Joel Warner
@joelmwarner.bsky.social
Denver journalist and managing editor of @levernews.bsky.social (he/him). Signal: joelmwarner.33
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Joel Warner
@joelmwarner.bsky.social
· Nov 16
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Trial launches next week for France's largest-ever alleged Ponzi scheme, involving 18,000 victims, €1B+ in damages, the world's most elite booksellers, and many of history's most famous (and infamous) written works. Interested? I wrote a book about it! www.amazon.com/gp/product/0...
The Curse of the Marquis de Sade: A Notorious Scoundrel, a Mythical Manuscript, and the Biggest Scandal in Literary History
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September 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Trial launches next week for France's largest-ever alleged Ponzi scheme, involving 18,000 victims, €1B+ in damages, the world's most elite booksellers, and many of history's most famous (and infamous) written works. Interested? I wrote a book about it! www.amazon.com/gp/product/0...
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NEW from me & Evelyn Quartz:
Zohran Mamdani won a clear mandate - but the Democratic political/media elite is already trying to downplay it & pretend it was just vibes rather than a demand for policy change.
The battle for the future has just begun. www.levernews.com/zohran-mamda...
Zohran Mamdani won a clear mandate - but the Democratic political/media elite is already trying to downplay it & pretend it was just vibes rather than a demand for policy change.
The battle for the future has just begun. www.levernews.com/zohran-mamda...
Zohran Mamdani’s Mandate Is A Democratic Earthquake
There will now be a high-stakes battle to define the meaning of the New York mayoral candidate’s historic win.
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June 25, 2025 at 3:37 AM
NEW from me & Evelyn Quartz:
Zohran Mamdani won a clear mandate - but the Democratic political/media elite is already trying to downplay it & pretend it was just vibes rather than a demand for policy change.
The battle for the future has just begun. www.levernews.com/zohran-mamda...
Zohran Mamdani won a clear mandate - but the Democratic political/media elite is already trying to downplay it & pretend it was just vibes rather than a demand for policy change.
The battle for the future has just begun. www.levernews.com/zohran-mamda...
Maryland Governor Wes Moore just approved a new carveout exempting predatory payday lenders from state regulations.
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June 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Maryland Governor Wes Moore just approved a new carveout exempting predatory payday lenders from state regulations.
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🚨MUST WATCH: Senators are right now grilling Trump IRS nominee Billy Long about The Lever's report on donors with IRS business enriching Long right after he was nominated.
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May 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🚨MUST WATCH: Senators are right now grilling Trump IRS nominee Billy Long about The Lever's report on donors with IRS business enriching Long right after he was nominated.
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Amid a near-total asylum ban, government sources say Trump officials are planning to use funds for at-risk refugees to facilitate imminent Afrikaner resettlement. www.levernews.com/trump-taps-r...
Trump Taps Refugee Fund To Welcome White South Africans Within Days
Amid a near-total asylum ban, government sources say Trump officials are planning to use funds for at-risk refugees to facilitate imminent Afrikaner resettlement.
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May 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Amid a near-total asylum ban, government sources say Trump officials are planning to use funds for at-risk refugees to facilitate imminent Afrikaner resettlement. www.levernews.com/trump-taps-r...
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🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration just hid data that lets communities know about dangerous chemical facilities in their midst.
The move came after lobbying from the chemical industry — and after massive inauguration donations from chemical companies. www.levernews.com/the-governme...
The move came after lobbying from the chemical industry — and after massive inauguration donations from chemical companies. www.levernews.com/the-governme...
The Government’s Chemical Disaster Tracking Tool Just Went Dark
The chemical lobby demanded Trump make the locations of high-risk chemical plants secret. The EPA did just that.
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April 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration just hid data that lets communities know about dangerous chemical facilities in their midst.
The move came after lobbying from the chemical industry — and after massive inauguration donations from chemical companies. www.levernews.com/the-governme...
The move came after lobbying from the chemical industry — and after massive inauguration donations from chemical companies. www.levernews.com/the-governme...
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Trump’s administration is working at a breakneck pace to rewrite the federal government in favor of billionaires and corporate interests. Where will this leave the rest of us non-billionaires?
Join us TONIGHT at 8pm ET on Zoom with Accountable.US to discuss.
Join us TONIGHT at 8pm ET on Zoom with Accountable.US to discuss.
LIVE VIRTUAL EVENT: Billionaires Get Tax Cuts — What’s Left For Us? (With Accountable.US)
Feb 27 at 8 P.M. ET: Join us for a special virtual live event with Accountable.US.
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February 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Trump’s administration is working at a breakneck pace to rewrite the federal government in favor of billionaires and corporate interests. Where will this leave the rest of us non-billionaires?
Join us TONIGHT at 8pm ET on Zoom with Accountable.US to discuss.
Join us TONIGHT at 8pm ET on Zoom with Accountable.US to discuss.
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was one of the officials raising safety concerns about the airline-backed bill that Congress passed in the months before the disaster at Washington National Airport.
January 31, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was one of the officials raising safety concerns about the airline-backed bill that Congress passed in the months before the disaster at Washington National Airport.
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🚨BREAKING: Months before tonight's fatal DC plane crash, lawmakers brushed off dire safety warnings & passed an industry-backed bill adding more flight traffic at the airport.
"Increasing slots at this airport undermines safety," an opponent pleaded.
"Increasing slots at this airport undermines safety," an opponent pleaded.
Before D.C. Airport Collision, Lawmakers Brushed Off Warnings And Boosted Flights
Despite midflight near-misses and dire pleas, airline-bankrolled lawmakers recently expanded flight traffic at Washington’s busy airport.
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January 30, 2025 at 5:29 AM
🚨BREAKING: Months before tonight's fatal DC plane crash, lawmakers brushed off dire safety warnings & passed an industry-backed bill adding more flight traffic at the airport.
