The most recent House January 6 Committee hearing didn’t just disclose the most terrifying threat to DOJ in its history—it launched a constitutional crisis like nothing we’ve seen since the mid-1800s.
Ginni's CNP pal is Kelly Shackelford. Shackelford is CEO of First Liberty Institute. First Liberty this month successfully won two key lawsuits to the US Supreme Court: Carson v Makin (Maine religious school) and Kennedy v Bremerton Schl Dist. (Coach Joe can pray at school during school). It's the Thomas Court.
An irony: the now Clarence Thomas-led Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will cause a surge of Democratic voting in November that helps the Dems retain control of the Senate and the House, thus insuring that Ginni Thomas soon won’t be able to hide.
Abortion has always been a bigger voter turn out driver for Republicans than Democrats. I think the fact that they kept their promise of overturning Roe and will likely say they aren't finished will just rally their base even more. Republicans are excited and ready for more; Democrats are frustrated and wounded.
What's worse is Biden and Democrats aren't doing a single thing to rally the base. They've said for many election cycles that Roe is on the ballot. Well...Roe is gone. Now I'm even starting to wonder what the point is because Biden has openly said he won't do anything. Telling people to chip in $3 to help save Roe isn't cutting it anymore. They have yet to prove that they can stop hard line conservatives from taking over the country. Not going to stop me from voting, but I think Democrats are on the brink of just loosing their party if they loose in 2024.
Biden is all for expanding the Supreme Court when we get the Senate seats to do so. He is wanting to keep this under wraps right now so GOP doesn’t use against in midterms.
Seth, not sure how this fits in, but before DOJ, ken Klukowski worked as "special counsel" at OMB reporting to GC Mark Paoletta. Before Mark was OMB GC he was counsel to Mike Pence. Mark, who just published a book on Justice Thomas, is very close to the Thomases, has Thanksgiving dinner with them each year, and Clarence is godparent to one of his kids. Paoletta was responsible for executing the hold on Ukrainian aid at OMB. On Twitter Mark has been a ferocious defender of Ginni (perhaps he doth protest too much). Ken K now at Schaerr Jaffe where Paoletta went too after Trump admin.
I will say it again. Pence was definitely in on this plan but he had to make it look like he was against ...should it fail.
I believe a certain group was supposed to get into the Chambers and take the votes from Pence...but if that failed (time wise), they had to have a back up plan to make Pence out to be the hero.
Why the dramatic gallows built way before the actual event...part of the "show" to make out Pence wasn't involved.
Damn. Just. Damn. If she isn’t subpoenaed now. We are just screwed. She will keep on doing what she’s doing and drag us further and further into a christofascist state. I am sick reading this.
We need Presidential advisors, legal scholars, etc…from both parties to sign a petition to expand the court and implore Biden do so. The Dems can run on that in the midterms.
Thanks for connecting the dots! Looking forward to tomorrow and remaining hopeful!
While Biden is waiting for that to (maybe) happen, he can make secret deals with the Seditionists to nominate judges who will make rulings based on the belief that women do not deserve basic human rights. Sounds like a plan. . . . And as long as Biden doesn't say anything about expanding the SC, the GOP will ignore him? *Seriously?*
I think about that mystery daily. I do not know. It is incomprehensible to me as an attorney, professor, journalist, author, editor, researcher, historian, and citizen.
The simple answer I believe is that the Republican party is ran by corporate oligarchs. The left leaning media are still giant corporations at the end of the day. They reveal just enough to keep the left watching but never enough to prove things so conclusively that it can't be ignored. They don't want the Republicans to fail any more than Fox.
in the sense that it's all about ratings for them (ratings=money), I think that's probably true. Seth...has any major, more-or-less "mainstream"media entity EVER contacted you?
There you go. I knew Pence couldn't be trusted. He knew the coup was happening get rid nothing to stop it. He wants Ginni to put him in the White House!
Ye Gods! No wonder this column was slightly delayed! Mr. Abramson, this is amazing. You must have wondered if the news cycle would ever stop long enough for you to finish this.
Eastman's comments on hypothetical SCOTUS verdicts has me thinking the arrogant pr** Alito probably was informed about the coup plot by CThomas ... and was sympathetic to it.
Seth - after reading this article I realize you must have a very large whiteboard or pinboard or post-its stuck to a wall with all these names and the connections between all of them! Every time I read one of these articles I am amazed/impressed but this latest one connecting yet more "dots" makes me curious if this is all truly in your head of on a visual aide somewhere !
