#  @econliberties American Economic Liberties Project American Economic Liberties Project posts on X about private equity, $googl, acquisition, money the most. They currently have [------] followers and [----] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::1199359810413707264/interactions)  - [--] Week [------] +302% - [--] Month [-------] +474% - [--] Months [-------] -64% - [--] Year [---------] -41% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::1199359810413707264/posts_active)  - [--] Week [--] +61% - [--] Month [---] +79% - [--] Months [---] +62% - [--] Year [---] +39% ### Followers: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::1199359810413707264/followers)  - [--] Week [------] +0.66% - [--] Month [------] +2% - [--] Months [------] +7.30% - [--] Year [------] +14% ### CreatorRank: [---------] [#](/creator/twitter::1199359810413707264/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [finance](/list/finance) [stocks](/list/stocks) [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) [countries](/list/countries) [celebrities](/list/celebrities) [social networks](/list/social-networks) [gaming](/list/gaming) [us election](/list/us-election) [fashion brands](/list/fashion-brands) [nfl](/list/nfl) **Social topic influence** [private equity](/topic/private-equity), [$googl](/topic/$googl), [acquisition](/topic/acquisition), [money](/topic/money), [google](/topic/google), [wall street](/topic/wall-street), [doj](/topic/doj), [insurance](/topic/insurance), [warner bros](/topic/warner-bros), [debt](/topic/debt) **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@ftc](/creator/undefined) [@justiceatr](/creator/undefined) [@matthewstoller](/creator/undefined) [@linakhanftc](/creator/undefined) [@mh4oh](/creator/undefined) [@ftcs](/creator/undefined) [@leehepner](/creator/undefined) [@justiceatrs](/creator/undefined) [@williamjmcgee](/creator/undefined) [@patgarofalo](/creator/undefined) [@cfpb](/creator/undefined) [@balancecrafting](/creator/undefined) [@linamkhan](/creator/undefined) [@nhegde](/creator/undefined) [@freeremma](/creator/undefined) [@theprospect](/creator/undefined) [@kristakbrown](/creator/undefined) [@senwarren](/creator/undefined) [@capitolkvd](/creator/undefined) [@ashleynowicki](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl) [Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)](/topic/microsoft) [CVS Health Corp (CVS)](/topic/cvs) [Union Pacific Corporation (UNP)](/topic/union-pacific) [Cigna Corp (CI)](/topic/$ci) [Ferguson plc (FERG)](/topic/$ferg) [Mastercard, Inc. (MA)](/topic/$ma) [BlackRock Inc (BLK)](/topic/blackrock) [Verge (XVG)](/topic/verge) [Merge (MERGE)](/topic/merge) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "If Congress does not stop big corporations from using public money to buy their competitors we will see a tsunami of corporate mergers that will devastate workers small businesses and the communities they support.-@sarahmillerdc see our release here https://www.economicliberties.us/press-release/25-national-state-orgs-urge-congress-to-pass-the-pandemic-anti-monopoly-act/ https://www.economicliberties.us/press-release/25-national-state-orgs-urge-congress-to-pass-the-pandemic-anti-monopoly-act/" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1258761856837128192) 2020-05-08T14:13Z 15.6K followers, [--] engagements "Now is the time for this country to invest in relief innovation ownership entrepreneurship and worker protections not bail out or incentivize corporate juggernauts said @BrandingBrandi Senior Campaign Director at Color Of Change. https://www.economicliberties.us/press-release/25-national-state-orgs-urge-congress-to-pass-the-pandemic-anti-monopoly-act/ https://www.economicliberties.us/press-release/25-national-state-orgs-urge-congress-to-pass-the-pandemic-anti-monopoly-act/" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1258761859190206466) 2020-05-08T14:13Z 15.7K followers, [--] engagements "2/ This is the THIRD time @Facebook has been caught defrauding participants on its platform. Its also worth noting that monopolizing a market as @Facebook has done in social networking is also a crime" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1362496924503453697) 2021-02-18T20:19Z 14.9K followers, [--] engagements "3/ Its time for @Facebooks crime spree to end. @Facebook is a social media monopoly w/ such unchecked power that it can bully sovereign nations like Australia & flagrantly steal from its own advertising customers including Fortune [---] companies" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1362496925518491661) 2021-02-18T20:19Z 14.9K followers, [--] engagements "Big Techs toxic business models push extremism fraud and misinformation in exchange for profits. They turn a blind eye to these abuses if it means their quarterly earnings continue to explode" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1421168721595297796) 2021-07-30T18:00Z 14.9K followers, [--] engagements "Under the leadership of Chair @linakhanFTC the @FTC is taking a new approach to taking on Big Tech and addressing the harms these firms pose to workers small businesses and consumers alike. Senior Policy Analyst @KristaKBrown tells @mims more https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-ftc-is-reshaping-the-antitrust-argument-against-tech-giants-11643432448 https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-ftc-is-reshaping-the-antitrust-argument-against-tech-giants-11643432448" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1489705323287887873) 2022-02-04T21:00Z 15.4K followers, [--] engagements "11/ Later that day we applauded the Senates passage of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act and explained why its key to resolving our supply chain crisis & taking on the ocean shipping cartel thats clogging up our ports 🛳 https://www.economicliberties.us/press-release/ocean-shipping-reform-act-is-key-to-resolving-our-supply-chain-crisis/ https://www.economicliberties.us/press-release/ocean-shipping-reform-act-is-key-to-resolving-our-supply-chain-crisis/" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1509974668178038798) 2022-04-01T19:23Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements "12/ Policy Analyst @shahid__naeem joined @CapitolForum to discuss why @TheJusticeDept and @USDOT must block the Frontier-Spirit Airlines merger. https://thecapitolforum.com/resources/block-the-spirit-frontier-airlines-merger-argues-shahid-naeem/ https://thecapitolforum.com/resources/block-the-spirit-frontier-airlines-merger-argues-shahid-naeem/" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1509974670887501831) 2022-04-01T19:23Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements "Research finds that within five years of when a Walmart comes to town: ⚠wages decrease by 5.2% ⚠employment decreases by 2.9% ⚠labor force participation goes down by 1.4% @AOC and @LipstickEcon explain more 👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1512105421921681409) 2022-04-07T16:30Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements "Yesterday @business released new reporting showing that the number of new US manufacturing facilities soared 116%. Tariff policies work. It's about time we regain control of vital supply chains and realize the potential of quality manufacturing jobs. https://www.economicliberties.us/press-release/icymi-citing-tariffs-supply-chain-woes-american-businesses-double-the-pace/ https://www.economicliberties.us/press-release/icymi-citing-tariffs-supply-chain-woes-american-businesses-double-the-pace/" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1544675029161349125) 2022-07-06T13:30Z 15.1K followers, [--] engagements ""Despite being vital providers local pharmacists are under attack from massive vertically and horizontally merged companies." @matthewstoller and @NCPA General Counsel Matt Seiler dissect the consequences of a @UHC -@Change_HC merger in @TheProspect. https://prospect.org/health/big-health-care-is-already-too-big/ https://prospect.org/health/big-health-care-is-already-too-big/" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1565338701995028481) 2022-09-01T14:00Z 17.2K followers, [--] engagements ""When you have a handful of dominant corporations you don't see aggressive competition on price." @sarahmillerdc tells @NBCJoshua how increased consolidation leads to higher prices and profit margins especially with extractive private equity owners pulling the strings" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1591083326521098244) 2022-11-11T15:00Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements "Theres no question that Southwest handles more bags every day than other domestic carriers since there is no financial incentive for passengers to cram everything into carry-ons with Southwest. Sr. Fellow @WilliamJMcGee in @washingtonpost. https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2023/01/04/southwest-lost-bags-luggage-cancellations/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2023/01/04/southwest-lost-bags-luggage-cancellations/" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1611407380436193280) 2023-01-06T17:00Z 14.9K followers, [---] engagements "Theres no question that Southwest handles more bags every day than other domestic carriers since there is no financial incentive for passengers to cram everything into carry-ons with Southwest. Sr. Fellow @WilliamJMcGee in @washingtonpost. https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2023/01/04/southwest-lost-bags-luggage-cancellations/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2023/01/04/southwest-lost-bags-luggage-cancellations/" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1612509634086014976) 2023-01-09T18:00Z 14.9K followers, [---] engagements "Bank consolidation doesn't just hurt working families and small businesses but has far-reaching consequences for communities across the country. @sarahmillerdc explains how on her panel at @USOCC.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1624071791126642689) 2023-02-10T15:44Z 15K followers, [---] engagements "5/ Game Pass loses money but is subsidized by Microsofts overall profitability. Why So the company can push competitors out of the market. This is called predatory pricing and its the Netflix model Microsoft President Brad Smith celebrated today" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1673350388127236098) 2023-06-27T15:20Z 11.8K followers, [--] engagements "6/ If Microsoft buys Activision it will control must-have video game content like Call of Duty Overwatch Hearthstone and World of Warcraft. It can withhold these titles and others from rival services. The goal is to get gamers and studios to rely on Game Pass" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1673350389746343941) 2023-06-26T15:20Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements "2/ As a reminder the UK CMA has already blocked this deal. If Microsoft decides to go through it they will have to abandon the UK Market. Brad Smith has already attempted to blackmail UK enforcers dangling Microsofts cybersecurity business as a bargaining chip" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1678789151678779392) 2023-07-11T15:33Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements "3/ The truth is that this is a merger between direct competitors in a concentrated industry. Through Xbox gaming Microsoft is the third largest game developer globally behind its main competitor Sony and Tencent a Chinese mobile app developer it does not compete with" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1678789153096384512) 2023-07-11T15:33Z 11.4K followers, [---] engagements "@Innamo @RepSummerLee It's true. UPMC has used its monopoly power to drive down wages working conditions and the quality of care in Western Pennsylvania. Dig into that full report here.👇 https://www.economicliberties.us/our-work/critical-condition-how-upmcs-monopoly-power-harms-workers-and-patients/ https://www.economicliberties.us/our-work/critical-condition-how-upmcs-monopoly-power-harms-workers-and-patients/" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1678807918999752705) 2023-07-11T16:46Z 15K followers, [---] engagements "@FTC should appeal this decision and pursue an emergency stay of Judge Corleys order so that it can continue its administrative case against Microsofts monopoly ambitions." @LeeHepner in @washingtonpost on what comes next after Microsoft-ABK result.👇 https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/11/microsoft-activision-ftc-decision/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/11/microsoft-activision-ftc-decision/" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1678824351318065152) 2023-07-11T17:51Z 15K followers, [----] engagements ""Theyre using exaggerations half-truths and outright deception in an attempt to destroy the career of the first public servant in decades to run the FTC as its written in law instead of serving as a handmaiden to industry." @ddayen's latest.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1679151127349063682) 2023-07-12T15:32Z 11.8K followers, 90.8K engagements "Want to get up to speed on the dangers on banking consolidation in advance of @mh4oh's testimony in @SenateBanking this afternoon Here's our policy brief on why banking regulators should fight consolidation -- not support it.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1679170145552416775) 2023-07-12T16:46Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements ""Between [----] and [----] the Fed approved more than [----] consecutive mergers without denying a single one -- a streak that would make Cal Ripkin or Lou Gehrig green with envy." @SenWarren lays out the stakes of the consolidation crisis in banking" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1679199245855780888) 2023-07-12T18:54Z 11.6K followers, [----] engagements "It's simple: When a community loses its local banks its small businesses get hit the hardest. @mh4oh says when a community banks leaves a region "it truly takes the heartbeat of the local economy with it."" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1679213881128808469) 2023-07-12T19:43Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements "The Federal Trade Commission is right to appeal Judge Corleys deeply flawed opinion. @LeeHepner's full statement on @FTC's appeal in Microsoft-Activision. 👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1679275783234244609) 2023-07-13T02:10Z 11.3K followers, [----] engagements "🚨BIG: @SenWarren proposes breaking up big pharmacy benefit managers🚨 By banning PBMs from owning pharmacies this amendment strikes at the core of CVS Cigna and UnitedHealth Group's monopoly power. Here's why that's good news for patients and pharmacists.👇🧵" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1683941391582236672) 2023-07-25T20:44Z 12K followers, 37.4K engagements "While the administration and Congress are trying to get a grasp on AI threats industry interests are stealthily working to make those policy tools illegal trade barriers. @WallachLoris opening remarks at @RethinkTrades event on AI. Watch it live.👇 https://youtu.be/y_1RbwSSRpo https://youtu.be/y_1RbwSSRpo" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1684617213385269255) 2023-07-27T17:30Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "While the administration and Congress are trying to get a grasp on AI threats industry interests are stealthily working to make those policy tools illegal trade barriers. ICYMI: Rewatch @WallachLoris remarks at @RethinkTrades event on AI" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1686423457284739093) 2023-08-01T17:07Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements "🚨NEW: @KristaKBrown and @SaraLSirota dive into UnitedHealth Group's rise to dominance and the policy failures that facilitated it. Dig into the blockbuster long read in @TheProspect.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1686739068216840192) 2023-08-02T14:01Z 12K followers, [----] engagements "Ever wondered why UnitedHealth Group has so much power in healthcare A NEW deeply-researched piece from @KristaKBrown & @SaraLSirota tells the 50-year story of the behemoth's rapacious rise to dominance - from inventing PBMs to serial acquisitions.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1686761273802051584) 2023-08-02T15:30Z 11.6K followers, [--] engagements "In a NEW piece for @TheProspect @KristaKBrown and @SaraLSirota explain how UnitedHealth Group rose to dominance via a decades-long strategy of hoovering competitors and peers. Read it in the @TheProspect" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1686799021111734308) 2023-08-02T18:00Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements "ICYMI: @KristaKBrown and @SaraLSirota examine healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group's rise to dominance and the policy failures that facilitated it. Don't miss this must read.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1687123659998248960) 2023-08-03T15:30Z 11.8K followers, [--] engagements "Ever wondered why UnitedHealth Group has so much power in healthcare🏥 A deeply-researched piece from @KristaKBrown and @SaraLSirota tells the 50-year story of the behemoth's rapacious rise to dominance Great weekend read.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1687523799426895872) 2023-08-04T18:00Z 11.3K followers, [----] engagements "ICYMI: @KristaKBrown and @SaraLSirota examine healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group's rise to dominance and the policy failures that facilitated it. Don't miss this must read.👇 https://prospect.org/health/2023-08-02-health-cares-intertwined-colossus/ https://prospect.org/health/2023-08-02-health-cares-intertwined-colossus/" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1688935601905541120) 2023-08-08T15:30Z 15K followers, [----] engagements ""@CapitolKVD said in a statement that a class action 'is the only realistic way for consumers to recover the billions Google extorted from this with its monopoly power.'" Great coverage of our latest amicus brief in @Law360.