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The Lever @levernews.com · 7h

Read the full story by @lukewgoldstein

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The Lever @levernews.com · 7h

After cracks were found in Boeing 737s, the FAA proposed tougher inspections.

The airline lobby — led by Trump-aligned officials — is fighting to weaken the rule.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 16h

Read the full story by @katyaschwenk.bsky.social
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The Human Trafficking Case That Could Hand Government Contractors Blanket Immunity

In a little-noticed Supreme Court case, the country’s largest private prison operator argues companies should be shielded from lawsuits when doing the government’s dirty work.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 16h

The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims.

If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 22h

Our latest essay by @davidsirota.com — originally published in @thebulwark.com — explains why Democrats can’t fix democracy without confronting corruption.
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It’s The Corruption, Stupid

Democrats have a chance to revive their party and save American democracy. Will they take it?

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The Lever @levernews.com · 22h

Trump isn’t the disease — he’s a symptom.

The real sickness is the corporate and billionaire money corrupting both parties.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 1d

Now, he’s back at the table, selling “peace” in a war he’s positioned to profit from.

You couldn’t script a better conflict of interest.

@freddy-brewster.bsky.social and @katyaschwenk.bsky.social report 👇

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As Ceasefire Nears, Jared Kushner’s New Investments Could Boost Israeli Settlements

Just before the Israel-Hamas war ceasefire deal, Donald Trump’s son-in-law doubled his stake in an Israeli firm that stands to gain from expanding Israeli settlements.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 1d

Back in January, as the last ceasefire was being hammered out, Kushner quietly doubled his stake in an Israeli finance firm that bankrolls construction in illegal settlements across occupied Palestinian land.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 1d

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a “phase one” ceasefire — brokered by Trump’s son-in-law @jaredkushner.bsky.social
and real estate mogul Steve Witkoff.

These aren’t peace brokers. They’re investors with a stake in the outcome.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 1d

🎧LEVER TIME: Bari Weiss’s billionaire-backed takeover of CBS News is the culmination of a secret plot detailed in never-before-seen documents that we're publishing in our new book MASTER PLAN, which launches on 10/14.

We preview some of the documents here — you won’t believe what they wrote down👇

Bari Weiss, CBS News, And The Conservative Media Takeover

The billionaire-backed overhaul of CBS News is the culmination of a decades-long master plan.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 2d

🚨NEW: Republicans have a 2016-esque lead over Dems on the corruption issue

Some Dems are finally telling hard truths about their party's problem & the problem of legalized corruption

Sirota's essay for The Bulwark as we launch our new book MASTER PLAN👇
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How Anti-Corruption Can Be a Winning Issue for Democrats

It’s a powerful, unifying theme—and it’s tied to the crisis of democracy under Trump.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 2d

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The Lever @levernews.com · 2d

Private-equity nursing homes: 10% higher death rates. 20,000 extra deaths. Where care goes to die.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 2d

Patients in PE-owned hospitals face 25% more infections. Their margins are healthy—patients, not so much.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 2d

Private-equity dentists have done root canals on toddlers — and pulled healthy teeth for profit. Smile for the shareholders.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 2d

When private equity buys your hospital, the death rate goes up 13%. Efficiency looks great on paper.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 2d

Wall Street found four new ways to kill you — and call it efficiency.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 2d

1,200 women are fighting for answers.

Help us hold Pfizer — and the system that protects it — accountable.

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Brain Tumors, Big Pharma, And A Legal Escape Hatch

Women say Depo-Provera caused their brain tumors. Pfizer is invoking a powerful legal maneuver to try to silence them.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 2d

Pfizer says it’s protected by federal law. The company argues it couldn’t warn patients — because the FDA rejected its label change.

If the Florida judge agrees, it would exempt Pfizer from liability in all lawsuits alleging it failed to adequately warn consumers.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 2d

More than 1,200 women say Pfizer’s birth-control shot caused brain tumors.
Now the company is using a legal defense that could stop their cases before they’re heard.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 3d

This is what happens when billion-dollar platforms control the home-buying process from search to loan.

Convenience for them. Higher payments for you.

Listen to the full Lever Time episode: www.levernews.com/the-zillow-a...

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The Lever @levernews.com · 3d

Women say Depo-Provera caused their brain tumors. Pfizer is invoking a powerful legal maneuver to try to silence them. www.levernews.com/brain-tumors...

Brain Tumors, Big Pharma, And A Legal Escape Hatch

Women say Depo-Provera caused their brain tumors. Pfizer is invoking a powerful legal maneuver to try to silence them.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 3d

“Every basis point counts.” — CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on how Rocket’s real-estate arm allegedly steered buyers to its own mortgage lender.

Produced by @natalierbett.bsky.social for Lever Time
🏠 Full episode → link in bio

#RohitChopra #HousingMarket #InvestigativeJournalism

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The Lever @levernews.com · 3d

After Trump cleared the way for Polymarket to operate legally in the U.S., Wall Street wants a piece of the prediction market’s profits.

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Wall Street Bets — On Polymarket

After Trump cleared the way for Polymarket to operate legally in the U.S., Wall Street wants a piece of the prediction market’s profits.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 4d

At Attorney General Pam Bondi’s request, Apple is preventing communities from sharing information about ICE raids.
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Big Tech Does ICE’s Bidding

At Attorney General Pam Bondi’s request, Apple is preventing communities from sharing information about ICE raids.

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