/power/index.rss Read about corporate power; capitalism; political ideology; socialism; democracy; government; elections; voting rights; political philosophy; campaign finance reform; money in politics; privatization; monopoly; monopsony; economic concentration; poverty; inequality; "corporations are people my friends"; checks and balances; abuse of power; emoluments; lobbyists and lobbying; en-us Copyright 2025 | casino world | All Rights Reserved Wed, 07 May 2025 09:15:00 -0000 Henry Burke The former congressman is the most employed man in D.C. /power/2025-05-07-senior-advisor-mchenry-at-your-crypto-service/ /power/2025-05-07-senior-advisor-mchenry-at-your-crypto-service/ Wed, 07 May 2025 09:15:00 -0000 RDP 050725.jpg Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images Robert Kuttner The longtime head of the World Economic Forum resigns in disgrace. Is nothing sacred? /power/2025-04-29-davos-and-other-hustles/ /power/2025-04-29-davos-and-other-hustles/ Tue, 29 Apr 2025 09:15:00 -0000 Kuttner-Klaus Schwab 042925.jpg Markus Schreiber/AP Photo James Baratta Regulators have been cracking down on consolidation just as dealmaking dries up and investors head for the exits. Can the lords of finance find a way out? /power/2025-04-29-private-equitys-do-or-die-moment/ /power/2025-04-29-private-equitys-do-or-die-moment/ Tue, 29 Apr 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Baratta-Private equity 042925.jpg Omar Marques/SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP Images Harold Meyerson Trump and Musk could evade public opinion and popular outrage for a while, but the markets have brought them to heel. /power/2025-04-28-markets-as-master-trump-musk/ /power/2025-04-28-markets-as-master-trump-musk/ Mon, 28 Apr 2025 09:15:00 -0000 Meyerson-Trump Musk markets 042825.jpg Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto via AP David Dayen A three-week trial began today that could force Google to sell off its Chrome browser, among other remedies for its illegal monopolization. /power/2025-04-21-google-antitrust-breakup-chrome/ /power/2025-04-21-google-antitrust-breakup-chrome/ Mon, 21 Apr 2025 16:00:00 -0000 google 20240421.jpg zz/Siegfried Nacion/STAR MAX/IPx Daniel Boguslaw The successful IRS free tax filing program is being wound down, thanks in large part to Intuit’s copious spending in Washington. /power/2025-04-17-intuit-turbotax-wins-battle-against-taxpayers-irs-direct-file/ /power/2025-04-17-intuit-turbotax-wins-battle-against-taxpayers-irs-direct-file/ Thu, 17 Apr 2025 18:30:00 -0000 Boguslaw-Intuit 041725.jpg Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo David Dayen Mark Zuckerberg fairly obviously bought Instagram and WhatsApp to neutralize a perceived competitor. He isn’t doing that with TikTok, and the FTC’s monopolization trial is why. /power/2025-04-16-government-already-won-meta-case-tiktok-ftc-zuckerberg/ /power/2025-04-16-government-already-won-meta-case-tiktok-ftc-zuckerberg/ Wed, 16 Apr 2025 17:00:00 -0000 Dayen-Meta trial 041625.jpg Avishek Das/SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP Images David Dayen The two Congressional Review Act resolutions now go to President Trump. /power/2025-04-09-congress-stops-cfpb-capping-overdraft-fees-monitoring-big-tech/ /power/2025-04-09-congress-stops-cfpb-capping-overdraft-fees-monitoring-big-tech/ Wed, 09 Apr 2025 21:00:00 -0000 Dayen-Congress CFPB.jpg Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP Images Daniel Boguslaw A day in Manhattan as markets whipsaw amid the Trump tariff debacle /power/2025-04-08-bloodlust-boozing-trumps-wall-street-beatdown/ /power/2025-04-08-bloodlust-boozing-trumps-wall-street-beatdown/ Tue, 08 