The arrests of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lundy are unacceptable and a clear violation of the Constitution. This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American. They must be released immediately.

Two Black independent journalists, Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, were arrested by federal agents for doing their jobs, covering an ICE protest in Minneapolis.

FWIW, banks are now generating significantly more revenue from financing green energy than fossil fuel projects. In 2025, banks earned roughly $3.7 bn from green bonds/loans vs $2.9 bn from oil, gas and coal financing, which used to bring in double the fees. news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...

"The rain, it raineth on the just And also on the unjust fella: But chiefly on the just, because The unjust steals the just's umbrella." ~Charles Bowen

Congrats to Nina Gualinga, featured today as one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential "rising stars"! "The forest has things to say, and Nina—always so wise, thoughtful, and observant—is one of her most powerful messengers." time.com/collections/...

Market power is at an all-time high, and corporate giants use tax advantages to entrench their dominance. A well-designed excess profits tax can help level the playing field. @nikolusiani.bsky.social and @iraregmi.bsky.social lay out a framework for doing so ⤵️ rooseveltinstitute.org/public...

So after a glorious social media sabbatical, I'm excited to be back on here. Looking forward to exchanging ideas w/ you all from the new book I'm writing on the public origins of corporate value. As always, super-interested in all things tax, corp gov, climate finance and just energy transition.

Utility companies sit at the center of any efforts to decarbonize the economy in a just and affordable way. @nikolusiani.bsky.social explores how and why shareholder-owned electric utilities are slowing the energy transition #2024Reads ⬇️ rooseveltinstitute.org/public...

Looks like a great event about an important book. Everyone that can should go.

Cool idea here about an in-kind tax for a reparation fund.

This line functions as a new truism- about climate, governance, and so much else besides regulatory: “In the end, businesses may well have underpriced the value of a stable operating environment”

We can’t achieve equitable outcomes from the U.S. energy system when utility regulators, legislators, and clean energy advocates let utility shareholder equity dominate. My essay, A Tale of Two Equities, illustrates the conflicting aims: https://vist.ly/3mp2quu #monopoly #utility 🔌💡

Yet another U-shaped curve...yikes.

"This moment is not just about reining in one company, but it’s also about reclaiming a digital economy that serves us all." @nikolusiani.bsky.social & Ketan Ahuja explore the DOJ’s proposed remedies for Google ⤵️ www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

So rewarding to collaborate with @rooseveltinstitute.bsky.social to take my research and make it more accessible. This work started as a law review article for Howard Law Journal (over 200 footnotes!) but is now an issue brief with FAQs and bullet points. Trying to reach as many people I can!

Cost limits our imagination on so many progressive priorities. I love this piece from @bearerfriend.bsky.social because it offers a broadly applicable way past that limitation.

lol Elon nope I refuse to "grow the hell up" shareholder primacy is a terrible way to organize corporate productivity and innovation it's so bad as a theory and practice that I wrote a book about it even <shameless plug> press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Don't let anyone tell you the obligations we have to one another are too expensive. It's simply a matter of priorities. @bearerfriend.bsky.social out with a transformative tax proposal to help fund reparative policies through the in-kind remittance of corp equity. Great holiday learning opp!

NEW 📰: Through taxes, the US can finally pay its debt to those who helped build our country but were never paid for their work. @bearerfriend.bsky.social argues an innovative approach to tax law could finally fund reparations for slavery. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

"When I am frayed and strained and drizzle at the end Please someone cut a square and put me in a quilt That I might keep some child warm." Rest in Power Nikki Giovanni! www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/o...

"If the financial sector is orchestrating a vast conspiracy to undermine the fossil fuel industry, it doesn’t seem to be going very well." @katearonoff.bsky.social on the nonsense of the recent anti-ESG (pro-BigOil) 'collusion' case. newrepublic.com/article/1889...

Pro-public tech 📲 innovation requires creating a digital ecosystem that actually serves and protects public interests. The DOJ’s proposed remedies for Google are a good first step, but there is much more to be done. @nikolusiani.bsky.social & @ketan-ahuja.bsky.social www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Lina Khan’s leadership brought clarity & consistency to antitrust enforcement. @nikolusiani.bsky.social explores why big business may regret losing her rule-of-law approach with thought-provoking insights on fair competition in @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social: washingtonmonthly.com/2024/11/26/w...

Great 🧵for Thanksgiving reading on your Chrome (or other) browser...

No one - including business - will benefit from the Trump Admin replacing the Khan/Kanter/Wu rule-of-law, evidence-based approach with a rule-of-one, vengeance-based approach to antitrust enforcement. My latest with Washington Monthly.

Stick it to the Empire, dear Ireland. Stick it to the Empire. www.wsj.com/world/europe...

Elon now playing the role of Trump's political piggybank. Think the incoming Admin might maybe make decisions which boost the value of Elon's companies? Watch this space.

