How even Biden’s best officials are subject to insidious corporate pressure
Big Tech
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Predators Making Big Profits From Poverty
The shady tax refund industry skims onerous junk fees from low-income returns and shares personal taxpayer data in the process.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Climate Denialist Think Tank That Might Produce the Next FTC Commissioner
It turns out that radical ideology IS allowed at the FTC.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Jim Jordan Misfires in Attacks on Lina Khan
House Judiciary Committee Republicans didn’t follow Jordan in his assaults on Khan’s ethics. Some Republicans even praised her.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Lina Khan Faces an Inquisition
An upcoming House Judiciary Committee hearing is an attempt to force her to stand down on fighting corporate power, or face the consequences.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Trump Judge Effectively Names Himself President
Terry A. Doughty says he gets to decide who the FBI, DHS, HHS, and the Justice Department can talk to.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Will Katherine Tai Prevail Over the Corporate Undertow?
The U.S. trade representative is one of Biden’s most inspired appointees. She faces fierce resistance as she tries to carry out her president’s trade agenda.
Posted inTAP
The California Gang Overturns Democrats’ Antitrust Consensus
Today on TAP: The likely new Democratic leader on the House Antitrust Subcommittee shows that the fight on corporate power is far from over.
Posted inEducation in America
The Companies AI Might Replace Aren’t Exactly Good
A review of Chegg, an online education tutor that’s threatened by ChatGPT, suggests that a bigger problem than AI is what we allow businesses to get away with.
Posted inTAP
The Global Race to the Bottom
Today on TAP: Will the Biden administration help Big Tech undermine consumer regulation by the EU and Asian nations?
