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lots of people are brilliant as academics but have little common sense on things jj. she is not racist. but hell you were a trump guy so ALL your opinions are void and null to me. you still think trump is being abused. you could care less how many laws he breaks and unless you have changed your mind you are on record on these boards claiming you would vote trump again. and this man tried to steal the election. maybe you need to think on what you believe and how it reflects to the rest of us non trump butt smoochers.

lets get more in depth shall we? the photos would not load but i left the discriptions so yall would know who he was hanging out with. propublica.org Clarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Luxury Trips From Major GOP Donor by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski 22–28 minutes ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. In late June 2019, right after the U.S. Supreme Court released its final opinion of the term, Justice Clarence Thomas boarded a large private jet headed to Indonesia. He and his wife were going on vacation: nine days of island-hopping in a volcanic archipelago on a superyacht staffed by a coterie of attendants and a private chef. If Thomas had chartered the plane and the 162-foot yacht himself, the total cost of the trip could have exceeded $500,000. Fortunately for him, that wasn’t necessary: He was on vacation with real estate magnate and Republican megadonor Harlan Crow, who owned the jet — and the yacht, too. Clarence Thomas and his wife, Ginni, front left, with Harlan Crow, back right, and others in Flores, Indonesia, in July 2019. Credit: via Instagram For more than two decades, Thomas has accepted luxury trips virtually every year from the Dallas businessman without disclosing them, documents and interviews show. A public servant who has a salary of $285,000, he has vacationed on Crow’s superyacht around the globe. He flies on Crow’s Bombardier Global 5000 jet. He has gone with Crow to the Bohemian Grove, the exclusive California all-male retreat, and to Crow’s sprawling ranch in East Texas. And Thomas typically spends about a week every summer at Crow’s private resort in the Adirondacks. The extent and frequency of Crow’s apparent gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the U.S. Supreme Court. These trips appeared nowhere on Thomas’ financial disclosures. His failure to report the flights appears to violate a law passed after Watergate that requires justices, judges, members of Congress and federal officials to disclose most gifts, two ethics law experts said. He also should have disclosed his trips on the yacht, these experts said. Thomas did not respond to a detailed list of questions. In a statement, Crow acknowledged that he’d extended “hospitality” to the Thomases “over the years,” but said that Thomas never asked for any of it and it was “no different from the hospitality we have extended to our many other dear friends.” Through his largesse, Crow has gained a unique form of access, spending days in private with one of the most powerful people in the country. By accepting the trips, Thomas has broken long-standing norms for judges’ conduct, ethics experts and four current or retired federal judges said. “It’s incomprehensible to me that someone would do this,” said Nancy Gertner, a retired federal judge appointed by President Bill Clinton. When she was on the bench, Gertner said, she was so cautious about appearances that she wouldn’t mention her title when making dinner reservations: “It was a question of not wanting to use the office for anything other than what it was intended.” Virginia Canter, a former government ethics lawyer who served in administrations of both parties, said Thomas “seems to have completely disregarded his higher ethical obligations.” “When a justice’s lifestyle is being subsidized by the rich and famous, it absolutely corrodes public trust,” said Canter, now at the watchdog group CREW. “Quite frankly, it makes my heart sink.” When a justice’s lifestyle is being subsidized by the rich and famous, it absolutely corrodes public trust. Quite frankly, it makes my heart sink. —Virginia Canter, former government ethics lawyer ProPublica uncovered the details of Thomas’ travel by drawing from flight records, internal documents distributed to Crow’s employees and interviews with dozens of people ranging from his superyacht’s staff to members of the secretive Bohemian Club to an Indonesian scuba diving instructor. Federal judges sit in a unique position of public trust. They have lifetime tenure, a privilege intended to insulate them from the pressures and potential corruption of politics. A code of conduct for federal judges below the Supreme Court requires them to avoid even the “appearance of impropriety.” Members of the high court, Chief Justice John Roberts has written, “consult” that code for guidance. The Supreme Court is left almost entirely to police itself. There are few restrictions on what gifts justices can accept. That’s in contrast to the other branches of government. Members of Congress are generally prohibited from taking gifts worth $50 or more and would need pre-approval from an ethics committee to take many of the trips Thomas has accepted from Crow. Thomas’ approach to ethics has already attracted public attention. Last year, Thomas didn’t recuse himself from cases that touched on the involvement of his wife, Ginni, in efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. While his decision generated outcry, it could not be appealed. Crow met Thomas after he became a justice. The pair have become genuine friends, according to people who know both men. Over the years, some details of Crow’s relationship with the Thomases have emerged. In 2011, The New York Times reported on Crow’s generosity toward the justice. That same year, Politico revealed that Crow had given half a million dollars to a Tea Party group founded by Ginni Thomas, which also paid her a $120,000 salary. But the full scale of Crow’s benefactions has never been revealed. Long an influential figure in pro-business conservative politics, Crow has spent millions on ideological efforts to shape the law and the judiciary. Crow and his firm have not had a case before the Supreme Court since Thomas joined it, though the court periodically hears major cases that directly impact the real estate industry. The details of his discussions with Thomas over the years remain unknown, and it is unclear if Crow has had any influence on the justice’s views. In his statement, Crow said that he and his wife have never discussed a pending or lower court case with Thomas. “We have never sought to influence Justice Thomas on any legal or political issue,” he added. In Thomas’ public appearances over the years, he has presented himself as an everyman with modest