"All six Republican-appointed justices reached the Court with the backing of the Federalist Society, with a billionaire-funded, religious-right-backed mandate to 'make America great again' – that is, to take us back to the America of the 1920’s, when capitalism was unrestrained and racial and gender hierarchies were uncontested."
Since we now know Alito was flying his flag upside down at the time, let’s review one of the plans the coup plotters had involving him.
This interview by criminal defendant Powell is interesting. It suggests that the purpose of the insurrection was to DELAY the electoral college certification to give #Alito time to intervene on this legal challenge. But, Powell says they didn’t anticipate Pelosi reconvening Congress that day.
Crimal defendant Powell is interesting. It suggests that the purpose of the insurrection was to DELAY the electoral college certification to give #scotus#Alito time to intervene on this legal challenge. But, Powell says they didn’t anticipate Speaker Pelosi reconvening Congress.
Remember when John Eastman admitted his proposals to nullify the 2020 election would lose at #SCOTUS 7-2?
The two Eastman was counting on for the insurrection were Thomas (atop the 11th circuit where they filed a lawsuit in Georgia) and Alito (atop the 5th circuit where they filed a lawsuit in Texas). That’s according to under-oath testimony from Pence’s lawyer. 2/
After the 2020 presidential election, as Trump falsely claimed that President Joe Biden had stolen the election, people displayed a startling symbol outside their homes, on their cars and in online posts: an upside-down American flag. One of the homes flying an inverted flag during that time was the residence of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, in Alexandria, Virginia, according to photographs and interviews with neighbors. Alarmed neighbors snapped photographs, some of which were recently obtained by The New York Times. Word of the flag filtered back to the court, people who worked there said in interviews. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkbwLFZhawBqK2b9gW08z3g/join Five Minute News with Anthony Davis is an Evergreen Podcast, covering politics, inequality, health and climate - delivering independent, unbiased and essential news for the US and across the world. Visit us online at http://www.fiveminute.news Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/fiveminnews Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/fiveminnews Support us on Patreon http://www.patreon.com/fiveminutenews You can subscribe# to Five Minute News with your preferred podcast app, ask your smart speaker, or enable Five Minute News as your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing skill. Please subscribe HERE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkbwLFZhawBqK2b9gW08z3g?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"The mere impression of political opinion can be a problem, the ethics experts said. 'It might be his spouse or someone else living in his home, but he shouldn’t have it in his yard as his message to the world,' said Amanda Frost, a law professor at the University of Virginia."
"This is 'the equivalent of putting a "Stop the Steal" sign in your yard, which is a problem if you’re deciding election-related cases,' she said."
Au procès Alain Gardère, le préfet, le général et le patron nient toute corruption
Le contrat de sécurisation des locaux de «Charlie Hebdo» en 2015 a occupé les premiers jours du #procès pour #corruption. L’ex-préfet #AlainGardère, le général #BrunoDary et le chef d’entreprises Tibor Vass ont nié tout traitement de faveur ainsi que l’existence de contreparties.
Even in blue states, corporations that promise jobs & economic growth, dictate the rules, which frequently means low pay & few regulations:
Amazon gets $137M in NY State welfare.
In violation of state open records laws, the secretive state Subsidy Board waived rules on hiring & prevailing wages.
@Ziggurat Ça risquerait d’éloigner les citoyen·ne·s de leur institution… ;-)
Amha c’est une question importante, mais transverse… (Et pas évidente à « vendre » dans une campagne électorale.)
Ceci dit, j’espère que les projets de lutte contre la #corruption porteront leurs fruits, et qu’il n’y aura plus d’affaires de cette ampleur avant longtemps.
Argent liquide et soupçons de corruption: un géant belge du BTP et la Société générale empêtrés au Tchad
Les justices française et belge ont été saisies d’une affaire présumée de #corruption et d’abus de biens sociaux visant des cadres français d’un groupe de #BTP belge, en lien avec la construction d’un palace au #Tchad. L’entreprise a retiré des millions d’euros en liquide sur son compte à la #SociétéGénérale.
In the US ordinary people don't really notice how corrupt capitalism (the cancer stage of capitalism) is affecting their day to day life in all kinds of ways. They just notice that goods and services have gotten expensive but don't understand one of the major causes: private equity.
As Chris Geidner notes, Justice Clarence Thomas is mouthing off about what a "hideous place" Washington is. But for 33 years Thomas has willingly sat on the Supreme bench, exercising enormous influence from that place he claims to see as hideous. And:
"Over the next seven weeks, Thomas will be one of nine people releasing decisions in 40 cases at the Supreme Court that will set forth the standard" (cont. in /2)
Republicans hate Girls and Women - they have already bent the laws to be able to murder us and disappear us. They are now making it legal to humiliate and torture us. There is no love - and there is nothing redeemable - in a man who would be ok with this assault, subjugation, and physical abuse of Girls and Women. Girls and Women aren't vessels to club and claim caveman style. We aren't vessels to impregnate and imprison. We are autonomous beings with fundamental human rights to self determine. And: whether raped or not--> Abortion is healthcare! Ps.Men speak up for us.
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They scammed the country. Leonard Leo ally Tim Busch says that abortion isn’t a “states rights” issue after all. Nope. They plan to use the 14th Amendment to overturn state constitutional amendments protecting abortion rights. He also calls SCOTUS the “Leo court.”
Le Qatargate à un tournant : toute l’enquête passée au tamis (www.rtbf.be) French