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YouTube video by More Perfect Union How One Mega Merger Could Raise Prices On Everything

Fifty years ago, there were 71 major US railroad companies. Now just 4 rail corporation control 90% of the market — and two of them are on the verge of merging. Combined, they would have the power to dictate the price of shipping almost anything in America.

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The Nation story on publicly financed campaigns

The answer to corruption is publicly financed campaigns.

This should be the biggest takeaway from NY’s mayoral race.

Thanks to public financing, corrupt oligarchs are about to lose the mayoral race.

Our piece for @thenation.com based on our new book MASTER PLAN — pass it on: LeverNews.com/book

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The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.

The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine
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YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Home Sweet Modular Home A housing revolution comes together, pharma price gougers take another loss, a public scourge gets exposed, and homeowners score cash for clean energy.

You love to see it! A construction revolution could ease the affordable housing crisis, an embattled law keeps winning in court, regulators catch up to a public health crisis, and a solar pioneer fights to save its sun-loving policies.
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I'm going to write about my life unfortunately. Since the Omicron variant swept through the United States in 2021, I've been wearing a high-quality and well-fitting KN95 respirator anytime I leave the house.

"People who take airborne disease precautions are widely dubbed Covid Cautious. Or an evermasker, the little plague mouse surviving on the wayside. We value our lives and the lives of others. We are scientists and believe in science. The anti-anti-vaxxers." #covid #cc

YouTube video by Bernie Sanders We Will Get Through This.

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Exclusive: US veterans agency orders scientists not to publish in journals without clearance Move that seeks political control of doctors’ and scientists’ published research fits a pattern of censorship by the Trump administration, veterans advocates say

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Which states could lose the most from Medicaid cuts floated by the GOP?

South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee – all Trump states.

Republicans seem perfectly happy throwing their own constituents under the bus to dole out tax cuts for the wealthy & corporations.

This is a letter I just sent all of The Lever's subscribers. I hope you'll read it - and pass it on by sharing on your own feed.

Friends:

Five years ago, I did something crazy. With zero funding or publicity, I started an investigative news outlet.

Wake up

Xbox price increase is wild… just saw this commercial on TV last night

Report: 73% Of America’s Food Waste Traced To Really Messy Toddler

Report: 73% Of America’s Food Waste Traced To Really Messy Toddler
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We have been playing the same scenarios for yeeeears… I can’t begin to express the amount joy our group is going to flip out over knowing more is on the way

I can’t believe so many years later… we have a new scenario

@graceholdinghaus.bsky.social omg…. I thought I was hallucinating seeing the steam up date for new DLC for my beloved Mansions of Madness! Thought the game was never going to receive new content. Tears of joy in these dark times. Thank you to you and your team. Please tell me more is on the way.

Do You Work For the Federal Government? ProPublica Wants To Hear From You. We’re doubling down on our coverage of government agencies and federal policy. With your help, we can dig deeper.

Before the Trump administration took office, we revealed Russell Vought’s plan to demonize civil servants and “put them in trauma.” Since then, we've doubled down on our coverage of government agencies and federal policy.

If you have information you can share, here's how you can get in touch.

The Secret Supreme Court Lobbyists Who Want To Stay Hidden Dark money groups tied to conservative power broker Leonard Leo are trying to kill a rule forcing them to disclose who’s funding their judicial pressure campaigns.

Dark money groups tied to conservative power broker Leonard Leo are trying to kill a rule forcing them to disclose who’s funding their judicial pressure campaigns.
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The Trump Administration Keeps Citing an Untrue Stat as It Targets Federal Workers A “survey of our niche audience for our niche audience” was the source for the claim that only 6% of federal employees are working full time in their offices. The number isn’t true. Why do administrat...

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Exclusive: Luigi's Manifesto Read the manifesto the media refused to publish

Exclusive: Luigi's Manifesto
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YouTube video by Robert Reich Top 10 Ways to Unrig the System | Robert Reich

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How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due...

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Hello new Twitter! Let's hope this ages well and this will be a great thing to come!