David Sirota
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Sep 11, 2026
David SirotaHOST
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David SirotaHOST
I'm David Sirota.
David SirotaHOST
Last week, I drove six hours from my home in Denver, Colorado to Ord, Nebraska, a tiny rural town of about 2,000 people right in the middle of the American heartland.
David SirotaHOST
Nebraska is a deep red state.
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David SirotaHOST
I'm David Sirota.
David SirotaHOST
We'll be back next week with another episode of Lever Time.
Kyle KulinskiHOST
Now, again, speaking of destroying the world, The Lever has a piece out.
Kyle KulinskiHOST
David Sirota.
Kyle KulinskiHOST
And he says, Newsom killed the AI kill switch.
Kyle KulinskiHOST
Before big tech researchers warned of a super intelligence doomsday, 2028 hopeful Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have made AI kill switches mandatory.
Egberto WilliesHOST
All right.
Egberto WilliesHOST
Journalist David Sirota expressed disgust at Congress for its inaction, describing the current crop of elected officials as Instagram influencers who all likely will do nothing about the threat of AI.
Egberto WilliesHOST
Journalist Jim Vande Hei similarly argued that at the very least, Congress should clear everything else to understand what they're seeing coming from the AI industry before pessimistically adding, but they won't.
Egberto WilliesHOST
Eric Michael Garcia, Washington Bureau of Independence, blasted Congress for completely struggling, struggling off its duties and letting the AI industry continue without regulations.
Katie HalperHOST
And by the way, definitely want to shout out a Patreon only.
Katie HalperHOST
If you didn't catch it live, a great Patreon only we did with David Sirota, who himself worked with Neera Tandon.
Katie HalperHOST
And he explains why, yes, she would absolutely rather Abdul-Assad lose.
Katie HalperHOST
It's actually very much in her own immediate self-interest.
Roxanne KincaidHOST
... yeah, it comes out in theaters on October the 16th.
Roxanne KincaidHOST
Uh, David Sirota the journalist said yesterday, "The reason Elon Musk is freaking out about this upcoming documentary is because it's by Alex Gibney, one of the world's best accountability journalists documentarians.
Roxanne KincaidHOST
Musk knows Alex doesn't pull punches, doesn't cower, and won't be bullied, and so the bully is mad."
TristanPANELIST
Goodness.
David SirotaHOST
From the Lever's reader-supported newsroom, it's Lever Time.
David SirotaHOST
I'm David Sirota.
David SirotaHOST
If you asked me what comes to mind when I think of the state of Maine, I'd probably describe a haunted scene from one of its most famous residents, Stephen King.
David SirotaHOST
Gray skies, cold rain, damp air, maybe a cemetery.
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I'm David Sirota.
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Hasan PikerHOST
Yeah.
Hasan PikerHOST
Anyway, Jonathan Chait, David Sirota, the longtime Sanders aide and 2020 campaign speechwriter spoke plainly.
Hasan PikerHOST
If the Democratic leadership could find a way to win the Senate and have Abdul lose, I'm sure they would take that bargain.
Hasan PikerHOST
Jonathan Chait is so hopped up on supremacist values.
Hasan PikerGUEST
It's very clear to me that they would rather throw the Abdul El-Sayed race.
Hasan PikerGUEST
Jonathan Chait recently came out and openly admitted this as well, um, uh, off of, uh, something that David Sirota was, uh, saying in Politico, where David Sirota admitted, like, if Democrats had an opportunity to throw the Michigan Senate race, but then win the majority elsewhere, they would take it 100% of the time.
Hasan PikerGUEST
And Jonathan Chait said, "Yes, absolutely.
Hasan PikerGUEST
Why wouldn't we do that?" And that blows my mind.
Ana KasparianHOST
They are helping the Republican in this Senate race win that Senate seat.
Cenk UygurHOST
And the last thing I saw before I got on air was David Sirota and Glenn Greenwald both pushing back against this and going, what are Democrats doing? It's not just Republicans attacking Abdul El-Sayed, it's not just the mainstream press who hates Muslims and are deeply bigoted and loves anything that relates to Israel and war that are doing this, that we're kind of used to that, right? But Democrats are attacking Abdul El-Sayed.
Cenk UygurHOST
Yeah.
Cenk UygurHOST
And I'll add from my perspective, meaning what I've seen, Every time I've seen a Democrat on TV the last two weeks, they have not been attacking Trump or the Republicans.
Wajahat AliHOST
Uh, and I think I might just do two tomorrow.
Wajahat AliHOST
Tomorrow I have Alison Gill at 2 PM and have Dave Sirota at 3 PM.
Wajahat AliHOST
It'll be really good.
Wajahat AliHOST
Um, and then I, uh, I might get someone at four, but I might just take a little bit easy and then get back to my regular schedule on Wednesday.
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