Douglas Farrar
@DouglasLFarrar
Former @FTC 🇺🇸 @carnegieendow 🌎 @aspeninstitute🌲| Opinions are mine and should be adopted by you immediately.
I talked to @JackieDeAngelis @RiggsReport & @BrianBrenberg on @TheBigMoneyShow airing on @FoxBusiness about the FTC's big win blocking the Kroger/Albertson's merger and the future of the FTC. Good conversation, some minor disagreements :) Watch!📺 foxbusiness.com/video/63659138…
As @FTC retreats from fighting subscription scams, Maine is stepping up — joining a growing wave of states passing their own click-to-cancel laws.
Silicon Valley’s bet on Trump is starting to pay off, as the White House rolls out an AI plan that boosts the industry’s agenda. w/ @hannah_natanson
Illegally fired FTC Cmr Slaughter with a very clear articulation of the value on independent agencies… “[Congress] didn’t want regulators doing shady, backroom deals without people finding out.” 👇🏻
My statement on the DC Circuit stay.
Zohran Mamdani wears a suit, doesn't curse, is positive, and talks policy nonstop.
Democrats try a new tone: Less scripted, more cursing, Trumpier insults washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…
The full episode with Lina Khan. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…
Lina Khan can hang with anyone.
This is *not* a criticism of Brian or any of these guys (who are doing the right thing!!) but more an observation & question: Where are the women? There are absolutely Democratic women leaders who can hang. Where do they go to have these convos?
I’m becoming increasingly amenable to the argument that the 2028 Dem nominee should be someone from the left side of the party (though not super far left) running on a message of progressive economic populism & radically expanded healthcare access Not necessarily further center
If you’re wondering why it’s so important Commissioner Slaughter is back, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER could have done this. Any of them. But they like that it’s hard to cancel, so they won’t. Welcome back, Commissioner! Go get em.
Excited to be heading into the office this am! Top of the to-do list: calling a vote on restoring the Click to Cancel Rule. It’s time the FTC gets back to protecting consumers from real abuses like subscription traps that cost Americans countless hours and millions of dollars.
Let’s go!!
Excited to be heading into the office this am! Top of the to-do list: calling a vote on restoring the Click to Cancel Rule. It’s time the FTC gets back to protecting consumers from real abuses like subscription traps that cost Americans countless hours and millions of dollars.
Excited to be heading into the office this am! Top of the to-do list: calling a vote on restoring the Click to Cancel Rule. It’s time the FTC gets back to protecting consumers from real abuses like subscription traps that cost Americans countless hours and millions of dollars.
Too bad the 8th circuit just abandoned Lina Khan’s click to cancel rule on a BS technicality! Y’all are gonna be stuck on hold with customer service for hours.
I’ll be introducing legislation to end the House of Representatives subscription contract with the WSJ. Americans shouldn’t be paying for disgusting and filthy rags. I have also directed my entire staff to delete their taxpayer-funded WSJ accounts.
Instead of fighting to lower costs for Americans, this @FTC is letting off the hook oil executives caught trying to collude with foreign countries to inflate how much people pay at the pump.
FTC reopens and sets aside Exxon-Pioneer final order: bit.ly/40VvKLW
Statement by reinstated FTC Commissioner @RKSlaughterFTC
BREAKING: DC judge rules Trump admin's attempt to remove @RKSlaughterFTC from her position as a commissioner did not comply with FTC Act’s removal protections, and those protections remain constitutional. Judge dismisses @BedoyaUSA claims without prejudice.
One monopoly she can't break up. 🍋 We interviewed the legendary @linamkhan, youngest FTC chair ever, about corporate control, things to be hopeful about, and Aidens hairline. Check it out on Lemonade Stand YT.
NEW: Trump asked a group of lawmakers if he should fire Jerome Powell – and people in room voiced approval, sources told @CBSNews. Several said Trump indicated he will do it. Trump has been socializing the possibility of a for-cause firing, but White House has not yet formally…