That's amazing! I also wondered if you had a wall covered with all the connections to keep everyone straight. Then again, you're younger than me, so your brain is probably working better! LOL. I, too, am sick reading this. Justice better matter soon (paraphrasing Glenn Kirschner)! Great job as usual but my brain and eyes are exhausted after reading this. I hope I can get to sleep!
As you say, be well! I'll have my popcorn ready for the hearing! Thank you for keeping us up-to-date!
Some people have blackboards in their heads. I am sure you do.
I can't do two-digit addition and subtraction without paper.
I get most of the plot while reading, but if I step away, all the connections float off.
Thomas is a vengeful, bitter, self-loathing person. He is contemptuous of black people who are not successful, so he won't give them a hand-up; and he is humiliated that he became a black token for racist, sexist radicals. He wants to stick it to everyone.
I wonder who the suspected foreign agent/spy is that White House professionals claim Ginni recommended for a position in the administration? This elaborate conspiracy just wreaks of what we used to call "Soviet Subversion."
"[O]ne recommendation for a Trump administration position was, in fact, a suspected foreign-intelligence asset, or spy."
You remind me of Dick Wolf and his unending Law and Order and Chicago and FBI television series. Coincidentally, he has also published 3 fictional novels about a fictional character that is a member of the NYPD's Intelligence Division. Both you guys are truly amazing and should collaborate. LOL!
By the way on looking at this I in no way meant that your research is fictional. I have been hoping it al comes to fruition and have 2 of your books. I am talking about the "brainpower"!
I'm intrigued by MTG, still an outsider in December 2020, and her ability to directly call the President on a weekend (Dec 19 or 20) to organize a Monday Dec 21 meeting with many R Congressmen. How did she become so integral, so fast? Was it because she's from Georgia and so many parts of coup plots centered on Georgia? Or, much more?
Secondly, someone had to lead the briefing at the Dec 21 meeting with R Congressmen, before discussion began. Who was the briefer? Who knew enough about the many coup plots to brief that audience?
Finally, and correct me if I'm wrong here, Ken Klukowski was moved from Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to report to Jeffrey Clark at DOJ on Dec 15, 2020. OMB was headed by Russ Vought. And then very recently, on June 23, 2022, Russ Vought quickly and publicly condemned the FBI search of Jeffrey Clark home and stood up for Clark. Jeffrey Clark currently works for Russ Vought at an NGO called Center for Renewing America. Russ Vought's name hasn't surfaced much, but I bet he knows a lot about the Klukowski transfer to DOJ.
With sufficient cause, could John Roberts “ask” Clarence to “take an indefinite sabbatical”, and would Thomas tell him to go pound sand? Ginni sure does resemble toast. Thank you Seth for trying to make their miserable lives miserable.
That seems a bit of a leap. I’m just searching for some way that a SCOTUS jusge could be accountable. I see no other way but a formal impeachment trial.
Every lawyer involved with the scheme to overthrow the govt needs to be disbarred and everyone named in this article needs to go to jail. Clarence needs to be impeached. I think until that happens justice will be denied. In closing, Ginnie’s powerful positions and being the architect behind the coup is absolutely stunning, then you add Clarence into the mix, well it’ll take a bit to wrap my mind around it all.
Incredible research, absolutely flabbergasting stuff, this is so huge I must admit having serious doubts all this will ever come to light (main media) or/and the (most important) related criminals ever be indicted and prosecuted, hope glen kirschner is a subscriber too Seth!
Thank you for all your hard work in the service of our democracy. These religious zealots are just as bad as any Puritan even at the height of their witch-hanging activities. You know these lunatics would be happy to bring back death by hanging for those not in line with their cult "program". We already saw this with the chants of "Hang Mike Pence!".
Ginni's CNP pal is Kelly Shackelford. Shackelford is CEO of First Liberty Institute. First Liberty this month successfully won two key lawsuits to the US Supreme Court: Carson v Makin (Maine religious school) and Kennedy v Bremerton Schl Dist. (Coach Joe can pray at school during school). It's the Thomas Court.
Updated article—many thanks.
The linkages are amazing. I found First LIberty Inst's actions on Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Liberty_Institute Someone with better skills than me should start a Wiki page for Ms. Shackelford.
An irony: the now Clarence Thomas-led Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will cause a surge of Democratic voting in November that helps the Dems retain control of the Senate and the House, thus insuring that Ginni Thomas soon won’t be able to hide.
