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The American Economic Liberties Project is fighting to realize economic liberty for all, in support of a secure, inclusive democratic society.
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Day 2: The 2025 Anti-Monopoly Summit
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Day 2 of #AMS2025 has started — and we’re kicking off with some keynote remarks from Rep. Jayapal!
Not attending in person? Watch the livestream here:
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Not attending in person? Watch the livestream here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY2G...
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A detailed thread about DOT Secretary Sean Duffy from that other place.
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William J. McGee on X: "1/22 🧵 Let's talk Sean Duffy/20th Secretary of DOT. He actively works with big airline lobbyists to eliminate what few consumer protections exist in the US. But his new call for passenger "civility"? So the fault is not in our airlines, but in ourselves? https://t.co/KBl6YwceM3" / X
1/22 🧵 Let's talk Sean Duffy/20th Secretary of DOT. He actively works with big airline lobbyists to eliminate what few consumer protections exist in the US. But his new call for passenger "civility"? So the fault is not in our airlines, but in ourselves? https://t.co/KBl6YwceM3
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November 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
A detailed thread about DOT Secretary Sean Duffy from that other place.
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🚨NEW: With affordability top of mind for Americans, we’re launching The Fair Price Fight — a new initiative empowering state lawmakers with the tools they need to confront the next frontier of deceptive pricing tactics.
It’s time to fight for fair prices.👇🧵
It’s time to fight for fair prices.👇🧵
November 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🚨NEW: With affordability top of mind for Americans, we’re launching The Fair Price Fight — a new initiative empowering state lawmakers with the tools they need to confront the next frontier of deceptive pricing tactics.
It’s time to fight for fair prices.👇🧵
It’s time to fight for fair prices.👇🧵
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Thank you @rokhanna.bsky.social for raising awareness about Trump’s lopsided America Last China “trade deal.” Yes to a Manhattan Project on rare earths. The minerals are not so rare as far as where they are located, but they require intense processing. We must improve/stand up that capacity.
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Thank you @rokhanna.bsky.social for raising awareness about Trump’s lopsided America Last China “trade deal.” Yes to a Manhattan Project on rare earths. The minerals are not so rare as far as where they are located, but they require intense processing. We must improve/stand up that capacity.
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Join us for a conversation with Laurel Kilgour from @econliberties.bsky.social on her paper, “Capital Crunch: How the Fall of Local Finance and the Rise of Shareholder Primacy Warped Single-Family Homebuilding in America — And What to Do About It.”
RSVP: thecapitolforum.com/events/?utm_...
RSVP: thecapitolforum.com/events/?utm_...
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Join us for a conversation with Laurel Kilgour from @econliberties.bsky.social on her paper, “Capital Crunch: How the Fall of Local Finance and the Rise of Shareholder Primacy Warped Single-Family Homebuilding in America — And What to Do About It.”
RSVP: thecapitolforum.com/events/?utm_...
RSVP: thecapitolforum.com/events/?utm_...
"The 20th century model of housing abundance stood on many legs: decentralized lending, productive land use, and fierce competition between homebuilders, among other things."
@balancecraft.bsky.social and Kainoa Lowman break down our new paper's recommendations for how to restore it.👇
@balancecraft.bsky.social and Kainoa Lowman break down our new paper's recommendations for how to restore it.👇
November 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"The 20th century model of housing abundance stood on many legs: decentralized lending, productive land use, and fierce competition between homebuilders, among other things."
@balancecraft.bsky.social and Kainoa Lowman break down our new paper's recommendations for how to restore it.👇
@balancecraft.bsky.social and Kainoa Lowman break down our new paper's recommendations for how to restore it.👇
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Greystar, the nation’s largest landlord, has reached a settlement with nine states for $7 million.
The states sued the property management giant for using rent-setting algorithms to drive up rents.
Greystar and other landlords used RealPage software in this illegal scheme.
The states sued the property management giant for using rent-setting algorithms to drive up rents.
Greystar and other landlords used RealPage software in this illegal scheme.
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Greystar, the nation’s largest landlord, has reached a settlement with nine states for $7 million.
The states sued the property management giant for using rent-setting algorithms to drive up rents.
Greystar and other landlords used RealPage software in this illegal scheme.
The states sued the property management giant for using rent-setting algorithms to drive up rents.
Greystar and other landlords used RealPage software in this illegal scheme.
As private equity buys into the $40 billion youth sports industry, everyday families are being priced out.
