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The Lever
• Emily Carmichael
An assault-rifle manufacturer helped Collins land a job after a failed gubernatorial campaign. She later backed legislation shielding gunmakers from lawsuits.
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• Lyna Bentahar
Test your knowledge of broken pledges, corporate landlords, and other issues that really matter.
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• Lindsay Owens
A decade of filings reveals technology that could instantly change prices based on what’s in your cart, your perceived personality, and even the specifics of your car.
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• David Sirota
Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney reveals what he learned after years of researching and reporting on the world’s richest person.
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Former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh on why he backed Trump, how the Tea Party became MAGA, and why Democrats should stop fearing their own base.
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• Steve Friess
Pro-Israel Democrats oppose the Michigan Democrat’s views, yes. But they also fear his election would make them politically irrelevant.
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• Veronica Riccobene
Republican Senate hopeful Mike Rogers (Mich.) dropped a six-figure investment in the nation’s biggest landlord while Blackstone hiked students’ rent and leaned into evictions.
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• Veronica Riccobene
The Texas Democratic hopeful has been slippery about his fossil fuel commitments.
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• Veronica Riccobene
Corporate water providers charge customers hundreds more annually than households connected to public systems, according to a new analysis.
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• Veronica Riccobene
Everything’s bigger in Texas — even the political upsets.
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• Jared Jacang Maher
Michael Bennet And Josh Shapiro On Why It’s Time For Democrats To “Get Shit Done.”
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• Veronica Riccobene
The same man who improperly published names of Epstein’s potential victims will oversee the nation’s spy network and artificial intelligence policy.
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• Morgan Harper
Corporate sponsors have long bankrolled Washington’s premier Black political event. A new wave of leaders is finally calling them out.
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Toxic waste skips town, neocons cross party lines, Wall Street pockets your interest, and more from The Lever this week.
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• David Sirota
On the defensive, Sarah Longwell says there’s no evidence Democrats’ alliance with Liz Cheney hurt Kamala Harris. Swing-state polling says otherwise.
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• Lyna Bentahar
A compromised justice gets benched, Dolly Parton gets an encore, vape waste gets smoked, and Kalshi makes a bad bet.
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• Lyna Bentahar
Test your knowledge of PSAs, forever chemicals, and other issues that really matter.
The Lever
• David Sirota
Cal Newport looks beyond the doomsday predictions and tackles some of the thorniest questions about AI – how it’s changing the way we work, think, and live.
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• David Sirota
The former GOP operatives behind The Bulwark helped sell Democrats a losing strategy. Now they’re positioning themselves to shape the party’s 2028 nominee.
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• Veronica Riccobene
Department of Governmental Efficiency teams are ignoring watchdog requests for information about their access to Americans’ personal data.
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• Freddy Brewster
A quiet rule change could signal “the end of independent financial regulators” just as the SEC prepares to deregulate crypto, mega-IPOs, and corporate governance.
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• Veronica Riccobene
“I can walk and chew gum at the same time,” said New Mexico gubernatorial candidate Deb Haaland.
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• Maia Siegel
A landmark settlement confronts decades of PFAS pollution — but not the corporate system that keeps moving the toxic waste elsewhere.
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• David Sirota
One of Wall Street’s biggest firms just acknowledged that paying depositors fairly could threaten the entire financial system.
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• Jared Jacang Maher
The Maryland senator says Congress has surrendered too much power to the president — and he knows what Democrats should do about it.
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• Veronica Riccobene
Banks earn billions by paying depositors as little as possible. Now Wall Street fears AI could disrupt the arrangement.
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• Veronica Riccobene
The White House has issued a taxpayer-funded “PSA” that looks a lot like a repurposed MAGA campaign advertisement.
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• Katya Schwenk
As David Sacks pushed Trump to reject AI safeguards, his venture capital firm invested in AI startups and is now raising a new $1 billion fund.
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Silicon Valley’s rogue agents, a bad Hollywood ending, and more from The Lever this week.
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• Katya Schwenk
An unprecedented lawsuit from Iranian-American families challenges Trump’s ability to wage war without Congress.
