Politico informs me that "Trump’s actions thus far have suggested he’s at least somewhat pro-aggressive antitrust enforcement" (they don't, actually)
the press is still actively, conflating "bullying companies that don't kiss authoritarian ass" with good faith antitrust enforcement, and it's wild
the press is still actively, conflating "bullying companies that don't kiss authoritarian ass" with good faith antitrust enforcement, and it's wild
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If it is a tech guy, I think there is a good case to be made that it is part of Trump's non-traditional approach to antitrust.
ANYBODY telling you the modern GOP is "serious about antitrust reform" is selling you a giant pile of dogshit
these are self-serving kleptocratic sociopaths
Here he is last night 🙄
& that’s the article he’s including 🙄🙄
Is Stoller even anywhere where he is as far as name-recognition because, if I recall correctly he had a blog during the GWB years (with MyDD??), is that it??
Lots of really problematic writers came out of those early blog years
To create an effective protection racket, however, he needs to create at least the APPEARANCE of enforcement intent, and will likely make an example of a few "liberal" orgs to send the intimidation message.
GTFO
But this is pretty common across the entirety of the mainstream U.S. business press
You can spend 50 straight years propping up monopoly and now be branded as a party "serious about antitrust reform"