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DARK SECRETS: 14 - The Real Truth

Chief justice urged to make Alito and Thomas step aside in megadonor cases

More than 40 watchdog groups call on John Roberts to force US supreme court justices to step aside after ethics scandals

The Guardian - US

Call for Clarence Thomas to recuse grow

Ethics violations by Justice Thomas and others on the Supreme Court keep piling up

Salon

Ken Burns defends Clarence Thomas photo

The filmmaker was caught taking a photo with the justice and the businessman David Koch

Salon

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Revelations of Clarence Thomas’s Koch links stoke supreme court reform calls

Senate judiciary panel member Whitehouse says ‘Oh, my’ after report links justice to hard-right Koch network

The Guardian - US

Thomas' latest scandal "sickens" experts

The latest outrage over Thomas' conduct follows a report revealing his ties to the Koch brothers' political network

Salon

Thomas attended fundraisers for conservative political group, ProPublica report says

A new report from ProPublica claims that Thomas has maintained a close relationship with the Koch network and that on at least two occasions, he spoke at fundraising events for the organization.

WEKU

Revealed: Thomas went to Koch events

Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, helping a political network that has brought cases to SCOTUS

Salon

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Clarence Thomas ‘secretly attended two Koch donor summits’, report says

Supreme Court Justice has been accused of conflict of interest over a string of expensive vacations and gifts

The Independent UK

Clarence Thomas spoke at two donor events of ultra-right Koch network

Justice took part in fundraising events for Koch brothers’ organization which has brought cases before supreme court

The Guardian - US

AOC slams Justice Alito during hearing

An ethics expert told Rep. Ocasio-Cortez that Alito would have had to recuse himself if he served on a lower court

Salon

Silver Dollar Road review – another Raoul Peck documentary triumph

The I Am Not Your Negro director’s adaptation of a 2019 ProPublica investigation effectively connects one family’s story with the larger scourge of legal Black land theft

The Guardian - US

Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh predicts "concrete steps soon" to address ethics concerns

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh has told attendees at a judicial conference in Ohio that addressing recent ethics concerns can increase public confidence in the institution

The Independent UK

Ken Paxton Repeatedly Refused to Defend State Agencies in Court

An investigation by ProPublica and TexasTribune found that the Attorney General forced taxpayers to pay for their defense instead.

Texas Observer

Senator files ethics complaint against supreme court justice Samuel Alito

Sheldon Whitehouse writes to Chief Justice John Roberts about ‘several’ ethics violations, citing Wall Street Journal interview

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The Texas Tribune

Texas AG Ken Paxton’s habit of refusing to defend state agencies cost taxpayers

Records obtained by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune give deeper insight into how Paxton’s representation denials often pushed agencies to look for outside legal counsel that was ultimately funded by taxpayers.

Chicago Sun-Times

Justice Clarence Thomas reports he took 3 trips on Republican donor’s plane last year

Thomas said he was complying with new guidelines for reporting travel, but he did not include any earlier travel at billionaire Harlan Crow’s expense, including a 2019 trip to Indonesia aboard his yacht.

Salon

"Hogwash": Experts doubt Thomas' excuses

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas acknowledged that he took three trips aboard the GOP megadonor's plane

WEKU

Now-released forms reveal more trips gifted to Justice Clarence Thomas by Harlan Crow

In a statement accompanying Thursday's disclosure, a lawyer for Thomas said there had been "no willful ethics transgressions" and called prior reporting errors "strictly inadvertent."

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The Guardian - US

‘He’s an insider’: Ramaswamy’s deep ties to rightwing kingpins revealed

Republican candidate brands himself as an ‘outsider’ but has close links to prominent figures Leonard Leo and Peter Thiel

WEKU

Why doctors pay millions in fees that could be spent on care

The shift to electronic medical payments gave rise to a new kind of health care middlemen, who now charge 1-5% every time insurers pay doctors. Here's how lobbyists convinced regulators this was OK.

Salon

EPA approves highly toxic fuel additive

Current and former EPA scientists said that the threat level of a new Chevron fuel ingredient is unheard of

The Independent UK

House Democrats call for investigation into Clarence Thomas over corruption claims

‘Refusing to hold him accountable would set a dangerous precedent,’ they wrote

The Guardian - US

AOC leads call for federal ethics investigation into Clarence Thomas

Democrats make demand in letter to attorney general Merrick Garland and condemn judge’s ‘blatant disregard for judicial ethics’

Capital & Main

L.A. Housing Department Demands Residential Hotels Stop Renting Rooms to Tourists

After a Capital & Main and ProPublica investigation found that landlords were turning low-cost housing into tourist hotels, the city ordered some building owners to comply with the law.

The Guardian - US

‘Unprecedented, stunning, disgusting’: Clarence Thomas condemned over billionaire gifts

Calls for the supreme court justice to resign grow as new details of 38 more undeclared gifts and vacations from rich donors emerge

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