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1689305542353723392) 2023-08-09T16:00Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements "@linakhanFTC @JusticeATR @nhegde @FTC @matthewstoller @POTUS @mh4oh @ceprdc @commonfutureco @demandprogress @EconomicSecProj @FarmActionUS @future_of_music @ilsr @mainstreetweets @MNFarmersUnion @Commpharmacy @openmarkets @SmlBizMajority @UFCW770 @WGAWest @JoeVanWye @FarmAction @nataliefoster @builditup @katy_milani @AnneSchwagerl @JohnArensmeyer Next up @ashwoolheater from @openmarkets. She says that @JusticeATR and @FTCs hard work to draft new guidelines demonstrates how serious the Biden administration is about reining in the monopolists and restoring a more democratic system that benefits" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1689712718389866497) 2023-08-10T18:58Z 11.5K followers, [--] engagements "@linakhanFTC @JusticeATR @nhegde @FTC @matthewstoller @POTUS @mh4oh @ceprdc @commonfutureco @demandprogress @EconomicSecProj @FarmActionUS @future_of_music @ilsr @mainstreetweets @MNFarmersUnion @Commpharmacy @openmarkets @SmlBizMajority @UFCW770 @WGAWest @JoeVanWye @FarmAction @nataliefoster @builditup @katy_milani @AnneSchwagerl @JohnArensmeyer @ashwoolheater Last but not least @MariaLangholz from @DemandProgress She says "big corporations are constantly engaging in monopolistic anticompetitive practices. They price gouge consumers trick people into paying huge fees treat workers unfairly" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1689714020524105733) 2023-08-10T19:03Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements "Big Tech firms are scheming to avoid regulation in the most undemocratic and sneaky ways possible -- international trade agreements. ICYMI: @RethinkTrade's @WallachLori breaks it down for @Thom_Hartmann" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1691147678913015818) 2023-08-14T18:00Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements "Increasingly we see some of the red flags that suggest the market structure is not actually serving the creators or the ultimate viewers. @linakhanFTC is spot on in her comments on the writers strike. Consolidated power hurts workers" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1692197090926154227) 2023-08-17T15:30Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements "This September the first major case challenging Google's monopoly power in search goes to trial. Check out one of @matthewstoller's latest newsletters -- featured in @FastCompany -- to get up to speed" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1692546665855529269) 2023-08-18T14:39Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements "Our research shows that Live Nation-Ticketmaster fees added an average of 32% on top of ticket prices. That's robbery ICYMI: The Break Up Ticketmaster coalition's work to uncover useless junk fees featured in @nytimes.👇 #BanJunkFees" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1693654202432548977) 2023-08-21T16:00Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements "Did you know junk fees cost working families BILLIONS of $$$ a year Here's @chopracfpb on @CFPB's efforts to take on junk fees across banking which could save consumers $9 BILLION per year.📺👇 #BanJunkFees" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1693699495027146994) 2023-08-21T19:00Z 11.8K followers, 40.5K engagements "Any mergers in media and entertainment involving significant streaming players should be blocked including acquisitions of smaller or potential competitors. @WGAEast and @WGAWest are spot on in their analysis of corporate giants' gatekeeping power" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1694032166773051540) 2023-08-22T17:01Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements "The past [--] years of merger policy hasnt worked for consumers workers & small business owners. But by updating the merger guidelines the antitrust agencies are working to change that. @matthewstoller explains on his latest BIG Breakdown.📺 https://www.youtube.com/watchv=_L8wtOAWrn0 https://www.youtube.com/watchv=_L8wtOAWrn0" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1697293173889052816) 2023-08-31T17:00Z 14.9K followers, [---] engagements "Need a long read this weekend @KristaKBrown and @SaraLSirota examine healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group's rise to dominance and the policy failures that facilitated it. Read it in @TheProspect" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1697655559355502670) 2023-09-01T17:00Z 11.3K followers, [----] engagements "ICYMI: @Pat_Garofalo explains how Minnesota lawmakers helped stop a harmful hospital merger -- and how other state lawmakers can follow their lead. Read it in @MNReformer.🗞" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1699090015513379173) 2023-09-05T16:00Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements ""Those of us who have been warning that a JetBlue-Spirit merger would raise fares and stifle competition can now cite an unimpeachable source JetBlue itself. ICYMI: Sr. Fellow @WilliamJMcGee in @AP" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1699105116328989152) 2023-09-05T17:00Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements "📜ICYMI: We're urging the Court to make the upcoming antitrust trial on Google search publicly accessible. Google OPPOSES a transparent hearing even though the outcome could affect the way millions of Americans use the internet" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1699429445155651982) 2023-09-06T14:28Z 11.5K followers, [--] engagements "The Google search trial will be hugely consequential for our digital world where the outcome will determine how millions of Americans access and use the internet says @CapitolKVD. More on what's at stake in the US v Google trial in @Guardian.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1701231115657195972) 2023-09-11T13:47Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements "Don't miss @matthewstoller chat about the hottest issues in the world of antitrust on The Slingshot.📻👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1701240290835648627) 2023-09-11T14:24Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements ""Its a huge job and @econliberties believes Mr. Whitakers varied experience at the FAA and in the industry working in both the airline and drone sectors makes him very qualified to serve well in this role." More from Sr. Fellow @WilliamJMcGee.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1701267532693266931) 2023-09-11T16:12Z 11.3K followers, [---] engagements "Proud to be a part of this.💪 The Biden admin MUST protect Right to Repair in international trade negotiations" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1701605881539154235) 2023-09-12T14:37Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements "ICYMI: With @RealBankReform we sent a letter last week urging Congress to PASS the Credit Card Competition Act. Don't fall for the spin. This bill would break the Visa-Mastercard duopoly and inject much-needed competition into the market.🔽📃" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1704128418944823742) 2023-09-19T13:40Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements "Numbers and economic models are one thing but real harms to real people are reawakening Americans to the importance of antitrust enforcement." @JusticeATR's AAG Kanter at Georgetown Law School today.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1704181553708855462) 2023-09-19T17:11Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements "📊BIG: New poll finds that 60% of Americans believe Big Tech giants like Google have too much power in the market which puts competitors at a disadvantage and hurts both smaller businesses and consumers. Our latest w/ @fightmonopolies in @TheHill.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1704195077415776523) 2023-09-19T18:05Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements "An important nugget for the stakes of U.S. v. Google: More and more people want a competitor to Google search. 58% of respondents said they would use a competing search engine made by Apple if available" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1704196920560718045) 2023-09-19T18:13Z 11.8K followers, 18.5K engagements "And here's the kicker: Despite this tantrum it looks like Google was actually posting exhibits and evidence to their OWN public site -- just like the DOJ -- until they took them down just recently.🙄" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1704254809535029723) 2023-09-19T22:03Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements "ICYMI: We wrote [--] letters in support of @FTC & @JusticeATRs draft merger guidelines but we arent the only ones supporting this historic shift in merger policy. Heres what our partners repping consumers small businesses farmers writers and more had to say.👇🧵" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1704269381159522350) 2023-09-19T23:00Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements "Google would love for you to believe it's EASY to switch away from their search engine. This @nytimes reporter tried to do so. "The verdict: Its hard to switch and most people would probably give up before completing the change."" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1704488982090785007) 2023-09-20T13:33Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements "ICYMI: Some key results from our new poll. 58% of respondents said they would use a different search engine than Google -- made by Apple -- if available. 60% of Americans believe Big Tech giants have too much power. More here" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1704495629437710708) 2023-09-20T14:00Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements "In recognition of #ALC52 this week join us in DC on FRIDAY for a panel - feat @RepBowman - on the harms of monopoly power and how public policy can rebalance the playing field to facilitate the building of Black wealth. More info here.👇 https://mobilize.us/economicliberties/event/579708/ https://mobilize.us/economicliberties/event/579708/" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1704531473355706715) 2023-09-20T16:22Z 14.9K followers, [---] engagements "👏Antitrust 👏scrutiny 👏 matters 👏 Before an expected @FTC lawsuit Amazon is pulling a 2% fee on sellers. Its not nearly enough but shows that with a suit looming Amazon is second guessing their abusive yet "business as usual" tactics" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1704883646534979664) 2023-09-21T15:41Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements "5/ But this is a nonsense attempt by Google to suppress public scrutiny. As @Verge says These documents are for all intents and purposes public: they were viewable in court and will likely be entered into public record. They catalogued them here" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1704920644209496489) 2023-09-21T18:08Z 11.8K followers, [--] engagements "6/ Google doesnt want the public to see internal docs exposing the extent of their anticompetitive practices but those documents are clearly in the public interest. As Yosef says This trial will affect everyone so its important that the public is aware of what's going on" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1704920646239523306) 2023-09-21T18:08Z 11.8K followers, [--] engagements ""What happened in Texas is happening across the US" says @linakhanFTC. "In recent years private equity firms have made serial acquisitions across markets from nursing homes & apartment buildings to emergency med clinics & opioid treatment centres."" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1704925964860555592) 2023-09-21T18:30Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements "As @chopracfpb said in his remarks today this proposal "would ensure that credit decisions are based on someones ability to repay a debt NOT their ability to file disputes and navigate red tape." Once again the @CFPB stands up for consumers.💪" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1704966704353128537) 2023-09-21T21:11Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements "While the bank lobby will have you believe credit card networks are efficient and competitive the truth is that Visa and Mastercard's dominance hurts small businesses. In [----] merchants paid $126B in processing fees --up 20% from 2021.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1705215512555274384) 2023-09-22T13:40Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements "🚨TODAY: In recognition of #ALC52 this week join us in DC for a panel - feat @RepBowman - on the harms of monopoly power and how public policy can rebalance the playing field to facilitate the building of Black wealth. More info here" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1705223010624393628) 2023-09-22T14:10Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements "Weve allowed consolidation in the economy that has made it harder for workers to bargain for higher wages or more opportunity. Were changing that now. @JusticeATR on how the draft merger guidelines will empower workers. Full remarks👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1705258151778627636) 2023-09-22T16:30Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements "After Google lawyers made noise about redacted Google emails shown in court being posted on the @DeptofJustices website Judge Amit Mehta has effectively closed public access to the crucial anti-monopoly trial this week" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1705285365693632912) 2023-09-22T18:18Z 11.8K followers, 16.4K engagements ""What happened in Texas is happening across the US." "In recent years private equity firms have made serial acquisitions across marketsfrom nursing homes & apartment buildings to emergency med clinics & opioid treatment centres." @linakhanFTC in @FT👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1706304398673023186) 2023-09-25T13:47Z 11.3K followers, [--] engagements "🚨BIG: @FTC is suing Amazon for inflating prices across the internet and leveraging its dominance to block rivals from entering markets where it operates. So great to see the Commission challenge Amazons monopoly power and its coercive tactics.💪" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1706707270770237792) 2023-09-26T16:28Z 11.8K followers, [--] engagements "Interesting to see that Amazon Apple and Google are deploying the same playbook today: legal hysterics to hide evidence from public scrutiny. It's about time Congress does something about this excess secrecy. Here's a quick refresher on Big Tech's antics today.🧵" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1706744016761401807) 2023-09-26T18:54Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements "Today @FTC filed a lawsuit challenging Amazon's monopoly power. However Amazon has redacted tons of information from the complaint including key quotes data and more. @DouglasLFarrar says there aren't compelling reasons to keep this much info secret" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1706744018762183139) 2023-09-26T18:54Z 11.8K followers, [--] engagements ""Amazon has rolled out this pay-to-play advertising scheme that is actually showing consumers less relevant results and steering them to more expensive products." @linakhanFTC walks through how Amazon uses its monopoly power to hike prices while its quality degrades" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1707032588508958860) 2023-09-27T14:00Z 11.8K followers, 123.3K engagements "This case is entirely pro-business Our free-enterprise system is one where companies should be competing on the merits and not be able to protect their monopoly power through illegal tactics. Watch @linakhanftc break down the @FTCs suit against Amazon.👇📺" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1707041200283205709) 2023-09-27T14:35Z 11.8K followers, [--] engagements ""Subjecting the CFPB to appropriations would reduce the oversight of the financial entities that given their size reach and risk profile arguably pose the greatest risk to consumers." Even bankers agree: the Supreme Court must protect the @CFPB" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1707050386215891237) 2023-09-27T15:11Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements ""In a competitive world if you have a company that's both hiking prices and worsening services for customers . that should create an opening for rivals to come in." @linakhanFTC on why Amazon's degraded pay-for-play search results are evidence of monopoly power" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1707058270547153170) 2023-09-27T15:43Z 15K followers, [---] engagements "Is Google really the best search engine or is it just the one writing the biggest checks More from @pierce at the @verge on the latest in #USvGoogle.👇 https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/26/23891037/apple-eddy-cue-testimony-us-google https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/26/23891037/apple-eddy-cue-testimony-us-google" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1707109220154261925) 2023-09-27T19:05Z 14.8K followers, [----] engagements ""Chat records reveal employees at the search giant frequently discussing going 'off the record' as part of what the Dept. of Justice calls a 'remarkable' number of deletions." More on what Googles (deleted) chats mean for #USvGoogle 👇 https://www.fastcompany.com/90955785/google-deleted-chats-in-doj-antitrust-trial https://www.fastcompany.com/90955785/google-deleted-chats-in-doj-antitrust-trial" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1707140418238857389) 2023-09-27T21:09Z 15K followers, [----] engagements ""You can basically disappear from Amazon's storefront if you put a lower price somewhere else." "And for sellers.if Amazon makes you disappear from that storefront that can be quite fatal for your business." @linakhanFTC on @npratc" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1707398505239835037) 2023-09-28T14:15Z 14.9K followers, [--] engagements "Amazon forces sellers to bake hidden costs into their priceslike the 50% cut it takes of each sale. It then prohibits sellers from offering lower prices on other sites inflating prices across the web. Theres no such thing as a free lunch--and no such thing as free shipping" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1707428219874410659) 2023-09-28T16:13Z 11.8K followers, [--] engagements ""The case against Agri Stats could have sweeping implications for the heavily consolidated agriculture industryand for consumers who have endured years of high food inflation."" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1707470401389855057) 2023-09-28T19:00Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements "🚨ICYMI: Its been a historic week in the fight against consolidated corporate power. From courtroom drama to blockbuster announcements heres a quick recap of the biggest news from #HotAntitrustWeek🧵" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1707812773001048344) 2023-09-29T17:41Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements "As a result of Amazon's unlawful tactics @linakhanFTC says "people are paying higher prices consumers are paying more than they otherwise would small businesses have to pay a 50% Amazon tax." "The complaint is seeking to restore the lost promise of competition."