Lucy Dean Stockton
@lucydeanstockton.bsky.social
I wouldn't be so sure about that ! Editor and reporter at @levernews.com
🚨 SCOOP: Trump's admin is sabotaging a critical program that provides legal defense for unaccompanied migrant children.
An internal letter signed by dozens of legal aid groups warns that the program may soon be contracted out to an ICE technology vendor (and Angelina Jolie's nonprofit).
An internal letter signed by dozens of legal aid groups warns that the program may soon be contracted out to an ICE technology vendor (and Angelina Jolie's nonprofit).
December 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
🚨 SCOOP: Trump's admin is sabotaging a critical program that provides legal defense for unaccompanied migrant children.
An internal letter signed by dozens of legal aid groups warns that the program may soon be contracted out to an ICE technology vendor (and Angelina Jolie's nonprofit).
An internal letter signed by dozens of legal aid groups warns that the program may soon be contracted out to an ICE technology vendor (and Angelina Jolie's nonprofit).
obsessed with whoever invented the wheel
September 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
obsessed with whoever invented the wheel
we've over-normalized watching TV as a society; TV should be a rare indulgence accompanied by self-awareness and even mild embarrassment, sorry
September 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
we've over-normalized watching TV as a society; TV should be a rare indulgence accompanied by self-awareness and even mild embarrassment, sorry
not everyone can do it like me (willingly drink decaffeinated instant coffee with a smile on my face)
September 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
not everyone can do it like me (willingly drink decaffeinated instant coffee with a smile on my face)
Reposted by Lucy Dean Stockton
A private investigator. Psychics. Calls to the FBI. Dozens of reports to regulators. A million dollar legal battle. A restraining order. An arrest warrant.
American surrogacy raked in approximately $5 billion in 2024. What can go wrong?
American surrogacy raked in approximately $5 billion in 2024. What can go wrong?
When her son died in utero, a venture capitalist went to extremes to punish her surrogate. www.wired.com/story/the-ba...
The Baby Died. Whose Fault Is It?
When her son died in utero, a venture capitalist went to extremes to punish her surrogate.
www.wired.com
September 3, 2025 at 11:33 AM
A private investigator. Psychics. Calls to the FBI. Dozens of reports to regulators. A million dollar legal battle. A restraining order. An arrest warrant.
American surrogacy raked in approximately $5 billion in 2024. What can go wrong?
American surrogacy raked in approximately $5 billion in 2024. What can go wrong?
artificial intelligence is not very cool — thinking for yourself, learning true skills, and living an embodied life is cool :)
September 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
artificial intelligence is not very cool — thinking for yourself, learning true skills, and living an embodied life is cool :)
joy in the air across the metropolitan area, knicks in 7
May 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
joy in the air across the metropolitan area, knicks in 7
Reposted by Lucy Dean Stockton
🚨BREAKING: A CEO says he offered Trump IRS pick Billy Long an inauguration ticket & was promised an IRS "private letter ruling" by Long, according to recordings reviewed by The Lever.
The Lever recently exposed donors enriching Long after his nomination. www.levernews.com/ceo-says-tru...
The Lever recently exposed donors enriching Long after his nomination. 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.
www.levernews.com
May 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
🚨BREAKING: A CEO says he offered Trump IRS pick Billy Long an inauguration ticket & was promised an IRS "private letter ruling" by Long, according to recordings reviewed by The Lever.
The Lever recently exposed donors enriching Long after his nomination. www.levernews.com/ceo-says-tru...
The Lever recently exposed donors enriching Long after his nomination. www.levernews.com/ceo-says-tru...
Amid a near-total asylum ban, the Trump admin is using funds reserved for the most vulnerable refugees to resettle white South Africans in the U.S.
The first group of Afrikaners could arrive within days, per internal documents viewed by @katyaschwenk.bsky.social
www.levernews.com/trump-taps-r...
The first group of Afrikaners could arrive within days, per internal documents viewed by @katyaschwenk.bsky.social
www.levernews.com/trump-taps-r...
Trump Taps Refugee Fund To Welcome White South Africans Within Days
Amid a near-total asylum ban, government sources say Trump officials are planning to use funds for at-risk refugees to facilitate imminent Afrikaner resettlement.
www.levernews.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Amid a near-total asylum ban, the Trump admin is using funds reserved for the most vulnerable refugees to resettle white South Africans in the U.S.
The first group of Afrikaners could arrive within days, per internal documents viewed by @katyaschwenk.bsky.social
www.levernews.com/trump-taps-r...
