‘Follow the money’: What Clarence Thomas and those MAGA influencers have in common

Published: Sep 05, 2024 Duration: 00:05:53 Category: News & Politics

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THREAT TO THE NATION INTO THE WORLD. WE SHOULD SEE SOME FINANCING, PULL OUT MILITARY SUPPORT AND APOLOGIZE TO RUSSIA. >>> IN THE WAKE OF THIS EMBARRASSING INDICTMENT THAT SHOWS SEVERAL FIGURES LIKE THAT COMMENTATOR YOU JUST HEARD, TIM POOL, THAT THEY WERE ALLEGEDLY UNWITTING PAID AGENTS OF RUSSIA , MANY OF THOSE PERSONALITIES HAVE BECOME VERY DEFENSIVE. A COUPLE OF THEM CALLED IT A LEAKED INDICTMENT ALTHOUGH IT WAS JUST A PUBLIC COURT DOCUMENT. POOL AT LEAST PROVIDED HIS RESPONSE. THE POINT MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN MAKING, INSTEAD OF PRESENTING ANY DEFENSE WAS TO SAY, I DID NOT KNOW WHERE THE MONEY WAS FROM. I WAS PAID TO SAY WHAT I WOULD'VE SAID ANYWAY. I BELIEVE THEY ARE TELLING THE TRUTH ON THAT. ALL OF THE ANTI-IMMIGRANT RHETORIC AND FILE CULTURE WERE IMAGERY IS WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE SAID BEFORE THE RUSSIANS SHOWED UP TO PAY THEM FOR IT. THE MOST EFFECTIVE TACTIC TO MANIPULATE PUBLIC OPINION IS TO CHANGE LAWS ON BEHALF OF THE INTEREST. IT'S NOT TO FIND SOMEBODY OPPOSED TO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AND TELL THEM WHAT TO SAY. INSTEAD IT IS TO GO OUT AND FIND PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY ALIGNED WITH THOSE INTERESTS AND SUBSIDIZE THE OUT OF THOSE FOLKS BY THROWING MONEY AT THEM, RAISING THE PROFILE SO THEY CAN KEEP DOING WHAT THEY WERE ALREADY DOING. THEY DO IT FOR A LONG TIME AND THEY ARE COMFORTABLE DOING IT. IN THIS CASE TO THE TUNE OF THE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PER VIDEO WHICH I HAVE TO SAY IS PRETTY CUSHY IN THE WORLD OF DIGITAL MEDIA. IF THE WHOLE SCHEME SOUNDS KIND OF FAMILIAR THAT IS BECAUSE IT IS BASICALLY THE SAME ARRANGEMENT SET UP FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS BY BILLIONAIRE BENEFACTORS LIKE HARLAN CROW. ACCORDING TO THE REPORTING WE HAVE THOMAS HAS BEEN GIVEN GIFTS BOTH DISCLOSED AND, MORE SIGNIFICANTLY, UNDISCLOSED TO THE TUNE OF $4 MILLION OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS. AT LEAST THAT IS HOW MUCH WE KNOW ABOUT AS A BROW -- AS OF NOW. YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW MUCH HE'S BEEN GIVEN. YOU SEE HIM ON THE CHART >> HE IS ON THE LEFT. HE'S THE HUGE RED BARN COMPARISON TO THE OTHER JUSTICES. EVERY TIME HE GETS CAUGHT BEING GIFTED A YACHT TRIP OR RV LOAN THAT WAS FORGIVEN FOR TUITION PAYMENT FOR FAMILY HIS DEFENDER SAY THE SAME THING THAT THOSE INFLUENCE THERE'S SAY THAT CLARENCE THOMAS DID NOT CHANGE HIS MIND. IS JUST ROLLING THE WOOD -- WAY HE WOULD HAVE ANYWAY. IT IS PRETTY MUCH TRUE. HE IS A DEEPLY CONSERVATIVE GUY. AT LEAST I THINK IN MOST CASES AND MOST ISSUES PROBABLY WILL AND WAYS FAVORABLE TO HARLAN CROW AND HIS BILLIONAIRE ILK REGARDLESS. THAT IS NOT THE POINT. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO CHANGE HIS VIEWS, YOU JUST NEED TO INCENTIVIZE HIM TO STAY ON THE COURT, OFFER HIM SOME GIFTS TO CONTINUE DOING WHAT HE'S DOING ALREADY. THE PROBLEM WITH ALL OF THIS IS NOT ONLY DOES HE GET A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF GIFTS, HIS COMPROMISES ARE EXTENDED IN EVERY DIRECTION INCLUDING HIS WIFE GINNY WAS A RIGHT-WING ACTIVIST AND INVOLVED IN THINGS HAVING TO DO WITH JANUARY 6 AND IN THE FACE OF DEMOCRATS TRYING TO CRACK DOWN IN THIS INSANE ETHICAL VIOLATION TO FIND IT BY EVEN THE MOST BASIC SET OF ETHICS THAT EVERY FEDERAL EMPLOYEE HAS TO ABIDE BY IN THE - WERE NEW REVELATIONS ABOUT A GROUP WORKING TO HELP JUSTICE THOMAS'S FIGHT EFFORTS TO REFORM THE COURT. THEY OBTAINED AUDIO OF A RELIGIOUS GROUP READING AN EMAIL FROM THOMAS'S WIFE GINNI PROFUSELY THANKING THEM FOR FIGHTING FOR HIS RIGHT TO KEEP ACCEPTING AMAZING GIFTS WITHOUT ANY ETHICS RULES. >> LET ME SAY ONE THING THAT IS AN ENCOURAGEMENT. I THINK IT WILL BE AN ENCOURAGEMENT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ON THIS CALL ARE VERY TOP SUPPORTERS. I GOT AN EMAIL TODAY FROM GINNI THOMAS, JUSTICE THOMAS'S WIFE. I WANT TO READ THAT TO YOU. SHE SAID, GREAT TO MEET THROUGH THE MEETINGS TODAY. I CANNOT ADEQUATELY EXPRESS ENOUGH APPRECIATION FOR YOU GUYS PULLING INTO REACTING TO THE BIDEN EFFORT ON THE SUPREME COURT. THIS IS IN ALL CAPS. YOU GUYS HAVE FIELD THE CELLS -- FILLED THE SALES OF MANY JUDGES. THIS IS IN ALL CAPS THANK YOU SO , SO MUCH. IT IS NEAT THAT THOSE OF YOU ON THE CALL ARE PART OF PROTECTING THE FUTURE OF OUR COURT AND THEY REALLY APPRECIATE IT. >> NOTICE THEY SAID OUR COURT. THEY REALLY APPRECIATE IT. MEANING NOT JUST GINNI BECAUSE SHE'S THE SPOKESPERSON FOR HER HUSBAND. THE BILLIONAIRES AND INTEREST GROUPS NEED HIM TO STAY WHERE HE IS AND ARE LAVISHING GIFTS TO MAKE SURE HE WILL REMAIN ON THE COURT. IT'S NOT THAT DIFFERENT FROM THE RUSSIANS PAYING ONLINE RIGHT-WIN

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