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12 Jul 2024, 3:00 am
Democratic Lawmakers Seek Criminal Investigation of Justice Thomas MSN – Justin Jouvenal (Washington Post) | Published: 7/9/2024 Two Democratic U.S. senators announced they are seeking a criminal investigation of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas over gifts of travel, a loan for a recreational vehicle, and other benefits he received from wealthy benefactors. [read post]
30 Jul 2024, 8:41 am
” Smitten by the aesthetics and the cultural significance of Khmer antiquities, he became invested in collecting and trafficking them ever since.[15] Latchford had been known as a scholar, collector, and benefactor of Cambodian art due to his generous donation to the National Museum in Phnom Penh. [read post]
26 Aug 2024, 8:40 pm
</span> </li> </ol> <p> <span style="display: initial;"> <br/> </span> </p> <h2> <span style="display: initial;"> Overcoming Hesitation in Discussing Wealth </span> </h2> <p> <span style="display: initial;"> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span… [read post]
5 Aug 2024, 6:37 am
In late July, the United Nations Security Council released a detailed report on the threats posed by ISIS and al-Qaeda. [read post]
13 Sep 2023, 6:00 am
Mellon was a highly successful financier; one of the world’s first venture-capital investors (financing hundreds of enterprises); a leading philanthropist (original and main benefactor of the National Gallery of Art); and secretary of the U.S. [read post]
14 Aug 2020, 3:00 am
National/Federal Abrupt Change to Census Deadline Could Result in an Undercount of Latino and Black Communities Philadelphia Inquirer – Jose Del Real and Fredrick Kunkle (Washington Post) | Published: 8/9/2020 Census experts and advocates warn the Trump administration’s decision to end the decennial count a month earlier than expected will result in a dramatic undercount of Black and Latino communities across the country, which could have grave effects on federal funding and… [read post]
19 Apr 2024, 3:00 am
The court jumped back into the fray in a case that examines the viability of prosecutions against officials who take gratuities after performing actions that helped their benefactors. [read post]
11 Feb 2022, 3:00 am
National/Federal ‘Blue’ Suburban Moms Are Mobilizing to Counter Conservatives in Fights Over Masks, Book Bans and Diversity Education Washington Post – Annie Gowan | Published: 2/9/2022 Dozens of suburban moms from around the country dialed into an Ohio-based Zoom training session with the same goal – to learn how to combat the increasingly vitriolic rhetoric from parents whose protests over mask mandates and diversity education have turned school board meeting rooms… [read post]
28 Jun 2018, 4:00 am
Each Thursday we present a significant excerpt, usually from a recently published book or journal article. [read post]
28 Jul 2023, 4:00 am
The reports included Justice Clarence Thomas’s travels and relationships with wealthy benefactors. [read post]
24 May 2019, 3:00 am
Dubbed a “personal PAC machine” by The Boston Globe, retired software engineer Paul Egerman has quietly established himself as a key benefactor and rainmaker for Democratic political committees and liberal causes. [read post]
22 Mar 2024, 4:00 am
The rules follow revelations that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had not disclosed luxury trips paid for by a wealthy benefactor. [read post]
10 Mar 2020, 8:43 pm
[This is a version of a letter I sent to the Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property today to call attention to various discrepancies in the proposed witness list, especially the presence of the Pirate Party at a hearing at the world’s greatest deliberative body. [read post]
29 Mar 2024, 4:00 am
” For Thomas’s critics, the selection of Clanton is blatant favoritism, if not nepotism, particularly for a justice already under an ethics cloud for revelations about his gifts and travel from wealthy benefactors. [read post]
24 Mar 2010, 3:17 pm
By Adam Thierer & Berin Szoka As we mentioned yesterday, in a new series of essays, we will be examining proposals being put forward today that would have the government play a greater role in sustaining struggling media enterprises, “saving journalism,” or promoting more “public interest” content. [read post]
2 Dec 2019, 9:01 pm
We are troubled by President Trump’s behavior in connection with the Ukraine scandal and believe it may warrant congressional censure, but is it cause for impeachment and removal? [read post]
22 Dec 2023, 3:00 am
” Documents and interviews offer insight into how Thomas was talking about his finances in a crucial period in his tenure, just as he was developing his relationships with a set of wealthy benefactors. [read post]
9 May 2011, 12:35 pm
Laurie Silvers & Mitchell Rubenstein, the generous benefactors of this rotating chair, were instrumental in the creation of the SciFi network, but left it before it changed its spelling and got into wrestling matches and strange animal combinations like – I am not making this up – the Sharktopus. [read post]
28 Feb 2020, 3:00 am
National/Federal ‘All Traitors Must Die’: Feds charge man for threatening whistleblower attorney Politico – Natasha Bertrand | Published: 2/20/2020 Federal prosecutors in Michigan charged a man with making a death threat against one of the attorneys for a whistleblower who initiated the impeachment inquiry of President Trump. [read post]
3 Mar 2010, 7:33 pm
Today I am testifying at an FCC hearing on “Serving the Public Interest in the Digital Era. [read post]
