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2026-11-04T05:11:19Z

MSNOW says Collins has conceded to Troy Jackson.

That was a special election in Florida to fill out Rubio's ...

2026-11-04T01:37:05Z

That was a special election in Florida to fill out Rubio's seat, Nixon can keep organizing and run against Moody again in 2028

Moskowitz wins as well. Pia Dandiya likely to win in FL-22. ...

2026-11-04T01:08:35Z

Moskowitz wins as well. Pia Dandiya likely to win in FL-22. Darren Soto up and is a lean favorite to win.
0-4 for Meatball Ron.

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Dummymander #1: secured.
Very possible that Florida goes 0 for 4.

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Dummymander #1: secured. Very possible that Florida goes 0 for 4. ...

2026-11-04T00:57:43Z

Dummymander #1: secured.
Very possible that Florida goes 0 for 4.

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A top Trump labor official responsible for protecting workers’ ...

2026-11-03T15:16:07Z

A top Trump labor official responsible for protecting workers’ rights and transparency in labor-management relations failed to disclose more than $750,000 in compensation for her and her husband from anti-union groups when President Trump appointed her to the position last year.
Read more below:

[Anti-Union Crusader Tilts Labo...](https://prospect.org/2026/11/03/anti-union-crusader-labor-department-big-business-elisabeth-messenger-trump/ )

Two and a half years ago, we wrote about how Dollar General would ...

2026-10-30T13:54:13Z

Two and a half years ago, we wrote about how Dollar General would simply charge people more than what was on the price tag. ([prospect.org/2024/01/19/2...](https://prospect.org/2024/01/19/2024-01-19-dollar-general-overcharges-customers-lawsuit/ )) This week the FTC and 20 states sued Dollar General for just that activity. ([www.ftc.gov/news-events/...](https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/10/ftc-state-partners-sue-dollar-general-charging-consumers-more-advertised-many-products ))

Some cities it's just not worth fucking with ...

2026-10-23T15:57:19Z

Some cities it's just not worth fucking with
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The thing you have to account for with stories like this is that ...

2026-10-08T15:22:24Z

The thing you have to account for with stories like this is that the people who are loudest about needing more money for TV ads are the consultants who do media placement and therefore get rich when there's more money for TV ads.
[www.politico.com/news/2026/10...](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/08/senate-democrat-money-kansas-mississippi-florida-01111430 )

[Democrats spy a red-state open...](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/08/senate-democrat-money-kansas-mississippi-florida-01111430 )

The Senate spent its final days before the election eliminating ...

2026-09-29T19:34:04Z

The Senate spent its final days before the election eliminating labor rights for a subset of workers who are disproportionately young Black men. For the win!
Here's a rundown of the Protect College Sports Act, which mostly restores the NCAA cartel to limit athlete compensation:

[Union Busting Comes to Campus ...](https://prospect.org/2026/09/29/union-busting-comes-to-campus-congress-protect-college-sports-act/ )

The worst part of Bonta caving on the Paramount merger is that ...

2026-09-21T15:25:59Z

The worst part of Bonta caving on the Paramount merger is that it's a big flashing signal to every other company that there is no antitrust enforcement in America and you can bully your way into getting whatever you want. It's a monumentally bad decision.

This week's spectacular blowback on Ed Sheeran for dropping ...

2026-09-19T12:46:48Z

This week's spectacular blowback on Ed Sheeran for dropping Macklemore from his tour began as a show of power from a public spaces monopoly, composed of NFL owners & entities of & around Live Nation. But at the end of the day, the fans fill the seats, & they've rejected this modern McCarthyism.

[Macklemore vs. Everybody - The...](https://prospect.org/2026/09/19/macklemore-ed-sheeran-palestine-israel-nfl-live-nation/ )

It's Monday, so a deeply compromised Kirsten Gillibrand is ...

2026-09-14T22:16:35Z

It's Monday, so a deeply compromised Kirsten Gillibrand is trying to enable Trump fraud
[www.politico.com/live-updates...](https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/09/14/congress/gillibrand-privately-urges-dems-to-advance-crypto-bill-01075514 )

[Gillibrand privately urges Dem...](https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/09/14/congress/gillibrand-privately-urges-dems-to-advance-crypto-bill-01075514 )

If you add the increased cost of energy from the Iran war, the ...

2026-09-11T13:23:58Z

If you add the increased cost of energy from the Iran war, the increased cost of products from tariffs, and the increased interest rate cost from these inflationary moves, Trump's term will surely cost every American more than the $5,000 check he won't be giving us. ryan cooper (npub1r56…jt3u) did the math.

[Trump’s Disastrous Reign Will ...](https://prospect.org/2026/09/11/trump-disastrous-reign-will-cost-you-more-than-5000-iran-war/ )

For more than a decade, Congress has passed laws to rein in Wall ...

2026-09-03T13:55:30Z

For more than a decade, Congress has passed laws to rein in Wall Street, and the Federal Reserve has just ignored them. It's a fourth branch of government playing by its own rules, and we don't talk about it enough. Carter Dougherty has the story.
[prospect.org/2026/09/03/f...](https://prospect.org/2026/09/03/federal-reserve-lawless-trump-wall-street-dodd-frank/ )

[The Lawless Fed - The American...](https://prospect.org/2026/09/03/federal-reserve-lawless-trump-wall-street-dodd-frank/ )

Two times, judges have found Google to be a monopolist in ...

