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David Sirota

Denver

Editor-at-Large at Jacobin

Columnist at The Guardian

Founder and Editor in Chief at The Lever

Founder, @LeverNews; Host, https://t.co/SQJre1meSD; WGA winner/Oscar nominee for #DontLookUp; spouse of @EmilyforCO; Denverite, dad, member of Nuggets Nation.

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  • 1 week ago | levernews.com | David Sirota

    President Donald Trump is often perceived as an ideological paradox — at once populist and plutocratic, pro-working-class and anti-labor, pro-growth and anti-trade, maverick conservative and Old Guard Republican. But for all of what looks like impulsive zig-zagging, there is a consistent throughline: He’s always focused on finding, spotlighting, and exacerbating the country’s most divisive cultural flashpoints. So far, the strategy is working.

  • 1 week ago | racket.news | David Sirota

    David Sirota is the founder and editor in chief of the investigative news outlet The Lever. Subscribe to The Lever’s free newsletter here. President Donald Trump is often perceived as an ideological paradox — at once populist and plutocratic, pro-working-class and anti-labor, pro-growth and anti-trade, maverick conservative and Old Guard Republican.

  • 2 weeks ago | levernews.com | David Sirota

    We just learned that The Lever is the winner of the prestigious 2025 National Press Club Award for Master Plan, our investigative audio series exposing the secret history of how corruption was legalized in America. The award comes in a week that saw The Lever’s reporting take center stage on Capitol Hill — and just ahead of a huge announcement we’re about to make. If you haven’t yet heard it, go add Master Plan and our weekly podcast Lever Time to your podcast app right now.

  • 1 month ago | jacobin.com | David Sirota

    Corporations are preparing to cite Donald Trump’s trade war as justification for raising prices — just as they previously cited pandemic supply chain slowdowns to raise prices. It’s a familiar tactic: They want us to believe macroeconomic forces mean they have no choice but to fleece us. However, a new Federal Reserve study notes that ever-higher prices have coincided with a sudden increase in corporate profit-taking.

  • 1 month ago | levernews.com | David Sirota

    Corporations are preparing to cite Trump’s trade war as justification for raising prices — just as they previously cited pandemic supply chain slowdowns to raise prices. It’s a familiar tactic: They want us to believe macroeconomic forces mean they have no choice but to fleece us. Keep reading for FREE. This is not a paywall. Just sign up below for a free subscription to The Lever to get access to this story and much more.

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11 May 25

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11 May 25

RT @davidsirota: If you’re wondering how this kind of corruption became legal, you should listen to The Lever’s award-winning audio series…