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The Japan TimesThe Fair Trade Commission has warned confectionery maker Chateraise, alleging that the company refused to receive products from suppliers in violation of the subcontract law. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/28/companies/ftc-chateraise-warning/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/28/companies/ftc-chateraise-warning/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#business</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/companies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#companies</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chateraise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chateraise</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ftc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ftc</a>

AnarchoNinaAnalyzesAlthough the article I shared above doesn't mention the agency, through that same February 18th executive order, Downmarket Mussolini also claimed absolute control of another independent regulatory body that is of great concern to all the billionaire nazis that own his regime; specifically the Federal Trade Commission or FTC. <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/trump-fires-both-ftc-democrats-in-challenge-to-supreme-court-precedent/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/trump-fires-both-ftc-democrats-in-challenge-to-supreme-court-precedent/</a>Trump fires both FTC Democrats in challenge to Supreme Court precedent"President Trump fired both Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission yesterday, advancing his administration's claim that the president can fire FTC commissioners despite a US law and a 1935 Supreme Court ruling stating that the president cannot do so without good cause.Trump fired Democrats Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, both of whom said the firings are illegal. Trump "tried to illegally fire me. I'll see the president in court," Bedoya wrote. The FTC was created "to fight fraudsters and monopolists," but Trump "wants the FTC to be a lapdog for his golfing buddies," Bedoya said.A statement from Slaughter said, "The President illegally fired me from my position as a Federal Trade Commissioner, violating the plain language of a statute and clear Supreme Court precedent." Slaughter said Trump "fears the accountability that opposition voices would provide if the president orders Chairman [Andrew] Ferguson to treat the most powerful corporations and their executives—like those that flanked the President at his inauguration—with kid gloves."US law says any FTC commissioner "may be removed by the President for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office." The Supreme Court held in a 1935 case, Humphrey's Executor v. United States, that "Congress intended to restrict the power of removal to one or more of those causes."The Trump administration claims the case was wrongly decided, but the ruling is still in effect. Trump's Department of Justice said last month that it would urge the Supreme Court to reverse the Humphrey's Executor ruling, saying it "prevents the President from adequately supervising principal officers in the Executive Branch who execute the laws on the President's behalf."I chose this article because it clearly articulates how long the Trump regime has been working on this, and what their spurious arguments to support it are; but I don't love the hint of both-sidesing here, and that isn't helped by AT changing the original title to no longer center that this is a massive power grab by the executive branch, which is embodied by president Trump. A good example of why I'm not thrilled about the writeup here is printing sub-headers like "FTC Chair: Trump can fire members." The FTC chair is of course some nazi Trump appointed in January, so I'm sure we're all surprised the maggot fascist who owes his job to Trump, thinks Trump can do whatever Trump wants to do, and that is clearly an important detail to highlight in bold, large font text. *Eyeroll*As such, let me state that based on the current law, and existing SCOTUS precedent, Trump does not have the power to fire two Dem appointed FTC commissioners because he openly admits they'll get in the way of his dogshit plans. The caveat here of course being that we've fully descended into a game of fascist Calvinball, the GOP have a 6-3 majority in the current Supreme Court, and those berobed reactionaries have already shown a willingness to throw out precedent and make up the law as they go, so who the fuck knows if it even matters whether or not he's allowed to fire his political enemies from an independent commission. As it stands now however, what Trump is doing is unquestionably a brazen power grab and also flatly illegal.Which then brings us to the question of why? Well, consider for a moment what the FTC has been doing recently; this is from an American Prospect article by David Dayen:"Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya, both of whom served with former chair Lina Khan in the FTC majority under Joe Biden, were told they were terminated today. The three of them made numerous advances over the past three years on antitrust and consumer protection policies, including successful challenges to numerous mergers and new rules cracking down on subscription deception, restrictive noncompete agreements, and other anti-fraud measures."Please keep in mind that this is the agency that took Google to court and won. Alright, now consider all the extremely rich tech nazi CEOs who got Der Leader elected and really own the Trump regime; can you think of any reasons why those guys might prefer a corrupt, toothless FTC stacked full of nazis? Perhaps billions of reasons, as in dollars they can make doing shady shit that should be illegal without FTC interference? In other words, Trump isn't just seizing power for the imperial presidency; he's paying the bills he owes billionaire CEOs by destroying the US regulatory state.<a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/FTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FTC</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Slaughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Slaughter</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Bedoya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bedoya</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Autocracy</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a>

janhoglund“Trump continued his attack on the rule of law today when he fired the two Democratic commissioners at the Federal Trade Commission, which protects consumers from collusion and anti-consumer practices. …the courts have established that the president cannot fire officials in agencies created by Congress without a serious reason like neglect of duties.” —Heather Cox Richardson, March 18, 2025 <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/federaltradecommission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#federaltradecommission</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/ftc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ftc</a>

