The outpouring of support today for FTCs noncompetes ban is pretty rare; it shows that there’s a broad consensus out there on a set of reforms ready for the taking

Update: they banned it

Next year at burning man

The FTC will complete its ban on noncompete agreements today, and that's when the fight really begins, Luke Goldstein and I wrote. A Chamber of Commerce official said last week they would sue to block the rule—and possibly the FTC's rulemaking authority.
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This is how CVS Caremark and GoodRx are robbing patients and pharmacies.

Patient copay: $45.83
Drug cost: $23.86
CVS/GoodRx Fee: $38.50
Profit: (-$16.03)

That's right, the PBM and GoodRx are charging the patient 192% of drug cost while charging the pharmacy 162% of the drug

Papua New Guinea PM: Nation ‘does not deserve’ to be called ‘cannibals’ after Biden says uncle eaten in WWII trib.al/AqOS413

I’m gonna post one Drake lyric for every day before Kendrick releases the rapture

In 2022, Israel spent $23.4 billion on its military

So according to Intel, White House, and party leadership, the Purge will basically be imminent…

Patriots are in control.

This is like a perverse twist on the Larry David bit: “Who do you think has more freedom: the married man in America or the single man in Communist China?”

Told that Sen. Warner just admitted on the Senate floor that the 'everyone is a spy' FISA amendment is poorly drafted, but that everyone should vote for the bill anyway because he got assurances from Garland that he'd interpret it narrowly
Good thing nobody else will ever be AG!

Boeing whistleblower Ed Pierson at Senate hearing rn on the handling of Alaska airlines door incident: “I’m not going to sugar coat this: This is a criminal cover up” youtube.com/watch?v=FL-7po…

The latest Boeing 787 whistleblower Sam Salehpour had his tires slashed according to Richard Blumenthal hsgac.senate.gov/subcommittees/…

A lot of McKinsey employees getting laid off lately. 300 more yesterday. Very sad. Many of you are quite angry I’d imagine. You might even have secrets you’d like to tell. Well, you know where to reach me. Payback is sweet. Anonymity is protected.

Significant: earlier/at 15:22 of the link Senate Intel member Kirsten Gillibrand expressed 'serious concerns' about the changes US Rep. Mike Turner made to poison the FISA bill. But we need all Senators to COMMIT to BLOCKING this. CALL THEM: 202-899-8938

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based postliberalism

Schumer: 'Once the House sends us the FISA reauthorization, I plan as early as tonight to take the first procedural step for the Senate to begin consideration. With less than a week to go before FISA authorities expire, time is a luxury the Senate does not have.'

The Suicide soundtrack in Civil War was epic; everything else mid

Also data centers and even landlords will be compelled to turn over information to the government, as we described on Friday:
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Since January 2017, 63% of all Chamber of Commerce lawsuits challenging federal regulations have been filed at courts in the Fifth Circuit. Hassan Ali Kanu details how the Fifth Circuit is fighting to keep hearing these high-stakes cases, despite a backlash.
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