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Nidhi Hegde
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Nidhi Hegde
@nhegde
Opinions and endorsements are my own only. Currently @econliberties & @fightmonopolies . Opinions my own. “Temu Mindy Kaling” per X user Erzx434016.
Joined April 2009
When elites screw up, they “step back.” When the working class screw up, they get fired. Let’s be clear, this is not accountability. It’s still class protection.Former Harvard President Larry Summers says he plans to step back from his public commitments after his correspondence with the late disgraced sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was made public by US lawmakers bloomberg.com/news/articles/…- Democrats need to talk a LOT more about how they are fighting corporate power - banning noncompetes, ending junk fees, breaking up Ticketmaster, etc. It's popular but no one knows they are doing anything about it which is such a missed opportunity. Poll from @MorePerfectUS
- The best, nerdy kind of Friday evening in the Bronx watching two generational talents @RepAOC @linakhanFTC engage with people about how to fight and win against monopolies. LFG team antimonopoly 💥 💪🏾
- Rep AOC kicks off the town hall with @linakhanFTC breaking down monopoly power in groceries, housing, healthcare. She introduces her as a leader who has used creativity and is genuinely working to address corporate power. Says she has not seen an FTC leader like her. 🔥💯
- Forget the billionaires on tv hating on Khan, look at this big group of law students at our summer happy hour to be inspired by Jonathan Kanter and Lina Khan. One of the kids told me everyone is interested in antitrust now. The future of anti-monopoly is bright!!
- Lina Khan provided a model of governance at the FTC, this is a fantastic decision by Zohran to bring her in to co-chair his transition.Former FTC chair Lina Khan will serve as one of the co-chairs of Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral transition team
- This is a BFD. Top US antitrust cop says DOJ will overhaul how it reviews bank deals
- Today it’s Starwood Property’s billionaire real estate investor (aka landlord / hotel owner) crying on TV about being investigated by the FTC for price fixing and then wish casting that Harris moves to the center.
00:00 - In honor of 100 WSJ grumbles about Lina Khan, a trip down memory lane of some of my favorites. Let’s start with a banger. Who doesn’t like higher gas prices?
- Sec. Pete Buttigieg:
GIFAll Southwest flights heading in and out of Philadelphia International Airport have been canceled Wednesday morning as the airline’s travel woes continue. inquirer.com/news/southwest… - One thing that genuinely frightens me is water scarcity. I have lived it, waking up early to fill enough buckets of water to last for the day. This BS in one of the largest economies globally because of a greedy billionaire should make you very angry! Great reporting from MPU.NEW: One billionaire couple owns almost all the water in California. In a series of secret meetings in 1994, the Resnicks seized control of California’s public water supply. Now they’ve built a business empire by selling it back to working people.
00:00 - Holy shit. Bangalore airport’s new Terminal 2 is stunning!!! Just a little water feature in the waiting area by the gates….
