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🚨 NEW: Big Business rewrote the rules in its favor. We’re rewriting them for shoppers.
Our Shoppers’ Bill of Rights lays out 12 basic protections against hidden fees, pricing games, and the corporate tricks driving up everyday costs. theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
Corporations & their CEOs are back on the menu.
“People are angry, and they are directing that anger at big corporations & the wealthy. When it comes to public opinion, this is the best moment that you could have to raise taxes on the wealthy." @AlexSJacquez in @politico.
politico.com/news/2026/11/05…
The first thing Congress should do next year is use its oversight authority to investigate corporations who are ripping us off.
“The alternative is many months of negotiation with Republicans on legislation that will then take months or years to go into effect," @ENPancotti told @19thnews.
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Congressional Democrats are expected to investigate airlines’ use of surveillance pricing. Good.
“Airlines really pioneered the entire pricing playbook that American consumers are angry about right now. The airline industry is patient zero,” @owenslindsay1 told @Forbes.
forbes.com/sites/suzannerowa…
Be careful before relying on AI shoppers, our @owenslindsay1 warns.
“These agents don’t work for you. We could be unleashing the most sophisticated snake oil salesman the world has ever seen.”
barrons.com/articles/muse-ai…
Incoming Oversight Committee Chair @RobertGarcia on where he's shining the spotlight next: companies that use surveillance pricing.
"While you're struggling, CEOs and companies are making record profits. They're putting in place systems of surveillance pricing...you may pay more than your neighbor."
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NEWS: Ds review 181-page dossier from ex-Warren/Sanders staffers ID’ing hundreds of executives & corporations to target
Envisions “resignations of major CEOs, hauling people in, material restitution”
Tech giants, crypto, sports gambling, gas & more
washingtonsun.com/congress/d…
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Last night made it pretty clear: people are sick and tired of corporate America scheming its way to record profits while the rest of us get stuck with the bill.
Haul in corporate CEOs. Put them under oath. Make them answer for the rip-offs.
Time for some accountability.
From health care to housing to gas and groceries, the cost of living has not gone down, and the relief Trump promised is nowhere to be found.
That's what's top of mind for Americans today, our @AlexSJacquez tells @scrippsnews.
Here’s what’s brewing at Starbucks: AI-powered personalization calibrated to the exact maximum the company thinks you’ll pay.
"Consumers looking for their caffeine fix don’t need this extra shot on their wallets,” our @owenslindsay1 warned @Gizmodo.
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Ahead of tomorrow's midterms, I joined WUSA9 to talk about the economy and what voters are telling us about how they're feeling.
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Clear explanation of how inequality feeds inflation: firms choose price over volume
One major consequence of the K-shaped economy? The $48 cocktail.
More and more companies are abandoning everyday Americans to chase wealthy customers who can afford to pay exorbitant prices.
Meanwhile, the rest of us get priced out.
Your AI agent may not be working for you – in fact, it might be ripping you off.
Our @owenslindsay1 joined @TheStalwart & @tracyalloway on the Odd Lots podcast to warn about trusting AI agents to do your shopping.
A new study tested over 325,000 agents with shocking results.
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"Gouged" named a bestseller in Oklahoma by @TulsaPeople!
Thanks to everyone who's reading! And a big thanks to @AspenIdeas for having me in Tulsa earlier this month to talk about the book.
Get your copy: bit.ly/GougedPRH
DoorDash + Instacart know an alarming amount about how we shop. A merger would put that data – and the technology to exploit it – under one roof.
"It would be obviously illegal and consolidate an alarming amount of surveillance and pricing technology,” @owenslindsay1 told @Reuters.
reuters.com/legal/litigation…
Our @owenslindsay sat down with @1a to discuss the myriad of ways companies – big and small – are manipulating the the amount consumers pay for their products.
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.@Groundwork is warning that @DoorDash's $17 billion acquisition of @Instacart could give it unprecedented power to hike prices.
Instacart has already tested charging shoppers up to 23% more for identical groceries.
Together, they'd control 77% of U.S. delivery-platform spending.
