Defending Liberty? Is *THAT* What They Call it?

Wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, @GinniThomas, presenting an award to @JamesOKeefeIII today for "defending liberty." pic.twitter.com/bWXFgWa36x

— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) December 6, 2017

I always called it grifting. Ah, well.

UPDATE: So, this shindig happened at the Trump International Hotel in Washington D.C. and was put on by United For Purpose. Trump donated more than a little bit to good old Project Veritas,  as did some of his main backers, the Mercers.  I couldn't find any darn thing about a group called "United For Purpose". (I don't know anything about that group--I did a search and found a "United In Purpose", but I have no idea if there's any connection.) Anyhow, Fox News' Sean Hannity and Judicial Watch got some participation trophies for fucking up mainstream media's shit, too.

O'Keefe was, in a way, humbled to the point of near-honesty:

O'Keefe appeared to acknowledge the operative was working for Project Veritas in a fundraising email after the Post's report.

“Following months of undercover work within The Washington Post, our investigative journalist within the publication had their cover blown,” O’Keefe said at the time.

“This is how undercover work goes. This isn’t the first time that has happened, and it won’t be the last time.”

Yes, folks, please send them money. They are only explicitly busted most of the time, and that's how the cookie crumbles. Otherwise, just invest in mallets to hit yourselves in the nards with. Same deal.

Ginni Thomas is, as I shouldn't neglect to point out, the spouse of SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas, and is a conservative activist, which should only trouble you if you pay attention to such things, and maybe there's reasons.  Clarence Thomas and his accuser, Anita Hill, represent how we used to talk about sexual harassment, when it was still new to do that.  I still believe Anita. And I'd still kind of like Clarence Thomas to "retire".