2026-09-03T13:28:17Z

Two times, judges have found Google to be a monopolist in different business lines.
Two times, the same judges have decided not to break up the company as a result.
The courts have effectively rewritten the law through their cowardice and caution.
From me:
[prospect.org/2026/09/03/a...](https://prospect.org/2026/09/03/another-monopoly-allowed-stand-google-adtech/ )

[Another Monopoly Allowed to St...](https://prospect.org/2026/09/03/another-monopoly-allowed-stand-google-adtech/ )

To Kill a Mockingbird but instead of Tom Robinson on trial ...

2026-08-29T01:45:22Z

To Kill a Mockingbird but instead of Tom Robinson on trial it's Tim Robinson

NEW: a vice chair of VoteVets, which has spent millions to boost ...

2026-08-20T13:38:53Z

NEW: a vice chair of VoteVets, which has spent millions to boost establishment-friendly candidates in elections this year, also operates a front group for the credit card industry, which is fighting to keep merchant fees high.
Co-pubbed with [@thelever.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:og7xun2inm4dzexxjg2iptym ).
[prospect.org/2026/08/20/c...](https://prospect.org/2026/08/20/credit-card-operative-helping-shape-democratic-primaries-peter-kauffmann/ )

[The Credit Card Operative Help...](https://prospect.org/2026/08/20/credit-card-operative-helping-shape-democratic-primaries-peter-kauffmann/ )

Theo Baker's book about Stanford is a deep dive into power ...

2026-08-12T14:12:33Z

Theo Baker's book about Stanford is a deep dive into power and money in American life. Helaine Olen writes in her review that "We need more dispatches from inside this bubble, but few are willing to pierce it and give us a glimpse."
[prospect.org/2026/08/12/a...](https://prospect.org/2026/08/12/aug-2026-world-from-the-inside-baker-review/ )

[A World From the Inside - The ...](https://prospect.org/2026/08/12/aug-2026-world-from-the-inside-baker-review/ )

Yesterday Mayor Mamdani endorsed a bill to force Amazon to employ ...

2026-08-11T18:50:56Z

Yesterday Mayor Mamdani endorsed a bill to force Amazon to employ its own delivery drivers, rather than outsource the work to subcontractors. The Prospect can report that Amazon's lead lobbyist on that bill is Chuck Schumer's daughter Jessica.
[prospect.org/2026/08/11/m...](https://prospect.org/2026/08/11/mamdani-schumer-lobbying-new-york-city-council-amazon-delivery-drivers/ )

[Mamdani’s Taking On Amazon. Hi...](https://prospect.org/2026/08/11/mamdani-schumer-lobbying-new-york-city-council-amazon-delivery-drivers/ )

These stickers all over the neighborhood suddenly ...

2026-08-09T01:42:30Z

These stickers all over the neighborhood suddenly
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Republicans are as usual trying to other-ize Abdul El-Sayed, and ...

2026-08-06T13:45:12Z

Republicans are as usual trying to other-ize Abdul El-Sayed, and his performance in the primary suggests the way to do that is through a relentless attention to dismantling Donald Trump's disastrous economy, writes Harold Meyerson.
[prospect.org/2026/08/06/e...](https://prospect.org/2026/08/06/el-sayeds-challenge-overcoming-otherness-michigan-democrats/ )

[El-Sayed’s Challenge: Overcomi...](https://prospect.org/2026/08/06/el-sayeds-challenge-overcoming-otherness-michigan-democrats/ )

When she was studying Ida Wells for a Prospect Patriots profile, ...

2026-08-01T14:11:36Z

When she was studying Ida Wells for a Prospect Patriots profile, Naomi Bethune learned about Hubert Harrison, a civil rights activist from the same era who gets almost no attention. She talked to his biographer for this Q&A.
[prospect.org/2026/08/01/h...](https://prospect.org/2026/08/01/hubert-harrison-civil-rights-activist-brian-kwoba/ )

[Hubert Harrison, the Greatest ...](https://prospect.org/2026/08/01/hubert-harrison-civil-rights-activist-brian-kwoba/ )

You're not going to believe this but Gavin Newsom is taking ...

2026-07-31T18:32:44Z

You're not going to believe this but Gavin Newsom is taking the side of capital over workers.
In this case it's tricky because he's backing the very MAGA allies his cosplaying X account claims he's fighting.
[www.wsj.com/business/med...](https://www.wsj.com/business/media/newsom-expresses-concerns-about-state-antitrust-suit-against-paramount-1bc20411?st=Rf6kyt )

[Exclusive | Newsom Expresses C...](https://www.wsj.com/business/media/newsom-expresses-concerns-about-state-antitrust-suit-against-paramount-1bc20411?st=Rf6kyt )

Our Prospect Patriot of the day is Ida Tarbell, the great ...

2026-07-31T13:55:40Z

Our Prospect Patriot of the day is Ida Tarbell, the great muckraker who exposed the dastardliness of John Rockefeller's Standard Oil, the company that ruined her father's life.
She was concerned with understanding not just how the world worked, but for whom.
[prospect.org/2026/07/31/i...](https://prospect.org/2026/07/31/ida-tarbell-journalist-who-took-down-rockefeller/ )

[Ida Tarbell: The Journalist Wh...](https://prospect.org/2026/07/31/ida-tarbell-journalist-who-took-down-rockefeller/ )

I don't know how you look at everything Trump's been ...

