🚨SCOOP🚨 In 2015, an Emirati businessman emailed Jeffrey Epstein asking the financier to put him in touch with Elon Musk, according to leaked emails reviewed by The Lever.
🚨SCOOP🚨 In 2015, an Emirati businessman emailed Jeffrey Epstein asking the financier to put him in touch with Elon Musk, according to leaked emails reviewed by The Lever.
In 2015, an Emirati businessman emailed Jeffrey Epstein asking the financier to put him in touch with Elon Musk, according to leaked emails reviewed by The Lever. Read more: www.levernews.com/businessman-...
If you have stomach issues or diarrhea in the near future blame the senators who slipped these provisions into the funding bill to reopen the government. www.levernews.com/shutdown-dea...
Shutdown Deal Kills Food Safety Rules
After lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultraprocessed-food research.
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oh dear, perpetually furious Martha Ann Alito *this close* to running "Appeal to Heaven" back up the flagpole @freddy-brewster.bsky.social for @thelever.bsky.social www.levernews.com/alitos-oil-i...
Alito’s Oil Investments Pollute Contractor Accountability Case
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has not recused himself from a case that could stop states from holding federal contractors accountable for climate damage and other malfeasance.
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However, Justice Alito has not consistently recused himself from considering cases that could impact ConocoPhillips and Phillips 66, in which he owns stock. @freddy-brewster.bsky.social explained one of those cases in @levernews.com.
Alito’s Oil Investments Pollute Contractor Accountability Case
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has not recused himself from a case that could stop states from holding federal contractors accountable for climate damage and other malfeasance.
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Crazy find by @freddy-brewster.bsky.social @lukewgoldstein.bsky.social. Give it a read!
The Lever@levernews.com · 9mo agoAfter lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultraprocessed-food research. www.levernews.com/shutdown-dea...
Holy shit. This is insanely unethical
Jim Acosta@jimacosta.bsky.social · last yr.At 4p ET/1p PT, I’ll have a one of a kind interview with Joaquin Oliver. He died in the Parkland school shooting. But his parents have created an AI version of their son for a powerful message on gun violence. Plus TX Rep. @jamestalarico.bsky.social - see you soon on Substack and later on YouTube.
One of the country's most temperate cities, with natural air conditioning, should build a lot more housing so more people can live there and not some sweltering part of the country (or the state)
San Francisco experiencing coldest summer since 1965 while most of country sweats
While the majority of the county bakes under a sweltering heat dome, the San Francisco Bay Area is experiencing one of its coldest summers in decades.
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Powerful and chilling stuff
Anya Kamenetz@anya1anya.bsky.social · last yr.. @npr.org is one of the only US national news organizations that still has a reporter inside Gaza, Anas Baba, and he keeps reporting even though he himself is starving. This piece is unbelievably powerful. www.npr.org/2025/07/05/n...
The DOJ keeps changing its reasons on why you shouldn't see the Epstein files www.levernews.com/court-record...
Court Records Reveal Feds’ Shifting Story On Epstein Files
An eight-year legal battle for the Epstein files uncovers the Justice Department’s shifting, contradictory legal arguments.
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The DOJ keeps changing its reasons on why you shouldn't see the Epstein files www.levernews.com/court-record...
Court Records Reveal Feds’ Shifting Story On Epstein Files
An eight-year legal battle for the Epstein files uncovers the Justice Department’s shifting, contradictory legal arguments.
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🚨 New Abundance discourse just dropped: California Democrats are trying to create new red tape to stall millionaire taxes that fund affordable housing — all to the benefit of corporate monopolists limiting new home construction. www.levernews.com/the-abundanc...
The Abundance Plan: Cut Red Tape With More Paperwork
Abundance Democrats are adding more red tape to fight affordable housing efforts — to the benefit of corporate monopolists limiting new home construction.
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Local officials begged for money to fund a new flood warning system. Lawmakers rejected the requests & instead passed tax cuts for their wealthy donors. 99% of rivers are now unmonitored for floods — your town could be next. Pass it on. www.levernews.com/is-america-p...
Is America Prepared For The Next Big Flood?
As flood risks rise, the government has failed to fully fund a monitoring system that could help prevent disasters like the one last week in Kerr County, Texas.
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🚨NEWS: While passing huge tax cuts for billionaires, lawmakers refused to fully fund the federal flood warning network, leaving 99% of rivers unmonitored, according to documents reviewed by The Lever. Trump is right now pushing a 22% budget cut. www.levernews.com/amid-deadly-...
Amid Deadly Floods, Lawmakers Left Gap In Warning System
Before the Texas disaster, Congress and successive presidents ignored demands to fully fund a nationwide system monitoring rivers for signs of flash floods.
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“How do you take on a powerful, shadowy force that most people have never heard of? Can a bureaucratic system be held responsible for the death of someone’s son? Does one person, no matter how angry, stand a chance to make a difference?” My latest for @levernews.com www.levernews.com/can-one-angr...
Can One Angry Dad Fix The Drug Industry?
