Inflation 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...
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