Sheldon Whitehouse

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Now “dismantler" Rao is a life-tenured judge on the nation’s second highest court, supposed to treat our U.S. agencies fairly. #CapturedCourts https://t.co/bzTwmNNdBs — PolitiTweet.org

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In one email, the dean asked an influential donor for $1.5 million to fund Neomi Rao’s center, to "entice Neomi to return home to Scalia Law after she dismantles the administrative state while serving” in the @realDonaldTrump administration. — PolitiTweet.org

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Here’s what’s also interesting: open records documents show the law school dean regularly reported to Leonard Leo and the Koch Foundation on developments at the Center, including faculty hiring, student admissions, and other @FedSoc priorities. — PolitiTweet.org

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The thing was, @nytimes and others had documents showing that wasn’t true. A Virginia open records request revealed that an anonymous donor and the Charles Koch Foundation, working with Leonard Leo, donated $30 million, much of which was earmarked for her organization. https://t.co/BstmvGocwW — PolitiTweet.org

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When Rao testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, I asked her about the funding of her so-called Center for the Study of the Administrative State at George Mason’s Scalia Law School. She testified to me that NO anonymous or Koch brothers funding had gone to her Center. — PolitiTweet.org

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One @FedSoc darling has received a particular amount of attention recently, the newly confirmed DC Court of Appeals judge Neomi Rao. Her deep connections to the Federalist Society are no secret. #CapturedCourts — PolitiTweet.org

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WATCH LIVE: The Third Federalist Society https://t.co/FCFJumQIqq — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AFJustice: Any senator who votes to move forward with Daniel Bress's nomination "has become complicit in tearing down the one rule that… — PolitiTweet.org

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3⃣Carbon bubble bursts: fossil fuel industry’s claimed assets collapse in value by trillions of dollars, dragging the economy down with it. #ClimateCosts — PolitiTweet.org

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2⃣Sudden collapse of coastal property values when markets react to #ClimateRisks of rising sea levels. — PolitiTweet.org

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1⃣#ClimateRisk becomes uninsurable leading to crisis in insurance markets. — PolitiTweet.org

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We know the consequences of climate inaction: — PolitiTweet.org

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I love carbon capture, but who invests in carbon capture when carbon pollution is free? Innovation Fairy not a solution. #ClimateCosts — PolitiTweet.org

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"Innovation" is the last gasp of climate denial. #ChamberofCarbon et al. want "innovation," yet protect the market… https://t.co/ugLGwl5pMN — PolitiTweet.org

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And if you want to know why all this effort and subterfuge on judges, look at the 73 partisan 5-4 decisions the #RobertsFive have delivered for big Republican interests. They are buying victories in our courts. https://t.co/aV0BUz9yL6 — PolitiTweet.org

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Leonard Leo says: "what I care about is ideas." Here’s his idea: federal judges should rule in favor of his big donors, the donors who helped pick the judges. Here’s another word for that "idea": corruption. — PolitiTweet.org

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So why is this not happening? Look at swamp monsters like #ChamberofCarbon, who secretly represent fossil fuel inte… https://t.co/mPpqu7fPui — PolitiTweet.org

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Legendary GOP pollster and message-meister Frank Luntz has amazing numbers on support for climate action, D, R and Ind. https://t.co/W6p0ILXghl — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @WhyCourtsMatter: .@SenWhitehouse is one of the strongest Senate leaders against Trump's court-packing efforts and the damage it does to… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SenatorDurbin: Leonard Leo’s efforts to tilt our federal judiciary to benefit corporate, right-wing interests on behalf of a group of s… — PolitiTweet.org

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Remember banks, Moody’s and mortgages — 2008 gave us a preview. #ClimateCosts — PolitiTweet.org

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Common themes to other warnings: Big Oil has overstated assets; market forces/climate imperatives are irreconcilable with asset claims; markets do not have adequate info/have not adjusted; correction may come suddenly; a sudden correction so big that it impacts rest of economy. — PolitiTweet.org

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The warnings of financial hazards ahead are becoming more common, more frequent, and more dire. Here goes Canada’s national bank #ClimateCosts https://t.co/T73jOhYLIP — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MartinHeinrich: This looks more like a crime family than a think tank... https://t.co/GE6ravFGmI — PolitiTweet.org

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Glad to cosponsor legislation that hits back against @realDonaldTrump’s plan to expand junk insurance plans that can deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions. #NoJunkPlans https://t.co/XVR5ZKdWA8 — PolitiTweet.org

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Here’s how Court justices are picked: network of front groups, shell entities, shared maildrops, common contractors… https://t.co/3inl5dg2YG — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MartinHeinrich: The @USChamber has relentlessly fought efforts to curb carbon-emissions. They are standing in the way of fighting clima… — PolitiTweet.org

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As the @washigntonpost reports, that third @FedSoc is the nerve center for powerful interests seeking to not only “reorder” the judiciary, but to capture the courts to benefit corporate, right-wing interests. #CapturedCourts — PolitiTweet.org

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Leo is best known for leading @FedSoc, the group at the center of his efforts at control. There are 3 incarnations of @FedSoc: 1st is the debating society for conservatives at law schools. 2nd is the flashy think tank. But the 3rd is much darker, both in funding & function. https://t.co/ppWVZu9Ppc — PolitiTweet.org

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Today, the @washingtonpost published an investigation of Leonard Leo’s efforts to control our federal judiciary on behalf of a group of ultra-wealthy elites. This story is a big deal to the Senate and the people we serve. #CapturedCourts https://t.co/M94Cmj62nd — PolitiTweet.org