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Google is destroying independent websites, and one sees no choice but to defend it anyway
Series of Bluesky posts: Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social Some of the big ideas I've been associated with in my career: 1. Supply and demand applies to housing 2. People like politicians who take popular positions 3. Police help prevent crime 4. The Orange Man is bad 5. China's large population matters a lot for power politics Matthew Yglesias (reply to above post) @mattyglesias.bsky.social I sincerely cannot think of a less provocative, less trolly thinker than Yglesias whose whole thing is mostly just to insist that obviously true things are in fact true. The Gripe Gazette @gripegazette.bsky.social Forgot to switch to a sock puppet account? Large text on top from Felix Biederman’s Instagram account reading “sometimes you have to be your own biggest fan”
lol at Matt Yglesias forgetting to switch to his sock puppet account
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And in 2023, he introduced a bill — titled “Not on Our Dime!: Ending New York Funding of Israeli Settler Violence Act” — that would have given the state attorney general power to dissolve groups funding settlements in the West Bank, where some 700,000 Jews reside. “There is a clear divide between those who embrace socialism and antisemitic, backwards ways of thinking,” another veteran political observer who did not want to be identified told The Post.
I'm endlessly fascinated by the conservative tabloid coverage of Zohran Mamdani as he's risen in the polls.
Last week, the paper tried to suggest that voter support for socialist policies was understandable but Mamdani's anti-Zionism was a bridge too far. nypost.com/2025/03/19/u...
Hadn’t seen this. The UAW issued a statement of support for Trump’s tariffs: uaw.org/uaw-statemen...
#antitrustradar Two things to watch in the upcoming Google Search remedies trial: 1️⃣deadline for the DOJ to file a revised list of remedies is this Friday. We'll see what the new DOJ keeps from the current proposal -> www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Thank you! :-)
Ritchie Bros. has said Rouse's benchmarking is calculated in compliance with regulatory guidelines, and didn't comment for this article. 6/6
@capitolforum.bsky.social subs can read more here: library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/87x6gcv...
Don't take my word for it: rental firm execs say Rouse’s analytics have transformed the way they do business. When analysts ask why they're sure post-inflation high prices will persist, CEOs often point to Rouse.
For industry "discipline," Rouse is "invaluable," one said. 5/6
Similarities include:
- a standardized mix of internal pricing, output and inventory data
- customized analyses of local markets
- sales consultants who help customers interpret reports
- exclusive access for members who share their sales data and not downstream customers. 4/6
Take Agri Stats, for example. When the DOJ sued Agri Stats for allegedly helping meat processors collude on pricing, the agency highlighted several aspects of Agri Stats' benchmarking that appear to match Rouse's "rental insights" reports. 3/6
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
Why? Rouse's benchmarking reports resemble those of firms that have faced lawsuits from antitrust enforcers, according to public statements by executives, marketing docs and interviews with former employees. 2/6
@capitolforum.bsky.social subs can read: library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/87x6gcvau8n
NEW: Rouse Services, a subsidiary of Ritchie Bros., could be at risk of DOJ scrutiny as regulators target algorithmic benchmarking.
"Rouse has essentially standardized a lot of the price competition" in construction equipment rental, an industry exec said. 1/6
For @capitolforum.bsky.social
RB Global's Rouse Services Could Face Antitrust Scrutiny Over Information Sharing as Enforcers Target Third-Party Benchmarking $ASHTF $ASHTY $HEES $HRI $RBA $URI library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/87x6gcv...
h/t @sachasloan.bsky.social
Super interesting analysis by the White House of how popular algorithmic rent-setting software could allow for anticompetitive price signaling and account for a 4% rise in rents nationwide. www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-...
Wow — I don’t think I’ve ever seen a pro-monopoly ideologue saying the quiet part this loud…
I guess the honesty is refreshing?
New, by me: UnitedHealthcare's Optum pulled down an internal AI chatbot after it was found exposed to the internet. The chatbot, seen by TechCrunch, allowed employees to ask it questions about how to handle patient health insurance claims and disputes.
techcrunch.com/2024/12/13/u...
This is what antitrust is going to look like at the federal level in the Trump years: oligopolists lobbying Trump to break up competing oligopolists
www.reuters.com/technology/g...
(1/2) Tech Tuesday: DOJ Proposes Google Search Remedies as Adtech Trial Ends; Trump's Past and Future Administrations Stymie Lower Fees in Verisign Renewal; IBM/HashiCorp Won't Close Until 2025; Intel Drops CEO After Finalizing Reduced CHIPS Award...
NEWS: IBM's proposed acquisition of HashiCorp isn't expected to close until Q1 2025, HashiCorp said today.
The companies had previously said the deal would close this year, but ongoing scrutiny from antitrust regulators appears to have delayed the timeline. $IBM $HCP
sec.gov/Archives/edg...
Earlier today the NY Times made a reference to a 4-page memo written by Seth London to build "a party within the [Democratic] party," a new moderate faction to spread influence.
I have the memo. It's a blueprint for a new Democratic Leadership Council. Explicitly so:
JFC.
Now here, dear readers, here is really what you want to know about Pam Bondi.
She is a hatchet-for-hire, willing to do the bidding of anyone who pays her.
(1/2) Labor Thursday: Google Workers Met with DOJ Over Search Monopoly Remedy; FTC Commissioner Bedoya Lays Out Case for Federal Workplace Privacy Law and Greater Enforcement; Bedoya Plans Speech on Children and AI, Says He's Concerned with Unfair Franchise Relationships...
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New filing: "U.S. v. Google LLC (Dep't of Justice Search Monopoly)"
Doc #1062: NOTICE of Plaintiffs' Initial Proposed Final Judgment by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Herrmann, Karl) (Entered: 11/20/2024)
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He didn’t ask any questions - he said the parties had answered all of his questions during the oral argument.
HPE CEO to @theregister.com on HPE/Juniper deal:
There’s “no cause for concern to get this transaction done. It may take an extra few weeks, but fundamentally, we have a very collaborative process at this point in time.”
www.theregister.com/2024/11/20/h...
Darkly hilarious that the deterrent effect of the Microsoft antitrust case on the next generation of tech companies was not "don't be a monopolist" but "don't sound like a monopolist."
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/t...