Abortion has always been a bigger voter turn out driver for Republicans than Democrats. I think the fact that they kept their promise of overturning Roe and will likely say they aren't finished will just rally their base even more. Republicans are excited and ready for more; Democrats are frustrated and wounded.
What's worse is Biden and Democrats aren't doing a single thing to rally the base. They've said for many election cycles that Roe is on the ballot. Well...Roe is gone. Now I'm even starting to wonder what the point is because Biden has openly said he won't do anything. Telling people to chip in $3 to help save Roe isn't cutting it anymore. They have yet to prove that they can stop hard line conservatives from taking over the country. Not going to stop me from voting, but I think Democrats are on the brink of just loosing their party if they loose in 2024.
Biden is all for expanding the Supreme Court when we get the Senate seats to do so. He is wanting to keep this under wraps right now so GOP doesn’t use against in midterms.
I sure hope you're right.
I am. I promise. Shhhhhh 😉
All Republicans are already voting though..that's what they do.
They won't get much more of a % rise.
This will bring Democrats or Republican women who feel their body is their business out to vote......in favour of Democrats.
Don’t forget the Independents & the college kids now! They don’t want to live under the Christian Taliban
Seth, not sure how this fits in, but before DOJ, ken Klukowski worked as "special counsel" at OMB reporting to GC Mark Paoletta. Before Mark was OMB GC he was counsel to Mike Pence. Mark, who just published a book on Justice Thomas, is very close to the Thomases, has Thanksgiving dinner with them each year, and Clarence is godparent to one of his kids. Paoletta was responsible for executing the hold on Ukrainian aid at OMB. On Twitter Mark has been a ferocious defender of Ginni (perhaps he doth protest too much). Ken K now at Schaerr Jaffe where Paoletta went too after Trump admin.
This is very interesting information, particularly that last part.
I am working on this now.
Paoletta I’ve beard is Ginny’s lawyer now.
I will say it again. Pence was definitely in on this plan but he had to make it look like he was against ...should it fail.
I believe a certain group was supposed to get into the Chambers and take the votes from Pence...but if that failed (time wise), they had to have a back up plan to make Pence out to be the hero.
Why the dramatic gallows built way before the actual event...part of the "show" to make out Pence wasn't involved.
Damn. Just. Damn. If she isn’t subpoenaed now. We are just screwed. She will keep on doing what she’s doing and drag us further and further into a christofascist state. I am sick reading this.
We need Presidential advisors, legal scholars, etc…from both parties to sign a petition to expand the court and implore Biden do so. The Dems can run on that in the midterms.
Thanks for connecting the dots! Looking forward to tomorrow and remaining hopeful!
Biden will expand courts if we take the Senate seats more! Until then he must keep mum to keep the GOP from going after him.
Republicans will use that against Biden and dem candidates. We can't use that tactic until after the Senate lead is expanded.
While Biden is waiting for that to (maybe) happen, he can make secret deals with the Seditionists to nominate judges who will make rulings based on the belief that women do not deserve basic human rights. Sounds like a plan. . . . And as long as Biden doesn't say anything about expanding the SC, the GOP will ignore him? *Seriously?*
Thanks, Seth. Again. Question: Why does one almost never hear the names Ginni Thomas or Ali Alexander on CNN or MSNBC?
I think about that mystery daily. I do not know. It is incomprehensible to me as an attorney, professor, journalist, author, editor, researcher, historian, and citizen.
The simple answer I believe is that the Republican party is ran by corporate oligarchs. The left leaning media are still giant corporations at the end of the day. They reveal just enough to keep the left watching but never enough to prove things so conclusively that it can't be ignored. They don't want the Republicans to fail any more than Fox.
in the sense that it's all about ratings for them (ratings=money), I think that's probably true. Seth...has any major, more-or-less "mainstream"media entity EVER contacted you?
It should be noted that Pence recently joined CNP. Per the membership list released through documented earlier this year.
There you go. I knew Pence couldn't be trusted. He knew the coup was happening get rid nothing to stop it. He wants Ginni to put him in the White House!
Cleta Mitchell is as well.
Ye Gods! No wonder this column was slightly delayed! Mr. Abramson, this is amazing. You must have wondered if the news cycle would ever stop long enough for you to finish this.
Eastman's comments on hypothetical SCOTUS verdicts has me thinking the arrogant pr** Alito probably was informed about the coup plot by CThomas ... and was sympathetic to it.
