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The Lever
• Joel Warner
Before Big Tech researchers warned of a superintelligence doomsday, 2028 hopeful Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) vetoed a bill that would have made AI “kill switches” mandatory.
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Joe Crowley resurfaced on CNN to champion centrist Democrats — without dwelling on his lucrative second act representing corporate interests.
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• Freddy Brewster
New Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh ignored the U.S. central bank’s own research when he said AI’s economic impacts are unknown.
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• Veronica Riccobene
Democrats’ identity crisis is on full display as the California governor soft-launches his campaign for president.
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Democrats get fracked, your pension gets played, and more from The Lever this week.
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• Lyna Bentahar
A local ballot goes global, Flock gets the bird, a corporate protection plan gets burned, and your paycheck scores a win.
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Deluzio, a populist Democratic PA congressman, told The Lever it’s gotten so bad he might try to primary his state’s senior senator in 2028.
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• Katya Schwenk
New Hampshire GOP Senate hopeful John Sununu oversaw product safety and FDA communications at Boston Scientific as it fought to keep pelvic mesh on the market amid mounting lawsuits.
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• Luke Goldstein
New Hampshire congressional candidate Maura Sullivan worked for a biotech giant accused of using “shell” customers to inflate its business — and its executives are now campaign donors.
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• Lyna Bentahar
Test your knowledge of eyes in the sky, national parks, and other issues that really matter.
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• Katya Schwenk
Trump’s SEC is moving to let Wall Street firms fund the politicians who decide where your retirement savings are invested.
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• Jonathan Easley
The chasm within the Democratic Party is growing wider.
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• Freddy Brewster
The architect of Trump’s AI plan now warns that autonomous machines could build their own corporations and societies — and humans may be unable to stop them.
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• David Sirota
Democrats haven’t won a U.S. Senate seat in Maine since 1988 — but Republican incumbent Sen. Susan Collins isn’t out of the woods yet.
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• Veronica Riccobene
Dems swore off corporate cash. Their PACs found a loophole.
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• Freddy Brewster
Massachusetts voters need more than a fresh face — they want someone with a strong record of fighting on their behalf.
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• Emily Carmichael
While slamming President Donald Trump’s overreach, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told The Lever “we must use the tools of the office.”
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• Jonathan Easley
Shortly before the Grand Canyon flooded, Trump sent disaster response personnel to D.C.
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• Freddy Brewster
Trump reassigned 300 National Park Service emergency responders to golf course and reflecting-pool renovations before the Grand Canyon flooded.
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• Veronica Riccobene
CEOs at the lowest-paying corporations made roughly 614 times more than their median worker in 2025.
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• Luke Goldstein
Former Rep. Max Rose helps lead an influential network intervening in Democratic primaries — while quietly advising a tech-funded political operation targeting AI regulation.
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Suspiciously timed donations, corporate double agents, and more from The Lever this week.
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• Lyna Bentahar
Meta loses its screen privileges, a toxic weedkiller is toast, voters block a cash grab, and Trump’s trans-healthcare-records heist hits a wall.
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• Freddy Brewster
Seth Moulton once called progressive populism a recipe for losing. Now he’s asking Wall Street financiers to help him claim the progressive mantle.
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• Lyna Bentahar
Test your knowledge of tariffs, AIPAC, and other issues that really matter.
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• Katya Schwenk
How a front for fossil fuel is using affordability fears, former Democratic officials, and dubious polling to turn establishment Democrats against the climate left.
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• Veronica Riccobene
Trump has a 300,000-ton cattle problem. Plus, a federal judge tells Texans offended by drag shows: “Just don’t go.”
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• David Sirota
We peel back the curtain on one billionaire’s effort to move the Democratic Party more to the center during this midterm season and the upcoming presidential season.
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• Veronica Riccobene
A Hasan Piker controversy has rocked Michigan’s critical Senate race — and the “centrist” wing of the party is capitalizing on the chaos.
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• Freddy Brewster
AI-linked donors poured $2 million into Republican Joe Lombardo’s reelection campaign as he championed data centers that could consume enough water for 150,000 households.