tastes. “I don’t have any problem with going to Europe, but I prefer the United States, and I prefer seeing the regular parts of the United States,” Thomas said in a recent interview for a documentary about his life, which Crow helped finance. “I prefer the RV parks. I prefer the Walmart parking lots to the beaches and things like that. There’s something normal to me about it,” Thomas said. “I come from regular stock, and I prefer that — I prefer being around that.” “You Don’t Need to Worry About This — It’s All Covered” Crow’s private lakeside resort, Camp Topridge, sits in a remote corner of the Adirondacks in upstate New York. Closed off from the public by ornate wooden gates, the 105-acre property, once the summer retreat of the same heiress who built Mar-a-Lago, features an artificial waterfall and a great hall where Crow’s guests are served meals prepared by private chefs. Inside, there’s clear evidence of Crow and Thomas’ relationship: a painting of the two men at the resort, sitting outdoors smoking cigars alongside conservative political operatives. A statue of a Native American man, arms outstretched, stands at the center of the image, which is photographic in its clarity. A painting that hangs at Camp Topridge shows Crow, far right, and Thomas, second from right, smoking cigars at the resort. They are joined by lawyers Peter Rutledge, Leonard Leo and Mark Paoletta, from left. Credit: Painting by Sharif Tarabay The painting captures a scene from around five years ago, said Sharif Tarabay, the artist who was commissioned by Crow to paint it. Thomas has been vacationing at Topridge virtually every summer for more than two decades, according to interviews with more than a dozen visitors and former resort staff, as well as records obtained by ProPublica. He has fished with a guide hired by Crow and danced at concerts put on by musicians Crow brought in. Thomas has slept at perhaps the resort’s most elegant accommodation, an opulent lodge overhanging Upper St. Regis Lake. The mountainous area draws billionaires from across the globe. Rooms at a nearby hotel built by the Rockefellers start at $2,250 a night. Crow’s invitation-only resort is even more exclusive. Guests stay for free, enjoying Topridge’s more than 25 fireplaces, three boathouses, clay tennis court and batting cage, along with more eccentric features: a lifesize replica of the Harry Potter character Hagrid’s hut, bronze statues of gnomes and a 1950s-style soda fountain where Crow’s staff fixes milkshakes. First image: A lodge at Topridge where Thomas has stayed. Second image: Thomas fishing in the Adirondacks. Credit: First image: Courtesy of Carolyn Belknap. Second image: Via NYup.com. Crow’s access to the justice extends to anyone the businessman chooses to invite along. Thomas’ frequent vacations at Topridge have brought him into contact with corporate executives and political activists. During just one trip in July 2017, Thomas’ fellow guests included executives at Verizon and PricewaterhouseCoopers, major Republican donors and one of the leaders of the American Enterprise Institute, a pro-business conservative think tank, according to records reviewed by ProPublica. The painting of Thomas at Topridge shows him in conversation with Leonard Leo, the Federalist Society leader regarded as an architect of the Supreme Court’s recent turn to the right. In his statement to ProPublica, Crow said he is “unaware of any of our friends ever lobbying or seeking to influence Justice Thomas on any case, and I would never invite anyone who I believe had any intention of doing that.” “These are gatherings of friends,” Crow said. Crow has deep connections in conservative politics. The heir to a real estate fortune, Crow oversees his family’s business empire and recently named Marxism as his greatest fear. He was an early patron of the powerful anti-tax group Club for Growth and has been on the board of AEI for over 25 years. He also sits on the board of the Hoover Institution, another conservative think tank. A major Republican donor for decades, Crow has given more than $10 million in publicly disclosed political contributions. He’s also given to groups that keep their donors secret — how much of this so-called dark money he’s given and to whom are not fully known. “I don’t disclose what I’m not required to disclose,” Crow once told the Times. Crow has long supported efforts to move the judiciary to the right. He has donated to the Federalist Society and given millions of dollars to groups dedicated to tort reform and conservative jurisprudence. AEI and the Hoover Institution publish scholarship advancing conservative legal theories, and fellows at the think tanks occasionally file amicus briefs with the Supreme Court. I prefer the RV parks. I prefer the Walmart parking lots to the beaches and things like that. There’s something normal to me about it. I come from regular stock, and I prefer that — I prefer being around that. —Clarence Thomas Listen to Thomas speak, from the documentary “Created Equal.” On the court since 1991, Thomas is a deeply conservative jurist known for his “originalism,” an approach that seeks to adhere to close readings of the text of the Constitution. While he has been resolute in this general approach, his views on specific matters have sometimes evolved. Recently, Thomas harshly criticized one of his own earlier opinions as he embraced a legal theory, newly popular on the right, that would limit government regulation. Small evolutions in a justice’s thinking or even select words used in an opinion can affect entire bodies of law, and shifts in Thomas’ views can be especially consequential. He’s taken unorthodox legal positions that have been adopted by the court’s majority years down the line. Soon after Crow met Thomas three decades ago, he began lavishing the justice with gifts, including a $19,000 Bible that belonged to Frederick Douglass, which Thomas disclosed. Recently, Crow gave Thomas a portrait of the justice and his wife, according to Tarabay, who painted it. Crow’s foundation also gave $105,000 to Yale Law School, Thomas’ alma mater, for the “Justice Thomas Portrait Fund,” tax filings show. Crow said that he and his wife have funded a number of projects that celebrate Thomas. “We believe it is important to make sure as many people as possible learn about him, remember him and understand the ideals for which he stands,” he said. To trace Thomas’ trips around the world on Crow’s superyacht, ProPublica spoke to more than 15 former yacht workers and tour guides and obtained records documenting the ship’s travels. On the Indonesia trip in the summer of 2019, Thomas flew to the country on Crow’s jet, according to another passenger on the plane. Clarence and Ginni Thomas were traveling with Crow and his wife, Kathy. Crow’s yacht, the Michaela Rose, decked out with motorboats and a giant inflatable rubber