Thank you Attorney General Bonta @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov for your commitment to defend American workers and consumers from further consolidation across our industry. www.thewrap.com/california-j...

Extremely 2025 coded - Firefighters are donating their plasma to reduce the forever chemicals in their blood. "If a firefighter donates plasma six times a year, the PFAS in their blood could be reduced by up to 60%." (The plasma is "cleaned" before being used.) www.yourvalley.net/glendale-ind...

Your reminder that Trump fired the Democratic FTC commissioner, @bedoyausa.bsky.social, who had devoted particular focus to grocery store prices.

A prescient quote from former FTC head Alvaro Bedoya writing for @newrepublic.com

Join me and @bedoyausa.bsky.social, former FTC commissioner (fired by Trump before the end of his term) for a conversation about getting outside the elite bubble, talking to folks in rural and urban areas that are struggling, and the road to populism. youtu.be/nZUMrCUFnFI?...

Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families? Now you know.

re: holiday toys & donations... (donate early!)

“That’s what we’re seeing with the disparity in how the C-suite is treated in the courts, and how regular people are treated in the streets.” Former FTC Commissioner @bedoyausa.bsky.social exposes Trump’s two-tiered justice system.

The world is so heartbreaking sometimes. There’s so much unfairness. So much elevation of mediocrity because institutions fear people with guts who tell the truth. Goddamn.

steal $1.5 billion —> nbd cleaning lady w/o papers —> zipties & bulletproof vests

No veo como el conflicto eterno entre la izquierda y la derecha nos llevará a un mejor futuro. Hay que enfocarnos en el poder adinerado que va por encima — y daña — todos los demás.

World Series tickets now start at over $1,000. In 1992, they were $24 which is about $50 today. A beer at the game now costs more than a 1992 seat. When did baseball become a luxury good?

The illegal firing without cause of former FTC Commissioners @bedoyausa.bsky.social and Rebecca Slaughter robbed Americans of a bipartisan FTC working for the protection of the people - fortunately Bedoya is still sharing insights from his service, describing a way forward

I can't stop thinking about @bedoyausa.bsky.social's essay this week. It is a story-forward account of why the American people are struggling. (Hint: political economy.) It's the kind of account that makes an ethnographer swoon. I can't recommend this enough: newrepublic.com/article/2011...

This is disheartening. The corporatization of of our supply and distribution chains has squeezed us. We can’t be squeezed anymore. The death of freedom comes with monopolies and hopefully we haven’t gone too far down that road.

This is the coalition of the future. Fight the billionaires, not the immigrants. “Maybe we try to become skeptical of the idea that the least powerful people are the most responsible for our problems. Maybe we punch up instead of punching the neighbor.”

Made my way through this article this morning. Definitely worth a read. Seriously, when you reflect on the problems folks face (even the racial tensions), they’re a symptom of being crushed by the owning class and what they tell us to value. newrepublic.com/article/2011...

Fortune 500 firms regularly pay 0 in taxes. Unions protect just 1 in 10 workers. And CEOs parade like modern-day Roman emperors, in private jets, to private islands, with their private Praetorian firefighters and guards. while government agencies built to check corporate power are being torn apart.

Thank you for telling the truth: we're turned against our neighbors and missing that it’s about the money at the top! And that means we need to organize!

It may not look this way at first, but the Iowa farmer who can’t run his combine because of a farm equipment monopoly has a heck of a lot in common with the Bangladeshi dad who can’t work the morning commute because he’s locked out by Uber and Lyft. newrepublic.com/article/2011...

Terrific piece by Alvaro Bedoya @bedoyausa.bsky.social (former FTC Commissioner wrongly fired by Trump) newrepublic.com/article/2011...

@bedoyausa.bsky.social Amazon is cutting thousands of jobs while investing $100 billion in AI and data centers. White collar, blue collar, it doesn't matter -- to Amazon, all workers are equally disposable fortune.com/2025/10/14/a...

“… the Iowa farmer who can’t run his combine because of a farm equipment monopoly has a heck of a lot in common with the Bangladeshi dad who can’t work the morning commute because he’s locked out by Uber.” newrepublic.com/article/2011...

Loved reading this piece from @bedoyausa.bsky.social about his journey to considering himself a populist. "Maybe we punch up instead of punching the neighbor." newrepublic.com/article/2011...

