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this is incredible

for any UVA folks that follow me you should circulate this among your networks balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

Dear Ezra Klein, Bodily Autonomy Isn’t a Bargaining Chip Let's see if you're willing to walk the talk

Dear Ezra Klein, bodily autonomy is not a bargaining chip. What rights are you willing to give up? Let’s see you walk the talk. The burger is on me. open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...

Happy -1 birthday to our new Oregon Universal Health Plan!

With this little bundle of joy's due date less than a year away, Oregonians still have the opportunity to tell members of the Board what they need in a new universal health care system before the September 15th 2026 deadline.

Judging crime by media coverage is like judging a basketball player only by their missed shots.

@equalityalec.bsky.social joins Lever Time to explain the real game.

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"These companies have business before the very government and politicians that they are supposed to be holding accountable." – @davidsirota.com on @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social, discussing the real reason Jimmy Kimmel was pulled off late night.

More here: www.levernews.com/the-real-rea...

The Real Reason They Pulled Jimmy Kimmel Off Late Night This censorship isn’t about jokes — it’s about serving corporate interests.

First, they cancelled Stephen Colbert; now they’ve pulled Jimmy Kimmel off the air. The common denominator? Corporate power.

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The corporate capture of America’s media is reaching its terrifying conclusion.

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Surrendering to tyranny only invites more of it.

Just talked with my wife, we are cancelling our Disney+ subscription. If you have one, I encourage you to do the same.

If you ever had any doubt that rightwing media is just official state propaganda at this point, consider that Charlie Kirk was replaced on his show by the sitting Republican vice president who ‘interviewed’ White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller.

Independent media!

Sure seems like Big Pharma spent way way more energy, money and lobbying capital on fighting Dems on prescription drugs than doing anything about the Secretary of HHS casually, and without any real evidence, telling everyone their products kill kids and give them autism.

"Last year, we got together to rehearse, just for the hell of it."

Appreciate that the members of Radiohead treat the band like something they did together in high school and occasionally revisit as older men after drinking a few beers.

The Decades-Long Plan To Rob FEMA To Pay ICE Trump is using regulatory tricks to funnel disaster-relief funds to immigration enforcement, even as climate disasters threaten millions.

in recent weeks, the Trump admin has siphoned millions of $ from FEMA to fund ICE.

i wrote about how our cruel immigration system became so intertwined with disaster relief, a story that goes back to the early days of the war on terror:
www.levernews.com/the-decades-...

🚨 In the midst of our current chaotic political moment, it felt appropriate to discuss history greatest screw-ups with the one and only Ed Helms.

Listen to the full discussion: www.levernews.com/ed-helms-exp...

See how this works?

Lawmakers Backtrack On AI’s Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free Bill Hours after The Lever’s report, legislators defanged a stealth provision that could have shielded tech giants from lawsuits.

we did a thing @levernews.com

www.levernews.com/lawmakers-ba...

HCAO Portland Chapter Chair Jackie sits down with Collin Stackhouse, member of the State of Oregon's Universal Health Plan Governance Board Community Engagement and Communications committee. The… Governance Board committee interview: Collin Stackhouse, Community Engagement and Communications

The Universal Health Plan Governance Board can't do it alone. There are several contractors that have been hired by The State of Oregon's Department of Consumer and Business Services, that are helping the governance board get to the finish line.

Full video here:

Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital

Just utterly out of words to describe what we’re seeing.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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Trump's executive order opening up 401(k) retirement plans to private equity will fulfill Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman's "dream" from eight years ago. What could go wrong?

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We've all heard about the many trade-offs in the “One Big Beautiful Bill” President Trump signed on July 4. Slashed health care for millions of Americans. Hospitals defunded. Massive tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans.

But guess what? The law is even more absurd (and devious) than you think.

LEVER TIME: How Trump & GOP lawmakers defunded America’s flood warning system while passing tax cuts for billionaires.

A deep-dive look at decisions that left 99% of rivers unmonitored for floods. Is your town next?

Search “Lever Time” in your podcast app to hear the whole episode.

To become a member of the wealth class you have to hurt so many people and behave so atrociously that you become paranoid that karma will turn back on you.

All reform or progress becomes an existential threat, from free buses to a livable wage. You have to crush everyone and control everything.

Zohran shares how he will deal with the power of the corporate establishment being aligned against him if he becomes mayor of NYC this fall.

Full interview: www.levernews.com/new-york-cit...

Zohran Mamdani’s Mandate Is A Democratic Earthquake There will now be a high-stakes battle to define the meaning of the New York mayoral candidate’s historic win.

There will now be a high-stakes battle to define the meaning of the New York mayoral candidate’s historic win. www.levernews.com/zohran-mamda...

New York City Is About To Decide Democrats’ Future The upcoming results of the mayoral election could determine the future of the Democratic Party.

The impending results of the NYC mayoral primary could determine the future of the Democratic Party. Listen now to Zohran tell us how he’s using campaign finance reforms and other innovative approaches to take on New York’s former governor, Andrew Cuomo. www.levernews.com/new-york-cit...

what’s funny is that if pro-cuomo centrist democrats were less myopic they might see that mamdani was running the kind of campaign that could help rebuild the party brand — accessible with an outsider persona and a focus on “kitchen table” issues.

"This national security apparatus is deeply entrenched in the Washington Beltway and is still entrenched in a large parts of the Democratic Party."

Congressman Ro Khanna on today's new episode of LEVER TIME about his push to force Congress to stop Trump's Iran war.

Full episode: LeverTimePod.com