David Sirota
@davidsirota
Founder, @LeverNews; Host, http://MasterPlanPodcast.com; WGA winner/Oscar nominee for #DontLookUp; spouse of @EmilyforCO; Denverite, dad, member of Nuggets Nation.
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after 25 years in this work, I’m genuinely amazed that it took everyone this long to finally realize what’s been going on the entire time

👀NEWS: The Trump DOJ's memo blocking release of the Epstein files contradicts DOJ's legal rationale in a concurrent lawsuit about the files, according to court records reviewed by @LeverNews. DOJ keeps changing its legal arguments to block disclosure. levernews.com/court-records-…
Legalized corruption is one of the two central problems connected to all the other problems in American society. The other central problem is elite impunity — the idea that no matter how much damage elites do, they will never face social, political, legal or financial…
Great to see @heycappello launching a Democratic campaign that nobody can believe in
E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change nytimes.com/2025/07/22/cli… via @NYTimes
E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change nytimes.com/2025/07/22/cli… via @NYTimes
Private equity is coming for your teeth — and it's not looking good. In 2018, one PE-backed dental chain was ordered to pay nearly $24M after performing likely unnecessary root canals on children and then fraudulently billing Medicaid. levernews.com/private-equity…
What are the First Amendment implications of the chairman of the FCC — literally the government regulator of the media — now making public declarations about what he considers acceptable and objectionable political speech, all while he makes policy decisions governing the press?
The partisan left’s ritualist wailing and gnashing of teeth over Colbert is quite revealing. They’re acting like they’re losing a loyal DNC spokesperson that was entitled to an exemption from the laws of economics.
the path to selling out is paved by people insisting they are moral and doing it for the Greater Good
"The young people who support Mamdani are good people, just putting their efforts towards the wrong solutions. I should know, I was once one of them."
In media, there are vast rewards for moving right - status, job security, media platforms. Doing the opposite incurs pain - defunding, deplatforming, denigration, job insecurity. Not surprisingly, many go for the reward, not the pain. It's why this kind of story is so banal.…
