Hannah Levintova
@h-lev.bsky.social
Special Projects Editor & reporter at Mother Jones focused on business investigations. Spreadsheets are my love language. [email protected], DM for Signal.
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Hannah Levintova
@h-lev.bsky.social
· Oct 20
The secret campaign to silence critics of a hospital real estate empire
When skeptics called out Medical Properties Trust, they found themselves harassed—and surveilled.
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This July, @acleek.bsky.social & I made a radio show about a major hospital landlord named Medical Properties Trust.
Now, we’ve unraveled MPT's aggressive effort to silence and surveil its critics as they tried to raise alarm, using docs leaked to @occrp.org www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Now, we’ve unraveled MPT's aggressive effort to silence and surveil its critics as they tried to raise alarm, using docs leaked to @occrp.org www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The new Real Housewives of Rhode Island trailer is at the perfect nexus of unhinged and deeply Rhode Island specific. 10/10 no notes! www.instagram.com/reel/DRIKraR...
Bravo on Instagram: "🚨BREAKING FROM #BRAVOCON 🚨
In a state this small, there are no secrets. Here’s a first look at the Real Housewives of Rhode Island… coming 2026! #RHORI"
Get an exclusive look at the upcoming reality TV show, The Real Housewives of Rhode Island, where tight-knit communities and small-town secrets are exposed. Residents of the tiny state reveal their au...
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November 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The new Real Housewives of Rhode Island trailer is at the perfect nexus of unhinged and deeply Rhode Island specific. 10/10 no notes! www.instagram.com/reel/DRIKraR...
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Congrats to Bill Pulte for being named this week's Washington Main Character (Non-Epstein Division)
Bill Pulte is really having a week
The revelations against the Trump loyalist keep piling up.
www.motherjones.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Congrats to Bill Pulte for being named this week's Washington Main Character (Non-Epstein Division)
My latest: The flood of revelations this week against FHFA Director Bill Pulte will make your head spin! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Bill Pulte is really having a week
The revelations against the Trump loyalist keep piling up.
www.motherjones.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
My latest: The flood of revelations this week against FHFA Director Bill Pulte will make your head spin! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I grew up in Allston as part of a family of immigrants. BU students are temporary guests in a corner of Boston that has long been a hub for immigrants from around the world. To do this (and to claim allegiance to the neighborhood along the way) is abhorrent.
The president of the Boston University College Republicans recently posted on X that he had been “calling ICE for months on end” to raid an Allston car wash and “detain these criminals.”
President of BU College Republicans said he called ICE about Allston car wash for ‘months on end’ - The Boston Globe
“This week they finally responded to my request,” Zac Segal wrote on Nov. 8. “As someone who lives in the neighborhood, I’ve seen how American jobs are being given away to those with no right to be here.”
trib.al
November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I grew up in Allston as part of a family of immigrants. BU students are temporary guests in a corner of Boston that has long been a hub for immigrants from around the world. To do this (and to claim allegiance to the neighborhood along the way) is abhorrent.
Not only is the GCB the perfect dive bar, but it is also a nonprofit, plus the owners will let you throw a rager of a wedding reception (I would know!). Glad it is getting its time to shine: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/23/m...
The best bar in Providence that you’ve never heard of (and probably can’t find) - The Boston Globe
With a long list of liquors, mocktails, and beers on tap, The Graduate Center Bar, which operates as a private club, is a place where friendships are crafted among the cocktails.
www.bostonglobe.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Not only is the GCB the perfect dive bar, but it is also a nonprofit, plus the owners will let you throw a rager of a wedding reception (I would know!). Glad it is getting its time to shine: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/23/m...
This July, @acleek.bsky.social & I made a radio show about a major hospital landlord named Medical Properties Trust.
Now, we’ve unraveled MPT's aggressive effort to silence and surveil its critics as they tried to raise alarm, using docs leaked to @occrp.org www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Now, we’ve unraveled MPT's aggressive effort to silence and surveil its critics as they tried to raise alarm, using docs leaked to @occrp.org www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The secret campaign to silence critics of a hospital real estate empire
When skeptics called out Medical Properties Trust, they found themselves harassed—and surveilled.
www.motherjones.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This July, @acleek.bsky.social & I made a radio show about a major hospital landlord named Medical Properties Trust.
