Pole Cat
@polecat.bsky.social
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This moment’s health care emergency was created a generation ago. Ignoring this history now dooms us to repeat it in the future.
The Health Care Crisis Origin Story
A generation ago, Democrats helped the insurance industry shut down a rare opportunity - leading to this moment of chaos.
sirota.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This moment’s health care emergency was created a generation ago. Ignoring this history now dooms us to repeat it in the future.
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In 2020, we launched The Lever from scratch.
This week, The Lever won the National Press Club Award & our reporting dominated Capitol Hill in two high profile events.
It's been an amazing 5 years. Thanks to our subscribers who make our work possible. We're just getting started.
This week, The Lever won the National Press Club Award & our reporting dominated Capitol Hill in two high profile events.
It's been an amazing 5 years. Thanks to our subscribers who make our work possible. We're just getting started.
The Lever's audio series MASTER PLAN has just won the 2025 National Press Club Award.
The series exposes the secret plot to legalize corruption: MasterPlanPodcast.com
This is a huge honor for our newsroom & for independent accountability journalism.
The series exposes the secret plot to legalize corruption: MasterPlanPodcast.com
This is a huge honor for our newsroom & for independent accountability journalism.
The Lever Wins The 2025 National Press Club Award
This award is a major milestone not just for The Lever’s newsroom, but for all independent news outlets competing with the world’s biggest media conglomerates.
www.levernews.com
May 24, 2025 at 1:33 AM
In 2020, we launched The Lever from scratch.
This week, The Lever won the National Press Club Award & our reporting dominated Capitol Hill in two high profile events.
It's been an amazing 5 years. Thanks to our subscribers who make our work possible. We're just getting started.
This week, The Lever won the National Press Club Award & our reporting dominated Capitol Hill in two high profile events.
It's been an amazing 5 years. Thanks to our subscribers who make our work possible. We're just getting started.
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The Plan To Ethnically Cleanse Gaza Didn't Start With Trump
Kicking the Palestinians out of Gaza to neighboring Arab states has always been the plan; it didn’t just emerge out of nowhere when Trump became president.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-plan-t...
Kicking the Palestinians out of Gaza to neighboring Arab states has always been the plan; it didn’t just emerge out of nowhere when Trump became president.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-plan-t...
The Plan To Ethnically Cleanse Gaza Didn't Start With Trump
Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
www.caitlinjohnst.one
February 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The Plan To Ethnically Cleanse Gaza Didn't Start With Trump
Kicking the Palestinians out of Gaza to neighboring Arab states has always been the plan; it didn’t just emerge out of nowhere when Trump became president.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-plan-t...
Kicking the Palestinians out of Gaza to neighboring Arab states has always been the plan; it didn’t just emerge out of nowhere when Trump became president.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-plan-t...
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🚨BREAKING: While targeting federal education contracts, Elon Musk just scored a new deal for more government cash, according to documents reviewed by The Lever.
The new "supplemental agreement" adds millions to SpaceX's already huge $3.9 billion deal.
The new "supplemental agreement" adds millions to SpaceX's already huge $3.9 billion deal.
Musk Just Scored More Government Cash While Pushing Education Cuts
As the billionaire was reportedly slashing Education Department contracts, SpaceX secured a multimillion-dollar “supplemental” deal from NASA.
buff.ly
February 12, 2025 at 1:13 AM
🚨BREAKING: While targeting federal education contracts, Elon Musk just scored a new deal for more government cash, according to documents reviewed by The Lever.
The new "supplemental agreement" adds millions to SpaceX's already huge $3.9 billion deal.
The new "supplemental agreement" adds millions to SpaceX's already huge $3.9 billion deal.
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It's important to read this Lever story and then immediately listen closely to the lyrics of this Gil Scott-Heron classic: www.youtube.com/watch?v=goh2...
February 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
It's important to read this Lever story and then immediately listen closely to the lyrics of this Gil Scott-Heron classic: www.youtube.com/watch?v=goh2...
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Even if you feel like you can't change anything, remember the importance of empathy, especially in darkest times.
The very fact of caring and conversation is support. It's an affirmation of existence. It is what counteracts genocide and darkness.
We are all connected. Everything matters.
The very fact of caring and conversation is support. It's an affirmation of existence. It is what counteracts genocide and darkness.
We are all connected. Everything matters.
December 1, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Even if you feel like you can't change anything, remember the importance of empathy, especially in darkest times.
The very fact of caring and conversation is support. It's an affirmation of existence. It is what counteracts genocide and darkness.
We are all connected. Everything matters.
The very fact of caring and conversation is support. It's an affirmation of existence. It is what counteracts genocide and darkness.
We are all connected. Everything matters.
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Sorry to say, archive.org is under a ddos attack. The data is not affected, but most services are unavailable.
We are working on it & will post updates in comments.
We are working on it & will post updates in comments.
May 27, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Sorry to say, archive.org is under a ddos attack. The data is not affected, but most services are unavailable.
We are working on it & will post updates in comments.
We are working on it & will post updates in comments.
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If you're struggling to keep up with the Boeing story, I put together a complete timeline of all the major developments dating back to when the 737 Max first went into service. Now I'll just have to update it hourly.
A Complete Timeline of the Boeing 737 Max Disaster
Complete timeline of Boeing's 737 Max disasters: deadly crashes, faulty parts, government investigations, and factory whistleblowers.
www.rollingstone.com
May 10, 2024 at 6:19 PM
If you're struggling to keep up with the Boeing story, I put together a complete timeline of all the major developments dating back to when the 737 Max first went into service. Now I'll just have to update it hourly.
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The complete moral bankruptcy of university rhetoric is quite the sight to behold.
May 10, 2024 at 4:24 PM
The complete moral bankruptcy of university rhetoric is quite the sight to behold.
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I just watched an autocorrect change my "These are SO good" to the perhaps slightly different "These are no good."
It's all going to end not with a bang but with a wimple.
It's all going to end not with a bang but with a wimple.
May 10, 2024 at 7:47 PM
I just watched an autocorrect change my "These are SO good" to the perhaps slightly different "These are no good."
It's all going to end not with a bang but with a wimple.
It's all going to end not with a bang but with a wimple.
w00t! Finally received an invite to Blue Sky. Thank you so much @benigma2017.bsky.social
August 8, 2023 at 12:38 PM
w00t! Finally received an invite to Blue Sky. Thank you so much @benigma2017.bsky.social