Thread by @TheLastRefuge2

1) Having read the Politico article carefully, my original suspicions have shifted a bit.

politico.com/news/2022/05/0…

2) First, Politico is in the Domestic DOJ/FBI pipeline with the New York Times.

CNN = State Dept
WaPo = CIA/Intel
NYT/Politico = FBI/DOJ

3) So the outlet sourcing leans toward DOJ and Justice Branch coverage. Which makes sense given the leaker is inside SCOTUS giving stolen documents to Politico.

4) However, there's no citation in the article for the actual alignment of the other justices with the Alito opinion. Factually there's nothing other than Politico author supposition for judicial alignment with Alito opinion.

5) There's nothing cited in the politico report that would indicate this is anything more than just Alito telling his peers what his position on the oral arguments was/is.

Essentially, here's my draft of what I believe. There's nothing more than that present. Reread it.

6) With no factual citation for the claim that Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett are in concurrence, the article framework could likely be much ado about absolutely nothing.

7) It's one justice's opinion, which is not surprising as Alito has already outlined this opinion before.

Nothing else.

Every reaction is complete projection based on unsubstantiated claims (of concurrences) by the Politico journalist. The "majority" is the part that matters.

8) The "majority" is the part that matters.... and there is zero evidence to substantiate a claim that a majority decision exists.

Upon reread, it looks like FAKE NEWS

9) Then you switch to motive. Why would Politico want to participate in a strategically explosive political effort to manufacture a fear of a not real SCOTUS opinion based on fabricated claims?

10) The answer to that question is found in the immediate reaction from the political left.

Just the accusation alone is enough to trigger the most extreme of leftist base political demands.

11) From that perspective, everyone is reacting to a carefully coordinated con job.... that carries the odor of Ron Klain, the DNC, and a desperately needed political reset for 2022 all over it.

/END

"The leak is real, the news is fake"

Sound familiar?