💪" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1708858982381584595) 2023-10-02T14:58Z 11.3K followers, [---] engagements "The @CFPB #SCOTUS case isn't just about consumer protection -- it's about safeguarding our entire financial system. The ongoing payday industry's attempts hamstring the @CFPB put us all at risk. #DefendCFPB Our brief with @DemocracyFwd.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1708873445360980182) 2023-10-02T15:55Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements "Apple and Google have a fantastic oligopolistic arrangement says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on day [--] of the #USvGoogle trial. Nadella didn't hold any punches today calling out Googles monopoly in search. Here are some key tidbits from his testimony.👇🧵" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1708887508581331073) 2023-10-02T16:51Z 11.3K followers, 30.8K engagements ""The main question here is not whether people can switch from Google but whether they do" says @superwuster on @SquawkCNBC this morning. "I think The DOJ have very powerful stats that show Google for its $18 billion a year was getting something."" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1709206178780098891) 2023-10-03T13:58Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements "The @CFPB is a champion for everyday Americans against the wrongdoing of powerful corporate actors. Thats why predatory-lender-backed litigants are challenging it before #SCOTUS todaynot because they actually think it violates the constitution" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1709211199353520296) 2023-10-03T14:18Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements ""Amazon has rolled out this pay-to-play advertising scheme that is actually showing consumers less relevant results and steering them to more expensive products." ICYMI: @linakhanFTC walks through how Amazon uses its monopoly power to hike prices while its quality degrades" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1709580382922801656) 2023-10-04T14:45Z 14.9K followers, 20.2K engagements ""The overwhelming majority supports the direction we're going and that means a lot." @JusticeATR AAG Kanter discusses public feedback on the merger guidelines and what the agencies are hearing from workers farmers ER nurses small business owners and regular people" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1709949452486594982) 2023-10-05T15:11Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements "Want to stay up to date on the latest case filings in key ongoing antitrust cases Our new bot with @FreeLawProject makes it easy. Check it out" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1711891093023764966) 2023-10-10T23:46Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements "Junk fees arent just a nuisance; theyre a billion-dollar rip-off squeezing nearly every Americans wallet. @fshakir's full statement on the Biden admins major new actions to eliminate junk fees.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1712094537152163897) 2023-10-11T13:15Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements "🚨HUGE: Today @FTC @CFPB & @POTUS announced NEW efforts to ban junk fees those pesky charges that artificially jack up prices and hamstring competition. This yet another big step in the war against junk fees. Here's more on how we got here. 👇🧵" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1712119044332019929) 2023-10-11T14:52Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements ""Folks can end up paying as much as 20% more -- because of hidden junk fees -- than they would have paid if they could see the full price up front." @POTUS on the importance of @FTC's sweeping ban on junk fees today.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1712145539616190492) 2023-10-11T16:38Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements "You realize once youre on the other side of your lease agreement that actually the rent is something like $300 more than you thought. W/ @FTC's move to ban junk fees @Marketplace highlights how tenants will be protected from an all-too-common scam👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1712472361315009008) 2023-10-12T14:16Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements "Great coverage of our new industrial policy paper series from @leee_harris in @TheProspect👇👇 Market structure is key. If the Biden admin's industrial policy doesn't address competition concerns govt subsidies could be captured by consolidated corporate interests" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1713929204041945259) 2023-10-16T14:45Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements "If Bidens industrial policy doesn't address competition concerns govt subsidies could be swallowed up by private equity profits and executive pay according to our latest research. Full paper: @TheProspect has more👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1713978111300079851) 2023-10-16T18:00Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements "The first half of #USvGoogle was filled with blockbuster revelations about Google's search monopoly and damning testimonies on the power of defaults--all while the tech giant pushed to shroud the trial in secrecy. Get caught up on the highlights👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1714703389173645679) 2023-10-18T18:02Z 11.3K followers, [----] engagements "From going after shady private equity dealings in healthcare to putting Big Tech on trial its been a HUGE month for the anti-monopoly movement. If youre looking to get up to speed quick @mh4oh has you covered in her latest digest.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1715035578171855292) 2023-10-19T16:02Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements ""The @CFPBs proposed rule will be a game-changer for innovation empowering consumers to fully control their personal financial data and leveling the playing field for startups against industry giants." @mh4oh's Full statement 👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1715359639066276088) 2023-10-20T13:29Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements "🚨LIVE: Tune into our virtual workshop with @epmurphymn and @econliberties experts to discuss how state lawmakers can fight back against corporate consolidation in the healthcare industry.👇📺" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1716486605156843853) 2023-10-23T16:07Z 11.3K followers, [----] engagements "@epmurphymn @nhegde @Pat_Garofalo @ErikPeinert In short: PBMs leverage their power over drug prices to self-deal all over the place--hurting patients independent pharmacists and taxpayers. Read what state lawmakers can do about them here.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1716494512946577857) 2023-10-23T16:39Z 11.3K followers, [---] engagements "@epmurphymn @nhegde @Pat_Garofalo @ErikPeinert Next were getting into the broader corporatization of medicine. "This takes shape through private equity price gouging patients and ruthlessly cutting costs or big medicine giants like UnitedHealth Group buying up physician practices" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1716494823182467518) 2023-10-23T16:40Z 11.3K followers, [---] engagements ""Google pays around $19B annually to Apple to ensure that Google is the default search engine" says Nebraska AG Doug Peterson. "This number tells you exactly how valuable the accumulation and control of search data is to Googles business model."" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1716845686245728578) 2023-10-24T15:54Z 11.3K followers, 11K engagements "Monopolistic corps want to restrict your ability to repair goods you own. Today at 3:30 @linakhanFTC and others join @WhiteHouse to share how the Biden admin and states around the country are stepping up to defend the Right to Repair.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1716863291480285509) 2023-10-24T17:04Z 11.3K followers, [----] engagements "@linakhanFTC @WhiteHouse Last month we @RethinkTrade and others in the Right to Repair Movement sent a letter urging the Biden admin to defend the movement's gains in international trade negotiations. @CenDemTech @ConsumerReports @FarmActionUS @NFUDC @publicknowledge +more" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1716864716604387778) 2023-10-24T17:10Z 11.3K followers, [---] engagements "After igniting the flurry of state-level Right to Repair Laws with its Executive Order on Promoting Competition Biden admin now officially calls on Congress to pass national right to repair laws. HUGE news for consumers and independent repair shops.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1716922369590370546) 2023-10-24T20:59Z 11.3K followers, [----] engagements ""The case is ostensibly about.illuminating potentially untoward practices of a biz nearly every American depends upon but the public has consistently been shut out." "Google Search has long been called a 'black box.' Fittingly so is its trial." https://slate.com/technology/2023/10/google-trial-secret-redactions-trade-secrets-closed-door-testimony.html https://slate.com/technology/2023/10/google-trial-secret-redactions-trade-secrets-closed-door-testimony.html" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1717194566124642362) 2023-10-25T15:01Z 14.9K followers, [---] engagements "Just now at our event @SenWarren says @RethinkTrade @CitdGeorgetown @CCSI_Columbia and @GtownCAROLA's new white paper on #ISDS "could not come at a more critical time." She says ISDS poses a "real threat" to national sovereignty the environment workers and human rights.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1717250925457178901) 2023-10-25T18:45Z 11.3K followers, [---] engagements ""While this is certainly a welcome reduction in debit card swipe fees for small business owners it simply doesnt go far enough." @shahid__naeem says the Fed must lower the fee cap closer to actual transaction costs. Full statement.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1717274115638280615) 2023-10-25T20:17Z 11.3K followers, [---] engagements "If Bidens industrial policy doesn't address competition concerns huge govt subsidies could be swallowed up by private equity profits and executive pay according to our new research. Full paper: @TheProspect has more👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1717572544767688843) 2023-10-26T16:03Z 11.3K followers, [---] engagements "Thrilled to have our own @KristaKBrown and @SaraLSirota break down UnitedHealth Group's harmful monopoly power and the policy failures that facilitated it at a @Capitol_Forum event today. Read the full article here.👇 @KristaKBrown and @SaraLSirota speaking at @Capitol_Forum about the growth of UnitedHealth Group into the monster it is today. https://t.co/OkTAt2G3Ur @KristaKBrown and @SaraLSirota speaking at @Capitol_Forum about the growth of UnitedHealth Group into the monster it is today. https://t.co/OkTAt2G3Ur" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1717619388931551715) 2023-10-26T19:09Z 12K followers, [----] engagements "Visa and Mastercards duopoly in credit card payment processing gives them the market power to impose swipe fees in the U.S. that are 10x what each company charges in Europe. We must pass #CCCA to stop this abuse @shahid__naeem tells @wallethub.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1717926630075572452) 2023-10-27T15:30Z 11.3K followers, [---] engagements "🚨BREAKING: Google paid $26.3B in [----] alone to maintain its monopoly power over search. That's greater than the GDP of over [---] different COUNTRIES in [----] according to the UN" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1717937804091564462) 2023-10-27T16:14Z 11.3K followers, 22K engagements "When Microsoft wanted to implement its own search default on Internet Explorer in [----] Google sent them a letter saying doing so would be anti competitive and hurt the end user. But when Google does it with search Sundar Pichai says its merely enhancing promotion #USvGoogle" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1719009667408351272) 2023-10-30T15:13Z 11.5K followers, 18.3K engagements "Visa and Mastercards duopoly in credit card payment processing = "a private sales tax inflating the cost of everyday goods" @shahid__naeem tells @wallethub. We must pass the #CCCA--which is projected to save businesses at least $15B annually.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1719036447863292321) 2023-10-30T17:00Z 11.4K followers, [----] engagements ""If you're gonna let the free market work you'd better protect the free market." Big Tech & its shills will tell you antitrust is anti-business. Yesterday at Stanford @linakhanFTC made clear that antitrust enforcement is ESSENTIAL to innovationand she had receipts.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1720516242061045830) 2023-11-03T19:00Z 13.9K followers, [----] engagements "Chair Khan continued to provide historical evidence especially relevant to Silicon Valley: antitrust suits against IBM and Microsoft. The Microsoft case "paved the way for small scrappy firms like Google to enter and grow."" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1720516245886279747) 2023-11-03T19:00Z 13.9K followers, [---] engagements "The President is a pro-worker president. M&A is bad for workers and good for capital--anytime you see something bad for workers and good for capital the President is against it. @jimcramer says the quiet part out loud" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1722283176448446842) 2023-11-08T16:01Z 11.5K followers, 75.8K engagements "ICYMI: Yesterday we and [--] partner organizations sent a letter to @FTC urging them to investigate and block recently proposed mega-acquisitions by Big Oil firms ExxonMobil and Chevron. @EENewsUpdates' story and our statement" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1722645225687195979) 2023-11-09T16:00Z 11.4K followers, [---] engagements "Credit card processing has never cost me more my credit card processing is higher than my rent. @washingtonian reveals how the Visa and MasterCard duopolys private sales tax is suffocating local businesses.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1722709962915237918) 2023-11-09T20:17Z 11.4K followers, [----] engagements "The Kroger-Albertsons merger is a disastrous deal for consumers workers and local communities across the country. Tune into our virtual discussion with UFCW locals and other partners for a discussion on why the @FTC must block this harmful merger" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1724502606129545219) 2023-11-14T19:00Z 11.4K followers, [----] engagements "@FTC Thanks to everyone who is joining us today Well get started shortly but stay tuned here for some live recaps of highlights throughout the event. Well be discussing a NEW policy brief from @KristaKBrown which lays out the harms of the merger" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1724503567682158620) 2023-11-14T19:04Z 11.4K followers, [---] engagements "@FTC @KristaKBrown @UFCW_7 @JoeVanWye @clairekelloway Now well hear from a group of workers and consumers who would be directly affected by this harmful merger. First up is Kevin FLynn of @UFCW_3000 a grocery store worker in Marysville WA" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1724512793418678328) 2023-11-14T19:41Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements ""Swipe fees are a drain on the American economy extracting billions from small businesses and households" says @mh4oh. Today we urged congress to #PassTheCCCA to dismantle Visa and Mastercard's duopoly and reduce these fees. Announcement👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1724860621554933905) 2023-11-15T18:43Z 11.4K followers, [---] engagements "Six Documents That Explain DOJs Antitrust Case Against Google. Cant-miss summary of damning internal records from @leah_nylen and @businesssend this one to your friends and family.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1725586241159049603) 2023-11-17T18:46Z 11.4K followers, [---] engagements "The airline industry has gotten so concentrated that the idea that more concentration is what we need to fix it is just baffling. @GaneshSitaraman on the JetBlue-Spirit merger trial and the state of airline mergers at @PoliticsProse today" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1726338560096350282) 2023-11-19T20:36Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements "Illinois lawmakers must step up alongside allies in the labor movement & elsewhere to check Amazons power. In an oped for @Suntimes @Pat_Garofalo breaks down our new policy brief on how state-level lawmakers can fight Amazons abuses.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1726638859721855416) 2023-11-20T16:29Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements ""If you want to see the market go higher @POTUS just needs to replace @linakhanFTC. But given his pro-worker attitude and the fact mergers often lead to layoffs I doubt hell go there." Robust antitrust enforcement puts the people above Wall Streettake it from @jimcramer👇📺" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1727004725189714142) 2023-11-21T16:43Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements "Foot Locker and Teamsters are dropping their pharmacy benefit managers due to "getting stuck with higher-cost drugs because the PBMs can pocket some of the bigger rebates." @WSJ report on growing frustration with these exploitative pharma middlemen.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1727022503061795132) 2023-11-21T17:53Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements "With scant competition Visa and MasterCard have faced little pressure to rein in swipe fees"--which in turn raise prices and cost Americans more than they gain in rewards. New @nytimes video essay explains why we must #PassTheCCCA. Get the facts👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1727057599382856182) 2023-11-21T20:13Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements "10/ In the long-term @JusticeATR and @FTC have proposed new draft merger guidelines that would increase scrutiny of anticompetitive and unfair mergers across the economy putting the brakes on consolidation attempts in the poultry industry" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1727362317745299525) 2023-11-22T16:24Z 11.8K followers, [--] engagements "11/ Actions like these are why groups representing farmers like @FarmActionUS say @JusticeATR has been on a roll since President Bidens executive order to increase competition across the economy" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1727362320374886795) 2023-11-22T16:24Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements ""This case should put market participants on notice that the FTC is going to be looking at these deals in aggregate. After suing a PE firm for rolling up Texas medical practices to raise prices @linakhanFTC has a warning for stealth monopolists.