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## Posts
- [Trump Freed Bad Bots](https://www.levernews.com/trump-freed-bad-bots.md) - Before artificial intelligence became a midterms issue, Trump regulators erased consequences for an AI firm linked to fake customer reviews.
- [Big AI’s Favorite Democrats Are Writing The Party’s AI Plan](https://www.levernews.com/big-ais-favorite-democrats-are-writing-the-partys-ai-plan.md) - Hakeem Jeffries’ five-member AI commission is stacked with lawmakers backed by industry super PACs seeking to shape federal policy.
- [Midterm Madness: Money Talks. Macklemore Doesn’t](https://www.levernews.com/midterm-madness-money-talks-macklemore-doesnt.md) - Billionaire Robert Kraft made eyebrow-raising donations before banning the pro-Palestine rapper.
- [AI’s Dela-Win](https://www.levernews.com/ais-dela-win.md) - Delaware's surprisingly powerful attorney general just got one step closer to reelection — with the help of Big Tech.
- [Why Are Dems Touting Their Capture By AI Oligarchs?](https://www.levernews.com/why-are-dems-touting-their-capture-by-ai-oligarchs.md) - Weeks before the midterms, the Democrats’ highest-profile icons are publicly celebrating the AI industry’s revolving-door corruption aiming to infiltrate the party.
- [Cutting Through the AI Doomsday Noise](https://www.levernews.com/cutting-through-the-ai-doomsday-noise.md) - An exclusive conversation in which David Sirota talks with Matt Stoller and Big Tech critic Ed Zitron about whether we’re staring down an AI apocalypse.
- [Cruz-Linked PAC Targets El-Sayed In “Death To America” Ad](https://www.levernews.com/ted-cruz-linked-pac-targets-abdul-el-sayed-in-death-to-america-ad.md) - The group, founded by allies of the Texas senator, spent $90K on an ad featuring the Michigan Democrat laughing next to the words “celebrate 9/11.”
- [Under Cover Of AI Doomsday, Big Tech Is Writing Its Own Rules](https://www.levernews.com/the-ai-doomsday-distraction.md) - Silicon Valley says its machines could destroy humanity. The more immediate danger is letting the people building AI decide how they’re governed.
- [Lever Weekly: Ctrl-Alt-Defeat](https://www.levernews.com/lever-weekly-ctrl-alt-defeat.md) - Silicon Valley goes ballistic, 9/11’s ties to Trump, and more from The Lever this week.
- [THE KINGMAKERS, Ep. 8: The Inheritance](https://www.levernews.com/the-kingmakers-ep-8-the-inheritance.md) - What should the next president do with all the power that Donald Trump leaves behind?
- [You Love To See It: Holy Habitat, Batman!](https://www.levernews.com/you-love-to-see-it-holy-habitat-batman.md) - A judge goes to bat, solidarity does a body good, trans care gets an insurance policy, and buffalo roam free once again.
- [Who Let The Bots Out?](https://www.levernews.com/who-let-the-bots-out.md) - Test your knowledge of the battle for the soul of the Democratic Party, America’s war machine, and other issues that really matter.
- [9/11 Changed America — And Built Trump’s Playbook](https://www.levernews.com/9-11-changed-america-and-built-trumps-playbook.md) - The Lever’s founder reflects on how presidents of both parties turned the War on Terror into a decades-long expansion of White House power
- [Dan Osborn Knows Why Democrats Keep Losing Nebraska](https://www.levernews.com/dan-osborn-knows-why-democrats-keep-losing-nebraska.md) - David Sirota travels to the state where “Democrat” is a dirty word and sits down with the union leader taking on Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts, a billionaire’s son.
- [The Big Tech Alums Building Trump’s AI War Machine](https://www.levernews.com/the-big-tech-alums-building-trumps-ai-war-machine.md) - A little-known Pentagon office staffed by Big Tech alums is dismantling safeguards and accelerating AI warfare as their former employers compete for lucrative military contracts.
- [How Status Quo Democrats Could Create Another Trump](https://www.levernews.com/how-status-quo-democrats-could-create-another-trump.md) - A new study suggests Democrats’ broken promises won’t just cost them elections — they could fuel an even more dangerous MAGA backlash.
- [Newsom Killed The AI Kill Switch](https://www.levernews.com/newsom-killed-the-kill-switch.md) - 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.
- [Midterm Madness: K Street Has Entered The Chat](https://www.levernews.com/midterm-madness-k-street-has-entered-the-chat.md) - Joe Crowley resurfaced on CNN to champion centrist Democrats — without dwelling on his lucrative second act representing corporate interests.
- [Trump's Fed Chief Missed The AI-flation Memo](https://www.levernews.com/trumps-fed-chief-missed-the-ai-flation-memo.md) - New Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh ignored the U.S. central bank’s own research when he said AI’s economic impacts are unknown.
- [Newsom Wants An Economic “Reset.” His Record Says Different](https://www.levernews.com/newsom-wants-an-economic-reset-his-record-says-different.md) - Democrats’ identity crisis is on full display as the California governor soft-launches his campaign for president.
- [Lever Weekly: Natural Gaslighting](https://www.levernews.com/lever-weekly-natural-gaslighting.md) - Democrats get fracked, your pension gets played, and more from The Lever this week.
- [You Love To See It: A Progressive Puts Human Rights On A Local Ballot](https://www.levernews.com/you-love-to-see-it-a-progressive-puts-human-rights-on-a-local-ballot.md) - A local ballot goes global, Flock gets the bird, a corporate protection plan gets burned, and your paycheck scores a win.
