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# LEVER WEEKLY: “Today’s Political Class Doesn’t Even Know What They Don’t Know.”
- URL: https://www.levernews.com/lever-weekly-todays-political-class-doesnt-even-know-what-they-dont-know/
- Published: 2023-09-24T13:01:45.000Z
- Updated: 2023-10-03T15:38:42.000Z
- Description: From missing inflation data to online mass surveillance, here’s a roundup of our reporting from the past week.
- Author: The Lever
- Tags: Lever Weekly

### **What *The Lever* Reported This Week:**

• [**The Missing Inflation Data**](https://www.levernews.com/the-missing-inflation-data/) — *The Biden administration is getting bad data and bad advice — but there’s a way out.*

• [**@BigBrother Is Following You**](https://www.levernews.com/bigbrother-is-following-you/)— *Inside ShadowDragon, the tool that lets immigration agents track expectant mothers and online gamers.*

• [**LEFT WONDERING: Time To Rebrand Climate Change?**](https://www.levernews.com/left-wondering-time-to-rebrand-climate-change/) — *Reintroducing Left Wondering with Joel Stein, an advice column on how to lead an ethical life in an increasingly unethical world.*

• [**YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Building A Greener Tomorrow Today**](https://www.levernews.com/you-love-to-see-it-building-a-greener-tomorrow-today/) — *Biden announces a youth climate corps, while California makes it easier to fix your gadgets and the government comes for Amazon.*

### **Stuff To Watch Or Listen To:**

• **[LEVER TIME: The Serious Science Of Extraterrestrial Research](https://www.levernews.com/the-serious-science-of-extraterrestrial-research/)** — *David Sirota speaks with Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb about the controversial field of extraterrestrial research.*

• [**Top Obama-Biden Dems Lobby To Kill Wealth Tax On Country's Super Rich**](https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/4211735-rising-september-19-2023/?ref=levernews.com) — *Julia Rock appears on* Rising *to discuss “[Top Dems Press Supreme Court To Block Billionaire Tax](https://www.levernews.com/top-dems-press-supreme-court-to-block-billionaire-tax/).”*

• [**UAW Strike Demands Fairness for Workers While U.S. Automakers spend billions on Stock Buybacks**](https://btlonline.org/uaw-strike-demands-fairness-for-workers-while-us-automakers-spend-billions-on-stock-buybacks/?ref=levernews.com) — *Lucy Dean Stockton appears on the* Counterpoint *radio show to discuss “[Automakers Hand Billions to Shareholders While Stiffing Workers](https://www.levernews.com/automakers-hand-billions-to-shareholders-while-stiffing-workers/).”*

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