This first-person account explains so much--putting meat on the bones of our generalized fear that our lives are just chum for the wealthy. newrepublic.com/article/2011... via @newrepublic.com

Incisive, beautiful reflection from @bedoyausa.bsky.social on his time in the FTC and how it upended his view of the world and his theory of change for it. We really can win, but we don't win by running from the fight.

Read this. The entire thing is worth the time but this, in particular, is 🔥🔥🔥 from @bedoyausa.bsky.social:

“The people I met as a commissioner may look different, but what they need is surprisingly the same: They need a government that gives them a level playing field against the powerful and wealthy." Read it here: newrepublic.com/article/2011...

If you read anything today, read this piece by @bedoyausa.bsky.social. It’s a sharp reminder that the real political stakes aren’t just left vs. right. They are about power vs. the people and who gets to control our economy and our lives. For immigrants, in housing, in labor, in tech, and beyond.

"Maybe we focus more on the #billionairedevelopers who pretended that the people they hired were “independent contractors,” turning what used to be middle-class jobs into subsistence work, while also making it easier to hire and exploit #undocumentedlaborers." #wealth newrepublic.com/article/2011...

Excellent article, and yes, this is the way forward. We have much more in common than we know. How I Became a Populist newrepublic.com/article/2011... via @newrepublic.com

For every issue, folks think Someone Out There Is Working On This. Even nonprofit folks think this for issues outside their domain. Working across public interest world, I‘ve seen this often isn’t true. Sometimes there’s 1-2 shops for a thing. Sometimes there’s just you. Sometimes there’s no one.

A couple of folks have asked me what I’m working on now. This is what I’m trying to fix. We need way more non-profits AND small firms standing up for workers, farmers, and small businesses against the oligarchs. I’m trying to get them the resources they need to do that

Former FTC Commissioner @bedoyausa.bsky.social's new piece in @newrepublic.com gives a glimpse of what’s at stake for Americans if SCOTUS allows the president the authority to fire FTC officers without cause.

"I think I used to see things as left versus right. Now, I'm a lot more focused on how the money at the top affects everyone underneath." @bedoyausa.bsky.social joined @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social this morning to talk about his new piece, "How I Became a Populist," in @newrepublic.com.

I used to focus on left versus right. Now I’m much more worried about the money at the top. But while it might seem strange to say it, I think this is a hopeful way of looking at the world that opens the door to coalitions that seemed impossible before. My first for the @newrepublic.com:

This @bedoyausa.bsky.social piece in @newrepublic.com is a must-must-must read. “Maybe we try to become skeptical of the idea that the least powerful people are the most responsible for our problems. Maybe we punch up instead of punching the neighbor.”

I announce the @newrepublic.com's November cover story with pride: @bedoyausa.bsky.social (former FTC commish Alvaro Bedoya; worked for @linamkhan.bsky.social and fired by DJ Trump) with a wonderful personal essay on what he learned at the FTC and lessons for Dems: newrepublic.com/article/2011...

"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that

My husband was detained by ICE today Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away I have had zero contact or updates since #SOS @duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

By blocking the Kroger–Albertsons merger, the FTC helped keep grocery prices in check and protected workers’ wages. Yet under the “Trump-Vance FTC,” Amazon executives accused of tricking and deceiving millions of consumers faced what @bedoyausa.bsky.social amounts to a “parking ticket.”

If you live in Illinois, we need your help. This will take less than five minutes and will truly pressure your local elected officials to stand with the people rather than ICE.

Workers’ wages are increasingly being taken against their will to pay medical bills. In 45 states wages can be garnished for unpaid medical bills, and medical providers are taking advantage of that fact. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

People of Illinois, we need your help. Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

Alvaro Bedoya, one of two commissioners Trump fired in March, warns with the president’s weaponizing of the independent, bipartisan FTC, “We’re seeing corporate executives get off easy.” www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...

I was honored to spend Friday afternoon playing bingo with the people in Abernathy Towers (elder care facility) as a part of my campaign. When I was getting ready I asked the property manager what prizes I should get and she told me that everyone needs basic necessities like soap and deodorant.

I’ve disagreed with Pritzker in the past, but he seems to be meeting this moment and I respect that.

Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."

"You have three corporate executives who the federal government has alleged to have taken $1.5 billion from the pockets of consumers, getting away with what amounts to a legal parking ticket." @bedoyausa.bsky.social on the FTC's settlement that essentially let Amazon executives off the hook.