duck, met the travelers at a fishing town on the island of Flores. First image: From left, Crow, Paoletta, Ginni Thomas and Clarence Thomas in Indonesia in 2019. Clarence Thomas flew to the country on Crow’s jet, according to another passenger on the plane. Second image: A worker from Crow’s yacht ferries Thomas and others on a small boat in Indonesia. Credit: via Facebook Touring the Lesser Sunda Islands, the group made stops at Komodo National Park, home of the eponymous reptiles; at the volcanic lakes of Mount Kelimutu; and at Pantai Meko, a spit of pristine beach accessible only by boat. Another guest was Mark Paoletta, a friend of the Thomases then serving as the general counsel of the Office of Management and Budget in the administration of President Donald Trump. Paoletta was bound by executive branch ethics rules at the time and told ProPublica that he discussed the trip with an ethics lawyer at his agency before accepting the Crows’ invitation. “Based on that counsel’s advice, I reimbursed Harlan for the costs,” Paoletta said in an email. He did not respond to a question about how much he paid Crow. (Paoletta has long been a pugnacious defender of Thomas and recently testified before Congress against strengthening judicial ethics rules. “There is nothing wrong with ethics or recusals at the Supreme Court,” he said, adding, “To support any reform legislation right now would be to validate these vicious political attacks on the Supreme Court,” referring to criticism of Thomas and his wife.) The Indonesia vacation wasn’t Thomas’ first time on the Michaela Rose. He went on a river day trip around Savannah, Georgia, and an extended cruise in New Zealand roughly a decade ago. During a New Zealand trip on Crow’s yacht, Thomas signed a copy of his memoir and gave it to a yacht worker. Credit: Obtained by ProPublica As a token of his appreciation, he gave one yacht worker a copy of his memoir. Thomas signed the book: “Thank you so much for all your hard work on our New Zealand adventure.” Crow’s policy was that guests didn’t pay, former Michaela Rose staff said. “You don’t need to worry about this — it’s all covered,” one recalled the guests being told. There’s evidence Thomas has taken even more trips on the superyacht. Crow often gave his guests custom polo shirts commemorating their vacations, according to staff. ProPublica found photographs of Thomas wearing at least two of those shirts. In one, he wears a blue polo shirt embroidered with the Michaela Rose’s logo and the words “March 2007” and “Greek Islands.” Thomas didn’t report any of the trips ProPublica identified on his annual financial disclosures. Ethics experts said the law clearly requires disclosure for private jet flights and Thomas appears to have violated it. Thomas has been photographed wearing custom polo shirts bearing the logo of Crow’s yacht, the Michaela Rose. Credit: via Flickr, Washington Examiner Justices are generally required to publicly report all gifts worth more than $415, defined as “anything of value” that isn’t fully reimbursed. There are exceptions: If someone hosts a justice at their own property, free food and lodging don’t have to be disclosed. That would exempt dinner at a friend’s house. The exemption never applied to transportation, such as private jet flights, experts said, a fact that was made explicit in recently updated filing instructions for the judiciary. Two ethics law experts told ProPublica that Thomas’ yacht cruises, a form of transportation, also required disclosure. “If Justice Thomas received free travel on private planes and yachts, failure to report the gifts is a violation of the disclosure law,” said Kedric Payne, senior director for ethics at the nonprofit government watchdog Campaign Legal Center. (Thomas himself once reported receiving a private jet trip from Crow, on his disclosure for 1997.) The experts said Thomas’ stays at Topridge may have required disclosure too, in part because Crow owns it not personally but through a company. Until recently, the judiciary’s ethics guidance didn’t explicitly address the ownership issue. The recent update to the filing instructions clarifies that disclosure is required for such stays. How many times Thomas failed to disclose trips remains unclear. Flight records from the Federal Aviation Administration and FlightAware suggest he makes regular use of Crow’s plane. The jet often follows a pattern: from its home base in Dallas to Washington Dulles airport for a brief stop, then on to a destination Thomas is visiting and back again. ProPublica identified five such trips in addition to the Indonesia vacation. On July 7 last year, Crow’s jet made a 40-minute stop at Dulles and then flew to a small airport near Topridge, returning to Dulles six days later. Thomas was at the resort that week for his regular summer visit, according to a person who was there. Twice in recent years, the jet has followed the pattern when Thomas appeared at Crow’s properties in Dallas — once for the Jan. 4, 2018, swearing-in of Fifth Circuit Judge James Ho at Crow’s private library and again for a conservative think tank conference Crow hosted last May. Thomas has even used the plane for a three-hour trip. On Feb. 11, 2016, the plane flew from Dallas to Dulles to New Haven, Connecticut, before flying back later that afternoon. ProPublica confirmed that Thomas was on the jet through Supreme Court security records obtained by the nonprofit Fix the Court, private jet data, a New Haven plane spotter and another person at the airport. There are no reports of Thomas making a public appearance that day, and the purpose of the trip remains unclear. Jet charter companies told ProPublica that renting an equivalent plane for the New Haven trip could cost around $70,000. On the weekend of Oct. 16, 2021, Crow’s jet repeated the pattern. That weekend, Thomas and Crow traveled to a Catholic cemetery in a bucolic suburb of New York City. They were there for the unveiling of a bronze statue of the justice’s beloved eighth grade teacher, a nun, according to Catholic Cemetery magazine. Thomas attended the 2021 unveiling of a statue of his eighth grade teacher. Credit: via Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Newark As Thomas spoke from a lectern, the monument towered over him, standing 7 feet tall and weighing 1,800 pounds, its granite base inscribed with words his teacher once told him. Thomas told the nuns assembled before him, “This extraordinary statue is dedicated to you sisters.” He also thanked the donors who paid for the statue: Harlan and Kathy Crow. Do you have any tips on the courts? Josh Kaplan can be reached by email at joshua.kaplan@propublica.org and by Signal or WhatsApp at 734-834-9383. Justin Elliott can be reached by email at justin@propublica.org or by Signal or WhatsApp at 774-826-6240. Matt Easton contributed reporting. Design and development by Anna Donlan.

