Pluralistic: California can stop Larry Ellison from buying Warners (28 Feb 2026)

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California can stop Larry Ellison from buying Warners: These are the right states' rights.
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Pluralistic: Rural towns and poor urban neighborhoods are being devoured by dollar stores (27 Mar 2023)

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Rural towns and poor urban neighborhoods are being devoured by dollar stores: Walmart's jackals, picking over the remains.
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Pluralistic: The antitrust Twilight Zone (16 Dec 2022)

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The antitrust Twilight Zone: How rollups are destroying the productive economy and making the ultra-rich even richer.
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