Hannah Garden-Monheit’s father had his leg amputated. UnitedHealth denied him rehab and denied him a prosthetic leg. A tragic must-read story about how private health insurers use prior approvals to pad their profits at the expense of the people they’re supposed to help:

I respect France's commitment to not working on a holiday.

@nickhanauer.bsky.social and @ericbeinhocker.bsky.social argue that capitalism can be saved, provided there’s a radical makeover of what a capitalist economy should achieve. @anne-s-kim.bsky.social writes.

The Capitalists Trying to Fix Capitalism

Can capitalism be saved? Is it worth saving? Two ambitious reformers argue yes—provided we change what a capitalist economy should achieve.

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If you're thinking about what comes after neoliberalism, this is the perfect conversation to start with. Full conversation at the link below ⬇ #EconSky

Slingshot Episode 29 - The Sling

Eric Beinhocker, Professor at Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government, discusses his forthcoming book, Market Humanism, which sets out a new economic paradigm to replace neoliberalism.

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@inetoxford.bsky.social ED and Oxford economist @ericbeinhocker.bsky.social + entrepreneur, investor and economic thinker @nickhanauer.bsky.social have been building a new framework for how markets work—and who they work for. Beinhocker just took it to @HalSinger.bsky.social's Slingshot podcast. 🧵

Pinterest fired two engineers accused of writing a custom script that exposed their recently laid-off colleagues. One of those fired workers is going public for the first time, saying Pinterest mischaracterized the events leading up to his firing. (Gift link) www.theverge.com/policy/90612...

Pinterest said he violated laid-off colleagues’ privacy. Now he’s going public

The fired engineer says there’s more to the story.

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The ‘drain the swamp’ president has a lobbyist raking in so much corporate cash for making antitrust problems disappear that he tells @wsj.com on the record he could “retire right now,” just one year into Trump’s term.

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 5mo ago

“You’re a coward. And a clown.” The threats and bare-knuckle tactics of MAGA’s most powerful antitrust fixer.

The DOJ moved to settle its antitrust case with Live Nation/Ticketmaster while a jury was in court and states were ready to fight. The deal would let the company keep its stranglehold on nearly every major US concert venue. The administration's actions will keep ticket costs high for Americans.

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 5mo ago

BREAKING: Live Nation-Ticketmaster and the Justice Department have reached a settlement in illegal monopoly antitrust case, AP source says.

DOGE allegedly used ChatGPT to identify 1,400 NEH grants it said were DEI. Grants were terminated April 2025, according to a court filing. E.g. Film: 1873 Colfax massacre Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"

ChatGPT cuts in action

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We wanted to know how Latino voters felt about Bad Bunny's criticism of ICE. So we talked to three white centrist podcasters at a Le Pain Quotidien in Dupont Ciricle.

I don't mean to seem alarmed, but it appears Google's book search function is, just...gone. In a sane country it would be a huge deal, front page news, that a privately owned utility that millions researches, from journalists to scholars, rely on every day to advance knowledge can just disappear.

Today, we honor the birthday of Franklin D. Roosevelt—a leader who guided the nation through crisis with bold vision and unwavering resolve. While it may be his 144th birthday, FDR’s ideas still speak to our current economic and political moment. 1/6 🧵

This week Open AI walked back a call for the govt to backstop financing for its trillion dollar investments in data centers. This was only the tip of the iceberg; a slow bailout for AI firms is already underway. Read more from @ambakak.bsky.social and I in @wsj.com: www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...

Opinion | You May Already Be Bailing Out the AI Business

Washington is treating the industry as if it’s too big to fail, even as the market sends lukewarm signals.

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Whatever else is in the deal, agreeing to merely have a vote on ACA is a fig leaf. Even if it passes the Senate, it won't in the House, which also makes it an easy yes vote for the Senate Rs who might want to, defusing it as an attack on them. It is a stupid ask even on Team Schumer's own terms.

Josh Hawley says he supports ending the filibuster

Lina Khan in conversation with @hcrichardson.bsky.social about the history of antitrust and the future of the Democrats. Watch! 📺 substack.com/@linamkhan/n...

