Helen Santoro
@helenwsantoro.bsky.social
Reporter @levernews.com mostly covering health care. Money really do be shaping and distorting.
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BREAKING: A CDC panel voted to push back the first dose of the safe & effective hepatitis B vaccine.
This is a tragedy in the making.
This unfounded change to the childhood vaccine schedule will only lead to entirely preventable disease outbreaks in the years ahead.
This is a tragedy in the making.
This unfounded change to the childhood vaccine schedule will only lead to entirely preventable disease outbreaks in the years ahead.
December 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
BREAKING: A CDC panel voted to push back the first dose of the safe & effective hepatitis B vaccine.
This is a tragedy in the making.
This unfounded change to the childhood vaccine schedule will only lead to entirely preventable disease outbreaks in the years ahead.
This is a tragedy in the making.
This unfounded change to the childhood vaccine schedule will only lead to entirely preventable disease outbreaks in the years ahead.
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For the first time a U.S. county is making their guaranteed income program permanent.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners has unanimously approved $7.5 million to continue its guaranteed income program.
Each month over 3,000 households will get an unconditional $500.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners has unanimously approved $7.5 million to continue its guaranteed income program.
Each month over 3,000 households will get an unconditional $500.
December 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
For the first time a U.S. county is making their guaranteed income program permanent.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners has unanimously approved $7.5 million to continue its guaranteed income program.
Each month over 3,000 households will get an unconditional $500.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners has unanimously approved $7.5 million to continue its guaranteed income program.
Each month over 3,000 households will get an unconditional $500.
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1. Over Thanksgiving, texts from Dem. Sen Ruben Gallego leaked where he repeats far-right talking points on masculinity, lamenting that Democratic women "look like men."
Using far-right gender-panic rhetoric will not ingratiate the Democratic Party towards men.
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Using far-right gender-panic rhetoric will not ingratiate the Democratic Party towards men.
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Dem. Senator Gallego's Leaked Texts Echo Far-Right Gender Panic And Misogyny
Last week, Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego's texts leaked, where he lamented that Democratic "women look like men and men look like women."
www.erininthemorning.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
1. Over Thanksgiving, texts from Dem. Sen Ruben Gallego leaked where he repeats far-right talking points on masculinity, lamenting that Democratic women "look like men."
Using far-right gender-panic rhetoric will not ingratiate the Democratic Party towards men.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Using far-right gender-panic rhetoric will not ingratiate the Democratic Party towards men.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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someone attended the Bari Weiss School of Having Principles
November 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
someone attended the Bari Weiss School of Having Principles
Please come to our next event! It was a great time.
Thank you, Denver. Our first in-person Lever Live — the Master Plan book launch party — exceeded every expectation. Full house, brilliant questions, and real community. We want to do this again. Where should the next event be?
www.youtube.com/shorts/Jsr6J...
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Inside Our First-Ever Lever Live Event
YouTube video by The Lever
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November 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Please come to our next event! It was a great time.
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Spotted at Harvard today. Not great at all at how this nazi is being mainstreamed and normalized. This shit is absolutely not welcomed here. Used water from my water bottle to erase part of it.
November 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Spotted at Harvard today. Not great at all at how this nazi is being mainstreamed and normalized. This shit is absolutely not welcomed here. Used water from my water bottle to erase part of it.
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News to watch: A federal judge in Philadelphia has blocked President Trump’s administration from obtaining the private medical records of youth who sought gender-affirming care at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Federal judge hands CHOP victory in its fight to protect medical records of transgender children
U.S. District Court Judge Mark A. Kearney sided with Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and denied the bulk of the Department of Justice's subpoena seeking patient records.
www.inquirer.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
News to watch: A federal judge in Philadelphia has blocked President Trump’s administration from obtaining the private medical records of youth who sought gender-affirming care at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
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Newly unsealed internal communications from Meta reveal senior staff saying Instagram is a drug and "We’re basically pushers."
The new court filing reveals Meta staff allegedly worked for years to obscure the social media platform’s potential dangers from parents and children.
The new court filing reveals Meta staff allegedly worked for years to obscure the social media platform’s potential dangers from parents and children.
November 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Newly unsealed internal communications from Meta reveal senior staff saying Instagram is a drug and "We’re basically pushers."
The new court filing reveals Meta staff allegedly worked for years to obscure the social media platform’s potential dangers from parents and children.
The new court filing reveals Meta staff allegedly worked for years to obscure the social media platform’s potential dangers from parents and children.
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I hate that in local news, sometimes the most common type of disability story will be the very, VERY rare cases of disability fraud.
Disabled people live interesting lives and are impacted by so many things, yet the focus is on these rare events.
Disabled people live interesting lives and are impacted by so many things, yet the focus is on these rare events.
November 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I hate that in local news, sometimes the most common type of disability story will be the very, VERY rare cases of disability fraud.
Disabled people live interesting lives and are impacted by so many things, yet the focus is on these rare events.
Disabled people live interesting lives and are impacted by so many things, yet the focus is on these rare events.
I got a 6/8....so not even a true LeverMind! Who can beat me??
🧠 NEW: Wall Street. Epstein files. Ticketmaster chaos.
Let’s see if you’re paying attention.
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Let’s see if you’re paying attention.
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Quick News Quiz: Can You Get These Right?
YouTube video by The Lever
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November 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I got a 6/8....so not even a true LeverMind! Who can beat me??
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wrote about this shitbag again
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defector.com/vaccines-do-...
Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism, No Matter What The CDC Website Now Says | Defector
On Nov. 19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—a name that feels increasingly misleading, given Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s track record of sowing outbreaks of infectious diseases—quietly upda...
defector.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
wrote about this shitbag again
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defector.com/vaccines-do-...
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My legal team will be in federal court in North Carolina today fighting against the state's unconstitutional redrawn congressional map. Before you listen to those in the GOP who say we can't win, ask Texas how that worked out for them.
November 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
My legal team will be in federal court in North Carolina today fighting against the state's unconstitutional redrawn congressional map. Before you listen to those in the GOP who say we can't win, ask Texas how that worked out for them.
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I want to take a moment to thank the entire Elias Law Group team who worked on the Texas redistricting case as well as our fearless clients. The thirteen Black and Latino voters we represented stood up to challenge Texas's unprecedented mid-decade redistricting. We all ow them a debt of gratitude.
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I want to take a moment to thank the entire Elias Law Group team who worked on the Texas redistricting case as well as our fearless clients. The thirteen Black and Latino voters we represented stood up to challenge Texas's unprecedented mid-decade redistricting. We all ow them a debt of gratitude.
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Detransition is being used as political fodder by the Trump admin and its allies to support extreme anti-trans policies.
In the process, the reality of detransition is lost. For our new series, I spoke with detransitioners who feel harmed by the Trump admin. Their stories are complex and important.
In the process, the reality of detransition is lost. For our new series, I spoke with detransitioners who feel harmed by the Trump admin. Their stories are complex and important.
Detransition is key to politicians’ anti-trans agenda. But what is it really like?
The 19th spoke with two detransitioners who feel harmed and used by the Trump administration, which has positioned itself as a protector of those who detransition.
19thnews.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Detransition is being used as political fodder by the Trump admin and its allies to support extreme anti-trans policies.
In the process, the reality of detransition is lost. For our new series, I spoke with detransitioners who feel harmed by the Trump admin. Their stories are complex and important.
In the process, the reality of detransition is lost. For our new series, I spoke with detransitioners who feel harmed by the Trump admin. Their stories are complex and important.
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The Epstein stuff is always so amazing to me because it's like "yes he was a sex criminal but if you can get past that, he was also an avowed eugenicist"
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The Epstein stuff is always so amazing to me because it's like "yes he was a sex criminal but if you can get past that, he was also an avowed eugenicist"
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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...
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.
www.levernews.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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...
www.levernews.com/shutdown-dea...
Crazy find by @freddy-brewster.bsky.social @lukewgoldstein.bsky.social. Give it a read!
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...
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.
www.levernews.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Crazy find by @freddy-brewster.bsky.social @lukewgoldstein.bsky.social. Give it a read!
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No one will ever sum up Bari Weiss's career more succinctly than "what's the point of standards"
“Standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She asks ‘What’s the point of standards?’
November 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
No one will ever sum up Bari Weiss's career more succinctly than "what's the point of standards"
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Bernie Sanders has said in the Senate after Susan Collins reportedly laughed about the new funding bill:
“If this bill passes, certain groups will see their premiums triple. When you remove healthcare from 15 million people, 50,000 Americans will die who didn’t have to. Do you think that’s funny?”
“If this bill passes, certain groups will see their premiums triple. When you remove healthcare from 15 million people, 50,000 Americans will die who didn’t have to. Do you think that’s funny?”
November 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Bernie Sanders has said in the Senate after Susan Collins reportedly laughed about the new funding bill:
“If this bill passes, certain groups will see their premiums triple. When you remove healthcare from 15 million people, 50,000 Americans will die who didn’t have to. Do you think that’s funny?”
“If this bill passes, certain groups will see their premiums triple. When you remove healthcare from 15 million people, 50,000 Americans will die who didn’t have to. Do you think that’s funny?”
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BREAKING: Supreme Court rejects bid to overturn same-sex marriage rights
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
BREAKING: Supreme Court rejects bid to overturn same-sex marriage rights
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Taking the (few) wins when and where we can on this timeline
The challenge to the court's 2015 ruling came from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex licenses after the court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision, which recognized a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. n.pr/47yOyEH
Supreme Court declines to revisit gay marriage decision
The challenge to the court's 2015 ruling came from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex licenses after the court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision, which recognized a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.
n.pr
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Taking the (few) wins when and where we can on this timeline
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Instead of a drinking game, what if for every time you contact your government representative to not settle on the government shutdown you donate $5 to your local food bank (assuming you aren't poor).
November 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Instead of a drinking game, what if for every time you contact your government representative to not settle on the government shutdown you donate $5 to your local food bank (assuming you aren't poor).
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INVESTIGATION: American taxpayers already spent $6 billion to develop GLP-1 drugs, and then pharma lobbyists bought enough politicians to make sure drug companies were allowed to charge Americans the world’s highest prices for those drugs that we already paid for.
This is how corruption works 👇
This is how corruption works 👇
You’ve Already Paid $6 Billion For Weight-Loss Drugs You Can’t Afford
U.S. taxpayers spent billions developing Ozempic-type diabetes and weight-loss drugs — now those drugs’ markups could bankrupt the U.S. health care system.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
INVESTIGATION: American taxpayers already spent $6 billion to develop GLP-1 drugs, and then pharma lobbyists bought enough politicians to make sure drug companies were allowed to charge Americans the world’s highest prices for those drugs that we already paid for.
This is how corruption works 👇
This is how corruption works 👇