DoomsdaysCW<p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ethics</span></a> experts said <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a>’ undisclosed ties to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Koch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Koch</span></a> network could call his impartiality in the case into doubt. This sort of potential conflict is why the judiciary has rules against both political activity and fundraising, they said. 'Parties litigating in the court before <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JusticeThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JusticeThomas</span></a> don’t know the extent of Thomas’ relationship with the parties on the other side,' said James Sample, a Hofstra University law professor who studies judicial ethics. 'You have to be pretty cynical to not think that’s a problem.' "</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OligarchCamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OligarchCamp</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BohemianGrove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BohemianGrove</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImpeachClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImpeachClarenceThomas</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChevronDoctrine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChevronDoctrine</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NDRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NDRC</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KochIndustries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KochIndustries</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorruptSCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorruptSCOTUS</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SCOTUSIsCompromised" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUSIsCompromised</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corporatocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corporatocracy</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalProtections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalProtections</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporatePolluters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporatePolluters</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateDeniers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateDeniers</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirIsLife</span></a></p>
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DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a> Secretly Participated in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KochBrothers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KochBrothers</span></a> Network Donor Events </p><p>by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski<br>Sept. 22, 2023, 5 a.m. EDT</p><p>Excerpt: "Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court.</p><p>" 'In the 15 years since, the Koch network has left a deep imprint on American society. Its advocacy is credited with helping stamp out Republican Party support for combating <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>, once an issue that drew bipartisan concern. The “full weight of the network” was thrown behind passing the 2017 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpTaxCut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTaxCut</span></a>, securing a windfall for the Kochs and their donors. And the upcoming Supreme Court term could bring the network a victory it has pursued for years: overturning a major legal precedent known as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chevron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chevron</span></a>.</p><p>"While most Americans aren’t familiar with the 1984 case Chevron v. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NRDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NRDC</span></a>, it’s one of the Supreme Court’s most-cited decisions. Legal scholars sometimes mention it in the same breath as Brown v. Board of Education and Roe v. Wade. In essence, Chevron is about government agencies’ ability to issue regulations. After a law is enacted, it’s generally up to agencies across the government to make detailed rules putting it into effect. The Chevron decision said courts should be hesitant to second-guess the agencies’ determinations. In the years that followed, judges cited Chevron in upholding rules that protect endangered species, speed up the approval process for new cellphone towers and grant benefits to coal miners suffering from black lung.</p><p>"The Koch network has challenged Chevron in the courts and its lobbyists have pushed Congress to pass a law nullifying the decision. It has also provided millions of dollars in grants to law professors making the case to overturn it.</p><p>"The network’s position has become increasingly popular in recent years. Once broadly supported by academics and judges on the right, Chevron is now anathema to many in the conservative legal movement. And there’s no more prominent convert than Thomas.</p><p>"In 2005, Thomas wrote the majority opinion in a case that expanded Chevron’s protections for government agencies. Ten years later, he was openly questioning the doctrine. Then in 2020, Thomas renounced his own earlier decision, writing that he’d determined the doctrine is unconstitutional after all — a rare reversal for a justice with a reputation for being unmovable in his views.</p><p>"By last year, Koch network strategists sensed that victory could be at hand. During an internal briefing for network staff, Jorge Lima, a senior vice president at Americans for Prosperity, said the Supreme Court seemed primed to radically change its approach to the issue. The network was trying to find cases that could bring about major changes in the law, according to a video of the meeting obtained by the watchdog group Documented. “We’re doubling down on this strategy,” Lima told the crowd.</p><p>"Several months later, the Supreme Court announced it would take up a case, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, in which Koch network staff attorneys represent the plaintiffs. If Thomas and his colleagues side with them this coming term, Chevron will be overturned once and for all." </p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-secretly-attended-koch-brothers-donor-events-scotus" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/clarenc</span><span class="invisible">e-thomas-secretly-attended-koch-brothers-donor-events-scotus</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OligarchCamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OligarchCamp</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BohemianGrove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BohemianGrove</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImpeachClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImpeachClarenceThomas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chevron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chevron</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChevronDoctrine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChevronDoctrine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NDRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NDRC</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KochIndustries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KochIndustries</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorruptSCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorruptSCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SCOTUSIsCompromised" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUSIsCompromised</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corporatocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corporatocracy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalProtections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalProtections</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporatePolluters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporatePolluters</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateDeniers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateDeniers</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirIsLife</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>Pretty rich coming from you, Charlie. You bankrolled this coup, you fucking piece of shit!</p><p>Charles Koch Says Many in the Country Are ‘Abandoning’ Its Principles<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/politics/charles-koch-trump-republicans-tariffs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EE8.-V5T.wFoUhbod_tIo&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/charles-koch-trump-republicans-tariffs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EE8.-V5T.wFoUhbod_tIo&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FuckCharlieKoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FuckCharlieKoch</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KochIndustries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KochIndustries</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPEnabler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOPEnabler</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>Pretty rich coming from you, Charlie. You bankrolled this coup, you fucking piece of shit!</p><p>Charles Koch Says Many in the Country Are ‘Abandoning’ Its Principles</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/politics/charles-koch-trump-republicans-tariffs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EE8.-V5T.wFoUhbod_tIo&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/charles-koch-trump-republicans-tariffs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EE8.