LEVER WEEKLY: Welcome To America! (No, Not You)
Trump offers selective sanctuary, airlines sell your data to immigration enforcers, RFK institutes radical opacity, and more from The Lever this week.
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YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Log Off, Kids
Offline is the new cool, offshore accounts are caught red-handed, a crypto kingpin is behind bars, and the Pentagon does its own repairs.
TAX REVOLT, Part Four: The Pledgemaster
Grover Norquist made a name for himself by cancelling politicians who dared to raise taxes. Is his reign ending?
RFK Jr.’s Vow Of Silence
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ushering in a new era of secrecy at the FDA.
Airlines Are Collecting Your Data And Selling It To ICE
An aviation industry clearinghouse is collecting passenger information from billions of past and future flights and selling it to Trump’s immigration enforcers.
The Texas-Sized Plan To Shut You Up
A corporate-led attack on free speech in Texas is making odd bedfellows and tearing the state’s GOP apart.
The Private Equity Time Bomb Is About To Blow
Private equity firms spent the last two decades plundering beloved American brands for parts — now, they threaten to send the economy further into a tailspin with record-high bankruptcies.
Republicans Want To Upcharge The Poor To Pay For Their Tax Cuts
The GOP’s new budget proposes raising premiums and co-pays for Medicaid beneficiaries, including those at the poverty line, to pay for sweeping tax cuts for the wealthy.
They Inflated Your Gas Prices — Now Trump Wants To Let Them Off The Hook
Awash in industry donations, Trump is poised to exonerate fossil fuel executives accused of colluding to increase oil prices.
Trump Taps Refugee Fund To Welcome White South Africans Within Days
Amid a near-total asylum ban, government sources say Trump officials are planning to use funds for at-risk refugees to facilitate imminent Afrikaner resettlement.