Nidhi Hegde
@nhegde
Currently @econliberties & @fightmonopolies . Opinions my own. “Temu Mindy Kaling” per X user Erzx434016.
Mamdani's grocery campaign inspired me to write this. New York City can stop big chain stores and big suppliers from distorting grocery markets. nytimes.com/2025/07/21/opi…
Muddled? You’re citing to a guy whose first source is a *chatbot* that *he prompted.* Billionaire big box stores have the power to force their suppliers to cut them secret deals that stick their competitors with higher prices. That power also lets them jack up their own prices…
Take @ZephyrTeachout's observations (rather than her muddled arguments) seriously, and you'll become even more convinced Costco is a force for good.
I know data breaches have become a regular occurrence but maybe this isn’t great..
Millions of Americans suffering from crushing medical debt are being thrown under the bus — following a court’s decision to vacate the CFPB's commonsense rule to ban medical debt from credit reports. Here are some of their stories👇🧵
Gaza hospital says 21 children dead from malnutrition in 72 hours as UN warns 'last lifelines collapsing' bbc.in/4f2fKOd
When you steal from rich people it's theft. When you steal from regular people, it's innovation.
2. Anthropic's CEO says that AI may 'cure cancer' but also eliminate entry-level jobs. Policymakers need to get a hold of that, he says. Weird he doesn't want to talk about how his firm's models are trained on massively pirated content. thebignewsletter.com/p/why-are-we-p…
Good letter (and good that it comes from Gallego, Warner and Blumenthal, not quite the usual suspects) on Delta saying it will use AI to set personalized fares. This era of surveillance pricing is advancing fast and lawmakers need to advance with it.
"Surveillance pricing is really the most nefarious and opaque and sinister evolution of personalized pricing," says @owenslindsay1 of @Groundwork ICYMI: Earlier this week, we held an event with lawmakers, advocates, and experts on the threats of surveillance pricing.
Super good visuals showing what are now vulnerable public TV and Radio stations and how much they largely serve rural communities and fill “news deserts.” Nothing good will come of this removal of funding.
Great to see Commissioner Slaughter back at @FTC. Restoring Click-to-Cancel is a smart first step if @FTC is serious about putting the public first.
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.
It’s 9am and Commissioner Slaughter is ready for work
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.
Great to see Commissioner Slaughter back! And this is a fantastic first task she has planned for the @FTC . 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.
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
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.