because we are living in a crappy world right now. people do not believe real news if it does not fit their agenda.

i hate to burst your bubble but i rarely ever get high all day long or even every single day.

if me or you lie under oath we would be jailed and or pay a huge fine. he is also accuded of paying the ho off with campaign funds which is a nono. nice try. if it was a dem you would LOVE it so do not lie dude..............

thank god he is or you guys would have a repuke letting him get away with murder. again fact and not a troll.

so tell me this miss cleo. who on the right could we trust to do the right thing concerning trump? this is not a troll this is serious. see how that works?

because you guys have been doing the same so the dirty commie will not take over the nation? you guys did some shady stuff and broke a unwritten law or gentlemens agreement because the right wanted abortion outlawed. they do not care aqbout fair play of the law when it comes to the right.

by the way the above comments are from the meme i posted from reddit.i did not include the names. here is another interesting vid on thomas and his nut wife.

They completely ignore the fact that Ginni Thomas is a Qnut who tried to overturn the 2020 elections. Despite this, Clarence Thomas refuses to recuse himself on related cases. Because this is the ******* scam. He’s being paid to rule and vote for things by conservative “doners”. It’s bribery. He’s being bribed and if he recused himself then he’s not doing the job he was bribed to do. He needs to be impeached. His wife is a leading figure in the White Christian nationalist movement. Christian Nationalism is an highly dangerous and extremely toxic neo-fascist ideology. It is a fundamentalist far-right ideology, based on a strategic alliance between the far right and the fundamentalist Religious Right, aiming at establishing a US theocracy. It advocates for a society in which minority rule by white, conservative Christians is enshrined, democracy be damned. This kind of deep involvement is not acceptable for a judge.

Auburn basketball roster tracker: Which players are returning, leaving or being added? 2 Richard Silva, Montgomery Advertiser Mon, April 3, 2023 at 6:50 AM CDT Auburn basketball, just like nearly every other team in the country, is watching its roster churn this offseason. After getting bounced in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on March 18, coach Bruce Pearl is looking to upgrade his roster and surpass its successes from a season ago. The Tigers will be working with 13 scholarships this season. In the past couple of years, Auburn was limited to 12, a punishment the program received from the NCAA stemming from former assistant coach Chuck Person's involvement in a bribery scandal. Here's what Auburn's roster currently looks like and the changes that have been made. This story will be updated throughout the offseason as moves occur. TRANSFER TARGETS: 3 players Auburn basketball and coach Bruce Pearl can look to add via the transfer portal ADEN HOLLOWAY: Auburn basketball signee drops 15 points in McDonald's All-American Game 2023 NBA Draft declarations (1) Wendell Green Jr. (Guard): Following his second season on the Plains, Green declared for the 2023 NBA Draft on April 2. He averaged 12.8 points in 67 games with the Tigers, helping guide them to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances. Outgoing transfers (2) Yohan Traore (Forward): A former five-star recruit in the class of 2022, Traore spent one season with the Tigers before announcing March 28 that he was entering the portal. He appeared in 25 games this past season, averaging 2.1 points in 9.9 minutes per contest. Chance Westry (Guard): Although he hasn't made it official himself, multiple reports have come out saying Westry plans to transfer. Because of a knee injury, the 6-foot-6 ball-handler appeared in only 11 games in 2022-23, his first season in college. Out of eligibility (1) Zep Jasper (Guard): Jasper spent two seasons with the Tigers after playing at the College of Charleston for three years. He started all 66 games he appeared in at Auburn, proving to be one of Pearl's best perimeter defenders. He's completely out of eligibility and will not return. Freshman addition (1) Aden Holloway (Guard): The lone recruit in Auburn's class of 2023, Holloway showed out at the McDonald's All-American Game on March 28; he scored 15 points on 57.1% shooting and had three steals. Holloway is a four-star recruit and rated as the No. 27 player in the country, according to the 247Sports Composite. Returning scholarship players (8) Every player from last season who still has eligibility remaining is assumed to be returning, unless they've announced otherwise or reports have come out detailing their plans. Babatunde Akingbola (Center): Akingbola has spent four years with the Tigers, appearing in 50 games in which he has played a total of 361 minutes. The 6-10 Akingbola has an extra year of eligibility to use due to COVID, assuming he wants to return and the staff wants him back. Dylan Cardwell (Center): A fan favorite for often getting the crowd riled up in Neville Arena, Cardwell just wrapped up his junior season. He served mostly as the back-up big man, participating in 32 games in 2022-23 and making one start. Johni Broome (Forward): The most impactful addition from last offseason, Broome just finished his first season with the Tigers after spending two years in the Ohio Valley Conference with Morehead State. Broome was Auburn's leading scorer with 14.2 points per game on 52.7% shooting. He also averaged 2.4 blocks. Chris Moore (Forward): Moore began last season as the starting small forward before injuring his right shoulder in a game against Ole Miss on Jan. 10. He came off the bench for the final 15 games of the season, with his best performance coming in Tuscaloosa versus Alabama on March 1. He grabbed five rebounds and was the de facto center for Auburn after three Tigers fouled out and Cardwell went down with an injury. Jaylin Williams (Forward): Whatever decision Williams makes will have a massive impact on Auburn's roster. Williams, who averaged a career-high 11.2 points per game and made 35.4% of his 3-pointers last season, has an extra year of eligibility to use due to COVID. He can return, go pro or transfer. Allen Flanigan (Wing): Similar to Williams, Flanigan has spent four years in college but can return for one more season if he wishes. The 6-6 Little Rock, Arkansas, native bounced back in 2022-23, averaging 10.1 points in 26.9 minutes per game. Flanigan's dad, Wes Flanigan, is an assistant on Pearl's staff. Tre Donaldson (Guard): After news came out of Traore and Holloway's intentions to enter the portal, Donaldson, a fellow class of 2022 recruit, took to Twitter to all but confirm he is returning for another season: "Auburn family let's ride," Donaldson wrote March 29. He had his best game of the season in the first round of March Madness against Iowa, dropping 13 points and knocking down three 3-pointers. KD Johnson (Guard): Johnson transferred to Auburn in May 2021 after he spent one season at Georgia. He started 31 games in his first year with the Tigers and came off the bench last season. Johnson has averaged 10.6 points in 67 appearances at Auburn. Walk-on news Lior Berman cracked the rotation last season and played meaningful minutes for Auburn. Pearl has previously said if he had that 13th scholarship these past couple of seasons, it would've gone to Berman. For now, however, he remains a walk-on. He was celebrated at Senior Day, but he also has an extra year of eligibility to potentially be used. It appears Chandler Leopard is entering the portal, per a Twitter post from the guard March 29. Leopard appeared in 18 games in four seasons with the Tigers, mostly serving as a member of the scout team at practice. Richard Silva is the Auburn athletics beat writer for the Montgomery Advertiser. He can be reached via email at rsilva@gannett.com or on Twitter @rich_silva18. This article originally appeared on Montgomery Advertiser: Auburn basketball: Keeping track of the Tigers' offseason moves

