Alvaro Bedoya
@BedoyaUSA
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For the little guy. Former Federal Trade Commissioner. Founder @GeorgetownCPT & @EsperanzaDMV.
Rockville, MD
Joined May 2022
“There used to be 11 equipment dealers, now there are two. There used to be 18 feed mills and grain elevators, now there are 3. There used to be eight vet clinics, now there are two. There used to be three sale barns, now there are none. There used to be regional stockyards in
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RT @econliberties: “There are huge economic stakes here … this really affects people's freedom in the most fundamental sense.". ICYMI: Last….
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RT @jonfavs: Our government is sending people.to be tortured in a foreign gulag who haven’t even been convicted of a crime . Pure evil.
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“Welcome to CECOT. Whoever enters here doesn’t leave.” This is a torture prison. This goes against everything our country is supposed to be about.
“In Cell 15, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia and 20 other Salvadorans were forced to kneel from approximately 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM, with guards striking anyone who fell from exhaustion. During this time, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia was denied bathroom access and soiled himself…”
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RT @joncoopertweets: This is a really important point. Most Medicaid recipients likely have NO idea that they’re about to lose their covera….
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RT @davidsirota: My two thoughts on this are: . 1) If every Dem would talk like this, the party might be a real opposition. 2) It's shamefu….
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RT @sandeepvaheesan: The self-described "pro-worker" chair of the FTC could defend the non-compete ban enacted by the previous FTC. But don….
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RT @daveyseligman: These assholes love immigrants—so long as they’re indentured to their bosses and living 4 to a room.
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RT @ryangrim: I still don’t quite understand what the constituency was for destroying American energy production by crushing batteries, win….
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This is brutal.
For months, Trump's CFPB has insisted it is focusing its efforts on protecting servicemembers & veterans. @AP: "Navy Federal Credit Union will no longer have to refund $80 million to servicemen and women for illegally charging them overdraft fees" after CFPB dismissal of the case
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Pumped to join the team at @econliberties. I’ll be trying to figure out how to grow this field more through impact litigation and education.
🚨NEW: We’re thrilled to announce that Former FTC Commissioner @BedoyaUSA is joining our team as Senior Advisor!. We couldn't be more thrilled to have his clear-eyed leadership and formidable legal expertise to help scale our work to meet the current moment.
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RT @osbornforne: There is nothing that pisses me off more than seeing an elderly person, far beyond retirement age, hunched over and workin….
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RT @GGunthorp: @_TheMizzouTiger Utility scale solar done correctly is a cool thing. Farmers blow it WAY out of proportion how much farmla….
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RT @BharatRamamurti: Lots of explanations for this (great digital, strong field operation) but we shouldn’t underestimate the value of a sh….
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So…. vote against the bill. What am I missing here.
.@HawleyMO says he will vote YES on the bill. But he says he's not pleased that it will "take away health care from working people.". "This has been an unhappy episode here in Congress, this effort to cut Medicaid. And I think, frankly, my party needs to do some soul searching.
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RT @mcuban: When a large employer pays so little that their full time employees qualify for Medicaid , (or any public assistance ) we the t….
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Yes.
The best way to reduce the cost of Medicaid is to name and shame big employers that pay their full time employees so little, they qualify for Medicaid.
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RT @jmillerlewis: 5 years ago @fshakir and I started talking about the idea that would become @MorePerfectUS. As Bernie’s campaign ended w….
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RT @CapitolKVD: DOJ’s filed a brief this month ( in a lawsuit challenging NCAA eligibility rules. It is a disappoin….
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RT @BedoyaUSA: Whether it’s covering the floods in West Virginia (when so few others did) or the false promises of the corporate bosses at….
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