LEVER TIME: America’s Top Gun Problem (also, Elisabeth Epps vs. Corporate Interests)

In the new episode of our weekly podcast Lever Time, David explores the unholy alliance between Hollywood and the Pentagon and its creation of the “military-entertainment complex,” as exemplified by the new mega-blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick.

In addition:

• We report on how the Biden administration is hiking the price of Medicare premiums and funneling the money to private insurers.

• In light of corporate interests flooding Democratic primaries with campaign cash, David sits down with Elisabeth Epps — a progressive candidate running for a house seat in the Colorado legislature — to talk about the monied interests attempting to crush her campaign.

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