What can be expected in Johnnie Harris’ third year in Auburn? Daniel Locke Tue, April 4, 2023 at 1:00 PM CDT The 2022-23 season was a step in the right direction for the Auburn Tigers women’s basketball program. The Tigers finished with a winning record for the first time since 2019 and advanced to the second round of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament. Johnnie Harris has the program moving in the right direction. The roster for next year will look different, but the Tigers will welcome back a familiar face. Honesty Scott-Grayson, a guard from Brick, New Jersey, will be back for her sixth year of college basketball and her fourth year with Auburn. Scott-Grayson averaged 12.7 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game and scored her 1,000th career point this season. Auburn has two players who have entered the transfer portal so far: romi levy and Aicha Coulibaly. Levy was a junior forward from Herzelia, Israel who missed the 2021-22 season due to a knee injury. Levy averaged 6.7 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists for the Tigers this season. Coulibaly was a junior guard from Bamako, Mali who has been a big part of the program for three seasons. Coulibaly averaged 16 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists and started 25 games for Auburn this season. The Tigers have two important recruits coming in for next season: Timya Thurman and Savannah Scott. “I’m very excited about the class of 2023,” Harris said. “They both provide much-needed SEC size and skills that will help boost our program to the next level. This is an instant impact class that we’ve needed to rebuild this program. Thurman is a 6’5” center from Linden, Alabama. “Timya Thurman has the potential to be a dominant post player in the SEC,” Harris said. “She’s long, physical, and her presence will be felt on both ends of the court. This is an Alabama kid that is able to stay close to home, while establishing her new home here at Auburn.” Scott is a 6’4″ center from Conway, Arkansas. “Savannah Scott is a physical player who has really good hands and footwork in the paint,” Harris said. When I think of tough, hard-nosed, physical, and aggressive…she’s a player that comes to mind. She’s also the kind of post player skilled enough to play with another big.” This will be a crucial year for Auburn’s rebuilding process and Harris is confident that the team will continue moving in the right direction.

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if this is real with god i am about done..............

