an “official act” right? Bizarro world.

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    Oh yeah that totally seems normal. Definitely no reason to stop the Supreme Court’s corruption - they said so themselves!

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    I am willing to bet the majority of the MAGA movement is funded by Russia. Everything goes back to Putin every fucking time.

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          And got a fucking polonium pin prick for it… While in London.

          Unless we’re talking about different people.