2026-07-28T15:39:15Z

I don't know how you look at everything Trump's been doing to mess with the election and think anything other than that he's trying to rig it. But whether he will succeed is a different matter, as Bob Kuttner reports.
[prospect.org/2026/07/28/t...](https://prospect.org/2026/07/28/trump-attempt-coup-january-6-election-republican-congress/ )

[Yes, Trump Will Attempt a Coup...](https://prospect.org/2026/07/28/trump-attempt-coup-january-6-election-republican-congress/ )

Why aren't we having more fun with this? ...

2026-07-27T21:37:47Z

Why aren't we having more fun with this?
[www.cnbc.com/2026/07/27/s...](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/27/spacex-has-now-lost-the-equivalent-of-a-full-tesla-in-market-capitalization.html )

[SpaceX has now lost the equiva...](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/27/spacex-has-now-lost-the-equivalent-of-a-full-tesla-in-market-capitalization.html )

Income from investment—the primary source of income for roughly ...

2026-07-21T17:32:16Z

Income from investment—the primary source of income for roughly 1 percent of Americans—is soaring. The remaining 99 percent, who depend primarily on income from work, are struggling. Harold Meyerson writes about what it would take to change this.
[prospect.org/2026/07/21/g...](https://prospect.org/2026/07/21/great-economy-unless-you-have-to-work-wages-productivity-investment-income/ )

[A Great Economy Unless You Hav...](https://prospect.org/2026/07/21/great-economy-unless-you-have-to-work-wages-productivity-investment-income/ )

I'm getting the impression that government might just matter, ...

2026-07-16T13:34:35Z

I'm getting the impression that government might just matter, and cutting back on things like food safety while bulking up military and paramilitary forces might have negative consequences. ryan cooper (npub1r56…jt3u) feels the same way:
[prospect.org/2026/07/16/h...](https://prospect.org/2026/07/16/how-donald-trump-created-worst-diarrhea-outbreak-cyclosporiasis-food-safety/ )

[How Donald Trump Created the W...](https://prospect.org/2026/07/16/how-donald-trump-created-worst-diarrhea-outbreak-cyclosporiasis-food-safety/ )

Every story about the Debbie Wasserman Schultz race is both ...

2026-07-15T14:09:08Z

Every story about the Debbie Wasserman Schultz race is both funnier and more infuriating than the last one
[bocanewsnow.com/2026/07/13/r...](https://bocanewsnow.com/2026/07/13/rep-wasserman-schultz-caught-lying-about-endorsements/ )
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It's becoming the case that it costs more for a business to ...

2026-07-08T14:45:19Z

It's becoming the case that it costs more for a business to deploy AI and fire human workers than it does to keep the human workers around. That could be an economic death knell for the whole technology. From me.
[prospect.org/2026/07/08/g...](https://prospect.org/2026/07/08/great-ai-repricing-isnt-going-well/ )

[The Great AI Repricing Isn’t G...](https://prospect.org/2026/07/08/great-ai-repricing-isnt-going-well/ )

Kirsten Gillibrand's son, right out of college, getting a ...

2026-07-08T14:27:17Z

Kirsten Gillibrand's son, right out of college, getting a $300 million valuation on his "trade stocks as derivatives" company is a particularly ugly payoff for the Senator's stalwart crypto support, writes our friends at [@revolvingdoordc.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:3vzhanurfpgaetnf57lc4oe6 ).
[prospect.org/2026/07/08/n...](https://prospect.org/2026/07/08/not-all-nepo-babies-are-trumps-sen-gillibrand-son/ )

[Not All Nepo Babies Are Trumps...](https://prospect.org/2026/07/08/not-all-nepo-babies-are-trumps-sen-gillibrand-son/ )

I wrote up my lighthouse primary idea. The best and most ...

2026-07-07T02:22:40Z

I wrote up my lighthouse primary idea. The best and most transparent way to get a Democratic nominee in Maine that is acceptable to the most voters with the least amount of grumbling is through a statewide caucus.
[prospect.org/2026/07/06/m...](https://prospect.org/2026/07/06/maine-needs-lighthouse-primary-graham-platner-senate-susan-collins/ )

[Maine Needs a Lighthouse Prima...](https://prospect.org/2026/07/06/maine-needs-lighthouse-primary-graham-platner-senate-susan-collins/ )

Murmurings that the Maine Dem party is planning a state ...

2026-07-07T00:24:18Z

Murmurings that the Maine Dem party is planning a state convention if Platner drops out for a replacement candidate, where delegates select the nominee.
That's better than an opaque announcement. It's a tick worse than a statewide caucus.

It is very America circa 2026 to have two America's birthday ...

2026-07-03T14:41:21Z

It is very America circa 2026 to have two America's birthday celebrations, one that is privately funded by military contractors and is stealing the money meant for the other one. Brett Heinz reports on the Freedom 250 surge and how America250 was left behind.
[prospect.org/2026/07/03/w...](https://prospect.org/2026/07/03/who-is-running-americas-250th-anniversary/ )

[Who Is Running America’s 250th...](https://prospect.org/2026/07/03/who-is-running-americas-250th-anniversary/ )

Chris Hughes did a really great consideration of Alan Greenspan ...

2026-06-24T13:26:37Z

Chris Hughes did a really great consideration of Alan Greenspan for us. The obits all say he was a libertarian who left the market to its own devises. No! He deliberately used government to reward financial innovation—and then used bailouts when it falled. This set the stage for financial crisis.

[Greenspan Was the Creator of H...](https://prospect.org/2026/06/24/alan-greenspan-creator-of-his-own-disaster/ )

Fox's purchase of Roku gives them a landing spot if cable ...

