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Aren't campaign donations tracked in various data bases? FEC? Maine state?

I am not a skilled researcher. But maybe someone can find records of William B. Blaisdell IV campaign donations for the period he was neither paying taxes or child support. Aren't the Blaisdells rather prominent Republicans?

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I knew that White Collar Crime was a growth industry in America but I didn't know that those in the judicial field had become players until I read this article. Ninety days "suspended" for abusing your wife and children and not paying income taxes for years pretty much says why White Collar Crime is growing in leaps and bounds! I've heard of people getting more than 90 days in jail for stealing a candy bar…but their collars…drum roll please…were blue!

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"I knew that White Collar Crime was a growth industry in America but I didn't know that those in the judicial field had become players until I read this article."

HaHa. Haven't you been following Justices Clarence Thomas' and Neil Gorsuch's real estate escapades? Selling properties to those with work before the Supreme Court. Not to mention dubious dealings of their Federalist Society best bud Leonard Leo?

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/25/neil-gorsuch-colorado-property-sale-00093579

https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-real-estate-scotus

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/01/dark-money-leonard-leo-judicial-activism-00084864

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Clarence Thomas is a judge? I thought he was the guy who mowed the lawn and raked the leaves at the Federalist Society Headquarters. I was of course being facetious in my comment RE judges having entered the White Collar Crime syndicate...heck White Collar Crime couldn't even exist without the capable assistance of the entire judicial system.

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Yikes. Yes. Of course. My apologies. I am so literal that I often miss the wit.

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Better to miss the whole wit than only half of it...you are excused. As for ole Clarence et ux. may they forever be condemned to raking the lawns in hell. In the mean time don't forget to honk whenever you are in the vicinity of their pal's home by the yacht club...we want to be welcoming do we not?

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Well, he seems like a nice fella. Ahem...

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