Hidden fees in live-event ticketing and hotels are now illegal under a Biden-era FTC rule that just took effect.
Kudos to former FTC Chair Lina Khan, whose leadership could finally make junk fees a thing of the past.
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Hidden fees in live-event ticketing and hotels are now illegal under a Biden-era FTC rule that just took effect.
Kudos to former FTC Chair Lina Khan, whose leadership could finally make junk fees a thing of the past.
Breaking News: A judge said the government should release Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist employed by Harvard University, saying U.S. customs had โno factual or legal basisโ for revoking her visa.
28.05.2025 19:53 โ ๐ 21310 ๐ 4678 ๐ฌ 404 ๐ 177Just NO!
28.05.2025 20:37 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Her stats line up with CDC dataโฆ
27.05.2025 17:40 โ ๐ 26373 ๐ 9331 ๐ฌ 614 ๐ 391Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.ย
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Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
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Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
โHarry Truman, 1952
(next to an image of President Obama) โIt is up to all of us to fix this. It's not going to be because somebody comes and saves you. The most important office in this democracy is the citizenโthe ordinary person who says, no, that's not right." PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
26.05.2025 01:41 โ ๐ 12110 ๐ 3566 ๐ฌ 227 ๐ 129This๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฅ
18.05.2025 00:08 โ ๐ 2615 ๐ 524 ๐ฌ 113 ๐ 23Sen. Chris Murphyย to NBC on Democratic opposition to the GOP mega-bill: "What we're standing in the way of is the most massive transfer of wealth from the poor and the middle class to the rich in the history of the country."
18.05.2025 18:50 โ ๐ 17567 ๐ 5329 ๐ฌ 285 ๐ 170โI donโt understand how thatโs remotely consistent with the rule of lawโ is the evergreen quote of the next 4 years ๐ฒ
16.05.2025 03:05 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0BREAKING: Moodyโs has DOWNGRADED the United Statesโ credit rating from Aaa to Aa1 โ the first-ever U.S. credit downgrade in the agencyโs history.
โWe do not believe that material multi-year reductions in mandatory spending and deficits will result from current fiscal proposals under consideration.โ
My love of reading is strongly link to this manโฆ
10.05.2025 16:05 โ ๐ 14870 ๐ 3526 ๐ฌ 361 ๐ 264It's tough to refer to someone as a criminal if you've given them no due process to determine whether they're a criminal. Like if you get arrested and get a trial and are convicted of 34 felony counts. That's due process. You can call that guy a criminal.
07.05.2025 19:47 โ ๐ 31341 ๐ 8342 ๐ฌ 442 ๐ 275NEW: Minnesotaโs graduation rate just reached the highest level on record.
Two years ago, we made the single-largest investment in public schools in state history.
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Public lands belong to all Americans, not corporations.ย
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Joined my colleagues in launching the bipartisan Public Lands Caucus to protect our precious natural resources, federal lands, and beloved species.
Walz: When did government get to tell you how many dolls your child has? Government just big enough to fit in your bedroom, your womb, and apparently now in your toy chest.
08.05.2025 01:24 โ ๐ 42034 ๐ 10376 ๐ฌ 662 ๐ 490Anonymous has entered the fight against fascism. They already took X down three times today. This should be fun to watch play outโฆ
10.03.2025 21:03 โ ๐ 44787 ๐ 7998 ๐ฌ 2130 ๐ 738Looks like Trumpty-Dumpty had a great fall
Splat! From the wall [street]
See what I did there?
ACLU on here: "On this National Abortion Provider Appreciation Day, we share our deep gratitude with health care professionals working everyday to give people care, no matter the obstacles. We continue striving for a nation where the decisions for our bodies and futures are made with our doctors, not politicians."
11.03.2025 02:00 โ ๐ 2965 ๐ 537 ๐ฌ 16 ๐ 10Since the Felon only uses other peopleโs money, his buying anything is meaningless.
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