Basel Musharbash

highly productive, super billable time, anyone who says otherwise is incredibly wrong, incredibly

I'm making polenta in the slow cooker at 12:30AM, so it's ready for breakfast. Tomorrow is going to be so great.

Would you have preferred if I just said "corporatists"?

et tu, Brian?

Anyhow, I did confront the argument, in my tweets on the subject, which I screenshotted and posted on this wierd site above

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Lmao that’s a good one

Slingshot Episode 27 - The Sling Basel Musharbash of the Antimonopoly Counsel explains the cause of skyrocketing prices for groceries and housing.

In the latest Slingshot Podcast, @halsinger.bsky.social and Darren Bush interview @basel.bsky.social on all things eggs, beef, housing, and abundance.

Check it out!

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Looking forward to watch this sometime soon. @basel.bsky.social has dug deep into a few big affordability issues in the last few years --eggs, beef, housing

Why do corporatist neoliberals like Stephen insist on lying / talking confidently about industries they clearly don’t understand?

You made up the “no relief in sight“ thing. You’re also making up the notion that prices are back to their pre-surge levels — when they’re actually double where they were before 2022. Quick talking about shit you don’t understand, dipshit.

Tyson Foods over the last few months:

• Approved 43 MILLION shares in stock buybacks
• Spent $196 million buying back its own stock to juice up the price
• Announced closure of Lexington plant: 3,200 workers in a town of 11,000 people

Then what happened?

What happened the week Tyson announced it was laying off 3,200 workers from its plant in Lexington, NE?

The profits from the Big 4 Meatpackers hit their HIGHEST level since 2022.

This is what a cartel looks like.

YouTube video by Breaking Points Tyson WIPES OUT Entire Nebraska Town To 'MANIPULATE' Beef Market

Watch the whole thing. It's about Nebraska.

Oh hey, that’s my tweet!

THIS. 👇

In a competitive food system, a meatpacker like Tyson would try to SELL a plant rather than close it.

But Tyson DOESN’T want to sell to a competitor! They want to retain as much monopoly power as possible. Listen to Tyson’s own words, it wants to “right-size” its business...

3. The USDA (@usdagov.bsky.social) should immediately commence proceedings to enforce the law to the fullest extent — and seek to compel Tyson to either keep the plant open or sell the plant to an upstart rival who will introduce honest competition into this cartelized industry.

2. If this kind of conduct doesn’t violate Section 202(e) of the Packers and Stockyards Act — which makes it illegal for any meatpacker to "engage in any course of business or do any act for the purpose or with the effect of manipulating or controlling prices” — then nothing does.

1. Osborn is right. By dismantling its giant meatpacking plant in Lexington instead of selling it to a rival, Tyson is practically committing arson to manipulate the market into a place where beef prices are high, cattle prices are low, and the meatpackers in the middle (like Tyson) make a killing.

3. The USDA (@usdagov.bsky.social) should immediately commence proceedings to enforce the law to the fullest extent — and seek to compel Tyson to either keep the plant open or sell the plant to an upstart rival who will introduce honest competition into this cartelized industry.

2. If this kind of conduct doesn’t violate Section 202(e) of the Packers and Stockyards Act — which makes it illegal for any meatpacker to "engage in any course of business or do any act for the purpose or with the effect of manipulating or controlling prices” — then nothing does.

1. Osborn is right. By dismantling its giant meatpacking plant in Lexington instead of selling it to a rival, Tyson is practically committing arson to manipulate the market into a place where beef prices are high, cattle prices are low, and the meatpackers in the middle (like Tyson) make a killing.

I had the same thought. They’re also closing a plant in Amarillo.

These two plants represent 9% of the supply of beef.

Creating a supply squeeze is a great way to get prices moving up again.

I am asking President Trump to order the DOJ and the USDA to use their authority to BLOCK this closure and save these jobs or force Tyson to SELL this plant and introduce competition into this market.

Dear Tyson workers in Lexington, Nebraska.

I am NOT going to give you hollow “thoughts and prayers” that do absolutely nothing.

I’m going to fight like hell to keep your jobs.

More soon,
Dan Osborn

I believe Tyson's decision to shut down its Lexington plant instead of selling it is a PLOY to manipulate cattle and beef markets in violation of our antitrust laws. 🧵

lololololol i missed this uniquely ennie content on the other place

Please share your theory: Why did Trump announce beef 🥩and tomato🍅tariff cuts when 99% of US🍅imports and 42% of🥩are from Mexico or Canada and ALREADY DUTY FREE under USMCA? Argentine beef is another 25% import share and ALREADY HAD TARIFFS CUT. So why cut PHANTOM TARIFFS? 1/

They can't!?? That's insane!

When:

-4 multinationals dominate the development and production of seeds and pesticides.
-Single firms monopolize each of the domestic markets for nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium fertilizers.
-5 companies control the nation’s meat and poultry industries.

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