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8/20/2024
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YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Press A Button, Get A Human
Plus, natural gas projects lose steam, taxing millionaires nets billions, a financial app pays up, and customers wise up to corporate greed. YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Press A Button, Get A Human By Jean Yi •
8/20/2024
2 : 14
LEVER WEEKLY: The Secret Plot Against America
We launched our explosive new podcast series and more from The Lever this week. LEVER WEEKLY: The Secret Plot Against America By The Lever • 18 Aug 2024 View in browser View in browser This is Lever
8/20/2024
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Harris Has To Decide: Senate Decorum Or Working-Class Policy
Harris capitulated to niceties rather than help workers — will she act differently now? In the past, Vice President Kamala Harris capitulated to Senate decorum rather than deliver working-class wins —
8/12/2024
11 : 34
Will Harris Vibes Deliver Walz Policy?
The Democratic ticket offers vagueness, corporate ties, and now laudable prairie populism. What will the agenda actually be? Will the elevation of VP pick Tim Walz add prairie populist policy to the
8/11/2024
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LEVER WEEKLY: Everyone’s Doing The Walz
Harris chooses her running mate, corporate domination plays out in our skies and on our screens, and more from The Lever this week. LEVER WEEKLY: Everyone's Doing The Walz By The Lever • 11 Aug
8/10/2024
13 : 14
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: StubHub Gets A Ticket To Court
Plus, Google takes a hit, an electric utility compensates wildfire victims, homeowners get thousands to use less energy, and Ohio touches grass. YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: StubHub Gets A Ticket To Court By
8/9/2024
20 : 4
It’s Go Time (with a big discount)
As election winds shift, we need your help to ensure the power players behind the scenes are held accountable. As the 2024 campaign heats up, we, too, are not going back — which is why we need you to
8/9/2024
11 : 44
The American Roots Of The World’s Right-Wing Nationalism
On Lever Time, journalist Zack Beauchamp explains how an anti-democratic tradition that began in the US has spread to right-wing governments around the world. 🎧 LISTEN NOW:The American Roots Of The
8/8/2024
18 : 54
Are White Nationalists Behind The GOP’s Worker Surveillance Push?
A nonprofit with hate group ties is using a major GOP apparatus to push a controversial employee verification system to crush immigration. As the GOP's immigration platform becomes ever more
8/7/2024
11 : 44
Life After The Googleopoly
A federal judge ruled Google violated antitrust laws to maintain its search-engine monopoly — what happens now? Thanks to a monumental court decision, Google's control of the web is ending. So what
8/6/2024
14 : 14
Vance Backed Attempts To Gut Dozens of Biden Rules
The vice presidential pick attempted to kill a slate of government protections under an obscure federal law — hinting at the GOP's corporate vision for the next presidency. A second Trump
8/5/2024
14 : 44
CORRECTION: Airlines Are Still Fighting To Keep Your Money
Airlines turned a new chapter in their ongoing battle against automatic refunds. A previous version of this email featured an incorrect story. The correct report is now found below. Airlines haven'
8/5/2024
13 : 24
Airlines Are Still Fighting To Keep Your Money
In a new letter to regulators, airlines announced their opposition to a provision of the automatic refund policy, potentially setting up a larger legal battle. Airlines haven't given up trying to
8/4/2024
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LEVER WEEKLY: When Big Oil Kills Your Family
Advocates are charging Big Oil for climate-related deaths, and more from The Lever this week. LEVER WEEKLY: When Big Oil Kills Your Family By The Lever • 4 Aug 2024 View in browser View in browser This
8/3/2024
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YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Game On For Workers
Plus, cancer-causing chemicals might get banned, landlords can't use tech to jack up rent, and climate-minded investors win a legal battle. YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Game On For Workers By Jean Yi • 3
8/2/2024
11 : 34
How Harris Left Medicare For All Behind
Kamala Harris once championed a true universal health care plan, only to walk it back. Now, nobody knows where she stands. Vice President and presumed Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris once
8/1/2024
11 : 34
J.D. Vance Fought Health Protections For Steelworkers And Their Communities
The Republican VP nominee pressured regulators to weaken limits on cancer-causing emissions from steel industry manufacturing. Ohio Senator JD Vance quietly threw his constituents' health under the
7/31/2024
11 : 34
Welcome To The Crypto Election
The crypto industry is spending big money on the election to sway policy in their favor — and this is what they want. Crypto isn't being cryptic anymore. They're spending millions on the
7/30/2024
19 : 24
Who’s Incogni?
What Incogni can do for you and why they're our sponsor. You may have seen Incogni in our recent newsletters — they're our sponsor this month. While we remain steadfastly reader-supported, we
7/30/2024
11 : 34
Toxic Harvest
New research finds pesticides may be as bad for you as smoking — so why is Congress poised to shield the industry from liability? A troubling new study has found that agricultural pesticides are