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America’s Billionaires Are Teaching Your Kids To Cheat Taxes
Corporations and arch-conservatives are using a public school curriculum to teach children about the dangers of taxing the wealthy.
Fight Or Die
Republicans are surging and Democrats are withering because the parties switched outlooks on political pugilism.
Dark Money Just Got Darker: Wall Street Helped Fund Project 2025
Financial giants are helping wealthy donors funnel cash to Project 2025 and other extremist causes with zero transparency or tax repercussions.
How The Gun Lobby Ensured The RNC Couldn’t Be Gun Free
Even after Trump’s assassination attempt, Milwaukee can’t ban guns at the Republican convention — thanks to the gun lobby’s use of powerful state preemption laws.
J.D. Vance Wants Police To Track People Who Have Abortions
Trump’s vice presidential pick pressured regulators to let police access the records of people who cross state lines for abortions.
J.D. Vance As Trump’s VP: “A Corporate CEO’s Dream And A Worker’s Nightmare”
For years, The Lever has exposed the Ohio senator’s hypocrisies and what they mean for the American people.
Pennsylvania GOP Fought A Ban On The Gun Used In Trump Shooting
Months before the assassination attempt, Pennsylvania lawmakers tabled legislation to outlaw the kind of rifle allegedly used in the attack.
LEVER WEEKLY: Biden’s Big, Bad Week
As the Biden campaign implodes, corporations are swooping in to pick up the pieces, and more news from The Lever this week.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Batteries Are So Back
Plus, meddling homeowner associations are put in their place, retirees put up a good fight, and the left wins big across the pond.