Posts by davidsirota@mastodon.online
(DIR) Post #AvrKJMJ3xlXUAHdbqy by davidsirota@mastodon.online
2025-07-02T23:34:18Z
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Who's afraid of Zohran Mamdani?- Billionaires who are being enriched by the affordability crisis- Media people paid by billionaires- Lawmakers, political operatives & think tank people bankrolled by billionairesPass it on👇https://www.levernews.com/whos-afraid-of-zohran-mamdani/
(DIR) Post #AwMXQ2T1igyRu1g51k by davidsirota@mastodon.online
2025-07-21T15:24:03Z
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🎧LEVER TIME: Trump's libel suits aim to make it cost-prohibitive for anyone to challenge power - big corporations & billionaires are now using the same tactics to threaten Americans who dissent.NY Times reporter David Enrich on the murder of the truth. https://www.levernews.com/trump-colbert-and-the-war-on-truth/
(DIR) Post #AwdOcHGLDJ9wieY3fM by davidsirota@mastodon.online
2025-07-28T23:51:12Z
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Half the U.S. Senate are senior citizens and more than half are millionaires — and yet somehow people wonder why young people and the working class feel completely alienated from the political system.
(DIR) Post #Ax3rA4JNdm1Ps1vJIG by davidsirota@mastodon.online
2025-08-11T13:06:39Z
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I talk to director Ari Aster about his new Joaquin Phoenix/Pedro Pascal film, which shows how we’re being manipulated into hating & killing each other by oligarchs monetizing our anger. https://www.levernews.com/ari-aster-thinks-youre-being-manipulated/
(DIR) Post #AxCLUtmkWXLXC7Bkzg by davidsirota@mastodon.online
2025-08-15T15:31:55Z
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The loneliness crisis afflicting men is real — and it’s altering our politics, our culture & our communities.This is a deeply personal convo with NYT writer Sam Graham-Felsen about some of my own struggles with this & what can be done about the problem. https://www.levernews.com/why-everybody-should-care-that-men-are-losing-their-deep-friendships/
(DIR) Post #AxGm78BKoxVcHzQ2wC by davidsirota@mastodon.online
2025-08-17T18:47:56Z
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Always read Tom Geoghegan. He speaks the truth.
(DIR) Post #AxsWZnF9X7FiUJKMYS by davidsirota@mastodon.online
2025-09-04T23:54:20Z
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well, it’s truth in advertising and it’s honest, which is rare for Trump
(DIR) Post #AxsjIf7plGrdn848Ya by davidsirota@mastodon.online
2025-09-05T00:36:15Z
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Ticketmaster just quietly changed its fine print so that the next time you buy a ticket to a concert or a game, you'll be forced to sign away your legal rights. Pass it on. https://www.levernews.com/ticketmaster-just-locked-you-in-a-new-legal-prison/
(DIR) Post #Ay67wdUgAcfuGlpAOm by davidsirota@mastodon.online
2025-09-11T13:12:43Z
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I hesitate to even post this on the kind of platform fueling the crisis we're in. It's almost certainly futile, as the algorithms don't want anyone to hear this kind of sentiment - which is a big part of the problem.https://www.levernews.com/we-must-stop-this-civil-war-before-its-unstoppable/
(DIR) Post #AyAYZ8fi4h61PWqN4i by davidsirota@mastodon.online
2025-09-13T16:37:01Z
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It has always been tough to start something from scratch & it has always been tough to do independent non-corporate journalism. Under today's political/economic conditions, it's especially difficult.Huge thanks to The Lever's subscribers for making our work possible. Onward.
(DIR) Post #AyKexvQh8ATz7NTWwC by davidsirota@mastodon.online
2025-09-18T13:32:31Z
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If you truly want a free press & real journalism, it will have to be subscriber-supported independent media. Corporate media will not save us.It’s why I’ve devoted my life to building an outlet from scratch.Subscribe to an independent outlet today.LeverNews.com/subscribe
(DIR) Post #B2OrZEAqUCPE4Uyz6O by davidsirota@mastodon.online
2026-01-18T05:24:53Z
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If you loathe Trump & all that he's doing, you should be pissed at the opposition party that had all the power, money, celebrity & leverage to stop him - but refused to because they feared doing what was necessary to stop him mighta made their media pals & their donors too mad.
(DIR) Post #B2eghRSoPKmngzYVqi by davidsirota@mastodon.online
2026-01-25T03:37:16Z
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This is correct. This is what everyone needs to hear and know in their hearts, especially right now.
(DIR) Post #B2gka4KOocJs2nHQx6 by davidsirota@mastodon.online
2026-01-26T20:54:47Z
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I worked on my first campaign 30 years ago. It was against JB Pritzker. I learned a lesson about the problematic power of billionaire money in politics — a lesson that guided my life’s work. I recounted it in this new WashPost story about Pritzker (who I do think has been an OK gov).
(DIR) Post #B2jFEj9Tq2IdBJOdIu by davidsirota@mastodon.online
2026-01-28T01:44:02Z
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Days after the killing of Renee Good, Stephen Miller and DHS began bragging that ICE agents have immunity from being held accountable. There's a bill sitting in Congress that would end that immunity - and Democrats could right now use their sudden leverage to force its passage.Pass it on. https://sirota.substack.com/p/how-dems-could-end-immunity-for-ice
(DIR) Post #B37UhCtuzHacf2C4ie by davidsirota@mastodon.online
2026-02-08T18:35:39Z
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February trip to a river here in Colorado
(DIR) Post #B387HGbkTl4eqCJhi4 by davidsirota@mastodon.online
2026-02-09T01:43:50Z
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I don’t believe it’s a coincidence that the rise of social media has happened at the same time as a societal mental health crisis. People telling each other 24-7 that they’re pieces of shit or that they’re living better lives than everyone else has to be partially driving it.
(DIR) Post #B3BGwguZ4PIxM1pDM0 by davidsirota@mastodon.online
2026-02-10T14:13:45Z
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(DIR) Post #B3J7yzXbQpBTOCmoXw by davidsirota@mastodon.online
2026-02-14T03:08:31Z
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Finally, a prospective 2028 Democratic presidential candidate is explicitly articulating and amplifying FDR's long-forgotten warning.Finally.https://sirota.substack.com/p/aoc-amplifies-fdrs-forgotten-warning
(DIR) Post #B3Rs0bNgNZ0gC4X13A by davidsirota@mastodon.online
2026-02-18T14:28:01Z
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Obama and his entourage were so totally out of touch & entitled, they literally couldn’t believe that promising hope and change — and then bailing out their bank donors who were throwing 10 million families out of their homes — might create the kind of backlash FDR warned about. What they did should be a cautionary tale for the Democratic Party.https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/us/politics/obama-trump-oral-history.html