Melania Trump blames 'opposition' for news a 'Be Best' pamphlet was recycled...
Yes, yes, we're all having a good laugh at Melania Trump's expense.First lady Melania Trump’s anti-cyberbullying campaign brochure was largely recycled from an Obama-era publication in 2014, with most...
View ArticleAT&T continues fighting to declaw the agency they claim will police...
Ajit Pai and his telecom overlords love to say that the consumer protections being exposed by rolling back the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Obama-era net neutrality rules will be covered...
View ArticleThe likely new head of FTC consumer protections is a lawyer who fights...
Welcome to the swamp! The New York Times reports that lawyer Andrew M. Smith is expected to become the head of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) efforts to “police” companies violating consumer...
View ArticleStrictest net neutrality bill makes big comeback after being gutted under...
California’s net neutrality legislation has made a huge recovery. The bill had made moves through the state senate and subcommittees heavily pressured by big telecom lobbyists, but was gutted two weeks...
View ArticleI Don't Answer My Cell Phone If I Have a Choice.
RING RING RINGAre you ready to do something about those student loans? Did you know the warranty on your car may expire, but you can extend it if you act now? We have a wonderful health insurance plan...
View ArticleIt turns out that repealing net neutrality is leading to less broadband...
Back when the FCC, under chairman Ajit Pai, was lying about cyber attacks in order to ignore the overwhelmingly negative reaction to its plans to repeal net neutrality protections, Pai promised that...
View ArticleFTC Reneges on $125 Equifax Data Breach Payment
Amplifying this here so it can get pushed out as many places as it can be.The FTC failed to account for the sheer number of people who would opt for the $125 cash out payment, so they have basically...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren calls out Zuckerberg over new Facebook ad policies after his...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts and 2020 presidential hopeful, tweeted a string of questions about Donald Trump and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday that has already received...
View ArticleSenate Democrats debut bill to let internet users stop their personal...
On Tuesday, Democratic senators unveiled a new online privacy bill, the Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act (COPRA), that could seriously strengthen protections for digital consumers. Sen. Maria...
View ArticleTrump’s FCC scrambles to get ISPs to do the things that net neutrality...
The FCC, under Trump’s pick Ajit Pai, has done away with net neutrality protections in part by arguing that the internet is not a utility in the same way as telephones. While this argument has been...
View ArticleConsumer watchdog shuts down scam tied to Trump’s former AG, orders $1...
Amidst the accelerating news surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic at the end of March, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it would be refunding “more than $1 million” to victims of an...
View ArticleAmericans lose network services even after FCC pact with network providers...
The only positive—if it can be called that—in this entire tragic pandemic is that it has laid bare the inadequacies of our infrastructure, our economic structure, and the conservative political...
View ArticleMonopoly Money: 'BradCast' 7/30/2020
Guest: David Dayen on Wednesday's 'incredible' anti-trust hearing in the House and new book 'Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power'Also: Herman Cain dies of COVID; Trump tries to distract...
View ArticleRight-wing fraudster allegedly behind series of robocalls spreading voting...
Jacob Wohl is the right-wing scam artist fraudster who continues to make news because he somehow continues to not be in jail. As recently as May, audio recordings of Wohl and his strange crew of...
View ArticleBig telecom lackey Ajit Pai announces he will be leaving FCC with Trump
Not surprising anyone, Federal Communications Commission chair Ajit Pai announced that he plans on leaving his post on Jan. 20 in the coming year. What Pai will do after leaving his government post is...
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♀️ This Week in the War on Women: June 19 - challenges to the status quo...
xYouTube Video A music video to start:[Creation of the] mural "Flying in sorority", by Mexican artist Adry del Rocío [in] Mexico City within the framework of the Generation Equality Forum.SEE THE...
View ArticleInflation Misreported by Media, Good for Many Workers, Bad for Big Banks:...
Guest: Jon Schwarz of The InterceptAlso: 'QAnon Shaman' gets 3+ years (while Trump runs free)Gosar censured by HouseBiden seeks probe of Big Oil profiteering; Sanders on Defense spending...
