No conflict of interest here, no, not at all, just keep moving on, "OH Look !, something shiny"

Busy weekend and all,  you might have missed this little story from the New York Times. That is what the crack staff here at the k+b is here for!

So, every one's favorite judicial puppet has a wife!  Mrs. Clarence ( Virginia/"Ginnie" ) Thomas. From the NYT : "For three decades, Mrs. Thomas has been a familiar figure among conservative activists in Washington — since before she met her husband of 23 years, Justice Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court. But this year she has emerged in her most politically prominent role yet: Mrs. Thomas is the founder and head of a new nonprofit group, Liberty Central, dedicated to opposing what she characterizes as the leftist “tyranny” of President Obama and Democrats in Congress and to “protecting the core founding principles” of the nation." [ Read the whole thing here ]

Let's just laser beam in one one little aspect of this story, THE MONEY!
Last year, when the Supreme Court decided in the now infamous Citizens United that you had no real right to know who was funding any political group or candidate, Mrs. Thomas was just a woman with a dream! But then wham bam thank you mam with some real redaction going on, Mrs. Thomas was a woman with a dream and a well funded tax exempt 501 (c) non profit group and an awesome Rolodex. Yes, thanks to Mr. Thomas' ruling, ANY group, foreign nation, any joe billionair Koch Brother off the street can slip Mrs. Thomas a big one, check that is... her VERY first one was a nifty 500k, from goodness knows who! A win win combo for, someone.

Some very strange bedfellows indeed!