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NEW from me & Evelyn Quartz: Zohran Mamdani won a clear mandate - but the Democratic political/media elite is already trying to downplay it & pretend it was just vibes rather than a demand for policy change. The battle for the future has just begun. www.levernews.com/zohran-mamda...

Maryland Governor Wes Moore just approved a new carveout exempting predatory payday lenders from state regulations. www.levernews.com/a-democratic...

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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/trump-taps-r...

🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration just hid data that lets communities know about dangerous chemical facilities in their midst. The move came after lobbying from the chemical industry — and after massive inauguration donations from chemical companies. www.levernews.com/the-governme...

Trump’s administration is working at a breakneck pace to rewrite the federal government in favor of billionaires and corporate interests. Where will this leave the rest of us non-billionaires? Join us TONIGHT at 8pm ET on Zoom with Accountable.US to discuss.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was one of the officials raising safety concerns about the airline-backed bill that Congress passed in the months before the disaster at Washington National Airport.

🚨BREAKING: Months before tonight's fatal DC plane crash, lawmakers brushed off dire safety warnings & passed an industry-backed bill adding more flight traffic at the airport. "Increasing slots at this airport undermines safety," an opponent pleaded.

HUGE new @levernews.com investigation, months in the making, that raises big questions about the safety and efficacy of celebrated new Alzheimer's drugs Leqembi and Aduhelm. www.levernews.com/the-deadly-s...

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🚨NEWS: The nation’s top private health insurers have spent over $120 BILLION lining top shareholders’ pockets with lucrative stock buybacks. It’s no coincidence that among those top investors are the very executives who authorize buybacks in the first place 👇 www.levernews.com/health-insur...

UnitedHealth executives pressed the company’s rank-and-file employees to pressure lawmakers to block a public health insurance option. www.levernews.com/health-insur...

Anthem is backtracking on their dangerous insurance coverage change after @helenwsantoro.bsky.social's excellent reporting revealed they would no longer pay for anesthesia for surgeries that ran too long.

🚨NEW POD: We investigated just how elastic the truth can get in the social media era — and how politicians like Trump use manipulation and deception similar to the way a magician would 👇 www.levernews.com/trump-magic-...

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🚨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."

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It's dark money giving Tuesday! www.levernews.com/its-dark-mon...

Important post on game publishers' profit-gouging efforts to stop the archiving of video game history. "Imagine not being able to go to a library and read the works of Charles Dickens, E.M. Forster, or any other historical author." It's the same for video games. www.forbes.com/sites/ollieb...

🚨 BREAKING: The Biden Justice Dept just quietly issued a new policy giving corporate lawbreakers a new get-out-of-jail-free card even if they profited off multiple crimes. The policy comes as Biden DOJ officials may be seeking new jobs back in the corporate sector.

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Democrats are helping give Trump the power to wipe out enemy nonprofits — and the GOP already has a plan on how to use it to kill clean energy groups. www.levernews.com/gop-takes-fi...

Trump's new AG pick has family ties to Elon Musk's fraud lawyer. Pass it on. www.levernews.com/trump-ag-pic...

“The only way we’re going to get through what’s coming is extreme solidarity... Shame on these actors and publicists.” – @ghostpanther.bsky.social on Hollywood’s fear of Trump’s wrath related to the new film The Apprentice. We talked with the film’s screenwriter– www.levernews.com/the-new-movi...

Trump's transportation secretary pick isn't just a notorious reality TV star - he's a longtime airline industry shill. Important @levernews.com reporting from @katyaaaa.bsky.social & @lucydeanstockton.bsky.social: www.levernews.com/trump-gives-...

Trump has chosen Mehmet Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid, and the TV doctor already has a plan to privatize Medicare, tax workers, and enrich his insurance investments. www.levernews.com/dr-oz-can-no...

🚨EXCLUSIVE: After a wildfire, The Lever caught Trump’s new Energy Secretary nominee telling oil/gas execs: “There is no climate crisis…There’s been no increase in extreme weather…the annual deaths globally from extreme weather events have dropped.” www.levernews.com/what-trumps-...

What a radical magic contest can tell us about deception in a post-truth world. Brilliant new @levernews.com story from @loisparshley.bsky.social www.levernews.com/the-art-of-d...

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🚨NEW: Real-talk answers to big questions about how Dems alienated the working class & lost what they called the most important election in U.S. history. Dems pretended they can both enrich donors & help voters - an incoherence creating prime conditions for Trump.

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As we reported earlier today, Polymarket is technically barred from allowing bets from U.S. users, although the company appears to be actively recruiting U.S. users. Billions were spent gambling on the U.S. election. Now, the FBI has seized its CEO's phone. www.levernews.com/political-be...

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Thanks to Dem gambles & GOP deregulatory frenzy, 800+ Biden reforms could soon be repealed, including lead poisoning protections, emission reductions, and automatic flight refunds. Huge new @levernews.bsky.social story from @lucydeanstockton.bsky.social www.levernews.com/the-biden-re...