John Bailey

Development Director @ilsr Let's help EVs, clean energy, independent business, and craft beer movement grow. Fighting corporate control, building local power!

[Stacy Mitchell @stacyfmitchell]

1. The conventional explanations for food deserts—that these places are too poor or too rural to generate enough spending on groceries, or too Black to overcome racist corporate redlining—fail to grapple with a key fact: food deserts didn’t used to exist. https://t.co/bTWm0rPJ6e

[John Farrell ☀️🌬🔋 @johnffarrell]

What the #Monopoly #Utility Model Really Costs Us –– a thread on my new report from @ILSR 🧵

Care about #CleanEnergy? #Climate? #Affordability? #Equity? There's something for you >>> #EnergyTwitter

[ron knox @ronmknox]

1. Hello. Today, the government sued to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster, one of the most pervasive monopolies in the country. Doing so will help repair the live music industry, and make up for one of the government's most egregious antitrust mistakes.

[John Farrell ☀️🌬🔋 @johnffarrell]

Dear lord, this is amazing -- a song about interconnection delays. I guess you can get your advocacy anthem for anything via AI...

[John Bailey @baileyposts]

@GovEvers Hey Governor Evers...I know you've been celebrating new voting maps lately but I also hope that you are sharpening your veto pen! Please veto AB512 which expands bear hound training period. It's a very very bad proposal, your own DNR is against it! VETO VETO VETO.

[Stacy Mitchell @stacyfmitchell]

1. This is so silly. What, the FTC was supposed to sue Amazon Circa 2016? Of course not. They sued Amazon Circa 2023.

Monopolists evolve their strategies as they gain power. It becomes more about maintenance & extraction — exactly what's in this suit.

https://t.co/9s5HbddL3W

[Stacy Mitchell @stacyfmitchell]

Such good news! The FTC has filed suit against Amazon for monopolizing e-commerce. This will be one of the most significant antitrust cases in history.

This is great news for all Americans.

https://t.co/eZNMykBKIf

[Lina Khan @linamkhan]

1. Today @FTC and 17 state AGs filed a lawsuit detailing how Amazon uses punitive & coercive tactics to unlawfully maintain its monopolies. Amazon is exploiting its monopoly power to enrich itself while raising prices & degrading service for its customers.
https://t.co/7NiPGxx2CU

[Institute for Local Self-Reliance @ilsr]

“For the first time in generations, our antitrust agencies are stepping up to the responsibility entrusted to them under federal law to safeguard our markets and democracy from outsized private power.”

Read @stacyfmitchell’s full statement ⬇️ https://t.co/5cVefcz5oI

[Stacy Mitchell @stacyfmitchell]

1. Today marks a crucial turning point in US policy on corporate power. The DOJ and FTC proposed new Merger Guidelines — the standards the agencies use to determine whether a merger violates the antitrust laws.

These draft guidelines would set the nation on a promising new path.

[ron knox @ronmknox]

1. Hello. FTC Chair Lina Khan is about to get put through the ringer by the lackeys of corporate power.

But, before that happens, here are a few things small business organizations had to say about her and her work at the FTC. A thread.

[ALIGN @ALIGNny]

For those who celebrate, Happy Antimonopoly Day!🎉✊

[John Bailey @baileyposts]

Contribute to ILSR - your antimonopoly advocate! https://t.co/o2OP1WyjBy #antimonopolyday

[Institute for Local Self-Reliance @ilsr]

It’s a prime day to support the growing antimonopoly movement! 🌱 Check out today’s featured #AntimonopolyDay products and make a gift to help us continue this work: https://t.co/wYyuNxEasz

#PrimeDay #PrimeDay2023

[Institute for Local Self-Reliance @ilsr]

Check out featured #AntimonopolyDay products and make a gift to support the growing antimonopoly movement ➡️ https://t.co/wYyuNxEasz

[Institute for Local Self-Reliance @ilsr]

Amazon abuses its monopoly power to exploit small businesses — engaging in predatory pricing, stealing ideas to launch rival products, and pocketing over a third of independent sellers’ revenue through exorbitant fees — and it’s time to fight back. #AntimonopolyDay #PrimeDay2023

[Institute for Local Self-Reliance @ilsr]

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#AntimonopolyDay #PrimeDay2023

[Alvaro Bedoya @BedoyaUSA]

1/ Last week @stacyfmitchell gave an invaluable interview to @Capitol_Forum on food deserts, antitrust, and Robinson-Patman. A few things caught my ear.

[Stacy Mitchell @stacyfmitchell]

The FTC has sued Amazon for using illegal tactics to block consumers from cancelling Prime.

This is significant in 3 big ways. 1/

https://t.co/75Z4Bn2SJY

[Karlee Weinmann @karleeweinmann]

A plan is only as good as the resources invested in it and it's way past time for the City of Minneapolis to put its money where its mouth is with significant, dedicated, ongoing funding for climate and energy initiatives https://t.co/GgnQNeujtE