👇 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-16/lina-khan-ftc-chair-takes-antitrust-fight-to-private-equitysref=q0qR8k34 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-16/lina-khan-ftc-chair-takes-antitrust-fight-to-private-equitysref=q0qR8k34" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1727414428243796344) 2023-11-22T19:51Z 14.9K followers, [---] engagements "ICYMI: @FTC is investigating the acquisition of @SUBWAY by PE owner of @McAlistersDeli and @JimmyJohns. The investigation is emblematic of the agencys increased focus under @linakhanFTC on both deal-making by private equity firms and prices of consumer staples.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1729167949460840621) 2023-11-27T15:59Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements "@JusticeATR brought a convincing case that Googlearguably the most powerful company on the internetabused one of its many monopolies. While monopolization cases are rare and notoriously difficult to win the public has already won says @Slate.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1729220015206134080) 2023-11-27T19:25Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements "4/ Beyond addressing individual violations @CFPB has gone deeper to challenge unjust systemic features of the financial system. Facing CFPB pressure US credit reporting agencies slashed cleared medical debt from credit reports by 70%.👏" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1729877848469754214) 2023-11-29T14:59Z 11.5K followers, [--] engagements "5/ @CFPB moved to cement this shift in September kicking off a rulemaking process to remove medical bills from credit reports as a matter of government policy. Stay tuned for more on this effort to ease a burden faced by roughly [--] in [--] Americans.💪" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1729877850306826611) 2023-11-29T14:59Z 11.5K followers, [--] engagements "Thanks to @CFPB's attention many banks are reducing or eliminating overdraft fees--which generated $12.4B during the pandemic hurting low-income Americans the most. Just another way @chopracfpb is standing up to abuse by powerful financial actors.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1729905933764194392) 2023-11-29T16:51Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements "🚨BREAKING: Meta following the typical monopolist playbook just filed a lawsuit challenging @FTC's constitutionality. It's a baseless attack from a company that has repeatedly shown itself willing to sacrifice users safety and privacy for profits says @CapitolKVD.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1730253674461769824) 2023-11-30T15:53Z 11.5K followers, 56.3K engagements "This comes amid other monopolist challenges to @FTC's constitutionality and a Supreme Court case challenging @SECGov. Big corporations want to use the courts to eliminate all checks on their power--basically to eliminate democratic governance itself.🚨🚨🚨" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1730265750085243279) 2023-11-30T16:41Z 11.5K followers, 46.8K engagements "NEW from @moetkacik on the "brilliant dystopian" vision behind the Humana-Cigna mega-merger. The insurers seek to create a vertically-integrated "monster middleman to compete with the undisputed giant UnitedHealth."👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1730637106840825937) 2023-12-01T17:16Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements "Plaintiff lawyers have been smeared by big business since the 1980s. Part of the reason These "private attorneys general are how normal people can hold powerful corporations accountable argue @matthewstoller and @LeeHepner.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1730685969702256740) 2023-12-01T20:31Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements ""Industry has become more concentrated in the hands of fewer companies and this allows companies to raise their prices without worrying about losing consumers." "The way to deal with it is through antitrust law." @RBReich connects inflation to consolidation on @CNBC.👇📺" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1730711644865699878) 2023-12-01T22:13Z 11.5K followers, 62K engagements ""There has never been airline M&A that has not led to more power for the combined company to run roughshod over local communities." Alaska-Hawaiian is no different says @WilliamJMcGee in a new statement breaking down this deal's specific harms.👇 https://www.economicliberties.us/press-release/here-we-go-again-airline-mergers-beget-more-mergers-and-flyers-workers-and-local-communities-cant-afford-alaska-hawaiian/# https://www.economicliberties.us/press-release/here-we-go-again-airline-mergers-beget-more-mergers-and-flyers-workers-and-local-communities-cant-afford-alaska-hawaiian/#" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1731726003603710183) 2023-12-04T17:23Z 16.4K followers, [---] engagements ""With banks swimming in near-record profits its time they stop price gouging American families who are struggling to make ends meet." Full statement from @mh4oh ahead of the Senate banking committee's annual oversight hearing of Wall Street banks.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1732124901870534704) 2023-12-05T19:48Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements "Great breakdown of the Kroger-Albertsons merger's harms to consumers and workers from @RBReich. To hear first-hand from stakeholders like @UFCW locals @FarmActionUS and @MikeCallicrate check out the highlights of our virtual event on the merger.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1733169570188575110) 2023-12-08T17:00Z 11.6K followers, 39.2K engagements "If Judge Mehta looks at what Judge Donato has said about Googles behavior and decides he agrees with it thats going to be a problem for Google" says @CapitolKVD in @nypost. "This is very bad for Google to have this out there in the world" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1734215778675703853) 2023-12-11T14:17Z 11.6K followers, [----] engagements ""Even though inflation has gone down prices are still high. We have big corporations that are trying to get away with breaking the law and price fixing to coordinate on raising rental prices." Watch @mh4oh on @rolandsmartin last week.👇📺" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1734253981407318109) 2023-12-11T16:49Z 11.6K followers, [----] engagements "Cigna-Humana is off"another sign of how tough the M&A market has been beset by interest rates concerns over the direction of the economy and greater antitrust scrutiny." @FTC & @JusticeATR help deter another bad deal. Their impact goes beyond court.👏" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1734271838031863997) 2023-12-11T18:00Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements "🚨HUGE: A jury just ruled in favor of @EpicGames and AGAINST Google's monopoly power. @CapitolKVD says "This is a message that justice can prevail in the fight against Big Techs outsized power over our lives." Our full statement.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1734386214986272930) 2023-12-12T01:34Z 11.6K followers, 76.6K engagements "It is a big deal that a jury is saying Yes Google has a monopoly and it has illegally maintained a monopoly. A jury was readily able to call a spade a spade. ICYMI: @LeeHepner shared his big takeaway on Google's latest loss in court with @WSJ👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1734582567091728503) 2023-12-12T14:34Z 11.6K followers, 18.1K engagements "Big Tech is not above the law. @matthewstoller reacts to Googles landmark antitrust lossa sign that the walls are finally closing in on Silicon Valley monopolists as trials loom in similar cases.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1734597514542960848) 2023-12-12T15:34Z 11.6K followers, 24K engagements ""Were thrilled to see @FTC stop auto dealers from ripping off working families during one of the biggest purchases of most Americans lives." @ErikPeinert's full statement on a new FTC rule against bait-and-switch tactics and junk fees in auto sales.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1734677836550775249) 2023-12-12T20:53Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements ""Big tech is not above the law" says @matthewstoller. "This loss isnt just the first antitrust failure for Google its the first antitrust loss for any big tech firm."" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1734958860220486092) 2023-12-13T15:30Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements ".@RBReich nails itAmazon abuses its monopoly to hurt consumers thirty-party sellers and e-commerce innovation. To see the evidence direct from @FTCs investigation check out our thread on the latest un-redacted info.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1734981512276111477) 2023-12-13T17:00Z 11.6K followers, 32.2K engagements "To ensure our nations farmers and ranchers can thrive @USDA must restore the Packers & Stockyards Act by swiftly finalizing a strong set of rules. Our letter to @POTUS with @FarmActionUS + others on restoring a crucial agriculture competition tool.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1735057007244112037) 2023-12-13T22:00Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements ""Whether the conspiracy takes place in a server room or a board room shouldn't matter under the antitrust laws." Just now @amyklobuchar speaks out against landlords' use of third-party algorithms to effectively fix rent prices--a critical frontier for antitrust enforcement.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1735345468354511304) 2023-12-14T17:06Z 11.6K followers, [----] engagements ""A little bit of common sense brought to questions of antitrust law can have a different outcome." Prof. @HawAllensworth on the jury trial that produced Google's historic antitrust loss.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1735707534630289734) 2023-12-15T17:04Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements "NEW: Adobe and Figma have called off their $20 billion merger citing scrutiny from @JusticeATR and European competition authorities. Another huge win for the anti-monopoly movement just a day after @FTC won the Illumina-Grail divestiture in court.💪" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1736766653206299016) 2023-12-18T15:13Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements "Adobe called off its unpopular and anti-competitive acquisition of Figma just days after pleading their case to @JusticeATR. Add this to the list of deals abandoned thanks to tough enforcement.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1736823751457878409) 2023-12-18T19:00Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements ""The DOT has sent a forceful message to Southwest after its epic mistreatment of millions of passengers last December." Sr. Fellow @WilliamJMcGee on the @USDOT's record-breaking enforcement action in @washingtonpost" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1736828330114986212) 2023-12-18T19:18Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements "All jokes aside this is what robust antitrust enforcement is all about. We should all root for innovative startups like Figma to become (much-needed) competitors to giants like Adobe.💪" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1737198443649708229) 2023-12-19T19:49Z 11.6K followers, [----] engagements ""Its not hyperbole to describe UnitedHealth as the bulk of our country's health care system." NEW investigation from @KristaKBrown and @SaraLSirota provides the most complete picture we have yet of UnitedHealth's acquisition history since the 1970s.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1737502225499566212) 2023-12-20T15:56Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements "Wall Street might have liked Adobe's takeover of Figma but true technologists want to innovateand we should let them As @matthewstoller writes "tight merger control is a form of industrial policy to prioritize production over finance."👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1737529090150891927) 2023-12-20T17:43Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements ""Figma is great and it wouldn't have been great under Adobe." Everyone benefits when innovative startups like Figma remain independent and compete with the big guys. Take it directly from tech workers via @TeamBlind.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1737548821939593695) 2023-12-20T19:01Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements ""Each business UnitedHealth purchased has been used to leverage its control of the health care industry." New reporting from @KristaKBrown and @SaraLSirota maps out for the first time UnitedHealth's acquisition history since the 1970s.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1737865679003660433) 2023-12-21T16:00Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements "The @WSJ opinion page just published their 80th hit piece against @linakhanFTC yesterday. That's an average of one piece every [--] days since she took office. When the voice of Wall Street is this angry with you it's a sign you're doing something right👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1738235449724858474) 2023-12-22T16:30Z 11.5K followers, 75.5K engagements "ICYMI: Just a few days before the end of year @FTC scored another HUGE win to cap off [----] -- beating $40B medical data firm IQVIA in court to stop it from making another harmful acquisition. @matthewstoller has more in BIG.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1742198685423882249) 2024-01-02T14:58Z [--] followers, [----] engagements "9/ And the Big Tech battleground doesnt end with Google. The DOJ is investigating Apples monopoly power and Meta is launching an all out assault on the @FTCs constitutionalitythe latter being a baseless attack on the Commissions authority" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1742313601619394743) 2024-01-02T22:35Z 11.8K followers, [--] engagements "10/ And of course we will get a highly-anticipated decision in the Google search trial this May. @JusticeATR made a strong case in the biggest antitrust trial of the 21st century which we summarize here.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1742313603309670584) 2024-01-02T22:35Z 11.8K followers, [--] engagements "We havent had such a concentrated aviation industry in the United States in over [---] years says Senior Fellow @WilliamJMcGee. @chriselliotts breaks down the harms of airline consolidation in his latest piece.👇 https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/travel/2023/12/27/want-to-stop-an-airline-merger-heres-how-to-do-it/ https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/travel/2023/12/27/want-to-stop-an-airline-merger-heres-how-to-do-it/" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1742558353618821170) 2024-01-03T14:47Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements "2/ @FTC will decide whether to challenge the Kroger-Albertsons mega-merger. This deal would hurt workers consumers and create food and pharmacy deserts across the country. Get all the facts from our recent report and virtual event with @UFCW locals" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1742569760401846535) 2024-01-03T15:33Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements "3/ @FTC is also expected to decide whether to take on acquisitions by Chevron and Exxon. In Nov we and [--] partner orgs urged them to investigate and block those deals arguing they would raises prices and stifle innovation. More in @EENewsUpdates" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1742569763212284131) 2024-01-03T15:33Z 11.9K followers, [--] engagements "4/ "@FTC must use its authority to prevent already dominant firms like Exxon or Chevron from consolidating their power to block the growth of competitive and renewable energy sources." Our full letter outlining why the agency must act.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1742569764554440919) 2024-01-03T15:33Z 11.6K followers, [--] engagements "5/Own a smart device at home Keep an eye out for a potential @FTC challenge that could impact you directlyAmazons acquisition of iRobot. As @KristaKBrown says Amazon is once again using its market power & immense capital to take over another sector" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1742569765842083958) 2024-01-03T15:33Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements "TODAY AT [--] AM: Our own @mh4oh joins @WBUR to discuss how the Credit Card Competition Act will end the Visa-Mastercard duopoly and rein in swipe fees -- which extract billions from small businesses and consumers each year. Listen live here.👇📻" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1742916843340267991) 2024-01-04T14:32Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements ""Late fees disproportionately affect poor Americans and those with low credit scores @econliberties reported." ICYMI: our new brief explains how @CFPB's credit card late fees rulemaking will save Americans $9BN annually. Featured in @CNBC.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1742949742102147074) 2024-01-04T16:42Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements "If Bidens industrial policy doesn't address competition concerns government subsidies could be swallowed up by private equity profits and executive pay according to our research. Let's not subsidize this.👇 Thread on private equity buyouts in HVAC has hit a nerve: https://t.co/DZ7IbTJPjm https://t.co/O52lDKMLmt Thread on private equity buyouts in HVAC has hit a nerve: https://t.co/DZ7IbTJPjm https://t.co/O52lDKMLmt" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1743029282279145839) 2024-01-04T21:58Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements "If there is ever going to be an opportunity to break up this company nows the time. The #BreakupTicketmaster coalition has galvanized music fans artists & many more across the live events industry into a grassroots movement. Its time for the DOJ to take action" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1743376827098509752) 2024-01-05T21:00Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements ""Obviously it's a human tragedy but from a financial impact I like the long-term story on Boeing because it's a duopoly." @CNBC says the quiet part out loud: without competition we're all stuck with a manufacturer that prioritizes profit margins over our safety.