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kpete

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Thu Feb 16, 2017, 08:25 AM Feb 2017

Leaked Emails Show Justice Clarence Thomas's Wife Pushing Travel Ban [View all]

Leaked Emails Show Justice Clarence Thomas’s Wife Pushing Travel Ban
In leaked emails, Ginni Thomas asked for advice on how to organize in favor of Trump’s travel ban. But by doing so, she may have inadvertently made it harder for the executive order to survive the Supreme Court


Justice Clarence Thomas’s wife is organizing in support of President Donald Trump’s agenda. And it might make her husband’s life a little complicated.

In an email sent to a conservative listserv on Feb. 13 and obtained by The Daily Beast, Ginni Thomas asked an interesting question: How could she organize activists to push for Trump’s policies?

“What is the best way to, with minimal costs, set up a daily text capacity for a ground up-grassroots army for pro-Trump daily action items to push back against the left’s resistance efforts who are trying to make America ungovernable?” she wrote.


“I see the left has Daily Action @YourDailyAction and their Facebook likes are up to 61K,” she continued.
She then linked to a Washington Post story about the group.


“But there are some grassroots activists, who seem beyond the Republican party or the conservative movement, who wish to join the fray on social media for Trump and link shields and build momentum,” she wrote. “I met with a house load of them yesterday and we want a daily textable tool to start… Suggestions?”




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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/02/16/leaked-emails-show-justice-clarence-thomas-s-wife-pushing-travel-ban.html
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She can organize all she wants Sherman A1 Feb 2017 #1
Does she even have a crony-istic job in DC??? DK504 Feb 2017 #19
She's ALWAYS had a "crony-istic" job in DC. It's her career. JHB Feb 2017 #40
Is Ginni Thomas' Expanding Activism a Problem for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas? mdbl Feb 2017 #41
It seems like I missed a step.. who leaked these emails Cha Feb 2017 #2
She send it to the listserv. LisaL Feb 2017 #6
Thanks I just looked that up since I hadn't heard of that term before.. Cha Feb 2017 #7
He will refuse to recuse from anything BumRushDaShow Feb 2017 #3
You are right, BRDS. brer cat Feb 2017 #9
Agree also.......... MyOwnPeace Feb 2017 #34
Robert's may push the issue grantcart Feb 2017 #17
Even if they did that BumRushDaShow Feb 2017 #18
If he did that to a unanimous SCOTUS ruling that might actually cstanleytech Feb 2017 #35
Right. BumRushDaShow Feb 2017 #38
so true ........ I wonder if he has any good ethics?? Angry Dragon Feb 2017 #30
Answer is no. nt BumRushDaShow Feb 2017 #31
Yep rpannier Feb 2017 #37
It may depend on the sense of where the vote is going BumRushDaShow Feb 2017 #39
Exposed. RW "grassroots army". Organized, paid for and used by the powerful. bullimiami Feb 2017 #4
I know, right? tanyev Feb 2017 #5
The left who are trying to make America ungovernable lostnfound Feb 2017 #8
That f'd up view is how they're all seeing it. A woman sitting next to me on a plane last week, JudyM Feb 2017 #13
Trump has made it ungovernable all by himself. kwassa Feb 2017 #24
She forgot an extra un- ck4829 Feb 2017 #25
She met with "a house load of them".... sarah FAILIN Feb 2017 #10
"with minimal costs", she is driving Justice Thomas to quit and make the big bucks. CK_John Feb 2017 #11
I would like to thank whoever leaked the e-mail. BeckyDem Feb 2017 #12
Ditto. Welcome to DU, Beckydem! JudyM Feb 2017 #14
If we know what they're up to at least we have a better chance at fighting back. BeckyDem Feb 2017 #15
It wasn't an email, she posted it to a listserv MiniMe Feb 2017 #20
I'm not following you, what am I missing? BeckyDem Feb 2017 #21
Anything posted on a listserv is available to anybody who is a member of the listserv MiniMe Feb 2017 #22
Ok, I see your point. She is clueless on how vulnerable she was to how her messages were not BeckyDem Feb 2017 #23
a listserv is e-mail d_r Feb 2017 #29
Is she aware she married to a black man? Corgigal Feb 2017 #16
Thomas should have recused himself from Bush v. Gore because of her. He didn't. LisaM Feb 2017 #26
Thomas should be removed from the court! putitinD Feb 2017 #27
This isn't the 1st time she's done this sort of thing. Honeycombe8 Feb 2017 #28
No, its not unethical on her part just because her husband is on the court. cstanleytech Feb 2017 #36
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the full import of this actually means just about anything at all joet67 Feb 2017 #32
45 isn't taking the ban to SCOTUS, so it is a moot point. Takket Feb 2017 #33
+1 dalton99a Feb 2017 #43
Deplorables meet "ungovernable." lindysalsagal Feb 2017 #42
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