- [This Senate Frontrunner Oversaw “Quality And Compliance.” Women Suffered “Life-Altering Harm.”](https://www.levernews.com/this-senate-frontrunner-oversaw-quality-and-compliance-women-suffered-life-altering-harm.md) - 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.
- [Chris Deluzio On John Fetterman: “A Failure Of Leadership”](https://www.levernews.com/chris-deluzio-on-john-fetterman-a-failure-of-leadership.md) - 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.
- [The Billionaire-Backed Democrat With An Enron-Sized Problem](https://www.levernews.com/the-billionaire-backed-democrat-with-an-enron-sized-problem.md) - 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.
- [What Is Trump Doing With Our First Responders?](https://www.levernews.com/levermind-quiz-what-is-trump-doing-with-our-first-responders.md) - Test your knowledge of eyes in the sky, national parks, and other issues that really matter.
- [Trump’s About To Let Wall Street “Pay To Play” With Your Pension](https://www.levernews.com/trumps-about-to-let-wall-street-pay-to-play-with-your-pension.md) - Trump’s SEC is moving to let Wall Street firms fund the politicians who decide where your retirement savings are invested.
- [Rogue Dems Join GOP To Condemn Socialism](https://www.levernews.com/rogue-dems-join-gop-to-condemn-socialism.md) - The chasm within the Democratic Party is growing wider.
- [Trump’s Former AI Architect Just Confessed Something Terrifying](https://www.levernews.com/trumps-former-ai-architect-just-confessed-something-terrifying.md) - 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.
- [How Troy Jackson Can Put Collins' Career On The Chopping Block](https://www.levernews.com/how-troy-jackson-can-put-collins-career-on-the-chopping-block.md) - 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.
- [Midterm Madness: In Through The Pac Door](https://www.levernews.com/midterm-madness-in-through-the-pac-door.md) - Dems swore off corporate cash. Their PACs found a loophole.
- [The Corporate Democrat Who Mistook Youth For Progress](https://www.levernews.com/the-corporate-democrat-who-mistook-youth-for-progress.md) - Massachusetts voters need more than a fresh face — they want someone with a strong record of fighting on their behalf.
- [AOC: Democrats Shouldn’t Be Afraid To Use Presidential Power](https://www.levernews.com/aoc-democrats-shouldnt-be-afraid-to-use-presidential-power.md) - While slamming President Donald Trump’s overreach, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told The Lever “we must use the tools of the office.”
- [Opioid Settlements Are Paying For Flock Cameras](https://www.levernews.com/opioid-settlements-are-paying-for-flock.md) - Shortly before the Grand Canyon flooded, Trump sent disaster response personnel to D.C.
- [Before Deadly Floods, Trump Diverted Emergency Responders To Beautify D.C.](https://www.levernews.com/before-deadly-floods-trump-diverted-emergency-responders-to-beautify-d-c.md) - Trump reassigned 300 National Park Service emergency responders to golf course and reflecting-pool renovations before the Grand Canyon flooded.
- [614 Reasons To Tax The Rich](https://www.levernews.com/614-reasons-to-tax-the-rich.md) - CEOs at the lowest-paying corporations made roughly 614 times more than their median worker in 2025.
- [He Champions Centrist Dems On Cable. He Also Works For Big AI.](https://www.levernews.com/he-champions-centrist-dems-on-cable-he-also-works-for-big-ai.md) - Former Rep. Max Rose helps lead an influential network intervening in Democratic primaries — while quietly advising a tech-funded political operation targeting AI regulation.
- [Lever Weekly: Surveillance, Swipe Fees, And Super PACs](https://www.levernews.com/lever-weekly-surveillance-swipe-fees-and-super-pacs.md) - Suspiciously timed donations, corporate double agents, and more from The Lever this week.
- [You Love To See It: The $17 Billion Unfollow](https://www.levernews.com/you-love-to-see-it-the-17-billion-unfollow.md) - 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.
- [The Corporate Dem Asking Super PACs To Call Him A Progressive](https://www.levernews.com/the-corporate-dem-asking-super-pacs-to-call-him-a-progressive.md) - Seth Moulton once called progressive populism a recipe for losing. Now he’s asking Wall Street financiers to help him claim the progressive mantle.
- [What Would Dolly Do?](https://www.levernews.com/what-would-dolly-do.md) - Test your knowledge of tariffs, AIPAC, and other issues that really matter.
- [A Natural Gas Astroturf Group Says It Flipped NY Gov. Hochul](https://www.levernews.com/a-natural-gas-astroturf-group-says-it-flipped-ny-gov-hochul.md) - How a front for fossil fuel is using affordability fears, former Democratic officials, and dubious polling to turn establishment Democrats against the climate left.
- [American Beef Is On The Chopping Block](https://www.levernews.com/american-beef-is-on-the-chopping-block.md) - Trump has a 300,000-ton cattle problem. Plus, a federal judge tells Texans offended by drag shows: “Just don’t go.”
- [The Billionaire Building The Democrats’ New Machine](https://www.levernews.com/the-billionaire-building-the-democrats-new-machine.md) - 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.
- [Midterm Madness: Michigan’s Senate Race Hits A Minefield](https://www.levernews.com/midterm-madness-michigans-senate-race-hits-a-minefield.md) - A Hasan Piker controversy has rocked Michigan’s critical Senate race — and the “centrist” wing of the party is capitalizing on the chaos.
- [Nevada Governor Backed Data Centers Days After $1 Million Donation](https://www.levernews.com/nevada-governor-backed-data-centers-days-after-1-million-donation.md) - 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.
