1. Bill Baer's oped on Trump's appalling misuse of the antitrust division is fine, but ProPublica reported a story on the Obama administration under Baer approved the American Air-US Air merger due to political interference. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
2. @connaje noted in his book "The Payoff" the rumor of how Rahm Emanuel explicitly told DOJ AAG Christine Varney to stand down on anti-monopolization claims. propublica.org/article/airlin…
3. "In 1996, Thomson bought West Publishing, creating a monopoly in digital access to court opinions and legal publishing; the owner of West had given a half a million dollars to the Democratic Party and personally lobbied Clinton to allow the deal." vice.com/en_us/article/…
4. Everything was NOT ok in antitrust before Trump.
