The Harvey Weinstein of Antitrust

Weinstein of Antitrust, Matt Stoller

Okay, so both sexual predators, very bad, but as I recall Weinstein's Miramax did actually make some good movies: Pulp Fiction, No Country for Old Men, City of God, etc. This guy, Joshua Wright, on the Federal Trade Commission, Head of Antitrust at George Mason University, is actually a power broker paid millions to thwart any antitrust reforms or prosecutions that might be directed at his clients, some of the biggest corporations in the world. 

In other words, he's an antitrust guy who defends and encourages monopoly. This is not how it is supposed to work. 

Also, surprise, more vivid evidence of the really-existing rot in the so-called Deep State: conservative business corruption. Government captured by industry lobbying. The parts of the Deep State that stopped or are still trying to stop TFG's lawless financial corruption, violence, treason, and insurrection are the best parts of the Deep State, deserving of our gratitude. Guys like Wright our scorn. 

Monopoly or oligopolistic collusion, price fixing, etc, promote economies of scale growth up to a point and then act like a kind of glorified hoarding, bottlenecking wider diffusion of spending, production, and wealth. 

After reading this story I can't now look at this picture without thinking Wright is probably sexually harassing the woman swearing him in. Sorry. 

The Rich Conspiracy Against the Poor, exhibit evidence kajillion:

"SpaceX’s lawsuit could serve as a potent wrecking ball in the right’s push to weaken and perhaps demolish the administrative state – the network of federal agencies that the US Congress created to, among other things, promote workers’ safety on the job, prevent fraud in financial markets, protect workers’ right to unionize, limit environmental hazards, make sure consumer products are safe and administer social security for seniors."

Again, "administrative state" = Deep State = Rule of Law = Democracy = The only things between us and these grotesquely greedy corporate fascist plutocrats running everything. 

Trader Joe's, Starbucks, and Elon Musk, The Guardian

And now, 

Meet the Big Donors supporting Trump, Popular Information:

And I kid you not, group profile: Slavers, rich guys who abuse women, predatory landlords, massive tax evaders, loudmouth bigots, anti-liberal libertarian cranks, and anti-tax and regulations, of course, Techno-Optimist, corporate monopolists. 

IOW, all the best people, as we've come to expect. And another reason to root against the Cubs and Jets.