Ken Paxton: "BREAKING: I just secured victory against Live Nation in court to end its illegal monopolization and make live events more affordable."

BOOM! When Trump tried to sabotage the Ticketmaster antitrust case, the state attorneys general kept it going. And won. The antitrust revolution goes onward.

The Google antitrust remedies are actually going to lead to advertisers getting cash back. If you spent more than $10k on Google ads, you can file for damages here. The lawyer is Ashley Keller, he's a super creative antitrust litigator. adsrefund.com

Oh look David Ellison's Paramount is already retaliating against people for opposing his takeover of Warner. www.thewrap.com/media-platfo...

🔥🔥🔥A thousand writers, directors, and actors signed a letter opposing the Paramount-Warner merger. That's a HUGE deal, since there was massive fear in the industry. It was organized by @markruffalo.bsky.social who I will now call the mayor of Hollywood. www.thewrap.com/media-platfo...

Today I released an investigative piece on something most people don't think about until they really need it - ambulances. The price of ambulances has skyrocketed since 2012. Why? It's likely... private equity. www.thebignewsletter.com/p/code-red-w...

@josephpolitano.bsky.social thinks 'antitrust = good' because he doesn't get law. Paxton is aggressive on antitrust. That's not a recommendation - antitrust can be used for bad ends too. Paxton is a better and more creative lawyer than Pam Bondi, but I don't want Trump with better lawyering.

I've finished "The Infernal Triangle: How America Got this Way." Farewell to the 5-book project that consumed some 30 years, over half my life! For the nonce, writing deadline-free on this Substack. First 50 subs get signed books or personal Zoom greetings. PAY ME!!! rickperlstein.substack.com

Yes, health insurer and Silicon Valley owned AI companies are taping therapy sessions and using that data. It's a creepy situation driven by health insurers not wanting to pay for mental health care. www.thebignewsletter.com/p/yes-therap...

Actually banning buybacks for defense contractors is a good idea. Nearly all capital for the industry is provided by the government. An increase of buybacks and shareholder returns drove a weaker defense base. www.acq.osd.mil/asda/dpc/pcf...

Four-byline alert: 🚨 “.. A broker for Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, attempted to make a big investment in major defence companies in the weeks leading up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran, according to three people familiar with the matter.” www.ft.com/content/744e...

Boom. www.npr.org/2026/03/25/n...

The enemy doesn't need an intelligence operation any more, just a Polymarket account. $2 MILLION has just been bet on the same outcomes: - US forces enter Iran after March 31. - No ceasefire by March 31 Potential profit: $2.5 MILLION Insiders making millions from filling caskets with US soldiers

It's so funny how these venture capitalist industry leading smash hit app maker geniuses can't do basic shit regular people did for centuries, like run a gambling saloon with a wet bar.

Trump personally intervened to pardon Ticketmaster and preserve its monopoly. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Democrats are actually targeting the censorship machine, aka our corporate media. Eight state enforcers just filed a case to block the merger of the broadcaster giants who had Jimmy Kimmel thrown off the air. www.thebignewsletter.com/p/boom-state...

The industrial policy that helped spawn the world's biggest semiconductor manufacturer traces directly back to the New Deal's Tennessee Valley Authority asteriskmag.com/issues/13/th...

oh my 🥗

The price of fresh vegetables jumped 48.9% last month. wtf. www.bls.gov/news.release...

Trump just pardoned Ticketmaster. www.bigtechontrial.com/p/a-wild-day...

One of the lessons of the Iran war is that it was a huge mistake not to even try to put any of the Iraq war architects in prison. We shouldn’t make it again.

Sony appears to be testing dynamic pricing on PlayStation games

Populist rage is continuing to build. And Jeff Bezos just taught an entire slice of liberal elites how oligarchy really works. Turns out, they don’t like it. open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...

I don't mean to seem alarmed, but it appears Google's book search function is, just...gone. In a sane country it would be a huge deal, front page news, that a privately owned utility that millions researches, from journalists to scholars, rely on every day to advance knowledge can just disappear.