👇📺" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1745143470791274548) 2024-01-10T18:00Z [--] followers, [----] engagements "Adam Smith was right: the fight against market power is never-ending. But the Biden administration has scored a point for ordinary Americans. NEW: a view on the significance of @FTC and @JusticeATRs recent wins from Nobel laureate @JosephEStiglitz.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1745505856714641753) 2024-01-11T18:00Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements ""It's hard to imagine that the old MGM which put out [----] films with [---] Academy Awards and [---] Emmys will keep its pace with these significant staff cuts." Reminder: big corporate mergers are bad news for workers and for innovation.👇 Back in [----] Amazon announced a deal w/MGM saying it would "empower MGM to continue to do what they do best: great storytelling." But maybe the merger was never about investing in quality content & continued growth of the MGM brand. Back in [----] Amazon announced a deal w/MGM saying it would "empower MGM to continue to do what they do best: great storytelling."" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1745558704882151755) 2024-01-11T21:30Z 12.3K followers, [----] engagements ""The days of relentless consolidation are over" @WilliamJMcGee tells @AP of @JusticeATR's win against the JetBlue-Spirit merger. "We hope to see judges presiding over future airline mergers like Alaska-Hawaiian follow Judge Youngs lead."" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1747695128771453210) 2024-01-17T18:59Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements "These vacuums have cameras and sensors that pick up on every inch of tens of millions of users homes and Amazon would absolutely leverage that data in other business lines" says @KristaKBrown. "So if EU regs do in fact block this its great news" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1748350126194671847) 2024-01-19T14:22Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements "An extra $50 fee here or an unexpected $35 charge thereif you are a middle class family these things really add up. At our event yesterday NEC Deputy Dir. Jon Donenberg laid out the true cost of junk feesand how @POTUS is reining them in with help from the states.👇🧵" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1748382497036288469) 2024-01-19T16:30Z 11.4K followers, [----] engagements "4/ But while the Biden admin takes federal action Donenberg emphasized the importance of states aligned efforts to provide durable legislative relief to their residents. We are very excited about the work all of you are doing . we are seeing state after state step up."💪" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1748382502304338258) 2024-01-19T16:30Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements "5/ On both sides of the aisle Americans can see junk fees for what they are: corporations ripping them off. Help your state join the movement to throw junk fees in the trash with our resources and advocacy support.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1748382503713546276) 2024-01-19T16:30Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements ""It's fair to say now [--] years later airline deregulation has been a failure." ICYMI: @WilliamJMcGee broke down how our airlines became "too big to care" for @MorePerfectUS.👇 BREAKING: The Department of Justice has blocked JetBlue and Spirit airlines from merging finding that it "would further consolidate an oligopoly" and cause harm to consumers. https://t.co/QTsvUvLaeH BREAKING: The Department of Justice has blocked JetBlue and Spirit airlines from merging finding that it "would further consolidate an oligopoly" and cause harm to consumers. https://t.co/QTsvUvLaeH" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1749495588218134900) 2024-01-22T18:13Z 11.6K followers, [----] engagements ""This is the modern incarnation of the company town." Tesla and SpaceX have become "the quasi-government" in Texas towns where they operate @Pat_Garofalo tells @MotherJones in their new investigation.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1749514995656978546) 2024-01-22T19:30Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements ""Should the acquisition be allowed taxpayers will have subsidized the expansion of Kochs control over a critical and heavily concentrated sector of our agricultural economy." ICYMI: Our joint letter to @FTC & @JusticeATR regarding Koch Industries' latest proposed deal.👇 🚨NEW: Today Economic Liberties @FarmActionUS and [--] more partner organizations sent a letter to @FTC and @JusticeATR urging them to investigate Koch Industries acquisition of a major fertilizer competitor. As seen in @politico Weekly Agriculture.👇 https://t.co/mp6Vak43AS https://t.co/sFojJ20YQ1 🚨NEW: Today Economic" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1749810034979287291) 2024-01-23T15:03Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements "@SenAmyKlobuchar @ddayen @future_of_music Follow along here for a live recap of the event. First we'll hear from @SenAmyKlobuchar who will provide remarks on the harms caused by the Live Nation-Ticketmaster monopoly.👇" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1749856046548701649) 2024-01-23T18:06Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements "@SenAmyKlobuchar @ddayen @future_of_music "Reining in monopolies is in the words of Taylor Swift herself better than revenge but it isn't just about Taylor" says @SenAmyKlobuchar. "We've seen fans of artists from Bad Bunny to Harry Styles to BTS and Bruce Springsteen face exorbitant fees and poor service."" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1749856991911268427) 2024-01-23T18:09Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements "@SenAmyKlobuchar @ddayen @future_of_music @KristaKBrown @JammingEcono @ncl_tweets @rediscover_fire @blhess @sportsfanorg It's important to have independent venues so that more artists can be represented on a local level Combs says. There's more of a diversity of art more underrepresented voices that you can put into a venue that arent motivated by topline metrics and corporate incentives" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1749862786568683569) 2024-01-23T18:32Z 11.6K followers, [----] engagements "@SenAmyKlobuchar @ddayen @future_of_music @KristaKBrown @JammingEcono @ncl_tweets @rediscover_fire @blhess @sportsfanorg "Without competition in the space I think consumers can expect a continually bad experience" says @JammingEcono. "More of the crashes we saw with ticket with Taylor Swift because Ticketmaster didn't invest resources in protecting their system. More tedious checkouts."" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1749863966422257754) 2024-01-23T18:37Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements ""This is the modern incarnation of the company town." Elon Musk's Tesla and SpaceX have become "the quasi-government" in some Texas towns @Pat_Garofalo tells @MotherJones in their new investigation" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1749885966158803298) 2024-01-23T20:05Z 11.3K followers, [---] engagements "🚨NEW: Today we and a group of distinguished academics filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court social media case NetChoice v. Paxton. Truly an all-star cast for this one: @ZephyrTeachou16 @superwuster @RrjohnR @mjblawrence and @lessig.💪" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1750178601532846167) 2024-01-24T15:27Z 11.5K followers, [--] engagements "NetChoice and the platforms it represents do not have our best interests at heart says @CapitolKVD. Content moderation for the public good is not their goal" [X Link](https://x.com/econliberties/status/1750178603625787885) 2024-01-24T15:27Z 11.8K followers, [--] engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
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Social topic influence private equity, $googl, acquisition, money, google, wall street, doj, insurance, warner bros, debt
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @ftc @justiceatr @matthewstoller @linakhanftc @mh4oh @ftcs @leehepner @justiceatrs @williamjmcgee @patgarofalo @cfpb @balancecrafting @linamkhan @nhegde @freeremma @theprospect @kristakbrown @senwarren @capitolkvd @ashleynowicki
Top assets mentioned Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL) Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) CVS Health Corp (CVS) Union Pacific Corporation (UNP) Cigna Corp (CI) Ferguson plc (FERG) Mastercard, Inc. (MA) BlackRock Inc (BLK) Verge (XVG) Merge (MERGE)
Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"If Congress does not stop big corporations from using public money to buy their competitors we will see a tsunami of corporate mergers that will devastate workers small businesses and the communities they support.-@sarahmillerdc see our release here https://www.economicliberties.us/press-release/25-national-state-orgs-urge-congress-to-pass-the-pandemic-anti-monopoly-act/ https://www.economicliberties.us/press-release/25-national-state-orgs-urge-congress-to-pass-the-pandemic-anti-monopoly-act/"
X Link 2020-05-08T14:13Z 15.6K followers, [--] engagements
"Now is the time for this country to invest in relief innovation ownership entrepreneurship and worker protections not bail out or incentivize corporate juggernauts said @BrandingBrandi Senior Campaign Director at Color Of Change. https://www.economicliberties.us/press-release/25-national-state-orgs-urge-congress-to-pass-the-pandemic-anti-monopoly-act/ https://www.economicliberties.us/press-release/25-national-state-orgs-urge-congress-to-pass-the-pandemic-anti-monopoly-act/"
X Link 2020-05-08T14:13Z 15.7K followers, [--] engagements
"2/ This is the THIRD time @Facebook has been caught defrauding participants on its platform. Its also worth noting that monopolizing a market as @Facebook has done in social networking is also a crime"
X Link 2021-02-18T20:19Z 14.9K followers, [--] engagements
"3/ Its time for @Facebooks crime spree to end. @Facebook is a social media monopoly w/ such unchecked power that it can bully sovereign nations like Australia & flagrantly steal from its own advertising customers including Fortune [---] companies"
X Link 2021-02-18T20:19Z 14.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Big Techs toxic business models push extremism fraud and misinformation in exchange for profits. They turn a blind eye to these abuses if it means their quarterly earnings continue to explode"
X Link 2021-07-30T18:00Z 14.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Under the leadership of Chair @linakhanFTC the @FTC is taking a new approach to taking on Big Tech and addressing the harms these firms pose to workers small businesses and consumers alike. Senior Policy Analyst @KristaKBrown tells @mims more https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-ftc-is-reshaping-the-antitrust-argument-against-tech-giants-11643432448 https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-ftc-is-reshaping-the-antitrust-argument-against-tech-giants-11643432448"
X Link 2022-02-04T21:00Z 15.4K followers, [--] engagements
"11/ Later that day we applauded the Senates passage of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act and explained why its key to resolving our supply chain crisis & taking on the ocean shipping cartel thats clogging up our ports 🛳 https://www.economicliberties.us/press-release/ocean-shipping-reform-act-is-key-to-resolving-our-supply-chain-crisis/ https://www.economicliberties.us/press-release/ocean-shipping-reform-act-is-key-to-resolving-our-supply-chain-crisis/"
X Link 2022-04-01T19:23Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"12/ Policy Analyst @shahid__naeem joined @CapitolForum to discuss why @TheJusticeDept and @USDOT must block the Frontier-Spirit Airlines merger. https://thecapitolforum.com/resources/block-the-spirit-frontier-airlines-merger-argues-shahid-naeem/ https://thecapitolforum.com/resources/block-the-spirit-frontier-airlines-merger-argues-shahid-naeem/"
X Link 2022-04-01T19:23Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Research finds that within five years of when a Walmart comes to town: ⚠wages decrease by 5.2% ⚠employment decreases by 2.9% ⚠labor force participation goes down by 1.4% @AOC and @LipstickEcon explain more 👇"
X Link 2022-04-07T16:30Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Yesterday @business released new reporting showing that the number of new US manufacturing facilities soared 116%. Tariff policies work. It's about time we regain control of vital supply chains and realize the potential of quality manufacturing jobs. https://www.economicliberties.us/press-release/icymi-citing-tariffs-supply-chain-woes-american-businesses-double-the-pace/ https://www.economicliberties.us/press-release/icymi-citing-tariffs-supply-chain-woes-american-businesses-double-the-pace/"
X Link 2022-07-06T13:30Z 15.1K followers, [--] engagements
""Despite being vital providers local pharmacists are under attack from massive vertically and horizontally merged companies." @matthewstoller and @NCPA General Counsel Matt Seiler dissect the consequences of a @UHC -@Change_HC merger in @TheProspect. https://prospect.org/health/big-health-care-is-already-too-big/ https://prospect.org/health/big-health-care-is-already-too-big/"
X Link 2022-09-01T14:00Z 17.2K followers, [--] engagements
""When you have a handful of dominant corporations you don't see aggressive competition on price." @sarahmillerdc tells @NBCJoshua how increased consolidation leads to higher prices and profit margins especially with extractive private equity owners pulling the strings"
X Link 2022-11-11T15:00Z 15.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Theres no question that Southwest handles more bags every day than other domestic carriers since there is no financial incentive for passengers to cram everything into carry-ons with Southwest. Sr. Fellow @WilliamJMcGee in @washingtonpost. https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2023/01/04/southwest-lost-bags-luggage-cancellations/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2023/01/04/southwest-lost-bags-luggage-cancellations/"
X Link 2023-01-06T17:00Z 14.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Theres no question that Southwest handles more bags every day than other domestic carriers since there is no financial incentive for passengers to cram everything into carry-ons with Southwest. Sr. Fellow @WilliamJMcGee in @washingtonpost. https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2023/01/04/southwest-lost-bags-luggage-cancellations/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2023/01/04/southwest-lost-bags-luggage-cancellations/"
X Link 2023-01-09T18:00Z 14.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Bank consolidation doesn't just hurt working families and small businesses but has far-reaching consequences for communities across the country. @sarahmillerdc explains how on her panel at @USOCC.👇"
X Link 2023-02-10T15:44Z 15K followers, [---] engagements
"5/ Game Pass loses money but is subsidized by Microsofts overall profitability. Why So the company can push competitors out of the market. This is called predatory pricing and its the Netflix model Microsoft President Brad Smith celebrated today"
X Link 2023-06-27T15:20Z 11.8K followers, [--] engagements
"6/ If Microsoft buys Activision it will control must-have video game content like Call of Duty Overwatch Hearthstone and World of Warcraft. It can withhold these titles and others from rival services. The goal is to get gamers and studios to rely on Game Pass"
X Link 2023-06-26T15:20Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements
"2/ As a reminder the UK CMA has already blocked this deal. If Microsoft decides to go through it they will have to abandon the UK Market. Brad Smith has already attempted to blackmail UK enforcers dangling Microsofts cybersecurity business as a bargaining chip"
X Link 2023-07-11T15:33Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements
"3/ The truth is that this is a merger between direct competitors in a concentrated industry. Through Xbox gaming Microsoft is the third largest game developer globally behind its main competitor Sony and Tencent a Chinese mobile app developer it does not compete with"
X Link 2023-07-11T15:33Z 11.4K followers, [---] engagements
"@Innamo @RepSummerLee It's true. UPMC has used its monopoly power to drive down wages working conditions and the quality of care in Western Pennsylvania. Dig into that full report here.👇 https://www.economicliberties.us/our-work/critical-condition-how-upmcs-monopoly-power-harms-workers-and-patients/ https://www.economicliberties.us/our-work/critical-condition-how-upmcs-monopoly-power-harms-workers-and-patients/"
X Link 2023-07-11T16:46Z 15K followers, [---] engagements
"@FTC should appeal this decision and pursue an emergency stay of Judge Corleys order so that it can continue its administrative case against Microsofts monopoly ambitions." @LeeHepner in @washingtonpost on what comes next after Microsoft-ABK result.👇 https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/11/microsoft-activision-ftc-decision/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/11/microsoft-activision-ftc-decision/"
X Link 2023-07-11T17:51Z 15K followers, [----] engagements
""Theyre using exaggerations half-truths and outright deception in an attempt to destroy the career of the first public servant in decades to run the FTC as its written in law instead of serving as a handmaiden to industry." @ddayen's latest.👇"
X Link 2023-07-12T15:32Z 11.8K followers, 90.8K engagements
"Want to get up to speed on the dangers on banking consolidation in advance of @mh4oh's testimony in @SenateBanking this afternoon Here's our policy brief on why banking regulators should fight consolidation -- not support it.👇"
X Link 2023-07-12T16:46Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements
""Between [----] and [----] the Fed approved more than [----] consecutive mergers without denying a single one -- a streak that would make Cal Ripkin or Lou Gehrig green with envy." @SenWarren lays out the stakes of the consolidation crisis in banking"
X Link 2023-07-12T18:54Z 11.6K followers, [----] engagements
"It's simple: When a community loses its local banks its small businesses get hit the hardest. @mh4oh says when a community banks leaves a region "it truly takes the heartbeat of the local economy with it.""
