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Archive
Explore all of The Lever’s reporting that holds the powerful accountable.
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America’s Billionaires Are Teaching Your Kids To Cheat Taxes
Corporations and arch-conservatives are using a public school curriculum to teach children about the dangers of taxing the wealthy.
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Fight Or Die
Republicans are surging and Democrats are withering because the parties switched outlooks on political pugilism.
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Dark Money Just Got Darker: Wall Street Helped Fund Project 2025
Financial giants are helping wealthy donors funnel cash to Project 2025 and other extremist causes with zero transparency or tax repercussions.
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How The Gun Lobby Ensured The RNC Couldn’t Be Gun Free
Even after Trump’s assassination attempt, Milwaukee can’t ban guns at the Republican convention — thanks to the gun lobby’s use of powerful state preemption laws.
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J.D. Vance Wants Police To Track People Who Have Abortions
Trump’s vice presidential pick pressured regulators to let police access the records of people who cross state lines for abortions.
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J.D. Vance As Trump’s VP: “A Corporate CEO’s Dream And A Worker’s Nightmare”
For years, The Lever has exposed the Ohio senator’s hypocrisies and what they mean for the American people.
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Pennsylvania GOP Fought A Ban On The Gun Used In Trump Shooting
Months before the assassination attempt, Pennsylvania lawmakers tabled legislation to outlaw the kind of rifle allegedly used in the attack.
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LEVER WEEKLY: Biden’s Big, Bad Week
As the Biden campaign implodes, corporations are swooping in to pick up the pieces, and more news from The Lever this week.
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YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Batteries Are So Back
Plus, meddling homeowner associations are put in their place, retirees put up a good fight, and the left wins big across the pond.