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So Trump’s closing argument is that high gas prices are good because his donors who run oil companies are making bank, Jon Husted has a nice ass but not quite as good as Nicki Minaj’s ass, after 7 months the Reflecting Pool is almost done, and we get a ballroom, arch and helipad.

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EL-SAYED: "I get that the President of the United States takes personal offense to my first name - he doesn't mind as much when it's a shared name from the Saudis that are funding his son in laws private equity. Mercado Media

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Republicans and Democrats can't agree on much. But when it comes to protecting billionaires from tax hikes, some of their wealthiest political leaders are finding common ground.

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You asked AI for the cheapest flight. It dug through your emails, decided you could afford more, and suggested a ticket costing $100–$200 extra. Lindsay Owens explains ⬇️

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🚨EXCLUSIVE: AIPAC is funneling cash into elections through a secret network of groups that are branded to popular liberal causes - and that have nothing to do with Israel. For the first time, @levernews.com exposes the entire secret scheme👇

levernews.comAIPAC Is Spending Millions — Just Not Under Its Own NameA Lever investigation traces how the Israel lobby is routing millions through groups promoting women, reproductive rights, and Latino candidates — and how AI interests and other power brokers are adop...

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97% of Colorado taxpayers would get a tax cut under Amendment 87. But former Obama cabinet secretary Ken Salazar is urging voters to reject it. Salazar has previously reported multimillion-dollar earnings that could put him among those facing higher taxes.

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Corruption is why you’re getting ripped off. @davidsirota.com connects corporate money in Washington to blocked rent control, stalled limits on credit card interest, and health care you can’t afford. This is what corruption costs you.

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Private equity firms can profit from companies they control while workers and creditors face the fallout when those businesses collapse. A new Democratic bill would make firms liable for company debts, pensions, and civil penalties.

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El-Sayed: "We had a little debate. Or I had a debate and he just pointed at me and said, 'He's Muslim.'"

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Murray: Is it true that people making under $184,000 pay a 12.4% Social Security tax rate? Dahl: Yes. Murray: And what is the rate for someone making $1,000,000? Dahl: 2.2%.

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AOC on possibly running for the Senate or President: They assume my ambition is a title or a seat. My ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country. Presidents come and go, elected officials come and go, single payer healthcare is forever.

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🚨SCOOP: Lawmakers slipped an obscure line into the shutdown deal that blocks rules designed to prevent deadly listeria outbreaks from contaminated packaged food. The provision pushed by food industry lobbyists followed this year's deadly listeria outbreak from packaged foods.

levernews.comListeria, Food Labeling Rules Weakened In Shutdown DealLawmakers quietly rolled back food safety regulations and nutrition guidelines in the government shutdown deal.

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It’s worth adding that Vance is literally right now spearheading a Supreme Court case aimed at destroying whatever still remains of America’s anti-corruption laws.

levernews.comJ.D. Vance’s Master Plan For Citizens United 2.0The vice presidential candidate is helping spearhead a lawsuit designed to prompt the Supreme Court’s destruction of some of the country’s last remaining campaign finance laws.
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Vance is having an incredible morning on the Sunday shows doing "oh so now it's illegal to [mundane thing]?" A real quote when Vance is asked about whether Tom Homan kept the $50,000 he got in a fast food bag: "Is it illegal to take a payment for doing services?"

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The billionaire takeover of media is designed to shield oligarchs & politicians from accountability. It's a 50-year master plan detailed in never-before-seen documents that we're about to publish in our new book. We preview the documents today in The Guardian. Order the book: LeverNews.com/book

theguardian.comBari Weiss’s ascent at CBS News was 50 years in the making | David Sirota and Jared Jacang MaherA half-century ago, CBS’s own president was boasting of his support for an antidemocratic political project. Our new book uses never-before-reported documents to tell the story of a scheme to undermin...

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Our democracy is not self-executing. It depends on us all as citizens, regardless of our political affiliations, to stand up and fight for the core values that have made this country the envy of the world.

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COMMENTARY: On this Constitution Day, let us remember that America's founders were divided but refused to see each other as enemies

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A defining feature of American culture today is a desire to inflict pain on others. The GOP tax bill is a huge example, but it's everywhere. You see it in mundane transactions with huge companies, you see it online where every reply is an attempt to hurt someone. It's pervasive and sadistic.

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The Democratic Party is advancing legislation to give Elon Musk the largest payout in American history, and limit shareholders’ and workers’ power to hold Fortune 500 CEOs accountable for wrongdoing. This is literally happening as you read this👇 www.levernews.com/musk-has-tri...

levernews.comMusk Has Triggered A Corporate Deregulation BombA Delaware bill would award Elon Musk $56 billion, shield corporate executives from liability, and strip away voting power from shareholders.

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🚨MUST READ: How Musk’s lawyers wrote legislation in a tiny state that could give him the largest payout in history — and permanently shield Fortune 500 CEOs from being held accountable by shareholders & workers. The bill is being pushed by Democrats. www.levernews.com/musk-has-tri...

levernews.comMusk Has Triggered A Corporate Deregulation BombA Delaware bill would award Elon Musk $56 billion, shield corporate executives from liability, and strip away voting power from shareholders.

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🚨BREAKING: Trump just issued a blanket ethics waiver for the crypto mogul he appointed to oversee crypto & AI policy, according to documents reviewed by The Lever. David Sacks remains listed as a partner in a firm that invests in crypto & AI companies.

levernews.comTrump Issues Ethics Waiver For His AI/Crypto CzarThe White House granted the waiver to David Sacks a month after Trump fired the director of the independent agency charged with enforcing federal ethics statutes.

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🚨INVESTIGATION: New legislation pushed by Musk would give him the largest payout in history, shield CEOs from accountability for wrongdoing & block shareholders from seeing corporate documents. The bill was written by Musk's lawyers & backed by top Dems.

levernews.comMusk Has Triggered A Corporate Deregulation BombA Delaware bill would award Elon Musk $56 billion, shield corporate executives from liability, and strip away voting power from shareholders.

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7 banks just made $250 billion off charging you predatory interest rates for loans while paying you almost no interest on your deposits — even as the Fed pays them big money for your deposits. Trump is now dismantling the agency policing such scams. www.levernews.com/how-the-fed-...

levernews.comHow The Fed And Trump Are Helping Banks Rob YouBanks just raked in $250 billion by charging borrowers more than they pay depositors. Trump moves could make the scam worse.

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7 banks just made $250 billion off charging you predatory interest rates for loans while paying you almost no interest on your deposits — even as the Fed pays them big money for your deposits. Trump is now dismantling the agency policing such scams. www.levernews.com/how-the-fed-...

levernews.comHow The Fed And Trump Are Helping Banks Rob YouBanks just raked in $250 billion by charging borrowers more than they pay depositors. Trump moves could make the scam worse.