The pro-monopoly press *hate* her, which is why the WSJ keeps publishing sweaty op-eds insisting that she is wasting her time and that monopolies are good, actually:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/14/making-good-trouble/#the-peoples-champion

But she is still out there, fighting for all of us. After a pro-monopoly judge stymied the FTC's bid to block the rotten #MicrosoftActivision merger, Khan re-filed, appealing the decision:

https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/us-ftc-tries-again-stop-microsofts-already-closed-deal-activision-2023-12-06/

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Pluralistic: Why they’re smearing Lina Khan (14 July 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

But then there's the finance wing's appointments, like Judge #JacquelineScottCorley, who ruled against #LinaKhan's attempt to block the rotten #MicrosoftActivision merger (don't worry, Khan's appealing):

https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/14/making-good-trouble/#the-peoples-champion

Perhaps the worst, though, is Biden's Secretary of Commerce #GinaRaimondo, a private equity ghoul who did a stint for the notorious wreckers #BainCapital before founding her own firm.

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Pluralistic: Why they’re smearing Lina Khan (14 July 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Progressives in the Biden administration have often delivered the goods, but they're all-too-often hamstrung by the corporate cheerleaders the party's right wing secured - think of #LinaKhan losing her bid to block the #MicrosoftActivision merger thanks to a Biden-appointed, big-money-loving judge:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/14/making-good-trouble/#the-peoples-champion

These self-immolating own-goals are especially visible when it comes to strikes.

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Microsoft to sell off Activision cloud gaming rights to Ubisoft in bid for UK approval

Microsoft is restructuring its Activision Blizzard deal to sell off cloud gaming rights to Ubisoft. The transfer of rights is designed to appease regulators in the UK and get the deal finalized.

The Verge

Yesterday, I wrote about why the #FTC and #LinaKhan were right to try to block the #MicrosoftActivision merger, and I heard from a lot of people saying this merger was the only way to check #Sony's reign of terror over video games:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/14/making-good-trouble/#the-peoples-champion

But replacing one monopolist with another isn't good for anyone (except the monopolists' shareholders). If we want audiences and workers - and society - to benefit, we have to *de-monopolize* the sector.

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UK Regulators Could Launch New “Merger Investigation” Against Microsoft Activision Deal #activisionblizzard #gaming #microsoftactivision #uk #ukcma #ukregulators

https://www.lowyat.net/2023/303680/uk-new-merger-investigation-microsoft/

UK Regulators Could Launch New “Merger Investigation” Against Microsoft Activision Deal

While Microsoft achieved a victory against a US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) injunction earlier this week over its acquisition of

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Microsoft-Activision: US regulator to appeal $69bn gaming deal ruling

The Federal Trade Commission's request to block the Microsoft-Activision deal was rejected by a judge. #MicrosoftActivision #regulator #appeal #69bn #gaming #deal #ruling

https://neyatimes.com/microsoft-activision-us-regulator-to-appeal-69bn-gaming-deal-ruling/

Microsoft-Activision: US regulator to appeal $69bn gaming deal ruling - Neya Times - Breaking News & Top Stories - Latest World, US

The Federal Trade Commission's request to block the Microsoft-Activision deal was rejected by a judge. #MicrosoftActivision #regulator #appeal #69bn #gaming

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