• The Democrat Who Picks Fights With Bad Guys — Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro is a Ted Lasso-style politician who does the one thing most Dems never do: He names the villains.
• The Midterm Issue No One’s Talking About — As voters push to prioritize climate change and fossil fuels spend big on key races, less than one percent of election ads are focused on the environment.
• Corporate Power Is On The Ballot In Minnesota — The attorney general race between Keith Ellison and Jim Schultz could shape consumer rights litigation across the country.
• Low-Profile Arizona Elections Have Big Climate And Democracy Impacts — A race for a little-known commission and an anti-dark money ballot initiative have huge stakes for the country and planet.
• Leonard Leo’s Next Move — The conservative activist’s new group is attacking Iowa’s Democratic attorney general for leading a consumer protection group.
• In Climate Change-Ravaged Florida, Ron DeSantis’ Insurance Giveaway — The governor and his GOP colleagues quietly shielded their insurance donors from bad faith lawsuits — at the cost of homeowners facing record levels of property damage.
• Summer Lee Plans To Keep Fighting Forward — David Sirota interviews Summer Lee, a progressive Democrat running for Congress in Pennsylvania, about the pro-Israel super PAC spending millions to stop her.
• LEVER TIME: The Candidate Who Could Single-Handedly Save Democracy — On this bonus episode of Lever Time: David Sirota interviews candidates Summer Lee and Josh Shapiro.
• Wall Street Strikes Back — This election season, the financial industry is proudly funneling cash and running misleading ads to boost its favorite political lackeys.
• The Fed Chair’s November Surprise — Jerome Powell is preparing to crash the economy days before the midterm elections, hurting workers and ushering his fellow Republicans into power.
• Real Estate Industry Spends Big To Crush LA “Mansion Tax” — Corporate real estate interests, like Douglas Emmett, have come out in full force to try and defeat a ballot measure to hike taxes on multimillion-dollar property sales.
• ELECTION INSIDER: Big Oil’s Midterm Meddling — In five minutes, we’ll tell you what you need to know about the low-profile — but high-stakes — races fossil fuel interests are trying to rig.
• The “Shoot Now Pay Later” Gun Financier Backing Nevada’s Adam Laxalt — The GOP Senate candidate, Adam Laxalt, received maxed-out contributions from executives of a firm that runs controversial financing schemes with the gun manufacturer behind the Las Vegas, Nevada, and Uvalde, Texas, shootings.
• LEVER TIME: Midterm Breakdown (w/ Chris Hayes) — On this week’s Lever Time: David is joined by MSNBC’s Chris Hayes for a midterm deep-dive; and an extensive conversation about the power of persuasion.
• Mastriano & PA GOP Plot War On Workers — The GOP’s Pennsylvania gubernatorial nominee is planning to crush unions if he wins on November 8.
• Budd Got Loans And Cash And Boosted Bank Merger — Before Mass Layoffs — North Carolina GOP Senate nominee Ted Budd helped clear the way for a controversial 2019 bank merger, then took hefty campaign cash and loans from the resulting financial behemoth.
• LEVER TIME: Meet Wall Street’s Most Corrupt Senate Candidate — On this week’s Lever Time: David and The Lever team expose a cartoonishly corrupt senate candidate; and dive deep into how bankruptcy laws are being exploited by corporations.
• Deferring To Donors, Dems Ignore Their Cautionary Tale — In 2014, the party learned pro-choice messaging can’t replace economic populism. That lesson is being ignored in deference to big money.
• Ted Budd Aided Donors Trying To Bypass Predatory Lending Laws — Documents show Ted Budd, the North Carolina GOP Senate candidate, pressed regulators to let his Wall Street donors get around predatory lending laws.
• Dems Barely Messaging On Economic Issues — Republicans are spending Democrats into the ground on economic issues and inflation.
• Will Louisiana Finally Get Its First Black Senator? — The Lever’s Sirota interviews Gary Chambers, a progressive Democrat running for a U.S. Senate seat in Louisiana.
• A $21 Million Anti-Abortion Ad Blitz In Michigan — Polls show strong support for a Michigan abortion-rights ballot measure as conservatives outspend pro-choice groups two to one.
• Meet The Saudi Lobbyist Targeting John Fetterman — A lobbyist-led super PAC just went on the air with attacks on Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman.
• GOP Governors Raising Cash Off Migrant Abuse — The Republican Governors Association ads ask: “Where should GOP governors send Biden’s buses of illegal immigrants?”
• LEVER TIME: Ron DeSantis’ Worst Nightmare (w/ Charlie Crist) — On Lever Time, we talk to the Democrat who polls show could defeat the Florida Republican governor in 2022.
• ELECTION INSIDER: Who’s Buying The Midterms? — In just five minutes, we’ll tell you what you need to know about the biggest political donors this election season.

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