is a top conservative donor and former director of the Urban Land Institute, a business-oriented group whose New Orleans proposal “would create a blueprint that eliminated mostly black neighborhoods.” FirstDraft has details.

Israel refuses to do business with Pat Robertson, who is leading the right-wing coalition to build a Christian “heritage center” in Israel’s Galilee region, after he said that Ariel Sharon’s stroke was divine punishment.

Alito is speaking in code to express his hostility towards Roe v. Wade. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) unpacks his language. Watch it:

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Alito’s answers during the hearing — combined with his explicit, documented opposition to Roe – send a clear message that he believes Roe was wrongly decided.

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