2026-06-16T13:45:48Z

Fox's purchase of Roku gives them a landing spot if cable implodes (as I expect), and could easily be weaponized to restrict competition, surveil on viewers and widen its conservative news dominance. Don't sleep on this.
From me:
prospect.org/2026/06/16/f...

[Fox Solves Its ‘Death of Cable...](https://prospect.org/2026/06/16/fox-solves-death-of-cable-problem-by-buying-modern-cable-box-roku/ )

Great breakdown from Bob Kuttner on all the ways the market could ...

2026-06-09T15:33:53Z

Great breakdown from Bob Kuttner on all the ways the market could choke, starting first and foremost with a possible reckoning for the AI business model. Regardless of its utility as a technology, it may be a case of too many costs and not enough revenues.
[prospect.org/2026/06/09/m...](https://prospect.org/2026/06/09/market-bubble-led-by-ai/ )

[A Market Bubble Led by AI - Th...](https://prospect.org/2026/06/09/market-bubble-led-by-ai/ )

I'd say 90% booing of Trump at MSG... during the National ...

2026-06-09T00:38:06Z

I'd say 90% booing of Trump at MSG... during the National Anthem

BlackRock is poised to buy a major power utility in Indiana, ...

2026-06-05T14:19:33Z

BlackRock is poised to buy a major power utility in Indiana, & state law gives no authority to Indiana's rate-setting commission to reject takeover deals.
The utility already struggles with a broken billing system that charged one customer $10,521.42 for power to a home she already sold.

[Indiana’s Private Equity Power...](https://prospect.org/2026/06/05/jun-2026-indianas-private-equity-power-play/ )

Immigrant detainees at Delaney Hall ICE prison in Newark, NJ have ...

2026-05-28T15:47:30Z

Immigrant detainees at Delaney Hall ICE prison in Newark, NJ have been forced to cook, clean, & repair the facility for as little as $1/day and sometimes for free. They are on a hunger & labor strike; protesters outside have been tear-gassed. Here's our report, including a quote from a detainee:

[Delaney Hall ICE Detainees Tak...](https://prospect.org/2026/05/28/delaney-hall-ice-detainees-take-aim-at-geo-groups-bottom-line/ )

There's a long-shot idea out there to use the Civil War-era ...

2026-05-27T13:30:14Z

There's a long-shot idea out there to use the Civil War-era False Claims Act (which any American can do) to sue anyone who accepts money from the "anti-weaponization" slush fund. There are treble damages for violations, which could make recipients and even overseers think twice. From me:

[Trump’s Slush Fund Could End U...](https://prospect.org/2026/05/27/trumps-slush-fund-could-end-up-costing-recipients-billions/ )

new idea: no regular season, every year the Spurs and OKC play a ...

2026-05-19T03:42:06Z

new idea: no regular season, every year the Spurs and OKC play a best of 7 game series 7 times, winner takes the championship until Wemby turns 35

BREAKING: Mayor ...

2026-05-12T17:33:21Z

BREAKING: Mayor [@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:j5hrotody26iqi24hcusufxu ) has announced a balanced budget with no cuts to essential services, no property tax increases, $4 billion more from the state government, and a new tax hike on the ultra-wealthy.
[prospect.org/2026/05/12/m...](https://prospect.org/2026/05/12/mamdani-announces-balanced-budget-without-cuts/ )

[Mamdani Announces Balanced Bud...](https://prospect.org/2026/05/12/mamdani-announces-balanced-budget-without-cuts/ )

Piracy? I want in! ...

2026-04-08T13:13:08Z

Piracy? I want in!
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ICYMI we have a full roundup of last night's outcomes in the ...

2026-03-18T13:24:06Z

ICYMI we have a full roundup of last night's outcomes in the Illinois midterm primary: the winners, the losers, the big money that dominated the scene. [@emmarjanssen.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:ttz3ziydhzzy2xrw4ocin7oj ) has that story.
[prospect.org/2026/03/18/s...](https://prospect.org/2026/03/18/special-interest-super-pacs-underperform-illinois-democratic-primary-stratton-biss-miller-bean-ford/ )

[Special-Interest Super PACs Un...](https://prospect.org/2026/03/18/special-interest-super-pacs-underperform-illinois-democratic-primary-stratton-biss-miller-bean-ford/ )

Lots of rumblings that the Trump administration will intervene to ...

2026-02-19T14:53:13Z

Lots of rumblings that the Trump administration will intervene to block the Netflix-Warner Bros merger, & pave the way for a Paramount takeover that would include CNN, a further corruption of broadcast news. But state AGs have the power to stop this, if they act fast.
[prospect.org/2026/02/19/t...](https://prospect.org/2026/02/19/trump-warner-bros-netflix-paramount-cnn-hbo-stephen-colbert/ )

[The Wild Card in Trump’s Attem...](https://prospect.org/2026/02/19/trump-warner-bros-netflix-paramount-cnn-hbo-stephen-colbert/ )

Bad Bunny, fresh off the Grammys, takes the giant stage of the ...

2026-02-06T14:44:30Z

Bad Bunny, fresh off the Grammys, takes the giant stage of the Super Bowl halftime show this weekend. The NFL assures that there won't be a political message, but Bad Bunny is inherently political: his music is a reflection of Puerto Rico's colonial state and recent tragedies, James Baratta writes:

[Bad Bunny Bowl - The American ...](https://prospect.org/2026/02/06/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-puerto-rico/ )

The Bondi Beach massacre would have been much worse without ...

