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Transcripts for MSNBC Alex Wagner Tonight 20240604 04:51:00

Reporting, based on the justices ethical lapses. we should almost wonder whether the recent rash of propublica stories questioning the integrity of only conservative supreme court justices is bait for reeling in more dark money from woke billionaires who want to damage the supreme court and remake it into one that will disregard the law by rubberstamp-ing the disordered and highly unpopular cultural preferences. and quote. that particular peculiar statement prompted this response from dahlia lithwick, a senior editor first flight, who writes about the hilarity of hearing dark money from woke billionaires from the guy who is connecting on woke billionaires to justice is for travel and influence. it s amazing the level of projection. and quote. what is left to do except to talk to her about this? senior editor for slate the host of the biggest podcast. good to see you, thanks for being here. this story gets stranger and stranger by the day. what we didn t get to talk about yesterday when ....

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Transcripts for MSNBC Alex Wagner Tonight 20240604 08:50:00

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 ....

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Transcripts for MSNBC Alex Wagner Tonight 20240604 01:51:00

Preferences. and quote. that particular peculiar statement prompted this response from dahlia lithwick, a senior editor first flight, who writes about the hilarity of hearing dark money from woke billionaires from the guy who is connecting on woke billionaires to justice is for travel and influence. it s amazing the level of projection. and quote. what is left to do except to talk to her about this? senior editor for slate the host of the biggest podcast. good to see you, thanks for being here. this story gets stranger and stranger by the day. what we didn t get to talk about yesterday when we went in-depth was leonard leo. this guy is the where s waldo of conservative justices. he s always around. he s in the picture, he s there. to the extent that this is not a random fishing trip that alito and this billionaire went, on the guy in the middle of ostensibly the guy that was always in the middle, leonard leo. she s the travel agent, he ....

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Transcripts for MSNBC Morning Joe 20240604 11:39:00

In my life. it was inspired by the andy warhol diaries. i published two others. trilogy. this is different because i m a single father of two. with all the name dropping and all the hilarity and backstage stuff and pop culture, there is raising two kids. i now, yes, i have to race home to be with them after the show. it s not all fun and games anymore, willie. as you write in the book, though, it s not just that you have to, it is something that happens to all of us as parents. this homing beacon turns on, where you want to get back there. i want to, yes. you want to be there. ben is 4. lucy turned 1. exactly. congratulations. thank you very much. how are you doing it? how are you managing it? day by day. backstage, you said, we both have two kids, except i m doing this on my own. you have help. right. you re a single parent. yes. what s it been like for you. it s been a lot. it s been the most gratifying ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 17:21:00

It was easy, i could just keep writing, but he so craved the audience. on thursday nights where he had the clap for carers when we have been hiding in a houses all week, and of those days we would applaud the front line workers, barry told me he would go to the top balcony of his house, put a silk smoking jacket on, and then he would just pretend the applause was for him, and the thank you, thank you! he was so desperate for the sound of appreciation. he was such a great performer. ijust cannot believe that we are not going to have an encore. ijust can t believe he is not meant to wander through my garden with that mischievous looking in his eye, come in for a cup of tea, and just have me hospitalised from hilarity in 3.6 seconds. it is a great loss to the world, but he has left us a wonderful legacy. at least we have all the dame edna clips, we have all the les patterson clips to feast ....

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