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🚨 NEW: Big Business rewrote the rules in its favor. We’re rewriting them for shoppers.
Our Shoppers’ Bill of Rights lays out 12 basic protections against hidden fees, pricing games, and the corporate tricks driving up everyday costs. theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
Everything Americans grew up understanding about pricing has changed. Big Tech has re-written the pricing playbook.
Our @owenslindsay1 in the @nytimes on what to know in this new era. loom.ly/rQx1xTU
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We've been keeping a close eye on corporate America, collecting the receipts, & getting ready for this moment.
"Corporate influence in Washington is what voters are referring to when they say Washington is corrupt." - @owenslindsay1.
It's time for accountability.
levernews.com/the-fight-over…
Corporations & their CEOs are back on the menu.
“People are angry, and they are directing that anger at big corporations & the wealthy. When it comes to public opinion, this is the best moment that you could have to raise taxes on the wealthy." @AlexSJacquez in @politico.
politico.com/news/2026/11/05…
The first thing Congress should do next year is use its oversight authority to investigate corporations who are ripping us off.
“The alternative is many months of negotiation with Republicans on legislation that will then take months or years to go into effect," @ENPancotti told @19thnews.
19thnews.org/2026/11/electio…
Congressional Democrats are expected to investigate airlines’ use of surveillance pricing. Good.
“Airlines really pioneered the entire pricing playbook that American consumers are angry about right now. The airline industry is patient zero,” @owenslindsay1 told @Forbes.
forbes.com/sites/suzannerowa…
Be careful before relying on AI shoppers, our @owenslindsay1 warns.
“These agents don’t work for you. We could be unleashing the most sophisticated snake oil salesman the world has ever seen.”
barrons.com/articles/muse-ai…
Incoming Oversight Committee Chair @RobertGarcia on where he's shining the spotlight next: companies that use surveillance pricing.
"While you're struggling, CEOs and companies are making record profits. They're putting in place systems of surveillance pricing...you may pay more than your neighbor."
Want to help us lead the fight against corporate corruption? Alongside the best people in the biz? With a fridge full of Diet Coke and a pantry stocked with snacks?
We're always looking for good people wanting to do good work – send us your resume!
NEWS: Ds review 181-page dossier from ex-Warren/Sanders staffers ID’ing hundreds of executives & corporations to target
Envisions “resignations of major CEOs, hauling people in, material restitution”
Tech giants, crypto, sports gambling, gas & more
washingtonsun.com/congress/d…
From health care to housing to gas and groceries, the cost of living has not gone down, and the relief Trump promised is nowhere to be found.
That's what's top of mind for Americans today, our @AlexSJacquez tells @scrippsnews.
Here’s what’s brewing at Starbucks: AI-powered personalization calibrated to the exact maximum the company thinks you’ll pay.
"Consumers looking for their caffeine fix don’t need this extra shot on their wallets,” our @owenslindsay1 warned @Gizmodo.
One major consequence of the K-shaped economy? The $48 cocktail.
More and more companies are abandoning everyday Americans to chase wealthy customers who can afford to pay exorbitant prices.
Meanwhile, the rest of us get priced out.
Your AI agent may not be working for you – in fact, it might be ripping you off.
Our @owenslindsay1 joined @TheStalwart & @tracyalloway on the Odd Lots podcast to warn about trusting AI agents to do your shopping.
A new study tested over 325,000 agents with shocking results.
DoorDash + Instacart know an alarming amount about how we shop. A merger would put that data – and the technology to exploit it – under one roof.
"It would be obviously illegal and consolidate an alarming amount of surveillance and pricing technology,” @owenslindsay1 told @Reuters.
reuters.com/legal/litigation…
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Our @owenslindsay sat down with @1a to discuss the myriad of ways companies – big and small – are manipulating the the amount consumers pay for their products.
the1a.org/segments/how-your-…
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Halloween candy prices are scary high thanks to Trump's economic policies and corporate profiteering (we're looking at you Hershey's 👀).
“Ultimately, it’s families and it’s kids who suffer because Halloween is really all about them, or should be,” @EmDiVito told @HuffPost.
huffpost.com/entry/halloween…
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Americans should be able to book a flight, order a ride, or walk into their grocery store and know that the price they see is the same price their neighbor sees.
It's past time to give American consumers a peek into these companies' pricing black boxes.
newsweek.com/full-list-compa…
Corporations are getting called out for using technology to set personalized prices & squeeze more money out of consumers.
Some insist they're pricing products, not people.
If that's true, they should have no problem opening their pricing black boxes to the FTC.
gizmodo.com/feds-demand-info…
Dollar General has become the grocery store that families in rural and lower-income areas of the country rely on.
"So the fact that they are perpetrating this fraud on Americans who don’t have many other options is sickening,” says @owenslindsay1.
The Federal Trade Commission has sued the bargain chain Dollar General over what it described as "deceptive pricing practices." abcnews.link/jqNsN3q
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