Josh Sisco

“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English”

my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist

Screenshot of an article headlined China Deepens PDD Probe After Fistfights With Regulators

Antitrust investigators are at your office and your ceo is worried. Have you tried physically fighting them?

FTC’s Ferguson Eyed by White House to Oversee New Fraud Unit Trump administration officials are eyeing Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson for a role overseeing a newly created Justice Department unit focused on combatting nationwide fraud, accord...

scoop from me and @leahnylen.bsky.social
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DOJ Probes Live Nation, AEG for Covid-Era Refund Collusion The US Justice Department is conducting a criminal antitrust probe into how companies responded to mass concert cancellations at the outset of the pandemic in 2020, according to people with knowledge ...

update to our scoop from May
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DOJ Staff Advised Against Live Nation Covid Antitrust Charges Prosecutors that were conducting a criminal antitrust probe into music industry giant Live Nation Entertainment Inc. recommended several months ago that the Justice Department not file charges against...

DOJ staff conducting a years-long criminal antitrust probe of Live Nation & its CEO over early covid collusion recently advised that the dept not file charges. The investigation however remains ongoing, with a new team of prosecutors giving the case file fresh eyes.
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Never gonna click on this just gonna let my imagination read me the rest of the story

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

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Let’s make this the standard for dismissing all court filings everywhere including judges opinions

FTC Probes Whether Ticketmaster Does Enough to Stop Resale Bots Live Nation Inc.’s Ticketmaster is being probed by the US Federal Trade Commission over whether it’s done enough to keep bots from illegally reselling tickets on its platform.

by @sisco.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A case could come in the next few weeks. The case comes on the heels of a White House executive order in March directing the FTC to prioritize enforcement of the law.

FTC Probes Whether Ticketmaster Does Enough to Stop Resale Bots Live Nation Inc.’s Ticketmaster is being probed by the US Federal Trade Commission over whether it’s done enough to keep bots from illegally reselling tickets on its platform.

New from me: The Federal Trade Commission is nearing a potential lawsuit or settlement with Ticketmaster over alleged violations of the BOTS Act, a law meant to stop widespread ticket scalping.
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Amazon, Google Probed by FTC Over Search Advertising Practices The US Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google misled advertisers that place ads on their websites, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Trump's top federal prosecutor in L.A. struggles to secure indictments in protest cases U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli has aggressively pushed for indictments in the high-profile prosecutions of people arrested during demonstrations against federal immigration actions in Southern California, le...

I cannot overemphasize how rare it is for both a) a grand jury to return no true bill and b) a reporter to get around grand jury secrecy rules to confirm it

in 2010 scientists who sequenced ozzy's DNA discovered he was literally a drug-doing super mutant and i think thats beautiful

rip prince of darkness

1996, I just turned 15. ozzy did the ozz fest, at that point a one off festival w sepultura slayer danzig etc. I begged my dad to take me. He was miserable and I think he left worried for my future. It was the coolest thing I ever saw and I definitely howled at the moon
RIP to a fucking legend

Trump's FTC Chairman Is Becoming MAGA’s Answer to Lina Khan Andrew Ferguson is maintaining the agency’s focus on tech giants and putting new muscle behind longstanding conservative complaints.

New from me: profiled Andrew Ferguson, President Trump's head of the Federal Trade Commission. Friends and adversaries call him a brilliant lawyer and savvy political operator. Where they differ is over the perception that he is carrying water for the White House.
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Bondi Fires Her Personal Ethics Chief as DOJ Purge Continues Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired her personal ethics adviser, removing the Justice Department’s top official responsible for counseling the most senior political appointees, according to two peopl...

Scoop: Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired her personal ethics chief, Joseph Tirrell. Without explanation, she removes DOJ's career ethics office director who advised the most senior political appointees (such as Todd Blanche, Kash Patel) on conflicts. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Jokes on you she looks like a murderer. They all are. Dogs rule cats drool

Trump's FTC Chairman Is Becoming MAGA’s Answer to Lina Khan Andrew Ferguson is maintaining the agency’s focus on tech giants and putting new muscle behind longstanding conservative complaints.

New from me: profiled Andrew Ferguson, President Trump's head of the Federal Trade Commission. Friends and adversaries call him a brilliant lawyer and savvy political operator. Where they differ is over the perception that he is carrying water for the White House.
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It’s Indian Mango Season, and the Cutthroat Selling Frenzy Is On

“wants to create a new jersey mango syndicate that sets a minimum price for the fruit”

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It’s Legal to Pay US Workers With Disabilities as Little as 25¢ an Hour Whether it stays that way is up to Trump.

I’ll be off (and mostly offline) until July 28.

In the meantime, check out this @businessweek.bsky.social feature investigation about the subminimum wage for workers with disabilities - Trump just scrapped Biden’s proposal to end it www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Trump Eyes Nominating FTC Commissioner for Utah US Attorney President Donald Trump is preparing to nominate Melissa Holyoak, a Republican on the Federal Trade Commission, to be the US Attorney for Utah, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

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Google’s Plan to Buy Security Firm Wiz Gets Antitrust Review Justice Department antitrust enforcers are reviewing whether Google’s planned $32 billion acquisition of cybersecurity company Wiz Inc. would illegally limit competition in the marketplace, according ...

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Apple Loses Bid to Pause Court Order on App Store Changes Apple Inc. lost its request to pause a court order requiring it to let App Store developers steer users to the web to purchase in-app items without paying a commission.

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Trump’s Merger Watchdogs Will Be More Open to Approving, Negotiating Deals Antitrust watchdogs will be more open to approving acquisitions under President Donald Trump, according to the US Justice Department’s head of merger enforcement.

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Google Search Judge Zeroes In on AI Power in Trial Resolution The federal judge who will decide how to limit Google’s monopoly in search is considering its advantage in artificial intelligence, and aiming to minimize harm to the other players in the market with ...

And its a wrap on the DOJ's Google search antitrust case, as closing arguments end. Next stop likely August with a ruling that could force the company to sell Chrome, license critical data, and bar $20b + in annual payments to Apple w @davey.bsky.social
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Entertainment Firms Oak View, Legends Face DOJ Antitrust Probe The US Justice Department has been investigating whether live entertainment companies Oak View Group LLC and Legends colluded over bidding to develop a large arena in Texas, according to people famili...

scoop w @lucasshaw.bsky.social DOJ has been investigating possible bid rigging between entertainment companies Oak View and Legends over the development of the Moody Center, a major arena in Austin. No charges yet
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Chicago by a mile

Google Faces Antitrust Investigation Over Deal for AI-Fueled Chatbots The Justice Department is probing whether Alphabet Inc.’s Google violated antitrust law with an agreement to use the artificial intelligence technology of a popular chatbot maker, according to people ...

New: The DOJ is probing Google's deal with chat bot company Character.AI. The government is examining whether the transaction, in which Google hired some of the company's key employees and got a technology license, was structured to avoid a formal merger review.
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