-V5T.wFoUhbod_tIo&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FuckCharlieKoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FuckCharlieKoch</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KochIndustries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KochIndustries</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPEnabler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOPEnabler</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Eider<p>Seen in Koch Brothers' country </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/wichita/comments/1hb4anp/bridge_no/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reddit.com/r/wichita/comments/</span><span class="invisible">1hb4anp/bridge_no/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DefendDenyDepose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendDenyDepose</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Kansas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kansas</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WichitaKS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WichitaKS</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WichitaKansas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WichitaKansas</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/KochBrothers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KochBrothers</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/KochsBackyard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KochsBackyard</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/KochIndustries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KochIndustries</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/KS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KS</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ClassWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassWar</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/EatTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EatTheRich</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/LuigiMangione" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LuigiMangione</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/UHC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UHC</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Wichita" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wichita</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/M4A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>M4A</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MedicareForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MedicareForAll</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/UniversalHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UniversalHealthcare</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>/1<br>* 75+ trade groups against EPA findings<br>* Trump2 EPA appointee David Dunlap: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Dunlap_(lobbyist)" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Du</span><span class="invisible">nlap_(lobbyist)</span></a><br>* dir. environmental regulatory affairs, Koch Industries<br>* tried to persuade EPA formaldehyde doesn’t cause leukemia<br>* Koch subsidiary Georgia-Pacific made formaldehyde, products that emit it (since sold chem biz to Bakelite Synthetics)<br>* at EPA Dunlap had authority over division working on toxicity report</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxicology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toxicology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/formaldehyde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>formaldehyde</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OHS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EnvironmentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollutants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pollutants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KochIndustries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KochIndustries</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@rahmstorf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rahmstorf</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Klimakrise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Klimakrise</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lobbyismus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lobbyismus</span></a> </p><p>Im Zusammenhang mit den global zunehmenden <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Extremwetterereignissen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Extremwetterereignissen</span></a> ist interessant, dass die Lobbyausgaben des US-Branchenverbands <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AFPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AFPM</span></a> in 2024 den Höchsten Stand aller Zeiten erreichten:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/113328595930386788" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1133</span><span class="invisible">28595930386788</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AFPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AFPM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KochIndustries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KochIndustries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KochBrothers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KochBrothers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Shell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shell</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OccidentalPetroleum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OccidentalPetroleum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConocoPhillips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConocoPhillips</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chevron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chevron</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ExxonMobil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonMobil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmericanPetroleumInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanPetroleumInstitute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Phillips66" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Phillips66</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ExxonKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonKnew</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigOilKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilKnew</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>No surprise...!</p><p>Oil and gas lobbying reaches $72 million in first half of 2024</p><p>By Molly Taylor<br>August 15, 2024 </p><p>"The American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers led the oil and gas industry in federal lobbying expenditures in the first half of 2024, marking the first time the trade association outspent the top individual companies in the industry. </p><p>"The trade association, which represents 450 fuel refining and petrochemical companies, leads the oil and gas industry with $8.1 million in federal lobbying expenditures over the first half of 2024. This level of spending marks a shift in influence, as individual oil and gas companies have typically outspent the trade association by millions of dollars. </p><p>"The oil and gas industry altogether spent $72 million on federal lobbying in the first six months of 2024 as the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> introduced some of its strongest-ever regulations to reduce <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuel</span></a> emissions. The industry is on track to exceed last year’s expenditures, which totaled $137 million after adjustment for inflation, and is the fifth-highest lobbying industry of the year. </p><p>"The American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers emerged as the top spender after doubling its federal lobbying expenditures from 2022. Between 2016 and 2022, the trade organization spent, on average, $3.4 million annually without adjusting for inflation. In 2023, spending jumped to $6.9 million in 2023.</p><p>"In the first six months of 2024, the American Fuel and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Petrochemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Petrochemical</span></a> <br> Manufacturers has already spent more on federal lobbying than any prior year."</p><p><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2024/08/oil-and-gas-lobbying-reaches-72-million-in-first-half-of-2024" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">opensecrets.org/news/2024/08/o</span><span class="invisible">il-and-gas-lobbying-reaches-72-million-in-first-half-of-2024</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AFPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AFPM</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KochIndustries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KochIndustries</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KochBrothers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KochBrothers</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Shell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shell</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OccidentalPetroleum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OccidentalPetroleum</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ConocoPhillips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConocoPhillips</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chevron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chevron</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonMobil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonMobil</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmericanPetroleumInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanPetroleumInstitute</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Phillips66" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Phillips66</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilKnew</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>Addendum 4</p><p>New [2023-09-22] ProPublica bombshell report tying Clarence Thomas To Charles Koch.</p><p>Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-secretly-attended-koch-brothers-donor-events-scotus" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/clarenc</span><span class="invisible">e-thomas-secretly-attended-koch-brothers-donor-events-scotus</span></a></p><p>* Clarence Thomas attended at least 2 Koch donor summits<br>* in extraordinary position of having helped political network that brought multiple cases before SCOTUS</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JudicialMisconduct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JudicialMisconduct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CharlesKoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharlesKoch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KochIndustries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KochIndustries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DefundBillionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefundBillionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChangeDenial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChangeDenial</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>cont'd<br>SCOTUS, Clarence Thomas, Charles Koch</p><p>Charles Koch: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Koch" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_</span><span class="invisible">Koch</span></a><br>* American billionaire businessman<br>* co-owner, chairman, CEO Koch Industries</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CharlesKoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharlesKoch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JudicialMisconduct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JudicialMisconduct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DefundBillionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefundBillionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DefundCorporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefundCorporations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KochIndustries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KochIndustries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neoliberalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianRight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOPmenace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOPmenace</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChangeDenial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChangeDenial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CatoInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatoInstitute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MercatusCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MercatusCenter</span></a></p>
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