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Pluralistic: Mike Lee and Jim Jordan want to kill the law that bans companies from cheating you (29 Apr 2025)


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Author Cory DoctorowPosted on April 29, 2025May 1, 2025Categories UncategorizedTags boss politics antitrust, caveat emptor, cheating, fairness, federal trade commission, federal trade commission act, ftc, ftca, ftca5, gop, jim jordan, mike lee, power, republicans, section 5, section 5 of the federal trade commission act, that makes me smart, trumpism, unfair methods of competition3 Comments on Pluralistic: Mike Lee and Jim Jordan want to kill the law that bans companies from cheating you (29 Apr 2025)

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