Jared Jacang Maher

Inside the Campaign to Dismantle the Last Remaining Limits on Campaign Spending Trump has picked a corporate litigator to defend a Supreme Court case that could unleash unlimited political spending.

I’ve been digging into a SCOTUS case that could gut what’s left of campaign finance law — letting parties openly coordinate with mega-donors. My new @levernews.com investigation: truthout.org/articles/inside-the-campaign-to-dismantle-the-last-remaining-limits-on-campaign-spending/

An early copy of our new book MASTER PLAN in the wild…

The book exposes the hidden plot to legalize corruption in America. You may think you know the story — but you don’t. This book includes never-before-reported documents, photos & transcripts.

Pre-order — and share: LeverNews.com/book

The revolution will not be caffeinated

I’d just claim the byline was fake. how’d my name get there? Idk. Who’s to say?

It’s so weird that after so many years this is the one issue she’s made her thing. I don’t think she’s pretending either

An “expansive view of presidential authority…”

From the interview

The US is transforming into a 1930s-style autocracy, says billionaire Ray Dalio | CNN Business The United States is sliding into 1930s-style autocratic politics, billionaire Ray Dalio has warned.

Dalio’s someone that investors and wall street actually listens to. So for him to state this so directly shows how global money people are thinking about where things are headed. www.cnn.com/2025/09/02/b...

Should you say ‘thank you’ to ChatGPT? If we don’t watch our manners with machines we may forget to treat people with respect, too

I always say please in my prompts to ChatGPT. I can’t help it on.ft.com/41ZIce2

ICE Is Using Taylor Swift’s Loophole To Hide Deportation Flights Aviation regulators have been making it harder to track celebrities’ private jets. Now, Trump’s immigration enforcers are taking advantage.

🚨CRUEL SUMMER 2025

ICE is now hiding mass deportation flights by using an obscure legal loophole created by the private jet lobby & designed for (and used by) celebrities like Taylor Swift.

www.levernews.com/ice-is-using...

New write up. Thx @ceprdc.bsky.social

“The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson Fiction, from 1948: “The people had done it so many times that they only half listened to the directions; most of them were quiet, wetting their lips, not looking around.”

The story that inspired the most mail The New Yorker had ever received in response to a work of fiction—and caused some readers to cancel their subscriptions.

Trump’s Invasion Of D.C. Started On K Street Before the president seized control of Washington, D.C.’s police, corporate lobbyists posed as local businesses to drum up panic about local crime.

Trump’s Invasion Of D.C. Started On K Street www.levernews.com/trumps-invas...

The internet is truly cooking our brains

Corruption in the United States The threat that corruption poses to democracy has never been greater, requiring bold reforms to return power to the American people.

During the Gilded Age, demonstrations and political organizing led to reforms that reduced corporate influence over elections. Today, intense pressure from the public is needed to fight corruption and restore accountability. bit.ly/4mcMsPL

This little detail in the NYT story about Zuck’s house compound in Palo Alto stood out for me

This story of how a reporter spent years fighting to get government records about the sale of a Wu-Tang album is pretty wild >>>

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac ordered to consider crypto as an asset when buying mortgages The head of the federal government agency that oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac wants the mortgage giants to consider accepting a homebuyer’s cryptocurrency holdings in their criteria for buying mo...

I can't even. How? apnews.com/article/mort...

Dems’ Crypto Schemers Have Entered The Chat A secret group chat reveals that Democratic strategists plan to support the pro-crypto GENIUS Act for political gain, despite acknowledging it’s a Trump corruption giveaway.

Dem lawmakers are pretending to be anti corruption as cover to unleash crypto into banking system www.levernews.com/dems-crypto-...

Trump’s Split with Leonard Leo Is No Victory for the Rule of Law The enemy of your enemy is not always your friend.

“Facing Trump’s increasingly undeniable fascist designs, the impulse to forge cross‑ideological alliances to defend what remains of the rule of law is understandable—indeed, essential. But the enemy of your enemy is not always your friend.”

www.weekendreading.net/p/trumps-spl...

The Energy Future Forum - 2025 YouTube video by RealClearPolitics

Whatever “abundance” meant when liberal Dems started using it, this forum with Chamber types proves it’s jumped the shark. I Ctrl+F’d “abundance”… 34 times! RIP, abundance. It’s now the 2025 buzzword for mega-capitalists to soft-pedal their same old agenda. www.youtube.com/live/15Ccc7W...

David Sirota's Master Plan Wins National Podcast Award In 2022, The Lever evolved into a fledgling investigative reporting team. Now its podcast just won top honors from the National Press Club.

David Sirota Denver-Based Podcast Wins National Press Club Award

This is a Mandela-effect level fact

mazel tov! great news — and a great series. well done!!

Kansas abortion rights advocacy group sues state officials over law banning foreign contributions • Kansas Reflector A Kansas reproductive rights advocacy group, backed by a Washington, D.C. law firm, sued state officials over a new law banning financial contributions from “foreign nationals” to support or oppose co...

dark money for me, but not for thee kansasreflector.com/2025/05/19/k...

Marco Rubio Says No Judge Has Authority Over Him in Alarming Testimony Trump’s secretary of state made a shocking confession in a testy exchange with Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen.

With each passing week it becomes more clear that the Unitary Executive theory is the core doctrine of this Administration at every level. newrepublic.com/post/195519/...

If only the Jesuits allowed women this would be it.

The secret formula is to only do the stuff that become runaway hits. But, like, efficiently.

God forbid someone promote a book

🚨NEWS: Citing The Lever's reporting, Dem Sen. Whitehouse demands Trump IRS nominee Billy Long release communications between him & donors who funneled cash to him after he was nominated.

Story: www.levernews.com/senators-pro...

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