2025-12-17T14:49:10Z

The Bondi Beach massacre would have been much worse without Australia's gun laws that forced the assailants to have to use a bolt-action rifle, writes ryan cooper (npub1r56…jt3u).
[prospect.org/2025/12/17/a...](https://prospect.org/2025/12/17/australia-proves-gun-control-works/ )

[Australia Proves Gun Control W...](https://prospect.org/2025/12/17/australia-proves-gun-control-works/ )

I remember writing years ago about a then-new initiative by ...

2025-12-17T14:15:59Z

I remember writing years ago about a then-new initiative by Amazon to disrupt local government procurement of things like office and school supplies. Turns out Amazon's become very popular with school districts, and it's using dynamic pricing to rip those schools off.
[prospect.org/2025/12/17/a...](https://prospect.org/2025/12/17/amazon-conning-school-districts-out-of-millions/ )

[Amazon Has Been Conning School...](https://prospect.org/2025/12/17/amazon-conning-school-districts-out-of-millions/ )

What was the movie of 2025? According to our critic A.A. Dowd, it ...

2025-12-11T15:04:48Z

What was the movie of 2025? According to our critic A.A. Dowd, it was Sinners and it's not even close. Yet Hollywood's power brokers tried to downplay it, maybe because Black directors and stars are still considered "risky" bets in the movie biz, against all evidence.
[prospect.org/2025/12/11/s...](https://prospect.org/2025/12/11/sinners-hit-hollywood-didnt-want/ )

[The Hit Hollywood Didn’t Want ...](https://prospect.org/2025/12/11/sinners-hit-hollywood-didnt-want/ )

We review Tim Wu's The Age of Extraction, about how ...

2025-12-10T15:06:41Z

We review Tim Wu's The Age of Extraction, about how everything online has been designed to take from us. From Rhoda Feng, who writes that "In the digital age, the tollbooth has been reborn in algorithmic form."
[prospect.org/2025/12/10/i...](https://prospect.org/2025/12/10/internets-tollbooth-operators-wu-review/ )

[The Internet’s Tollbooth Opera...](https://prospect.org/2025/12/10/internets-tollbooth-operators-wu-review/ )

Seven straight Warner Bros. pictures earned over $40 million on ...

2025-12-10T14:47:31Z

Seven straight Warner Bros. pictures earned over $40 million on their opening weekends. Warner Bros. led the Golden Globes noms. It's having one of the best years critically and financially in its history.
Why is it auctioning itself off?
The answer explains a lot about the modern economy.

[Why Is Warner Bros. for Sale a...](https://prospect.org/2025/12/10/why-is-warner-bros-for-sale-at-all/ )

Instacart prices vary by 20% or more depending on the customer, ...

2025-12-09T14:06:55Z

Instacart prices vary by 20% or more depending on the customer, despite buying the same item from the same store at the same time.
Instacart admits that customers are subject to "pricing tests."
Surveillance pricing is so much more pervasive than we know.
[www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/business/instacart-algorithmic-pricing.html )

[Same Product, Same Store, but ...](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/business/instacart-algorithmic-pricing.html )

Here's who has come out against the Netflix/Warner Bros. ...

2025-12-06T16:00:37Z

Here's who has come out against the Netflix/Warner Bros. deal:
-Writers Guild
-Directors Guild
-SAG-AFTRA
-documentary filmmakers
-theater owners
So all of Hollywood.
They aren't opposing this because they secretly want a Paramount merger, it's because the deal will harm their livelihoods.

The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl ...

2025-11-29T16:47:36Z

The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set

"This column presents empirical evidence that inflation is ...

2025-11-26T19:29:25Z

"This column presents empirical evidence that inflation is highly granular – it is significantly influenced by the prices set by a small number of large firms"
Oh.
[cepr.org/voxeu/column...](https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/granular-origins-inflation )

[The granular origins of inflat...](https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/granular-origins-inflation )

We're not really talking enough about how the tariff ...

2025-11-16T23:38:04Z

We're not really talking enough about how the tariff reversals on fruits and nuts and spices is an admission by Trump that his entire economic program is a miserable failure.
[www.axios.com/2025/11/15/t...](https://www.axios.com/2025/11/15/trump-tariffs-grocery-prices )

[Tariff relief at the grocery s...](https://www.axios.com/2025/11/15/trump-tariffs-grocery-prices )

Bob Kuttner's latest on the shutdown is brutal on the Senate ...

2025-11-10T15:57:55Z

Bob Kuttner's latest on the shutdown is brutal on the Senate Cave Caucus. He also has some reporting on the House, where nearly all Democrats will oppose this and maximize pressure on Mike Johnson to find the votes.
[prospect.org/2025/11/10/d...](https://prospect.org/2025/11/10/democrats-get-rolled-by-their-own/ )

[Democrats Get Rolled by Their ...](https://prospect.org/2025/11/10/democrats-get-rolled-by-their-own/ )

Cave bill text is out ...

2025-11-09T23:43:41Z

Cave bill text is out
[www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...](https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/continuing_appropriations_act_2026_bill_text.pdf )

[appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/...](https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/continuing_appropriations_act_2026_bill_text.pdf )

SCOOP: Schumer was more involved than reported with the attempted ...

2025-11-08T22:30:32Z

SCOOP: Schumer was more involved than reported with the attempted cave on the government shutdown. The Gang of 8 Senate Dems had his approval & he was getting daily updates.
In Thursday's caucus meeting, the Gang claimed they had 10 votes to cave. The caucus went nuts, leading to the new proposal.

