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      ​Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) displays a copy of a painting featuring Harlan Crow (right), Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas (second from right), and other right-wing figures during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on May 2, 2023.

      Billionaire Harlan Crow Also Bankrolled GOP Lawmakers Blocking SCOTUS Ethics Reform

      A new analysis shows Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have received more than $450,000 from the same GOP megadonor who has lavished Justice Clarence Thomas with undisclosed gifts.

      Kenny Stancil
      May 09, 2023

      The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday sent a letter asking Harlan Crow—the billionaire GOP megadonor who has secretly showered U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas with hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts since the mid-1990s—to provide a full accounting of his financial ties to Thomas and any other judges on the high court.

      It comes as "no surprise" that none of the panel's nine Republicans signed the letter, Accountable.US declared Tuesday, because they have collectively accepted nearly half a million dollars in campaign cash from Crow since the turn of the century, as a new analysis from the watchdog group shows.

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      Tom Cotton Blocks Senate PRESS Act Designed to Protect Journalists

      "Sen. Cotton's hostility to press freedoms demonstrates exactly why these protections are needed," said one advocate, calling for inclusion of the bill in an end-of-year spending package.

      Jessica Corbett
      Dec 14, 2022

      This is a developing story... Please check back for possible updates...

      Republican Sen. Tom Cotton on Wednesday blocked the passage of a House-approved bipartisan bill that's been heralded by advocates as "the most important free press legislation in modern times."

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      'Distressing': Republicans Eyeing 2024 Race Support Plot to Purge Federal Workers

      "Schedule F would burn down the civil service system," warned one public policy professor. "It would be a government of the lawless leading the incompetent."

      Jessica Corbett
      Aug 03, 2022

      Multiple potential candidates for the GOP's 2024 presidential primary race support former President Donald Trump's plot to make it easier to purge civil servants deemed disloyal to their prospective administrations, Axiosrevealed Wednesday.

      "These impartial civil servants... deserve protection from political interference from a president who would place preserving his power above following the law."

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