NEW: JetBlue is being SUED after posting an admission to surveillance pricing.
Guess they're learning the hard way that deleting a tweet doesn't delete the truth.
You can catch our @owenslindsay1 speaking at the @CalifLRev's Spring Symposium on surveillance prices & wages tomorrow at 10:30-11:30am PT / 1:30-2:30pm ET with a rockstar panel.
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For the first time since 2010, Americans trust Democrats more than Republicans on the economy.
Republicans owned economic trust for decades. Trump handed it away with tariffs that cost families $1,700 a year, and a tax bill that gave trillions to billionaires.
Fox News poll shows Americans prefer Democrats to Republicans on the economy (D+4) for the first time since 2010.
The Fed's decisions impact whether families can afford a home or a car—and whether workers can find a job.
@AlexSJacquez warns Kevin Warsh’s history of bailing out banks & refusal to disclose his investments suggest he’ll prioritize the interests of Wall Street over Main Street.
Reminder: We have United CEO Scott Kirby on the record admitting that rising oil prices are "an opportunity" for airlines.
An opportunity for what? To gouge consumers.
April 22 (Reuters) - United Airlines CEO said ticket prices may need to rise by as much as 15% to 20% to offset a surge in jet fuel costs, signaling a significant test of consumers' willingness to absorb higher fares as the industry grapples with volatile oil prices.
When Lina Khan ran the FTC, she spotted this *exact* scenario and launched an investigation
The very first thing Trump’s FTC Chair did when he took over was kill it
The Trump admin announced it’s launching a tariff refund portal - but only for businesses.
The average family paid over $1,700 last year on tariff price hikes. But any refunds will likely never make it back into working families’ pockets.
Consumers paid the price, they should
JetBlue finally admitted what we all suspected: They’re using customers’ search history against them to drive up price,” @owenslindsay1 told @GennaContino.
The confession was no mistake. Their only mistake was pulling the curtain back on their own deceptive pricing practices.
Wrote about this post from JetBlue for @MarketWatch. The airline told me the tweet was an error, but critics aren't convinced. @owenslindsay1 from @Groundwork said she sees it as a "cold-blooded confession" that they are using customer data to drive up prices.
Trump’s tariff refund portal? Consumers won’t see a dime.
Big corporations plan to pocket their returns and keep prices high.
Consumers paid the price. They should get the refund.
United and American airlines want to merge. Their CEOs admit it’ll lead to higher airfares and less flights.
Airlines already gouge consumers any chance they get. This merger will only make it worse.
The Fed confirmed last week what working families know to be true: Trump’s illegal war in Iran is driving up prices.
It couldn’t be clearer, says @AlexSJacquez. As long as Trump continues on this destructive path, it’ll be workers & consumers paying the price.
The annoyance economy - the scams, robocalls, and AI chat bots, leaves “people feeling overwhelmed, ignored, or jerked around” and costs “wasted time and lost money,” the @FT reports.
How much money? $165 billion.
Wrote about this post from JetBlue for @MarketWatch. The airline told me the tweet was an error, but critics aren't convinced. @owenslindsay1 from @Groundwork said she sees it as a "cold-blooded confession" that they are using customer data to drive up prices.
This month, consumer sentiment reached an all-time record low. Trump’s war with Iran & the resulting skyrocketing gas prices are a big reason why.
"Gas prices are highly visible… People have to fill up weekly; they often don't have much of a choice whether they pay or not,”
Here’s how pricing has always worked: the same item at the same store will cost the same price. Thanks to pricing experimentation, that’s no longer the case.
Americans aren’t only frustrated by high prices - they’re frustrated by a system designed to gouge them, says
