What The Lever Published This Week:
• The Plutocrats’ Plot To Control America — Under the banner of voting reform, a tycoon’s plan could give the rich even more power to buy elections.
• Donor Cash Went In, Antitrust Budget Came Out — Companies facing antitrust scrutiny funneled big money to Sen. Jeanne Shaheen before her aides tried to defund regulators’ budget.
• The Lie That’s Inflating Your Credit Card Bills — Credit card companies doubled interest rates on the false claim of inflated financial risk — and now to fight new late-fee rules, they’re threatening to raise them even higher.
• Sirota’s Signals: President Biden Renounces Senator Biden — Plus, the biggest bank scam you’ve never heard about, the NYT shows its real bias, and why we’re all Michael Douglas seething alone in traffic.
• YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: States Step Up For Families — Plus, the nation’s ports are getting a makeover, an anti-trans measure is dead on arrival, and a fracking loophole gets plugged.
The Lever In The News:
• Americans Paid BILLIONS To Fund Medications. Guess Where It Went? — The Young Turks featured The Lever story “Americans Paid $11 Billion To Make Drugs You Can’t Afford.”