X Link 2023-07-12T19:43Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The Federal Trade Commission is right to appeal Judge Corleys deeply flawed opinion. @LeeHepner's full statement on @FTC's appeal in Microsoft-Activision. 👇"
X Link 2023-07-13T02:10Z 11.3K followers, [----] engagements
"🚨BIG: @SenWarren proposes breaking up big pharmacy benefit managers🚨 By banning PBMs from owning pharmacies this amendment strikes at the core of CVS Cigna and UnitedHealth Group's monopoly power. Here's why that's good news for patients and pharmacists.👇🧵"
X Link 2023-07-25T20:44Z 12K followers, 37.4K engagements
"While the administration and Congress are trying to get a grasp on AI threats industry interests are stealthily working to make those policy tools illegal trade barriers. @WallachLoris opening remarks at @RethinkTrades event on AI. Watch it live.👇 https://youtu.be/y_1RbwSSRpo https://youtu.be/y_1RbwSSRpo"
X Link 2023-07-27T17:30Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"While the administration and Congress are trying to get a grasp on AI threats industry interests are stealthily working to make those policy tools illegal trade barriers. ICYMI: Rewatch @WallachLoris remarks at @RethinkTrades event on AI"
X Link 2023-08-01T17:07Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements
"🚨NEW: @KristaKBrown and @SaraLSirota dive into UnitedHealth Group's rise to dominance and the policy failures that facilitated it. Dig into the blockbuster long read in @TheProspect.👇"
X Link 2023-08-02T14:01Z 12K followers, [----] engagements
"Ever wondered why UnitedHealth Group has so much power in healthcare A NEW deeply-researched piece from @KristaKBrown & @SaraLSirota tells the 50-year story of the behemoth's rapacious rise to dominance - from inventing PBMs to serial acquisitions.👇"
X Link 2023-08-02T15:30Z 11.6K followers, [--] engagements
"In a NEW piece for @TheProspect @KristaKBrown and @SaraLSirota explain how UnitedHealth Group rose to dominance via a decades-long strategy of hoovering competitors and peers. Read it in the @TheProspect"
X Link 2023-08-02T18:00Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements
"ICYMI: @KristaKBrown and @SaraLSirota examine healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group's rise to dominance and the policy failures that facilitated it. Don't miss this must read.👇"
X Link 2023-08-03T15:30Z 11.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Ever wondered why UnitedHealth Group has so much power in healthcare🏥 A deeply-researched piece from @KristaKBrown and @SaraLSirota tells the 50-year story of the behemoth's rapacious rise to dominance Great weekend read.👇"
X Link 2023-08-04T18:00Z 11.3K followers, [----] engagements
"ICYMI: @KristaKBrown and @SaraLSirota examine healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group's rise to dominance and the policy failures that facilitated it. Don't miss this must read.👇 https://prospect.org/health/2023-08-02-health-cares-intertwined-colossus/ https://prospect.org/health/2023-08-02-health-cares-intertwined-colossus/"
X Link 2023-08-08T15:30Z 15K followers, [----] engagements
""@CapitolKVD said in a statement that a class action 'is the only realistic way for consumers to recover the billions Google extorted from this with its monopoly power.'" Great coverage of our latest amicus brief in @Law360.👇"
X Link 2023-08-09T16:00Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@linakhanFTC @JusticeATR @nhegde @FTC @matthewstoller @POTUS @mh4oh @ceprdc @commonfutureco @demandprogress @EconomicSecProj @FarmActionUS @future_of_music @ilsr @mainstreetweets @MNFarmersUnion @Commpharmacy @openmarkets @SmlBizMajority @UFCW770 @WGAWest @JoeVanWye @FarmAction @nataliefoster @builditup @katy_milani @AnneSchwagerl @JohnArensmeyer Next up @ashwoolheater from @openmarkets. She says that @JusticeATR and @FTCs hard work to draft new guidelines demonstrates how serious the Biden administration is about reining in the monopolists and restoring a more democratic system that benefits"
X Link 2023-08-10T18:58Z 11.5K followers, [--] engagements
"@linakhanFTC @JusticeATR @nhegde @FTC @matthewstoller @POTUS @mh4oh @ceprdc @commonfutureco @demandprogress @EconomicSecProj @FarmActionUS @future_of_music @ilsr @mainstreetweets @MNFarmersUnion @Commpharmacy @openmarkets @SmlBizMajority @UFCW770 @WGAWest @JoeVanWye @FarmAction @nataliefoster @builditup @katy_milani @AnneSchwagerl @JohnArensmeyer @ashwoolheater Last but not least @MariaLangholz from @DemandProgress She says "big corporations are constantly engaging in monopolistic anticompetitive practices. They price gouge consumers trick people into paying huge fees treat workers unfairly"
X Link 2023-08-10T19:03Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements
"Big Tech firms are scheming to avoid regulation in the most undemocratic and sneaky ways possible -- international trade agreements. ICYMI: @RethinkTrade's @WallachLori breaks it down for @Thom_Hartmann"
X Link 2023-08-14T18:00Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Increasingly we see some of the red flags that suggest the market structure is not actually serving the creators or the ultimate viewers. @linakhanFTC is spot on in her comments on the writers strike. Consolidated power hurts workers"
X Link 2023-08-17T15:30Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements
"This September the first major case challenging Google's monopoly power in search goes to trial. Check out one of @matthewstoller's latest newsletters -- featured in @FastCompany -- to get up to speed"
X Link 2023-08-18T14:39Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements
"Our research shows that Live Nation-Ticketmaster fees added an average of 32% on top of ticket prices. That's robbery ICYMI: The Break Up Ticketmaster coalition's work to uncover useless junk fees featured in @nytimes.👇 #BanJunkFees"
X Link 2023-08-21T16:00Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Did you know junk fees cost working families BILLIONS of $$$ a year Here's @chopracfpb on @CFPB's efforts to take on junk fees across banking which could save consumers $9 BILLION per year.📺👇 #BanJunkFees"
X Link 2023-08-21T19:00Z 11.8K followers, 40.5K engagements
"Any mergers in media and entertainment involving significant streaming players should be blocked including acquisitions of smaller or potential competitors. @WGAEast and @WGAWest are spot on in their analysis of corporate giants' gatekeeping power"
X Link 2023-08-22T17:01Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements
"The past [--] years of merger policy hasnt worked for consumers workers & small business owners. But by updating the merger guidelines the antitrust agencies are working to change that. @matthewstoller explains on his latest BIG Breakdown.📺 https://www.youtube.com/watchv=_L8wtOAWrn0 https://www.youtube.com/watchv=_L8wtOAWrn0"
X Link 2023-08-31T17:00Z 14.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Need a long read this weekend @KristaKBrown and @SaraLSirota examine healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group's rise to dominance and the policy failures that facilitated it. Read it in @TheProspect"
X Link 2023-09-01T17:00Z 11.3K followers, [----] engagements
"ICYMI: @Pat_Garofalo explains how Minnesota lawmakers helped stop a harmful hospital merger -- and how other state lawmakers can follow their lead. Read it in @MNReformer.🗞"
X Link 2023-09-05T16:00Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements
""Those of us who have been warning that a JetBlue-Spirit merger would raise fares and stifle competition can now cite an unimpeachable source JetBlue itself. ICYMI: Sr. Fellow @WilliamJMcGee in @AP"
X Link 2023-09-05T17:00Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements
"📜ICYMI: We're urging the Court to make the upcoming antitrust trial on Google search publicly accessible. Google OPPOSES a transparent hearing even though the outcome could affect the way millions of Americans use the internet"
X Link 2023-09-06T14:28Z 11.5K followers, [--] engagements
"The Google search trial will be hugely consequential for our digital world where the outcome will determine how millions of Americans access and use the internet says @CapitolKVD. More on what's at stake in the US v Google trial in @Guardian.👇"
X Link 2023-09-11T13:47Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Don't miss @matthewstoller chat about the hottest issues in the world of antitrust on The Slingshot.📻👇"
X Link 2023-09-11T14:24Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements
""Its a huge job and @econliberties believes Mr. Whitakers varied experience at the FAA and in the industry working in both the airline and drone sectors makes him very qualified to serve well in this role." More from Sr. Fellow @WilliamJMcGee.👇"
X Link 2023-09-11T16:12Z 11.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Proud to be a part of this.💪 The Biden admin MUST protect Right to Repair in international trade negotiations"
X Link 2023-09-12T14:37Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements
"ICYMI: With @RealBankReform we sent a letter last week urging Congress to PASS the Credit Card Competition Act. Don't fall for the spin. This bill would break the Visa-Mastercard duopoly and inject much-needed competition into the market.🔽📃"
X Link 2023-09-19T13:40Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Numbers and economic models are one thing but real harms to real people are reawakening Americans to the importance of antitrust enforcement." @JusticeATR's AAG Kanter at Georgetown Law School today.👇"
X Link 2023-09-19T17:11Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements
"📊BIG: New poll finds that 60% of Americans believe Big Tech giants like Google have too much power in the market which puts competitors at a disadvantage and hurts both smaller businesses and consumers. Our latest w/ @fightmonopolies in @TheHill.👇"
X Link 2023-09-19T18:05Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements
"An important nugget for the stakes of U.S. v. Google: More and more people want a competitor to Google search. 58% of respondents said they would use a competing search engine made by Apple if available"
X Link 2023-09-19T18:13Z 11.8K followers, 18.5K engagements
"And here's the kicker: Despite this tantrum it looks like Google was actually posting exhibits and evidence to their OWN public site -- just like the DOJ -- until they took them down just recently.🙄"
X Link 2023-09-19T22:03Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements
"ICYMI: We wrote [--] letters in support of @FTC & @JusticeATRs draft merger guidelines but we arent the only ones supporting this historic shift in merger policy. Heres what our partners repping consumers small businesses farmers writers and more had to say.👇🧵"
X Link 2023-09-19T23:00Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Google would love for you to believe it's EASY to switch away from their search engine. This @nytimes reporter tried to do so. "The verdict: Its hard to switch and most people would probably give up before completing the change.""
X Link 2023-09-20T13:33Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements
"ICYMI: Some key results from our new poll. 58% of respondents said they would use a different search engine than Google -- made by Apple -- if available. 60% of Americans believe Big Tech giants have too much power. More here"
X Link 2023-09-20T14:00Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements
"In recognition of #ALC52 this week join us in DC on FRIDAY for a panel - feat @RepBowman - on the harms of monopoly power and how public policy can rebalance the playing field to facilitate the building of Black wealth. More info here.👇 https://mobilize.us/economicliberties/event/579708/ https://mobilize.us/economicliberties/event/579708/"
X Link 2023-09-20T16:22Z 14.9K followers, [---] engagements
"👏Antitrust 👏scrutiny 👏 matters 👏 Before an expected @FTC lawsuit Amazon is pulling a 2% fee on sellers. Its not nearly enough but shows that with a suit looming Amazon is second guessing their abusive yet "business as usual" tactics"
X Link 2023-09-21T15:41Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements
"5/ But this is a nonsense attempt by Google to suppress public scrutiny. As @Verge says These documents are for all intents and purposes public: they were viewable in court and will likely be entered into public record. They catalogued them here"
X Link 2023-09-21T18:08Z 11.8K followers, [--] engagements
"6/ Google doesnt want the public to see internal docs exposing the extent of their anticompetitive practices but those documents are clearly in the public interest. As Yosef says This trial will affect everyone so its important that the public is aware of what's going on"
X Link 2023-09-21T18:08Z 11.8K followers, [--] engagements
""What happened in Texas is happening across the US" says @linakhanFTC. "In recent years private equity firms have made serial acquisitions across markets from nursing homes & apartment buildings to emergency med clinics & opioid treatment centres.""
X Link 2023-09-21T18:30Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements
"As @chopracfpb said in his remarks today this proposal "would ensure that credit decisions are based on someones ability to repay a debt NOT their ability to file disputes and navigate red tape." Once again the @CFPB stands up for consumers.💪"
X Link 2023-09-21T21:11Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements
"While the bank lobby will have you believe credit card networks are efficient and competitive the truth is that Visa and Mastercard's dominance hurts small businesses. In [----] merchants paid $126B in processing fees --up 20% from 2021.👇"
X Link 2023-09-22T13:40Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements
"🚨TODAY: In recognition of #ALC52 this week join us in DC for a panel - feat @RepBowman - on the harms of monopoly power and how public policy can rebalance the playing field to facilitate the building of Black wealth. More info here"
X Link 2023-09-22T14:10Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Weve allowed consolidation in the economy that has made it harder for workers to bargain for higher wages or more opportunity. Were changing that now. @JusticeATR on how the draft merger guidelines will empower workers. Full remarks👇"
X Link 2023-09-22T16:30Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements
"After Google lawyers made noise about redacted Google emails shown in court being posted on the @DeptofJustices website Judge Amit Mehta has effectively closed public access to the crucial anti-monopoly trial this week"
X Link 2023-09-22T18:18Z 11.8K followers, 16.4K engagements
""What happened in Texas is happening across the US." "In recent years private equity firms have made serial acquisitions across marketsfrom nursing homes & apartment buildings to emergency med clinics & opioid treatment centres." @linakhanFTC in @FT👇"
X Link 2023-09-25T13:47Z 11.3K followers, [--] engagements
"🚨BIG: @FTC is suing Amazon for inflating prices across the internet and leveraging its dominance to block rivals from entering markets where it operates. So great to see the Commission challenge Amazons monopoly power and its coercive tactics.💪"
X Link 2023-09-26T16:28Z 11.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Interesting to see that Amazon Apple and Google are deploying the same playbook today: legal hysterics to hide evidence from public scrutiny. It's about time Congress does something about this excess secrecy. Here's a quick refresher on Big Tech's antics today.🧵"
X Link 2023-09-26T18:54Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Today @FTC filed a lawsuit challenging Amazon's monopoly power. However Amazon has redacted tons of information from the complaint including key quotes data and more. @DouglasLFarrar says there aren't compelling reasons to keep this much info secret"
X Link 2023-09-26T18:54Z 11.8K followers, [--] engagements
""Amazon has rolled out this pay-to-play advertising scheme that is actually showing consumers less relevant results and steering them to more expensive products." @linakhanFTC walks through how Amazon uses its monopoly power to hike prices while its quality degrades"
X Link 2023-09-27T14:00Z 11.8K followers, 123.3K engagements
"This case is entirely pro-business Our free-enterprise system is one where companies should be competing on the merits and not be able to protect their monopoly power through illegal tactics. Watch @linakhanftc break down the @FTCs suit against Amazon.👇📺"
X Link 2023-09-27T14:35Z 11.8K followers, [--] engagements
""Subjecting the CFPB to appropriations would reduce the oversight of the financial entities that given their size reach and risk profile arguably pose the greatest risk to consumers." Even bankers agree: the Supreme Court must protect the @CFPB"
X Link 2023-09-27T15:11Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements
""In a competitive world if you have a company that's both hiking prices and worsening services for customers . that should create an opening for rivals to come in." @linakhanFTC on why Amazon's degraded pay-for-play search results are evidence of monopoly power"
X Link 2023-09-27T15:43Z 15K followers, [---] engagements
"Is Google really the best search engine or is it just the one writing the biggest checks More from @pierce at the @verge on the latest in #USvGoogle.👇 https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/26/23891037/apple-eddy-cue-testimony-us-google https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/26/23891037/apple-eddy-cue-testimony-us-google"
X Link 2023-09-27T19:05Z 14.8K followers, [----] engagements
""Chat records reveal employees at the search giant frequently discussing going 'off the record' as part of what the Dept. of Justice calls a 'remarkable' number of deletions." More on what Googles (deleted) chats mean for #USvGoogle 👇 https://www.fastcompany.com/90955785/google-deleted-chats-in-doj-antitrust-trial https://www.fastcompany.com/90955785/google-deleted-chats-in-doj-antitrust-trial"
X Link 2023-09-27T21:09Z 15K followers, [----] engagements
""You can basically disappear from Amazon's storefront if you put a lower price somewhere else." "And for sellers.if Amazon makes you disappear from that storefront that can be quite fatal for your business." @linakhanFTC on @npratc"
X Link 2023-09-28T14:15Z 14.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Amazon forces sellers to bake hidden costs into their priceslike the 50% cut it takes of each sale. It then prohibits sellers from offering lower prices on other sites inflating prices across the web. Theres no such thing as a free lunch--and no such thing as free shipping"
X Link 2023-09-28T16:13Z 11.8K followers, [--] engagements
""The case against Agri Stats could have sweeping implications for the heavily consolidated agriculture industryand for consumers who have endured years of high food inflation.""
X Link 2023-09-28T19:00Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements
"🚨ICYMI: Its been a historic week in the fight against consolidated corporate power. From courtroom drama to blockbuster announcements heres a quick recap of the biggest news from #HotAntitrustWeek🧵"
X Link 2023-09-29T17:41Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements
"As a result of Amazon's unlawful tactics @linakhanFTC says "people are paying higher prices consumers are paying more than they otherwise would small businesses have to pay a 50% Amazon tax." "The complaint is seeking to restore the lost promise of competition."💪"
X Link 2023-10-02T14:58Z 11.3K followers, [---] engagements
"The @CFPB #SCOTUS case isn't just about consumer protection -- it's about safeguarding our entire financial system. The ongoing payday industry's attempts hamstring the @CFPB put us all at risk. #DefendCFPB Our brief with @DemocracyFwd.👇"
X Link 2023-10-02T15:55Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Apple and Google have a fantastic oligopolistic arrangement says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on day [--] of the #USvGoogle trial. Nadella didn't hold any punches today calling out Googles monopoly in search. Here are some key tidbits from his testimony.👇🧵"
X Link 2023-10-02T16:51Z 11.3K followers, 30.8K engagements
""The main question here is not whether people can switch from Google but whether they do" says @superwuster on @SquawkCNBC this morning. "I think The DOJ have very powerful stats that show Google for its $18 billion a year was getting something.""