On the money risk. We really need to think hard about what restorative, pro-public remedies can be for monopoly harms.

Did you know that very little, if any, corps use the stock market to actually finance new investments after their original IPO? Yet, we continue to think of buying stock as investing in the economy. Fantastic new paper puncturing a myth deep at the heart of much of econ policy making today.

Nothing like the earth's richest man & his biobuddy invoking Loper Bright as cause for "mass head-count reductions across the federal bureaucracy"...by July 4th '26. A libertarian fever dream turned OpEd. But so far, an OpEd is all this is. We can still prevent the worst. www.wsj.com/opinion/musk...

Director of Corporate Power @nikolusiani.bsky.social leads research focused on the impact of corporate power on the economy. Check out his latest work: bsky.app/profile/niko...

Huh. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Huh. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Gov’t can rewrite the rules to ensure a clean, affordable and resilient energy transition. Shareholder-owned electric utilities act as gatekeepers, leveraging their power to prevent renewable energy competitors. More from @nikolusiani.bsky.social rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

Shareholder-owned electric utilities act as gatekeepers, leveraging their power to prevent renewable energy competitors. @nikolusiani.bsky.social explores how gov't can rewrite the rules of the game to a clean, affordable and resilient energy transition. 2/2 🧵 rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

Clean, affordable & resilient electricity - that’s the trifecta to power a new energy economy. Public $ like the IRA & the Fed rate cut have helped. But money won’t buy us a just transition w/o rewriting the rules of the utility game. 🧵on my NEW brief rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

Utility bills are high ⬆️ and the renewable energy build-out is too slow. @nikolusiani.bsky.social details how shareholder-owned utility companies are slowing the clean energy transition, and what gov't can do about it. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

Electric service is a public necessity, yet it's controlled by private monopolies. @nikolusiani.bsky.social, cited by @ilsr.bsky.social, highlights how shareholder primacy & monopolization in the electric utility sector undermine an equitable energy transition rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

Understanding concrete personal incentives of the billionaire blockholders entrenched at the helm of most of America’s incumbent corporations is critical to devising effective competition, corporate governance, and tax policy fixes, writes @nikolusiani.bsky.social www.promarket.org/2024/05/15/b...

"Corporate taxation is a critical tool to raise revenue, level the playing field, and build public trust & citizen morale." @nikolusiani.bsky.social's full remarks on corporate profits & concentration & the role of taxes in mitigating their harms: rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

Increasing corporate tax revenue can support children & families by helping fund: ✅ An expanded Child Tax Credit ✅ Public education ✅ Public childcare ✅ Job-creating climate investments Emily DiVito & @nikolusiani.bsky.social help policymakers connect the dots rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

Hiking the taxes of uber-wealthy & large corps isn't just about revenue, fairness or politics. Most US billionaires owe their fortunes to the monopolistic corps they control. Pres Biden's tax proposals would also reverse this by making the US economy more dynamic, less dynastic & more innovative.

While the bipartisan tax bill's benefit for 16M children is undeniable, given its series of corporate tax breaks, it's not a "win-win." As @nikolusiani.bsky.social, Emily DiVito & Reuven Avi-Yonah explore, taxing corporations supports family & children well-being. thehill.com/opinion/4463...

Then, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah, Emily DiVito & @nikolusiani.bsky.social trace the changing narratives about corporate taxation & social welfare from the New Deal era through recent presidents—from Raegan to Clinton to Trump—showing the harms of the cut-to-grow myth. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

In the 1st paper of our new series, Emily DiVito & @nikolusiani.bsky.social lay out how the functions of corporate tax can be used to improve the well-being of children & families in the areas of: 💵 Income 💰Wealth 🧑‍🔧 Employment 🎒Education 👩‍🍼Childcare 🌱Climate rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

A holistic view of corporate tax policy's revenue & regulatory roles can break the 40-yr reform stalemate. In the 2nd report, @nikolusiani.bsky.social, Emily DiVito & Reuven S. Avi-Yonah reveal the entrenched neoliberal narrative on tax cuts in policymaking: rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

Arizona, California, Massachusetts, New York, Alaska, Florida, New Hampshire, Nevada, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming, you no longer need to go through a commercial preparer to do the free e-file: the IRS is pilot testing a direct version in your states

US corporate tax policy has long been inconsistent with economic growth & equitable social reforms. In the 1st report, Emily DiVito & @nikolusiani.bsky.social analyze corporate taxation's impacts, highlighting its critical role in child & family well-being: rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

Another corporate tax system is possible, which puts kids & families first. A labor of love these past months, Reuven Avi-Yonah, Emily DiVito and I write about how we need a fuller understanding of what the corporate tax has - and can - do to truly help the daily grind of growing up in America.