"Increasing slots at this airport undermines safety," an opponent pleaded.
"Increasing slots at this airport undermines safety," an opponent pleaded.
HUGE new @levernews.com investigation, months in the making, that raises big questions about the safety and efficacy of celebrated new Alzheimer's drugs Leqembi and Aduhelm. www.levernews.com/the-deadly-s...
The Deadly Secrets Behind “Breakthrough” Alzheimer’s Drugs
Regulators approved controversial therapies amid excess deaths, questionable efficacy, and conflicts of interest.
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January 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
HUGE new @levernews.com investigation, months in the making, that raises big questions about the safety and efficacy of celebrated new Alzheimer's drugs Leqembi and Aduhelm. www.levernews.com/the-deadly-s...
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Bowling with The Lever news team and friends
January 10, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Bowling with The Lever news team and friends
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🚨NEWS: The nation’s top private health insurers have spent over $120 BILLION lining top shareholders’ pockets with lucrative stock buybacks.
It’s no coincidence that among those top investors are the very executives who authorize buybacks in the first place 👇
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It’s no coincidence that among those top investors are the very executives who authorize buybacks in the first place 👇
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December 12, 2024 at 4:55 PM
🚨NEWS: The nation’s top private health insurers have spent over $120 BILLION lining top shareholders’ pockets with lucrative stock buybacks.
It’s no coincidence that among those top investors are the very executives who authorize buybacks in the first place 👇
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It’s no coincidence that among those top investors are the very executives who authorize buybacks in the first place 👇
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UnitedHealth executives pressed the company’s rank-and-file employees to pressure lawmakers to block a public health insurance option. www.levernews.com/health-insur...
Health Insurer Pressured Employees To Fight State Public Option
Video shows UnitedHealth exec slamming Connecticut proposal’s “artificially low premiums” and pushing employees to lobby against the bill.
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December 9, 2024 at 8:08 PM
UnitedHealth executives pressed the company’s rank-and-file employees to pressure lawmakers to block a public health insurance option. www.levernews.com/health-insur...
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Anthem is backtracking on their dangerous insurance coverage change after @helenwsantoro.bsky.social's excellent reporting revealed they would no longer pay for anesthesia for surgeries that ran too long.
🚨BREAKING: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield tells us they will NOT go forward with previously planned changes to their anesthesia coverage.
"There has been significant widespread misinformation about an update to our anesthesia policy. As a result, we have decided to not proceed."
"There has been significant widespread misinformation about an update to our anesthesia policy. As a result, we have decided to not proceed."
December 5, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Anthem is backtracking on their dangerous insurance coverage change after @helenwsantoro.bsky.social's excellent reporting revealed they would no longer pay for anesthesia for surgeries that ran too long.
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🚨NEW POD: We investigated just how elastic the truth can get in the social media era — and how politicians like Trump use manipulation and deception similar to the way a magician would 👇
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Trump, Magic, and Misdirection
Magicians rely on misdirection and deception to create an illusion. The science behind their craft may explain how politicians manipulate the public in a post-truth era.
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December 6, 2024 at 2:24 PM
🚨NEW POD: We investigated just how elastic the truth can get in the social media era — and how politicians like Trump use manipulation and deception similar to the way a magician would 👇
www.levernews.com/trump-magic-...
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December 6, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Jobs jobs jobs! https://buff.ly/3DwypQq
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They’re gonna force taxpayers to bail out the crypto investors when it all crashes. Remember this post.
December 5, 2024 at 2:47 PM
They’re gonna force taxpayers to bail out the crypto investors when it all crashes. Remember this post.
What's up with Republicans and dogs?
Trump Nominee Pressured IRS To Crush The Humane Society
Billy Long pushed the agency to target the group after it supported an initiative to protect dogs. Long could get new power to target more nonprofits.
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December 6, 2024 at 1:42 AM
What's up with Republicans and dogs?
We're hiring! Know of good candidates?
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December 6, 2024 at 1:09 AM
We're hiring! Know of good candidates?
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We just delivered insurance reform. Pass it on.
🚨BREAKING: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield tells us they will NOT go forward with previously planned changes to their anesthesia coverage.
"There has been significant widespread misinformation about an update to our anesthesia policy. As a result, we have decided to not proceed."
"There has been significant widespread misinformation about an update to our anesthesia policy. As a result, we have decided to not proceed."
December 5, 2024 at 9:01 PM
We just delivered insurance reform. Pass it on.
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🚨BREAKING: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield tells us they will NOT go forward with previously planned changes to their anesthesia coverage.
"There has been significant widespread misinformation about an update to our anesthesia policy. As a result, we have decided to not proceed."
"There has been significant widespread misinformation about an update to our anesthesia policy. As a result, we have decided to not proceed."
December 5, 2024 at 8:48 PM
🚨BREAKING: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield tells us they will NOT go forward with previously planned changes to their anesthesia coverage.
"There has been significant widespread misinformation about an update to our anesthesia policy. As a result, we have decided to not proceed."
"There has been significant widespread misinformation about an update to our anesthesia policy. As a result, we have decided to not proceed."
Making America Inhumane Again.
BREAKING: Trump’s pick to head the IRS pressed the agency to strip the leading animal welfare group of its tax status after it supported an initiative to protect dogs. If confirmed, he could potentially effectively shutter nonprofits he disagrees with. www.levernews.com/trump-nomine...
Trump Nominee Pressured IRS To Crush The Humane Society
Billy Long pushed the agency to target the group after it supported an initiative to protect dogs. Long could get new power to target more nonprofits.
www.levernews.com
December 5, 2024 at 4:05 AM
Making America Inhumane Again.