Five House Democrats led by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York wrote to the US attorney general, Merrick Garland, to demand a federal investigation of the conservative supreme court justice Clarence Thomas, over his acceptance of undeclared gifts from billionaire rightwing donors.

“We write to urge the Department of Justice to launch an investigation into … Clarence Thomas for consistently failing to report significant gifts he received from Harlan Crow and other billionaires for nearly two decades in defiance of his duty under federal law,” the Democrats said.

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      We aren’t talking about Democratic leadership, we’re talking about AOC.

      p.s. “Democrat Party” gives your bias away, it’s the Democratic Party.

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          No it’s a “I’m not letting you be a sea lion and hijack the conversation.”

          If you have something on point to say, great. If you don’t? Exit’s over there…

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              did you not see that he is in charge of internet conversations and is using his legal authority to quash this entire line of inquiry?

              our only recourse is to wait for the next election and vote out his Pedantic Liberal Party in favor of a nebulous alternative and hope their platform includes a plank to revisit this issue at a later date.

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        So if the Democratic party leadership won’t commit to impeachment how is voting for them going to change the status quo of not impeaching judges?

        You said if you want to change this, you need this many Democrats. But the Democrats aren’t saying they’re going to change it. And presumably they know more about their intentions than you.

        Also you need 2/3 majority to convict. So you might want to revise your numbers.

        Edited to fix a typo

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        p.s. “Democrat Party” gives your bias away, it’s the Democratic Party.

        Is the bias that they’re a communist or an anarchist? Because that’s what most people on our instance are. It’s not like we’re hiding it.