[Why Does Schumer Keep Trying t...](https://prospect.org/2025/11/08/why-does-schumer-keep-trying-to-cave-government-shutdown/ )

Two 18-inning World Series games, 2018 and 2023. This never ...

2025-10-28T06:46:08Z

Two 18-inning World Series games, 2018 and 2023.
This never happened in Biden's America

Trump loses some of his power if he's seen as a lame duck. He ...

2025-10-27T22:52:41Z

Trump loses some of his power if he's seen as a lame duck. He wants to be a first-term president in his second term so nobody will tune him out. That's the third-term talk in a nutshell.

This is something, a 2026 Montana ballot measure would prevent ...

2025-10-27T14:02:48Z

This is something, a 2026 Montana ballot measure would prevent state-chartered corporations from campaign spending, and would force out-of-state corporations doing business in Montana to abide by the restrictions. Harold Meyerson explains Montana's anti-corporate history & the potential of this law:

[Montanans Go After ‘Citizens U...](https://prospect.org/2025/10/27/montanans-go-after-citizens-united/ )

Look, I just don't care about defending random candidates and ...

2025-10-27T13:35:18Z

Look, I just don't care about defending random candidates and I don't care about destroying them. The point of politics is to improve people's lives, and for those not actually in legislatures, the most productive activity is to change the ground politicians feel comfortable standing on.

[Politicians Aren’t Heroes - Th...](https://prospect.org/2025/10/27/politicians-arent-heroes/ )

California is readying a one-time 5% tax on billionaires for the ...

2025-10-23T14:33:07Z

California is readying a one-time 5% tax on billionaires for the 2026 ballot that would go toward compensating for Trump's Medicaid cuts. The architects see it as a national model.
It will be announced today.

I didn't have "we need to explain the Law of the Sea" ...

2025-10-23T14:09:30Z

I didn't have "we need to explain the Law of the Sea" on my 2025 bingo card, but ryan cooper (npub1r56…jt3u) does his duty in breaking down Trump's summary executions of random fishermen.
[prospect.org/2025/10/23/p...](https://prospect.org/2025/10/23/pirate-lord-donald-trump/ )

[The Pirate Lord Donald Trump -...](https://prospect.org/2025/10/23/pirate-lord-donald-trump/ )

Our story so far: Trump orders minions to destroy the Capitol on ...

2025-10-22T17:35:10Z

Our story so far:
Trump orders minions to destroy the Capitol on Jan 6.
He's banned from YouTube.
He returns to the White House.
He sues YouTube for banning him.
They settle for $22 million.
That money is used by Trump to destroy the East Wing
[www.cnbc.com/2025/10/22/t...](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/22/trump-white-house-ballroom-east-wing-demolition-youtube.html?taid=68f90036808f32000109516b )

[Trump White House East Wing ba...](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/22/trump-white-house-ballroom-east-wing-demolition-youtube.html?taid=68f90036808f32000109516b )

I was pleased to be asked to participate in TPM's 25th ...

2025-10-17T14:29:13Z

I was pleased to be asked to participate in TPM's 25th anniversary.
My story is about paywalls and the privatization of news. The average news consumer today has more available to read than at any time in human history, yet less ability to understand what’s really going on.

[DC’s Access Journalists Turned...](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/dcs-access-journalists-turned-the-news-into-a-luxury-good )

Nvidia is paying OpenAI to buy Nvidia chips. The money is going ...

2025-10-15T13:57:22Z

Nvidia is paying OpenAI to buy Nvidia chips. The money is going out of one pocket and into another.
This "vendor financing" is what has analysts concerned about AI reaching bubble territory. Bryan McMahon explains what's going on.
[prospect.org/power/2025-1...](https://prospect.org/power/2025-10-15-nvidia-openai-ai-oracle-chips/ )

[The AI Ouroboros](https://prospect.org/power/2025-10-15-nvidia-openai-ai-oracle-chips/ )

So this is funny. The administration just issued a rule slashing ...

2025-10-08T13:11:04Z

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

[Trump Labor Department Says Hi...](https://prospect.org/politics/trump-labor-department-immigration-ICE-food-crisis/ )

Super-interesting episode of our Organized Money podcast here. ...

2025-10-02T15:33:40Z

Super-interesting episode of our Organized Money podcast here.
The US is bailing out Argentina & MAGA pal Javier Milei. But Argentina is the main competitor for soybean exports to China, so the bailout is hurting US farmers. America First!
Matias Vernengo & Rohit Chopra are our guests.

[The Very Weird Farmer Revolt A...](https://www.organizedmoney.fm/p/the-very-weird-farmer-revolt-against?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3134908&post_id=175115986&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=7klov&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email )

An under-the-radar but huge story: in less than 2 weeks, ...

2025-10-02T13:50:50Z

An under-the-radar but huge story: in less than 2 weeks, Microsoft plans to end support for the Windows 10 operating system, which is currently used on 42% (!) of all PCs globally. Over 400 million computers will be vulnerable to hacks or destined for the dump if users don't pay up.

[Microsoft Is Abandoning Window...](https://prospect.org/power/2025-10-02-microsoft-abandoning-windows-10-hackers-celebrating/ )

See this is very sharp, but it's the kind of thing that ...

2025-09-18T15:10:39Z

See this is very sharp, but it's the kind of thing that should populate the budget bill. Any illegal impoundment should result in the immediate elimination of the presidential travel budget, for example.
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This is a magisterial look at resistance to Trump from a number ...

