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Whatever you say about Trump, his innate sense of knowing when to time a plot-twist to keep the audience watching is uncanny. Wow

Axios@axios.com · 9mo ago

I wonder what fmr. Sen Bob Menendez, who was convicted for taking a gold bar bribe from foreign agents, is thinking right now from his prison cell?

Forget retaliation: To cut tariffs President Trump imposed on their country, the Swiss sent a delegation of industry tycoons bearing gifts — a special Rolex desktop clock, a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar, and loads of flattery.

The Lever@levernews.com · 9mo ago

Hockey is already one of the most expensive youth sports. I couldn’t imagine paying costs like this for my kids. Read this crazy story by @lukewgoldstein.bsky.social

🚨 EXPOSED: Parents are being threatened for recording their own kids’ hockey games. Private equity bought the rinks, banned filming, and now charges up to $50 a month to watch youth sports.

The Lever @levernews.com · 9mo ago

The only way this happens is using chatGPT to write your paper. Unbelievable. www.notus.org/health-scien...

The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist

The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.

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After 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...

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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this chart can be retitled as "Motherf**kin' Boomers, Man" (via @levernews.com daily newsletter levernews.com/new-yorks-sore-winners/)

The Lever @levernews.com · 9mo ago

Loving exploring this new @moreperfectunion.bsky.social interactive database perfectunion.us/trumps-corpo...

Trump's Corporate Colluders - More Perfect Union

We analyzed more than 150 top donors to Trump's inauguration fund and the White House ballroom construction to figure out which corporations are donating — and what they got in return.

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He wrote the decision that legalized political bribery. Now he wants to rewrite his legacy. Too late. From Master Plan, the new book by @davidsirota.com & @jjmaher.bsky.social on how corruption became law. 📖 Read the adapted excerpt in @Slate.com

And here it is. Next is SBF. Along with George Santos the whole fraudster class of 2024 will be free by end of year www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao

Zhao served prison time after failing to stop criminals from using the platform to move money connected to child sex abuse, drug trafficking and terrorism.

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Slate@slate.com · 10mo ago

I just unloaded a year’s worth of thoughts on Anthony Kennedy’s legacy in a new piece for @slate.com 👇

Democracy is in crisis, in no small part because of the decision he authored. slate.trib.al/YzS7emE

The Lever@levernews.com · 10mo ago

👇what’s new is old

What looks like a sudden shift in media is actually a 50-year plot to capture it. @DavidSirota.com & @jjmaher.bsky.social uncover how CBS executives joined the original campaign to turn news into corporate propaganda. Read in The Guardian: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 10mo ago

The Catholic Church showed up in Chicago on Saturday. And, we need to keep showing up. "They are afraid of people of faith." religionnews.com/2025/10/15/i...

ICE turned away the body of Christ. Catholics must keep showing up anyway.

(RNS) — Catholics processed in prayer had hoped to send eight people into a Chicago-area ICE facility to distribute Holy Communion.

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Politico@politico.com · 10mo ago

I watched the whole thing. As a producer who has directed 100’s of videos, I can say: Katie Porter was right. Get the fuck out of the shot!

EXCLUSIVE: Katie Porter tears into a staffer in a newly released video, telling them: "Get out of my f--king shot."

The Lever@levernews.com · 10mo ago

My new book I coauthored with @davidsirota.com is out now! The epic history of how corruption was legalized in America.

Get the book at LeverNews.com/book - or wherever you buy your books. And please pass it on!

David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 11mo ago

I’ve been digging into a SCOTUS case that could gut what’s left of campaign finance law — letting parties openly coordinate with mega-donors. My new @levernews.com investigation: truthout.org/articles/inside-the-campaign-to-dismantle-the-last-remaining-limits-on-campaign-spending/

Inside the Campaign to Dismantle the Last Remaining Limits on Campaign Spending

Trump has picked a corporate litigator to defend a Supreme Court case that could unleash unlimited political spending.

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An early copy of our new book MASTER PLAN in the wild… The book exposes the hidden plot to legalize corruption in America. You may think you know the story — but you don’t. This book includes never-before-reported documents, photos & transcripts. Pre-order — and share: LeverNews.com/book

The revolution will not be caffeinated

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11mo ago

An “expansive view of presidential authority…”

The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.

Dalio’s someone that investors and wall street actually listens to. So for him to state this so directly shows how global money people are thinking about where things are headed. www.cnn.com/2025/09/02/b...

The US is transforming into a 1930s-style autocracy, says billionaire Ray Dalio | CNN Business

The United States is sliding into 1930s-style autocratic politics, billionaire Ray Dalio has warned.

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