second to the left with the steepled fingers is leonard leo. mr. leo refused to answer questions about the fishing trip but issued a statement lam baiting the reporting on the ethical lapses and says in part, quote, we all should wonder whether this recent rash of propublica stories questioning the integgy of only conservative supreme court justices is reeling in more dark money from billionaires by rupper stamping their disorder and highly cultureal practices. a senior editor for slate writes about the court, quote, the hilarity of hearing about dark money from woke billionaires from the guy who was connecting unwoke billionaires to justices it s amazing the level of projection, end quote. all right, what s left to do except talk to dahlia lithwick
gala. during the speech justice alito praised the group for its hospitality and talking about staying at a hotel that, quote, looks over the roman forum. it was his first public appearance after the overturning of roe and the justice took opportunities to mock foreign leaders who had criticized the decision. there s another person who played matchmaker between conservative justice and billionaires, and that person is leonard leo. he s the guy on the left, conservative activist, cochairman of the federalist society. according to propublica s reporting it was leo who helped organize the fishing trip in 2008, invited paul singer, and asked singer if he and justice alito could fly on his jet. here s leonard leo on that luxury fishing trip. he s the guy in the center of that photo holding the fish in his left hand on the right side. remember this painting depicting crow and justice clarence thomas, the guy on the left,
concert with murderous mobs and participated directly in the burning and looting of muslim shops and homes. the united states would not grant modi a visa to enter the country because of his role in that incident in 2002. that s the guy that president trump had his quote-unquote world leader bromance with while in office, the guy who enjoyed those cheering crowds in houston in 2019. the story modi does not want to see he s an actual card carrying member and he and the more main stream party have been cracking down on the rights of the muslim minority and on the dissent of journalism in general. modi doesn t want you to focus how raids on journalistic offices have become commonplace in india or how india leads the