The first group of Afrikaners could arrive within days, per internal documents viewed by @katyaschwenk.bsky.social
www.levernews.com/trump-taps-r...
Tariffs are looming, but the United States is still exporting its most extreme ideas. 🤝
Canada's conservative groups are covertly trying to create their own DOGE — and they're being spurred on by Big Oil and Big Tech, as reported by @geoffdembicki.bsky.social
www.levernews.com/the-conserva...
Canada's conservative groups are covertly trying to create their own DOGE — and they're being spurred on by Big Oil and Big Tech, as reported by @geoffdembicki.bsky.social
www.levernews.com/the-conserva...
The Conservative Plan To Bring DOGE To Canada
Audio reveals how Canadian conservatives are plotting with energy and tech executives to slash services “more quickly” than Trump.
www.levernews.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Tariffs are looming, but the United States is still exporting its most extreme ideas. 🤝
Canada's conservative groups are covertly trying to create their own DOGE — and they're being spurred on by Big Oil and Big Tech, as reported by @geoffdembicki.bsky.social
www.levernews.com/the-conserva...
Canada's conservative groups are covertly trying to create their own DOGE — and they're being spurred on by Big Oil and Big Tech, as reported by @geoffdembicki.bsky.social
www.levernews.com/the-conserva...
Reposted by Lucy Dean Stockton
Truly insane story that involves executives who allegedly made fake tax shelters helping pay off the campaign debt of the man set to oversee the IRS and potential investigations into their schemes.
www.levernews.com/trump-irs-pi...
www.levernews.com/trump-irs-pi...
Trump IRS Pick Was Just Enriched By Tax Schemers
New documents show Billy Long’s $130,000 personal debt was suddenly paid off by donors at firms policed by the tax agency he’d lead.
www.levernews.com
April 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Truly insane story that involves executives who allegedly made fake tax shelters helping pay off the campaign debt of the man set to oversee the IRS and potential investigations into their schemes.
www.levernews.com/trump-irs-pi...
www.levernews.com/trump-irs-pi...
✈️ private equity firms moving into the increasingly outsourced, unregulated industry responsible for fixing airplanes ? seems fine.
@katyaschwenk.bsky.social reports on yet another distressing new aviation trend for you to start worrying about
www.levernews.com/wall-street-...
@katyaschwenk.bsky.social reports on yet another distressing new aviation trend for you to start worrying about
www.levernews.com/wall-street-...
Wall Street Wants To Fix Your Airplane
The airline-repair business has been beset by corporate outsourcing and spotty oversight — now, venture capitalists want a piece of the action.
www.levernews.com
April 9, 2025 at 4:50 AM
✈️ private equity firms moving into the increasingly outsourced, unregulated industry responsible for fixing airplanes ? seems fine.
@katyaschwenk.bsky.social reports on yet another distressing new aviation trend for you to start worrying about
www.levernews.com/wall-street-...
@katyaschwenk.bsky.social reports on yet another distressing new aviation trend for you to start worrying about
www.levernews.com/wall-street-...
😮💨 Credit unions are supposed to be the good guys.
But @freddy-brewster.bsky.social found that they're just as interested in charging (and hiding) the junk fees they charge consumers (from overdraft penalties to insufficient fund fees) as the big, bad banks.
www.levernews.com/trump-lets-g...
But @freddy-brewster.bsky.social found that they're just as interested in charging (and hiding) the junk fees they charge consumers (from overdraft penalties to insufficient fund fees) as the big, bad banks.
www.levernews.com/trump-lets-g...
Trump Lets “Good” Banks Hide Their Bad Fees
Last year, credit unions were forced to disclose the billions they made charging their members unnecessary junk fees. Now Trump is once again hiding their grift.
www.levernews.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
😮💨 Credit unions are supposed to be the good guys.
But @freddy-brewster.bsky.social found that they're just as interested in charging (and hiding) the junk fees they charge consumers (from overdraft penalties to insufficient fund fees) as the big, bad banks.
www.levernews.com/trump-lets-g...
But @freddy-brewster.bsky.social found that they're just as interested in charging (and hiding) the junk fees they charge consumers (from overdraft penalties to insufficient fund fees) as the big, bad banks.
www.levernews.com/trump-lets-g...
I saw a $15 carton of eggs last week 🥚 (Eggflation is real).
But, as @lukewgoldstein.bsky.social reports, factory farms are blaming high prices on animal welfare laws in order to boost their margins, crush independent farms + expand CAFOs (despite the avian flu).
www.levernews.com/animal-farm-...