- [Democrats Want A Break From Israel](https://www.levernews.com/democrats-want-a-break-from-israel.md) - Key Democratic voters want a 2028 presidential candidate who will cut off military aid to Israel.
- [Hollywood’s Hangover](https://www.levernews.com/hollywoods-hangover.md) - The $111 billion merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery could cause thousands of workers to lose their jobs, according to new research.
- [Lever Weekly: The Data Center Plot Twist](https://www.levernews.com/lever-weekly-the-data-center-plot-twist.md) - Politically dicey investment portfolios, social media mega-banks, and more from The Lever this week.
- [You Love To See It: Hot Subway Summer](https://www.levernews.com/you-love-to-see-it-hot-subway-summer.md) - Your commute gets renewable, paddles win out over profits, whales catch a break, and Big Bend fights back.
- [Are Democrats Having A Tea Party Moment?](https://www.levernews.com/are-democrats-having-a-tea-party-moment.md) - Test your knowledge of primary elections, A.I. training, and other issues that really matter.
- [Private Prison Giant Gave Trump-aligned Super PAC $1.4 Million After Landing Mega ICE Contracts](https://www.levernews.com/private-prison-giant-gave-trump-aligned-super-pac-1-4-million-after-landing-mega-ice-contracts.md) - GEO Group made the donation weeks after securing two five-year immigration detention-center contracts expected to generate more than $160 million annually.
- [Days After The Lever Revealed His AI Investments, Mike Rogers Flipped On Data Centers](https://www.levernews.com/days-after-the-lever-revealed-his-ai-investments-mike-rogers-flipped-on-data-centers.md) - The GOP Michigan Senate candidate now supports a one-year moratorium on data center construction in the Wolverine State.
- [Deploying To SCOTUS: Big Oil’s Dark Money Army](https://www.levernews.com/deploying-to-scotus-big-oils-dark-money-army.md) - Right-wing dark money groups and Big Oil are pressuring the Supreme Court to shield the fossil fuel industry from paying for climate change-related damages.
- [Money Shot](https://www.levernews.com/money-shot.md) - Moderna’s cancer vaccine results doubled its stock price after taxpayers paid to help develop the treatment.
- [The Democratic Primary Operative With A Wall Street Side Gig](https://www.levernews.com/the-democratic-primary-operative-with-a-wall-street-side-gig.md) - Peter Kauffmann helps lead a billionaire-funded network intervening in Democratic primaries — while representing a front group fighting to keep your credit fees high.
- [This Senate Candidate Tried To Let His Future Employer Spy On You](https://www.levernews.com/this-senate-candidate-tried-to-let-his-future-employer-spy-on-you.md) - Mike Rogers took thousands from AT&T, pushed to let telecoms share private customer data without a warrant, then joined the company as a security adviser.
- [Midterm Madness: Socialism Smashes Expectations In Florida](https://www.levernews.com/midterm-madness-socialism-smashes-expectations-in-florida.md) - Democratic socialist Angie Nixon won the Sunshine State’s Senate primary yesterday after being out-fundraised roughly 16 times over.
- [All The President’s Millionaires](https://www.levernews.com/all-the-presidents-millionaires.md) - The Trump administration is stacked with 57 “ultra-millionaires.”
- [The Senate Candidate Who Could Get Rich Off Data Centers](https://www.levernews.com/the-senate-candidate-with-an-ai-investment-problem.md) - Michigan Republican Mike Rogers holds millions in AI-related investments while backing Donald Trump’s push to fast-track the infrastructure fueling the industry.
- [Consumers Frozen Out Of Tariff Refund Bonanza](https://www.levernews.com/consumers-frozen-out-of-tariff-refund-bonanza.md) - Refunds from Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs are boosting corporate quarterly earnings, while Consumers who paid the tariffs are shut out.
- [Hakeem Jeffries’ Betrayal Shows Why Democratic Voters Are So Enraged](https://www.levernews.com/hakeem-jeffries-betrayal-shows-why-democratic-voters-are-so-enraged.md) - House Dems’ leader declared his opposition to Medicare For All on the same day a new poll shows almost all Democratic voters support it.
- [Lever Weekly: The Establishment Strikes Back](https://www.levernews.com/lever-weekly-the-establishment-strikes-back.md) - Socialists hit a speed bump, moderates declare war, a Connecticut billionaire pulls electoral strings, and more from The Lever this week.
- [You Love To See It: Those Meddling Kids](https://www.levernews.com/you-love-to-see-it-those-meddling-kids.md) - Meta’s billion-dollar disturbance, a sanctions regime topples, voters vote to win, and clean energy cleans up.
- [Elon Musk’s Banking Empire Just Got Gov. Hochul’s Blessing](https://www.levernews.com/exclusive-elon-musks-banking-empire-just-got-gov-hochuls-blessing.md) - Despite lawmakers’ warnings about Musk, New York gave the world’s first trillionaire a critical approval in his plan to turn X into an “everything app.”
- [Who’s Buying The Democratic Party?](https://www.levernews.com/whos-buying-the-democratic-party.md) - Test your knowledge of the socialist backlash, Democratic donors, and other issues that really matter.
- [This Bernie Organizer Is Coming For A “DeSantis Democrat”](https://www.levernews.com/this-bernie-organizer-is-coming-for-a-desantis-democrat.md) - Democrats keep losing Florida. DSA-endorsed Oliver Larkin believes he knows why — and that his insurgent campaign against Rep. Jared Moskowitz can turn the tide.
- [Corporate Democrats Are Hiring A Socialist Hunter](https://www.levernews.com/corporate-democrats-are-hiring-a-socialist-hunter.md) - Third Way’s director for “anti-extremism" will conduct opposition research against the Democratic Socialists of America and launch a guerrilla media campaign against their ideas.
