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Stacy Mitchell @stacyfmitchell.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Great event on March 3: How powerful corporations — including Amazon, Instacart, and major landlords — are using pricing algorithms to inflate prices and undermine competition. With Doha Mekki, Katie Wells, Ted Tatos, and moderator Geoffrey Fowler. Register here: ilsr.org/article/inde...

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Ron Knox @ronmknox.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

1. Hello. The Trump administration appears to be tilting toward regulatory chaos at best, and an embrace of corporate oligarchy. Luckily, there remain powerful public prosecutors able to fight corporate dominance. Welcome to our guide to state antimonopoly power.

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Kennedy Smith @kennedysmith.bsky.social · 12/02/2024

March 4th: Join small business leaders across the nation and keynote FTC Chair Lina Khan for a virtual Town Hall to mark progress of the anti-monopoly fight and provide a glimpse into today’s most important anti-monopoly actions with @RisingSmallBiz: www.smallbusinessrising.net/updates/2024...

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Manny Ramos @mannyramos.bsky.social · 08/02/2024

Dollar stores fined thousands of times for expired formula, labor violations and filthy stores. These fines collectively totaled nearly $610,000 in the city, almost $1 million in federal labor violation in Illinois & the state is looking at $80,000 of wage theft. blockclubchicago.org/2024/02/08/d...

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Dollar Stores Fined Thousands Of Times For Expired Formula, Labor Violations, Filthy Stores. Will The City Regulate Them?

It’s easier for the billion-dollar corporation behind these stores to pay fines than it is to fix problems in their stores, an expert said. “They simply do not care,” Ald. Matt O’Shea said.

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