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Master Plan was just featured in iHeartMedia’s Podcast Picks.

If you haven’t listened yet, this is the series on the decades-long effort to expand presidential power — and how we got here.

Listen: www.iheart.com/podcast/1319...

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FISA Section 702: Will Congress Let Trump Keep Spying On Americans? (With Ken Klippenstein)
FISA Section 702: Will Congress Let Trump Keep Spying On Americans? (With Ken Klippenstein) David Sirota speaks with independent investigative journalist Ken Klippenstein about the FBI’s new NSPM-7 “pre-crime” center — and the upcoming vote in Congress that would allow President Trump to…

Republicans tried to push through a late-night vote to extend warrantless spying powers — and it didn’t go through.

Now Congress has bought itself more time to fight over the law that lets the government collect Americans’ data without a warrant.

David Sirota talks with Ken Klippenstein ⬇️

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Inside Big Tech’s Secret Push For TikTok Immunity After Congress banned Big Tech from working with TikTok, Trump prosecutors promised sweeping amnesty for Apple, Google, Microsoft, and other major tech firms — after they asked for it.

Read the full story: www.levernews.com/inside-big-t...

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Congress banned Big Tech from working with TikTok over national security concerns.

Then Apple, Google, and Microsoft went to DOJ and asked for assurances they wouldn’t be prosecuted for… working with TikTok anyway.

New docs show they got that protection.

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The Man Whom Exxon Tried To Drill After years of using shareholder votes to pressure oil giants on climate, one activist triggered a corporate backlash that is reshaping the limits of investor power.

Read what happened — and what comes next: www.levernews.com/the-man-whom...

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For the first time in six years, not a single environmental shareholder proposal passed.

A few years ago, these were actually winning.

Then Exxon sued its own shareholders — and since then, support has dropped off and investors have gotten a lot quieter.

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A surveillance law that lets the FBI access Americans’ communications without a warrant is about to expire. Or is it?

With Congress divided — and the FISA court already moving behind the scenes — we’re going LIVE with Ken Klippenstein at 1:30pm MT to break it all down.

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MASTER PLAN, Ep 1: Nixon’s Milk Money Prompts A Backlash Master Plan’s first episode explores a scandal that inspired groundbreaking anti-corruption legislation — if only the reforms could have lasted.

Listen to series 1 of Master Plan for the full story: www.levernews.com/master-plan-...

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An HBO documentary exposing “dark money” in American politics just earned an Emmy nomination.

It cites The Lever’s reporting — and credits us in the film.

This is the system we’ve been investigating for years.

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Inside ICE’s $12 Million Plan To Map Immigrants’ “Patterns Of Life” Immigration officials will spend $12.2 million to deploy Project SAFE HAVEN, an AI geotracking tool that “transforms the way we identify, locate, and map illegal migrants.”

Read the full report: www.levernews.com/inside-ices-...

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ICE just approved a $12M AI tool to monitor immigrants’ movements, routines, and relationships in real time — building “target profiles” from personal data.

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Tax Revolt | Listen Now A deep dive into the rise of the anti-tax movement, Tax Revolt explores how decades of tax cuts—from Proposition 13 to Trump—reshaped the economy, fueled inequality, and pushed the U.S. government to…

Tax Day is tomorrow. But the story behind America’s tax system goes back decades — and it’s still unfolding.

TAX REVOLT traces how cutting taxes became a political obsession — from the 1970s to Reagan to Trump.

Listen now: the.levernews.com/tax-revolt/

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Is Corruption No Longer A Crime? A little-noticed Supreme Court ruling may be sending a message.

Read the full piece by David Sirota: www.levernews.com/is-corruptio...

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There was a time when this would’ve been called corruption. Now it’s harder to even define.

A new Supreme Court move shows just how much the ground has shifted.

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President Rambo | The Kingmakers, Ep. 3 | Master Plan
President Rambo | The Kingmakers, Ep. 3 | Master Plan Before Trump’s war in Iran and invasion of Venezuela, there was the Ronald Reagan Administration’s Iran-Contra scheme, a covert operation that tested the limits of executive power. In the mid-1980s,…

We trace it back to the source in Master Plan: THE KINGMAKERS.

Now on YouTube — watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_5F...

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Iran-Contra didn’t just break the rules—it rewrote them. A president could sidestep Congress, run foreign policy in secret, and face no real consequences.

That precedent still shapes how wars get launched today.

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This is why you’ve barely been feeling that raise.

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The Very Expensive Secret Behind The AI Boom States and localities are hiding how much they’re spending on data center tax breaks, while publicly available information indicates a potential money pit.

Full story: www.levernews.com/the-very-exp...

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States and localities are hiding how much they’re spending on data center tax breaks, while publicly available information indicates a potential money pit.

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Bitcoin Gets A Dark Money-Backed Assist In Congress The Project 2025-linked Satoshi Action Fund is applauding a new bill backing Trump’s strategic Bitcoin reserve.

Read the full story: www.levernews.com/bitcoin-gets...

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Comparing the Bureau of Prisons to the Soviet Gulag, a judge ordered the release of a 36-year-old woman with suspected breast cancer who was denied proper treatment in federal custody.

A scathing ruling cites systemic medical neglect.

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Lawmakers Play Coy As Surveillance Bill Looms The Congressional Black Caucus is reportedly siding with Trump. Most of its members are keeping mum.

Full story: www.levernews.com/lawmakers-pl...

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The Congressional Black Caucus is staying silent on whether it’ll supply the votes to pass a Trump-backed expansion of warrantless spying powers.

This is the same law used to surveil BLM activists — and it’s up for renewal this week.

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Bitcoin Gets A Dark Money-Backed Assist In Congress The Project 2025-linked Satoshi Action Fund is applauding a new bill backing Trump’s strategic Bitcoin reserve.

The Lever's Freddy Brewster reports: www.levernews.com/bitcoin-gets...

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A dark money crypto group with Trump ties is cheering a Senate push for a U.S. Bitcoin reserve and expanded mining.

It shares personnel with the Koch network — and helped shape Project 2025.

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Trump Accounts: Who Benefits? Likely Not Your Kids Sold as a lifeline for the next generation, Trump Accounts risk deepening inequality while delivering limited gains to the children they’re intended to help.

Read the full investigation: www.levernews.com/trump-accoun...

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Parents are being prompted to sign their kids up for a “Trump Account” while filing their taxes.

It sounds like free money, but critics warn these accounts could expose kids to market risk, fees, and deepen inequality — all while benefiting Wall Street firms.

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Is Corruption No Longer A Crime? A little-noticed Supreme Court ruling may be sending a message.

Read the full piece by David Sirota: www.levernews.com/is-corruptio...

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If corruption is everywhere… is it still a crime?

A new Supreme Court move raises exactly that question.

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THE KINGMAKERS, Ep. 3: President Rambo Before Trump’s war in Iran and invasion of Venezuela, there was Reagan’s Iran-Contra scheme.

We trace this fight back to the source in our new series Master Plan: THE KINGMAKERS.

This episode just dropped to the free feed—listen now: www.levernews.com/the-kingmake...

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