- [Meet The Billionaire Behind Connecticut’s “Insurgent” Victory](https://www.levernews.com/meet-the-billionaire-behind-connecticuts-insurgent-victory.md) - Luke Bronin toppled an incumbent in the name of generational change. Behind his rise is a hedge fund billionaire building a new Democratic political machine.
- [Midterm Madness: Bernie Saw This Coming](https://www.levernews.com/midterm-madness-democratic-socialism-loses-in-wisconsin.md) - Francesca Hong lost her Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor after progressive leaders declined to back her campaign.
- [ICE’s $2.2 Billion Prison Buy-Up](https://www.levernews.com/ices-2-2-billion-prison-spending-spree.md) - Amid a spike in detention center deaths, taxpayers gave billions of dollars to private prisons so that Immigration and Customs Enforcement may escape oversight.
- [How A Hedge Fund Billionaire Became The Democrats’ New Kingmaker](https://www.levernews.com/how-a-hedge-fund-billionaire-became-the-democrats-new-kingmaker.md) - Stephen Mandel is bankrolling a new political apparatus built to “redefine” the Democratic Party — but what does he actually want?
- [THE KINGMAKERS, Ep. 7: The King's Man](https://www.levernews.com/the-kingmakers-ep-7-the-kings-man.md) - Russell Vought rewires the government for a no-limits president.
- [Democrats Declare War On Their Own Voters](https://www.levernews.com/democrats-declare-war-on-their-own-voters.md) - Third Way is spending $15 million to crush the Democratic left. Its campaign could produce exactly the insurgency it fears.
- [ICE Is Amassing A DNA Bank](https://www.levernews.com/ice-is-amassing-a-dna-bank.md) - Under Trump, Immigration and Customs Enforcement is rapidly increasing the agency’s collection of genetic material.
- [Lever Weekly: It’s Gonna Cost You](https://www.levernews.com/lever-weekly-its-gonna-cost-you.md) - Trump’s oil giveaway, airlines lobbying for smaller font sizes, FEMA cuts, and more from The Lever this week.
- [You Love To See It: Keeping The Great Lakes Great](https://www.levernews.com/you-love-to-see-it-keeping-the-great-lakes-great.md) - Abdul El-Sayed battles a pipeline, Eli Lilly goes under the knife, Virginia makes suffrage cool again, and Illinois feasts.
- [Airlines Are Lobbying To Change Airfare Font Sizes. It’s Gonna Cost You.](https://www.levernews.com/airlines-are-lobbying-to-change-airfare-font-sizes-its-gonna-cost-you.md) - Advertisers trick consumers into paying more by changing the font size of fees. Major airlines want in on the action.
- [Is AI Snitching On Big Tech?](https://www.levernews.com/is-ai-snitching-on-big-tech.md) - Test your knowledge of Michigan’s elections, the surveillance state, and other issues that really matter.
- [Big Money Lost To Abdul El-Sayed. Where Will It Go Next?](https://www.levernews.com/big-money-lost-to-abdul-el-sayed-where-will-it-go-next.md) - The pop-up PACs, paid influencers, and new political playbooks reshaping the 2026 midterms.
- [Here Comes Hurricane Trump](https://www.levernews.com/here-comes-hurricane-trump.md) - Brain drain and workforce cuts at the Federal Emergency Management Agency have left the department high and dry.
- [Trump’s Iran Oil Giveaway](https://www.levernews.com/trumps-iran-oil-giveaway.md) - As war with Iran drove oil prices higher, Trump gave politically connected oil companies — not taxpayers — the chance to cash in on publicly owned oil.
- [Midterm Madness: El-Sayed Wins, Overcomes $62 Million Corporate Spending Spree](https://www.levernews.com/midterm-madness-el-sayed-wins-overcomes-62-million-spending-spree.md) - The longtime backer of Medicare for All bested a 9-to-1 spending deficit to defeat Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.), who was endorsed by the party establishment.
- [Democrats’ Corporate Corruption Divide](https://www.levernews.com/democrats-corporate-corruption-divide.md) - The party’s establishment and populist factions are fighting over whether the affordability crisis is connected to money in politics.
- [Flock’s Surveillance Nation](https://www.levernews.com/flocks-surveillance-nation.md) - Dozens of police officers have been accused of improperly accessing public safety cameras.
- [THE KINGMAKERS, Ep. 6: Obama's Kill List](https://www.levernews.com/the-kingmakers-ep-6-obamas-kill-list.md) - The president who promised restraint quietly unleashes a new weapon of executive power.
- [THE KINGMAKERS, Ep. 5: State Of Emergency](https://www.levernews.com/the-kingmakers-ep-5-state-of-emergency.md) - September 11, 2001 brought chaos and terror to the United States. It also brought an unprecedented opportunity.
- [What You Need To Know About The Democratic Reckoning In Michigan](https://www.levernews.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-democratic-reckoning-in-michigan.md) - The fight between Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens is about far more than one Senate seat. It's a battle over who controls the Democratic Party—and whose interests it serves.
- [El-Sayed Challenges The “Electability” Attack](https://www.levernews.com/el-sayed-challenges-the-electability-attack.md) - In an exclusive interview days before the Democratic primary, the Michigan Senate candidate says that his party is more concerned with him winning than losing.
- [Haley Stevens’ New Campaign Ad Features Anti-LGBTQ Pastor](https://www.levernews.com/haley-stevens-new-campaign-ad-features-anti-lgbtq-islamophobic-pastor.md) - Bishop Christopher Martin, who has faced public scrutiny over his anti-LGBT comments in the past, said he’d been “working” with the campaign.
