MASTER PLAN, Ep 3: The Memo That Changed America
Our third episode introduces the architect behind the master plan’s original blueprint, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell.
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Kroger and Albertsons’ Dirty Tricks To Preserve Greedflation
As Harris vows to tackle grocery store prices, the grocery chains are doing everything they can to bypass regulators and merge into a price-gouging behemoth.
LEVER WEEKLY: Dark Money Is Blocking Your Ballot Box
The dark-money web behind a voter purge, the Senate obstacles standing in Harris’ way, and more from The Lever this week.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Harris-Style Freedom For The Working Class
Plus, clean energy cleans up, immigration reform becomes a family matter, and plastic bags get sacked.
Fear And Corporate Loathing At The DNC
At Dems’ convention, The Lever’s David Sirota explores the tension between the party’s populist rhetoric and its corporate sponsors.
Here’s What The Senate Must Do To Deliver Harris’ DNC Promises
The candidate laid out big plans at the DNC last night — but Democrats need to remove the barrier standing in her way.
Will Harris Finally Kill Wall Street’s Infamous Tax Break?
Democrats have pledged to close a tax loophole benefiting private equity billionaires — but amid millions in Wall Street donations, the party has failed to do so for years.
Leonard Leo’s Swing-State Voter Purge
Lawyers with deep connections to the Supreme Court dark-money operative are attacking voting rights in battleground states in the lead-up to the 2024 election.
MASTER PLAN, Ep 2: Watergate’s Magic Window Of Corporate Cash
As brand-name companies fund the break-in, a White House memo envisions dark money and Nixon leaves a ticking time bomb in D.C.
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.