But, as @lukewgoldstein.bsky.social reports, factory farms are blaming high prices on animal welfare laws in order to boost their margins, crush independent farms + expand CAFOs (despite the avian flu).
www.levernews.com/animal-farm-...
Animal Farm: Eggflation’s Monopoly Problem
Factory farms are blaming eggflation on animal welfare laws in an attempt to boost their margins and crush their competitors.
www.levernews.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I saw a $15 carton of eggs last week 🥚 (Eggflation is real).
But, as @lukewgoldstein.bsky.social reports, factory farms are blaming high prices on animal welfare laws in order to boost their margins, crush independent farms + expand CAFOs (despite the avian flu).
www.levernews.com/animal-farm-...
But, as @lukewgoldstein.bsky.social reports, factory farms are blaming high prices on animal welfare laws in order to boost their margins, crush independent farms + expand CAFOs (despite the avian flu).
www.levernews.com/animal-farm-...
Leonard Leo is sooo back (to dismantle the government).
@freddy-brewster.bsky.social found that more than a dozen groups he's affiliated with filed amicus briefs in the latest case pushing SCOTUS to further gut federal agencies' power. 🤠
www.levernews.com/a-dark-money...
@freddy-brewster.bsky.social found that more than a dozen groups he's affiliated with filed amicus briefs in the latest case pushing SCOTUS to further gut federal agencies' power. 🤠
www.levernews.com/a-dark-money...
A Dark Money Deluge To Kill Consumer Protections
More than a dozen groups tied to conservative “friend of the court” Leonard Leo filed legal briefs pushing SCOTUS to further gut the government’s power to take on corporations.
www.levernews.com
March 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Leonard Leo is sooo back (to dismantle the government).
@freddy-brewster.bsky.social found that more than a dozen groups he's affiliated with filed amicus briefs in the latest case pushing SCOTUS to further gut federal agencies' power. 🤠
www.levernews.com/a-dark-money...
@freddy-brewster.bsky.social found that more than a dozen groups he's affiliated with filed amicus briefs in the latest case pushing SCOTUS to further gut federal agencies' power. 🤠
www.levernews.com/a-dark-money...
so proud of my colleagues for producing such excellent work and thankful to our subscribers for making this all possible — it's an exciting time to be part of an independent newsroom ⭐️
🚨NEWS: @levernews.com is expanding
- American Prospect's Luke Goldstein, Pushkin’s Ariella Markowitz & WaPo’s Natalie Bettendorf joining our newsroom
- Lever Time joining the national PRX network
- Ronnie Riccobene launching Lever Daily — our new newsletter
- Master Plan’s new seasons
Details👇
- American Prospect's Luke Goldstein, Pushkin’s Ariella Markowitz & WaPo’s Natalie Bettendorf joining our newsroom
- Lever Time joining the national PRX network
- Ronnie Riccobene launching Lever Daily — our new newsletter
- Master Plan’s new seasons
Details👇
March 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
so proud of my colleagues for producing such excellent work and thankful to our subscribers for making this all possible — it's an exciting time to be part of an independent newsroom ⭐️
incredible story from @sampollak.bsky.social
🚨INVESTIGATION: Private equity firms are looting the New Deal's affordable housing program.
They're taking cash for low-interest mortgages & siphoning it into their investments jacking up rents, evictions & foreclosures - while offering no mortgages.
They're taking cash for low-interest mortgages & siphoning it into their investments jacking up rents, evictions & foreclosures - while offering no mortgages.
The Looting Of America’s Affordable Housing Fund
Private equity firms are diverting billions from a Great Depression-era mortgage program — and making huge profits.
www.levernews.com
March 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
incredible story from @sampollak.bsky.social
Reposted by Lucy Dean Stockton
aaaand now it all makes sense
February 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
aaaand now it all makes sense
California’s oil and gas companies have starved California's budget of billions in taxes for decades, as the state was routinely forced to cut funding for firefighters.
New from @freddy-brewster.bsky.social and me @levernews.com
www.levernews.com/how-big-oil-...
New from @freddy-brewster.bsky.social and me @levernews.com
www.levernews.com/how-big-oil-...
How Big Oil Hindered The Fight Against L.A.’s Wildfires
California’s oil and gas companies avoided paying billions of dollars in taxes that could have been used to fight the inferno.
www.levernews.com
January 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
California’s oil and gas companies have starved California's budget of billions in taxes for decades, as the state was routinely forced to cut funding for firefighters.
