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Hannah Levintova

@h-lev.bsky.social

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Special Projects Editor & reporter at Mother Jones focused on business investigations. Spreadsheets are my love language. hlevintova@motherjones.com, DM for Signal.

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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Pay-to-play schemes were a way for private equity firms to tap into public pension funds. They may soon be back, reports @h-lev.bsky.social:

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The SEC wants to scrap a key anti-corruption rule targeting private equity

Pay-to-play schemes were a way for firms to tap into public pension funds. They may soon be back.

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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

So proud of my amazing @revealnews.org colleagues for winning *3* Edward R. Murrow Awards, and especially @h-lev.bsky.social and @acleek.bsky.social for their deep-diving work on "The Landlord Gutting American Hospitals" revealnews.org/podcast/medi...

The real estate company gutting America’s hospitals—and making bank

A real estate company buys up hospitals and then leases them back to health care systems. Dozens of its hospitals have gone bankrupt.

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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

*Do not miss* this infuriating new investigation by @h-lev.bsky.social and @acleek.bsky.social, who have relentlessly reported how profit-driven health care is making a select few rich—while putting patients at extreme risk

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A for-profit hospital slashed costs. Then a patient froze to death on its roof.

A little-known company grew on promises to save distressed hospitals. Instead, it sunk them into financial chaos.

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

9/ But AHS is not another “profits over patients” story. It is the logical conclusion of health care’s long-running transformation into a seductive asset. Where hospitals have become slot machines for speculative investment—while patients find it ever harder to access good care.

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

8/ All this might sound so familiar that its almost forgettable: A group of financiers takes over hospitals, leeches cash from them, and gets rich in the process.

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

7/ Today, one of AHS’s hospitals has already closed, and its Illinois hospitals are on the brink of foreclosure. All this while Sarian summers in Cannes, flies on a private jet, owns several mansions, and reportedly used company funds to host his infant son’s baptism at the Beverly Wilshire hotel.

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

6/ AHS CEO Michael Sarian has a long history of leaving bills unpaid. A hospital he ran in the 90s went bankrupt two years into his leadership. He then ran a California mall jewelry chain that skipped out on rent, stiffed suppliers, and also went bankrupt, owing about $6.4 million.

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

5/ AHS and its subsidiaries have also accrued an astronomical amount of unpaid bills. More than $116 million in taxes in Illinois alone. At least $65 million for everything from medical equipment to patient linens, according to claims in >100 lawsuits—a new one is filed nearly weekly at this point.

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

4/ Instead, AHS has slashed staffing and cut departments: At the Waukegan hospital, they furloughed nearly 80 employees a week before the patient ended up on the roof.

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

3/ As it turned out, AHS is a young company. In just six years, it has grown from a small office building in an LA suburb to manage 18 facilities in six states, usually by making big promises to revitalize distressed hospitals. In a lot of places, those promises have not come to be.

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

2/ Our initial searching led us to something shocking: In January 2025, a 28-year-old patient had frozen to death on the roof of an AHS hospital in Waukegan, Illinois. This tragedy felt unfathomable. How does something like that happen at—of all places—a hospital?

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

1/ Last summer, @acleek.bsky.social and I started getting emails from staffers of a company called American Healthcare Systems. They told us that their hospitals were in financial chaos and that they were struggling to care for patients. So we started digging: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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A for-profit hospital slashed costs. Then a patient froze to death on its roof.

A little-known company grew on promises to save distressed hospitals. Instead, it sunk them into financial chaos.

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

When my brilliant colleague @julialurie.bsky.social took out her IUD, she felt happier than she had in years. In true Julia fashion, this sparked an investigation: about birth control, mental health, and the work by scientists who are scrutinizing birth control to improve it: bit.ly/3SPQsMf

Did birth control make my depression worse?

What I wish I'd known about my IUD.

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

!!! what library is this happening at?!

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Tim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

bill pulte? the anti-poverty crusader? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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What was Bill Pulte’s charity really funding with this mystery donation?

It gave $65,000 to a nonprofit that records suggest is an LLC linked to Trump's legal defense.

