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David Sirota

@davidsirota.com
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Founder/editor-in-chief, @LeverNews.com; Oscar-nominated for Don't Look Up. Spouse of @emilyforco.bsky.social

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 16h
I asked Republican-turned-Democrat @walshfreedom.bsky.social where he stands now. His answer: he’ll probably leave the Democratic Party, he’ll never be a Republican again, and in 2028 he’d work to elect @aoc.bsky.social over @jd-vance-1.bsky.social.
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 10/10/2026
The fear that someone like @aoc.bsky.social couldn’t win nationally is “by now so misplaced," says @walshfreedom.bsky.social.
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 10/10/2026
“Donald Trump is the last dying gasp of older white America.” That’s former Tea Party congressman @walshfreedom.bsky.social, who says the real fight starts after Trump: whether Democrats will embrace the political reform that follows.
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 09/10/2026
“We have no f---ing business telling the Democratic Party where they should be on healthcare or immigration.” Former Tea Party congressman @walshfreedom.bsky.social to the ex-Republicans now working inside the Democratic Party.
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 08/10/2026
This was basically the entire point of conservatives' Master Plan that legalized corruption and bribery. masterplanpodcast.com - pass it on
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 07/10/2026
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 05/10/2026
The biggest deception of the digital age is a media ecosystem that seems on its face like it offers a diversity of perspectives and open access to the public square, all while oligarchs’ algorithms imperceptibly control the entire discourse in service of their desired political outcomes.
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 05/10/2026
Whether you loved or hated our film, I think it’s safe to say it holds up, considering this monologue all by itself could be Democrats’ entire closing message in the 2026 midterms, and much of the country would nod along in agreement.
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 05/10/2026
A Democratic Party that refused to use its power to deliver for the working class ended up being a delivery system for Trump. If Democrats win power and once again do the same thing, they will be a delivery system for an even worse version of Trump - pass it on.
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 04/10/2026
If you asked me to summarize the most significant existential political truth that I fear too few liberals truly understand, it would be this.
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 02/10/2026
Read it here - and pass it on www.levernews.com/bulwark-neoc...
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 02/10/2026
the kind of populist Democrat I’m proud to support
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 26/09/2026
Please bookmark this post and remember it. History has taught us that over the long haul, arsonists will never be reliable firefighters.
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 26/09/2026
It is impossible to overstate how totally sociopathic it is for @rahmemanuel.bsky.social to have turned Chicago into his personal political corruption machine and now depict himself as the 2028 presidential candidate leading an anti-corruption movement.
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 21/09/2026
Newsom is now the nation’s most prominent Trump Democrat — a governor aggressively using his power to empower & enrich Trump’s billionaires. If a Dem candidate successfully spotlights this in the 2028 presidential primary, they will have a shot to defeat him & win the nomination
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 18/09/2026
Democratic consultants now calling on Democratic lawmakers to obey tech oligarchs exemplifies how an invisible form of corruption operates. In this @levernews.com, I get a Democratic U.S. senator to explain exactly how it works. Find the full interview at The Lever's YouTube page - and pass it on.
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 17/09/2026
evergreen tweet from 2024
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 17/09/2026
What stage of capitalism is this?
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 14/09/2026
we are now literally inside the movie
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 14/09/2026
we’re living inside the movie we made
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 12/09/2026
political corruption is literally an apocalyptic problem — pass it on
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 04/09/2026
Nobody can afford the necessities of life, authoritarianism is on the march, oligarchs are immiserating everyone, the climate crisis is intensifying, AI is on the verge of getting out of control… …and this is the “one goal” Corporate Dems are singularly focused on
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 03/09/2026
never forget how much these people despise you
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 02/09/2026
On a drive from Denver to our @levernews.com interview with independent Senate candidate @osbornforne.bsky.social — one day after Osborn’s big debate with GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts, scion of the billionaire Ricketts family. Use the comment thread here to post questions you want us to ask Osborn today
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 01/09/2026
The reason Corporate Dems are freaking out is because for the first time in decades, they are losing their power to help their donors control Democrats’ agenda. Example 👇
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 01/09/2026
Even "moderate" Dems now parrot @sanders.senate.gov's populism, as I wrote in my @washingtonpost.com essay about Bernie as a left version of Goldwater. These Dems must be held accountable to policy promises, but this is a HUGE Overton Window shift, which is why corporate Dems are so mad.
