Lucy Dean Stockton
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I wouldn't be so sure about that ! Editor and reporter at
@levernews.com
everyday, waking up and doing the fucking news :)
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obsessed with whoever invented the wheel
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we've over-normalized watching TV as a society; TV should be a rare indulgence accompanied by self-awareness and even mild embarrassment, sorry
about 1 month ago
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not everyone can do it like me (willingly drink decaffeinated instant coffee with a smile on my face)
about 2 months ago
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Emi Nietfeld
about 2 months ago
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?
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artificial intelligence is not very cool — thinking for yourself, learning true skills, and living an embodied life is cool :)
about 2 months ago
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joy in the air across the metropolitan area, knicks in 7
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The Lever
5 months ago
🚨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.
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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.
https://www.levernews.com/ceo-says-trumps-irs-pick-promised-big-benefits/
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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
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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.
https://www.levernews.com/trump-taps-refugee-fund-to-welcome-white-south-africans-within-days/
6 months ago
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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...
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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.
https://www.levernews.com/the-conservative-plan-to-bring-doge-to-canada/
6 months ago
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Freddy Brewster
6 months ago
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...
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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.
https://www.levernews.com/trump-irs-pick-was-just-enriched-by-tax-schemers/?utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=social-link&utm_campaign=social-link-buffer
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✈️ 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-...
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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.
https://www.levernews.com/wall-street-wants-to-fix-your-airplane/
7 months ago
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😮💨 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...
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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.
https://www.levernews.com/trump-lets-good-banks-hide-their-bad-fees/
7 months ago
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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-...
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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.
https://www.levernews.com/animal-farm-eggflations-monopoly-problem/
7 months ago
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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...
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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.
https://www.levernews.com/a-dark-money-deluge-to-kill-consumer-protections/
7 months ago
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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 ⭐️
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7 months ago
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incredible story from
@sampollak.bsky.social
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8 months ago
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Brian Merchant
9 months ago
aaaand now it all makes sense
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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-...
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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.
https://www.levernews.com/how-big-oil-hindered-the-fight-against-l-a-s-wildfires/
10 months ago
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The Lever
10 months ago
🚨 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-...
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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.
https://www.levernews.com/how-big-oil-hindered-the-fight-against-l-a-s-wildfires/
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The Lever
10 months ago
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.
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“What If I Can’t Insure My Home At All?”
Insurance companies are leaving homeowners at the mercy of climate catastrophes they helped create.
https://buff.ly/3W9Kwwc
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unions for cops 🤝 but not for striking workers
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10 months ago
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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...
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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.
https://www.businessinsider.com/eighth-amendment-prohibit-protect-prisoners-cruel-and-unusual-punishment-gutted-2024-12
10 months ago
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The Lever
11 months ago
🚨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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"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...
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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.
https://documentedny.com/2024/12/05/delivery-worker-deaths-safety/
11 months ago
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The reporting team at
@levernews.com
spoke last night with
@jeffhauser.bsky.social
about the kind of corruption we can expect in a second Trump administration. Listen here 👇
www.levernews.com/live-event-d...
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LIVE EVENT REPLAY: Dissecting Trump’s Cabinet With The Revolving Door Project
A wide-ranging discussion about the conflicts of interest plaguing President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks.
https://www.levernews.com/live-event-dissecting-trumps-cabinet-with-the-revolving-door-project/
11 months ago
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Ben Stockton
11 months ago
NEW |
@hajmedd.bsky.social
and I spent the last several months digging into McKinsey's work with its fossil fuel clients. Here's our story with the Guardian, ft. Koch Industries, China and a controversial Saudi government program to hook poor countries on oil
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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‘A little dirty’: inside the secret world of McKinsey, the firm hooked on fossil fuels
Interviews and analysis of court documents show how the world’s most prestigious consulting firm quietly helps fuel the climate crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/20/mckinsey-fossil-fuels
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Joel Warner
11 months ago
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-...
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Trump Gives Airlines Their Deregulator
Sean Duffy, a former representative-turned-airline industry lobbyist and reality TV star, could now oversee the industry he wants to deregulate.
https://www.levernews.com/trump-gives-airlines-their-deregulator/
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Manny Ramos
11 months ago
Great background here on Trump’s Transportation pick that goes beyond “reality TV star.” His background lobbying for deregulation in the airline industry (among other issues) could make travel more dangerous via
@katyaaaa.bsky.social
@lucydeanstockton.bsky.social
www.levernews.com/trumps-trans...
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Trump’s Transportation Pick Could Make Travel More Dangerous
Sean Duffy, a former representative-turned-airline industry lobbyist and reality TV star, could now oversee the industry he wants to deregulate.
https://www.levernews.com/trumps-transportation-pick-could-make-travel-more-dangerous/
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katya schwenk
11 months ago
“The fact is that in this market, we have an oligopoly. And the people that Mr. Duffy represented as a lobbyist — they are that oligopoly,”
@wjm-air.bsky.social
told me and
@lucydeanstockton.bsky.social
on Trump's pick for Transportation Secretary:
www.levernews.com/trumps-trans...
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Trump’s Transportation Pick Could Make Travel More Dangerous
Sean Duffy, a former representative-turned-airline industry lobbyist and reality TV star, could now oversee the industry he wants to deregulate.
https://www.levernews.com/trumps-transportation-pick-could-make-travel-more-dangerous/
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The Lever
11 months ago
🚨NEWS: Trump’s pick to head the Department of Transportation could make travel more dangerous. Sean Duffy, former airline lobbyist, wants to deregulate the industry even further 👇
www.levernews.com/trumps-trans...