Now, we’ve unraveled MPT's aggressive effort to silence and surveil its critics as they tried to raise alarm, using docs leaked to @occrp.org www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Now, we’ve unraveled MPT's aggressive effort to silence and surveil its critics as they tried to raise alarm, using docs leaked to @occrp.org www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Looks like Pulte filed his backdated Form 3 yesterday, the day we published my story. Better 7 months late than never! fanniemae.gcs-web.com/static-files...
New from me: In March, FHFA director Bill Pulte made himself chairman of the board of Fannie Mae. But after, he did not file a required disclosure form tied to the role with the SEC—the same kind of paperwork error he has used to attack Trump's political foes. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The attack dog targeting Trump opponents over their paperwork hasn’t even filed his own
As chairman of the board of Fannie Mae, Bill Pulte was required to file a disclosure form with the SEC. He didn’t.
www.motherjones.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Looks like Pulte filed his backdated Form 3 yesterday, the day we published my story. Better 7 months late than never! fanniemae.gcs-web.com/static-files...
Reposted by Hannah Levintova
NEW from @h-lev.bsky.social: As chairman of the board of Fannie Mae, Bill Pulte was required to file a disclosure form with the SEC. He didn’t.
The attack dog targeting Trump opponents over their paperwork hasn’t even filed his own
As chairman of the board of Fannie Mae, Bill Pulte was required to file a disclosure form with the SEC. He didn’t.
www.motherjones.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
NEW from @h-lev.bsky.social: As chairman of the board of Fannie Mae, Bill Pulte was required to file a disclosure form with the SEC. He didn’t.
New from me: In March, FHFA director Bill Pulte made himself chairman of the board of Fannie Mae. But after, he did not file a required disclosure form tied to the role with the SEC—the same kind of paperwork error he has used to attack Trump's political foes. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The attack dog targeting Trump opponents over their paperwork hasn’t even filed his own
As chairman of the board of Fannie Mae, Bill Pulte was required to file a disclosure form with the SEC. He didn’t.
www.motherjones.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
New from me: In March, FHFA director Bill Pulte made himself chairman of the board of Fannie Mae. But after, he did not file a required disclosure form tied to the role with the SEC—the same kind of paperwork error he has used to attack Trump's political foes. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Some of the wishes on this list include getting rid of state regulation of children's online safety (to decrease costs, ofc), ending *all* state regulation of banking, and eliminating minimum and fair-wage requirements. Quite the lineup!
The Trump administration asked corporations to identify regulatory “burdens” — now they’re building a hit list of their most hated consumer protection laws. www.levernews.com/corporate-am...
Corporate America’s Most Wanted
The Trump administration asked corporations to identify regulatory “burdens” — now they’re building a hit list of their most hated consumer protection laws.
www.levernews.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Some of the wishes on this list include getting rid of state regulation of children's online safety (to decrease costs, ofc), ending *all* state regulation of banking, and eliminating minimum and fair-wage requirements. Quite the lineup!
This account is journalism on weekdays, but Rhode Island clambakes on the weekends
September 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This account is journalism on weekdays, but Rhode Island clambakes on the weekends
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Bill Pulte has weaponized his office to attack Trump’s political enemies, including economist Lisa Cook.
However, critics argue that Pulte's abuse of office is "a far, far greater offense than any personal mortgage occupancy fraud by a federal official."
However, critics argue that Pulte's abuse of office is "a far, far greater offense than any personal mortgage occupancy fraud by a federal official."
The “Mini-Trump” attacking Lisa Cook had paperwork problems of his own
Bill Pulte has weaponized his office to attack Trump's political enemies.
www.motherjones.com
August 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Bill Pulte has weaponized his office to attack Trump’s political enemies, including economist Lisa Cook.
However, critics argue that Pulte's abuse of office is "a far, far greater offense than any personal mortgage occupancy fraud by a federal official."
However, critics argue that Pulte's abuse of office is "a far, far greater offense than any personal mortgage occupancy fraud by a federal official."