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Senators @warren.senate.gov and @wyden.senate.gov wrote to Pulte and his charity demanding answers. They wrote that our story raises “serious concerns that Team Pulte Inc. may have illegally funneled cash out of a charity to support President Trump.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Senators demand Bill Pulte explain allegations from Mother Jones story

Our reporting uncovered a strange donation made by Pulte's charity.

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Third: With @dfriedman.bsky.social, we uncovered a mysterious $65,000 donation from Pulte’s charity that appears to have been an effort to quietly funnel money to the legal defense of Trump, disguised as charity to poor: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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What was Bill Pulte’s charity really funding with this mystery donation?

It gave $65,000 to a nonprofit that records suggest is an LLC linked to Trump's legal defense.

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Second: The bizarre tale of Pulte’s investment in a memecoin run by a man facing fraud charges—an influencer whose handle is an ode to Zack Morris from Saved By The Bell. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Bill Pulte promoted a memecoin run by an influencer facing fraud charges

“Getting involved in that space,” said one expert, “is not the best sign of sound financial judgment.”

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

First: After Pulte launched investigations into Trump foes for paperwork errors, I uncovered that he was missing required SEC paperwork of his own. He filed the form the day we published this story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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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.

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Given the news that Trump has just appointed Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence, it feels timely to revisit the three different episodes of financial impropriety by Pulte that I’ve reported on in the just last six months! Let’s recap:/1

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Now it appears to be thriving, all while old Foxtrot's vendors and staffers are still waiting to get paid what they’re owed. /5 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

But within weeks of liquidation, Foxtrot announced that it was reopening. Its new iteration is a virtually identical version of its old self: same name, some same locations, same top executives. /4

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

In 2024, Foxtrot filed for Chapter 7 after conditions at its stores had deteriorated: They’d failed more than a dozen health inspections, started missing bills, and ordered spending freezes. /3

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Chapter 7 is meant for businesses that are shutting down for good. That’s why it affords companies greater breaks on unpaid debts. /2

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

@whatsitlike.me reports on a new tactic favored by venture capital and private equity to shrink debt and walk away from risky investments virtually scot-free: Chapter 7 bankruptcy, using the example of the popular convenience chain, Foxtrot. /1 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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How Venture Capital Benefits From Zombie Bankruptcies

Inside the rise and fall of Foxtrot, a popular convenience chain that liquidated—and then reopened a near carbon copy of itself.

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I know there is a lot happening <gestures wildly at all this> but we should all be worried that America's main Wall Street watchdog quietly announced last week that it is prosecuting way fewer financial crimes: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Trump's SEC is going after fewer Wall Street crimes

The agency released long-delayed data that confirmed a steep drop in enforcement.

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

@dfriedman.bsky.social and I recently published a story about a mysterious donation by Bill Pulte's charity that might have been funneling money to help Donald Trump. Today @warren.senate.gov and @wyden.senate.gov are demanding answers from Pulte himself: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Senators demand Bill Pulte explain allegations from Mother Jones story

Our reporting uncovered a strange donation made by Pulte's charity.

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

And because I will never ever stop loving print—read it here: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

My @motherjones.com investigation with Fault Lines into deadly births at Steward's for-profit hospitals just got nominated for an Emmy?! I'm still in awe that @atwaheed.bsky.social @lailaalarian.bsky.social took a chance on turning this into film. Watch it here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXkE...

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Nothing to see here!

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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Why did Bill Pulte's charity give $65,000 to a supposed nonprofit, "One World Love LLC," that doesn't seem to exist? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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What was Bill Pulte’s charity really funding with this mystery donation?

It gave $65,000 to a nonprofit that records suggest is an LLC linked to Trump's legal defense.

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

From me and @dfriedman.bsky.social: Why did Bill Pulte’s charity give $65K to a nonprofit that doesn’t seem to exist? The recipient may actually be an LLC with ties to Trump’s lawyers. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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What was Bill Pulte’s charity really funding with this mystery donation?

It gave $65,000 to a nonprofit that records suggest is an LLC linked to Trump's legal defense.

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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

SCOOP from @h-lev.bsky.social + @dfriedman.bsky.social: In 2023, Bill Pulte's charity donated $65K to a nonprofit called One World Love LLC. But records show One World Love is tied to a law firm that represented Trump in his efforts to prove election fraud and avoid paying damages after January 6.

