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The Lever

@LeverNews

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The Lever
@LeverNews
Oct 13, 2025
Every blue-state legislature could do this literally right now.
David Sirota
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Oct 13, 2025
This is some of the best political news I've seen in a very long time. There's a clear a way to end Citizens United by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.
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The Lever
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Nov 6, 2024
Paid sick leave just passed with 74% of the vote in the GOP stronghold of Nebraska. Just before being put on the ticket, Tim Walz said Dems' top priority should be championing paid sick leave (see video below). The Dem ticket then didn't campaign on it.
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The Lever
@LeverNews
Nov 8, 2024
David Sirota
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Nov 8, 2024
🚨NEW: After Democratic elites ostracized Bernie Sanders and spent years denigrating his movement as "Bernie Bros," new data show Democrats in 2024 wildly underperformed among the specific demographic groups that were the strongest Sanders supporters. levernews.com/handbook-for-t…
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The Lever
@LeverNews
Dec 28, 2022
🚨NEWS: @SouthwestAir execs paid themselves $112 MILLION while refusing to upgrade the computer system that fueled this week's travel nightmare. While stranding thousands of customers, Southwest is now paying a $400 million dividend to shareholders.
State Officials Warned Buttigieg About Airline Mess
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The Lever
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Feb 11, 2023
We investigated the Norfolk Southern train derailment in Ohio. Here's what you need to know:
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Jun 11, 2023
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Jan 3, 2023
🚨HAPPENING NOW: The Federal Reserve just issued a report destroying pundits who've insisted student debt relief is a giveaway to the rich: "Borrowers who benefit most are younger, have lower credit scores, and live in lower-income neighborhoods." newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/m…
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The Lever
@LeverNews
Oct 27, 2025
🚨 BREAKING: Trump’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will issue guidance tomorrow blocking states from wiping medical debt off credit reports — siding with Wall Street and debt collectors over patients. The move could keep $220 billion in medical bills on Americans’
Trump Aims To Infect Your Credit
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The Lever
@LeverNews
Feb 4, 2022
🚨 BREAKING NEWS: 48 hours after @DailyPoster's story went viral, the Biden Administration has just issued a statement announcing it is withdrawing its attempt to block a major court ruling that could protect student debtors. dailyposter.com/biden-withdraw…
The Lever
@LeverNews
Jun 26, 2024
🚨BREAKING: The Supreme Court just issued a ruling allowing donors to give cash to public officials in exchange for favors. The 6-3 ruling was engineered by the justices who've been accepting billionaire gifts. Here was our story on the Snyder case👇
The Supreme Court Case Designed To Legalize Bribery
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Feb 2, 2021
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@LeverNews
Aug 24, 2021
EXPOSED: Months after @RahmEmanuel helped Joe Biden vilify Medicare for All, SEC documents show Rahm was given a board seat & 186,000 shares of stock by a health care corporation which warns investors that its profits would be reduced by Medicare for All. dailyposter.com/rahms-reward/
The Lever
@LeverNews
Sep 6, 2021
This one graph says everything on Labor Day. dailyposter.com/the-labor-day-…
The Lever
@LeverNews
Apr 16, 2025
🚨BREAKING: Trump's IRS nominee Billy Long just had his personal debt paid off by donors whose firms have business before the tax agency he’d lead, according to documents reviewed by The Lever. If confirmed, Long would be able to do favors for the donors.
Trump IRS Pick Was Just Enriched By Tax Schemers
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