Bil Schmidtknecht blames pharmacy benefit managers for the death of his son. He won’t rest until he holds them accountable.
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jesus FUCK bsky.app/profile/dvnj...
Don Van Natta Jr.@dvnjr.bsky.social · last yr.Latest for ESPN: NFLPA head Lloyd Howell Jr. also works for a private equity firm approved to invest in NFL. Sources say union lawyer asked Howell to consider resigning from The Carlyle Group; he refused. With @kalynkahler.bsky.social www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
I wrote about Pablo Torre's reporting on the NFL collusion case and what it means for sportswriting and labor politics www.wideleft.football/p/guaranteed...
Guaranteed Money, the NFL, and What It Means for Labor Politics
A deep dive into the recent confidential decision regarding the NFLPA’s claim of NFL collusion to keep guaranteed money down.
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At least 17 people, mostly children, were killed by an Israeli strike while waiting for food supplements in Gaza, health officials say.
IDF strike kills Gazan children awaiting food supplements, health officials say
At least 17 people, mostly children, were killed in the strike near a Project HOPE clinic in Gaza, officials said. Malnutrition rates are rising in the Strip.
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Before the Texas disaster, Congress and successive presidents ignored demands to fully fund a nationwide system monitoring rivers for signs of flash floods. The program would cost just $130 million. www.levernews.com/amid-deadly-...
Amid Deadly Floods, Lawmakers Left Gap In Warning System
Before the Texas disaster, Congress and successive presidents ignored demands to fully fund a nationwide system monitoring rivers for signs of flash floods.
levernews.com
Before the Texas disaster, Congress and successive presidents ignored demands to fully fund a nationwide system monitoring rivers for signs of flash floods. The program would cost just $130 million. www.levernews.com/amid-deadly-...
Amid Deadly Floods, Lawmakers Left Gap In Warning System
Before the Texas disaster, Congress and successive presidents ignored demands to fully fund a nationwide system monitoring rivers for signs of flash floods.
levernews.com
"'If Dems bail on [the GENIUS Act], they will get 0 dollars going forward,' said Avichal Garg, a managing partner at the venture capital firm Electric Capital, which focuses on digital asset technology like cryptocurrency. 'It would be political suicide for them not to support it.'"
The Lever@levernews.com · last yr.A secret group chat reveals that Democratic strategists plan to support the pro-crypto GENIUS Act for political gain, despite acknowledging it’s a Trump corruption giveaway. www.levernews.com/dems-crypto-...
The Lever's @lukewgoldstein.bsky.social and @freddy-brewster.bsky.social are out with a devastating piece on the ways the crypto industry is absolutely pulling the strings of pro-crypto Democrats. Trump's corruption? Who cares. Financial stability? Fuck it. They want a payoff. Now.
A secret group chat reveals that Democratic strategists plan to support the pro-crypto GENIUS Act for political gain, despite acknowledging it’s a Trump corruption giveaway. www.levernews.com/dems-crypto-...
Dems’ Crypto Schemers Have Entered The Chat
A secret group chat reveals that Democratic strategists plan to support the pro-crypto GENIUS Act for political gain, despite acknowledging it’s a Trump corruption giveaway.
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a multimillionaire reality TV star has made a single Florida county the world's biggest investor in Israel's genocide, & now has ensured there are no state restrictions to invest in junk war bonds! this could funnel millions more public $ to Israel: www.levernews.com/israels-war-...
Israel’s War Is Florida’s New Investment
Florida is poised to eliminate long-standing guardrails limiting local investment in increasingly risky Israel bonds that help finance the country’s war efforts.
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BREAKING: Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is allegedly forcing employees to break state laws by complying with a Trump ICE subpoena to hand over sensitive immigration information. www.levernews.com/whistleblowe...
Whistleblower Lawsuit Exposes Trump’s Secret ICE Plot
The complaint by Gov. Jared Polis’ labor official also accuses the governor of illegally ordering state officials to aid the immigration crackdown.
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🚨 NEWS: Trump’s SEC just handed Elon yet another win www.levernews.com/teslas-great...
Tesla’s Great Shareholder Muzzling Of 2025
As Tesla’s sales collapse, Trump’s financial regulators just let Elon Musk’s vehicle company block nearly all shareholder proposals, including on union efforts and climate goals.
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🚨 NEWS: Trump’s SEC just handed Elon yet another win www.levernews.com/teslas-great...
Tesla’s Great Shareholder Muzzling Of 2025
As Tesla’s sales collapse, Trump’s financial regulators just let Elon Musk’s vehicle company block nearly all shareholder proposals, including on union efforts and climate goals.
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SCOOP: Billy Long was invited to attend Trump’s inauguration as the guest of a financial services CEO who said Long promised him benefits for his company, according to a recording obtained by The Lever www.levernews.com/ceo-says-tru...
CEO Says Trump’s IRS Pick Promised Big Benefits
Recordings reveal a finance executive claiming he offered Trump’s IRS nominee Billy Long an inauguration ticket — and was promised tax benefits if confirmed.
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