Musk’s Empire Is Reaping $2 Million Per Day From Trump

Today’s Lever story (click here to read): It’s Nevada vs. Delaware in a new battle to court corporate supervillains with get-out-of-jail-free cards.

🎧 On Lever Time: Welcome to the United States of Crypto.

⬇️ Spend four minutes reading this 995-word newsletter to learn about:

• Musk’s massive SpaceX payday.
• Why the GOP is attacking Medicaid.
• RFK Jr.’s decision to roll back a “healthy” rule.
• Google’s new AI tax for businesses.

🤕 The anti-populism of GOP Medicaid cuts. Congressional Republicans just advanced a budget that could cut $880 billion from Medicaid to help finance $4.5 trillion worth of Trump’s tax cuts for the rich. This chart tells you what such cuts would mean in your community. Fifteen congressional districts would be hit particularly hard — and that could cause reelection problems for their GOP representatives. Example: In the district of Colorado Rep. Gabe Evans (R) — who barely won — 43,000 people could lose coverage, subjecting Evans to more of this local media scrutiny.