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The Lever @levernews.com · 9m

Get the book at LeverNews.com/book - or wherever you buy your books. And please pass it on!

MASTER PLAN: The Hidden Plot to Legalize Corruption in America

A new book adapted from the award-winning podcast.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 9m

Our new book MASTER PLAN is now out - it exposes never-before-seen documents & photos exposing the secret plot to legalize corruption. You may think you know the story of how corruption became pervasive, but you don’t. Nobody has known the full story because the details were kept secret - until now.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 1h

Our new book Master Plan releases today — the same day that Citizens United author Anthony Kennedy is releasing his memoir defending that decision legalizing corruption.

Our book exposes the untold story of Kennedy’s time as a corporate lobbyist handing out cash to politicians.

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MASTER PLAN: The Hidden Plot to Legalize Corruption in America

A new book adapted from the award-winning podcast.

LeverNews.com

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The Lever @levernews.com · 3h

CBS News just aired a long profile valorizing Justice Anthony Kennedy without even once mentioning the Citizens United ruling that he authored and that empowered corporations and oligarchs to buy elections.

This omission exemplifies how the master plan works.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 16h

Over on the other site, revelations about JD Vance’s court case in our new book MASTER PLAN are now trending.

The book is out tomorrow. Order it here — and pass it on: LeverNews.com/book

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The Lever @levernews.com · 1d

🚨NEWS: JD Vance is stealthily spearheading a Supreme Court case to expand Citizens United & eliminate remaining anti-corruption laws.

Another case could soon kill off anti-bribery laws.

A preview of our new book MASTER PLAN in @rollingstone.com

Early access to the book here: LeverNews.com/book

The Right's Secret Plan to Help Billionaires Buy Elections

J.D. Vance and other MAGA interests are working to get the Supreme Court to end restrictions on campaign-spending limits.

www.rollingstone.com

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The Lever @levernews.com · 20h

Some great news: The Lever's total subscribership has increased 25% in the last 90 days.

Overall, our subscribership is now up 73% in 2025.

This is fueled by our scoops, our Lever Time podcast & our new daily newsletter Lever Daily.

A huge achievement for our team. Onward.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 20h

Every blue-state legislature could do this literally right now.

David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 21h

This is some of the best political news I've seen in a very long time.

There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 21h

This is some of the best political news I've seen in a very long time.

There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 22h

A day before our book MASTER PLAN is being released, the book is already #5 in its category...seems to suggest there's a lot of interest in the never-before-told story of where all this endemic corruption actually came from

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The Lever @levernews.com · 22h

Read the full @prospect.org excerpt here

The Ad Campaign for Capitalism

In the 1970s, corporate America struck back at the forces attempting to rein it in. One of their tactics was a public service announcement.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 22h

NEW: The never-before-told story of how CEOs inspired by the Powell Memo got the U.S. government to fund a huge ad campaign promoting capitalism & combating Americans' rising distrust of corporate power.

An excerpt of our new book MASTER PLAN in @prospect.org.

Get the book: LeverNews.com/book

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The Lever @levernews.com · 1d

🚨NEWS: JD Vance is stealthily spearheading a Supreme Court case to expand Citizens United & eliminate remaining anti-corruption laws.

Another case could soon kill off anti-bribery laws.

A preview of our new book MASTER PLAN in @rollingstone.com

Early access to the book here: LeverNews.com/book

The Right's Secret Plan to Help Billionaires Buy Elections

J.D. Vance and other MAGA interests are working to get the Supreme Court to end restrictions on campaign-spending limits.

www.rollingstone.com

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 1d

Here's an exclusive excerpt from @davidsirota.com's new book Master Plan, about how the Ad Council ran a public service announcement for *capitalism* back in the 70s.
prospect.org/power/2025-1...

The Ad Campaign for Capitalism

In the 1970s, corporate America struck back at the forces attempting to rein it in. One of their tactics was a public service announcement.

prospect.org

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The Lever @levernews.com · 1d

Coming out Tuesday 10/14.

It's full of never-before-reported documents and photos.

Pre-order wherever you get your books.

Repost this to help spread the word.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 2d

The billionaire takeover of media aims to shield corporations & 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

Bari Weiss’s ascent at CBS News was 50 years in the making | David Sirota and Jared Jacang Maher

A 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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The Lever @levernews.com · 3d

Read the full story by @lukewgoldstein

www.levernews.com/airlines-say...

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The Lever @levernews.com · 3d

After cracks were found in Boeing 737s, the FAA proposed tougher inspections.

The airline lobby — led by Trump-aligned officials — is fighting to weaken the rule.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 3d

Read the full story by @katyaschwenk.bsky.social
www.levernews.com/the-human-tr...

The Human Trafficking Case That Could Hand Government Contractors Blanket Immunity

In a little-noticed Supreme Court case, the country’s largest private prison operator argues companies should be shielded from lawsuits when doing the government’s dirty work.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 3d

The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims.

If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 3d

Our latest essay by @davidsirota.com — originally published in @thebulwark.com — explains why Democrats can’t fix democracy without confronting corruption.
www.levernews.com/its-the-corr...

It’s The Corruption, Stupid

Democrats have a chance to revive their party and save American democracy. Will they take it?

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The Lever @levernews.com · 3d

Trump isn’t the disease — he’s a symptom.

The real sickness is the corporate and billionaire money corrupting both parties.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 4d

Now, he’s back at the table, selling “peace” in a war he’s positioned to profit from.

You couldn’t script a better conflict of interest.

@freddy-brewster.bsky.social and @katyaschwenk.bsky.social report 👇

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As Ceasefire Nears, Jared Kushner’s New Investments Could Boost Israeli Settlements

Just before the Israel-Hamas war ceasefire deal, Donald Trump’s son-in-law doubled his stake in an Israeli firm that stands to gain from expanding Israeli settlements.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 4d

Back in January, as the last ceasefire was being hammered out, Kushner quietly doubled his stake in an Israeli finance firm that bankrolls construction in illegal settlements across occupied Palestinian land.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 4d

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a “phase one” ceasefire — brokered by Trump’s son-in-law @jaredkushner.bsky.social
and real estate mogul Steve Witkoff.

These aren’t peace brokers. They’re investors with a stake in the outcome.

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