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 31/08/2026
this is so deranged
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 29/08/2026
Big thanks to @newyorker.com for featuring the @levernews.com podcast MASTER PLAN in its feed this week. This season tells the story of how the presidency was turned into a monarchy. Search “Master Plan” in your podcast app to subscribe — and please retweet/pass it on!
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 29/08/2026
your time and money are being stolen — pass it on
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 28/08/2026
Here is today’s example of the impact of @levernews.com reporting. We’re a reader-supported outlet, which means we’re only able to do this reporting because of the support of paying subscribers.
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 28/08/2026
three successive headlines tell you a lot about the current leaders of the Democratic Party
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 28/08/2026
nobody can afford the basic necessities of life, there’s a climate apocalypse, we’re being warned that AI could get completely out of humans’ control — and The Discourse is Hasan Piker and Lake America
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 23/08/2026
Ladies and gentlemen…the House Democrats’ leader!
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 23/08/2026
Last week, @levernews.com published a big Trump scoop. A day later, the NYT Times published their story — without any mention of our story.
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 21/08/2026
During his MSNOW appearance tonight, @abdulelsayed.bsky.social cited @levernews.com reporting that exposed Mike Rogers positioning himself to cash in on the expansion of data centers. Help us do more of this reporting by becoming a Lever subscriber at LeverNews [dot] com - and pass it on
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 18/08/2026
As I've been saying: The corporate Democratic faction is willing to sabotage populist Democratic nominees, effectively make common cause with MAGA and potentially lose the 2026 midterms if that corporate faction believes that is the price of maintaining its own power inside the Democratic Party.
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 18/08/2026
Here is today's reminder that we are all trying to communicate through an oligarch-owned algorithmic censorship system that determines what everyone sees and talks about - and what nobody sees and nobody talks about. Pass it on.
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 14/08/2026
a very important point from @tomsteyerhq.bsky.social about the Iran War, drones, and the vulnerability of the world’s fossil fuel economy
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 14/08/2026
it is miraculous that @abdulelsayed.bsky.social is this close in the polls considering what he just withstood
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 14/08/2026
Michael LaRosa is all over Fox News purporting to speak for Democrats while trying to help MAGA destroy @abdulelsayed.bsky.social, which could prevent Dems from taking back the Senate. When he's on TV, they aren't disclosing what he does for a living. I pointed that out, and then LaRosa freaked.
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 08/08/2026
imagine writing this and then still confidently depicting yourself as an expert on electability imagine being an editor or TV booker, reading these essays, and then still deciding that these are going to be the electability “experts” that you continue to platform
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 08/08/2026
IMO this is the rational, dispassionate way to think about “electability”
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 07/08/2026
immediately after publicly pledging to solely focus on fighting Trump, corporate Democrats’ front group @thirdway.bsky.social announced it is launching a $15 million campaign against populist Democrats who are fighting Trump
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 06/08/2026
I was invited on @cbsnews.com & used the opportunity to discuss how Dem voters are enraged at Dem leaders & how that's boosting the party's populist wing. For the first time ever, corporate Dems are losing some of their power to buy their party's primaries - which is freaking them out.
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 06/08/2026
James Talarico is now recounting what @levernews.com unearthed in MASTER PLAN. Amazing. Find the book and podcast at masterplanpodcast.com - and pass it on.
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 06/08/2026
In 2024, @levernews.com unearthed the secret 50-year plot to legalize corruption in America. Two years later, our podcast & book MASTER PLAN did not just win the National Press Club Award — what we unearthed and exposed is now a central theme in the 2026 election. Watch @jamestalarico.bsky.social
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 02/08/2026
"The people who think our healthcare system should be less about health or care & more about monetizing you because you get sick think they get to decide who your next senator is going to be. That’s what’s dangerous." - @abdulelsayed.bsky.social tonight on Dem & GOP elites calling him "dangerous"
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 31/07/2026
Stevens' final argument in the primary is that corruption - including Big Money's effort to buy her a Senate seat - is merely an esoteric "educated issue" that has nothing to do with corrupt lawmakers creating corrupt policies fueling the affordability crisis
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 30/07/2026
In 2020, we launched @levernews.com from scratch, with the idea that an unserved audience is sick of corporate media & craving independent accountability journalism. 6 years later, I’m thrilled we’re being recognized by the Associated Press as part of a growing independent media ecosystem.
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 27/07/2026
As oligarchy makes sure almost nobody can afford literally anything, The Economist remains steadfastly committed to depicting billionaires as the wrongly persecuted heroes
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