This study, published earlier this month, is quite striking. Especially because studying the impacts of PE ownership on hospitals is quite hard. The industry is opaque; plus, PE firms buy and then sell off the properties so fast that it's hard to track when something is or isn't PE-owned.
Medicare patients who get emergency surgery in private-equity hospitals are 42% more likely to die in the next 30 days, according to new research.
www.marketwatch.com/story/medica...
www.marketwatch.com/story/medica...
Medicare surgical patients in private-equity hospitals are 42% more likely to die in the next 30 days
New research raises concerns about the way these investment funds balance care and the pursuit of profits.
www.marketwatch.com
May 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This study, published earlier this month, is quite striking. Especially because studying the impacts of PE ownership on hospitals is quite hard. The industry is opaque; plus, PE firms buy and then sell off the properties so fast that it's hard to track when something is or isn't PE-owned.
Reposted by Hannah Levintova
@h-lev.bsky.social and @melissa.news scraped every malpractice, personal injury, and wrongful death case tied to Steward hospitals in nine states. We found 469 cases involving 83 patient deaths. The chain's bankruptcy means many of these patients can't pursue justice: bit.ly/455xC7O
Wall Street gutted Steward Health Care. Patients paid the price.
One of America's biggest for-profit hospital operators is bankrupt, broken, and responsible for countless mistreated patients—thanks to its private equity overlords.
bit.ly
May 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
@h-lev.bsky.social and @melissa.news scraped every malpractice, personal injury, and wrongful death case tied to Steward hospitals in nine states. We found 469 cases involving 83 patient deaths. The chain's bankruptcy means many of these patients can't pursue justice: bit.ly/455xC7O
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Sungida Rashid died after giving birth at a Massachusetts hospital run by the for-profit chain Steward Health Care.
She wasn't alone: @h-lev.bsky.social and @melissa.news uncovered 12 more instances of moms and newborns who died at these hospitals over the last 14 years: bit.ly/455xC7O
She wasn't alone: @h-lev.bsky.social and @melissa.news uncovered 12 more instances of moms and newborns who died at these hospitals over the last 14 years: bit.ly/455xC7O
Wall Street gutted Steward Health Care. Patients paid the price.
One of America's biggest for-profit hospital operators is bankrupt, broken, and responsible for countless mistreated patients—thanks to its private equity overlords.
bit.ly
May 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Sungida Rashid died after giving birth at a Massachusetts hospital run by the for-profit chain Steward Health Care.
She wasn't alone: @h-lev.bsky.social and @melissa.news uncovered 12 more instances of moms and newborns who died at these hospitals over the last 14 years: bit.ly/455xC7O
She wasn't alone: @h-lev.bsky.social and @melissa.news uncovered 12 more instances of moms and newborns who died at these hospitals over the last 14 years: bit.ly/455xC7O
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It's impossible to read this story about a mom dying after childbirth and not be devastated and furious about everything that @h-lev.bsky.social found in her jaw-dropping investigation about America's biggest for-profit hospital operator www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Wall Street gutted Steward Health Care. Patients paid the price.
One of America's biggest for-profit hospital operators is bankrupt, broken, and responsible for countless mistreated patients—thanks to its private equity overlords.
www.motherjones.com
May 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It's impossible to read this story about a mom dying after childbirth and not be devastated and furious about everything that @h-lev.bsky.social found in her jaw-dropping investigation about America's biggest for-profit hospital operator www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I wrote about the rise and fall of Steward Health Care—fueled by a private equity firm, a real estate trust, & multimillionaire executives. The saga is a stunning indictment of what happens when financiers try to squeeze huge returns from the places that save people's lives. /1 shorturl.at/TcvV7
Wall Street gutted Steward Health Care. Patients paid the price.
One of America's biggest for-profit hospital operators is bankrupt, broken, and responsible for countless mistreated patients—thanks to its private equity overlords.
www.motherjones.com
May 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about the rise and fall of Steward Health Care—fueled by a private equity firm, a real estate trust, & multimillionaire executives. The saga is a stunning indictment of what happens when financiers try to squeeze huge returns from the places that save people's lives. /1 shorturl.at/TcvV7
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A DOGE staffer involved in dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau holds as much as $365,000 worth of shares of companies that the CFPB can regulate. Ethics experts say his actions are a potential violation of federal ethics laws.
