Pluralistic: Trump's FCC abandons the future (24 Jul 2025)

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Trump's FCC abandons the future: Starlink is a technology that gets worse every time it acquires a customer.
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Conspiratorialism and neoliberalism: If "there is no such thing as society" then all evil must be the fault of evil individuals.
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MAGA crackup: Not just Epstein (but also Epstein).
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Trump's not gonna protect workers from forced labor: But states hate noncompete "agreements."
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Mike Lee and Jim Jordan want to kill the law that bans companies from cheating you: Section 5 of the FTC Act is a century-old Swiss Army Knife for fighting corruption.
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Mark Zuckerberg personally lost the Facebook antitrust case: A folder on his desktop called "mens rea."
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Trump fought the law and Trump won: Administrative competence is trumped by total lawlessness.
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