ProPublica reports that Thomas was in debt, frustrated with his salary, and implying he’d resign from the Supreme Court if his financial situation didn’t change—just before Harlan Crow and other conservatives started lavishing him with expensive gifts and luxury vacations.

Before he began receiving expensive gifts and luxury vacations from Harlan Crow and other conservative benefactors, Clarence Thomas reportedly expressed significant concerns about his financial situation—even prompting concerns from a Republican lawmaker more than 20 years ago that he might resign from the Supreme Court if he could not boost his salary.

“One or more justices will leave soon” if justices aren’t given a raise, Thomas told then Republican Representative Cliff Stearns in 2000, as they flew home from a conservative conference at a Georgia resort, according to ProPublica.

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    11 months ago

    Funny, there’s nothing in Faux’s website about this. Nor about how an entire binder of highly classified intelligence mysteriously disappeared from the White House during the final days of the trump administration.

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      11 months ago

      Funny, there’s nothing in Faux’s website about this.

      Of course not; they’re afraid of their base.

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        11 months ago

        It’s worse than that. Keeping their viewers in the dark about shit like this is their mission.

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          Indeed; a dog learns more truth about the world from sniffing another dog’s ass.