2025-09-16T13:37:37Z

This is a magisterial look at resistance to Trump from a number of different angles by Bob Kuttner.
Resistance in the courts, resistance to ICE, resistance in the streets, resistance at Target & Tesla showrooms, resistance from universities and law firms, and on and on. Ordinary people speaking out.

[Can Resistance Succeed?](https://prospect.org/politics/2025-09-16-trump-can-resistance-succeed/ )

Left: yesterday Right: today ...

2025-09-05T22:04:21Z

Left: yesterday
Right: today
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We've got a great story from the inimitable Moe Tkacik. ...

2025-09-05T13:30:56Z

We've got a great story from the inimitable Moe Tkacik.
It's about how MAHA found itself supporting cane sugar in Coke. It's about how a company running something akin to a slave plantation still imports to the U.S.
It's about the Fanjul family, an obscure dynasty that runs on the sweet stuff.

[Sugar Daddies](https://prospect.org/power/sugar-daddies/ )

From me: Some view Trump's 10% equity stake in Intel as ...

2025-09-04T13:46:13Z

From me: Some view Trump's 10% equity stake in Intel as "protecting" US semiconductor investment, but as [@warren.senate.gov](https://bsky.app/profile/warren.senate.gov ) explained today, Intel's own financial statements say the company now doesn't have to complete factories & can shift them overseas.
[prospect.org/economy/2025...](https://prospect.org/economy/2025-09-04-trump-deal-lets-intel-move-factories-overseas-sen-warren-equity-stake/ )

[Trump Deal Lets Intel Move Fac...](https://prospect.org/economy/2025-09-04-trump-deal-lets-intel-move-factories-overseas-sen-warren-equity-stake/ )

Holy crap, NYT let Charles Munger Jr. write an op-ed opposing the ...

2025-09-02T13:22:50Z

Holy crap, NYT let Charles Munger Jr. write an op-ed opposing the California redistricting without disclosing that he's FUNDING the opposition to the California redistricting. I have 4 mailers he paid for in my house right now and that's just the beginning.
[www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/opinion/gerrymander-democrats-california.html )

[Opinion | Do Not Re-Gerrymande...](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/opinion/gerrymander-democrats-california.html )

We've got more for you on Labor Day. More than 82 percent of ...

2025-09-01T13:53:41Z

We've got more for you on Labor Day. More than 82 percent of civilian federal workers have had their right to collectively bargain stripped in the largest act of union busting in US history. Unions are a voice from below, and their autonomy poses a threat to autocrats, Harold Meyerson writes:

[Trump Celebrates Labor Day as ...](https://prospect.org/labor/2025-09-01-trump-celebrates-labor-day-as-most-anti-union-president/ )

A man was charged with trespassing in New Haven, CT, on the very ...

2025-08-11T13:55:43Z

A man was charged with trespassing in New Haven, CT, on the very spot that the state Department of Correction had dropped him off when he finished serving a prison sentence. This is reality in a country where homelessness is criminalized, and it's getting worse, as Colleen Shaddox reports:

[When Sleeping Is a Crime](https://prospect.org/justice/2025-08-11-when-sleeping-is-crime-homelessness/ )

🚨SCOOP: A "select" number of FEMA probationary ...

2025-08-06T13:50:50Z

🚨SCOOP:
A "select" number of FEMA probationary employees have been involuntarily reassigned to ICE, effective immediately, to "assist with hiring and vetting." If the employees don't report to ICE within seven days, they are threatened with termination.
[prospect.org/labor/2025-0...](https://prospect.org/labor/2025-08-06-fema-employees-reassigned-to-ice/ )

[FEMA Employees Reassigned to I...](https://prospect.org/labor/2025-08-06-fema-employees-reassigned-to-ice/ )

The economy in Los Angeles and California is depressed. 3.1% of ...

2025-08-05T13:49:56Z

The economy in Los Angeles and California is depressed. 3.1% of the state's workforce stayed home in June. ICE raids are the clear culprit; some businesses say it's worse than COVID.
Isn't ICE responsible for that? And shouldn't they pay for the damage? A provocation from me:

[ICE Raids Broke Los Angeles’ E...](https://prospect.org/politics/2025-08-05-ice-raids-los-angeles-economy/ )

The conventional wisdom swing on non-pharmaceutical measures ...

2025-08-01T14:01:25Z

The conventional wisdom swing on non-pharmaceutical measures during COVID has tilted toward "doing nothing, like Sweden did, was good." ryan cooper (npub1r56…jt3u) puts this through the ringer: [prospect.org/health/2025-...](https://prospect.org/health/2025-08-01-covid-contrarians-are-wrong-about-sweden/ )

[COVID Contrarians Are Wrong Ab...](https://prospect.org/health/2025-08-01-covid-contrarians-are-wrong-about-sweden/ )

From me: Antitrust policy has gone from Lina Khan to dust. ...

2025-07-21T13:37:07Z

From me: Antitrust policy has gone from Lina Khan to dust. Signaling leniency on mergers has become the method to boost asset prices and keep Wall Street happy. It's a path to greater risk and inevitable crash.
[prospect.org/economy/2025...](https://prospect.org/economy/2025-07-21-deregulation-swings-pendulum-toward-financial-crash/ )

[Deregulation Swings the Pendul...](https://prospect.org/economy/2025-07-21-deregulation-swings-pendulum-toward-financial-crash/ )

Who are the contractors that built Alligator Alcatraz? -1 has an ...

