Freddy Brewster

Holy shit. This is insanely unethical

San Francisco experiencing coldest summer since 1965 while most of country sweats While the majority of the county bakes under a sweltering heat dome, the San Francisco Bay Area is experiencing one of its coldest summers in decades.

One of the country's most temperate cities, with natural air conditioning, should build a lot more housing so more people can live there and not some sweltering part of the country (or the state)

Powerful and chilling stuff

Court Records Reveal Feds’ Shifting Story On Epstein Files An eight-year legal battle for the Epstein files uncovers the Justice Department’s shifting, contradictory legal arguments.

The DOJ keeps changing its reasons on why you shouldn't see the Epstein files

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Court Records Reveal Feds’ Shifting Story On Epstein Files An eight-year legal battle for the Epstein files uncovers the Justice Department’s shifting, contradictory legal arguments.

The DOJ keeps changing its reasons on why you shouldn't see the Epstein files

www.levernews.com/court-record...

The Abundance Plan: Cut Red Tape With More Paperwork Abundance Democrats are adding more red tape to fight affordable housing efforts — to the benefit of corporate monopolists limiting new home construction.

🚨 New Abundance discourse just dropped: California Democrats are trying to create new red tape to stall millionaire taxes that fund affordable housing — all to the benefit of corporate monopolists limiting new home construction.

www.levernews.com/the-abundanc...

Is America Prepared For The Next Big Flood? As flood risks rise, the government has failed to fully fund a monitoring system that could help prevent disasters like the one last week in Kerr County, Texas.

Local officials begged for money to fund a new flood warning system.

Lawmakers rejected the requests & instead passed tax cuts for their wealthy donors.

99% of rivers are now unmonitored for floods — your town could be next.

Pass it on. www.levernews.com/is-america-p...

Amid Deadly Floods, Lawmakers Left Gap In Warning System Before the Texas disaster, Congress and successive presidents ignored demands to fully fund a nationwide system monitoring rivers for signs of flash floods.

🚨NEWS: While passing huge tax cuts for billionaires, lawmakers refused to fully fund the federal flood warning network, leaving 99% of rivers unmonitored, according to documents reviewed by The Lever.

Trump is right now pushing a 22% budget cut. www.levernews.com/amid-deadly-...

Can One Angry Dad Fix The Drug Industry? Bil Schmidtknecht blames pharmacy benefit managers for the death of his son. He won’t rest until he holds them accountable.

“How do you take on a powerful, shadowy force that most people have never heard of? Can a bureaucratic system be held responsible for the death of someone’s son? Does one person, no matter how angry, stand a chance to make a difference?” My latest for @levernews.com www.levernews.com/can-one-angr...

jesus FUCK

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Guaranteed Money, the NFL, and What It Means for Labor Politics A deep dive into the recent confidential decision regarding the NFLPA’s claim of NFL collusion to keep guaranteed money down.

I wrote about Pablo Torre's reporting on the NFL collusion case and what it means for sportswriting and labor politics

www.wideleft.football/p/guaranteed...

IDF strike kills Gazan children awaiting food supplements, health officials say At least 17 people, mostly children, were killed in the strike near a Project HOPE clinic in Gaza, officials said. Malnutrition rates are rising in the Strip.

At least 17 people, mostly children, were killed by an Israeli strike while waiting for food supplements in Gaza, health officials say.

Amid Deadly Floods, Lawmakers Left Gap In Warning System Before the Texas disaster, Congress and successive presidents ignored demands to fully fund a nationwide system monitoring rivers for signs of flash floods.

Before the Texas disaster, Congress and successive presidents ignored demands to fully fund a nationwide system monitoring rivers for signs of flash floods. The program would cost just $130 million.

www.levernews.com/amid-deadly-...

Amid Deadly Floods, Lawmakers Left Gap In Warning System Before the Texas disaster, Congress and successive presidents ignored demands to fully fund a nationwide system monitoring rivers for signs of flash floods.

Before the Texas disaster, Congress and successive presidents ignored demands to fully fund a nationwide system monitoring rivers for signs of flash floods. The program would cost just $130 million.

www.levernews.com/amid-deadly-...

"'If Dems bail on [the GENIUS Act], they will get 0 dollars going forward,' said Avichal Garg, a managing partner at the venture capital firm Electric Capital, which focuses on digital asset technology like cryptocurrency. 'It would be political suicide for them not to support it.'"

Remember when Cory Booker talked for a long time though

The Lever's @lukewgoldstein.bsky.social and @freddy-brewster.bsky.social are out with a devastating piece on the ways the crypto industry is absolutely pulling the strings of pro-crypto Democrats. ‪Trump's corruption? Who cares. Financial stability? Fuck it. They want a payoff. Now.

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.

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. www.levernews.com/dems-crypto-...

Israel’s War Is Florida’s New Investment Florida is poised to eliminate long-standing guardrails limiting local investment in increasingly risky Israel bonds that help finance the country’s war efforts.

a multimillionaire reality TV star has made a single Florida county the world's biggest investor in Israel's genocide, & now has ensured there are no state restrictions to invest in junk war bonds!

this could funnel millions more public $ to Israel: www.levernews.com/israels-war-...

Thanks!

Do you have a longer clip of his full answer by chance?

Whistleblower Lawsuit Exposes Trump’s Secret ICE Plot The complaint by Gov. Jared Polis’ labor official also accuses the governor of illegally ordering state officials to aid the immigration crackdown.

BREAKING: Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is allegedly forcing employees to break state laws by complying with a Trump ICE subpoena to hand over sensitive immigration information.

www.levernews.com/whistleblowe...

Tesla’s Great Shareholder Muzzling Of 2025 As Tesla’s sales collapse, Trump’s financial regulators just let Elon Musk’s vehicle company block nearly all shareholder proposals, including on union efforts and climate goals.

🚨 NEWS: Trump’s SEC just handed Elon yet another win

www.levernews.com/teslas-great...

Tesla’s Great Shareholder Muzzling Of 2025 As Tesla’s sales collapse, Trump’s financial regulators just let Elon Musk’s vehicle company block nearly all shareholder proposals, including on union efforts and climate goals.

🚨 NEWS: Trump’s SEC just handed Elon yet another win

www.levernews.com/teslas-great...

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.

SCOOP: Billy Long was invited to attend Trump’s inauguration as the guest of a financial services CEO who said Long promised him benefits for his company, according to a recording obtained by The Lever

www.levernews.com/ceo-says-tru...

In wake of brazen act of corruption, Issue One urges senators to reject nomination of Billy Long to lead the IRS - Issue One Ahead of tomorrow’s confirmation hearing for former Rep. Billy Long (R-MO) to serve as the next commissioner of the IRS, Issue One released the following statement: “It should be deeply…

It should be deeply concerning to Dems & Republicans alike that executives at companies accused of selling fraudulent tax credits have literally lined the pockets of the man nominated to lead the IRS. This concerning conduct should disqualify Long from leading the IRS issueone.org/press/issue-...

Great reporting but failing to mention CalMatters’ own CEO played a critical role in this bill’s destruction and that CalMatters gets a ton of Google money is insanely unethical.

I hope you mention your discontent to Neil

Senators Probe Cash Funneled To Trump IRS Nominee Citing The Lever’s reporting, top Senate Dems say “unusually timed contributions” to Trump’s stalled IRS nominee Billy Long “potentially violate federal bribery laws.”

Reporting done by me and my @levernews.com colleagues helped spur a Senate investigation into Trump's IRS nominee

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cutting health care for the working class in order to fund a special tax break for gun silencers