We journalists need to get comfortable real quick w/ idea of being seen as fighting for something. And that something is democratic values.
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Thomas trips on Crow's superyacht, the Michaela Rose, that we know of:
Baltics/Russia
The Caribbean
Savannah, Georgia (day trip)
Indonesia
New Zealand
Also, Thomas has a polo embroidered with the logo of the Michaela Rose and the words “March 2007” and “Greek Islands.”
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BTW, we found two more cruises that Thomas took on Crow's superyacht.
Including one to the Baltics and Russia, where they a rented helicopter & visited Yusupov Palace, site of Rasputin’s murder.
(Another guest on that vaykay was the prez of )
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This clip is from a documentary that...Harlan Crow helped fund.
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1/ Justice Thomas & his wife took in their 6 yr old great nephew to live with them to help this young child, just as his grandparents had taken him in when he was 7 yrs old. Here’s Justice Thomas talking about going to live with his grandparents in 1955.(from Created Equal)
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In 2022, South Carolina's GOP-dominated legislature pushed through a redistricting plan that took a competitive district and made it solidly Republican.
They got a surprising boost from one of the country's biggest Democrats: Rep. James Clyburn. (THREAD)
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NEW: A story about Jim Clyburn, one of the most powerful Dems in the country
-He secretly worked with the S.C. GOP on redistricting
-He protected himself
-The cost? Making a swing district safer for the GOP
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This clip is from a documentary that...Harlan Crow helped fund.
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Do you know something about *any* Supreme Court justices that we should know about?
Here is how to reach us, *securely and confidentially.*
We are careful, discreet, and very much *STILL REPORTING.*
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She refused.
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#OnThisDay 1884, Ida B. Wells was riding a train when a railroad conductor ordered her to move from the “all-white” car. She refused. She became a crusading journalist, who exposed the endless lynchings of Black Americans & helped found the @NAACP.
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IMPORTANT: Long-time Thomas associate has just put out a statement acknowledging Crow paid
It argues $ didn't have to be disclosed bc, statement says, kid was not a “dependent child”
FACT: Boy lived with & was raised by Thomases from age six on...
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STATEMENT OF MARK PAOLETTA, FRIEND OF JUSTICE THOMAS
The Thomases have rarely spoken publicly about the remarkably generous efforts to help a child in need. They have always respected the privacy of this young man and his family. It is disappointing and painful, but unsurprising… Show more
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Worth noting, a *non-billionaire* buddy also gave Thomas $5k for the kid's education.
Thomas *did* report that gift.
So why didn't he report Crow's potentially $150,000++ contributions for the same?
Thomas hasn't answered that either.
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Thomas didn't respond to our detailed Qs about the latest payments.
Crow did. His office told us...
“Harlan Crow has long been passionate about the importance of quality education and giving back to those less fortunate, especially at-risk youth."
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NEW: Clarence Thomas had a kid in private school. Harlan Crow paid the tuition.
"Harlan picked up the tab," a frmr school admin told us.
Thomas didn’t disclose it.
$6,200/month
Here’s the wire transfer
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Game is in the refrigerator. Butter is getting hard, and the Jello is jiggling.
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Watching this game on NBA.com is…trippy :
-one camera angle
-no announcers
-muted noises
-court sounds enhanced
It’s like watching the playoffs on Headspace.
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My kid somehow signed me up for Word of the Day. And I have just learned the best writing word ever.
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T-minus 7 minutes to GTFO out of my room.
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Good thread on great SCOTUS reporting...
p.s. if you're a journo and someone tells you, "this isn't news, this is just how things work" -- that's a STRONG SIGN it's a story.
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One way to understand some of the recent Supreme Court reporting is that the justices live in the very small, very rarified world of elite legal circles, which reporters are now newly interested in covering
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One way to understand some of the recent Supreme Court reporting is that the justices live in the very small, very rarified world of elite legal circles, which reporters are now newly interested in covering
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OK, children are not allowed to be seen after 9pm.
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NEW: Justice Clarence Thomas said he was advised he didn’t have to disclose trips and gifts from billionaire Harlan Crow because Crow, a close friend, “did not have business before the court.”
But in at least one case to reach the justices, Crow did.
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NYPD quietly dropped a misconduct charge against officers, one who killed Kawaski Trawick amid a mental health crisis in 112 seconds.
Years after charges were substantiated, the move came suddenly before officers stand trial tomorrow.
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Terrible day.
helped free people from prison, changed laws, got sexual harassers fired, and more. As it did so, it won a Pulitzer, Pulitzer finalist honors 3 times, 3 Polk Awards, a National Magazine Award, etc.
Happy to help editors find great journalists.
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NEW from ProPublica/me: a tale about what happened when corporations, en masse, stopped making donations to a group that embraced Stop The Steal...and then *went*back* to donating
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Current Murdoch lieutenant and one-time architect of the PATRIOT ACT as assistant AG under George W. Bush.
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Astonishing anecdote from the NYT’s Fox story, one that showcases the groveling obeisance that Murdoch’s lieutenants must pay to their boss, even when Rupert himself knows better nytimes.com/2023/04/18/bus
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Senior prosecutors in Westchester, NY have known for years that DWI convictions may have been tainted with mistranslated Spanish warnings.
But the DA’s office didn’t look into it until late 2021, after defense attorneys forced the issue
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. acknowledges that Justice Thomas was required by law to disclose the sale of his Savannah, GA properties to Harlan Crow in 2014.
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The Truth About Clarence Thomas’s Disclosures wsj.com/articles/the-t
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This is remarkable. Let us all join in a moment of menschiness.
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Last year, a coworker randomly asked me to hand-deliver an antique violin across the country. I said yes, because why not. I had no idea what I was getting into, and now I need your help. A 
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Republicans in Mont are trying to change election law specifically targeted at
Bill would rewrite rules for *only one race*
“We would like it to apply only to United States Senate races,” wrote a GOP operative “We’d like a sunset in 2025"
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A key thing to understand about the story on Clarence Thomas' undisclosed real estate deal:
Thomas made MANY other disclosures that year—teaching fees, travel reimbursement, a $530 stained glass medallion—but not the property sale to Crow.
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"We're still reporting."
I love the power of those three words, coming on the heels of *two* bombshell reports on SCOTUS.
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What we did to a Gitmo detainee. "Unfortunate things."
The CIA recorded it all; and destroyed the tape.
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Do you have info we should know on SCOTUS?
Get in touch with our reporters
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Since my job is to tell the truth…
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Nicely composed books and photos. Not sure what bottom left object is but like it. 10/10 for @ericuman and @propublica’s reporting.
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Astonishing. As wrote, the Chief Justice must investigate how such conduct could take place at the Court under his watch. And if the Court does not fix these clear abuses, Congress must.
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NEW: Billionaire Harlan Crow bought property from Clarence Thomas in undisclosed real estate deal.
Crow netted two vacant lots and the house where Thomas’ elderly mother was living. It’s unclear if he paid fair market value.
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w/ @js_kaplan @Amierjeski
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