Apr 2025 15:00:00 -0000 Boguslaw-Wall Street 040825.jpg Seth Wenig/AP Photo Brett Heinz DOGE is not about waste and efficiency—it’s about privatization. /power/2025-04-03-rule-by-contractor-doge-privatization/ /power/2025-04-03-rule-by-contractor-doge-privatization/ Thu, 03 Apr 2025 09:15:00 -0000 APR25 Heinz.jpg ZACH D ROBERTS/AP PHOTO David Dayen Rocket wants to became the only mortgage company in America. The CFPB found its tactics to be illegal—until Donald Trump let the company off the hook. /power/2025-04-02-how-corporate-pardons-create-monopolies-rocket-mortgage/ /power/2025-04-02-how-corporate-pardons-create-monopolies-rocket-mortgage/ Wed, 02 Apr 2025 09:20:00 -0000 Dayen-Rocket 040225.jpg Mark Lennihan/AP Photo Bryan McMahon An AI bubble threatens Silicon Valley, and all of us. /power/2025-03-25-bubble-trouble-ai-threat/ /power/2025-03-25-bubble-trouble-ai-threat/ Tue, 25 Mar 2025 09:30:00 -0000 APR25 McMahon home.jpg Ryan Cooper A handful of rich guys will burn human society to the ground rather than pay a dime in tax. /power/2025-03-25-existential-threat-ultra-billionaires-elon-musk/ /power/2025-03-25-existential-threat-ultra-billionaires-elon-musk/ Tue, 25 Mar 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Cooper-Ultra-billionaires 032525.jpg Pool via AP David Dayen The chief regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is now also the board chair of both companies. What’s the long game here? /power/2025-03-20-move-fast-break-mortgage-market-fannie-freddie/ /power/2025-03-20-move-fast-break-mortgage-market-fannie-freddie/ Thu, 20 Mar 2025 09:15:00 -0000 Dayen-Fannie Freddie 032025.png AP Photo David Dayen Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya have been illegally terminated. It’s a bid to centralize executive power. /power/2025-03-18-trump-tries-to-fire-lina-khan-lieutenants-ftc-alvaro-bedoya-rebecca-kelly-slaughter/ /power/2025-03-18-trump-tries-to-fire-lina-khan-lieutenants-ftc-alvaro-bedoya-rebecca-kelly-slaughter/ Tue, 18 Mar 2025 22:45:00 -0000 AP19128629341703.jpg Susan Walsh/AP Photo David Dayen The GENIUS Act is the first pro-crypto bill Republicans want to rush through this Congress. Thanks to industry money, several Democrats are ignoring the bill’s major problems. /power/2025-03-10-some-democrats-endorse-bill-allowing-elon-musk-create-own-currency/ /power/2025-03-10-some-democrats-endorse-bill-allowing-elon-musk-create-own-currency/ Mon, 10 Mar 2025 09:30:00 -0000 Dayen-Crypto Musk 031025.jpg Dominika Zarzycka/SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP Images David Dayen His Starlink internet service could benefit from a proposed Republican fire sale of the government’s wireless spectrum. /power/2025-03-05-elon-musks-next-potential-self-enrichment/ /power/2025-03-05-elon-musks-next-potential-self-enrichment/ Wed, 05 Mar 2025 10:15:00 -0000 Dayen-Musk Starlink 030525.jpg Matt Rourke/AP Photo David Dayen Elon Musk and other Big Tech CEOs want to manage your money without any regulatory protections. /power/2025-02-26-cfpb-shutdown-entirely-about-payment-apps/ /power/2025-02-26-cfpb-shutdown-entirely-about-payment-apps/ Wed, 26 Feb 2025 10:00:00 -0000 Dayen-CFPB payment apps 022625.jpg Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via AP Daniel Boguslaw A House committee has detailed why Alibaba could be a national-security threat. The New Jersey Problem Solver sees it as an investment opportunity. /power/2025-02-21-gottheimer-tiktok-ban-chinese-alibaba-stock/ /power/2025-02-21-gottheimer-tiktok-ban-chinese-alibaba-stock/ Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:00:00 -0000 Boguslaw-Gottheimer 022125.jpg Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto via AP David Dayen The budget director and acting head of the CFPB also tried to defund the agency, but found it was already funded through the fiscal year. /power/2025-02-09-vought-stops-cfpb-from-functioning-with-illegal-order/ /power/2025-02-09-vought-stops-cfpb-from-functioning-with-illegal-order/ Sun, 09 Feb 2025 16:45:00 -0000 AP25039821474412.jpg Aashish Kiphayet/NurPhoto via AP Maureen Tkacik If Tom Krause is looking for government waste, ‘he should look in the mirror,’ says an ex-employee. /power/2025-02-06-private-equity-hatchet-man-leading-lost-boys-of-doge/ /power/2025-02-06-private-equity-hatchet-man-leading-lost-boys-of-doge/ Thu, 06 Feb 2025 21:00:00 -0000 Tkacik-Tom Krause 020625.png David Dayen Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong’s biotech firm is preparing three applications needing approval from the Food and Drug Administration. /power/2025-02-05-la-times-owner-financial-motivations-boosting-rfk-jr/ /power/2025-02-05-la-times-owner-financial-motivations-boosting-rfk-jr/ Wed, 05 Feb 2025 19:30:00 -0000 Dayen-Soon-Shiong-RFK 020525.jpg Rod Lamkey/AP Photo Toni Aguilar Rosenthal Wealthy oil and gas interests getting politicians to do their bidding: coming to a federal government near you. /power/2025-01-29-texas-model/ /power/2025-01-29-texas-model/ Wed, 29 Jan 2025 10:00:00 -0000 RDP 012925.jpg John L. Mone/AP Photo Gabrielle Gurley In a major triumph for civic activists, the billionaire owners of the city’s NBA team backed out of an arena project that had been approved for the neighborhood. /power/2025-01-16-philadelphias-chinatown-is-victorious/ /power/2025-01-16-philadelphias-chinatown-is-victorious/ Thu, 16 Jan 2025 10:15:00 -0000 Gurley-Philly arena 011625.jpg Jose F. Moreno/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP Nikolas Guggenberger Francesca Procaccini One monopoly company should not have the power to decree which speech is permissible and which isn’t. /power/2025-01-15-zuckerberg-proves-meta-is-too-big/ /power/2025-01-15-zuckerberg-proves-meta-is-too-big/ Wed, 15 Jan 2025 10:00:00 -0000 Guggenberger-Procaccini-Meta 011525.jpg Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via AP Harold Meyerson Each age’s premier industrialist has had appalling politics. /power/2025-01-06-ford-musk-made-cars-backed-fascists/ /power/2025-01-06-ford-musk-made-cars-backed-fascists/ Mon, 06 Jan 2025 10:30:00 -0000 Meyerson-Musk and Ford 010625.jpg Patrick Pleul/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Ryan Cooper One tiny company has the bloated Facebook empire scrambling to respond. /power/2025-01-06-bluesky-proves-stagnant-monopolies-strangling-internet/ /power/2025-01-06-bluesky-proves-stagnant-monopolies-strangling-internet/ Mon, 06 Jan 2025 10:15:00 -0000 Cooper-Bluesky 010625.jpg Matteo Della Torre/NurPhoto via AP David Dayen A controversial policy would effectively charge sellers when Amazon’s logistics team loses or damages their goods. It could enable Amazon to undercut rivals with its own brands. /power/2025-01-03-amazons-latest-seller-squeeze/ /power/2025-01-03-amazons-latest-seller-squeeze/ Fri, 03 Jan 2025 10:00:00 -0000 Dayen-Amazon 010325.jpg Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via AP Robert Kuttner Co-editor Robert Kuttner’s Best of 2024 /power/2024-12-31-kuttner-best-of-2024/ /power/2024-12-31-kuttner-best-of-2024/ Tue, 31 Dec 2024 10:30:00 -0000 Kuttner-Best of 2024.jpg Illustration by Richard Borge Luke Goldstein Writing fellow Luke Goldstein’s Best of 2024 /power/2024-12-31-goldstein-best-of-2024/ /power/2024-12-31-goldstein-best-of-2024/ Tue, 31 Dec 2024 10:15:00 -0000 Goldstein-Best of 2024.jpg Illustration by Jan Buchczik