"The people who think our healthcare system should be less about health or care & more about monetizing you because you get sick think they get to decide who your next senator is going to be. That’s what’s dangerous." - @abdulelsayed.bsky.social tonight on Dem & GOP elites calling him "dangerous"

I did a crack-of-dawn workout with @abdulelsayed.bsky.social. He had some choice words for John Fetterman, Hegseth & RFK, Jr. He also invoked Wellstone when envisioning the role he wants to play in the Senate Dem Caucus. Find the new interview at The Lever’s YouTube page & pass it on👇

Abdul El-Sayed On Fetterman: "He's Also Just An Asshole"

YouTube video by The Lever

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Stevens' final argument in the primary is that corruption - including Big Money's effort to buy her a Senate seat - is merely an esoteric "educated issue" that has nothing to do with corrupt lawmakers creating corrupt policies fueling the affordability crisis

In 2020, we launched @levernews.com from scratch, with the idea that an unserved audience is sick of corporate media & craving independent accountability journalism. 6 years later, I’m thrilled we’re being recognized by the Associated Press as part of a growing independent media ecosystem.

As oligarchy makes sure almost nobody can afford literally anything, The Economist remains steadfastly committed to depicting billionaires as the wrongly persecuted heroes

Haley Stevens is telling on herself - pass it on

For a decade, corporate Dems & liberals have soothed themselves by insisting Trump won ONLY because of racism, not also because voters got sick of corporate Dems promising hope & change - and then selling them out. In this important NYT clip, @sunraysunray.bsky.social destroys this argument.

Rahm's piece is not a real argument. It is fundraising. Choosing the right-wing WSJ oped page is a move to speak directly to billionaires. Shitting on populist Dems aims to get billionaires to write checks for his campaign. @rahmemanuel.bsky.social's piece isn't an oped. It is a solicitation.

As Gov. Whitmer tries to stop Abdul El-Sayed, remember: Whitmer’s dad was Blue Cross’s CEO, she appointed a Blue Cross CEO co-chair of her transition & got more Blue Cross cash than any MI candidate — as Blue Cross denies 1 in 6 claims Story at LeverNews [dot] com

🚨SCOOP: Trump's pick to lead the consumer protection agency consulted for companies & groups sued for alleged consumer protection violations - including by the agency he's nominated to lead. He's now refusing to recuse himself. His Senate confirmation hearing is this week.

Trump’s Consumer Watchdog Pick Worked For Companies Sued By The Agency

Financial disclosures reveal Trump’s CFPB pick advised companies accused of ripping off consumers — and if confirmed, he won’t recuse himself from overseeing them.

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When you see Neera Tanden depicting herself as an expert on "electability” and insisting outsider candidates running on populist promises can’t win, remember that Tanden was one of the architects of the Hillary Clinton 2008 campaign that explicitly insisted that Obama couldnt win a general election.

ideological bias in corporate media operates at the story selection and story framing level — which makes it more insidious

here are the greatest presidents that Democratic Party elites and pundits confidently told Democratic primary voters they had to support because they were the most electable candidates

A new vision statement from Democratic Senator @slotkin.senate.gov exemplifies corporate Dems' not-so-subtle art of promising to fix problems while refusing to confront the donors creating those problems. It's the Politics of Villain Avoidance - the kind that voters have come to loathe.

Democrats Fail Because They Won’t Name The Villains

Democrats keep promising to fix the country’s problems. But many refuse to name the corporate interests standing in the way.

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🚨NEWS: In the state that sets America's corporate legal standards, the law firms that helped Elon Musk gut the country's investor protections are now bankrolling the reelection bids of the Dem lawmakers who did the gutting - and who are now facing stiff primary challenges.

The Musk Machine Comes For Delaware’s Primaries

The law firms that helped Elon Musk gut Delaware’s shareholder protections are now spending big to save the Democratic lawmakers who made it possible.

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my statement on the passing of Senator Sheev Palpatine (R-Naboo)

What stage of feudalism is it when seats in the House of Lords are being given to fallen lords' kin?

McMaster, Trump look to Graham's sister for Senate

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is expected to announce the interim replacement later Monday.

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In 2025, James Carville demanded Democrats “roll over and play dead” in the face of Trump’s rampage. 15 months later, Democratic primary voters have been throwing out Democratic politicians who took that advice.

it’s been a great trip

🚨WE'RE HIRING The Lever has new job listings for: - Executive Editor to run the whole outlet - Audience Editor - Video Producer - Video Field Reporter - Social Media Producer - Investigative Political Reporter Jobs at LeverNews [dot] com [slash] jobs

my first time shucking oysters…amazing trip here at the western edge of America

Day 3 of our trip mostly off grid at the edge of America…I’m assuming no big news has happened in these last few days…right? 😂

🚨Can Democrats Win Without Corporate Money? Phil Weiser Says Yes. My @LeverNews interview with Colorado’s Dem gubernatorial nominee just after his shocking upset victory against out-of-state billionaires. Find it at YouTube [dot] com [slash] LeverNews — and pass it on

On my reporting trip to Maine (pre-sex-scandal allegations), I bumped into Rebecca Traister at a Platner rally, where we discussed his appeal & the mood in Maine. She has written a really good piece I encourage you to read. nymag.com/intelligence...

What Women Saw in Graham Platner

Once again, a man fails them.

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I am pleasantly surprised that the NY Times ed board — not exactly a populist voice! — on this specific point appears to understand the meaning of this moment & appears to be throwing shade at corporate Dems trying to weaponize the situation for their ideological project.

Life hack: The cheapest Mint Mobile plan + an old dumb phone whose number only your family knows = brain healing and a reclamation of your consciousness that your smartphone and the attention economy are stealing from you

been off the grid at the edge of the world…I trust that no big news happened in the last day…right?

🚨NEW: How elite Dems in D.C. and their big donors are trying to weaponize Graham Platner’s withdrawal to pull off a corporate coup and thwart the anti-oligarch policy demands of the largest primary vote in Maine’s history. Find the story at LeverNews [dot] com — and pass it on

gazing out at seals and bald eagles from the edge of America reminds me that we are tiny and fleeting, and that it’s very good to take some time to get so far away from news/media/politics/headlines that you don’t know what’s happening and don’t particularly care

🚨NEW: Michigan’s Senate Race Is Realigning American Politics My on-the-ground report from the state where Dems’ middle-lane has collapsed amid @abdulelsayed.bsky.social’s surging campaign, fueled by his push for Medicare For All. Pass it on 👇

Democrats’ Middle Lane Is Collapsing

As Abdul El-Sayed surges, Mallory McMorrow drops out, and Haley Stevens digs in, Michigan is revealing a national realignment inside Democratic politics.

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