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louis c

(8,652 posts)
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 12:44 PM Oct 2018

Wife of Supreme Court Justice Spreads Fake News About the Migrant Caravan

Source: Marketwatch

News travels fast, but fake news travels even faster, especially when there’s a political agenda attached to it. One glaring example took place over the weekend, when someone on Twitter TWTR, +0.57% posted a photograph of an injured police officer, with a caption that he’d been “brutalized” by the migrant caravan on its way to the United States.

The problem, according to a deep dive from Snopes: It’s not true. The main image, which was taken during a clash in Mexico City in 2012, is just another attempt to demonize the refugees and spread fears over immigration.

Nevertheless, those who wanted to believe it, did. That apparently includes Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. This post can be found on her official Facebook FB, -2.63% page:

Read more: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/wife-of-supreme-court-justice-spreads-fake-news-about-the-migrant-caravan-2018-10-24

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Wife of Supreme Court Justice Spreads Fake News About the Migrant Caravan (Original Post) louis c Oct 2018 OP
She Is Nuts! ProfessorGAC Oct 2018 #1
She has made the news for being a bigot a LONG time ago --Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justic riversedge Oct 2018 #2
Yeah, Unfortunately I Knew That ProfessorGAC Oct 2018 #19
How did I know who it was before reading the story? Am I clairvoyant? Am I psychic? ret5hd Oct 2018 #3
Same here! peekaloo Oct 2018 #5
+1000 Freethinker65 Oct 2018 #7
Apparently i have the "gift," too! deurbano Oct 2018 #12
It's just getting too damned predictible Maeve Oct 2018 #14
Well, she's lonely no longer. Ginni...meet Ashley. libdem4life Oct 2018 #27
I knew it too. She's been a far right hothead for years. calimary Oct 2018 #18
Yep. The "What SCOTUS Judge's Wife is a Partisan Asshole?" question only has one answer. TheBlackAdder Oct 2018 #20
Good call ck4829 Oct 2018 #37
And her husband sits on the bench making rulings about immigrants........................ turbinetree Oct 2018 #4
One of the worst cases for husband & wife teams since the Macbeths. Golden Raisin Oct 2018 #6
!!!!!!!!!!!!! BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #8
Thomas should be impeached Farmer-Rick Oct 2018 #9
As soon as I read, "Wife of Supreme Court Justice..." Grins Oct 2018 #10
Yes. Thank you! So did I. NurseJackie Oct 2018 #13
She also drinks too much. Scarsdale Oct 2018 #21
Me too MiniMe Oct 2018 #15
Same here. GoCubsGo Oct 2018 #24
No other way to say it. Racerdog1 Oct 2018 #11
Not surprising that we all knew... 3catwoman3 Oct 2018 #16
Had to make sure it wasn't the newest addition? czarjak Oct 2018 #17
The Majority on the Supreme zentrum Oct 2018 #22
I knew who this was before even opening up your thread . JHan Oct 2018 #23
Roberts must be so proud- he has is own swamp RainCaster Oct 2018 #25
Before I opened this, I knew it had to be her. geardaddy Oct 2018 #26
I knew the wife was going to be Clarence Thomas' wife. She's an extremist activist. Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #28
Me too. tavernier Oct 2018 #39
That's a good question. How in the heck did that happen? nt Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #40
She is a Tea Party Wack Job dlk Oct 2018 #29
That would be "professional conservative lobbyist and wife of SC Justice"... JHB Oct 2018 #30
For Some Reason I Knew It Was Her PaulX2 Oct 2018 #31
Pre-click prediction: Clarence Thomas' wife. rocktivity Oct 2018 #32
It's not surprising Knowing Thomas to be the devout Fascist that he is .Fascism runs in the family. geretogo Oct 2018 #33
I knew before I clicked the link it was Ginni Thomas Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2018 #34
I was betting it was her. TomSlick Oct 2018 #35
Kick ck4829 Oct 2018 #36
Another kick ck4829 Oct 2018 #38

ProfessorGAC

(65,076 posts)
1. She Is Nuts!
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 12:45 PM
Oct 2018

She was always out there, but her mind has taken a walk off the map.

She's much crazier than she ever was.

ProfessorGAC

(65,076 posts)
19. Yeah, Unfortunately I Knew That
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 02:05 PM
Oct 2018

She's crazier than she used to be though. She didn't just get crazy, but she's definitely more crazy.

ret5hd

(20,495 posts)
3. How did I know who it was before reading the story? Am I clairvoyant? Am I psychic?
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 12:48 PM
Oct 2018

I don't think I am, but...

Maeve

(42,282 posts)
14. It's just getting too damned predictible
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 01:20 PM
Oct 2018

But then...who else fits the description of SC nutso wife???

 

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)
27. Well, she's lonely no longer. Ginni...meet Ashley.
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 02:33 PM
Oct 2018

On Edit...Ashley's maiden name is Estes...Spanish. She, however, seems to be a nice lady. Just who she married. Does it get any crazier? Don't answer that.

Probably a lot of "Estes folk" on the caravan.

turbinetree

(24,703 posts)
4. And her husband sits on the bench making rulings about immigrants........................
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 12:49 PM
Oct 2018

go fucking figure......................he should be impeached................right along with the other four federalist assholes............................maybe she can get more information from that libertarian asshole Koch's that pay her salary...............

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
21. She also drinks too much.
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 02:18 PM
Oct 2018

Remember, she would drunk dial Anita Hill during those hearings. Two of a kind, her and ol' Unka Tom.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
28. I knew the wife was going to be Clarence Thomas' wife. She's an extremist activist.
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 02:35 PM
Oct 2018

I can't figure the Thomases out. How in the world did they get so rightwingnut, growing up black in America?

JHB

(37,161 posts)
30. That would be "professional conservative lobbyist and wife of SC Justice"...
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 02:58 PM
Oct 2018

She's a messaging professional, and far-right wingnut "a 30 front war seeking to fundamentally transform the nation"-type messaging at that. It's what she does for a living.

Not a socialite with her dudgeon up. Professional, well-connected wingnut.

rocktivity

(44,576 posts)
32. Pre-click prediction: Clarence Thomas' wife.
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 04:17 PM
Oct 2018

Hooray for me.

Last I heard from her she was accused in a drunk dialing scandal:


rocktivity

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