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What was Bill Pulte’s charity really funding with this mystery donation?

It gave $65,000 to a nonprofit that records suggest is an LLC linked to Trump's legal defense.

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Tresasury Sec Scott Bessent just told the House Financial Services Committee that there will be a Super Bowl ad this weekend for the new Trump accounts for babies. Who is paying for that pricey commercial?

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

A secret family office is quite something. Wow.

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Wow, this story. It is so telling of the news landscape we live in that a not-so-mini bank bailout seems to be happening as we speak and...almost no one has noticed.

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I am so thrilled and grateful to get this funding from the McGraw business journalism fellowship @newmarkjplus.bsky.social to keep reporting on for-profit healthcare with @acleek.bsky.social ! www.journalism.cuny.edu/2026/01/inve...

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Eight Journalists Win Investigative Reporting Grants from Newmark J-School - Newmark J-School

Eight veteran journalists have been named the latest recipients of the McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism.

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I talked to @jasonfurman.bsky.social about the Trump admin's decision to launch a first-in-history criminal inquiry into Fed chair Jay Powell—and what happened in other countries when leaders compromised central bank independence. (Tl;dr it wasn't good!) www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Why you should care about Trump’s war on the Fed

"Jay Powell is not corrupt. The people prosecuting him are."

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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 06/01/2026

The administration is freezing $10B in child care and anti-poverty funding in five states—putting care for hundreds of thousands of working-class families at risk. Cuts or delays this large will strain providers, disrupt quality care for children, and could force working parents out of their jobs.

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

YES. Thayer Street businesses need our $ right now and East Side Pockets is the absolute GOAT. My go-to order is a gyro-falafel combo wrap! Also low-key the best waffle fries in Providence.

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Antonia Noori Farzan @antoniafarzan.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Providence people - I’m working on a story about how residents first learned about the Brown shooting. Word of mouth, social media, official alerts? Feel free to DM me if you’re willing to share your experience (would need to use your full name)

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Thank you Phil!

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Thank you! And what an incredible photo

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Antonia Noori Farzan @antoniafarzan.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

may be biased because she's a friend, but this piece by @h-lev.bsky.social is the best piece I've read summing up the mood in Providence right now www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Watching Providence retreat into itself after the Brown shooting

What it's like when this uniquely American horror arrives in your city.

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

And if I may—I deliberately put a lot of links to local coverage into this piece, from The Providence Journal especially. In moments like these, please read and subscribe to the local journalists doing this work! www.providencejournal.com/live-story/n...

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Search for Brown University shooting continues into 5th day. Live updates

Canvassing is expected to be ongoing today in Providence as the search continues for the Brown University shooter.

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Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

The longer that the Brown shooter goes un-caught, the more room there will be for the spread of conspiracy theories, misinformation, AI junk, and all manner of racist/xenophobic speculation. This worries me. And we're already seeing it.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

A lovely, sad, and haunting piece about Providence and Brown University—before and after the shooting—from @h-lev.bsky.social.

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Watching Providence retreat into itself after the Brown shooting

What it's like when this uniquely American horror arrives in your city.

Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

As a Brown alum and Providence resident, I have been trying to find the right words to capture the vast grief layered across this community and the people who love it. In the end, I’m not sure if it’s really, fully possible to articulate. But I tried: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Watching Providence retreat into itself after the Brown shooting

What it's like when this uniquely American horror arrives in your city.

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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Why does it matter that Pulte promoted $ZACK to his 3 million followers on X? As one expert told @h-lev.bsky.social, "The only people who make money are the people who usually get in before the coin is even launched.”

Poppy Alexander, an attorney who specializes in matters that involve cutting-edge financial frauds, including those involving cryptocurrency, said that niche memecoins are almost always pump-and-dump schemes: “The only people who make money are the people who usually get in before the coin is even launched.” A report from crypto-tracking company Solidus Labs published this year echoes this assessment: It found that 98.6 percent of the memecoins launched on the exchange where $ZACK was started were pump-and-dump schemes.