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Trump’s Transportation Pick Could Make Travel More Dangerous
Sean Duffy, a former representative-turned-airline industry lobbyist and reality TV star, could now oversee the industry he wants to deregulate.
https://www.levernews.com/trumps-transportation-pick-could-make-travel-more-dangerous/
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back on The New Abnormal with
@daniellemoodie.bsky.social
to discuss the
@levernews.com
story I reported about our impending regulatory disaster 👍
www.iheart.com/podcast/867-...
11 months ago
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Sarah Holder
11 months ago
posting is embarrassing enough without having to post the same thing on two identical platforms...
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[email protected]
11 months ago
The New Abnormal Podcast w/ Danielle(
@daniellemoodie.bsky.social
)Moodie & Andy(
@andylevy.net
)Levy "Don’t Overlook How Bad This Lesser-Known Trump Nominee Is" Lucy Dean(
@lucydeanstockton.bsky.social
)Stockton, Jared(
@jaredlholt.bsky.social
)Holt
www.iheart.com/podcast/867-...
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Don’t Overlook How Bad This Lesser-Known Trump Nominee Is - The New Abnormal | iHeart
<p>A look at Brendan Carr, Trump’s pick for chair of the Federal Communications Commission, and the way he has incorrectly been pitched as a “free speech advocate.” Then, Lucy Dean Stockton, an editor...
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/867-the-new-abnormal-61439217/episode/dont-overlook-how-bad-this-lesser-known-239836657/
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we're building an independent, investigative media landscape to help rebuild in the rubble of our democracy for YOU — join us :)
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12 months ago
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The Lever
12 months ago
Here's your starter pack for the team behind The Lever's investigative journalism. Follow and enjoy!
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Joel Warner
12 months ago
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...
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The Biden Reforms That Will Be First To Go
Thanks to Republican deregulatory frenzy and Democratic gambles, many key consumer-protection initiatives could soon be wiped away.
https://www.levernews.com/the-biden-reforms-that-will-be-first-to-go/
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The Lever
12 months ago
A Republican deregulatory frenzy and a series of Democratic gambles could make hundreds of Biden's final policy initiatives and landmark rules, from lead remediation to methane regulation, vulnerable to permanent repeal.
www.levernews.com/the-biden-re...
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The Biden Reforms That Will Be First To Go
Thanks to Republican deregulatory frenzy and Democratic gambles, many key consumer-protection initiatives could soon be wiped away.
https://www.levernews.com/the-biden-reforms-that-will-be-first-to-go/
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Thanks to Republican deregulatory frenzy and Democratic gambles, many of Biden's final policy initiatives and landmark rules, from lead poisoning protections to methane regulations, could soon be wiped away — forever.
www.levernews.com/the-biden-re...
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The Biden Reforms That Will Be First To Go
Thanks to Republican deregulatory frenzy and Democratic gambles, many key consumer-protection initiatives could soon be wiped away.
https://www.levernews.com/the-biden-reforms-that-will-be-first-to-go/
12 months ago
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for the record, I've always been against edgelords :)
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12 months ago
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last week was the acceptance part of the serenity prayer, this week and forevermore is the courage part :)
12 months ago
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chances are there's a corporation profiting off your misery and a politician letting it happen just fyi
12 months ago
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Martin Cohen
12 months ago
Insightful stuff via The Lever on how democracy has been hijacked by corporations and rich. They "buy public policy", eroding faith in government, Blue or Red, and so to "the down-ballot" horror Tuesday night.
www.levernews.com/the-democrac...
@lucydeanstockton.bsky.social
@miloprcohen.bsky.social
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The Democracy Crisis That Is Never Discussed
Corporate media’s democracy-in-crisis discourse almost never mentions the gap between what Americans want and what corrupt elected officials are doing
https://www.levernews.com/the-democracy-crisis-that-is-never-discussed/
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The Lever
12 months ago
🚨TODAY: Join the The Lever’s team of journalists as they break down what actually happened last night. Our LIVE discussion begins at 12P ET — don’t miss it:
www.levernews.com/postelection...
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POSTELECTION LIVE EVENT 11/6: Now What?
In a special virtual event on Wednesday at 12 p.m. EST, The Lever’s staff breaks down Election Day and explores what the future holds.
https://www.levernews.com/postelection-live-event-11-6-now-what/
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if one more person tells me "at least this will be good for [journalism] business" I'm gonna flip
12 months ago
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12 months ago
The New Abnormal Podcast w/ Danielle(
@daniellemoodie.bsky.social
)Moodie & Andy(
@andylevy.net
)Levy "Donald Trump Could Be Elon Musk’s Ultimate Cash Cow" Lucy(
@lucydeanstockton.bsky.social
)Dean Stockton, Gabriel(
@gabrielsnyder.bsky.social
)Snyder
www.iheart.com/podcast/867-...
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Donald Trump Could Be Elon Musk’s Ultimate Cash Cow - The New Abnormal | iHeart
This week on The New Abnormal, writer and editor at The Lever, Lucy Dean Stockton, tells us all about her recent piece covering Trump’s promise to appoint Musk, which could allow for a special tax ben...
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/867-the-new-abnormal-61439217/episode/donald-trump-could-be-elon-musks-233603067/
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Melanie D’Arrigo
about 2 years ago
ExxonMobil isn't betting the "transition away from fossil fuels will play out at a much slower pace than the White House plans." ExxonMobil is paying off Congress to delay it — $12,174,325 in campaign donations since 2014. The corruption is killing us.
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miss the little blue bird if ykwim
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