Google avoids accountability again, this time in advertising tech. Why do judges bother to find companies guilty of running a monopoly if they’re unwilling to break them up?
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Posted inHousing and Transportation
Trump’s Planned Landlord Bailout Would Cost Billions
A Justice Department settlement for the COVID eviction moratorium won’t just go to mom-and-pop owners.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Paramount’s Merger Strategy: Empty Promises and Empty Threats
The studio is alleging that the state attorneys general challenge to the merger with Warner Bros. is all about CNN, and that they’ll leave Hollywood if they don’t get their way.
Posted inEducation in America
Trump Wants Black People Barred From Med School
By targeting medical schools for prioritizing diversity, the Trump administration insists on a century-old belief that Black people are unequipped to practice medicine.
Posted inPolitics
Republican Senators Pretend to Constrain Trump
John Cornyn caves and agrees to vote for Todd Blanche as AG, while Susan Collins orchestrates a loophole-ridden deal on OMB rules politicizing federal grants.
Posted inPolitics
Jay Clayton’s Subpoena Slop Job
The Justice Department is dropping its subpoenas of New York Times journalists. The episode may make it impossible to extend the government’s warrantless spying program.
Posted inTAP
Will Cornyn Cave and Vote to Confirm Blanche as AG?
The Texas senator has every reason to vote no, including Trump’s career-ending support for Ken Paxton in the Texas primary.
Posted inTAP
Monitor Amok!
The federal court–appointed official overseeing the UAW is taking sides in the union’s upcoming presidential election.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Challenge to Paramount–Warner Bros. Merger Focuses on Theaters, Basic Cable
The lawsuit, filed by 12 states, makes the case that a merged studio will have more leverage to dictate terms to distributors, leading to higher prices for everyone.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Assault on Congress’s Anti-Monopoly Solution
By letting presidents fire independent agency commissioners at will, the Supreme Court broke a deliberate diffusion of power that is as old as the Constitution itself.