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Basel Musharbash @basel.bsky.social · 12h

1. Last week, Antimonopoly Counsel filed this 68-page objection on behalf of a group of public interest organizations in response to a proposed class-action settlement in one of the Nation’s most important antitrust litigations. www.demandprogresseducationfund.org/consumer-adv...

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Louise Seamster @louiseseamster.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

vindication for @basel.bsky.social!!!!!

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Hal Singer @halsinger.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

This @economist.com cover is wild. Apparently, anyone who supports price controls, wealth taxes, nationalization—no matter what the circumstances—is deemed a “socialist” and must be fought back against. This is a signal of the old guard neoliberals losing the debate. A few more thoughts coming..

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Basel Musharbash @basel.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

1. Next week, I'll be joining a panel at the U.S. Conference of Mayors' 94th Annual Meeting in Long Beach, CA, to discuss the monopolization of fire apparatus manufacturing and other critical industries for public safety, its impact on cities and emergency responders, and how mayors can fight back.

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Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

New Unconfined Episode! Managing attorney of the Antimonopoly Counsel, Basel Musharbash @basel.bsky.social, breaks down how the companies dominating food & agriculture have grown too powerful & why that matters for all of us. clf.jhsph.edu/unconfined-p... #publichealth

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Basel Musharbash @basel.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Just got an email from a high school junior in FFA who read Kings Over the Necessaries of Life and now wants to learn how we can fight back against agricultural monopolies 🥺

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a man wearing a blue and white striped shirt is holding his hand to his chest .

ALT: a man wearing a blue and white striped shirt is holding his hand to his chest .

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

RFK Jr.’s supporters are furious after he sided with his boss over the movement that helped put him in power.

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MAHA Moms Turn Against Trump After Stunning Betrayal

It’s lose-lose for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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Basel Musharbash @basel.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Yesterday, our team got a rare treat in legal practice: The court complimented our briefs *and* ruled in our clients’ favor 🥳

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Anna Dorman @annalovesvoting.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

You will never convince me this should be legal

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The Sling @theslingutah.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

In the latest Slingshot Podcast, @halsinger.bsky.social and Darren Bush interview @basel.bsky.social on all things eggs, beef, housing, and abundance. Check it out! www.thesling.org/video/slings...

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Slingshot Episode 27 - The Sling

Basel Musharbash of the Antimonopoly Counsel explains the cause of skyrocketing prices for groceries and housing.

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Tanya Tussing @tanyatussing.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Looking forward to watch this sometime soon. @basel.bsky.social has dug deep into a few big affordability issues in the last few years --eggs, beef, housing

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Basel Musharbash @basel.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Why do corporatist neoliberals like Stephen insist on lying / talking confidently about industries they clearly don’t understand?

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Dan Osborn @osbornforne.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Tyson Foods over the last few months: • Approved 43 MILLION shares in stock buybacks • Spent $196 million buying back its own stock to juice up the price • Announced closure of Lexington plant: 3,200 workers in a town of 11,000 people Then what happened?

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Dan Osborn @osbornforne.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

What happened the week Tyson announced it was laying off 3,200 workers from its plant in Lexington, NE? The profits from the Big 4 Meatpackers hit their HIGHEST level since 2022. This is what a cartel looks like.

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Dan Osborn @osbornforne.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

THIS. 👇

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Dan Osborn @osbornforne.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

In a competitive food system, a meatpacker like Tyson would try to SELL a plant rather than close it. But Tyson DOESN’T want to sell to a competitor! They want to retain as much monopoly power as possible. Listen to Tyson’s own words, it wants to “right-size” its business...

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Basel Musharbash @basel.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

3. The USDA (@usdagov.bsky.social) should immediately commence proceedings to enforce the law to the fullest extent — and seek to compel Tyson to either keep the plant open or sell the plant to an upstart rival who will introduce honest competition into this cartelized industry.

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Basel Musharbash @basel.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

2. If this kind of conduct doesn’t violate Section 202(e) of the Packers and Stockyards Act — which makes it illegal for any meatpacker to "engage in any course of business or do any act for the purpose or with the effect of manipulating or controlling prices” — then nothing does.

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Basel Musharbash @basel.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

1. Osborn is right. By dismantling its giant meatpacking plant in Lexington instead of selling it to a rival, Tyson is practically committing arson to manipulate the market into a place where beef prices are high, cattle prices are low, and the meatpackers in the middle (like Tyson) make a killing.

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Thomas Long @rayosunlong.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I had the same thought. They’re also closing a plant in Amarillo. These two plants represent 9% of the supply of beef. Creating a supply squeeze is a great way to get prices moving up again.

