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portrait of supreme court justice clarence thomas and his conservative billionaire buddy harlan crow. today, the new york times is out with the news that a nonprofit conservative activist group founded and controlled by the same guy, leonard leo, spent $183 million between april 2021 in april 2022. mr. leonard leo himself described the work as an attempt to match democratic efforts in the world of so-called dark money, and that it was, quote, high time for the conservative movement to be among the ranks of george soros, and other left-wing philanthropists. but where did leonard leo's group get this kind of cash in the first place? >> from a different conservative billionaire. leonard leo's group got a 1.6 billion -- with the -- billion dollar donation if years ago from a single conservative billionaire. and what did leo's group spend last year's $183 million on? we have no idea. the way groups like this work
philanthropists. but where did leonard leo's group get this kind of cash in the first place? >> from a different conservative billionaire. leonard leo's group got a 1. 6 billion -- with the -- billion dollar donation if years ago from a single conservative billionaire. and what did leo's group spend last year's $183 million on? we have no idea. the way groups like this work is they pass their money through other funds to obscure where all that money is actually gone, so it's all at one big black hole. but we do have a potential clue about the kind of things money might be going towards. last week, the washington post reported that in 2012, the same guy, leonard leo directed conservative pollster kellyanne conway to bill a nonprofit he advised and to use that money to, quote, give ginni thomas another 25 k. ginni thomas, as in the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas. and leonard leo had really specific instructions for that $25,000. quote, the paperwork should have no mention of ginni thomas, of course. now, the nonprofit whose money mr. leo directed towards ginni thomas back in 2012 -- that group is still around. and it is still affiliated with
-- >> what a joker! this guy -- supreme court justice clarence thomas was joking about the third most powerful person in the world, his name is leonard leo. you might recognize recognize him as the longtime influential vice president of the federalist society. the guy doing that thing with his hands that mr. burns from the simpsons does when he's being evil. he's the guy doing that in this portrait of supreme court justice clarence thomas and his conservative billionaire buddy harlan crow. today, the new york times is out with the news that a nonprofit conservative activist group founded and controlled by the same guy, leonard leo, spent $183 million between april 2021 in april 2022. mr. leonard leo himself described the work as an attempt to match democratic efforts in the world of so-called dark money, and that it was, quote, high time for the conservative movement to be among the ranks of george soros, and other left-wing
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elon hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. it's the countdown to britain's first ever orbital space launch. and these are the live pictures from cornwall where tonight they are preparing for a historic space launch — due to get underway in half an hour's time. more nhs strikes to go ahead this week — after talks between the government and unions fail yet again. and where mp5 get their millions. a new investigation tracks the flow of £183 million of money into the british political system during this parliament alone. tonight with the context, katy balls, political editor at the specator and emmy nominated journalist caroline modarressy—tehrani.
says, the reigning government are not answering to any outside authority. katy, let's talk about work that sky news have done on the money being paid to politicians, quite considerable amounts of money, £183 million has flowed into the british medical system during this parliament, the trouble is we don't know where these donations come from. —— the british political system. from. -- the british political s stem. , . , , from. -- the british political s stem. , , . system. this has been and investigate _ system. this has been and investigate -- _ system. this has been and investigate -- interestingl investigate —— interesting investigation. all the data used is already publicly available but despite the fact that mps say you can see who gives us watch, it can be quite tricky to bring all the information together. so this project has been a long time in the works and what has been particularly interesting is looking at the major donations that politicians receive and the fact that you actually have and the fact that you actually have
forecast near-term relieve, little evidence to date inflation pressure were subsiding and judge inflation could remain high for sometime. july consumer price index says slight decrease from june, to be clear, the overall number falling to gas prices being down, groceries and rent and other staples of lives, inflation sitting at a 40-year high issue the fed meets next month and we'll likely see 50 basis point hike. >> carley: bad time to be ceo of target >> cheryl: profits falling 90% year over year and company missed earnings per share by large margin, earn lgs coming in $183 million, steep drop from last year's $1.8 billion, this
duo gemini, kick—started the miserable run back in 2003, their song cry baby ended with a big fat zero. music. # love, shine a light to every corner of the world. you have to go back to 1997 to find the uk's last eurovision winner, katrina and the waves, with love shine a light, but a lot has changed since then. 183 million people watched this year's event, and eurovision is now a huge, slick affair with many countries sending their biggest acts, and the performance matters as much as the song. to try to find success once again, the bbc are looking to the team behind two of the uk's biggest pop stars, dua lipa and ellie goulding, both who have dozens of hit songs between them,
# shine a light in every corner of the world... you have to go back to 1997 to find the uk�*s last eurovision winner, katrina and the waves, with love shine a light. but a lot has changed since then. 183 million people watched this year�*s event. eurovision is now a huge, slick affair with many countries sending their biggest acts, and the performance matters as much as the song. to try to find success once again, the bbc are looking to the team behind two of the uk�*s biggest pop stars, dua lipa and ellie goulding. both singers, who have dozens of hit songs between them, are managed by tap music. the company is coming on board to find the act who will represent the uk at next year�*s eurovision and the song they�*ll sing. the bbc says it wants tap�*s experience managing world—class artists
and the children of afghanistan. the airman who took this now iconic photo speaking out for the first time about the desperate evacuation this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt good evening calling it a scientific close call, the director of the cdc expanded the group of americans who today become eligible for booster shots of pfizer's covid vaccine. right now, 183 million americans are fully vaccinated but late night decision by dr. rochelle walensky will qualify up to 60 million americans for booster. adding front line workers, teachers, health care workers, for example. groups left out in a more narrow recommendation by a cdc advisory committee. that committee focussed instead on americans 65 and up and younger people at high risk from covid. it is a rare display of daylight between a cdc boss and an advisory panel that brings covid policy closer to president biden's aim of booster shots for all.