From QBs to DBs: 5 position battles to monitor at Auburn football's A-Day game Richard Silva, Montgomery Advertiser Thu, April 6, 2023 at 5:03 AM CDT AUBURN — It's difficult to have many takeaways from a spring game. By many accounts, it's a glorified practice with a few bells and whistles to draw some excitement. Even Auburn football coach Hugh Freeze tried to quell some of the enthusiasm Monday: "Unrealistic expectations lead to frustration," he said. "I just don't want anybody to be frustrated." But that doesn't mean nothing can be gleaned from the intra-squad scrimmage set to take place at Jordan-Hare Stadium on Saturday (1 p.m. CT, SEC Network+). Here are five position battles to keep track of on A-Day. CADILLAC WILLIAMS: How Auburn football RB coach remains strong recruiter despite coaching changes SPRING GAME: Hugh Freeze aims to temper expectations ahead of first A-Day with Auburn football QB: Robby Ashford vs. Holden Geriner vs. TJ Finley Each of the three scholarship quarterbacks on Auburn's roster − Robby Ashford, Holden Geriner and TJ Finley − has taken reps with the first group during the offense's pace drills at spring practice. Ashford, the incumbent starter from last season, was with the first unit at Monday's practice. Finley was with the twos and Geriner was with the threes. That comes one week after Geriner trotted onto the field first. Two weeks before that, it was Finley leading the way. The spring game won't decide the starter for next season, but whoever impresses most will leave a positive impression on Freeze and the staff as the team takes a break for the next few months. RB: Damari Alston vs. Brian Battie Jarquez Hunter is the No. 1 option in the backfield for the Tigers in 2023. After what he did behind Tank Bigsby for the past two seasons − Hunter averaged 6.5 yards per carry on 193 attempts − the spot is clearly his. But that No. 2 position on the depth chart is wide open for the taking. Sophomore Damari Alston and South Florida transfer Brian Battie should both be vying for that spot, along with four-star RB Jeremiah Cobb when he gets on campus later this year. CB: Kayin Lee vs. Nehemiah Pritchett Freeze recently pointed out two early enrollees who will play as freshmen, and cornerback Kayin Lee was one of them. Lee, a former four-star recruit who flipped from Ohio State to Auburn during the early signing period, has impressed through spring practice. With JD Rhym dealing with an injury, the Tigers have only had three outside cornerbacks on scholarship going through the spring. DJ James is penciled in as the No. 1 CB. The battle is on between Lee and returning starter Nehemiah Pritchett for the spot opposite of James. Jack: Keldric Faulk vs. Elijah McAllister In new defensive coordinator Ron Roberts' system, the pass rushers lining up on the edge of the defensive line are labeled "jack" linebackers. There are five players on Auburn's roster listed as a jack: Elijah McAllister, Hayden Brice, Dylan Brooks, Keldric Faulk and Brenton Williams. Although he wasn't the most productive player, McAllister, a transfer from Vanderbilt, brings a veteran presence to the Tigers after he spent five years with the Commodores. Meanwhile, Faulk, the other freshman Freeze highlighted as someone who will play in Year 1, has drawn praise this offseason. LB: Eugene Asante vs. DeMario Tolan Roberts tabbed Ole Miss transfer Austin Keys and Wesley Steiner as the two linebackers taking the "the starting part right now" when he spoke to reporters March 28. He then highlighted Cam Riley and Robert Woodyard Jr. as "the next two." Linebackers coach Josh Aldridge said Tuesday he wants to have a rotation of five to six LBs. That leaves room for at least one more player to step up and see meaningful snaps, and that battle will likely be between Eugene Asante and LSU transfer DeMario Tolan. Richard Silva is the Auburn athletics beat writer for the Montgomery Advertiser. He can be reached via email at rsilva@gannett.com or on Twitter @rich_silva18. This article originally appeared on Montgomery Advertiser: Auburn football: 5 position battles to monitor at A-Day

that was not racist jj that was stupidity. she is a teacher with a doctorate so if you keep insisting she is racist i will need proof. an invitation to iowa does not count. i am pretty sure they have people of color on the team and staff. how you can think she is racist over that shows the hate you hold for people on the loeft.

auburnwire.usatoday.com A-Day 2023: Taylor Jones' ten players to watch this Saturday Taylor Jones 5–6 minutes Auburn football is putting the finishing touches on its’ spring practice period and will showcase what they have been working on this Saturday at the annual A-Day game at Jordan-Hare Stadium. The game will not only be exciting from a new staff standpoint, but fans will have the opportunity to see players such as Jarquez Hunter in his new role, transfers settling into their new teams, and the progress that several “flipmas” presents can bring to the program. Buy Tigers Tickets There are so many storylines and players to follow during A-Day, which sparked Auburn Wire writers Taylor Jones, J.D. McCarthy, and Daniel Locke to make a list of the top 10 players that they will be keeping an eye on this Saturday. Taylor Jones’ top 10 is first up. His top players consist of transfer linemen, running backs, and quarterbacks. Here’s a look at the top 10 players that Jones is keeping an eye on this Saturday. AP Photo/Julio Cortez Taylor’s take The first member of the top-10 list is a transfer from Maryland in Mosiah Nasili-Kite. Kite has accumulated 81 tackles and nine sacks in three years in College Park, and has been dubbed as an underrated transfer by Mike Farrell. Reports from camp this spring are positive surrounding Nasili-Kite, and it will be fun to watch him compete in action. Photo by Austin Perryman/Auburn Athletics Taylor’s take Nick Mardner brings a tall presence to the receiving corps with a 6-6 frame, and has the ability to be a leading receiver. In his junior season at Hawaii, he caught 46 passes for 913 yards and five TD. Last season, he caught 55.9% of passes where he was targeted at Cincinnati. He, along with Camden Brown, will be the receivers to watch this season. Photo by Austin Perryman/Auburn Athletics Taylor’s Take The first of three offensive linemen that make this list is transfer Dillon Wade. Wade had the fourth-most snaps on Tulsa’s offensive line last season, and made them count. He allowed just five sacks in 818 snaps, and racked up a 96.3 pass-blocking efficiency score according to Pro Football Focus. One of Auburn’s biggest weaknesses is the offensive line, and Wade will play a key role in the rebuilding process. Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports Taylor’s take Another boost to the offensive line is former ECU center, Avery Jones. Jones allowed just one sack and three QB hits in 852 snaps last season at center, which will provide yet another comfort system for Auburn’s quarterbacks. I look forward to seeing how much time Auburn quarterbacks have to pass and make decisions with the likes of Jones and Wade blocking up front. The Montgomery Advertiser Taylor’s take Shifting things over to true freshmen that could have a great A-Day, let’s take a look at Keldric Faulk. Auburn will need to find players that can fill the EDGE role following the departure of Derick Hall. Lucky for them, they have many options in Elijah McAllister, Dylan Brooks, and Keldric Faulk. Faulk has great size at 6-5, 270 pounds, and has quick foot work. Ever since Freeze and staff flipped Faulk’s commitment from Florida State, I have been jumping at the bit to watch him work. Austin Perryman/Auburn Athletics Taylor’s take Another running back with 1,000-yard potential? Yes, please! Brian Battie rushed for 1,186 yards as a junior at USF last season, and joins Auburn to be a part of a remarkable unit with Jarquez Hunter, Damari Alston, and soon, Jeremiah Cobb. Battie has impressed Cadillac Williams this spring due to his ability to make defenders miss. “He has that natural running style where he makes guys miss, Williams said of Battie. “Very seldom does one guy tackle or the first guy ever tackles him so he’s a guy you get him out in space, he breaks tackles, but he also is a guy who can run between the tackles.” AP Photo/Butch Dill Taylor’s take It’s your time to shine, young man. After spending two season’s as RB2 behind Tank Bigsby, it is now time for Jarquez Hunter to step up and become the leader of the RB unit. He is passing with flying colors so far in that role. So much so, that Freeze has already given Hunter the title of “the best running back I’ve ever coached.” I’m excited to watch Hunter play as the “top dog.” Declan Greene/Auburn Athletics Taylor’s take I couldn’t not round out this list with a quarterback. The quarterback position has got to be the biggest question surrouding Auburn’s squad this season. If neither Holden Geriner, T.J. Finley, or Robby Ashford prove that they can lead the offense, then expect Freeze to dip into the portal on May 1. Freeze recently said that Geriner is grasping new concepts and has started to impress him. Is the the QB to beat? I truly don’t know. Watching all three take snaps on Saturday is what most of my focus will be on.

