David Dayen
American Prospect
Los Angeles, CA, United States
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The Lie Behind Amazon’s HQ2 Sweepstakes Becomes Clear
With the company pausing construction on its ‘second headquarters’ in Virginia, we can see the HQ2 bidding war for what it was: a mass intelligence-gathering operation. → Read More
Labor’s Struggle With Anti-Monopoly
The split between two unions on the JetBlue-Spirit merger reveals the dilemma. → Read More
The Junk Fees Biden Hasn’t Talked About
Hidden and deceptive fees are seen across consumer transactions, from rental housing to prisons. → Read More
Adam Schiff’s Domestic Policy Record Veers From Progressive Priorities
The Senate hopeful in California wants to join the Progressive Caucus. He never voted for a Progressive Caucus budget. → Read More
The Last Pandemic Welfare Supports Get Kicked Out
Expirations around Medicaid and food stamps reinforce how Democrats failed to live up to professed ambitions on the welfare state. → Read More
The Twilight of the Deficit Hawks
Democrats have stopped being the willing partner in a great conspiracy to slash social insurance. → Read More
Amazon’s Endgame
The company is transitioning to become an unavoidable gatekeeper in all commerce. → Read More
Attacking the ‘You Are the Product’ Economy
Today on TAP: The FTC takes action against GoodRx for sharing personal health data with advertisers. → Read More
Mortgage Bankers Scrambling Over Conservative Court Ruling
Faced with the potential invalidation of CFPB’s funding structure, the top lobbyist for mortgage companies asks Congress to write the agency’s rules into law. → Read More
Presidential Document Scandals Should Take Down America’s Secrecy Industry
We classify way too many documents. Unfortunately, that will probably not be the takeaway from recent events. → Read More
How Chuck Schumer Deep-Sixed the Tech Antitrust Bills
A full timeline of the bills’ failure reveals the Senate majority leader’s heavy hand. → Read More
A Pitched Battle on Corporate Power
Biden’s expansive executive order seeks to restore competition in the economy. It’s been a long, slow road to get the whole government on board—but there are some formidable gains. → Read More
Senators Berate the Ticketmaster Monopoly
Members of both parties call for the ticket giant to be broken up. → Read More
McCarthy’s 21 Republican Defectors Didn’t Get Much
That’s because the party already agreed with them. → Read More
Anti-Monopoly Reformer Joins Department of Transportation
Jen Howard, former chief of staff to Lina Khan at the FTC, is the new chief competition officer at DOT. → Read More
The Inevitable Prosecutions of Women Who Obtain Abortions
The attorney general of Alabama finally went where the logic of the anti-abortion movement has long pointed. → Read More
Regulators Prevented a Crypto-Fueled Economic Downturn
As Congress discusses crypto regulation, it’s important to note that the most important regulation has already been done. → Read More
House GOP Tries to Cancel Congressional Staff Unions
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2023: A Year for Executive Action
Legislative progress will take a back seat in the next couple of years. The executive branch will have to implement the Biden agenda on its own. → Read More
From Washington to Corporate America and Beyond
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