WATCH: @schumer.senate.gov is leading colleagues in introducing legislation to break up the dominant meatpackers that are squeezing producers and gouging Americans.
"To create more competition, we have to break the stranglehold of these monopolistic corporations."
NEW: @balancecraft.bsky.social explainer on
@warren.senate.gov's American Homeownership Act, as well as complementary, bipartisan housing affordability bills.
"Warren and other Senators have now done [the] work. Congress and Trump should follow their lead."
"But the risks are especially acute when we're talking about news and media because it's about concentrating power over who gets heard, who gets seen..."
@linamkhan.bsky.social with @briantylercohen.bsky.social
discusses the dangers of a merger between Paramount and Warner Bros.
ICYMI: @leehepner.bsky.social joined a roundtable, led by
@schumer.senate.gov, to discuss how corporations are raising household costs for everyday Americans👇
www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
"If you want to understand why we have an affordability crisis, focus on concentrated markets and the sophisticated tools large corporations are using to replace beneficial competition with consumer deception."
"Americans are producing more, but corporations are capturing an increasing portion of the gains. People are being squeezed."
ICYMI: @leehepner.bsky.social joined Senate Democrats to discuss how corporations are raising food prices and everyday household costs for Americans.
Thanks to @washingtonpost.com:
"'To me, it's ridiculous we're still talking about this a decade later,' said William McGee, senior fellow for aviation & travel @econliberties.bsky.social, who has advocated for fee-free family seating for more than 10 years."
www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2026/...
Last night, Trump claimed he "took prescription drugs... from the highest price in the entire world to the lowest."
But AELP senior fellow, Ben Jolley, tells ABC "pharmacists have not seen sweeping day-to-day reductions at the counter clearly tied to executive actions during Trump's second term."
A merger between Getty and Shutterstock means two things: lower royalties and fewer choices photographers and videographers.
Yet, the DOJ still decided to greenlight this merger.
"The Antitrust Division is not enforcing the law. It is managing the paperwork for a merger wave.”
"Even during the recent government shutdown, when FAA was forced to restrict airline flights nationwide at 40 busy airports, the agency still allowed private jets to operate at 28 of them."
ICYMI: Must-read on how private jets lead to more delays and higher fares for the rest of us⬇️
NEW: Alongside 16 other Democrats, @warren.senate.gov is introducing the American Homeownership Act of 2026.
This bill takes private equity's chokehold on housing head on — ending major federal tax deductions & other unfair benefits for Wall Street landlords, while reinvesting in families.
"We’re not going to see a huge difference in tariff rates because they can use other authorities, but this could constrain Trump’s Zeus-like use of tariffs as punishment on non-trade matters."
@rethinktrade.bsky.social Director Lori Wallach on the impact of the SCOTUS tariff decision👇
"This bill strips out those tax breaks, redirects the savings to building affordable housing, and gives antitrust enforcers better tools to prevent market concentration before it becomes entrenched," says @balancecraft.bsky.social
www.economicliberties.us/press-releas...
From 2012 to 2022, the share of home purchases made by institutional investors surged 900%.
As laid out in our paper, Capital Crunch, federal policy choices have allowed Wall Street to capture single-family home rentals, leading to today’s home affordability crisis.
NEW: Alongside 16 other Democrats, @warren.senate.gov is introducing the American Homeownership Act of 2026.
This bill takes private equity's chokehold on housing head on — ending major federal tax deductions & other unfair benefits for Wall Street landlords, while reinvesting in families.
“For billionaires, flying into the busiest airports means cutting minutes off their limo rides. For the rest of us, it means they're contributing to more delays and... higher fares."
In @frommers.com, @wjm-air.bsky.social breaks down how the ultra-rich flying private impacts everyone else.
“Ticketmaster and Live Nation are this dominant intermediary that artists, venues, and fans cannot escape."
Ahead of next month's trial against Live Nation-Ticketmaster, here's @dohamekki.bsky.social breaking down how the ticketing & venue giant traps fans, artists, and venues.
"The tariff rates aren't likely to change."
Trade expert @wallachlori.bsky.social from @econliberties.bsky.social says Friday's Supreme Court ruling that struck President Trump's "emergency" tariffs still leaves him with broad authority to set levies under different laws.
"A Supreme Court otherwise inclined to endlessly expand Trump’s authority just restricted his go-to tool, ruling that U.S. presidents do not have the power to unilaterally deploy tariffs and dole out punishment and favor..."
NEW: Our statement on today's SCOTUS ruling⬇️
"The senators suggested to Ellison that they would investigate any deal that Paramount struck for Warner..."
Read more here: www.semafor.com/article/02/1...
Two weeks ago, Paramount CEO David Ellison refused to appear at a hearing on the takeover of Warner Bros.
Now, Senators are calling out Ellison's "pattern of evasion" — and calling for the CEO to preserve his communications with Trump, his family, lobbyists and DOJ staff.
"Kennedy’s actions underscore the need for structural legislative reforms that rein in Big Medicine, regardless of who sits in the White House or HHS headquarters."
For The Economic Populist, Emma Freer looks back on one year of RFK Jr. at HHS.
economicpopulist.substack.com/p/maha-turns-one
What happens when large companies use their size to undermine competition and consumer choice? Innovation is stifled; consumers, workers, and small businesses suffer; and California's affordability crisis gets worse.
That’s why we’re supporting the COMPETE Act. techequity.us/compete-act-...
