LEVER WEEKLY: “Today’s Political Class Doesn’t Even Know What They Don’t Know.”

By The Lever • 24 Sept 2023

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President Joe Biden (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) and a federal cyber security analyst (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill).

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**What The Lever Reported This Week:**

• The Missing Inflation Data — The Biden administration is getting bad data and bad advice — but there’s a way out.

• @BigBrother Is Following You — Inside ShadowDragon, the tool that lets immigration agents track expectant mothers and online gamers.

• LEFT WONDERING: Time To Rebrand Climate Change? — Reintroducing Left Wondering with Joel Stein, an advice column on how to lead an ethical life in an increasingly unethical world.

• YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Building A Greener Tomorrow Today — Biden announces a youth climate corps, while California makes it easier to fix your gadgets and the government comes for Amazon.

Stuff To Watch Or Listen To:

• LEVER TIME: The Serious Science Of Extraterrestrial Research — David Sirota speaks with Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb about the controversial field of extraterrestrial research.

• Top Obama-Biden Dems Lobby To Kill Wealth Tax On Country's Super Rich — Julia Rock appears on Rising to discuss “Top Dems Press Supreme Court To Block Billionaire Tax.”

• UAW Strike Demands Fairness for Workers While U.S. Automakers spend billions on Stock Buybacks — Lucy Dean Stockton appears on the Counterpoint radio show to discuss “Automakers Hand Billions to Shareholders While Stiffing Workers.”

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YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Building A Greener Tomorrow Today

Saturday, September 23, 2023

Biden announces a youth climate corps, while California makes it easier to fix your gadgets and the government comes for Amazon. YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Building A Greener Tomorrow Today By Lucy Dean

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Friday, September 22, 2023

Reintroducing Left Wondering with Joel Stein — an advice column on how to lead an ethical life in an increasingly unethical world. We are excited to re-introduce Left Wondering, our advice column on

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Thursday, September 21, 2023

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The Missing Inflation Data

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

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@BigBrother Is Following You

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Inside ShadowDragon, the tool that lets immigration agents track expectant mothers and online gamers. The government is watching our online activities, and now we know how. In today's featured