LEVER WEEKLY: Finally, A Third Party For Billionaires

What The Lever Reported This Week:

• New GOP Bill Would Curb Biden’s Power To Fight Climate Change — Republicans are trying to thwart the president’s power to declare a climate emergency amid record-breaking heat.

• Insurers Exploit Climate Crisis To Gut Consumer Protections — To keep covering homes amid the ravages of climate change, big insurance companies want California to slash its landmark price-gouging rules.

• Workers Demand The Jordan Rule That Amazon Touted — The studio’s recent film valorized the “you eat, we eat” principle that Hollywood conglomerates are now opposing.

• When John Roberts Tried To Take Power From The Courts — The Supreme Court’s chief justice was once eager to strip away power from a liberal judiciary. Now, he’s guarding the high court’s power.

• YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Illinois Abolishes The Cash-Bail Trap — Good things are happening! Illinois takes the lead on curbing pretrial discrimination, the EPA gets serious about lead poisoning, incarcerated students regain access to federal aid, and another college ends legacy admissions.

Stuff To Watch Or Listen To:

• LEVER TIME: The Do-Or-Die Stakes Of The Hollywood Strikes — David Sirota sits down with a writers guild member to dig into the ongoing Hollywood writers and actors strike.

• MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: Dr. Strangelove (w/ Matthew Cunningham-Cook) — The MVC team discusses Stanley Kubrick’s timeless Cold War-era satire.

• LEVER TIME PREMIUM: Investing Against Climate Change — On this week’s bonus episode, we speak with the Gen Z creators of Climatize.

Thank You To Our 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.

• Laurie Litman: “The role of media should be to afflict the rich and powerful (paraphrasing Mr Dooley)—thank you, The Lever, for doing your job well.”

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