Seth - after reading this article I realize you must have a very large whiteboard or pinboard or post-its stuck to a wall with all these names and the connections between all of them! Every time I read one of these articles I am amazed/impressed but this latest one connecting yet more "dots" makes me curious if this is all truly in your head of on a visual aide somewhere !
No, this is all from my head. No visual aids whatsoever. This is my job—it’s what I do.
That's amazing! I also wondered if you had a wall covered with all the connections to keep everyone straight. Then again, you're younger than me, so your brain is probably working better! LOL. I, too, am sick reading this. Justice better matter soon (paraphrasing Glenn Kirschner)! Great job as usual but my brain and eyes are exhausted after reading this. I hope I can get to sleep!
As you say, be well! I'll have my popcorn ready for the hearing! Thank you for keeping us up-to-date!
Some people have blackboards in their heads. I am sure you do.
I can't do two-digit addition and subtraction without paper.
I get most of the plot while reading, but if I step away, all the connections float off.
Thomas is a vengeful, bitter, self-loathing person. He is contemptuous of black people who are not successful, so he won't give them a hand-up; and he is humiliated that he became a black token for racist, sexist radicals. He wants to stick it to everyone.
I wonder who the suspected foreign agent/spy is that White House professionals claim Ginni recommended for a position in the administration? This elaborate conspiracy just wreaks of what we used to call "Soviet Subversion."
"[O]ne recommendation for a Trump administration position was, in fact, a suspected foreign-intelligence asset, or spy."
https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-ginni-thomas-insane-hiring-memos-for-former-president-donald-trump
The Trump campaign in 2016 had four at least: Why wouldn''t the Trump adminstration hire one?
Maybe at some point in the future you can write a book or teach a course about your methods, so if you retire others can pick up the torch.
You remind me of Dick Wolf and his unending Law and Order and Chicago and FBI television series. Coincidentally, he has also published 3 fictional novels about a fictional character that is a member of the NYPD's Intelligence Division. Both you guys are truly amazing and should collaborate. LOL!
By the way on looking at this I in no way meant that your research is fictional. I have been hoping it al comes to fruition and have 2 of your books. I am talking about the "brainpower"!
"sheesh" is the only response I can think of. pretty amazing.
It's the brainpower that is amazing. Your facts are as good as Dick Wolf's fiction!
I'm intrigued by MTG, still an outsider in December 2020, and her ability to directly call the President on a weekend (Dec 19 or 20) to organize a Monday Dec 21 meeting with many R Congressmen. How did she become so integral, so fast? Was it because she's from Georgia and so many parts of coup plots centered on Georgia? Or, much more?
Secondly, someone had to lead the briefing at the Dec 21 meeting with R Congressmen, before discussion began. Who was the briefer? Who knew enough about the many coup plots to brief that audience?
Finally, and correct me if I'm wrong here, Ken Klukowski was moved from Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to report to Jeffrey Clark at DOJ on Dec 15, 2020. OMB was headed by Russ Vought. And then very recently, on June 23, 2022, Russ Vought quickly and publicly condemned the FBI search of Jeffrey Clark home and stood up for Clark. Jeffrey Clark currently works for Russ Vought at an NGO called Center for Renewing America. Russ Vought's name hasn't surfaced much, but I bet he knows a lot about the Klukowski transfer to DOJ.
With sufficient cause, could John Roberts “ask” Clarence to “take an indefinite sabbatical”, and would Thomas tell him to go pound sand? Ginni sure does resemble toast. Thank you Seth for trying to make their miserable lives miserable.
They must have something on Roberts.
He has the backbone of a jellyfish.
That seems a bit of a leap. I’m just searching for some way that a SCOTUS jusge could be accountable. I see no other way but a formal impeachment trial.
Every lawyer involved with the scheme to overthrow the govt needs to be disbarred and everyone named in this article needs to go to jail. Clarence needs to be impeached. I think until that happens justice will be denied. In closing, Ginnie’s powerful positions and being the architect behind the coup is absolutely stunning, then you add Clarence into the mix, well it’ll take a bit to wrap my mind around it all.
You never disappoint. Thanks for all your had work.
Incredible research, absolutely flabbergasting stuff, this is so huge I must admit having serious doubts all this will ever come to light (main media) or/and the (most important) related criminals ever be indicted and prosecuted, hope glen kirschner is a subscriber too Seth!
Thank you for all your hard work in the service of our democracy. These religious zealots are just as bad as any Puritan even at the height of their witch-hanging activities. You know these lunatics would be happy to bring back death by hanging for those not in line with their cult "program". We already saw this with the chants of "Hang Mike Pence!".