Matt Stoller

A great talk about making Substack work with @philbak1 and @DoombergT. @DoombergT is wonderful and generous with other Substackers.

That's a really interesting paper.

This is a good piece. Another way to put it is that the blob is doing what knows how to do, which is entangle America in the Middle East and Europe. And not do what we strategically need to do, which is pull back.

An important piece on David Gelfand and how the antitrust world has changed. Just imagine if Gelfand had been chosen to run the Antitrust Division! What a difference!

My colleague @sarahmillerdc wrote an important piece on Biden's State of the Union. Great speech. Now deliver.

Important thread

Wow. This speech is truly incredible.

Interesting essay by @tedlieu on the use of large data sets. There's no way to square his call for regulation over these tools with his libertarian view that regulation of algorithms is unconstitutional.

The best book on this is a Crisis Wasted by Reed Hundt

This is a really interesting article on how private equity giant Bain Capital is trying to manipulate the cheerleading industry into the Olympics to salvage its investment.

Important thread on what Buttigieg can do about the airlines and is NOT doing about the airlines.

Important thread on the complete failure of Pete Buttigieg in addressing the airline mess. Just a mess he helped cause with his refusal to hold airlines accountable. @SecretaryPete