LEVER WEEKLY: This Is What Biden Says Is A “Big Win”

Stuff The Lever Reported This Week:

• Debt Deal Gives Fossil Fuel Lobby A Legal Shield — Industry donations flowed to key Dem senators just before a major pipeline approval was slipped into the debt ceiling bill.

• The Dark Money Behind Kansas’ Misleading Anti-Abortion Campaign — Tax records show how Leonard Leo’s $1.6 billion dark money network is quietly working to eliminate state abortion protections.

• Adam McKay: 1.5C Is Terrifying But There Is Something We Haven’t Tried — Adam McKay is a film director and producer recently founded Yellow Dot Studios, a media company to fight climate disinformation. Today, he offers a dose of outrage and imagination in the face of dire climate warnings.

• YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Minnesota Is High On Progress — Also, a wealth tax yields crazy high returns, an abandoned oil tanker in Yemen will finally be rescued, a New York pizzeria gets a union, noncompetes take a hit, and more.

Stuff To Watch Or Listen To:

• LEVER TIME: Social Media Is Killing Our Kids — Sen. Chris Murphy Has a Plan — David speaks with U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy about social media’s harmful effects on kids, and the debt ceiling deal.

• MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: The Succession Finale (w/ David Sirota) — Rivka and Frank discuss the series finale of HBO’s Succession.

• LEVER TIME PREMIUM: No Politics But Class Politics — In an exclusive for paid subscribers, David Sirota sits down with political theorist Adolph Reed Jr. to discuss his new book.

• LEVER LIVE: Q&A With Rep. Ro Khanna On House Debt Vote — If you missed our paid subscriber-only live event this week, where U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna took questions about the debt ceiling deal, you can watch a replay on YouTube.

Thank You To Our Newest Lever Leaders:

Lever Leaders provide us with our highest level of support and score additional perks in return.  Each week, we highlight folks who’ve taken that step, and the reasons they say they’ve done so, if they wish to share.

• Barbara D: “My parents were survivors of the Great Depression and raised my sister and me to expect better lives (which we had) but here we are again on a precipice.”

• Christian Ludwig

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