2025-07-17T14:03:49Z

Who are the contractors that built Alligator Alcatraz?
-1 has an armored car subsidiary that "lost track of" Federal Reserve $$
-1 got a forest mgmt contract in Oregon & accidentally chopped down 10,000+ healthy trees
-1 was sued in an insurance fraud scheme
Moe Tkacik has the details:

[Meet the Disaster Capitalists ...](https://prospect.org/power/2025-07-17-meet-disaster-capitalists-alligator-alcatraz/ )

Remember when JD Vance & the "realignment" right were ...

2025-07-05T20:52:24Z

Remember when JD Vance & the "realignment" right were talking about increasing the child tax credit to $5000?
I assume they secured that win for America in the budget bill.
Let's check the numbers—
Oh wait it's only a $200 annual increase?
And the poorest families are still excluded from it?
No way!
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Hakeem Jeffries is still speaking but eventually Republicans are ...

2025-07-03T16:34:27Z

Hakeem Jeffries is still speaking but eventually Republicans are going to pass their megabill.
And it hasn't been discussed much, but that is going to force $500 billion in cuts to Medicare. Not just Medicaid. Medicare.
Here's why:
[prospect.org/politics/202...](https://prospect.org/politics/2025-07-03-republicans-cutting-medicare-not-only-medicaid/ )

[Republicans Are Cutting Medica...](https://prospect.org/politics/2025-07-03-republicans-cutting-medicare-not-only-medicaid/ )

C-SPAN puts up the Jeffries speech clock ...

2025-07-03T15:19:24Z

C-SPAN puts up the Jeffries speech clock
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Fortunately, Trump learned his lesson from all the legal trouble ...

2025-07-03T14:34:28Z

Fortunately, Trump learned his lesson from all the legal trouble he faced, and even though none of it led to any accountability, he moderated himself and served the people with distinction.
That I assume is ryan cooper (npub1r56…jt3u)'s point- Wait, it turns out Trump doubled down!

[Turns Out Appeasing Trump Only...](https://prospect.org/politics/2025-07-03-trump-prosecution-law-felonies-fascism/ )

If Jeffries can only keep speaking until 12:00pm ET on January 3, ...

2025-07-03T14:01:40Z

If Jeffries can only keep speaking until 12:00pm ET on January 3, 2027, we've got this

I loved making this latest episode of the Organized Money podcast ...

2025-07-02T16:11:47Z

I loved making this latest episode of the Organized Money podcast with Liz Pelly, author of Mood Machine: The Rise Of Spotify And The Cost Of The Perfect Playlist, about how Spotify changed how we listen to music and even what music gets made:
[podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-spotify-monopolized-music/id1773721991?i=1000715255506 )

[How Spotify Monopolized Music](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-spotify-monopolized-music/id1773721991?i=1000715255506 )

"If Xi Jinping were to draft an American energy policy law, ...

2025-07-02T14:28:43Z

"If Xi Jinping were to draft an American energy policy law, it’s hard to see how he would have done it differently." -@ryanlcooper.com
[prospect.org/environment/...](https://prospect.org/environment/2025-07-02-big-beautiful-bill-green-energy-climate-china/ )

[Is the Republican Party a Chin...](https://prospect.org/environment/2025-07-02-big-beautiful-bill-green-energy-climate-china/ )

The Senate version of the Big Beautiful Bill has passed, 51-50. ...

2025-07-01T16:05:32Z

The Senate version of the Big Beautiful Bill has passed, 51-50. It will have to be approved by the House. There is a House Rules Committee hearing scheduled for this today and the House will be in session tomorrow.

Johnson initially voted no on the motion to proceed. He flipped ...

2025-07-01T14:02:55Z

Johnson initially voted no on the motion to proceed.
He flipped because of a promise for an amendment for more Medicaid cuts.
The Senate didn't vote on that amendment.
Now he's a yes.
It just wasn't serious that the Senate deficit hawks (outside of Paul) would bolt. They're fakes.

A senate source says that there are 209 different amendments that ...

2025-06-29T22:01:31Z

A senate source says that there are 209 different amendments that have been filed on the Big Beautiful Bill for the "vote-a-rama." It could take hours to dispose of them all before a final vote can be called.

Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon, an organizer with the Los ...

2025-06-29T20:48:15Z

Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon, an organizer with the Los Angeles-based Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, was picked up by men in an unmarked car last Wednesday, and nobody knows where she is. She made a phone call late Friday and the information she gave is chilling:
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People immediately pivoting to slot Lander into a progressive ...

2025-06-25T10:53:24Z

People immediately pivoting to slot Lander into a progressive primary challenge are missing the implicit deal in the cross-endorsement: he's going to be deputy mayor, essentially COO of New York City. He's going to use his experience with the inner workings of government to help Mamdani deliver.

NYS Tenant Bloc out with a statement: “Tenants are the majority ...

2025-06-25T02:55:11Z

NYS Tenant Bloc out with a statement:
“Tenants are the majority in New York. Zohran Mamdani understands that and he gave us something to vote for... Tonight’s results send a clear message to landlord-backed politicians like Andrew Cuomo: your time is over."

I really enjoyed our last episode of Organized Money, about ...

2025-06-23T12:52:11Z

I really enjoyed our last episode of Organized Money, about Hollywood, the death of cable, and how streaming will completely change what entertainment looks like and how it continues as a business. Check it out at Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts.
[podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/can-hollywood-survive/id1773721991?i=1000713781525 )

[Can Hollywood Survive?](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/can-hollywood-survive/id1773721991?i=1000713781525 )

It was stupider. RE: ...

2025-06-18T19:23:00Z

It was stupider.

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