to adapt and adopt the politics of reagan, so that he could support him from the background. that was really the ticket for him to move up and raise enough eyebrows and enough attention for himself to become, potentially, a nominee for the united states supreme court in a republican administration. michael, elise jordan here. it s very rare for the spouse of a supreme court justice to be so front and center and politically active. can you tell us what you learned about how they met and what kind of influence ginni thomas has had on her husband s belief system? ginni was raised by she was the she was what she called a mistake child. older, much older siblings, parents very, very, very political conservative and active in omaha. rather than rejecting her parents like almost everybody in america does, especially during the 60s, ginni became a true
have on the majority and the way it s going about its business of hearing cases is riddled with ethical complexes. this latest story that s divulged new information about the degree of ginni thomas activities will just further that narrative in the public s mind. brian, the piece about funding is so stunning to me. because, you know, over here on earth 1 you would do the opposite, right, if there were a nonprofit that involved the spouse of a supreme court justice you would take the path that would bring about more disclosure, more transparency, she does the opposite, she basically buries and hides the funding through a work-around that may or may not be legal. certainly not ethical or transparent. what do you make of the demented approach toward ethics and
produce an agreement. while the justices are taking their time agreeing to a set of standards for themselves, we ve seen a host of questionable practices, including controversial decisions, leaks, and many potential conflicts of interest. senator murphy highlighted one major conflict involving justice clarence thomas. the spouse of a supreme court justice was involved in an effort to organize a coup, an overthrow of an democratically elected president of the united states. that is extraordinary. that is not normal. it should not be treated as just another flavor of legitimate political action. and the fact that there is no clear binding code of conduct that addresses this kind of behavior and no clear standards of recusal for supreme court justices that the american people can see and trust is just unacceptable. extraordinary moment in our
widespread voter fraud, the pant will chairman told the 106 committee, this week she still believes the 2020 election was stolen. of course it was not, but ginni thomas is not the only one who shares this view. nearly two years after his election defeat, donald trump s lies still have a hold on gop voters. look at this. a new monmouth university poll found 61% of republicans still accept the big lie of the stolen election. joining me now, chief white house correspondent for the new york times, peter baker. his new book, the divider, trump in the white house it, is out now. also with us, former u.s. attorney and co-host of the hashtag sisters in law podcast, barbara mcquade. both barb and peter are msnbc analysts. barb, peter, thank you for joining us. we, no luck, ginni thomas is not just some random person sharing election memes on social media. she is the spouse of a supreme
his behalf and vice versa. it can flesh out the picture more. they re not going to get into what she discussed with her husband, that s marital privilege but this will flush out a factual record of what the spouse of a supreme court justice was doing to try to overturn the election. it s been a busy 24 hours, bradley, we thank you for helping us understand it. thanks. a new report this morning finds there are more cancer survivor in the u.s. than ever before. dr. sanjay gupta joins us with the promising data. there have been more than 500 head coaches in nfl history. only 24 have been black. a new investigation by the washington post dives into the hurdles that these coaches have faced and still face getting and keeping their jobs. we ll take you live to puerto rico where communities across the island are working desperately to rebuild after