"Google may be seeking to become our central planner and price setter." www.levernews.com/googles-ai-k... via @matthewstoller.bsky.social & @thelever.bsky.social

Important moment as Congress passes a law going after UnitedHealth, CVS, and Cigna. The break up of big medicine is starting. open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...

Pure gold passed down from @matthewstoller.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=_khH...

Looks like Elon Musk got a little favor in a recent funding bill, a mandate the FAA block anyone trying to track any info about private jets upon a request of the owner.

The reason the right focuses on Somali frauds in Minnesota is because it means they don’t have to focus on anything that they have done or that Donald Trump has done. It’s the same thing as the tan suit scandal for Obama dead enders.

New: I went to the National Retail Federation's big trade show this week to see what the brands are planning for us — and it got dark very fast! Get ready to see AI in just about every stage of buying things. www.theverge.com/tech/863365/...

Trump has harmed Canada in mean-spirited ways. But the problems that Canada has are also internal and corruption-related, and the relationship China has with Canada is fundamentally predatory. Trump is a convenient excuse. He's also an accelerant.

Home ownership is now out-of-reach for many Americans. @matthewstoller.bsky.social says that's because starter homes "don't exist anymore," and business and government have forgotten that "homes are for people to live in," not investments. #Velshi

Why is your electric bill so high? Answer: "How to Obtain GREAT Post Commission Employment" That's the title of a secret workshop for the regulators who set your electricity prices, at their annual conference. www.naruc.org/annual-meeti...

When a few corporations dominate the economy, democracy is the first casualty. @matthewstoller.bsky.social joins Nick & Goldy to expose how monopolies—from banks to Big Tech—turn economic power into political control. 🎧 Listen here: pod.link/pitchforkeco...

While you feared for your future and organized against fascism, Kamala “Marie Antoinette” Harris, in possession of a vast email list and other resources to help mobilize people, ‘tuned out’ the news and watched cooking shows.

To say that American foreign policy in the Middle East is being conducted entirely on behalf of a foreign state is reminiscent of antisemitic tropes and has the potential to lend credence to the narratives of those who hate the Jewish People. It also, unfortunately, happens to be true.

Actually fuck this guy

The monopoly round-up is out. For this one, I went into the crisis at UnitedHealth Group that became clear last week when its CEO resigned and the WSJ reported it's under criminal investigation for Medicare fraud. Is UHG a house of cards? www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...

Just want to note why I have contempt for so many Democratic insiders. They knew that Biden was in cognitive decline, those of us who spoke up publicly were attacked and harassed.

Not documenting the Republican megabill because...

Well this complaint alleging accounting fraud to cover up for a cash shortfall at trillion dollar behemoth Brookfield Asset Management is a doozy. brookfield.substack.com/p/brookfield...

I don’t know David Hogg but he seems to be annoying the right people.

TSMC’s monopoly control undermines the CHIPS Act’s intent. economicpopulist.substack.com/p/the-bigges...

Good read from @matthewstoller.bsky.social on why Google investors should push for a voluntary breakup, after the Cue dip www.thebignewsletter.com/p/wall-stree...

My statement on Kamala's re-emergence. (No, thank you!) @boldprogressives.org @freedlander.bsky.social

Unusually strong statement from @adamgreen321.bsky.social of PCCC on Harris doing a DNC fundraiser tomorrow: (via email)

White House budget takes an ax to the fund that keeps rural airline routes afloat, the Essential Air Service.

Big Tech on Trial continues to do amazing work on the Meta antitrust trial. Yesterday, Meta’s Curtiss Cobb, the head of its internal Demography and Survey Science team, got wrecked for misleading testimony. And a TikTok exec testified on how they compete. www.bigtechontrial.com/p/the-sky-is...

A judge just killed Apple’s control over app stores, Google has lost three antitrust cases, and we just beat Jim Jordan’s attempt to defang antitrust. Maybe rethink your priors!