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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/05/2026

And wouldn't you know it, Trump just settled that case, in a way that will make Agri Stats much, much richer and give them far more opportunities to rig prices: prospect.org/2026/05/08/m... 22/

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Meat Industry Price Fixer Sentenced to Make Money - The American Prospect

Agri Stats collected proprietary information from all meat producers and encouraged price increases for decades. After a Trump DOJ settlement, it’s allowed to stay in business.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/05/2026

Under the terms of the settlement, Agri Stats must "allow" restaurants, farmers, and other parts of the supply chain to pay it for the data it consolidates. 23/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/05/2026

This will allow more parties to collude to rig prices, and provide more income to Agri Stats. As David Dayen writes in *The American Prospect*, they've been "sentenced to make money." 24/

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