- [Lever Weekly: Location, Location, Deportation](https://www.levernews.com/lever-weekly-location-location-deportation.md) - Shady ICE developers, a health care war in Michigan, and more from The Lever this week.
- [Abdul El-Sayed On Fetterman: "He's Also Just An Asshole"](https://www.levernews.com/abdul-el-sayed-on-fetterman-hes-also-just-an-asshole.md) - The U.S. Senate candidate weighs in on Democrats’ biggest liabilities, MAGA’s performative masculinity, and why AIPAC is out to get him.
- [You Love To See It: Voting Unleashed](https://www.levernews.com/you-love-to-see-it-voting-unleashed.md) - Elections run free, problem gamblers get help, the courts take care of careworkers, and dark money gets exposed.
- [The Return Of The Kingmakers](https://www.levernews.com/the-return-of-the-kingmakers-post.md) - Dick Cheney. Barack Obama. Donald Trump. The story of the all-powerful presidency continues this August.
- [Trump’s Homeland Security Chief Turned Conflicts Of Interest Into Tax Breaks](https://www.levernews.com/trumps-homeland-security-chief-turned-conflicts-of-interest-into-tax-breaks.md) - Markwayne Mullin sold millions in stocks to resolve potential conflicts with the agency he now leads — and received a special tax benefit on the proceeds.
- [Who’s Screening Your Luggage?](https://www.levernews.com/whos-screening-your-luggage.md) - Test your knowledge of private prisons, military funding, and other issues that really matter.
- [He Left The GOP. Now He Has A Warning For Democrats.](https://www.levernews.com/he-left-the-gop-now-he-has-a-warning-for-democrats.md) - A lifelong Republican left his party in 2016. Ten years later, he says Democrats are making the same mistakes — and the end result could be worse than Donald Trump.
- [A Detention And Deportation Gold Mine](https://www.levernews.com/a-detention-deportation-gold-mine.md) - As Immigration and Customs Enforcement pours millions into private prison firms, the president is trading their stocks.
- [The Failed Developer Behind ICE’s Billion-Dollar Prison Deals](https://www.levernews.com/the-failed-developer-behind-ices-billion-dollar-prison-deals.md) - As his construction empire collapsed under lawsuits and unpaid debts, James Grossmann found a lucrative new role in ICE’s multibillion-dollar detention buying spree.
- [Midterm Madness: Cori Bush’s AIPAC Rematch](https://www.levernews.com/midterm-madness-cori-bushs-aipac-rematch.md) - A former Squad member is taking on the Israel lobby to get her seat back.
- [Major Airports To Ditch TSA](https://www.levernews.com/these-major-airports-just-privatized-tsa.md) - Three U.S. travel hubs are ditching federal transportation security for private contractors.
- [These Democrats Voted Against The Iran War — Then Agreed To Fund It](https://www.levernews.com/these-democrats-voted-against-the-iran-war-then-agreed-to-fund-it.md) - Six House Democrats voted to expand Trump’s military budget despite supporting resolutions directing the president to end the war on Iran.
- [Whitmer’s War Against Medicare For All](https://www.levernews.com/whitmers-war-against-medicare-for-all.md) - Michigan’s Democratic governor is helping her healthcare donors try to stop Abdul El-Sayed’s crusade.
- [You Love To See It: My Kingdom For A Sweatshirt](https://www.levernews.com/you-love-to-see-it-my-kingdom-for-a-sweatshirt.md) - First Amendment rights get fashionable, New York takes a data center pause, Lina Khan returns to public service, and retirees get payback.
- [What’s In Your Lettuce?](https://www.levernews.com/whats-in-your-lettuce.md) - Test your knowledge of the midterms, the Winklevoss twins, and other issues that really matter.
- [The SNAP Subsidy](https://www.levernews.com/the-snap-subsidy.md) - At America’s biggest corporations, low wages mean thousands of workers rely on federal food stamps to get by.
- [Trump’s Consumer Watchdog Pick Worked For Companies Sued By The Agency](https://www.levernews.com/trumps-consumer-watchdog-pick-worked-for-companies-the-agency-sued.md) - Financial disclosures reveal Trump’s CFPB pick advised companies accused of ripping off consumers — and if confirmed, he won’t recuse himself from overseeing them.
- [Midterm Madness: Defeat in the Desert](https://www.levernews.com/defeat-in-the-desert.md) - Yet another Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee-endorsed candidate is set to lose their primary to a progressive.
- [The AI Boom Runs On Toxic Air](https://www.levernews.com/the-ai-boom-runs-on-toxic-air.md) - Big Tech is building AI infrastructure in the world’s most polluting oil field, where Americans face mounting exposure to toxic emissions and regulators struggle to keep watch.
- [Francesca Hong Wants To Be America’s First Socialist Governor](https://www.levernews.com/francesca-hong-wants-to-be-americas-first-socialist-governor.md) - The Democratic Socialists of America are winning big this summer — but can a DSA candidate land the governor’s seat in a swing state like Wisconsin?
- [Gas Grab](https://www.levernews.com/gas-grab.md) - Big Oil is laying off workers while ramping up production — and profits.
- [The Winklevoss Twins Gave Trump $10 Million After Regulatory Win](https://www.levernews.com/the-winklevoss-twins-gave-trump-10-million-after-regulatory-win.md) - The crypto investors donated $10 million in bitcoin to Trump's super PAC weeks after his administration moved to abandon a federal enforcement action against their crypto exchange.