Mosiah Nasili-Kite one of Auburn's top spring risers as 'disruptive' presence Updated: Apr. 06, 2023, 7:58 a.m.|Published: Apr. 06, 2023, 7:05 a.m. 5–6 minutes Hugh Freeze has had more than five weeks of practices to evaluate his Auburn team, and he has seen a good deal of progress on both sides of the ball as he looks to put his fingerprint on the program. As his first spring as head coach on the Plains wraps up this week, Freeze made note of several standouts on the field, but there’s one player in particular who has “definitely” caught his eye from a sheer development standpoint — and it’s one of the program’s newest additions. Maryland defensive line transfer Mosiah Nasili-Kite has impressed Freeze with how far he has come along since the start of spring practice, providing welcome depth to the Tigers’ new-look defensive front. Read more Auburn football: LSU linebacker transfer DeMario Tolan “like bamboo” as he adjusts to Auburn’s defense Cadillac Williams continues to deliver for Auburn on recruiting trail Hugh Freeze calls Jarquez Hunter “probably the best running back” he has ever coached “I thought he improved, probably, the most from practice 1 to last week on the D-line as any,” Freeze said Monday. “He was disruptive and plays the game extremely passionately and hard.” One of the smaller players along Auburn’s defensive line, Nasili-Kite has made a big impression during his first spring on the Plains. The 6-foot-2, 288-pounder has been working at both defensive tackle and defensive end during his first spring on the Plains, as assistant Jeremy Garrett has cross-trained many of the players across the Tigers’ defensive line. What Nasili-Kite lacks in size, relatively speaking, he makes up for in sheer power and athleticism, which he has used to his advantage this spring while carving out a role for himself in Ron Roberts’ defense. “One thing is that he’s very twitchy,” Garrett said. “He’s not the biggest, but that kid has some power and strength — and he moves well. So, it’s just putting him in position to use his ability and to do what he does well. He has quickness and he’s strong. So, we want to have him on the move, want to have him doing different things to highlight his strengths.” Nasili-Kite has had no problem doing just that on the field this spring after transferring from Maryland, where he spent the last three seasons of what has been a winding journey to the SEC. He originally signed with Washington in 2018 and spent his freshman year with the Huskies but didn’t see the field. He then transferred down to the JUCO level, playing the 2019 season at Independence Community College in Kansas, where he posted 32 tackles and a sack. That led to another Power 5 opportunity at Maryland, where Nasili-Kite flourished during his three seasons with the Terrapins. During his time in the Big Ten, Nasili-Kite made 80 tackles, with 14.5 for a loss and nine sacks. He had four sacks in each of his first two seasons with Maryland and earned honorable mention All-Big Ten honors during the pandemic-impacted 20220 campaign. He followed that up with a career-best 37 tackles in 2021 before posting 26 tackles and a sack last season. After hitting the portal in the offseason, Nasili-Kite became one of six defensive transfers for Auburn with prior Power 5 experience, including one of four up front (former Kentucky tackle Justin Rogers, former Purdue lineman Lawrence Johnson and former Vanderbilt edge rusher Elijah McAllister). While Rogers has been making himself at home as a potential first-teamer on the interior of the line this spring, Nasili-Kite has received his share of second-team reps at both tackle and end as Garrett looks to shore up an eight- or nine-player rotation for three spots along the line (not including the Jack linebacker position). Nasili-Kite has emerged as a versatile lineman who relies on his quickness to be an effective pass-rusher — something Auburn is in dire need of heading into the season — and excel against the run. According to linebacker Wesley Steiner, Nasili-Kite is always in attack mode on the field, and it has resulted in him being a disruptor in the backfield. “He’s an older guy who has played a lot of football, and you can see it in the tape,” McAllister said. “He plays really hard…. You see his passion showing — not only in everyday life, but when he plays. So, any time he’s rushing the quarterback and making tackles, I can feel him through the tape.” Considering Roberts’ biggest goal for Auburn’s defense this fall is to create havoc, the Tigers hope Nasili-Kite’s presence isn’t just felt on the tape; they hope it’s felt by opposing offenses come September. “Keep his name in your head,” defensive end Jeffrey M’ba said. “He’s special.” Tom Green is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Tomas_Verde.

