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andy_ppp ◴[] No.40216622[source]
I’m so impressed with the FTC lately, here is an excellent interview Jon Stewart did with the FTC chair Lina Khan: https://youtu.be/oaDTiWaYfcM

I did joke I’m really surprised the vested interests selected someone competent who wants to hold these companies accountable to the public.

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roughly ◴[] No.40216781[source]
There's a lot of talk about "both sides being the same", but the FTC alone has been a night & day difference from previous administrations.
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toomuchtodo ◴[] No.40216918[source]
I would like to point out the administration's accomplishments in the last two weeks (shamelessly copied from Matt Stoller's recent piece "This Is What Governing Looks Like")

* Banned non-compete agreements for 40 million workers

* Raised overtime wages for 4 million salaried workers

* Forced airlines to automatically offer refunds for canceled flights and poorly handled baggage

* Banned illegal junk fees in mortgage lending

* Forced divestment of TikTok from Chinese ownership

* Blocked corporate merger in insulation

* Filed to block a corporate merger in fashion

* Announced tariff increases on steel to protect domestic producers

* Announced an end to the duty free period on Chinese solar panels to encourage U.S. manufacturing.

* Passed the first Federal privacy law to stop data brokers from selling sensitive information to China and Russia

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1. dylan604 ◴[] No.40217098[source]
> * Passed the first Federal privacy law to stop data brokers from selling sensitive information to China and Russia

At the risk of sounding dismissive, I'd much rather they banned the selling of sensitive information. Full stop. China and Russia have much less reach into my day-to-day than any of the other buyers much closer to home like a local gov't bodies let alone private corps.

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2. toomuchtodo ◴[] No.40217112[source]
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40203558
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3. ajdude ◴[] No.40218565[source]
I'm doing this first thing in the morning, thank you!