A reader-supported news organization holding power accountable.
(11)
The Supreme Court is about to release its ruling in a case engineered to formally legalize billionaires explicitly bribing politicians and Supreme Court justices in exchange for favors.
Snyder v. United States could make it legal for public officials to accept rewards for their corrupt actions.
Americans have reportedly gambled away A QUARTER TRILLION DOLLARS in just 6 years since the Supreme Court unleashed pro sports leagues to become sports betting operations.
The NBA bought a stake in a major gambling company before the court ruling.
On Lever Time, we look at the big money and big problems tied to the rise of online sports betting.
Listen at LeverTimePod.com
Americans have reportedly gambled away $245 BILLION since a 2018 Supreme Court ruling unleashed gambling ads into every aspect of society.
The NBA bought a stake in a gambling giant that it now hawks to young people during basketball games.
On Lever Time, we look at the big money and big problems tied to the rise of online sports betting.
🚨LEVER TIME:
How the NBA created & profits off a huge public health crisis now plaguing young people & the working class.
A tale of lobbying, a Supreme Court ruling & corporate predation.
On Lever Time, we look at the big money and big problems tied to the rise of online sports betting.
“The world’s largest private capital firms have avoided income taxes on more than $1 trillion in incentive fees since 2000 by structuring the payments in a way that subjected them to a much lower levy.” — Financial Times
🚨NEW: "So my argument to Speaker Johnson is even if you don't agree on Medicare for All... At least get rid of the medical debt... No one in America should go into debt to get healthcare."
The Biden administration just moved to strike medical debt from Americans' credit reports, but Rep. Ro Khanna is making the case for going all the way and canceling it all together.
Listen at LeverTimePod.com
🚨Private equity is the biggest transfer of wealth from workers to Wall Street:
“Private capital funds took more money from investors than they’ve distributed back to them in gains for 6 years — a gap of $1.56 trillion.”
Meanwhile, execs at the largest private capital funds paid themselves $100 BILLION over the last 5 years.
Plus, a simple fix for clean energy, how to save a half-trillion dollars, and banks repossessing wheelchairs and prosthetic limbs.
🚨NEW: Donald Trump is promising to blow up the livable climate in exchange for $1 billion of oil industry campaign cash.
The Guardian's Dharna Noor on the real-world effects of Trump's promised energy policies - if he wins in 2024.
Unpacking Trump’s reelection plans to doom the planet.
The Columbia Journalism Review has a new story out touching on how The Lever is a reader-supported news organization that is much different from media that produce partisan propaganda:
"Sirota positioned The Lever as an investigative, nonpartisan site with the tagline 'Hold Them Accountable.'...The Lever stands apart for that reason: its attention is mainly on corporations and the people who run them."
In 2016, far-right outlets upended the media. Now a new brand of liberal ventures is claiming turf online.
JUST IN: Days after we broke the story of Hochul getting money and doing a fundraiser with industry groups lobbying against congestion pricing, Hochul is now canceling the fundraiser that The Lever exposed.
Original story here:
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul reversed course and blocked congestion pricing at the last minute — months after taking more than $30,000 from state auto dealers.
"The Lever stands apart for that reason; its attention is mainly on corporations and the people who run them." - The Columbia Journalism Review
https://www.cjr.org/covering_the_election/democrats-left-new-partisan-media-entrepreneurs.php
🚨INVESTIGATION: Unregulated fintech companies posing as banks are draining Americans’ savings accounts.
10 million are now at risk.
The Lever found regulators identifying a dozen fintech companies depicting your cash as FDIC insured — when it’s not.
A new banking startup lost track of peoples’ life savings and regulators are at a loss to help get it back.
This is the biggest and most pervasive tax scam in America — you’ve probably been personally fleeced by it, and will be again…unless it finally ends (which it might!).
On Lever Time, we look at TurboTax's decades-long campaign to prevent the government from letting taxpayers file directly with them for free.
On Lever Time, we look at TurboTax's decades-long campaign to prevent the government from letting taxpayers file directly with them for free.
The biggest tax scam in America is one that lobbyists created to profit off your annual misery.
Now that tax scam may finally end — but corporate lobbyists are trying to preserve it.
This episode is absolutely fascinating — and totally enraging 👇
On Lever Time, we look at TurboTax's decades-long campaign to prevent the government from letting taxpayers file directly with them for free.
🚨INVESTIGATION: How tax prep industry lobbyists secretly created America's biggest tax scam - one that buries you in paperwork & fleeces you & your family every year.
But here's good news: The multibillion-dollar scam may now end - if the lobbyists are defeated.
Go listen to the new episode of LEVER TIME right now 👇
On Lever Time, we look at TurboTax's decades-long campaign to prevent the government from letting taxpayers file directly with them for free.
🚨 Alaska's capital Juneau is facing disaster as climate change increases the likelihood of deadly landslides and floods.
City and state officials have ignored experts' warnings; one predicted an 'unimaginable' event in the next 30 to 300 years.
As climate change increases the likelihood of deadly landslides, cities like Juneau are stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Read at levernews.com
Read at levernews.com
🚨INVESTIGATION: Amid the climate crisis, U.S. cities now face a potential epidemic of deadly landslides, but governments aren't planning for them & don't want to admit the problem.
The Lever reports from a major oil state's capital city - which is now basically falling into the ocean.
