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Right-wing group got $850M from 2 donors

The gifts were "among the largest ever donations to a politically-connected group"

Salon

Justices cheered at conservative group's anniversary dinner

Four of the five Supreme Court justices who overturned the constitutional right to abortion showed up at the conservative Federalist Society’s black-tie dinner marking its 40th anniversary

The Independent UK

Senate elections portend future of judiciary

WASHINGTON — Republicans are vowing to pressure President Joe Biden to nominate moderate judicial candidates if the GOP wins back control of the U.S. Senate in midterm elections.

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Special master ruling shows Trump’s takeover of courts has started to sting

Aileen Cannon, who Trump nominated in 2020, granted his wish over the Mar-a-Lago search – a maverick decision that is the thin end of the wedge

The Guardian - US

Commentary: Leonard Leo’s dark money network threatens democracy

In August, a New York Times report revealed that Marble Freedom Trust, one of far-right political powerbroker Leonard Leo’s nonprofits, received a jaw-dropping $1.6 billion contribution from secretive industrialist and conservative mega-donor Barre Seid. It was the largest single contribution ever given to a nonprofit focused on politics. While Seid…

Tribune News Service

Revealed: Ginni Thomas’s links to anti-abortion groups who lobbied to overturn Roe

Analysis of ‘amicus briefs’ shows how closely Clarence Thomas’s wife was entwined with rightwing effort to reverse 1973 ruling

The Guardian - US

Leonard Leo: the secretive rightwinger using billions to reshape America

Marble Freedom Trust, advocacy group headed by Leo, has received staggering $1.6bn donation to push conservative causes

The Guardian - US

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Justice for sale: The dark-money tsunami

Will a right-wing electronics tycoon's unprecedented $1.6B donation force us to face the tide of corruption?

Salon

Billions in ‘dark money’ is influencing US politics. We need disclosure laws

A donor secretly transferred $1.6bn to a Republican political group. Because of America’s lax laws, the donation was never disclosed in any public record or database

The Guardian - US

Secretive GOP billionaire's $1.6B gift

Industrialist Barre Seid gave $1.6 billion to new group run by Federalist Society co-chair Leonard Leo

Salon

Cardi B just donated $100K to her old Bronx middle school

The rapper made a surprise visit to offer advice to students about their educational futures before presenting the donation.

Mic

Leonard Leo gets biggest donation ever

A little-known megadonor used a shady dark-money scheme to funnel cash to Federalist Society's Leonard Leo

Salon

One man's outsized role in shaping the Supreme Court and overturning Roe

A dedicated minority of conservative activists has been working for decades to dismantle Roe v. Wade. One man in particular has played an outsized role in that effort: Leonard Leo.

WEKU

Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Pat Cipollone, Trump's former White House counsel

Testimony in the Jan. 6 hearings so far has shown Cipollone present at key points in the leadup to Jan. 6 and on the day of the attack. He figured heavily in Tuesday's testimony of Cassidy Hutchinson.

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All politics is personal: the march of US religious zealotry is decades long and won’t pause now

The conservative movement that overturned Roe v Wade has won its greatest victory, but don’t think it’s going to stop there.

The Guardian - US

No-exception laws, once too harsh even for anti-abortion Republicans, gain traction across US

Extreme anti-abortion groups are now emboldened to fight for laws that ban ending pregnancies conceived in rape or incest

The Guardian - US

Trump the hero for anti-abortion movement after bending supreme court his way

The former president was once pro-choice – but the threat he posed to reproductive rights was hiding in plain sight

AFP

After long fight, Christian right poised for major victory on abortion

Washington (AFP) - The leaked draft decision that indicates the Supreme Court is poised to eliminate abortion rights marks a stunning triumph of a five-decade campaign by religious conservatives to plant their agenda at the center of US political life.

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