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Ed P's avatar

Thanks for another great piece. Two ends of the deep rot of our society.

Childish billionaire causally interfering with the lifeblood of so many journalists that depend on the social media giant he privatized together with foreign tyrants infamous for murdering journalists. Seems bad.

Meanwhile, we have absolutely naked corruption exposed in what appears to be unprecedented for our scotus. And like you mention, its more or less expected nowadays, even if the court has not always had our modern values. After all, a similar scotus legalized naked political corruption a decade ago in Citizens United.

Its ugly. But we can’t accept it. Demand better. Corruption is deeply unpopular. This can be a rallying cry for a new generation of leaders to flush out the system. But to do that, we need to not casually accept it. We need to consistently speak up about it, organize against it and get behind candidates who won’t stand for it. Thank you for recognizing the rot. 🍻

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Radaghast's avatar

Who was the Chief Justice who had special markings (stripes?) sewn on his robe for the Clinton impeachment? as though to say, “I’m the King of this here Supremes Court”? Scalia?

It might be helpful if each of The Nine Nazgul added their corporate sponsorships to their robes, similar to NASCAR cars and drivers. Or to name each SC position with its primary sponsor: the Exxon Chair, the Merck Chair, etc.

And I agree that the sooner we discard any trust in or respect for the tools of capitalism the sooner we begin to create a more democratic country.

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