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Itse<p>Solinalintu lauleli taas aamulla. Ajoin vakiokierroksen molempiin suuntiin. Kävin Prismassa. Törmäpääskyt olivat pesineet Pateniemenrannan viereen.</p><p><a href="https://marginaa.li/2025/06/04/4-kesakuuta-2025-a-rare-and-gentle-thing/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://marginaa.li/2025/06/04/4-kesakuuta-2025-a-rare-and-gentle-thing/</a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarlanCrow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarlanCrow</span></a>’s political spending started long BEFORE <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CitizensUnited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CitizensUnited</span></a> opened the floodgates for anonymous money…in 2010. 1977—2009, Crow &amp; his cos gave &gt;$2.4M to fed candidates, parties, PACs, &amp; other pol entities.<br>SINCE Citizens United, he’s REPORTED spending $13.8M on federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a>. But that’s not all. While it’s impossible to track Crow’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/undisclosed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>undisclosed</span></a> political giving, public info shows longstanding ties to the biggest figures &amp; groups in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a>.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistCourt</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“…we’re seeing…someone who is living his professional life in a way that’s seeing… <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extrajudicial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extrajudicial</span></a> opportunities as a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/perk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>perk</span></a> of the office,” said Charles Geyh, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JudicialEthics</span></a> expert at IU law. Judges have social lives…&amp; there are no clear lines for when a social gathering could pose a problem. But the confluence of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/powerful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>powerful</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> actors &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/undisclosed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>undisclosed</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gifts</span></a> puts <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Thomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thomas</span></a>’ trips far outside norm for judges’ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conduct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conduct</span></a>, Geyh said: “There’s a culture of impartiality that’s really at risk here.”</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ethics</span></a> experts said <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a>’ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/undisclosed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>undisclosed</span></a> ties to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Koch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Koch</span></a> network could call his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/impartiality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impartiality</span></a> in the case into doubt. (Ya think?) This sort of potential <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conflict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conflict</span></a> is why the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> has rules against both <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> activity &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fundraising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fundraising</span></a>, they said. “Parties litigating in the court before Justice Thomas don’t know the extent of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Thomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thomas</span></a>’ relationship w/the parties on the other side,” said James Sample, a Hofstra U <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> prof who studies <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JudicialEthics</span></a>.</p>