As climate change increases the likelihood of deadly landslides, cities like Juneau are stuck between a rock and a hard place.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: The Lever's big story was featured in The Sunday Long Read's review of the world's best journalism of the week: https://mailchi.mp/sundaylongread/june-2
The Lever's original story is here: https://www.levernews.com/meet-the-new-kingpin/
Subscribe to The Lever here - and share: LeverNews.com/subscribe
🚨NEW DATA: 10 of the largest food corporations have announced they're paying out $77 BILLION to shareholders - as Americans are now paying 25% more for groceries & restaurant food.
There are now 3.5 million more households that are food insecure.
While blaming inflation for rising prices, the country’s biggest food and restaurant companies are raking in billions and showering shareholders with payouts.
Listen at LeverTimePod.com
How Wall Street built a scandal-plagued monster corporation taking over the country's largest participation sport - BOWLING.
An amazing, fun, horrifying story about workers, communities, and profit extraction from your local community - a tale that says everything about America today.
Trust me here - whether you love or hate bowling, you’ll love this story. It's an incredibly well-done piece - please share 👇
With the rise of Bowlero, private equity has come for bowling — will your neighborhood alley ever be the same?
🚨BIG NEWS: The Koch empire just got a court ruling giving profitable corporations a way to pretend to be bankrupt in order to avoid paying damages to Americans poisoned by those corporations’ products.
The Supreme Court helped Koch-world in the case. Read at LeverNews.com
🚨Lawmakers just slipped language into a Pentagon bill that helps military contractors charge the government higher prices.
These lawmakers did this after raking in $3 million of campaign cash from military contractors.
What stage of corruption is this?
After donating millions to key lawmakers, military contractors scored two provisions in an upcoming Pentagon funding bill allowing them to continue overcharging the government.
Be the first to know and let us send you an email when The Lever posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.
Send a message to The Lever:
🚨NEW: "So my argument to Speaker Johnson is even if you don't agree on Medicare for All... At least get rid of the medical debt... No one in America should go into debt to get healthcare." The Biden administration just moved to strike medical debt from Americans' credit reports, but Rep. Ro Khanna is making the case for going all the way and canceling it all together. Listen at LeverTimePod.com
As the long-running quagmire erupts into more bloodshed and destruction, we need to stop dehumanizing the conflict and acknowledge both sides' pain and suffering. Listen to the full episode at levertimepod.com
In the same month scientists were warning that climate change was shattering heat records, Barack Obama gave this speech. Think about this short clip when he & his former top aides now lament the climate crisis. Watch the clip here👇 https://levernews.com/obamas-greenwash/
The expiration of the expanded tax credits resulted in more than three million kids being thrown into poverty. Now, new data shows it also resulted in a massive regressive tax increase on the working class. Full story here: https://www.levernews.com/joe-manchins-tax-hike-on-the-working-class/
Happy Tax Day, or as the ultra-wealthy call it: just another Tuesday. https://www.levernews.com/tax-free-day-for-the-ultra-wealthy/
Conservative pundits spent their Easter weekend defending two decades of undisclosed luxury vacations for a Supreme Court justice and a billionaire collecting Nazi memorabilia. The modern Conservative movement in a nutshell. More at LeverNews.com
Centrist group "No Labels" wants to launch "unity" ticket presidential campaign. But due to a campaign finance loophole, they won't have to disclose any of their donors. Full story: https://www.levernews.com/americas-first-dark-money-ballot-line/
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined us on the latest LEVER TIME to discuss impeaching Clarence Thomas. The Congresswoman says House Dems must file articles of impeachment and says she will draft them if others do not step up. Episode out tomorrow: LeverTimePod.com
This past September, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) vetoed a bill that overwhelmingly passed both chambers of the California legislature and would have delivered rules and transparency to the state’s burgeoning and largely unregulated cryptocurrency industry. Full story: https://www.levernews.com/californias-crypto-champion/
Instead of simply defending itself against allegations of illegal union-busting on a mass scale, Starbucks is using legal proceedings to double down. More: https://www.levernews.com/to-crush-unions-starbucks-targets-employee-communications-2/
Get to know Chicago mayoral candidate Paul Vallas! More: https://www.levernews.com/how-vallas-helped-wall-street-loot-chicagos-schools/
Silicon Valley Bank shows how rules are instantly changed to protect the rich and powerful. Here's how: https://www.levernews.com/lever-weekly-too-small-to-regulate-now-too-big-to-fail/
See who helped slash bank rules before Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, what they said at the time, and what they’re saying now.
On this week's Movies vs. Capitalism, Adam McKay joins us to break down Mike Judge's 1999 classic, "Office Space." Full episode at MVCpod.com
On our newest episode of "Movies vs. Capitalism," we broke down the original "girl boss" movie, Working Girl. Full episode: mvcpod.com
"Where's Pete Buttigieg?" The people of East Palestine are demanding accountability after a Norfolk Southern train derailed in their town. Meanwhile, Buttigieg's DOT is pretending it's powerless to reduce derailment risks. Full story: https://www.levernews.com/buttigieg-pretends-hes-powerless-to-reduce-derailment-risks/
We investigated the Norfolk Southern train derailment in Ohio. Here's what you need to know: https://www.levernews.com/rail-companies-blocked-safety-rules-before-ohio-derailment/
After reaping huge fees off workers’ savings, private equity firms’ subterfuge could imperil promised benefits for millions of workers and retirees. Full episode: levertimepod.com
Russell Brand joined David Sirota on Lever Time this week to talk about the anti-establishment movement and how it's evolved over the years. Full episode: https://www.levernews.com/where-spirituality-meets-politics-w-russell-brand/
Want your business to be the top-listed Media Company?