"We have this affordability crisis, and youth sports are one of those things that’s becoming an activity only for the wealthy,”
@capitolkvd.bsky.social tells @lukewgoldstein.bsky.social
"We have this affordability crisis, and youth sports are one of those things that’s becoming an activity only for the wealthy,”
@capitolkvd.bsky.social tells @lukewgoldstein.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
As private equity buys into the $40 billion youth sports industry, everyday families are being priced out.
"We have this affordability crisis, and youth sports are one of those things that’s becoming an activity only for the wealthy,”
@capitolkvd.bsky.social tells @lukewgoldstein.bsky.social
"We have this affordability crisis, and youth sports are one of those things that’s becoming an activity only for the wealthy,”
@capitolkvd.bsky.social tells @lukewgoldstein.bsky.social
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A new paper from @econliberties.bsky.social shows that the culprit is a shift in how homebuilding is financed that ultimately favored Wall Street profits over Main Street’s housing needs.
Read: economicpopulist.substack.com/p/how-wall-s....
Read: economicpopulist.substack.com/p/how-wall-s....
How Wall Street Killed Single-Family Home Building
Our new paper sheds light on an overlooked driver of the housing supply crisis--and the soaring price of homes.
economicpopulist.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A new paper from @econliberties.bsky.social shows that the culprit is a shift in how homebuilding is financed that ultimately favored Wall Street profits over Main Street’s housing needs.
Read: economicpopulist.substack.com/p/how-wall-s....
Read: economicpopulist.substack.com/p/how-wall-s....
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The price of a home in America has nearly doubled in the last 10 years.
November 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The price of a home in America has nearly doubled in the last 10 years.
"We had several decades of elite impunity where if you... were in a C-suite, the government would go light on you."
"We were very clear that we were going to enforce the law in an even-handed way."
ICYMI: Lina Khan on her work as FTC chair holding corporate elites accountable👇
"We were very clear that we were going to enforce the law in an even-handed way."
ICYMI: Lina Khan on her work as FTC chair holding corporate elites accountable👇
November 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"We had several decades of elite impunity where if you... were in a C-suite, the government would go light on you."
"We were very clear that we were going to enforce the law in an even-handed way."
ICYMI: Lina Khan on her work as FTC chair holding corporate elites accountable👇
"We were very clear that we were going to enforce the law in an even-handed way."
ICYMI: Lina Khan on her work as FTC chair holding corporate elites accountable👇
"Donald Trump is delivering on housing and affordability the way that he delivered on the Epstein files."
The housing crisis, fueled by Wall Street "is the same story we see in most industries in America: it's just extraction."
The housing crisis, fueled by Wall Street "is the same story we see in most industries in America: it's just extraction."
November 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"Donald Trump is delivering on housing and affordability the way that he delivered on the Epstein files."
The housing crisis, fueled by Wall Street "is the same story we see in most industries in America: it's just extraction."
The housing crisis, fueled by Wall Street "is the same story we see in most industries in America: it's just extraction."
🏠📄NEW: Our latest paper — "Capital Crunch" — is OUT NOW!
The paper details the policy choices that created today’s financialized homebuilding industry, which bends to the will of Wall Street, restricting single-family home supply and raising prices. 👇
The paper details the policy choices that created today’s financialized homebuilding industry, which bends to the will of Wall Street, restricting single-family home supply and raising prices. 👇
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
🏠📄NEW: Our latest paper — "Capital Crunch" — is OUT NOW!
The paper details the policy choices that created today’s financialized homebuilding industry, which bends to the will of Wall Street, restricting single-family home supply and raising prices. 👇
The paper details the policy choices that created today’s financialized homebuilding industry, which bends to the will of Wall Street, restricting single-family home supply and raising prices. 👇
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Our weekly rewind at @econliberties.bsky.social Substack features my concerns about several key post-shutdown issues:
• DOT's mistreatment of controllers
• Effects of furloughing FAA safety inspectors
• FAA's implementation of flight cuts
More to come...
economicpopulist.substack.com/p/weekly-rew...
• DOT's mistreatment of controllers
• Effects of furloughing FAA safety inspectors
• FAA's implementation of flight cuts
More to come...
economicpopulist.substack.com/p/weekly-rew...
