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Today’s Lever story: Tim Scott is “proud” to protect his donors’ junk fees.

🎧 On Lever Time: Behind RFK Jr.’s war with the processed food industry.

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  • LEVER SCOOP: Why Trump is trying to roll back 50 years of environmental law.
  • Billionaires’ secret newspaper.
  • Musk’s bid to steal your IRS data.
  • The clandestine industry behind Melania Trump’s new documentary.


TODAY'S NUGGETS

👀 Elon wants to see your tax return. Musk and his small army of DOGE deregulators are seeking access to Internal Revenue Service data systems tracking the financial history of every taxpaying individual, business, and organization in the country — including personal identification numbers and bank information. Guess it’s only illegal to steal IRS information when it's Donald Trump’s.

😂 Bill Burr FTW. The comedian just said the thing the Democratic Party still can’t bring itself to say because it is still run by elites and donors who are looting the working class.