76% of Americans support bans on surveillance pricing, according to recent polling from @Groundwork.
Memorial Day cookout. Beach trip. Visit with family.
All of it costs more this year.
That’s not an accident.
Trump’s tariffs and war in Iran are driving up your costs.
We ran exclusive polling on Americans' feelings towards surveillance pricing: 76% said they supported banning it. We're not surprised.
"Surveillance pricing... adds insult to injury; not just high prices, but unfair prices, unpredictable prices." @owenslindsay1 in @USATODAY.
Utility companies are one of the few winners in Trump's economy. They're making record profits thanks to skyrocketing prices.
@AlexSJacquez in @politico: “You have people focusing on their utility bills as a front-line political issue for the first time in years."
Got travel plans this summer? In Trump’s economy, it’ll cost you.
Here’s what it might cost you to get to your sunny destination— and how tariffs and the war with Iran will affect the bill for what you eat when you arrive.
With corporate profits at record highs, Congress should step in to ensure that consumers see some relief, writes @AlexSJacquez of @groundwork.
From your burgers to your corn on the cob to your plasticware - your annual MDW barbecue is going to cost you this year.
Our @owenslindsay1 breaks down how Trump's war in Iran + tariffs are driving up the cost of summer.
🚨NEW: Consumer sentiment just sank to another historic low.
Gas and grocery prices are soaring, inflation and wholesale costs are climbing, and Americans are feeling it.
Every day our dollar stretch less and less.
Every part of this Memorial Day is more expensive than last year. Summer food staples up 13%. Airfare up 21%. Gas up 51%.
Trump: "I don't think about Americans' financial situation."
We do. Happy Memorial Day.
NEWS: U.S. Consumer Sentiment has officially fallen to the lowest level ever recorded in data going back to 1952, plunging another 10% last month.
Consumers now expect inflation to hit 4.8% over the next 12 months.
Sentiment is down 21% since February 2026, before the Iran War,
There's no way to save money this Memorial Day weekend in Trump's economy.
"It’s going to be virtually impossible to avoid price hikes for summer fun, whether that’s a road trip, that’s a flight, a vacation, whether that’s a couple nights in a hotel, or whether that’s a backyard
Americans will be spending $2 billion more on gasoline over the four day Memorial Day weekend compared to a year ago, according to GasBuddy estimates, or roughly $22 million more every hour.
It's over 90 degrees in Arizona this week. Every year Arizonans die from working in the heat.
This doesn't have to happen. Fixing it is simple.
time to bring back my and @ENPancotti's greatest piece of writing ever -- our 2024 substack about the red lobster bankruptcy announcement:
Your Memorial Day cookout is going to cost 40% more this year. Airlines have already canceled a record amount of flights over the last 2 weeks - raising costs way up.
The reason why isn't a surprise: it's Trump's war with Iran.
New analysis from @TCFdotorg & Groundwork 👇
