FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson says the agency is examining Big Tech's acqui-hires to make sure "they are not an attempt to get around" its merger review process (Bloomberg)
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MAGA is a fragile, already-teetering coalition that — even more than usual in US politics! — is run by, paid for by, and kept alive by a very, very few ultra-wealthy people. Yes, racism and fascistic thinking are rampant, but the forces that organize them into a coherent movement are forces of concentrated wealth.
I don’t think we even have to completely unravel the entirety of US political-economic imperialism to unravel this authoritarian slide. We just have to make authoritarianism in the US look unprofitable.
There’s plenty of good work for all of us there, inside and outside the US.
U.S. tourism faces $5.7B US loss as Canadians continue to stay home
#buycanadian
Montana voted for Trump 17% (9 preventable points) more than the national average. Kalispell is the seat of Flathead County, which voted 32% above the national average for Trump (16 points).
Now they are disappointed that #Canadian spending in Kalispell has dropped 39%.
US private payrolls unexpectedly declined in November, the ADP employment report showed on Wednesday.
Private employment decreased by 32,000 jobs last month
after an upwardly revised 47,000 increase in October.
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast private employment rising by 10,000 jobs after a previously reported 42,000 rebound in October.
Insider trading and show for Elon Musk/Twitter. Or: Profits, profits, profits. Costing real lives.
"When the Trump administration kidnapped the Maduros, it was a serious geopolitical action that seemed engineered primarily to play on X. And X is indeed where it played out. The action makes the most sense if we assume the primary purpose of the Maduro kidnapping was to generate content. After all, US forces could simply have assassinated him."
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A timely (timeless really) and needed corrective to the #GrowthDogma that was present in almost every commentary on yesterday's #Budget2025, from @…
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