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Aug 01 2022
Analysis
All eyes turn to Sinema as Democrats face a week that could transform Biden's presidency
Democrats this week have the chance to validate their monopoly on political power in Washington, create a legacy of true significance for President Joe Biden and even boost their hopes in daunting midterm elections in three months.
But first they must push a back-from-the-dead climate and health care initiative through the Senate using their tiny majority, notably by locking in the
CNN DigitalJul 13 2021
News
Taking on Big Tech: What the Federal Trade Commission can do
Is it possible to rein in the vast marketplace clout of Big Tech firms like Amazon using antitrust rules? Lina Khan is a believer that the Federal Trade Commission, which she now chairs, can revive a powerful watchdog role.
Just weeks into Lina Khan’s tenure at the helm of a newly activist Federal Trade Commission, tensions over her approach are on full display.
Is this
Christian Science MonitorOct 31 2022
Opinion
What Happens When a County Employee Acts Like a Police Officer?
It's likely that a large chunk of the people reading this have had the unenviable experience of being pulled over by a police officer for a traffic infraction. You know what you're supposed to do. But what are you supposed to do when a government employee who is not a police officer pulls you over, detains you for hours, and tries to perform a traffic stop, despite having no authority to do so
ReasonNov 06 2021
Opinion
Consider the Pharmacist
Once upon a time, pharmacists were recognized as an important part of the healthcare chain. Your local pharmacist was someone you knew and trusted. They knew a lot, worked hard, and sometimes held your life in their hands. And because of this they were well compensated.
Today, pharmacists are being turned into glorified Amazon pickers.
All because of the expanding pharmacy
The BulwarkOct 26 2022
News
MRC’s Bozell Slams Lefty Media Dismissing Border ‘Calamity,’ ‘Illegal’ Google Censorship
Hours after his appearance Tuesday afternoon on the Fox News Channel’s America Reports, MRC Founder and President Bozell rejoined the Fox airwaves on the Fox Business Network’s The Evening Edit and then Fox News @ Night with Trace Gallagher. On both, Bozell took a blowtorch to Google’s “monopoly [on] information” censorsing Republican candidates and the liberal media’s downplaying of the
NewsBustersApr 02 2019
Opinion
Here’s how we can break up Big Tech
By Elizabeth Warren — Twenty-five years ago, Facebook, Google, and Amazon didn’t exist. Now they are among the most valuable and well-known companies in the world. It’s a great story — but also one that highlights why the government must break up monopolies and promote competitive markets.
In the 1990s, Microsoft — the tech giant of its time — was trying to parlay its dominance in
Guest Writer - LeftDec 29 2022
Analysis
The End of the Silicon Valley Myth
The dramatic, multidimensional implosion of Meta; the nuclear train wreck of Elon Musk’s Twitter; the momentous labor uprising against Amazon—it wasn’t just an unusually disastrous year for America’s biggest tech companies. It was a reckoning.
The tech giants that have shaped our lives, online and off, over the course of the 21st century have at last hit a wall. Amazon, Alphabet,
The AtlanticJul 29 2020
News
Congress Used the Antitrust Hearing To Peddle Petty Grievances Against Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google
The top executives of four major tech companies—Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google—were hauled before Congress on Wednesday; each accused of being an online monopoly that may require government action.
Math, as the $26 trillion national debt might suggest, is not exactly Congress' strong suit.
One thing Congress is quite good at, however, is putting on a show—and Wednesday's
ReasonOct 10 2022
Opinion
No, State Legislators Can't Ban Interstate Abortion Travel
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which eliminated the constitutional right to abortion, has prompted concerns that Republican-led state legislatures might try to prohibit women from traveling out of state for the procedure. Any such interstate travel ban would be constitutionally defective for at least two reasons.
First, the
ReasonDec 10 2020
News
The US Government Says Facebook Needs To Sell Instagram And WhatsApp
Facebook has used illegal monopoly power and an “unlawful scheme” to stifle competition, degrade personal privacy, and crush rivals, according to antitrust lawsuits filed Wednesday by the Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from 46 states and two territories.
“For nearly a decade, Facebook has used its dominance and monopoly power to crush smaller rivals and snuff out
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