A "donation" of as little as $25,000 can get you "face time" over dinner with a sitting justice of the US Supreme Court.

If you think Republican politicians in Congress are corrupt, you ain't seen nothing yet. Check out how little it costs to purchase access to a Supreme Court justice!

Conservatives on the Supreme Court famously legalized billionaires and corporations bribing politicians back in 1976 and 1978, respectively (Buckley v Valeo and First National Bank v Bellotti), doubling down on and expanding the doctrine in 2010 (Citizens United).

Back in the 1970s Democratic politicians' campaigns were largely funded by unions: the movement was awash in cash as it represented nearly a third of American workers. So when the Court legalized political bribery, most Democratic politicians ignored the event.

Republicans, however, jumped at the chance to sell their souls to corporations and the morbidly rich.

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Thursday's Daily Stack

Article: "Pssst! Wanna Buy a Supreme Court Justice?" by Thom Hartmann.

Book: "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Justices Roberts and Breyer, Alito Are Voting with "Friends of the Court" Companies Whose Shares They Own 2/3 of the Time" by Fix The Court.

Article: "It's Time to Nationalize the Fossil Fuel Industry" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Jayapal and Warren Reintroduce the Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act" by Pramila Jayapal.

Article: "Remember When Neil Gorsuch's Mother Tried to Dismantle the EPA?" by Lisa Hymas.

Article: "Barrett ad war exceeds Kavanaugh fight" by Alex Gangitano.

Article: "Supreme Court hints at the damage it could do with a Republican Senate majority after November" by Joan McCarter.

Article: "Justices Scalia And Thomas's Attendance At Koch Event Sparks Judicial Ethics Debate" by Sam Stein.

Article: "The Supreme Court's Conservatives May Be Set To Kneecap Federal Regulations" by Paul Blumenthal.

Article: "UPS Worker's Pregnancy Discrimination Suit Reinstated by Supreme Court" by Adam Liptak.

Article: "In Narrow Decision, Supreme Court Sides With Baker Who Turned Away Gay Couple" by Adam Liptak.

Article: "Arizona Files Novel Lawsuit in Supreme Court Over Opioid Crisis" by Adam Liptak.

Article: "The Long Crusade of Clarence and Ginni Thomas" by Danny Hakim and Jo Becker.

Article: "Former Anti-Abortion Leader Alleges Another Supreme Court Breach" by Jodi Kantor and Jo Becker.

Article: "A Charity Tied to the Supreme Court Offers Donors Access to the Justices" by Jo Becker and Julie Tate.

Article: "Supreme Court Strips Federal Government of Crucial Tool to Control Pollution" by Adam Liptak.

Article: "PAC Profile: Susan B Anthony List" by Open Secrets.

Article: "Judicial Crisis Network" by SourceWatch.

Article: "How the Koch brothers built the most powerful rightwing group you've never heard of" by Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Caroline Tervo, Theda Skocpol.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.

Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978.

Article: "Ukraine ‘cannot be broken' says its top general after Russian missile attack" by Daniel Boffey.

Article: "Medicare Advantage" (Medicare Part C) by Wikipedia.

Article: "GOP tax plan denounced as 'one of the most regressive proposals in a generation'" by Jake Johnson.

Article: "Carter introduces Fair Tax Act" by Buddy Carter.

Article: "Kevin McCarthy disavows 30 percent national sales tax he promised a vote on to win House speaker race" by Peter Weber.

Article: "'Sociopath party': Morning Joe panel horrified by chance of Trump-Greene 'crackpot' ticket" by Travis Gettys.

Article: "'Bizarre' George Santos finally crossed the line — and 'the clock is ticking': Alyssa Farah Griffin" by Matthew Chapman.

Article: "‘Complicit in spread of hate and extremism': Facebook lifting its suspension of Trump criticized by experts as ‘dangerous'" by David Badash.

Site: Medium - Rohn Kenyatta.

Article: "Vehicular Pigmentation: The Grey Area of Black, Red, White and Blue" by Rohn Kenyatta.

Site: OpEdNews - Rohn Kenyatta.