View ArticleNational Labor Board Orders New Amazon Unionization Vote in AL: 'BradCast'...
Guest: Labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein of UC Santa BarbaraAlso: Federal Appeals Court hears Trump case for blocking release of Jan 6 docsMeadows now said 'cooperating' with Jan 6 Committee...The...
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ICYMI - Magic dirt, or why the latest alternative health 'miracle' isn't.
Via NBC News, a report on a long-running scam that took off thanks to the Internet:The social media posts started in May: photos and videos of smiling people, mostly women, drinking Mason jars of black...
View ArticleCorporate Pandemic Inflation Profiteering and What Can Be Done About It:...
Guest: American Prospect's David DayenAlso: Omicron lab studies suggest booster shots critical; Congressional priorities laid bare...The U.S. economy, of course, has been rigged for years. The...
View ArticleDemocrats and progressive activists actually got a lot of great things done...
Objectively speaking, this year represented a significant improvement on the historic misery of 2020. We were able to escape the overwhelming confusion, anger, and fear that came with the rise of a...
View ArticleCompany known for its insurrection swag fined for replacing ‘Made in China’...
A Utah-based company well known for its jingoistic gear was fined by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last week after falsely claiming that all of the company’s products were made solely in the U.S....
View ArticleMore top Twitter executives resign, warning that Musk is exposing the company...
The cynics who've speculated that Elon Musk may have spent $44 billion on Twitter only so that he could destroy the company he's long had contempt for aren't exactly hard-up for evidence, at this...
View ArticleBiden administration shows it can still get stuff done despite dysfunctional...
As House Republicans showed the nation how completely unable to govern they are or will be, failing to elect a speaker for the seventh vote in three days, the Biden administration showed that there are...
View ArticleThe FTC’s Proposed Rule Banning Worker Noncompetes
With Republican Kevin McCarthy just installed as House Speaker after a raucous fifteen ballots, it looks as if our new 118th Congress is broken on arrival. We can look forward to fruitless partisan...
View ArticleBiden FTC's New Rule to Ban Wage-Depressing, Non-Compete Contracts:...
Guest: Public Citizen's competition policy expert Matt KentAlso: House GOP's dangerous debt default gambit may come sooner than expected...If you can get through the troubling news at the top of...
View ArticleHow Software Bullies Beat You Up for Change
Over the next few years, you’re going to hear a lot about Lina Khan, the Chair of our Federal Trade Commission. One of her jobs is to protect you against the software bullies who beat you up for...
View ArticleWhy are your medical bills so high? Look at your latest hospital merger
By Elisabeth Rosenthal When Mark Finney moved to southwestern Virginia with his young family a decade ago, there were different hospital systems and a range of independent doctors to choose from.But...
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The Corporate Takeover of American Politics
The American political system has been taken over by major corporations. Many political scientists already do not consider the U.S. a full-blown democracy, rather they view it as an oligarchy. An...
View ArticleAmazon used an algorithm to essentially raise prices on other sites, the FTC...
Amazon used a secret algorithm that essentially helped the company raise prices on other online sites and “destroyed” some internal communications as the Federal Trade Commission was investigating the...
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The Great U.S. Tax Scam and who is behind it; Must-see TV
You’ve already seen the ads, or will soon. They promise to make filing taxes a breeze, save you money, and get you your maximum deductions while speeding your refund. Sure, nobody likes the Internal...
View ArticleTrump is currently countersuing Litinsky for Truth Social shares
"[Trump Media] has been forced to file this action to remedy the harm inflicted upon it by two faithless fiduciaries and a company they own," the lawsuit reads, "and to halt their ongoing attempts to...
View ArticleTrump Social announces massive share sell-off
So, the company is tumbling. A sell-off to have cash at hand. edition.cnn.com/...Raedle/Getty ImagesNew YorkCNN—Trump Media & Technology Group’s stock is tumbling again after the company announced...