Live with Heather Cox Richardson

A recording from Lina Khan and Heather Cox Richardson's live video

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Let’s do it. In the long run it might create more democratic accountability in government and get the Congress back engaged with actually governing.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 9mo ago

Trump calls on Senate Republicans to get rid of the filibuster

Anthropic’s partnership with the DOE to keep Claude from building a nuclear weapon makes for good headlines. @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social calls it security theater. The real risk is AI firms gaining access to national security data. www.wired.com/story/anthro...

Anthropic Has a Plan to Keep Its AI From Building a Nuclear Weapon. Will It Work?

Anthropic partnered with the US government to create a filter meant to block Claude from helping someone build a nuke. Experts are divided on whether its a necessary protection—or a protection at all.

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This is a big case to watch. We could end up seeing internal DOGE staff discussions about cancelling federal grants, and why. I'm predicting: foolish, ham-fisted, possibly some AI assisted sloppy decisions using keywords... That's why they are trying so hard to keep it out of the record.

Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social · 10mo ago

After the Trump administration sought to privately email some crucial spreadsheets instead of filing them on the public docket, a judge scolds: "We have no secrets here. The government needs to file everything publicly and needs to do so now." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

👀 Just Now -- President Trump in the Oval Office said a government shutdown gives his administration the power to cut benefit programs, which include Social Security and Medicare. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Lina Khan points out especial risks when monopolies start to control mainstream media. www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w... h/t @douglasfarrar.bsky.social

Lina Khan on media, mergers, & muzzling dissent

When FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatened ABC over a controversial monologue by comedian Jimmy Kimmel, his show was suspended hours later by the network. Former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan w...

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They say a prosecutor can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich, but it’s harder to get them to indict…a hero?! 🥪 🤣

Lizzie O'Leary@lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 12mo ago

I’m sorry but the statute of limitations on ham sandwich jokes has expired. Please wait until the next failed indictment to try again. Thank you.

What Alford claims is happening at DOJ Antitrust Division is the inverse of economic populism. Biden antitrust officials sought to shift economic power towards people through legit law enforcement. Under Trump, economic power is held by a handful of well-connected elites.

Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen@leahnylen.bsky.social · 12mo ago

www.bloomberg.com/news/article... with @sisco.bsky.social

www.bloomberg.com/news/article... with @sisco.bsky.social

DOJ ‘Perverted Justice’ in HPE Deal, Dismissed Official Says

A Justice Department official dismissed last month said Monday that two of his former colleagues “perverted justice” during an antitrust settlement over Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s $13 billion takeov...

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Must watch from the former FTC Chair and "Lebron James of Government" according to a random person on Twitter.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · last yr.

Should corporations be able to weaponize your personal data to rip you off? Well, they may already be doing that thanks to a shady tactic called “surveillance pricing.” Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains what we can do about it. youtu.be/-cbtUYshYM8?...

Lot of talk today upon Musk’s departure about how little money he saved us. True but irrelevant. This was a land grab. Musk is leaving because he got what he came for. This Palantir story is just the beginning. We’ll watch the long tail of this destruction unfold over years to come.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · last yr.

“.. raising questions over whether [Trump] might compile a master list of personal information on Americans that could give him untold surveillance power.” @nytimes.com $PLTR www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...

Bad news on that front if it’s anything like what the FTC found under Biden happened after COVID supply chain shocks.

derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · last yr.

personally would like to see every store show what part of the price increase is due to tariffs bc if these tariffs ever come down, i need to see that price go right back down

Commissioner Slaughter and I wrote for the @financialtimes.com about the downstream effects of the president’s attempt to fire us. www.ft.com/content/7607...

Trump’s move to fire us is a terrible warning for the US economy

Our case is about whether America is ruled by laws or political whims

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By illegally firing FTC commissioners Slaughter and Bedoya President Trump moves closer to bringing all economic regulation and monetary policy under his corrupt control. Dangerous and costly times ahead for American businesses and consumers.

Alvaro M. Bedoya@bedoyausa.bsky.social · last yr.

Commissioner Slaughter and I just sued to clarify that we're still FTC commissioners. But this is bigger than us. This is about economic stability. If the President can break a 90-year-old Supreme Court ruling to fire us for no reason, he can do it to the Fed, the FDIC and SEC.

🔥 @ninajankowicz.com: "Mr Taibbi said when he was first searching through the so-called Twitter files he didn't know what he was looking at. Well, he still doesn't. Everything looks like a conspiracy when you don't know how anything works."