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OA 764: ProPublica Reveals Sam Alito Is Exactly As Corrupt As You Thought He Was
Liz and Andrew break down the bombshell ProPublica article about Samuel Alito's corruption, and along the way remind you of the right wing's complicity in the false narrative that abortion violence is a "both sides" issue. It isn't.
Notes
OA 749
https://openargs.com/oa749-clarence-thomas-grifts-kari-lake-sinks-stewart-rhodes-comes-to-the-end/
OA 739
https://openargs.com/oa739-5-million-says-mike-lindell-is-full-of-stuffing/
ProPublica, “Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court,”
https://www.propublica.org/article/samuel-alito-luxury-fishing-trip-paul-singer-scotus-supreme-court
ProPublica on Thomas/Crow
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-scotus-undisclosed-luxury-travel-gifts-crow
DOJ, Recent Cases on Violence Against Reproductive Health Care Providers
https://www.justice.gov/crt/recent-cases-violence-against-reproductive-health-care-providers
DOJ, Anti-Abortion Violence Movement Increases (1996)
https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/anti-abortion-violence-movement-increases
Ruth Sent Us
www.ruthsent.us
Jane’s Revenge Superseding Indictment
https://www.justice.gov/d9/press-releases/attachments/2023/03/29/unsealed_superseding_indictment_0.pdf
5 U.S.C. § 13104
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/13104
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