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Jun 22, 2022 1 hr 9 min

The Social Security Chopping Block

from Lever Time Hosted by David Sirota

On this week’s episode of Lever Time: David speaks with Alex Lawson, the executive director of Social Security Works, to discuss Lindsey Graham’s recent comments on entitlement reform and whether the Biden administration will capitulate to Republicans (5:07). He’s then joined by Andrew Perez, whose recent Lever story explored a free medical clinic filling critical health care gaps in Sen. Manchin’s home state of West Virginia, after the corporate Democrat blocked Medicare expansion (27:40). Finally, Julia Rock interviews climate organizer Pete Sikora, a campaign director for New York Communities for Change, about New York Dems’ recent efforts to kill a renewable energy bill (45:50). If you'd like to support the independent journalism we're doing, head over to LeverNews.com to become a supporting subscriber. If you’d like to leave a tip for The Lever click the following link. We really appreciate your support :) levernews.com/tipjar Head over to SheetsGiggles.com/LEVER to get 15% off your order!

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