Weekly Rewind 11/14/25: The FAA and the Airline Safety Crisis Edition
DOT & White House have threatened a fragile system
economicpopulist.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Our weekly rewind at @econliberties.bsky.social Substack features my concerns about several key post-shutdown issues:
• DOT's mistreatment of controllers
• Effects of furloughing FAA safety inspectors
• FAA's implementation of flight cuts
More to come...
economicpopulist.substack.com/p/weekly-rew...
• DOT's mistreatment of controllers
• Effects of furloughing FAA safety inspectors
• FAA's implementation of flight cuts
More to come...
economicpopulist.substack.com/p/weekly-rew...
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Teamed up with @kkjetelina.bsky.social for a post on the state of US health care—and why the ACA subsidy debate in Washington is too small. 1/x
November 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Teamed up with @kkjetelina.bsky.social for a post on the state of US health care—and why the ACA subsidy debate in Washington is too small. 1/x
"We would have small businesses tell us that if they walked into a Walmart or a Costco the retail price at those stores is lower than the wholesale price that a small business is getting."
@linamkhan.bsky.social on the need to enforce the Robinson-Patman Act to stop price discrimination👇
@linamkhan.bsky.social on the need to enforce the Robinson-Patman Act to stop price discrimination👇
November 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
"We would have small businesses tell us that if they walked into a Walmart or a Costco the retail price at those stores is lower than the wholesale price that a small business is getting."
@linamkhan.bsky.social on the need to enforce the Robinson-Patman Act to stop price discrimination👇
@linamkhan.bsky.social on the need to enforce the Robinson-Patman Act to stop price discrimination👇
“The troops can't even fix their own stuff because of these contracts where it's gotta be repaired by the company or their subcontractor. It costs the public a lot of money. It hurts readiness for the troops."
Rep. Deluzio on the need to enact right to repair reforms for our military👇
Rep. Deluzio on the need to enact right to repair reforms for our military👇
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
“The troops can't even fix their own stuff because of these contracts where it's gotta be repaired by the company or their subcontractor. It costs the public a lot of money. It hurts readiness for the troops."
Rep. Deluzio on the need to enact right to repair reforms for our military👇
Rep. Deluzio on the need to enact right to repair reforms for our military👇
1/NEW: Big Tech data centers are bleeding communities dry — and they don’t want you to know.
Our new report from Pat Garofalo breaks down how data centers exploit public money and pass costs onto consumers — all while NDAs hide the true impacts of these projects🧵👇
Our new report from Pat Garofalo breaks down how data centers exploit public money and pass costs onto consumers — all while NDAs hide the true impacts of these projects🧵👇
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
1/NEW: Big Tech data centers are bleeding communities dry — and they don’t want you to know.
Our new report from Pat Garofalo breaks down how data centers exploit public money and pass costs onto consumers — all while NDAs hide the true impacts of these projects🧵👇
Our new report from Pat Garofalo breaks down how data centers exploit public money and pass costs onto consumers — all while NDAs hide the true impacts of these projects🧵👇
Your data shouldn't be used to make you pay more -- but surveillance pricing puts that at risk.
"We've already seen studies that show some rideshare companies seem to jack up prices when they can tell your battery is lower."
"We've already seen studies that show some rideshare companies seem to jack up prices when they can tell your battery is lower."
Lina Khan on how some rideshare companies hike prices when your phone battery is low and the other ways corporations exploit our data. #crookedcon2025
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Your data shouldn't be used to make you pay more -- but surveillance pricing puts that at risk.
"We've already seen studies that show some rideshare companies seem to jack up prices when they can tell your battery is lower."
"We've already seen studies that show some rideshare companies seem to jack up prices when they can tell your battery is lower."
Packed house for Lina Khan at Crooked Con.
Lively discussion on the need to fight corporate power to lower costs, empower workers, and stop authoritarianism--and her work co-chairing @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's transition.
Lively discussion on the need to fight corporate power to lower costs, empower workers, and stop authoritarianism--and her work co-chairing @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's transition.
November 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Packed house for Lina Khan at Crooked Con.
Lively discussion on the need to fight corporate power to lower costs, empower workers, and stop authoritarianism--and her work co-chairing @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's transition.
Lively discussion on the need to fight corporate power to lower costs, empower workers, and stop authoritarianism--and her work co-chairing @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's transition.
Tech billionaire Marc Andreessen donated millions to support Trump.
Now, he's getting exactly what he hoped for.
Donald Trump's shuttering of the CFPB is a betrayal of American consumers — and a gift to corporate giants looking for a pardon.
Now, he's getting exactly what he hoped for.
