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4/16/2024
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Handing Taxpayers The Climate Cleanup Bill
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Democratic legislative leaders nix a landmark proposal that would have made Hochul's fossil fuel donors pay for their pollution. New York had a chance to make Big Oil
4/15/2024
11 : 34
The Defense Industry’s Inside Man In The Pacific Arms Race
A Biden envoy shaped defense policy in the Pacific islands while consulting for a private firm with major interests in the region. When a Biden envoy negotiated new, far-reaching agreements with the
4/14/2024
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LEVER WEEKLY: Bad Water
From private equity groups hollowing out nursing homes to Pfizer's bold tax-free year, here's all the news from The Lever this week. LEVER WEEKLY: Bad Water By The Lever • 14 Apr 2024 View in
4/13/2024
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YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Protecting The Youngest Workers
Plus, signs of hope emerge in the WikiLeaks case, retirement savings land in better hands, the power grid gets more reliable, and transgender people could score safer workplaces. YOU LOVE TO SEE IT:
4/13/2024
8 : 24
Exxon Declares War On Its Dissenters
The fossil fuel giant is suing investors to intimidate them from ever trying to influence corporate decisions. ExxonMobil recently launched an unprecedented lawsuit against two investment firms that
4/13/2024
8 : 14
SIROTA’S SIGNALS: Ted Cruz Is A Corruption Cartoon
Plus, JPMorgan screams the quiet part about health care, Larry Hogan feels the heat from The Lever, and SCOTUS gets even more corporate. SIROTA'S SIGNALS: Ted Cruz Is A Corruption Cartoon By David
4/13/2024
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Pfizer’s Massive Tax Dodge
The pharma giant previously received billions in federal funding and raked in huge profits, but owes nothing in 2023 income taxes thanks to legal loopholes and Trump-era tax cuts. As Americans scramble
4/9/2024
19 : 24
A Water Wrongdoer’s Revenge
A California lawmaker wants to dismantle the Clean Water Act protections that he was fined for violating. After being fined more than a million dollars for damaging protected wetlands on his massive
4/8/2024
11 : 34
Where Nursing Homes Hide Their Profits
While industry leaders plead poverty to fight a proposed staffing standard, private equity owners are funneling cash into their affiliated real estate and management firms. As regulators attempt to
4/7/2024
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LEVER WEEKLY: Why Are Biden’s Economic Poll Numbers So Bad?
Economic policy has been erased from the political discourse, which is a problem for Biden — and for democracy. LEVER WEEKLY: Why Are Biden's Economic Poll Numbers So Bad? By David Sirota • 7 Apr
4/6/2024
13 : 4
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Freight Trains Score Safety In Stereo
Plus, Maui fire survivors score vital aid, Amazon is forced to embrace its employees, and Congressional winds shift against corporate mergers. YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Freight Trains Score Safety In Stereo
4/5/2024
11 : 34
The New War Over Generic Drugs
Why are generic drugmakers fighting a plan to let them make more medicines? Why is the generic drug industry suddenly fighting an initiative to allow for more lower-priced generic drugs? As Helen
4/4/2024
19 : 14
SIROTA’S SIGNALS: Cheeseburgers vs. Water
Plus, a single graph explains Boeing's crisis, Apple tries to censor its regulator, and Wall Street data debunks the GOP's anti-ESG crusade. SIROTA'S SIGNALS: Cheeseburgers vs. Water By
4/3/2024
11 : 44
The Supreme Court May Give Us Another 2008 Financial Crisis
A new case could decimate state-level consumer protections against predatory banking practices. The Supreme Court is considering a little-covered case that could strip away meaningful state regulations
4/2/2024
11 : 34
Big Oil Could Help Shipowner Avoid Liability For Bridge Collapse
The company linked to the Baltimore disaster aims to use a 173-year-old “Titanic Law” to avoid paying big damages — after fossil fuel and other industries lobbied to stop reforms. The company that owns
4/1/2024
11 : 34
Hogan Pressed For Bigger Ships, Despite Safety Warnings
Maryland's former governor-turned-Senate candidate championed mega-ships like the one that destroyed the Baltimore bridge. The Maryland US Senate candidate who just called for the feds to pay to
3/31/2024
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LEVER WEEKLY: Cargo-Ship Catastrophes And Secret Police Slush Funds
From illegal activity at the shipping giant behind the Baltimore disaster to dark-money donations funding police weaponry, here's all the news from The Lever this week. LEVER WEEKLY: Cargo-Ship
3/30/2024
13 : 14
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Paid Vacation
Plus, big electric utilities face heat, decarbonization projects take off, feds crack down on corporate misconduct, and Biden's new judge nominee is blasted for her hedge-fund past. YOU LOVE TO SEE
3/29/2024
11 : 34
The Police Have A Dark Money Slush Fund
Corporate interests are funneling far more money to law enforcement than previously known — often with scant oversight. Police are receiving hundreds of millions of dollars a year in secret funding
3/28/2024
11 : 34
SIROTA’S SIGNALS: This Graph Explains The Discontent
Plus, a nonprofit health care system secretly becomes a debt collector, regulators may help you find cheaper credit cards, and Big Tech's plan to keep preying on kids. SIROTA'S SIGNALS: This