A DOGE Aide Involved in Dismantling Consumer Bureau Owns Stock in Companies That Could Benefit From the Cuts
Gavin Kliger helped oversee mass firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau while holding stock in companies that experts say likely stand to benefit from dismantling that agency — a…
www.propublica.org
May 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
A DOGE staffer involved in dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau holds as much as $365,000 worth of shares of companies that the CFPB can regulate. Ethics experts say his actions are a potential violation of federal ethics laws.
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Never a bad moment to revisit our blowout issue on private equity, kicked off by this banger of an essay by @h-lev.bsky.social: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
February 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Never a bad moment to revisit our blowout issue on private equity, kicked off by this banger of an essay by @h-lev.bsky.social: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The roughly $2.5 billion California's insurer of last resort (FAIR) said it had lined up for quick claim fulfillment in 2024 is not even half of its nearly $6 billion exposure in the now-charred Palisades. www.motherjones.com/environment/...
The California fires could scorch the state's broken insurance market
"It's very likely that we will see losses that exceed the existing reserves."
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January 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The roughly $2.5 billion California's insurer of last resort (FAIR) said it had lined up for quick claim fulfillment in 2024 is not even half of its nearly $6 billion exposure in the now-charred Palisades. www.motherjones.com/environment/...
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This is exactly what happened in 2001, driven by the tax preparation industry, in order to kill a public option for tax reporting. The goal, then and now, is to force citizens to pay private companies in order to do their tax returns.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-ta...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-ta...
December 11, 2024 at 5:50 PM
This is exactly what happened in 2001, driven by the tax preparation industry, in order to kill a public option for tax reporting. The goal, then and now, is to force citizens to pay private companies in order to do their tax returns.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-ta...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-ta...
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Trump’s Treasury Secretary nominee comes to the post from the hedge fund world where he lost 90% of the approximately $6 billion of assets entrusted to him. Nine zero. www.reuters.com/business/fin...
Exclusive: Fund manager Bessent scores double on Trump victory
As a money manager, Scott Bessent's years of inconsistent performance have contributed to a nearly 90% decline in his hedge fund's assets. Now, with other business lines expanding, he has scored on perhaps his biggest bet yet: President-elect Donald Trump.
www.reuters.com
November 23, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Trump’s Treasury Secretary nominee comes to the post from the hedge fund world where he lost 90% of the approximately $6 billion of assets entrusted to him. Nine zero. www.reuters.com/business/fin...
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So the Republican plan to pay for their tax cuts for the wealthy is to...you'll never guess...kick low-income people off their health insurance!
Party of the working class over here.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/h...
Party of the working class over here.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/h...
Medicaid May Face Big Cuts and Work Requirements
Republicans in Congress are eyeing cuts to Medicaid, which could threaten health coverage for tens of millions of poor Americans.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:10 PM
So the Republican plan to pay for their tax cuts for the wealthy is to...you'll never guess...kick low-income people off their health insurance!
Party of the working class over here.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/h...
Party of the working class over here.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/h...
Always read @sarahzhang.bsky.social
wrote about RFK Jr., vaccines, and my most enduring memory from college German class www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Here’s How We Know RFK Jr. Is Wrong About Vaccines
Children used to die of diseases far more gruesome and deadly than we remember.
www.theatlantic.com
November 19, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Always read @sarahzhang.bsky.social
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The Fed has a problem on the right, where it is increasingly seen as an arm of the Democratic establishment rather than as an apolitical technocracy. The political donation patterns of Fed system staff and boards of directors don't help.
www.axios.com/2024/11/18/f...
www.axios.com/2024/11/18/f...
Trump allies believe the Federal Reserve leans left
Conservatives increasingly see the Federal Reserve as an organization stacked with Democrats.
www.axios.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:51 PM
The Fed has a problem on the right, where it is increasingly seen as an arm of the Democratic establishment rather than as an apolitical technocracy. The political donation patterns of Fed system staff and boards of directors don't help.
www.axios.com/2024/11/18/f...
www.axios.com/2024/11/18/f...