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kleinbl00 · 569 days ago · link · · parent · post: For over 20 years, Clarence Thomas has been treated to luxury vacations by billionaire Republican donor Harlan Crow
You don't usually see a single pigeon jump at a loud bang. You see a whole powerline's worth. Journalism happens in flocks, too. Especially if it's something where you can just log into a bunch of websites and make the interns dig around. Syrians were dying by the dozens crossing the med - then one dead boy washes up in a photogenic way and all of a sudden every news bureau in the world is rooting through shipping statistics.