The Antitrust Clock Ran Out. The Questions Did Not.
United States – February 20, 2026 – A merger review ended in silence, and silence is how regulators train the public not to believe them anymore.
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A Texas Judge Just Handed Merger-Barons a Paper Shredder
United States – February 20, 2026 – A federal court kneecapped the FTC’s tougher merger paperwork, and Wall Street heard one word: hurry.
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JPMorgan Drops the Receipt: Middle-Market Tariff Bills Tripled, and the Swamp Still Smiles
United States – February 19, 2026 – JPMorganChase Institute says midsize firms’ monthly tariff payments have tripled since early 2025, even as overall international payments loo…
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When Washington Calls Consumer Protection a ‘Cost,’ Check Who’s Holding the Calculator
United States – February 19, 2026 – Washington says the CFPB costs you billions; funny how the ‘savings’ always show up on a bank ledger, not yours.
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DOJ’s Antitrust Chief Got Purged, and the Monopoly Lobby Smelled Blood
United States – February 19, 2026 – The DOJ’s antitrust boss got forced out, and suddenly the merger machine is humming louder than the law.
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A Refund Check Is Nice. A System That Does Not Need One Is Better.
United States – February 18, 2026 – The CFPB is mailing Navient refund checks, and the lesson is that justice arrives after the interest does.
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Trump Hits the DPA Ignition: Phosphorus, Glyphosate, and the Right to Make Things Here
United States – February 18, 2026 – Trump hit the DPA switch for phosphorus and glyphosate, telling America to plant, build, and quit begging imports.
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A Texas Judge Just Gave Corporate America a Blindfold and Called It Due Process
United States – February 18, 2026 – A federal judge kneecapped the FTC’s merger paperwork upgrade, handing dealmakers a darker room to cut consolidation checks.
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Salesforce Oligarch Benioff Endorses Trump Troops For SF
From his jet, Marc Benioff tells New York Times reporter Heather Knight he would back Donald Trump sending the National Guard into San Francisco as Dreamforce lands. This is not dysfunction. It is control. The oligarch class writes security policy, then names the hospital they raid you from. They are the state.
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4.4 Million Lives, One More Corporate Shrug
Another day, another credit bureau spilling our most intimate details across the digital underworld. This time it’s TransUnion, coughing up the records of 4.4 million people as casually as if they’d lost a set of keys. Social Security numbers, credit histories, addresses—everything you’d need to impersonate someone, wreck their finances, or sell them to the…
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