View ArticleBig News from FTC- Non-Competes are Now Void
Holy shit I don’t think people are ready for how big of a deal this is:The FTC voted 3 to 2 Tuesday to issue the rule it proposed more than a year ago. The new rule makes it illegal for employers to...
View ArticleFCC restores net neutrality, fulfilling a Biden promise
The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 along party lines on Thursday to restore net neutrality. The move fulfills a promise made by President Joe Biden in 2021 and effectively restores...
View ArticleDOJ is suing Ticketmaster and Live Nation. What does it mean for concertgoers?
Will the Justice Department's lawsuit against Ticketmaster and Live Nation give concertgoers, sports fans, and theater patrons some relief from surging ticket prices?The lawsuit could potentially lead...
View ArticleThe Biden-Harris Administration is Challenging Corporate Power in America
Here is a brief (and incomplete) list of the actions the Biden-Harris administration has been taking during the first 6 months of 2024 to challenge corporate power in America: DOJ - Sues Live...
View ArticleBillionaires or Progressives, Not an Easy Choice
Lina Khan was appointed to the Federal Trade Commision by Biden at the suggestion of Elizabeth Warren. Warren was influential in the appointment of many progressive directors and administrators in...
View ArticleKamala’s surprise opportunity
Appointing Khan as chair was good politics and good policy on Biden’s part. He’s doubling down on a popular nominee, and he’s putting one of the country’s most extraordinary leaders in a position where...
View ArticleLina Khan Fights For Workers''Liberty' Amid Attacks From Democratic Donors-
Lina Khan fights for Workers Liberty Amid Democratic DonorsPresident Biden Nominated Lina Khan for Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission- Promises made and kept- His cabinet is one of the most...
View ArticleA new landscape in the grocery biz- Kroger/Albertsons merger news
Republished with permission from the author, Matt Stoller.(Apologies for having to click to see the illustrations)substack.com/…After two years of investigations and negotiations over court logistics,...
View ArticleFTC Sues Drug Middlemen Over Insulin Prices and Drug Companies on Notice
Well this seems like something the Harris campaign could use to make the point that the administration is still looking out for people who need insulin. In fact, if there’s anything in Project 2025...
View ArticleLina Khan’s FTC announces click-to-cancel rule, requiring businesses to make...
There are a few parts to this. Joe Biden appointed someone who has been instructed and or interested in doing these things. Lina Khan has been reviewing the rules around business practices people have...
View ArticleAgenda 47 and More Bad Trump Ideas
This is a long article, so prepare to spend some time.Just when you think Trump can't come up with anything worse than he already has, he does. Trump was already planning on giving blanket security...
View ArticleTrump Admits He Can't Lower Grocery Prices (Though the Biden Admin Just Did):...
Also: 1,500 Presidential commutations in one dayDOJ I.G. report released on the FBI and Trump's Jan. 6 insurrectionNC Repubs pull off massive power grabFilm and TV legend Dick Van Dyke sends us home...
View ArticleTrump Family Corruption Cometh...But So Does Our Opposition: 'BradCast'...
Immunity denied to felon Trump in NYThe Family's crypto-corruption on display in UAEA few thoughts on overcoming 'militant pessimism'...On today's BradCast: The unspeakable corruption of the Trump 2.0...
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What the Media Missed: Taylor Swift’s big win and a missing Republican
It’s almost Christmas and news producers across the industry are checked out of their jobs, so they used up whatever pre-taped segments they had for this weekend’s Sunday shows. That means that the...
View ArticlePolicy for the Opposition
Last week I highlighted the proposal by Timothy Snyder that Democrats should form a “shadow government”, like they do in the UK and other countries. (See Timothy Snyder and Shadow Government.) I...
View ArticleYou don't really own anything that needs software to operate. And that's just...
I have been a Mac user for decades. Recently I’ve had the unpleasant experience of having several software programs I’ve been using for years suddenly become unusable. One is an ancient data base...
View ArticleHere’s the moment Mark Zuckerberg gave away the game
Like the rest of the tech billionaire class, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has decided to give up any pretense of ethics in order to cozy up to President-elect Donald Trump.Zuckerberg killed Meta’s fact...
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