Veronica Riccobene

Producer at The Lever

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Articles

The MAHA Movement’s Early Surrender

1 week ago | levernews.com | Veronica Riccobene

This is a web version of The Lever’s daily email newsletter. 🔥 Today’s Lever listen: Just as the president pressed for a nuclear deal with Iran, he approved Israel’s new war on Iran. Will America’s own military soon be directly involved? 👇 Spend three minutes reading this 967-word newsletter to learn about: The American treasures up for sale. Who’s already counting their profits from Trump’s war with Iran. How corporate executives really feel about the tariffs.
The Patent Loophole Keeping Your Drugs Expensive

1 week ago | levernews.com | Veronica Riccobene

This is a web version of The Lever’s daily email newsletter. 🔥 Today’s Lever story: A secret group chat reveals that Democratic strategists are supporting the pro-crypto GENIUS Act for political gain — despite acknowledging it’s a Trump corruption giveaway. 👇 Spend three minutes reading this 997-word newsletter to learn about: A patent loophole keeping popular prescription drugs’ prices high. Which Justice Department division is shutting its doors.
Big Tech Is Behind Your Massive Electric Bill

1 week ago | levernews.com | Veronica Riccobene

This is a web version of The Lever’s daily email newsletter. Forward this email to others so they can sign up🔥 Today’s Lever story: Florida is poised to eliminate long-standing guardrails limiting increasingly risky investments in Israel’s war. 👇 Spend three minutes reading this 913-word newsletter to learn about: Which Democratic governor is laying out the red carpet for data centers. How superstores could soon force you to pay in their own currency.
Campaign Finance Reform May Save Us From Cuomo 2.0

2 weeks ago | levernews.com | Veronica Riccobene

This is a web version of The Lever’s daily email newsletter. 🔥 Today’s Lever story: Amid the fear, chaos, and violence playing out on the streets, the protections promised by neoliberalism are nowhere to be found. 👇 Spend three minutes reading this 955-word newsletter to learn about: A tragic new turn in Boeing’s quest for impunity. The dead canary in private equity's coal mine. Why corporate mergers just got a whole lot easier. How New York City could stop its mayoral seat from being bought.
Waymo On The Way Out

2 weeks ago | levernews.com | Veronica Riccobene

This is a web version of The Lever’s daily email newsletter. 🔥 Today’s Lever story: UnitedHealth Group’s investors were profiting from its high denial rates. Now, they’re suing to ensure that doesn’t change. 👇 Spend three minutes reading this 998-word newsletter to learn about: How Republicans are running up the bill on immigration raids. The Congressional handout for Trump’s crypto schemes. Which state’s lawmakers just made car buying even more expensive. The new face of surveillance capitalism.
Trump Just Quietly Teed Up $20 Billion In Starlink Contracts

2 weeks ago | levernews.com | Veronica Riccobene

This is a web version of The Lever’s daily email newsletter. Forward this email to others so they can sign up🔥 Today’s Lever story: Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is accused of illegally ordering state officials to aid Trump’s immigration crackdown. 👇 Spend three minutes reading this 962-word newsletter to learn about: Corporations’ free pass to bribe foreign officials. Republican lawmakers’ plan to nix your tax cuts to pay for their own. The unexpected return of the $15 minimum wage.
For Wall Street, Gentrification Is Tax Deferred

2 weeks ago | levernews.com | Veronica Riccobene

This is a web version of The Lever’s daily email newsletter. 🔥 Today’s Lever story: Secretive dark money groups are pushing states to redefine methane gas as “clean,” undermining renewable energy initiatives. 👇 Spend three minutes reading this 975-word newsletter to learn about: Banks’ new laissez-faire regulator. Why your local police officers look like soldiers. The gun lobby’s morbid spending strategy. A tax loophole for corporate gentrifiers. They can’t scam who they can’t find.
A Democratic Governor Lends A Hand To Loan Sharks

3 weeks ago | levernews.com | Veronica Riccobene

This is a web version of The Lever’s daily email newsletter. 🔥 Today’s Lever investigation (years in the making): Federal regulators have authorized hundreds of drugs without evidence they work, and many are dangerous. 👇 Spend three minutes reading this 998-word newsletter to learn about: How Republicans plan to sacrifice your life savings to crypto. Why loan sharks smell blood in the water in Maryland. A first-of-its-kind bill taking aim at corporate medicine.
AI Is Coming For Your Credit Union

3 weeks ago | levernews.com | Veronica Riccobene

This is a web version of The Lever’s daily email newsletter. 🔥 Today’s Lever essay: The resistance won’t succeed until it stops being a performance and starts challenging the system that got us here. 👇 Spend three minutes reading this 923-word newsletter to learn about: Elon’s return to office. Big Meat’s inauguration payoff. Which lawmaker didn’t bother to read the big beautiful bill. How AI became your new creditor. They can’t scam who they can’t find.
Meet Your Abundance Governor

3 weeks ago | levernews.com | Veronica Riccobene

This is a web version of The Lever’s daily email newsletter. 🔥 Today’s Lever story: One of the carveouts in the “Big, Beautiful Bill” would sell off 225,000 acres of protected federal land to a foreign mining company with close connections to the Trump family. 👇 Spend three minutes reading this 939-word newsletter to learn about: The bitter end of a half-century of environmental review. How much the Fed is running up in credit card fees. Project 2025’s presidential cabinet.