- [Repeat Food Contaminator Gave $2.2 Million to GOP. Now Thousands Are Sick](https://www.levernews.com/repeat-food-contaminator-gave-2-2-million-to-gop-now-thousands-are-sick.md) - The suspected source of the cyclospora outbreak, gave $1 million to the MAGA Inc, PAC just days after the Trump administration delayed food tracing rules.
- [Lever Weekly: Ballot Battles And Blockbusters](https://www.levernews.com/lever-weekly-ballot-battles-and-blockbusters.md) - Midterm machinations, movie monopolies, and more from The Lever this week.
- [Democrats Fail Because They Won’t Name The Villains](https://www.levernews.com/democrats-fail-because-they-wont-name-the-villains.md) - Democrats keep promising to fix the country’s problems. But many refuse to name the corporate interests standing in the way.
- [Maine’s Insider Primary Begins](https://www.levernews.com/maines-insider-primary-begins.md) - With Graham Platner out, the battle for Maine's Senate seat just moved behind closed doors.
- [We’re Still Living In The 2016 Election](https://www.levernews.com/were-still-living-in-the-2016-election.md) - Bernie Sanders’ chief campaign strategist says Democrats rigged the 2016 presidential primary — and started a fight the party is still having today.
- [Paramount’s Plot Twist](https://www.levernews.com/paramounts-plot-twist.md) - The Warner Bros.-Paramount merger championed by the Trump administration has hit some legal roadblocks.
- [Midterm Madness: Buying The Battleground](https://www.levernews.com/midterm-madness-buying-the-battleground.md) - Outside groups have spent more than $20 million backing the corporate Democrat in Michigan’s Senate race.
- [The Musk Machine Comes For The Midterms](https://www.levernews.com/the-musk-machine-comes-for-the-midterms.md) - The law firms that helped Elon Musk gut Delaware’s shareholder protections are now spending big to save the Democratic lawmakers who made it possible.
- [Master Plan Bonus: The Case Conservatives Never Forgave | The Kingmakers](https://www.levernews.com/master-plan-bonus-the-case-conservatives-never-forgave-the-kingmakers.md) - The landmark 1988 Supreme Court case that once checked presidential power.
- [ICE Violence Rattles Maine Senate Race](https://www.levernews.com/ice-violence-rattles-maine-senate-race.md) - A fatal shooting by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer has taken center stage in the push to unseat Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine).
- [Trump quiere los expedientes de los abogados sobre los niños migrantes.](https://www.levernews.com/trump-quiere-los-expedientes-de-los-abogados-sobre-los-ninos-migrantes.md) - A medida que los tribunales de inmigración aceleran los procedimientos de deportación, la administración Trump retiene fondos y, al mismo tiempo, presiona a las organizaciones de asistencia legal para que revelen datos confidenciales sobre niños vulnerables.
- [Corporate Dems Are Weaponizing Graham Platner’s Demise](https://www.levernews.com/corporate-dems-are-weaponizing-graham-platners-demise.md) - Democratic powerbrokers are now positioned to use the Maine Senate candidate’s withdrawal to overturn voters’ policy demands.
- [Democrats’ Middle Lane Is Collapsing](https://www.levernews.com/democrats-middle-lane-is-collapsing.md) - As Abdul El-Sayed surges, Mallory McMorrow drops out, and Haley Stevens digs in, Michigan is revealing a national realignment inside Democratic politics.
- [How To Scare Democrats Into Delivering](https://www.levernews.com/how-to-scare-democrats-into-delivering.md) - Replacing complacent Democrats with populist Democrats in blue districts can scare every other incumbent into action – or face the threat of being fired.
- [Lever Weekly: Independents’ Day](https://www.levernews.com/lever-weekly-independents-day.md) - Political outsiders ascendant, the War on Terror comes home, and more from The Lever this week.
- [You Love To See It: One Small Win For Your Eardrums](https://www.levernews.com/you-love-to-see-it-one-small-win-for-your-eardrums.md) - California turns down the volume, Medicaid cuts get sued, Wyoming goes grocery shopping, and New York transit gets a discount.
- [Are The Primaries Over Yet?](https://www.levernews.com/are-the-primaries-over-yet.md) - This week, LeverMind is testing your knowledge on the 2026 midterms. Have you been keeping up?
- [Ignore Your Base, Lose Your Party](https://www.levernews.com/ignore-your-base-lose-your-party.md) - Former Republican insider Reed Galen watched the GOP dismiss its voters until Donald Trump remade the party. He says Democratic leaders are making the same mistake.
- [From Guantanamo To Trump’s “Anti-Americanism” Task Force](https://www.levernews.com/the-war-on-terror-vets-running-trumps-anti-americanism-task-force.md) - Joint Task Force Vanguard, Trump’s new unit targeting “anti-Americanism,” is being led by prosecutors with deep ties to the post-9/11 War on Terror.
- [Commander-In-Crypto](https://www.levernews.com/commander-in-crypto.md) - It’s been a lucrative year for President Donald Trump.
- [Abdul El-Sayed Isn’t Messing Around About Healthcare](https://www.levernews.com/abdul-el-sayed-isnt-messing-around-about-healthcare.md) - David Sirota visits the Michigan birthplace of “Reagan Democrats” to meet with the Senate candidate who poses a populist threat to both parties.
- [Midterm Madness: Democratic Socialism Goes Mile-High](https://www.levernews.com/democratic-socialism-goes-mile-high.md) - Denver's fifteen-term congresswoman just lost her U.S. House primary race to a progressive endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America.