New from @freddy-brewster.bsky.social and me @levernews.com
www.levernews.com/how-big-oil-...
New from @freddy-brewster.bsky.social and me @levernews.com
www.levernews.com/how-big-oil-...
Reposted by Lucy Dean Stockton
🚨 NEW: Fossil fuel giants have spent decades exploiting an obscure California state tax break to avoid paying up to $146M of annual tax revenue — revenue that could be used to fight the fires currently raging across LA.
www.levernews.com/how-big-oil-...
www.levernews.com/how-big-oil-...
How Big Oil Hindered The Fight Against L.A.’s Wildfires
California’s oil and gas companies avoided paying billions of dollars in taxes that could have been used to fight the inferno.
www.levernews.com
January 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🚨 NEW: Fossil fuel giants have spent decades exploiting an obscure California state tax break to avoid paying up to $146M of annual tax revenue — revenue that could be used to fight the fires currently raging across LA.
www.levernews.com/how-big-oil-...
www.levernews.com/how-big-oil-...
Reposted by Lucy Dean Stockton
The insurance companies that dropped homeowners' fire coverage in California are simultaneously offering coverage to fossil fuel companies that are creating the climate-crisis conditions for ever larger and more destructive wildfires.
“What If I Can’t Insure My Home At All?”
Insurance companies are leaving homeowners at the mercy of climate catastrophes they helped create.
buff.ly
January 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The insurance companies that dropped homeowners' fire coverage in California are simultaneously offering coverage to fossil fuel companies that are creating the climate-crisis conditions for ever larger and more destructive wildfires.
unions for cops 🤝 but not for striking workers
On the scene of the Amazon strike in Maspeth, the NYPD is trying to break the picket, engaging in arrests of union members and engaging in physical confrontations with workers and their supporters.
December 19, 2024 at 4:41 PM
unions for cops 🤝 but not for striking workers
Prisoners are denied basic rights — including the right to be free of cruel and unusual punishment.
When they bring their claims of egregious medical neglect, sexual violence, and brutality to court, federal courts systematically fail them.
www.businessinsider.com/eighth-amend...
When they bring their claims of egregious medical neglect, sexual violence, and brutality to court, federal courts systematically fail them.
www.businessinsider.com/eighth-amend...
The Eighth Amendment is meant to protect against prisoner abuse. Less than 1% of cases succeed.
The Eighth Amendment is meant to protect prisoners against abuse. BI has found that Supreme Court decisions and federal laws have obliterated it.
www.businessinsider.com
December 19, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Prisoners are denied basic rights — including the right to be free of cruel and unusual punishment.
When they bring their claims of egregious medical neglect, sexual violence, and brutality to court, federal courts systematically fail them.
www.businessinsider.com/eighth-amend...
When they bring their claims of egregious medical neglect, sexual violence, and brutality to court, federal courts systematically fail them.
www.businessinsider.com/eighth-amend...
Reposted by Lucy Dean Stockton
🚨BREAKING: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield tells us they will NOT go forward with previously planned changes to their anesthesia coverage.
"There has been significant widespread misinformation about an update to our anesthesia policy. As a result, we have decided to not proceed."
"There has been significant widespread misinformation about an update to our anesthesia policy. As a result, we have decided to not proceed."
December 5, 2024 at 8:48 PM
🚨BREAKING: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield tells us they will NOT go forward with previously planned changes to their anesthesia coverage.
"There has been significant widespread misinformation about an update to our anesthesia policy. As a result, we have decided to not proceed."
"There has been significant widespread misinformation about an update to our anesthesia policy. As a result, we have decided to not proceed."
"Victor Hidalgo is the most recent delivery worker killed this year. On Oct. 30 while delivering for Capsule, an online prescription-delivery service app, Hidalgo was hit by an ambulance."
documentedny.com/2024/12/05/d...
documentedny.com/2024/12/05/d...
Unsafe at Any Speed: Delivery Workers Deaths Are on the Rise in 2024 - Documented
10 immigrant delivery workers died on the streets of New York this year, marking a stark increase from the last two years.
documentedny.com
December 5, 2024 at 5:45 PM
"Victor Hidalgo is the most recent delivery worker killed this year. On Oct. 30 while delivering for Capsule, an online prescription-delivery service app, Hidalgo was hit by an ambulance."
documentedny.com/2024/12/05/d...
documentedny.com/2024/12/05/d...