MAGA’s Always Bogus “Antitrust Movement” Comes To A Screeching Halt With Firing Of Gail Slater

The Trump administration has fired one of the few remaining members of the administration that had even a passing interest in antitrust enforcement. DOJ antitrust boss Gail Slater has been fired fr…

Trump Helps Ellison Fight Off Netflix In Bid For Warner Brothers By Pretending To Care About ‘Antitrust Reform’

Last election season you might recall that the Trump administration lied repeatedly and pretended to be really interested in reining in corporate power and shoring up antitrust reform. And while th…

Donor Cash Went In, Antitrust Budget Cut Came Out

Companies facing antitrust scrutiny funneled big money to Sen. Jeanne Shaheen before her aides tried to defund regulators’ budget.

Amazon Leak Reveals the Ways the Company Tries To Boost Its Public Image Without Doing the Actual Work

Almost everyone shops at Amazon, or has at some point. But it seems almost no one is a fan of the actual corporation. I definitely haven’t heard many of

Gluesenkamp Perez and Colleagues Introduce Bill to Ensure the Right to Repair Agricultural Equipment - Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez hosts a listening session with farmers and producers in Battle Ground in April. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03), along with Reps. Joe Neguse (CO-02), Elissa Slotkin (MI-07), and Abigail Spanberger (VA-07), introduced the Agriculture Right to Repair Act, a bill to establish a comprehensive framework for the right […]

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Happy 14th Anniversary To The Last Time We Raised The Minimum Wage!

This is the longest time we've gone without raising it since it was first established.

Biden's New Merger Guidelines Aim to Roll Back Pro-Monopoly Policies of Reagan Era

"The new merger guidelines send a clear signal to corporate America: no more free passes on illegal mergers," said one advocate.