- [Sick Leave For Me, Not For Thee](https://www.levernews.com/sick-leave-for-me-not-for-thee.md) - GOP Rep. Tom Kean Jr. took four months off from Congress, fully paid, to treat depression. Time and again, he’s voted against paid sick leave legislation.
- [SCOTUS Hands Big Donors A New Loophole](https://www.levernews.com/scotus-hands-big-donors-a-new-loophole.md) - Justices ruled 6-3 in favor of Big Business and the GOP to eliminate longstanding campaign finance limits.
- [The Supreme Court Just Helped JD Vance Expand Citizens United](https://www.levernews.com/the-supreme-court-just-helped-j-d-vance-expand-citizens-united.md) - Amid a flood of billionaire cash, justices insist the strength of existing anti-corruption laws justifies giving megadonors another conduit of influence.
- [Big Tech Is Trying To Kill A Major California Antitrust Bill](https://www.levernews.com/big-tech-is-trying-to-kill-a-major-california-antitrust-bill.md) - Industry lobbyists have swarmed the Golden State to block new anti-monopoly reforms ahead of a vote this week.
- [What Socialism Critics Can’t Admit](https://www.levernews.com/what-socialism-critics-cant-admit.md) - Opponents of Zohran Mamdani and his movement are slamming socialism without admitting that America’s most popular programs are socialist.
- [Lever Weekly: Is It Getting Socialist In Here?](https://www.levernews.com/lever-weekly-is-it-getting-socialist-in-here.md) - Phantom highway robbers, a Mamdani miracle, and more from The Lever this week.
- [You Love To See It: Jesus Blocks A Border Wall](https://www.levernews.com/you-love-to-see-it-jesus-blocks-a-border-wall.md) - A deity stands up to Trump, gerrymanders lose in Georgia, an information lawsuit delivers the goods, and immigration courts get de-iced.
- [Why Wouldn't Hickenlooper Debate His Challenger?](https://www.levernews.com/why-wont-hickenlooper-debate-his-challenger-ema.md) - United States Senate candidate Julie Gonzales is challenging Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) and the Democratic Party machine protecting him.
- [Did Congress Just Take A Stand?](https://www.levernews.com/did-congress-just-take-a-stand.md) - Test your knowledge of the Iran war, primary endorsements, and other issues that really matter.
- [What New York’s Socialists Know That Democrats Don’t](https://www.levernews.com/what-new-yorks-socialists-know-that-democrats-dont.md) - The Democratic Socialists of America out-muscled big money and party incumbents — is your election next?
- [Change You Can Write Off](https://www.levernews.com/change-you-can-write-off.md) - Amid skyrocketing premiums, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois provided “generous” support to the new Obama Presidential Center.
- [The Private Prison Giant Borrowing Police Immunity](https://www.levernews.com/the-private-prison-giant-borrowing-police-immunity.md) - GEO Group, a private prison company accused of forcing ICE detainees to work without pay, is asking for the same legal shield that protects cops from police-brutality lawsuits.
- [Midterm Madness: Mamdani’s Midas Touch](https://www.levernews.com/midterm-madness-mamdanis-midas-touch.md) - Democratic socialists just doubled their numbers in Congress.
- [Congress Just Triggered A Showdown Over Trump’s War Powers](https://www.levernews.com/congress-just-triggered-a-showdown-over-trumps-war-powers.md) - After both chambers voted to direct Trump to halt hostilities against Iran, the stage is set for a historic constitutional battle over who controls America’s war powers.
- [Master Plan Bonus: Dan Carlin on Power and History | The Kingmakers](https://www.levernews.com/master-plan-bonus-dan-carlin-on-power-and-history-the-kingmakers.md) - A wide-ranging conversation about presidential power, populism, and the future of democracy.
- [Lator, Gator](https://www.levernews.com/lator-gator.md) - Less than a year after opening, Alligator Alcatraz is being emptied.
- [The Obama Warning Nobody Wanted To Hear](https://www.levernews.com/the-obama-warning-nobody-wanted-to-hear.md) - In 2006, I was berated for questioning Barack Obama’s progressivism. 20 years later, he proved me right.
- [The Real Story Behind The Highway Robbery Panic](https://www.levernews.com/the-real-story-behind-the-highway-robbery-panic.md) - As bipartisan lawmakers consider granting ICE sweeping new information-sharing powers to combat an “explosion” in cargo theft, the data tells a different story.
- [Lever Weekly: Won’t Somebody Think Of The Trillionaires?](https://www.levernews.com/lever-weekly-wont-somebody-think-of-the-trillionaires.md) - Wealth porn, billionaire taxes, and more from The Lever this week.
- [You Love To See It: Defending America’s Gentle Giants](https://www.levernews.com/you-love-to-see-it-defending-americas-gentle-giants.md) - Conservationists go after Big Ag, Wyoming becomes an unlikely protector of women, Pennsylvania calls a spade a spade, and transgender Idahoans flush out a bathroom bill.
- [The Most Powerful Political Office You’ve Never Heard Of](https://www.levernews.com/the-most-powerful-political-office-youve-never-heard-of.md) - One elected official quietly controls a $300 billion fund and holds the power to move financial markets. Why is no one watching?
- [Who’s Kicking Money Out Of Politics?](https://www.levernews.com/whos-kicking-money-out-of-politics.md) - Test your knowledge of Wall Street, dark money, and other issues that really matter.
- [Why Is Newsom Fighting California’s Billionaire Tax?](https://www.levernews.com/why-is-newsom-fighting-californias-billionaire-tax.md) - A California ballot initiative aims to fund schools and poverty programs by taxing billionaires. Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to kill it.