X Link 2023-10-03T13:58Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements
"The @CFPB is a champion for everyday Americans against the wrongdoing of powerful corporate actors. Thats why predatory-lender-backed litigants are challenging it before #SCOTUS todaynot because they actually think it violates the constitution"
X Link 2023-10-03T14:18Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements
""Amazon has rolled out this pay-to-play advertising scheme that is actually showing consumers less relevant results and steering them to more expensive products." ICYMI: @linakhanFTC walks through how Amazon uses its monopoly power to hike prices while its quality degrades"
X Link 2023-10-04T14:45Z 14.9K followers, 20.2K engagements
""The overwhelming majority supports the direction we're going and that means a lot." @JusticeATR AAG Kanter discusses public feedback on the merger guidelines and what the agencies are hearing from workers farmers ER nurses small business owners and regular people"
X Link 2023-10-05T15:11Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Want to stay up to date on the latest case filings in key ongoing antitrust cases Our new bot with @FreeLawProject makes it easy. Check it out"
X Link 2023-10-10T23:46Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Junk fees arent just a nuisance; theyre a billion-dollar rip-off squeezing nearly every Americans wallet. @fshakir's full statement on the Biden admins major new actions to eliminate junk fees.👇"
X Link 2023-10-11T13:15Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements
"🚨HUGE: Today @FTC @CFPB & @POTUS announced NEW efforts to ban junk fees those pesky charges that artificially jack up prices and hamstring competition. This yet another big step in the war against junk fees. Here's more on how we got here. 👇🧵"
X Link 2023-10-11T14:52Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements
""Folks can end up paying as much as 20% more -- because of hidden junk fees -- than they would have paid if they could see the full price up front." @POTUS on the importance of @FTC's sweeping ban on junk fees today.👇"
X Link 2023-10-11T16:38Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements
"You realize once youre on the other side of your lease agreement that actually the rent is something like $300 more than you thought. W/ @FTC's move to ban junk fees @Marketplace highlights how tenants will be protected from an all-too-common scam👇"
X Link 2023-10-12T14:16Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Great coverage of our new industrial policy paper series from @leee_harris in @TheProspect👇👇 Market structure is key. If the Biden admin's industrial policy doesn't address competition concerns govt subsidies could be captured by consolidated corporate interests"
X Link 2023-10-16T14:45Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements
"If Bidens industrial policy doesn't address competition concerns govt subsidies could be swallowed up by private equity profits and executive pay according to our latest research. Full paper: @TheProspect has more👇"
X Link 2023-10-16T18:00Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The first half of #USvGoogle was filled with blockbuster revelations about Google's search monopoly and damning testimonies on the power of defaults--all while the tech giant pushed to shroud the trial in secrecy. Get caught up on the highlights👇"
X Link 2023-10-18T18:02Z 11.3K followers, [----] engagements
"From going after shady private equity dealings in healthcare to putting Big Tech on trial its been a HUGE month for the anti-monopoly movement. If youre looking to get up to speed quick @mh4oh has you covered in her latest digest.👇"
X Link 2023-10-19T16:02Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements
""The @CFPBs proposed rule will be a game-changer for innovation empowering consumers to fully control their personal financial data and leveling the playing field for startups against industry giants." @mh4oh's Full statement 👇"
X Link 2023-10-20T13:29Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements
"🚨LIVE: Tune into our virtual workshop with @epmurphymn and @econliberties experts to discuss how state lawmakers can fight back against corporate consolidation in the healthcare industry.👇📺"
X Link 2023-10-23T16:07Z 11.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@epmurphymn @nhegde @Pat_Garofalo @ErikPeinert In short: PBMs leverage their power over drug prices to self-deal all over the place--hurting patients independent pharmacists and taxpayers. Read what state lawmakers can do about them here.👇"
X Link 2023-10-23T16:39Z 11.3K followers, [---] engagements
"@epmurphymn @nhegde @Pat_Garofalo @ErikPeinert Next were getting into the broader corporatization of medicine. "This takes shape through private equity price gouging patients and ruthlessly cutting costs or big medicine giants like UnitedHealth Group buying up physician practices"
X Link 2023-10-23T16:40Z 11.3K followers, [---] engagements
""Google pays around $19B annually to Apple to ensure that Google is the default search engine" says Nebraska AG Doug Peterson. "This number tells you exactly how valuable the accumulation and control of search data is to Googles business model.""
X Link 2023-10-24T15:54Z 11.3K followers, 11K engagements
"Monopolistic corps want to restrict your ability to repair goods you own. Today at 3:30 @linakhanFTC and others join @WhiteHouse to share how the Biden admin and states around the country are stepping up to defend the Right to Repair.👇"
X Link 2023-10-24T17:04Z 11.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@linakhanFTC @WhiteHouse Last month we @RethinkTrade and others in the Right to Repair Movement sent a letter urging the Biden admin to defend the movement's gains in international trade negotiations. @CenDemTech @ConsumerReports @FarmActionUS @NFUDC @publicknowledge +more"
X Link 2023-10-24T17:10Z 11.3K followers, [---] engagements
"After igniting the flurry of state-level Right to Repair Laws with its Executive Order on Promoting Competition Biden admin now officially calls on Congress to pass national right to repair laws. HUGE news for consumers and independent repair shops.👇"
X Link 2023-10-24T20:59Z 11.3K followers, [----] engagements
""The case is ostensibly about.illuminating potentially untoward practices of a biz nearly every American depends upon but the public has consistently been shut out." "Google Search has long been called a 'black box.' Fittingly so is its trial." https://slate.com/technology/2023/10/google-trial-secret-redactions-trade-secrets-closed-door-testimony.html https://slate.com/technology/2023/10/google-trial-secret-redactions-trade-secrets-closed-door-testimony.html"
X Link 2023-10-25T15:01Z 14.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Just now at our event @SenWarren says @RethinkTrade @CitdGeorgetown @CCSI_Columbia and @GtownCAROLA's new white paper on #ISDS "could not come at a more critical time." She says ISDS poses a "real threat" to national sovereignty the environment workers and human rights.👇"
X Link 2023-10-25T18:45Z 11.3K followers, [---] engagements
""While this is certainly a welcome reduction in debit card swipe fees for small business owners it simply doesnt go far enough." @shahid__naeem says the Fed must lower the fee cap closer to actual transaction costs. Full statement.👇"
X Link 2023-10-25T20:17Z 11.3K followers, [---] engagements
"If Bidens industrial policy doesn't address competition concerns huge govt subsidies could be swallowed up by private equity profits and executive pay according to our new research. Full paper: @TheProspect has more👇"
X Link 2023-10-26T16:03Z 11.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Thrilled to have our own @KristaKBrown and @SaraLSirota break down UnitedHealth Group's harmful monopoly power and the policy failures that facilitated it at a @Capitol_Forum event today. Read the full article here.👇 @KristaKBrown and @SaraLSirota speaking at @Capitol_Forum about the growth of UnitedHealth Group into the monster it is today. https://t.co/OkTAt2G3Ur @KristaKBrown and @SaraLSirota speaking at @Capitol_Forum about the growth of UnitedHealth Group into the monster it is today. https://t.co/OkTAt2G3Ur"
X Link 2023-10-26T19:09Z 12K followers, [----] engagements
"Visa and Mastercards duopoly in credit card payment processing gives them the market power to impose swipe fees in the U.S. that are 10x what each company charges in Europe. We must pass #CCCA to stop this abuse @shahid__naeem tells @wallethub.👇"
X Link 2023-10-27T15:30Z 11.3K followers, [---] engagements
"🚨BREAKING: Google paid $26.3B in [----] alone to maintain its monopoly power over search. That's greater than the GDP of over [---] different COUNTRIES in [----] according to the UN"
X Link 2023-10-27T16:14Z 11.3K followers, 22K engagements
"When Microsoft wanted to implement its own search default on Internet Explorer in [----] Google sent them a letter saying doing so would be anti competitive and hurt the end user. But when Google does it with search Sundar Pichai says its merely enhancing promotion #USvGoogle"
X Link 2023-10-30T15:13Z 11.5K followers, 18.3K engagements
"Visa and Mastercards duopoly in credit card payment processing = "a private sales tax inflating the cost of everyday goods" @shahid__naeem tells @wallethub. We must pass the #CCCA--which is projected to save businesses at least $15B annually.👇"
X Link 2023-10-30T17:00Z 11.4K followers, [----] engagements
""If you're gonna let the free market work you'd better protect the free market." Big Tech & its shills will tell you antitrust is anti-business. Yesterday at Stanford @linakhanFTC made clear that antitrust enforcement is ESSENTIAL to innovationand she had receipts.👇"
X Link 2023-11-03T19:00Z 13.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Chair Khan continued to provide historical evidence especially relevant to Silicon Valley: antitrust suits against IBM and Microsoft. The Microsoft case "paved the way for small scrappy firms like Google to enter and grow.""
X Link 2023-11-03T19:00Z 13.9K followers, [---] engagements
"The President is a pro-worker president. M&A is bad for workers and good for capital--anytime you see something bad for workers and good for capital the President is against it. @jimcramer says the quiet part out loud"
X Link 2023-11-08T16:01Z 11.5K followers, 75.8K engagements
"ICYMI: Yesterday we and [--] partner organizations sent a letter to @FTC urging them to investigate and block recently proposed mega-acquisitions by Big Oil firms ExxonMobil and Chevron. @EENewsUpdates' story and our statement"
X Link 2023-11-09T16:00Z 11.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Credit card processing has never cost me more my credit card processing is higher than my rent. @washingtonian reveals how the Visa and MasterCard duopolys private sales tax is suffocating local businesses.👇"
X Link 2023-11-09T20:17Z 11.4K followers, [----] engagements
"The Kroger-Albertsons merger is a disastrous deal for consumers workers and local communities across the country. Tune into our virtual discussion with UFCW locals and other partners for a discussion on why the @FTC must block this harmful merger"
X Link 2023-11-14T19:00Z 11.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@FTC Thanks to everyone who is joining us today Well get started shortly but stay tuned here for some live recaps of highlights throughout the event. Well be discussing a NEW policy brief from @KristaKBrown which lays out the harms of the merger"
X Link 2023-11-14T19:04Z 11.4K followers, [---] engagements
"@FTC @KristaKBrown @UFCW_7 @JoeVanWye @clairekelloway Now well hear from a group of workers and consumers who would be directly affected by this harmful merger. First up is Kevin FLynn of @UFCW_3000 a grocery store worker in Marysville WA"
X Link 2023-11-14T19:41Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements
""Swipe fees are a drain on the American economy extracting billions from small businesses and households" says @mh4oh. Today we urged congress to #PassTheCCCA to dismantle Visa and Mastercard's duopoly and reduce these fees. Announcement👇"
X Link 2023-11-15T18:43Z 11.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Six Documents That Explain DOJs Antitrust Case Against Google. Cant-miss summary of damning internal records from @leah_nylen and @businesssend this one to your friends and family.👇"
X Link 2023-11-17T18:46Z 11.4K followers, [---] engagements
"The airline industry has gotten so concentrated that the idea that more concentration is what we need to fix it is just baffling. @GaneshSitaraman on the JetBlue-Spirit merger trial and the state of airline mergers at @PoliticsProse today"
X Link 2023-11-19T20:36Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Illinois lawmakers must step up alongside allies in the labor movement & elsewhere to check Amazons power. In an oped for @Suntimes @Pat_Garofalo breaks down our new policy brief on how state-level lawmakers can fight Amazons abuses.👇"
X Link 2023-11-20T16:29Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements
""If you want to see the market go higher @POTUS just needs to replace @linakhanFTC. But given his pro-worker attitude and the fact mergers often lead to layoffs I doubt hell go there." Robust antitrust enforcement puts the people above Wall Streettake it from @jimcramer👇📺"
X Link 2023-11-21T16:43Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Foot Locker and Teamsters are dropping their pharmacy benefit managers due to "getting stuck with higher-cost drugs because the PBMs can pocket some of the bigger rebates." @WSJ report on growing frustration with these exploitative pharma middlemen.👇"
X Link 2023-11-21T17:53Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements
"With scant competition Visa and MasterCard have faced little pressure to rein in swipe fees"--which in turn raise prices and cost Americans more than they gain in rewards. New @nytimes video essay explains why we must #PassTheCCCA. Get the facts👇"
X Link 2023-11-21T20:13Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements
"10/ In the long-term @JusticeATR and @FTC have proposed new draft merger guidelines that would increase scrutiny of anticompetitive and unfair mergers across the economy putting the brakes on consolidation attempts in the poultry industry"
X Link 2023-11-22T16:24Z 11.8K followers, [--] engagements
"11/ Actions like these are why groups representing farmers like @FarmActionUS say @JusticeATR has been on a roll since President Bidens executive order to increase competition across the economy"
X Link 2023-11-22T16:24Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements
""This case should put market participants on notice that the FTC is going to be looking at these deals in aggregate. After suing a PE firm for rolling up Texas medical practices to raise prices @linakhanFTC has a warning for stealth monopolists.👇 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-16/lina-khan-ftc-chair-takes-antitrust-fight-to-private-equitysref=q0qR8k34 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-16/lina-khan-ftc-chair-takes-antitrust-fight-to-private-equitysref=q0qR8k34"
X Link 2023-11-22T19:51Z 14.9K followers, [---] engagements
"ICYMI: @FTC is investigating the acquisition of @SUBWAY by PE owner of @McAlistersDeli and @JimmyJohns. The investigation is emblematic of the agencys increased focus under @linakhanFTC on both deal-making by private equity firms and prices of consumer staples.👇"
X Link 2023-11-27T15:59Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements
"@JusticeATR brought a convincing case that Googlearguably the most powerful company on the internetabused one of its many monopolies. While monopolization cases are rare and notoriously difficult to win the public has already won says @Slate.👇"
X Link 2023-11-27T19:25Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements
"4/ Beyond addressing individual violations @CFPB has gone deeper to challenge unjust systemic features of the financial system. Facing CFPB pressure US credit reporting agencies slashed cleared medical debt from credit reports by 70%.👏"
X Link 2023-11-29T14:59Z 11.5K followers, [--] engagements
"5/ @CFPB moved to cement this shift in September kicking off a rulemaking process to remove medical bills from credit reports as a matter of government policy. Stay tuned for more on this effort to ease a burden faced by roughly [--] in [--] Americans.💪"
X Link 2023-11-29T14:59Z 11.5K followers, [--] engagements
"Thanks to @CFPB's attention many banks are reducing or eliminating overdraft fees--which generated $12.4B during the pandemic hurting low-income Americans the most. Just another way @chopracfpb is standing up to abuse by powerful financial actors.👇"
X Link 2023-11-29T16:51Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements
"🚨BREAKING: Meta following the typical monopolist playbook just filed a lawsuit challenging @FTC's constitutionality. It's a baseless attack from a company that has repeatedly shown itself willing to sacrifice users safety and privacy for profits says @CapitolKVD.👇"
X Link 2023-11-30T15:53Z 11.5K followers, 56.3K engagements
"This comes amid other monopolist challenges to @FTC's constitutionality and a Supreme Court case challenging @SECGov. Big corporations want to use the courts to eliminate all checks on their power--basically to eliminate democratic governance itself.🚨🚨🚨"
X Link 2023-11-30T16:41Z 11.5K followers, 46.8K engagements
"NEW from @moetkacik on the "brilliant dystopian" vision behind the Humana-Cigna mega-merger. The insurers seek to create a vertically-integrated "monster middleman to compete with the undisputed giant UnitedHealth."👇"
X Link 2023-12-01T17:16Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Plaintiff lawyers have been smeared by big business since the 1980s. Part of the reason These "private attorneys general are how normal people can hold powerful corporations accountable argue @matthewstoller and @LeeHepner.👇"
X Link 2023-12-01T20:31Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements
""Industry has become more concentrated in the hands of fewer companies and this allows companies to raise their prices without worrying about losing consumers." "The way to deal with it is through antitrust law." @RBReich connects inflation to consolidation on @CNBC.👇📺"
X Link 2023-12-01T22:13Z 11.5K followers, 62K engagements
""There has never been airline M&A that has not led to more power for the combined company to run roughshod over local communities." Alaska-Hawaiian is no different says @WilliamJMcGee in a new statement breaking down this deal's specific harms.👇 https://www.economicliberties.us/press-release/here-we-go-again-airline-mergers-beget-more-mergers-and-flyers-workers-and-local-communities-cant-afford-alaska-hawaiian/# https://www.economicliberties.us/press-release/here-we-go-again-airline-mergers-beget-more-mergers-and-flyers-workers-and-local-communities-cant-afford-alaska-hawaiian/#"
X Link 2023-12-04T17:23Z 16.4K followers, [---] engagements
""With banks swimming in near-record profits its time they stop price gouging American families who are struggling to make ends meet." Full statement from @mh4oh ahead of the Senate banking committee's annual oversight hearing of Wall Street banks.👇"
X Link 2023-12-05T19:48Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Great breakdown of the Kroger-Albertsons merger's harms to consumers and workers from @RBReich. To hear first-hand from stakeholders like @UFCW locals @FarmActionUS and @MikeCallicrate check out the highlights of our virtual event on the merger.👇"
X Link 2023-12-08T17:00Z 11.6K followers, 39.2K engagements
"If Judge Mehta looks at what Judge Donato has said about Googles behavior and decides he agrees with it thats going to be a problem for Google" says @CapitolKVD in @nypost. "This is very bad for Google to have this out there in the world"
X Link 2023-12-11T14:17Z 11.6K followers, [----] engagements
""Even though inflation has gone down prices are still high. We have big corporations that are trying to get away with breaking the law and price fixing to coordinate on raising rental prices." Watch @mh4oh on @rolandsmartin last week.👇📺"
X Link 2023-12-11T16:49Z 11.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Cigna-Humana is off"another sign of how tough the M&A market has been beset by interest rates concerns over the direction of the economy and greater antitrust scrutiny." @FTC & @JusticeATR help deter another bad deal. Their impact goes beyond court.👏"
X Link 2023-12-11T18:00Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements
"🚨HUGE: A jury just ruled in favor of @EpicGames and AGAINST Google's monopoly power. @CapitolKVD says "This is a message that justice can prevail in the fight against Big Techs outsized power over our lives." Our full statement.👇"
X Link 2023-12-12T01:34Z 11.6K followers, 76.6K engagements
"It is a big deal that a jury is saying Yes Google has a monopoly and it has illegally maintained a monopoly. A jury was readily able to call a spade a spade. ICYMI: @LeeHepner shared his big takeaway on Google's latest loss in court with @WSJ👇"
X Link 2023-12-12T14:34Z 11.6K followers, 18.1K engagements
"Big Tech is not above the law. @matthewstoller reacts to Googles landmark antitrust lossa sign that the walls are finally closing in on Silicon Valley monopolists as trials loom in similar cases.👇"
X Link 2023-12-12T15:34Z 11.6K followers, 24K engagements
""Were thrilled to see @FTC stop auto dealers from ripping off working families during one of the biggest purchases of most Americans lives." @ErikPeinert's full statement on a new FTC rule against bait-and-switch tactics and junk fees in auto sales.👇"
X Link 2023-12-12T20:53Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements
""Big tech is not above the law" says @matthewstoller. "This loss isnt just the first antitrust failure for Google its the first antitrust loss for any big tech firm.""
