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David Sirota

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Founder/editor-in-chief, The Lever; Oscar-nominated for Don't Look Up.
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Elite media's open disdain for the working class helped create the conditions for Trump's ascent to the presidency. www.cjr.org/covering_the...
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YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: The Lever's big story was featured in The Sunday Long Read's review of the world's best journalism of the week: mailchi.mp/sundaylongre... The Lever's original story is here: www.levernews.com/meet-the-new... Subscribe to The Lever here - and share: LeverNews.com/subscribe
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New bumper stickers just dropped… First 5 people to become paying subscribers right now get a free one mailed to their home. Subscribe here: LeverNews.com/subscribe
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The relaunched LEVER TIME just cracked the top 50 most popular politics podcasts. We're making a big investment in the show - it features original reporting you won't find anywhere else. Please subscribe in your podcast app at LeverTimePod.com - and share!
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The Lever news team hiked Red Rocks this morning
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The newly relaunched LEVER TIME just cracked the top 100 politics podcasts. Go add it to your podcast app at LeverTimePod.com - it's free.
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Thanks to Semafor for this mention. The Lever is very different. Our outlet defies the old left-right language. Unlike many others, we follow the money & hold power accountable — regardless of party. THAT’S why our subscribership is growing. LeverNews.com/subscribe
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Thanks to the Columbia Journalism Review for spotlighting today's exciting announcement from The Lever amid all the media industry turmoil. Subscribe to help us do more of the investigative reporting that holds politicians accountable: LeverNews.com/subscribe
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it appears that Larry Hogan is feeling the heat www.levernews.com/hogan-presse...
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Boeing execs got federal regulators to let them block their own shareholders from voting on a proposal to require the company board to have at least some people with backgrounds in engineering and/or aerospace. www.levernews.com/profits-and-...
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greetings from the top of the world
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The fake media-manufactured scandal over Democratic Senate candidate Katie Porter’s statement of an obvious truism shows us that liberals and media elites are determined to normalize the buying of elections by billionaires and corporations. Read here: www.levernews.com/sirotas-sign...
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Americans are getting fleeced by corporate giants, economic data show the fleecing is driven by corporations abusing their outsized market power to pad their profits with ever-higher prices… …and the New York Times is blasting out emails demanding Biden and Democrats stop mentioning these facts.
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this is a macroaggression
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accountability journalism vs access journalism
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YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Hours after the The Lever’s report went viral, Buttigieg made his announcement. www.levernews.com/airlines-fil...
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Coming tomorrow. Can’t say any more until then. Subscribe to our free newsletter at LeverNews.com to get the announcement first thing in the morning.
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In an era of such intense polarization, this is a unity ticket that we can all believe in.
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Ok, so Hollywood right now is both obsessed with remakes/prequels and also facing a shortage of blockbusters. Perfect solution: A dark, adult-level, rated-R Home Alone prequel fleshing out this excellent storyline 👇
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Christmas revelation: The most unrealistic part of the Scrooged story is neither the ghosts nor the time traveling — the most absurdly unrealistic part is the corporate media CEO who develops a conscience and starts caring about other human beings.
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My son Isaac & Scott Wasserman are hard at work on the Saturday night meal