- [Midterm Madness: Have Super PACs Met Their Match?](https://www.levernews.com/have-super-pacs-met-their-match.md) - A plan that would make it illegal for corporations to spend on elections will appear on Montana’s ballot this November.
- [Uber Wants Immunity. Survivors Want Justice.](https://www.levernews.com/uber-wants-immunity-survivors-want-justice.md) - Sexual assault survivors and advocates are urging Congress to strip a measure that could shield Uber and Lyft from lawsuits over assaults, injuries, and deaths.
- [Newsom Declares War On Behalf Of California’s Billionaires](https://www.levernews.com/newsom-declares-war-on-behalf-of-californias-billionaires.md) - The governor is leading a coalition to squash a one-time 5 percent wealth tax on California billionaires.
- [The Oligarchs Are Not Reading The Room](https://www.levernews.com/the-oligarchs-are-not-reading-the-room.md) - As Americans struggle to afford basic necessities, the country’s billionaire class is flaunting its wealth — and acting shocked by the populist backlash.
- [AIPAC Sneaks Money Into Manhattan](https://www.levernews.com/aipac-sneaks-money-into-manhattan.md) - Rep. Dan Goldman has disavowed donations from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee — while accepting money from an apparent AIPAC front group.
- [Lever Weekly: The Octagon Of Evil](https://www.levernews.com/lever-weekly-the-octagon-of-evil.md) - Battle royale at the White House, Caddyshack at the Capitol, and more from The Lever this week.
- [You Love To See It: Democracy Dodges A Bullet](https://www.levernews.com/you-love-to-see-it-democracy-dodges-a-bullet.md) - Elections stay safe, lawyers take a pay cut, immigrants stand their ground, and a pension fund earns an advocate.
- [ICE Tries To Raid Legal Offices, Demanding Files On Migrant Children](https://www.levernews.com/ice-tries-to-raid-legal-offices-demanding-files-on-migrant-children.md) - After freezing payments and demanding sensitive client data, the Trump administration has escalated its pressure campaign against lawyers representing unaccompanied migrant children.
- [The Real UFC White House Takeover](https://www.levernews.com/the-real-ufc-white-house-takeover.md) - While the UFC’s White House event grabs headlines, the bigger story is a bill that could hand MMA tycoon Dana White unprecedented influence over professional boxing.
- [Who’s The Biggest Winner In The NBA?](https://www.levernews.com/whos-the-biggest-winner-in-the-nba.md) - Test your knowledge of the Knicks, Uber, and the issues that really matter.
- [Regulators Waived Investor Protections For SpaceX’s Wall Street Moonshot](https://www.levernews.com/regulators-waived-investor-protections-for-spacexs-wall-street-moonshot.md) - As Wall Street gears up for SpaceX’s record-breaking IPO, regulators quietly granted brokerages an extraordinary exemption from rules protecting customers if markets turn volatile.
- [Data Centers Are Messing With Texas](https://www.levernews.com/data-centers-are-messing-with-texas.md) - Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is pushing for a suite of data center reforms aimed at protecting Texans from rising utility costs and depleting water reservoirs.
- [The Movie Trope That Explains American Politics](https://www.levernews.com/the-movie-trope-that-explains-american-politics.md) - In U.S. politics, it’s slobs versus snobs.
- [Midterm Madness: The Epstein Effect](https://www.levernews.com/midterm-madness-the-epstein-effect.md) - GOP Rep. Nancy Mace blames her primary loss on her support for releasing the Epstein files.
- [Congress Just Snuck In Uber Immunity](https://www.levernews.com/congress-just-snuck-in-uber-immunity.md) - A provision tucked into a must-pass transportation bill could shield Uber and Lyft from lawsuits — as the companies battle thousands of injury and sexual assault claims.
- [Trump’s $8 Billion Box Seats](https://www.levernews.com/trumps-8-billion-box-seats.md) - Madison Square Garden owner James Dolan rolled out the red carpet for Donald Trump weeks after the White House spared the arena from relocation plans.
- [Today’s Referendum On Graham Platner](https://www.levernews.com/todays-referendum-on-graham-platner.md) - The Maine Senate primary today has become a national referendum on populism, power, character, and the future of the Democratic Party. Here’s our essential coverage.
- [The Supreme Court Lets Corporations Sidestep Their Victims](https://www.levernews.com/the-supreme-court-lets-corporations-sidestep-their-victims.md) - Justices declined to stop a bankruptcy maneuver that allows companies to dump legal liabilities into a separate entity — and leave victims fighting for compensation.
- [Uber’s Secret Hawaiian Slush Fund](https://www.levernews.com/ubers-secret-hawaiian-slush-fund.md) - A new report alleges Uber has parked $12.5 billion in a Hawaiian shell company that could help finance robotaxis, sidestep taxes, and bankroll efforts to weaken consumer protections.
- [LEVER WEEKLY: Fighting Fraud — With More Fraud?](https://www.levernews.com/lever-weekly-fighting-fraud-with-more-fraud.md) - A top pension officer trading fossil fuels, the monopoly stopping fire trucks from fighting fires, and more from The Lever this week.
- [YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: ICE, Crushed](https://www.levernews.com/you-love-to-see-it-ice-crushed.md) - Immigration enforcers face justice from Minnesota to Texas, abortion patients preserve their privacy, and oil drillers come clean.
- [More Than One Thing Can Be True About Graham Platner](https://www.levernews.com/more-than-one-thing-can-be-true-about-graham-platner.md) - Platner’s critics, supporters, and detractors have valid points — but the most powerful voices in the debate are politically motivated to deny that complexity exists.

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