Ultra-rich have influence over our government . . . no, not that one
US media went ballistic over Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ until-now-unreported vacationing courtesy of his host, longtime family friend, GOP megadonor and Texas real-estate billionaire Harlan Crow.
But that reminds us again of how little the press takes note of the influence of a far more consequential multibillionaire, George Soros.
For what it’s worth, Thomas explains that the rules didn’t require him to disclose those trips until recently, and he will going forward.
Plus, Crow has never had business before the Supreme Court, so there’s zero conflict of interest.
Yet Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she wants to impeach Thomas over the news.
Meanwhile, The Post reports that Soros’ eldest son Alexander has visited the Biden White House at least 14 times as his dad’s emissary, a dozen in 2022 alone — regularly meeting with top advisors to the president.
What produced the Soros clan’s high-level access? George, 92, has spent an estimated $32 billion-with-b on his various worldwide causes in recent decades via his Open Society Foundations and other nonprofits as well as regular seven-figure giving to political action committees.
Alexander, 37, has given at least $11 million to lefty PACs in his own right — and delighted in sharing pics with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Beyond that, Soros protégés have packed President Joe Biden’s transition committee and White House staff.
It shows: Top Soros priorities include opening borders and extreme action in the name of climate change.
Team Biden has delivered big-time on both, with millions of illegal immigrants entering the United States (along with a flood of fentanyl and other illegal drugs) on Biden’s watch, and tens of billions of taxpayer dollars directed at climate action.
Soros donations have also been key to electing hyperprogressive prosecutors across the nation — men and women like Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, dedicated to keeping as many criminals and accused as possible out of prison and jail.
The Soroses are of free to spend their money as they like in legal pursuit of their ideals — just as critics are free to point out what they’re doing.
But it’s notable how little the left-leaning media focus on the Soros influence (including influence on the media).
Surely, with crime soaring in virtually every area with a “Soros DA,” the fact that a single reclusive gazillionaire has played such a key role in electing so many of them is worth some coverage?
The Soros clan’s routine response is to denounce all criticism as anti-Semitic conspiracy-mongering, though nearly all of it is just a mirror image of the left’s long obsession with (markedly smaller) Koch family political spending.
Fact is, if the Soros connection to political trends got coverage on a level with the recent scrutiny of Thomas’ vacations, the headlines would never stop.