Article: "Impeachment Inquiry: Veteran federal prosecutor calls for investigation into Supreme Court justice" by Ty Ross.

Article: "Secret Brett Kavanaugh Documentary Sparks New Tips Almost Immediately After Premiering at Sundance" by Virginia Chamlee.

Article: "Current Members" by SCOTUS.

Article: "The History of ‘Stolen' Supreme Court Seats" by Erick Trickey.

Article: "Ron DeSantis bans African American studies class from Florida high schools" by Abené Clayton.

Article: "Elon Musk Says Wokeness is "One of the Biggest Threats to Modern Civilization"" by Paul Joseph Watson.

Hour Two: Veteran War Correspondent in Kiev, Ukraine, Phil Ittner, on the ground in Kyiv, Ukraine
- Phil Ittner, Veteran War Correspondent in Kiev, Ukraine Youtube

Article: "Ukraine update: It's official—Germany will send Leopard 2, U.S. will send M1A2 Abrams" by Mark Sumner.

Article: "Ukraine says US and German tank pledges ‘only the beginning' and calls for fighter jets" by Daniel Boffey, Lauren Gambino, David Smith.

Article: "Ukraine war live updates: Zelenskyy defiant as Russia unleashes ‘massive' missile strike; U.S. sanctions Russian mercenary group" by Holly Ellyatt, Amanda Macias, Jacob Pramuk.

Article: "What you need to know about the Abrams tanks bound for Ukraine" by AP.

Article: "Putin arrives in Belarus as Lukashenko warns of ‘escalating' situation" by Zach Schonfeld.

Article: "Russia's Newly Trained Combat Unit Poised to Enter the Fray" by Brendan Cole.

Article: "Ukraine's military acknowledged a gain for Russian forces that brings them closer to encircling the strategic eastern city of Bakhmut." by Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Michael Schwirtz.

Article: "Ukraine credits beavers for preventing an invasion along the Belarus border" by Pakalolo.

Article: "Students Vow to Sue DeSantis Over Rejection of AP African-American Studies Course" by Brett Wilkins.

Article: "Newberry Six lynchings" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Major corporations back book-banning North Dakota legislator" by Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby.

Article: "Neal Boortz" by Wikipedia.

Book: Branding Democrats: A Top-to-Bottom Reimagining of Campaign Strategies by Ken Weber and Daryl Weber.

Article: "Once homeless, Cori Bush ousts 20-year Rep. Lacy Clay in Missouri primary: "They counted us out"" by CBS/AP.

Article: "Mueller report" by Wikipedia.

Bible: "For anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood is upon him" - Leviticus 20:9.

Bible: "Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy." - Ezekiel 16:49.

Article: "Lot's daughters" by Wikipedia.

Hour Three: How Rampant ‘good old boys' corruption is robbing Ohioans blind
- David DeWitt, Editor-in-Chief, Ohio Capital Journal

Article: "Rampant ‘good old boys' corruption is robbing Ohioans blind" by David DeWitt.

Quote: "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" - William Shakespeare.

Article: "Larry Householder" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Mike DeWine" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Jon Husted" by Wikipedia.

Article: "How the IRS Was Gutted" by Paul Kiel and Jesse Eisinger.

Article: "No, M&M's won't be getting rid of their 'spokescandies' because of a Republican tantrum" by Hunter.

Article: "Biden restores vital protections for Alaska's Tongass National Forest gutted by Trump" by Brett Wilkins.

Article: "Here's a look at Republicans appointed to make Natural Resources Committee a horror show" by Meteor Blades.

Article: "Securities turnover excise tax" (STET tax) by Wikipedia.

Book: "Rebooting the American Dream: 11 Ways to Rebuild Our Country" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Value-added tax" (VAT) by Wikipedia.

Bible: "One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him" - John 13:23.

Article: "Iowa lawmakers OK public money for private school students" by Scott McFetridge.

Article: "Was the Word ‘Homosexual' Only Added to Leviticus 18:22 in 1983?" by Kim LaCapria.

Article: "Romans 2" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Romans 3" by Wikipedia.

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