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While support for both Thomas and Hill was divided, on October 15, 1991, Thomas was confirmed to the Supreme Court, becoming the second African American in history to fill a seat on the highest court in the land.

(Archived document, may contain errors) BLACK AMERICANS SHOULD LOOK TO CONSERVATIVE POLICIES by Clarence Thomas

His time working for Monsanto and other polluting industries helped make him the fierce conservative he is today.

… You understand, I have this horrible condition. I have had it for years. I am incapable of seeing women as people. It used to be possible to get by in political life in this country with this condition. You would just move around a smoky room, speaking only to men, and you could have a nice career. But now, oh, these things, these things are everywhere. Holding elected office, performing jobs, playing soccer! You must understand my agony when I behold this. So much good meat, delicious mea...

Font Size Saturdays CBS Evening News devoted its “Weekend Journal” segment to, as anchor Russ Mitchell explained, “the Senate veteran who is known far and wide as Saint Jack." Bill Whitaker proceeded to relay, without any competing voices, the anti-Christian Right enmity of former moderate, at best, Missouri Republican Senator Jack Danforth who is on a crusade to rid the Republican Party of the influence of Christian conservatives. Whitaker began with a clip of Danforth dec...

Number of Migrant Children Detained at Border Has Tripled in Two Weeks Last Updated March 24, 2021, 7:38 a.m. ETMarch 24, 2021, 7:38 a.m. ET President Biden directs the Education Department to review Trump-era rules that afforded greater protections to students accused of sexual assault. On Capitol Hill, House members urged for swift action after receiving an update from a task force examining the failures that allowed the breach of the Capitol on Jan. 6. Here’s what you need to know: A migra...

Former Senator John Danforth (R- Missouri) said on Wednesday that the Senate should convict Donald Trump in the impeachment trial set to begin in mere days.

Senate ethics complaint alleges Hawleys actions set the stage for future violence Jonathan Shorman, The Kansas City Star Jan. 21—Senate Democrats have filed an ethics complaint against Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz over their actions on the day of the Capitol insurrection, alleging their support for overturning election results even after a mob stormed the building set the stage for future violence. Seven Democratic senators sent a letter to the Senate Ethi...

Sen. Josh Hawley called for President-elect Biden to retract comments comparing Hawley, Cruz to a Nazi propagandist.