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Martin Gaynor

@martingaynor.bsky.social

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Economist at Carnegie Mellon focusing on organizations and incentives, markets, competition, and antitrust, and health care. Formerly at the Antitrust Division, DOJ and at the FTC. Daf Yomi learner. Antitrust, Economics, Talmud puns. .. more

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 22h

Bravissima

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Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 5d

Give the man a yardstick! 📏

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Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 5d

I hear they have grass swords and weird lemons over which they utter strange incantations!

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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 5d

Read our statement responding to reports that the president is sending California National Guard troops to Oregon.

We are quickly assessing our options and preparing to take legal action.

We’ll continue to share updates as we have them.

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Ray E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social · 5d

"At the foundation of our civil liberties lies the principle that denies to government officials an exceptional position before the law and which subjects them to the same rules of conduct that are commands to the citizen."
Louis D. Brandeis, who died on this day in 1941

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Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 6d

Imagine what Koufax could have accomplished if he’d spent his time learning instead of batteling af that baseball narishkeit.

Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 6d

Not to mention a foolish waste of time - one could be learning Gemore.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 6d

A judge on Saturday ordered the Trump administration to halt its mobilization of 200 Oregon National Guard troops to protect the ICE building in Portland and its officers amid nightly protests.

www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 10d

Big deal.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10d

Whoa, White House withdraws Trump’s controversial nominee to lead BLS after ousting predecessor over jobs data
www.cnn.com/2025/09/30/p...

White House withdraws Trump’s controversial nominee to lead BLS after ousting predecessor over jobs data | CNN Politics

The White House has sent paperwork to the Senate to withdraw the nomination of E.J. Antoni as head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, three sources told CNN.

www.cnn.com

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 10d

New piece.

The data presented by @thejcpa.bsky.social and @counterhate.com about antisemitism on X is stark: it is being spread to hundreds of millions of people.

Not just antisemitism, but OVERT antisemitism. And that shift means far more than people realize. It won't be long before it leaves X.

Overt Anti-Jewish Hate is On the Verge of Going Mainstream

The combination of mainstreamed conspiracy theories and overt hate on X is close to transforming America's relationship with Jews.

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 11d

🚨 #Pennsylvania Republicans are pulling out all the stops to remove 3 Democratic State Supreme Court Justices this year!

Help keep them on the bench.

There's also seats up in #WI & #NC next year. Donate today!

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Chip in!

Show your support with a contribution.

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Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 11d

Most Israelis are hoping against hope Trump forces Netanyahu and that Hamas accepts. They might not want the war to end for the same reason as most of the West, but they really really want it to end.

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Katherine Clark @whipkclark.bsky.social · 11d

The threats against @jayapal.house.gov by an elected state official are dangerous and vile.

I condemn this violent rhetoric that has no place in our country.

I hope Republican leaders will do the same.
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GOP Official Calls for Democratic Congresswoman to Be Executed

As the nation talks about the rise of political violence, a Republican official blatantly called for Representative Pramila Jayapal to be hanged.

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Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 15d

Delighted that Jonathan Kanter has joined our faculty at @cmuheinzcollege.bsky.social Carnegie Mellon - Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy! A fantastic addition - looking forward to what his knowledge, expertise, and energy will bring us. www.heinz.cmu.edu/faculty-rese...

Jonathan Kanter

www.heinz.cmu.edu

Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 21d

Monopoly history - mergers and collusion in the steel industry, which went unchallenged initially and for quite some time. At the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor (amazing museum!) in Youngstown, Ohio.

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Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 23d

It was my privilege to be on this panel at the Eradicate Hate Global Summit. We have a big problem with hate, but we don’t have to solve it all at once. Big solutions are hard, but small kindnesses are within our grasp & small things can add up to something big. www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2...

Survivors of mass violence share ‘human stories of healing and resilience’ at Eradicate Hate Summit

Rev. Sharon Risher described the night in 2015 when her mother, cousins and family friends were murdered in the Charleston church massacre. “They...

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Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 26d

Oh no - so sorry to hear this. He was a good guy and gave a lot to the profession. May his memory be for a blessing.

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Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 28d

Thank you for listening and for speaking up.

Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 28d

Exactly - thank you.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 28d

The damage to the U.S. vaccination program that is about to be caused by RFK Jr. and his fellow fraudsters misusing data to falsely claim that the COVID19 vaccine caused the deaths of 25 children will be incalculable.

These people are committing scientific misconduct of the most grievous kind.

Trump officials to link covid shots to child deaths, alarming career scientists

The move to link coronavirus vaccines to 25 child deaths alarms career scientists who say the shots have been extensively studied.

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Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 29d

Impossible - by definition markets are always in (competitive) equilibrium at The Chicago School!

Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 29d

So that’s where it is … good to know!

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · Sep 10

THE LATEST SCOTUS RULING IS A REMINDER OF HOW IMPORTANT JUDGES ARE.

📣 #Pennsylvania has 3 Dem State Supreme Court Justices up for retention this fall. Help keep them on the bench!

There's also seats up in #WI & #NC next year. Donate today!

secure.actblue.com/donate/state...

Chip in!

Show your support with a contribution.

secure.actblue.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Sep 10

The professor has been fired and senior administrators removed from their post. No mention of this in the New York Times, The Free Press, The Atlantic or other outlets who drove the campus speech moral panic.

Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · Sep 10

Texas A&M University System orders audit of all courses after gender identity lesson goes viral

Details: bit.ly/42jauQZ

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Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · Sep 10

Texas A&M University System orders audit of all courses after gender identity lesson goes viral

Details: bit.ly/42jauQZ

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Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · Sep 8

Very bad news, if not unexpected. The independence of the FTC, and probably all independent federal agencies, is over.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Sep 8

Breaking news: President Trump can fire Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, a Democrat on the Federal Trade Commission, while a lawsuit challenging her removal continues, Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. ruled.

Chief justice allows Trump to fire Federal Trade Commission member for now

The pause comes after an appeals court found last week that Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter could be reinstated to her job because the president had fired her “without cause” in violation of the statute creating the independent agency

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Sep 8

Chief justice allows Trump to fire Federal Trade Commission member for now

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Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · Sep 7

Jonathan Kanter on the lack of an effective remedy for Google’s monopoly power. A real missed opportunity not only to address abuses by Google, but to take a clear stand that attempts to harm competition and consumers won’t be permitted or tolerated. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...

Opinion | Why Google Got Off Easy

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Sep 5

Federal Reserve nominee Stephen Miran, a senior White House economic adviser, told senators that he does not plan to resign from the Trump administration if confirmed — an unusual arrangement likely to raise concerns about the bank’s independence.

Trump’s pick for Federal Reserve plans to keep his White House job while on Fed

Stephen Miran, a top White House economic adviser, says he will take an unpaid leave of absence from the administration while serving at the Fed.

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