Some additional reactions to the @FTC’s incredible case against @Facebook 👇
2/ This suit details @Facebook’s monopoly power in multiple ways.
3/ First, the complaint shows that @Facebook has dominated the social media market whether measured by time spent or daily active users since 2011.
4/ @Facebook likes to play dumb — but the data *they* use to track their own performance shows just how dominant they are.
5/ Second, the @FTC provided direct evidence of @Facebook’s durable monopoly power, including the fact that @Facebook has enjoyed record profits despite widespread consumer dissatisfaction.
6/ A @Facebook exec, who apparently doesn’t know you’re not supposed to write down your evil plan, explained clearly how @Facebook could maintain its power by making it increasingly hard for users to switch to another platform.

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NEW: We're out with a new paper on how utilities overcharge ratepayers through excessive rates of return (ROR).

We call for a simple reform: codifying the long-standing regulatory principle to align ROR with utilities' actual, market-based cost of capital. High-level 👇🧵 Image
2/ Investor-owned utilities have increased rates 49% more than inflation in the last three years.

A core problem: unreasonably high ROR—the returns regulators allow utilities to pay investors for assuming the risk of providing capital to the utility.
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Last Friday marked the end of Jonathan Kanter’s extraordinary tenure as head of @JusticeATR.

As AAG, he brought old-school trust-busting back to life and fought tirelessly for fair markets.

We’re grateful for—and still in awe of—all ATR accomplished under his leadership.👇🧵 Image
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From 2000 to 2021, @JusticeATR brought just one case under Section 2—the Google search monopoly case, brought by Trump’s DOJ—and litigated zero.
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The real reason @pmarca, @elonmusk & other tech oligarchs are attacking this agency is because it has protected consumers against scams they’ve profited from.

Receipts.🧵👇
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Why are these billionaires deliberately seeking to turn public opinion against the CFPB?
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LendUp lied about better loan terms, broke legal orders, and failed to explain credit denials properly.
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This cynical report—which @elonmusk used to call for @linakhanFTC's firing today—is part of a campaign to remove an effective and popular public servant for actually serving the public, rather than billionaires.

Let's take a spin through its "findings."👇🧵
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Federal judges don’t seem to see it that way, as they hand @FTC win after win in court. @superwuster sets the record straight here:
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NEW: In response to a joint @FTC and @JusticeATR request for information on serial acquisitions, we've submitted a comment on private equity's takeover of the veterinary industry.

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They're using these takeovers to stealthily seize market power.

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