On day one of the historic monopolization trial, the government put Google’s chief economist on the stand to show that the company valued default status on browsers and devices.
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The First of Several Trials of the Century
U.S. v. Google, which begins today, is part of a litany of cases against dominant firms from Biden’s reinvigorated antitrust enforcers. Here’s what it’s all about.
Posted inPolitics
Republicans Against Private Enterprise
In their view, business should be forced to be transphobic and ignore climate change.
Posted inPolitics
Corporate Support of LGBT Rights Is Teetering
The fascist right is finding it easy to bully Target and other companies with a campaign of homophobic terror.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
New Astroturf Crypto Campaign Appears on Social Media
The House Financial Services Committee’s upcoming hearings on cryptocurrency regulation coincide with new groups pushing vapid digital campaigns.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Big Retail Surveils Food Stamp User Data
SNAP beneficiaries can now shop online. Payday lenders are hoping to advertise to them.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Insurance Lobbyists Force Government to Heel on Medicare Advantage
But advocates see an opening for reining in the worst abuses of the program.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Farmers Pay Big Ag to Lobby Against Them
The checkoff program, intended for marketing promotion but used as a slush fund for consolidated agricultural interests, is facing pressure for reform.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Project Censored, Part 2: Billionaire Press Domination
The real causes of inflation, Gates Foundation media investments, the CIA and Julian Assange, ALEC’s push to preserve its influence networks in state legislation, and surveillance advertising are the next five stories on the list.
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Mysterious Super PAC Attacks Biaggi in Homestretch of Primary Against DCCC Chair Maloney
A shadowy super PAC has popped up to attack the progressive Biaggi after DCCC head Rep. Maloney has declined to condemn the wave of outside spending in Democratic primaries.