Donald Trump's shuttering of the CFPB is a betrayal of American consumers — and a gift to corporate giants looking for a pardon.
November 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Tech billionaire Marc Andreessen donated millions to support Trump.
Now, he's getting exactly what he hoped for.
Donald Trump's shuttering of the CFPB is a betrayal of American consumers — and a gift to corporate giants looking for a pardon.
Now, he's getting exactly what he hoped for.
Donald Trump's shuttering of the CFPB is a betrayal of American consumers — and a gift to corporate giants looking for a pardon.
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Thanks to NPR:
"'Part of the issue is travel disruptions don't happen in a vacuum,' said McGee @econliberties.bsky.social. 'Instead, they often create a domino effect, impacting other flights and airports. Delays and cancellations beget delays and cancellations.'"
www.ipm.org/2025-11-06/h...
"'Part of the issue is travel disruptions don't happen in a vacuum,' said McGee @econliberties.bsky.social. 'Instead, they often create a domino effect, impacting other flights and airports. Delays and cancellations beget delays and cancellations.'"
www.ipm.org/2025-11-06/h...
How would the government shutdown affect Thanksgiving travel? Here's what to know
Holiday travel can already be stressful. Here's how a prolonged government shutdown might make things even harder and whether you should travel at all.
www.ipm.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Thanks to NPR:
"'Part of the issue is travel disruptions don't happen in a vacuum,' said McGee @econliberties.bsky.social. 'Instead, they often create a domino effect, impacting other flights and airports. Delays and cancellations beget delays and cancellations.'"
www.ipm.org/2025-11-06/h...
"'Part of the issue is travel disruptions don't happen in a vacuum,' said McGee @econliberties.bsky.social. 'Instead, they often create a domino effect, impacting other flights and airports. Delays and cancellations beget delays and cancellations.'"
www.ipm.org/2025-11-06/h...
Live Nation's CFO said on an earnings call yesterday that he does not expect Live Nation-Ticketmaster to be broken up, "even if the DOJ prevails."
The comments come as Trump enforcers continue to settle key cases. The DOJ hasn't brought a single merger to court this year.
The comments come as Trump enforcers continue to settle key cases. The DOJ hasn't brought a single merger to court this year.
November 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Live Nation's CFO said on an earnings call yesterday that he does not expect Live Nation-Ticketmaster to be broken up, "even if the DOJ prevails."
The comments come as Trump enforcers continue to settle key cases. The DOJ hasn't brought a single merger to court this year.
The comments come as Trump enforcers continue to settle key cases. The DOJ hasn't brought a single merger to court this year.
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BREAKING: Former FTC chair Lina Khan to serve as co-chair of Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral transition team.
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
BREAKING: Former FTC chair Lina Khan to serve as co-chair of Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral transition team.
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And, with that, the oral arguments WRAP.
Now festivities shift to front steps of the court, where litigants will do press.
My biggest takeaway: Tho oral arguments arent ispositive of where court will go, bet Trump staff will be dusting off other statutes that give a prez...
Now festivities shift to front steps of the court, where litigants will do press.
My biggest takeaway: Tho oral arguments arent ispositive of where court will go, bet Trump staff will be dusting off other statutes that give a prez...
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
And, with that, the oral arguments WRAP.
Now festivities shift to front steps of the court, where litigants will do press.
My biggest takeaway: Tho oral arguments arent ispositive of where court will go, bet Trump staff will be dusting off other statutes that give a prez...
Now festivities shift to front steps of the court, where litigants will do press.
My biggest takeaway: Tho oral arguments arent ispositive of where court will go, bet Trump staff will be dusting off other statutes that give a prez...
Russell Vought's shuttering of the CFPB abandons American consumers — leaving them vulnerable to corporate abuse and scams.
“Never before in the CFPB’s short history have we seen such an almost complete abandonment of its obligations under the law."
“Never before in the CFPB’s short history have we seen such an almost complete abandonment of its obligations under the law."
How Trump’s Hatchet Man Is Destroying Consumer Protections
Russell Vought’s dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is putting the public at risk in areas ranging from auto loans and digital payments to credit cards and credit reports.
www.forbes.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Russell Vought's shuttering of the CFPB abandons American consumers — leaving them vulnerable to corporate abuse and scams.
“Never before in the CFPB’s short history have we seen such an almost complete abandonment of its obligations under the law."
“Never before in the CFPB’s short history have we seen such an almost complete abandonment of its obligations under the law."