Justin ElliottJun 21, 2023

Our latest story on the Supreme Court:

Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court

https://www.propublica.org/article/samuel-alito-luxury-fishing-trip-paul-singer-scotus-supreme-court

Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court

In the years after the undisclosed trip to Alaska, Republican megadonor Paul Singer’s hedge fund has repeatedly had business before the Supreme Court. Alito has never recused himself.

ProPublica
Show threadJDJun 21, 2023

@elliottjustin and here it is. The defense of the boogeyman buzzword:

“He added that the public should wonder whether ProPublica’s coverage is “bait for reeling in more dark money from woke billionaires who want to damage this Supreme Court and remake it into one that will disregard the law by rubber stamping their disordered and highly unpopular cultural preferences.”

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@jag0325 @elliottjustin Gaslight, Obstruct, Project is such a tired phrase from all the heavy lifting it does each and every time a story like this breaks.
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