X Link 2023-12-13T15:30Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements
".@RBReich nails itAmazon abuses its monopoly to hurt consumers thirty-party sellers and e-commerce innovation. To see the evidence direct from @FTCs investigation check out our thread on the latest un-redacted info.👇"
X Link 2023-12-13T17:00Z 11.6K followers, 32.2K engagements
"To ensure our nations farmers and ranchers can thrive @USDA must restore the Packers & Stockyards Act by swiftly finalizing a strong set of rules. Our letter to @POTUS with @FarmActionUS + others on restoring a crucial agriculture competition tool.👇"
X Link 2023-12-13T22:00Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements
""Whether the conspiracy takes place in a server room or a board room shouldn't matter under the antitrust laws." Just now @amyklobuchar speaks out against landlords' use of third-party algorithms to effectively fix rent prices--a critical frontier for antitrust enforcement.👇"
X Link 2023-12-14T17:06Z 11.6K followers, [----] engagements
""A little bit of common sense brought to questions of antitrust law can have a different outcome." Prof. @HawAllensworth on the jury trial that produced Google's historic antitrust loss.👇"
X Link 2023-12-15T17:04Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements
"NEW: Adobe and Figma have called off their $20 billion merger citing scrutiny from @JusticeATR and European competition authorities. Another huge win for the anti-monopoly movement just a day after @FTC won the Illumina-Grail divestiture in court.💪"
X Link 2023-12-18T15:13Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements
"Adobe called off its unpopular and anti-competitive acquisition of Figma just days after pleading their case to @JusticeATR. Add this to the list of deals abandoned thanks to tough enforcement.👇"
X Link 2023-12-18T19:00Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements
""The DOT has sent a forceful message to Southwest after its epic mistreatment of millions of passengers last December." Sr. Fellow @WilliamJMcGee on the @USDOT's record-breaking enforcement action in @washingtonpost"
X Link 2023-12-18T19:18Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements
"All jokes aside this is what robust antitrust enforcement is all about. We should all root for innovative startups like Figma to become (much-needed) competitors to giants like Adobe.💪"
X Link 2023-12-19T19:49Z 11.6K followers, [----] engagements
""Its not hyperbole to describe UnitedHealth as the bulk of our country's health care system." NEW investigation from @KristaKBrown and @SaraLSirota provides the most complete picture we have yet of UnitedHealth's acquisition history since the 1970s.👇"
X Link 2023-12-20T15:56Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Wall Street might have liked Adobe's takeover of Figma but true technologists want to innovateand we should let them As @matthewstoller writes "tight merger control is a form of industrial policy to prioritize production over finance."👇"
X Link 2023-12-20T17:43Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements
""Figma is great and it wouldn't have been great under Adobe." Everyone benefits when innovative startups like Figma remain independent and compete with the big guys. Take it directly from tech workers via @TeamBlind.👇"
X Link 2023-12-20T19:01Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements
""Each business UnitedHealth purchased has been used to leverage its control of the health care industry." New reporting from @KristaKBrown and @SaraLSirota maps out for the first time UnitedHealth's acquisition history since the 1970s.👇"
X Link 2023-12-21T16:00Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The @WSJ opinion page just published their 80th hit piece against @linakhanFTC yesterday. That's an average of one piece every [--] days since she took office. When the voice of Wall Street is this angry with you it's a sign you're doing something right👇"
X Link 2023-12-22T16:30Z 11.5K followers, 75.5K engagements
"ICYMI: Just a few days before the end of year @FTC scored another HUGE win to cap off [----] -- beating $40B medical data firm IQVIA in court to stop it from making another harmful acquisition. @matthewstoller has more in BIG.👇"
X Link 2024-01-02T14:58Z [--] followers, [----] engagements
"9/ And the Big Tech battleground doesnt end with Google. The DOJ is investigating Apples monopoly power and Meta is launching an all out assault on the @FTCs constitutionalitythe latter being a baseless attack on the Commissions authority"
X Link 2024-01-02T22:35Z 11.8K followers, [--] engagements
"10/ And of course we will get a highly-anticipated decision in the Google search trial this May. @JusticeATR made a strong case in the biggest antitrust trial of the 21st century which we summarize here.👇"
X Link 2024-01-02T22:35Z 11.8K followers, [--] engagements
"We havent had such a concentrated aviation industry in the United States in over [---] years says Senior Fellow @WilliamJMcGee. @chriselliotts breaks down the harms of airline consolidation in his latest piece.👇 https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/travel/2023/12/27/want-to-stop-an-airline-merger-heres-how-to-do-it/ https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/travel/2023/12/27/want-to-stop-an-airline-merger-heres-how-to-do-it/"
X Link 2024-01-03T14:47Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements
"2/ @FTC will decide whether to challenge the Kroger-Albertsons mega-merger. This deal would hurt workers consumers and create food and pharmacy deserts across the country. Get all the facts from our recent report and virtual event with @UFCW locals"
X Link 2024-01-03T15:33Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements
"3/ @FTC is also expected to decide whether to take on acquisitions by Chevron and Exxon. In Nov we and [--] partner orgs urged them to investigate and block those deals arguing they would raises prices and stifle innovation. More in @EENewsUpdates"
X Link 2024-01-03T15:33Z 11.9K followers, [--] engagements
"4/ "@FTC must use its authority to prevent already dominant firms like Exxon or Chevron from consolidating their power to block the growth of competitive and renewable energy sources." Our full letter outlining why the agency must act.👇"
X Link 2024-01-03T15:33Z 11.6K followers, [--] engagements
"5/Own a smart device at home Keep an eye out for a potential @FTC challenge that could impact you directlyAmazons acquisition of iRobot. As @KristaKBrown says Amazon is once again using its market power & immense capital to take over another sector"
X Link 2024-01-03T15:33Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements
"TODAY AT [--] AM: Our own @mh4oh joins @WBUR to discuss how the Credit Card Competition Act will end the Visa-Mastercard duopoly and rein in swipe fees -- which extract billions from small businesses and consumers each year. Listen live here.👇📻"
X Link 2024-01-04T14:32Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements
""Late fees disproportionately affect poor Americans and those with low credit scores @econliberties reported." ICYMI: our new brief explains how @CFPB's credit card late fees rulemaking will save Americans $9BN annually. Featured in @CNBC.👇"
X Link 2024-01-04T16:42Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements
"If Bidens industrial policy doesn't address competition concerns government subsidies could be swallowed up by private equity profits and executive pay according to our research. Let's not subsidize this.👇 Thread on private equity buyouts in HVAC has hit a nerve: https://t.co/DZ7IbTJPjm https://t.co/O52lDKMLmt Thread on private equity buyouts in HVAC has hit a nerve: https://t.co/DZ7IbTJPjm https://t.co/O52lDKMLmt"
X Link 2024-01-04T21:58Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements
"If there is ever going to be an opportunity to break up this company nows the time. The #BreakupTicketmaster coalition has galvanized music fans artists & many more across the live events industry into a grassroots movement. Its time for the DOJ to take action"
X Link 2024-01-05T21:00Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements
""Obviously it's a human tragedy but from a financial impact I like the long-term story on Boeing because it's a duopoly." @CNBC says the quiet part out loud: without competition we're all stuck with a manufacturer that prioritizes profit margins over our safety.👇📺"
X Link 2024-01-10T18:00Z [--] followers, [----] engagements
"Adam Smith was right: the fight against market power is never-ending. But the Biden administration has scored a point for ordinary Americans. NEW: a view on the significance of @FTC and @JusticeATRs recent wins from Nobel laureate @JosephEStiglitz.👇"
X Link 2024-01-11T18:00Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements
""It's hard to imagine that the old MGM which put out [----] films with [---] Academy Awards and [---] Emmys will keep its pace with these significant staff cuts." Reminder: big corporate mergers are bad news for workers and for innovation.👇 Back in [----] Amazon announced a deal w/MGM saying it would "empower MGM to continue to do what they do best: great storytelling." But maybe the merger was never about investing in quality content & continued growth of the MGM brand. Back in [----] Amazon announced a deal w/MGM saying it would "empower MGM to continue to do what they do best: great storytelling.""
X Link 2024-01-11T21:30Z 12.3K followers, [----] engagements
""The days of relentless consolidation are over" @WilliamJMcGee tells @AP of @JusticeATR's win against the JetBlue-Spirit merger. "We hope to see judges presiding over future airline mergers like Alaska-Hawaiian follow Judge Youngs lead.""
X Link 2024-01-17T18:59Z 11.8K followers, [----] engagements
"These vacuums have cameras and sensors that pick up on every inch of tens of millions of users homes and Amazon would absolutely leverage that data in other business lines" says @KristaKBrown. "So if EU regs do in fact block this its great news"
X Link 2024-01-19T14:22Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements
"An extra $50 fee here or an unexpected $35 charge thereif you are a middle class family these things really add up. At our event yesterday NEC Deputy Dir. Jon Donenberg laid out the true cost of junk feesand how @POTUS is reining them in with help from the states.👇🧵"
X Link 2024-01-19T16:30Z 11.4K followers, [----] engagements
"4/ But while the Biden admin takes federal action Donenberg emphasized the importance of states aligned efforts to provide durable legislative relief to their residents. We are very excited about the work all of you are doing . we are seeing state after state step up."💪"
X Link 2024-01-19T16:30Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements
"5/ On both sides of the aisle Americans can see junk fees for what they are: corporations ripping them off. Help your state join the movement to throw junk fees in the trash with our resources and advocacy support.👇"
X Link 2024-01-19T16:30Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements
""It's fair to say now [--] years later airline deregulation has been a failure." ICYMI: @WilliamJMcGee broke down how our airlines became "too big to care" for @MorePerfectUS.👇 BREAKING: The Department of Justice has blocked JetBlue and Spirit airlines from merging finding that it "would further consolidate an oligopoly" and cause harm to consumers. https://t.co/QTsvUvLaeH BREAKING: The Department of Justice has blocked JetBlue and Spirit airlines from merging finding that it "would further consolidate an oligopoly" and cause harm to consumers. https://t.co/QTsvUvLaeH"
X Link 2024-01-22T18:13Z 11.6K followers, [----] engagements
""This is the modern incarnation of the company town." Tesla and SpaceX have become "the quasi-government" in Texas towns where they operate @Pat_Garofalo tells @MotherJones in their new investigation.👇"
X Link 2024-01-22T19:30Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements
""Should the acquisition be allowed taxpayers will have subsidized the expansion of Kochs control over a critical and heavily concentrated sector of our agricultural economy." ICYMI: Our joint letter to @FTC & @JusticeATR regarding Koch Industries' latest proposed deal.👇 🚨NEW: Today Economic Liberties @FarmActionUS and [--] more partner organizations sent a letter to @FTC and @JusticeATR urging them to investigate Koch Industries acquisition of a major fertilizer competitor. As seen in @politico Weekly Agriculture.👇 https://t.co/mp6Vak43AS https://t.co/sFojJ20YQ1 🚨NEW: Today Economic"
X Link 2024-01-23T15:03Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements
"@SenAmyKlobuchar @ddayen @future_of_music Follow along here for a live recap of the event. First we'll hear from @SenAmyKlobuchar who will provide remarks on the harms caused by the Live Nation-Ticketmaster monopoly.👇"
X Link 2024-01-23T18:06Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@SenAmyKlobuchar @ddayen @future_of_music "Reining in monopolies is in the words of Taylor Swift herself better than revenge but it isn't just about Taylor" says @SenAmyKlobuchar. "We've seen fans of artists from Bad Bunny to Harry Styles to BTS and Bruce Springsteen face exorbitant fees and poor service.""
X Link 2024-01-23T18:09Z 11.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@SenAmyKlobuchar @ddayen @future_of_music @KristaKBrown @JammingEcono @ncl_tweets @rediscover_fire @blhess @sportsfanorg It's important to have independent venues so that more artists can be represented on a local level Combs says. There's more of a diversity of art more underrepresented voices that you can put into a venue that arent motivated by topline metrics and corporate incentives"
X Link 2024-01-23T18:32Z 11.6K followers, [----] engagements
"@SenAmyKlobuchar @ddayen @future_of_music @KristaKBrown @JammingEcono @ncl_tweets @rediscover_fire @blhess @sportsfanorg "Without competition in the space I think consumers can expect a continually bad experience" says @JammingEcono. "More of the crashes we saw with ticket with Taylor Swift because Ticketmaster didn't invest resources in protecting their system. More tedious checkouts.""
X Link 2024-01-23T18:37Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements
""This is the modern incarnation of the company town." Elon Musk's Tesla and SpaceX have become "the quasi-government" in some Texas towns @Pat_Garofalo tells @MotherJones in their new investigation"
X Link 2024-01-23T20:05Z 11.3K followers, [---] engagements
"🚨NEW: Today we and a group of distinguished academics filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court social media case NetChoice v. Paxton. Truly an all-star cast for this one: @ZephyrTeachou16 @superwuster @RrjohnR @mjblawrence and @lessig.💪"
X Link 2024-01-24T15:27Z 11.5K followers, [--] engagements
"NetChoice and the platforms it represents do not have our best interests at heart says @CapitolKVD. Content moderation for the public good is not their goal"
X Link 2024-01-24T15:27Z 11.8K followers, [--] engagements
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