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Jun 12
18m 19s

The Conservative Trying to Shift America...

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL & GIMLET
About this episode
Leonard Leo is a conservative lawyer and co-chairman of the Federalist Society who played a significant role in shifting the U.S. Supreme Court rightward. Now he is focusing his efforts on reshaping American culture through entertainment. He’s channeling funds towards high production value Christian and conservative television shows and films, including Amaz ... Show More
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