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  • Tariff This! Trump Threatens Tariffs on Mexico for a FOURTH Time

    This is getting old. Donald Trump has now threatened Mexico with tariffs for the fourth time since being elected, with an ever-shifting carousel of justifications. In today's episode, José Luis and Kurt have the entire breakdown. New sets of polls on both sides of the border demonstrate that USers are souring on Trump's immigration measures...and that Mexicans are souring on the US. Better late than never: Mexico decides to attend the Emergency Conference of States to End the Gaza Genocide amidst rumors that Foreign Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente's passive approach to diplomacy is wearing thin. And in Losers and Haters, a US narco-lawyer tries to pick a fight with President Sheinbaum.

    59 min
  • Is Japan really running out of rice?

    The price of rice in Japan has doubled in the past year, and the nation's emergency stockpile is dwindling. A poor harvest in 2023 is partly to blame, but Japan is reckoning with much deeper structural problems in its domestic rice market. Decades of rigid protectionism have created an artificial scarcity, and consumers are feeling the pinch. 

    • Guest: Ethan Wu, Asia business and finance editor at The Economist
    • Producer: Jack Schmidt
      • 18 min
    • Day 650: Living in a genocide
      Watch entire episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erN8Jl2kb-s
      Guests:
      - Asem Alnabih, writer, spokesperson for Gaza Municipality
      - David Cronin, associate editor at The Electronic Intifada
      2 hr 40 min
    • Rule by the rich: Western governments are oligarchies, not democracies
      Western governments claim to be models of democracy, and demonize their geopolitical adversaries as "authoritarian", but empirical evidence shows that the USA and European countries are oligarchies dominated by economic elites and large corporations. Billionaire Donald Trump is the perfect symbol of this, but he's by no means the only one. Ben Norton explains.
      VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BONnmHRmp_M
      Topics
      0:00 Narrative of Western "democracies"
      0:26 (CLIP) Joe Biden on "democracy vs autocracy"
      0:37 Western governments are oligarchies
      1:54 Summary of oligarchic Western leaders
      2:54 Scientific research shows USA is an oligarchy
      4:29 US public opinion on healthcare
      5:20 Money buys 80-90% of seats in US Congress
      6:27 Citizens United ruling
      7:21 Donald Trump: perfect symbol of US oligarchy
      7:57 Robber barons
      8:44 One Big Beautiful Bill: class war by the rich
      9:49 Billionaires pay lower tax rate than most Americans
      10:42 US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
      11:35 Ex US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin
      12:16 Steve Bannon worked for Goldman Sachs
      12:58 US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick
      13:07 Crypto was taken over by Wall Street
      14:08 Trump is the symptom, not the cause
      15:07 Biden promised nothing would change
      16:07 Barack Obama: funded by Wall Street
      17:53 Mitt Romney: servant of Wall Street
      18:48 Super PACs
      19:32 Bloomberg funded Biden's 2020 race
      19:56 Billionaires funded Trump's 2024 race
      20:35 Elon Musk donated $288 million for Trump
      20:57 (CLIP) Elon Musk bought 2024 US election
      21:11 World's richest man buys US politics
      21:34 Wall Street wages war on Zohran Mamdani
      22:46 Democratic Party sabotaged Bernie Sanders
      24:34 UK Labour Party sabotaged Jeremy Corbyn
      26:18 British spy agencies sabotaged Jeremy Corbyn
      28:15 Symbol of UK oligarchy: Rishi Sunak
      31:37 Neoliberal Keir Starmer: Tony Blair reincarnated
      32:35 France's President of the rich: Emmanuel Macron
      36:04 BlackRock's man in Germany: Friedrich Merz
      37:40 Goldman Sachs' man in Italy: Mario Draghi
      39:10 Goldman Sachs' man in Canada: Mark Carney
      40:22 Summary of oligarchic Western leaders
      41:35 Western governments are not democracies
      42:45 Outro
      43 min
    • Democracy Now! 2025-07-17 Thursday
      Democracy Now! 2025-07-17 Thursday
      • Headlines for July 17, 2025
      • "I'm a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It": Prof. Omer Bartov on the Growing Consensus on Gaza
      • Writer Adam Shatz on How Oct. 7 & Israel's Brutality in Gaza Reshaped the World

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        59 min
      • 8 Absurd Handouts Hiding In Trump’s Tax Bill (With David Dayen)

        You’ve likely heard about the slashed health care for millions of Americans. Hospitals defunded. Massive tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans. But guess what? Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" is even more absurd (and devious) than you think. 

        Today on Lever Time, David Sirota sits down with David Dayen of The American Prospect and The Lever’s Luke Goldstein to dig into the hidden details: How did these crazy handouts make it into the Big Beautiful Bill? What’s the larger agenda? And how is this going to affect you?

        Read Luke Goldstein’s reporting here. Read David Dayen's article here.

        As an exclusive bonus, click here to listen to an additional 35 minutes of this interview.

        Get Lever Time Premium, with ad-free episodes, bonus content and extended interviews by becoming a member at levernews.com/subscribe

        If you’d like to leave a tip for The Lever, click the following link. It helps us do this kind of independent journalism.         levernews.com/donate

        43 min
      • Why They’re Protecting Jeffrey Epstein’s Secrets (with Julie K. Brown)

        Why is President Donald Trump’s right-wing voter base up in arms over Jeffrey Epstein? Which of the many conspiracy theories are based in truth? And what is Trump’s Department of Justice now trying to cover up? 

        Today on Lever Time, David Sirota speaks with the award-winning investigative journalist Julie K. Brown, who first broke the story of Epstein’s legal cover-up, to find out why we should keep pushing the Trump administration for answers.

        To read more of Julie K. Brown’s groundbreaking reporting about the Epstein case, check out her book “Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story.”

        Get Lever Time Premium, with ad-free episodes, bonus content, and extended interviews by becoming a member at levernews.com/subscribe

        You can also leave a tip for The Lever. It helps us do this work. levernews.com/donate

        54 min
      • 951 - My Boys And In Some Cases Gals feat. Alex Nichols (7/14/25)
        Alex back on the show today to look at the continuing fallout of Trump’s attempts to wash his hands of Epstein. From the baffled & betrayed Trump-curious internet trend-seekers, to the dyed-in-the-wool loyalists, the admin seems to have picked the absolute worst way to disarm this bomb. Plus: Greg Abbott makes a why-even-bother play to cover up Musk’s bribery, and Biden gives a why-even-bother explanation for his diminished capacity pardons.
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        1 hr 8 min

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