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Dan Osborn @osbornforne.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I am asking President Trump to order the DOJ and the USDA to use their authority to BLOCK this closure and save these jobs or force Tyson to SELL this plant and introduce competition into this market.

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Dan Osborn @osbornforne.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Dear Tyson workers in Lexington, Nebraska. I am NOT going to give you hollow “thoughts and prayers” that do absolutely nothing. I’m going to fight like hell to keep your jobs. More soon, Dan Osborn

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Dan Osborn @osbornforne.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I believe Tyson's decision to shut down its Lexington plant instead of selling it is a PLOY to manipulate cattle and beef markets in violation of our antitrust laws. 🧵

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Lori Wallach @wallachlori.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Please share your theory: Why did Trump announce beef 🥩and tomato🍅tariff cuts when 99% of US🍅imports and 42% of🥩are from Mexico or Canada and ALREADY DUTY FREE under USMCA? Argentine beef is another 25% import share and ALREADY HAD TARIFFS CUT. So why cut PHANTOM TARIFFS? 1/

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Dan Osborn @osbornforne.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

When: -4 multinationals dominate the development and production of seeds and pesticides. -Single firms monopolize each of the domestic markets for nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium fertilizers. -5 companies control the nation’s meat and poultry industries.

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dlondonwortel.bsky.social @dlondonwortel.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

“If #zohran wins..."The Menace of Prosperity" — a tremendous urban history and storehouse of inspiring precedents and ideas — is going to be required reading in the coming years”- @petedavis.bsky.social, founder of the @Democracy Policy Network Order today. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

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The Menace of Prosperity

Upends entrenched thinking about cities, demonstrating how urban economies are defined—or constrained—by the fiscal imagination of policymakers, activists, and residents. Many local policymakers mak...

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

"We have an economy where a handful of modern-day robber barons wield extraordinary power. They hold enormous control over our paychecks, our bills, our time, and our futures. ...But the good news is that nothing about any of this is inevitable." - Lina Khan

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Basel Musharbash @basel.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Did I just see Lina Khan walk out to Warren G's "Regualte" at the Zohran rally?? the greatest of all time

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Basel Musharbash @basel.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Come work with me, pals! #hiring

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Michelle Shevin @michebox.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Just learned a lot about the egg cartel. Big egg is worth the read.

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Marcelo Rinesi @marcelorinesi.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Zuckerberg built a hot-or-not "Facemash" the year before Facebook, he's still in charge of Meta and being a multibillionaire certainly doesn't increase the chances of any sort of growing up. He was always a creep, he just has more platforms now. via @proptermalone.bsky.social @basel.bsky.social

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 20/09/2025

“Meta has used back-to-school pictures of schoolgirls to advertise one of its social media platforms to a 37-year-old man, in a move parents described as “outrageous” and “upsetting.” Meta has 100% stopped even *pretending* not to be astoundingly evil. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man

Exclusive: Instagram pictures of girls as young as 13 were posted to promote Threads site ‘as bait’, campaigner says

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post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

had to read the article to understand wtf was going on here which is that Meta is literally feeding Instagram pictures parents took of their teenage daughters to middle aged men as ads for Threads

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

The senate hearings were spurred by Basel’s reporting earlier this year.

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Abundance Bros were big mad at @basel.bsky.social a few weeks ago. Can’t help but note that while they’ve been busy carrying water for kleptocracy, Basel is literally testifying against the monopolization & enshittification of firetrucks. You read that right. www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/u...

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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 11/09/2025

Today, during a subcommittee hearing overseeing disaster management, I addressed the manufacturers of fire equipment and trucks. Big manufacturers must answer for why fire departments are waiting too long and paying too much for the trucks they need. 1/2

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

The collusion seems to include providing the Russian authorities with materials (from their confidential asylum applications!) used to send forcibly repatriated dissidents to prison. The depth of betrayal here is beyond words.

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Tina Nguyen @tinanguyen.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

At NatCon, there were two topics dominating everyone’s discussions: the imminent end of the right’s support of Israel — and the existential threat that technology posed to Western civilization. I wrote about the second discussion. www.theverge.com/politics/773...

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MAGA populists call for holy war against Big Tech

Butlerian jihad from an unlikely quarter.

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Basel Musharbash @basel.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Oh hey! Look who’s testifying at their first congressional hearing next week! 😄

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Good Jobs First @goodjobsfirst.org · 15/08/2025

Elon Musk's SpaceX "has received billions of dollars in federal contracts over its more than two-decade existence. But SpaceX has most likely paid little to no federal income taxes since its founding in 2002 and has privately told investors that it may never have to." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/t...

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SpaceX Gets Billions From the Government. It Gives Little to Nothing Back in Taxes.

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