Clarence Thomas was in so much debt two decades ago that he tried to get Supreme Court justice salaries raised across the board. Within months, Republican billionaires began giving him extravagant gifts. trib.al/ule4rea

Sir, you didn’t know me 12 years ago. But we all knew you. And we’ve all made damn sure to distance ourselves from you since. It’s why when your walls continue to cave in, you remain on an island. A sad, pandering island. So please…save the ‘angry , bitter’ stuff for someone

Angel Reese on that hard foul by Alyssa Thomas which led to an ejection: “They don’t give a damn if I’m a rookie. … They’re not supposed to be nice to me. … Thank you AT for sending a message to me because I got back up and I kept going.”

“There are moments when I’m deeply, deeply sad,” Justice Sotomayor said at Harvard yesterday. “And there are moments when, yes, even I feel desperation. We all do. But you have to own it. You have to accept it. You have to shed the tears, and then you have to wipe them and get up

Justice Sonia Sotomayor at the Radcliffe Institute: 'There are days that I've come to my office after an announcement of a case and closed my door and cried. … There have been those days. And there are likely to be more.'

The crackdown on free speech at Harvard and other schools is 'exposing the rot' that has infected many U.S. institutions, says Asmer Asrar Safi. He is one of 13 Harvard students barred from graduation over Gaza protests. democracynow.org/2024/5/24/harv…

After getting booed for 20 minutes Trump finally gets pissed and snaps on them.

On May 1, four child workers were found working the kill floor at an Alabama poultry plant that reportedly supplies Chick-fil-A.

A 16-year-old died at the same plant last summer after being pulled into a deboning machine.

Three of the four minors were working overnight shifts.

NEW

The Washington Post found out about the inverted flag flying over Justice Alito’s home back in 2021.

A WaPo reporter went to the Alito residence on Inauguration Day and had a tense encounter with Justice Alito and his wife Martha-Ann.

The Post says it didn’t report on

Almost 1 in 5 voucher users in Indiana is from a family making $150K+.

Idaho drag performer awarded $1.1 million in defamation case against far-right blogger apnews.com/article/drag-p…

We owe Darnella Frazier a debt of gratitude.

4 years ago today, Darnella, just 17, recorded George Floyd’s murder by police.

Her recording inspired the largest protests in American history. 

As we honor Mr. Floyd’s life, may we all have Darnella’s courage to record injustice.

Ida Bae Wells This comprehensive report is a must read on this topic!

And for the voucher schemes we *did* get data for before the voucher lobby shut down data access after 2019?

The last decade of results have been catastrophic for kids.

Re-upping my piece TIME 👇
time.com/6272666/school…

In dissent, Justice Kagan writes that Alito has effectively transformed his earlier dissent in Cooper v. Harris into the law now, making it nearly impossible for federal courts to strike down racist gerrymanders. supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf…