The war with Iran might (??) finally be ending. But don't expect a fast economic turnaround or Trump's approval rating to go back up any time soon.
“The president made a decision to wage a war with Iran that the American people do not or did not want,” @ENPancotti warns in
Trump's UFC cage match wasn't a gift to the American people - it was a gift to billionaires.
To watch the match, Americans had to pay for $8.99/month Paramount+ subscription. Taxpayers spent $60M on the event.
Even the fighters were paid using Trump's own cryptocurrency.
"On Wednesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the surge in energy prices had wiped out a year and a half of wage gains for the average American worker."
Rising inflation is due, in part, thanks to the ultra-wealthy.
The labor market is focused on the whims of the wealthy, so ordinary Americans are paying more for services like airfares.
Meanwhile, the rich remain unfazed by inflation, pushing prices even higher.
Trump's tariffs were never about protecting American workers.
From Switzerland to Vietnam to Apple — countries and companies alike have bribed the Trump admin to get better deals.
And all of that corruption comes at a price. Working families are paying it.
The $300 billion check Trump is writing to Iran is equivalent to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act's SNAP cuts and four years of expanded ACA subsidies.
more and more people are saying
More states are introducing legislation to ban the use of surveillance pricing, but no one is doing it better than New York.
“That would be one of the biggest advances that we could see in protecting consumers from this swarm of price discrimination,” @owenslindsay1 told
FIFA used dynamic pricing for the World Cup for the first time this year.
The result? The most expensive group-stage ticket currently priced at $4,105.
FIFA is using the same playbook as other shady corporations: extracting the maximum from everyone.
Taxing AI companies’ stock comes with a lot of reward & little risk.
“If it’s true that these companies are going to be massive & worth trillions, it would be great to get some of that upside. If it’s a bubble & it crashes, the shares you got for free crash & you lose no money.”
Taxpayers are spending $60M so Trump can host a UFC cage match on the White House lawn.
And after footing the bill, they won't get to watch it unless they pay for an $8.99/month Paramount+ subscription.
That's the Trump economy in a nutshell: the public pays, private companies
Companies used to compete for your business. Now they use your personal data to figure out the highest price you'll pay.
After we released our Instacart report, a FTC report found companies can use your location, browsing history, & more to personalize prices.
"We used to wait in a line until the ticket office put up a 'sold out' sign. Now we keep bidding on our phones."
The cheapest World Cup opener tickets would cost the average family the equivalent of 7 months of health care premiums.
@owenslindsay1 on how dynamic pricing turned
Pick any seat, any city, any stadium — you will pay more to attend this World Cup than any other in World Cup history.
@owenslindsay1 on @BBCNorthAmerica putting a spotlight on how @FIFAcom's dynamic pricing model is turning ticket sales into auctions that favor the wealthy.
BAM! The Washington Post just got slapped with a major class action lawsuit alleging that surveillance pricing violates DC consumer protection laws.
The salient allegation here is that the covert harvesting of personal data to obliterate standard pricing is ALREADY illegal.
