DoomsdaysCW<p>Looks like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KochBrothers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KochBrothers</span></a> got their money's worth!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a> Secretly Participated in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KochNetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KochNetwork</span></a> Donor Events</p><p>Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a>. </p><p>by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski<br>Sept. 22, 2023</p><p>"The Koch network is among the largest and most influential political organizations of the last half century, and it’s underwritten a far-reaching campaign to influence the course of American law. In a case the Supreme Court will hear this coming term, the justices could give the network a historic victory: limiting federal agencies’ power to issue <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</span></a> in areas ranging from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> to labor rights to consumer protection. After shepherding the case to the court, Koch network staff attorneys are now asking the justices to overturn a decades-old precedent. (Thomas used to support the precedent but flipped his position in recent years.)"<br> <br>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-secretly-attended-koch-brothers-donor-events-scotus" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/clarenc</span><span class="invisible">e-thomas-secretly-attended-koch-brothers-donor-events-scotus</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImpeachJusticeThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImpeachJusticeThomas</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ScotusIsCorrupt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScotusIsCorrupt</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SCROTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCROTUS</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImpeachClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImpeachClarenceThomas</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ScrotusSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScrotusSunday</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRegulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRegulations</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a></p>