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"Santa Clause for Billionaires": Trump and His Tax Cuts

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May 9, 2025

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On this episode of Mehdi Unfiltered, David Sirota, the founder and editor-in-chief of The Lever and a former speechwriter and senior adviser to Bernie Sanders, joins Mehdi to discuss the podcast, "<a href="https://www.levernews.com/tag/tax-revolt/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Tax Revolt</a>", and the surprising state where the movement took off in the 1970s: California. SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM: <a href="https://zeteo.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://zeteo.com/subscribe</a> WATCH 'MEHDI UNFILTERED' ON SUBSTACK: <a href="https://zeteo.com/s/mehdi-unfiltered" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://zeteo.com/s/mehdi-unfiltered</a> FIND ZETEO: Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/zeteo_news" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/zeteo_news</a> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/zeteonews" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/zeteonews</a> TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@zeteonews" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.tiktok.com/@zeteonews</a> FIND MEHDI: Substack: <a href="https://substack.com/@mehdirhasan" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://substack.com/@mehdirhasan</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/@mehdirhasan" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/@mehdirhasan</a> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/@mehdirhasan" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/@mehdirhasan</a> TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@mehdirhasan" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.tiktok.com/@mehdirhasan</a>

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