November 1, 2024
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Americans for Tax Reform and its president Grover Norquist have for decades been at the forefront of opposing politicians of both parties who try to raise taxes. A few days out from the 2024 election, Norquist is worried what could happen to free speech, independent contractors, and the Constitution, if Democrats win unified control.
October 12, 2024
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By: Zach Lilly
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D., N.Y.) took a brief respite from cosplaying as a “regular old Democrat” and returned to the more familiar role of toxic firebrand earlier this week. You see, Lina Khan, the scandal-mired Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), had just fielded criticism from capitalist, and exceptionally effective Kamala Harris surrogate, Mark Cuban.
October 11, 2024
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By: Sen. Scott Brown
At the core of Lina Khan’s ideology, as well as that of her partner in crime, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, Jonathan Kanter, is the idea that successful companies that grow beyond an arbitrary size automatically warrant intense scrutiny and even intervention from regulators. In Khan and Kanter’s eyes, success is not the result of innovation, hard work and ingenuity, but somehow comes from bending — or even breaking — the rules.
September 9, 2024
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Kamala Harris has a glaring conflict as she prepares for her high-stakes debate against Donald Trump this week.
July 15, 2024
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Senate Commerce Committee Republicans are leading a probe into the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) “newfound use of flawed and self-serving cost-benefit analyses” in “recent notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRMs) and finalized rules,” a group of Senators said in a letter first obtained by the Washington Reporter.
June 24, 2024
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A coalition of free-market advocates warned Congress that President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are operating “beyond their remit to provide political cover for Biden’s reelection,” in a letter first reported by the Washington Reporter.
June 17, 2024
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Republican Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Andrew Ferguson clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, was Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R., Ky.) chief counsel, and became the solicitor general of Virginia — all in less than 12 years after earning his law degree from the University of Virginia — before he was sworn into his current role on April 4.
June 13, 2024
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By: Tom Hebert
On paper, President Joe Biden’s antitrust enforcers couldn’t look more different. One is a progressive activist, the other is a multimillionaire corporate attorney.
