Justin Stofferahn

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Not sure I could have dreamed up a quote that so perfectly encapsulates Dems problem.

"Titans of industry" have never been the guardrails protecting democracy. Ensuring power is not concentrated in the hands of a few is the guardrail!

Total refusal to learn anything.

Just in case it still wasn’t clear.

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

Opinion | Maybe Twins fans don’t have to pin their hopes on billionaires "Fortune 500 companies like CHS and Land O’Lakes are cooperatives and much larger and more complex than a sports franchise, making partial ownership of the Twins by a fan cooperative a realistic alter...

The Twins drew the smallest September crowd in Target Field history this week.

Seems like a good time to re-share Erik Hatlestad and I's piece charting a new way forward! www.startribune.com/twins-owners...

Acyn on X: "Platner: Our taxpayer dollars can build schools and hospitals in America, not bombs to destroy them in Gaza. https://t.co/DwVzZZ7FoG" / X Platner: Our taxpayer dollars can build schools and hospitals in America, not bombs to destroy them in Gaza. https://t.co/DwVzZZ7FoG

This is a winning politics. x.com/Acyn/status/...

If you find a company to be an illegal monopoly and then your proposed remedies boost that company’s stock, you did it wrong. Our corporatized judicial system at work.

Thank you! Belatedly.

I like to think backlash from the powerful corporate elites screwing all of us is a sign you are doing something right, but sure, you go be annoying online.

"We don’t have to choose between abundant housing and fair pay. In fact, the best way to build more homes quickly and sustainably is to restore the natural alliance between pro-housing advocates and the people who build housing." Our @aaronrosenthal.bsky.social together with @moreneighbors.org

Missouri lawmakers return to Capitol to debate stadium funding Kansas City Royals and Chiefs stadium funding, disaster assistance and construction projects are on the governor's special session agenda.

PAY.FOR.YOUR.OWN.DAMN.STADIUM!!!! thebeaconnews.org/stories/2025...

It’s tough being big and profitable.

One of the best things #mnleg has done in recent years was ban noncompetes and the arguments for carving it up (the first of many from the corporate lobby I’m sure) are total nonsense. This is simply about grabbing power away from workers. From the @minnesotareformer.com. #BreakEmUp

Americans favor labor unions over big business now more than ever, analysis of new data @epi.org from me & Adam Reich of Columbia Labor Lab.

In data back 60 years, Americans' sentiments are both warmer toward unions & cooler towards big business than ever before.
www.epi.org/blog/america...

Great example of the need for more grassroots state antimonopoly infrastructure. You can’t out lobby Big Tech but you can out organize them. If legislators only hear from “experts” on these issues, the deep pockets will win every time. #BreakEmUp

From the amazing folks at @goodjobsfirst.org, a depressing look at states data center obsessions. Glad that Big Tech can make out so well in these uncertain times!

I’m thinking these folks are onto something.

I wrote about some of the ways #mnleg can protect workers from monopoly power. #BreakEmUp

I understand it’s not good form to speak ill of the dead, and Madison Equities owner James Crockarell passed away in January 2024, but given the damage still being caused to downtown St. Paul, somebody has to explain the situation. The city’s wretched state is not just due to post-COVID trends, but also the result of years of malign ownership that is taking a damaging final turn.

Read this from @blindeke.bsky.social. One really rich guy, who seemingly hated workers and also the city of Saint Paul, is disproportionately responsible for the challenges downtown is facing. In order to move forward, it’s key that we understand this.

www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...

YouTube video by You're Probably Getting Screwed Canada's Fight Against Monopoly Power

Was glad to sit down with @justinofmn.bsky.social this week to talk about the next phase in Canada's fight against monopoly www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T2Z...

For decades pro-business has come to mean pro-monopoly. But antimonopoly has always been the way to unleash innovation and entrepreneurship and protect our main streets.

Fanatics Launches Ticket Strategy in Two-Way Deal With Ticketmaster Fanatics has finally made its push into ticketing. The company's ticket marketplace, launched via a Ticketmaster deal, is available only on its.

The two worst people you know are getting married. www.sportico.com/business/com...

YouTube video by You're Probably Getting Screwed The FTC Blueprint for Protecting Workers - YPGS

This week’s You’re Probably Getting Screwed is about the unlikely playbook the FTC has given to state legislators looking to protect workers from monopoly power. youtu.be/m5fuuwbKwGU?...

A really great CLE organized by @agellison.bsky.social office to discuss consolidation in the seed industry! #BreakEmUp www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/CLE/D...

Jennie-O to pay $3.5M to settle wage suppression lawsuit Nine other companies, including Tyson and Butterball, also agreed to the settlement of the federal lawsuit, which totals $180 million.

Anticompetitive behavior doesn’t just impact consumers, it’s a real threat to workers as well. www.startribune.com/jennie-o-tys...

Great 15 minutes on why the decline of small business is a a big problem and how the revival of a key antitrust law could make all the difference. Full conversation here: youtu.be/pi2vnhD0ZCU?...

Thanks to @ronmknox.bsky.social for chatting about the importance of small businesses with me. Full interview is at screwed.substack.com/p/youre-prob....

You're Probably Getting Screwed by Main Street Decline The loss of small businesses in America.

Wrote about why we should care about the decline of small businesses. screwed.substack.com/p/youre-prob...

democrats won’t admit it, but my family’s economic outlook has gotten a LOT better since Trump took office. but what do i know? i don’t have a fancy economics degree, i’m just a regular guy who runs an airplane scrapyard

Pretty damn good framing for Dems