Joe Gabriel Simonson

Director of Public Affairs @FTC. Senior Policy Advisor @AFergusonFTC. Also detailed to @WhiteHouse. Reposts, follows, and likes are not endorsements.

[Andrew Ferguson @AFergusonFTC]

Happy Veterans Day! I am grateful to the millions of Americans who have answered the call to defend their homeland for the last 250 years, and particularly to the many veterans who have continued serving their country here at the FTC.

[Joe Gabriel Simonson @SaysSimonson]

Helpful framing in the @AmerBanker about the great work of @FTC

[FTC @FTC]

Five states join FTC lawsuit alleging Hims and Hers engaged in deceptive and unlawful privacy practices: https://t.co/9arbzLquw0

[Joe Gabriel Simonson @SaysSimonson]

@badvalorem ?

[Joe Gabriel Simonson @SaysSimonson]

Caleb is a longtime friend, but even if I met him yesterday, I’d say the same thing: He is a brilliant and thoughtful patriot who is focused on making American great again.

[Alex Isenstadt @axiosalex]

More White House staffing news. Caleb Orr will become Deputy Chief for Policy, succeeding Stephen Miller, per 2 ppl familiar

[Joe Gabriel Simonson @SaysSimonson]

Senator Moreno is one of the finest lawmakers I have ever seen. An outstanding choice.

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 NOW: Newly-elected National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair Sen. Bernie Moreno says he's going full VICTORY mode to RE-TAKE the Senate in 2028

"We're going to be extraordinarily disciplined...we're gonna make CERTAIN that we defend our incumbents and our seats, and we're gonna go after every single race that we think that we have a clear victory with a candidate that matches their state."

"And we're going to make certain that we win a lot of the races that maybe others may not think we can win!" @berniemoreno

This was a SOLID PICK from Senate Republicans! 🇺🇸

The 2028 map is tough to take back, but it's a LOT of battleground flip opportunities.

It's the only way to take back the Senate!

[Andrew Ferguson @AFergusonFTC]

Absolutely spectacular nominees. James and Elliott would make a strong Texas district court bench much stronger. Both should be confirmed.

[Joe Gabriel Simonson @SaysSimonson]

There’s a decent amount of recency bias in this list, with a few eye roll picks as well, but it’s honestly pretty good and far exceeded my expectations.

[Mark Hemingway @Heminator]

Good for Pavement, but Lonesome Crowded West and Bee Thousand aren't even in the top 10? However, an already forgotten record from 2024,
Cindy Lee: Diamond Jubilee" is?

Even for Pitchfork, this is pretty Pitchfork.

[SurfSkateThrash @SurfThrash]

Rest in peace Richard Lloyd

Television
Marquee Moon
Marquee Moon (1977)

[Joe Gabriel Simonson @SaysSimonson]

It may be a cliche, but few things in my life compare to the first time I listened to “Marquee Moon” in 7th grade. I really was “hearing something else.” RIP to a great American.

[CONSEQUENCE @consequence]

BREAKING: Richard Lloyd, co-founding guitarist of Television and an architect of post-punk, has died at the age of 75.

📸: Michael Putland/Getty Images

[Andrew Ferguson @AFergusonFTC]

That ends now. Wronged consumers will receive $49.8 million in redress backed by a proposed federal-court order forbidding this misconduct. By holding landlords accountable and requiring price transparency, the FTC is helping to make housing more affordable.

[Andrew Ferguson @AFergusonFTC]

Progress also imposed “non-disparagement” clauses in leases that forbade consumers from complaining about “move-in ready” units that weren’t ready for move in, security deposits that weren’t properly returned, and lackluster customer service.

[Andrew Ferguson @AFergusonFTC]

Under previous management, Progress Residential, an arm of the private equity firm Pretium, advertised deceptively low rental rates that avoided mentioning a host of mandatory fees that drove the true monthly cost skyward, according to our complaint.

https://t.co/ms8E4JQmY6

[Andrew Ferguson @AFergusonFTC]

In the biggest case of its kind, the @FTC and our state partners compelled the nation’s largest manager of single-family home rentals to end practices described in thousands of complaints from infuriated consumers.

[Joe Gabriel Simonson @SaysSimonson]

Every day this agency makes me so proud.

[Andrew Ferguson @AFergusonFTC]

In the biggest case of its kind, the @FTC and our state partners compelled the nation’s largest manager of single-family home rentals to end practices described in thousands of complaints from infuriated consumers.

[FTC @FTC]

New details emerge in Amazon ads auction-rigging case. Newly unredacted material sheds light on Amazon’s alleged scheme to manipulate auction results to meet corporate financial targets: https://t.co/3nI1ToVOnq

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

America does not belong to those who hate it.

America belongs to those who love it.

[Joe Gabriel Simonson @SaysSimonson]

I just voted. Have you voted yet?