https://tw A new quarterback was on the field for Auburn football's Monday practice Sophomore walk-on Jackson Barkley took the field Monday afternoon. Matthew Jacobs Apr 4, 2023 11:41 AM EDT In this story: Auburn Tigers A new quarterback joined the three already on the field for Monday’s practice leading into A-day weekend. Sophomore walk-on Jackson Barkley worked out with the rest of the players vying for the starting role. Jackson Barkley, coming in at 6 feet 2 inches and 200 pounds, is from Pope High School in Marietta, Georgia. Sporting #18 in Auburn’s Monday practice, Barkley played free safety, and wide receiver, and finished at quarterback his senior year of high school. A team of which he was team captain. Barkley is a certified gym rat who has been garnering the attention of his Auburn teammates in the weight room. A workaholic that is determined to play ball at this level. A young man with a potent arm and good speed, Barkley had a knack for throwing the ball with pinpoint precision while under heavy pressure during his 2021 senior year. Bringing his hard-nosed defensive back edge to the quarterback position, he had several bulldozing runs as well. To put it politely, when he couldn’t outrun them, he ran them over. Barkley has experience in two positions in an offensive scheme very similar to Hugh Freeze’s. He has track and field standout speed. He can make all the throws and he has a big arm. Barkley was not heavily recruited out of high school but chose Auburn as his home and has worked himself into a chance to be on the field in the last week of Spring practice. Here are a few looks at him tossing the rock around:

MAGA Pastors: Trump Was Indicted for Your Sins Trump jumped on a prayer call Tuesday night, vowing to defend “our beautiful Christianity” and airing an unholy host of grievances Pastor Paula White speaks at the America First Policy Institute Agenda Summit in Washington, DC, on July 26, 2022. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images After his indictment on 34 felony counts Tuesday, Donald Trump sought out a faithful audience, joining a conference call with Christian supporters who see him as not simply battling a liberal prosecutor, but ensnared in a “demonic situation.” Trump’s longtime religious adviser Paula White Cain, working with an evangelical group called Intercessors for America, organized an “Emergency Prayer Call” for Trump. (In Christianity, intercessors are people who pray to God on behalf of others.) The former president — whose legal troubles stem from an attempt to cover up an affair with a porn star that allegedly transpired shortly after the birth of his fifth child to his third wife — is revered as a champion by segments of the evangelical community. This Christian crowd sees Trump not only as an effective champion of their issues, but almost as a demigod — a protector who is absorbing attacks that would otherwise befall the faith community. (This is a perception the former President’s team has cultivated, both for faith followers and MAGAworld more broadly; a Trumpworld source told Rolling Stone this week: “It’s kind of a Jesus Christ thing… ‘I’m absorbing all this pain from all around from everywhere so you don’t have to.’”) Addressing the call-in crowd Trump spoke in two modes. Using coarse secular language, he denounced the “fake investigation” and “sham” indictment, handed down by “radical left people” who “actually have to hate our country.” But then Trump switched gears, painting his legal woes in a frame of religious persecution. He argued that believers in “our beautiful Christianity” have been targeted: “We’re being discriminated against as a religion. We’re being discriminated against as a faith,” he insisted. “And we can’t let that continue.” Laying it on thick, Trump declared: “The main thing that our country needs, again, is religion.” He insisted: “I’m fighting, very hard for people of religion, people that believe in God.” Finally, Trump implored his listeners: “I want you to pray really hard, because we have to have a victory in 2024.” White Cain then moved the call along, asking other prominent guests to make public prayers for the ex-president, who remained on the line. The speakers included Focus on the Family founder James Dobson, Christian Nationalist worship leader Sean Feucht, former acting attorney general Matt Whitaker, and former congress member Michele Bachmann. Feucht used his time to summon “prayer warriors” to “rise up” on Trump’s behalf. He then prayed directly to heaven: “We know that you got a plan God… You can take what the enemy meant for evil in this horrible, corrupt, disgusting, demonic situation with this case in New York [and] you can shift it — and turn it around for our good.” Whitaker, the “masculine toilet” innovator who briefly served as the nation’s top law enforcement officer, put his faith not in the judicial system but in the Judge on High. “We’re going to have to keep calling on God to deliver justice,” Whitaker insisted. “I pray that He can, because He is the only one that can make sure that we have justice.” The longtime former Minnesota congress member Bachmann spoke explicitly to the theme of Trump as a self-sacrificing protector. “Father, our President Donald J. Trump has taken the blows for America,” she insisted. “He has taken the blows for us. We lift him up to you.” Bachmann called for heavenly intervention in the criminal case stemming from Trump’s porn-star payoff. “Oh God, would you declare Donald J. Trump innocent? Oh Father, would you free Donald Trump from his trouble — and our troubles here in America?” This notion that Trump is a heaven-sent human shield also surfaced in a similar conference call organized Monday by the group Pastors for Trump. During that gathering, Pastor John Bennett, who’s also the recent-former chair of the Oklahoma Republican party, declared that Trump’s legal battles were emblematic of a far greater struggle. “We are in a war for the very soul of this nation,” Bennett insisted. “And God has moved Donald Trump between us and the enemy — to give us a little bit of time to get our act together, church,” he said, speaking to the faithful listeners. “Yes, they’re after President Trump. And thank God he’s been long suffering and he’s fought the good fight of faith. Thank God, he’s been obedient to allow the Lord to work through him,” Bennett continued. “Because he, and the Lord, is the only thing between us and that evil,” he insisted. “That’s the only thing that’s right now stopping evil from overtaking good.” Speaking in less overtly religious terms, the president’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani also joined the call, insisting that the indictment of Trump is a bellwether for liberal prosecutorial overreach against the Trump faithful nationwide. “If you’re Republican, if you’re conservative, if you’re Christian, watch out,” Giuliani warned. “They’re coming for ya.”

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