PrivacyDigest<a href="https://mas.to/tags/FTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FTC</a> Removes Posts Critical of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Amazon</a> , <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a> , and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> Companies Business-guidance content published during the Biden administration has been removed from the Federal Trade Commission website. > I guess this is what $1 million donation to Trump’s <a href="https://mas.to/tags/inauguration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inauguration</a> fund get you <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/federal-trade-commission-removed-blogs-critical-of-ai-amazon-microsoft/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/story/federal-trade-commission-removed-blogs-critical-of-ai-amazon-microsoft/</a>

Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴Former <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CFPB</a> Director & <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FTC</a> Commissioner Rohit Chopra to Steph Ruhle:I hope people realize Trump carved out a <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> exception for small packages - which is exactly how <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Fentanyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fentanyl</a> comes into the US from <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#China</a>. He did this after meeting with the CEO of FedEx.Steph: That's always been the way with him: Trump's decisions are often determined by the last person he spoke with.

Matthew Rimmer"The FTC is an independent agency founded 111 years ago to fight fraudsters and monopolists," said fired commissioner Alvaro Bedoya. "Now, the president wants the FTC to be a lap dog for his golfing buddies." <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-fires-fcc-commissioners" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-fires-fcc-commissioners</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FTC</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#competition</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#antitrust</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/uslaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uslaw</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uspol</a>

Matthew RimmerUS competition law compromised.Rebecca Kelly Slaughter spoke about the unlawfulness of her firing. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/18/trump-fires-ftc-commissioners" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/18/trump-fires-ftc-commissioners</a> “Today, the President illegally fired me from my position as a Federal Trade Commissioner, violating the plain language of a statute and clear Supreme Court precedent. Why? Because I have a voice, and he is afraid of what I’ll tell the American people,” she said.She also expresses her concerns that Trump’s removal of “opposition voices” in the FTC will prevent his administration from being held accountable for its actions.“The administration clearly fears the accountability that opposition voices would provide if the president orders Chairman Ferguson to treat the most powerful corporations and their executives – like those that flanked the President at his inauguration – with kid gloves,” the statement continues.The US supreme court ruled in 1935 to uphold a law that allows FTC commissioners to be fired only for good cause, such as neglecting their duties. The ruling is meant to shield a number of independent and bipartisan agencies from direct control by the White House. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FTC</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#competition</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#antitrust</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/uslaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uslaw</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uspol</a>

R. Scott PertFTC removes posts critical of Big Tech from its website> The <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/FTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FTC</a> has removed over 300 blog posts published during the agency’s leadership under former chair <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/LinaKhan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LinaKhan</a>, Wired reports. These include posts that are critical of companies like <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Amazon</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a> for their handling of customer data. <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/18/ftc-removes-posts-critical-of-big-tech-from-its-website/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/18/ftc-removes-posts-critical-of-big-tech-from-its-website/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MAGA</a>

Erik JonkerAn FTC commissioner was fired illegally by Trump, read his statement. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ftc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ftc</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> ruled in 1935 to uphold a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> that allows <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FTC</a> commissioners to be fired ONLY for good <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cause</a>, such as neglecting their duties. The ruling shields a number of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#independent</a>, bipartisan multi-member agencies from direct control by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhiteHouse</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#labor</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FederalAgencies</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FederalWorkers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a>

NonilexExclusive: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> fires both <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democratic</a> commissioners at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FTC</a>Trump fired the 2 Democratic commissioners at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Tues, 2 sources familiar with the situation said, in another major test of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#independence</a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#regulatory</a> agencies.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#labor</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FederalAgencies</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FederalWorkers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-fires-both-democratic-commissioners-ftc-sources-say-2025-03-18/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-fires-both-democratic-commissioners-ftc-sources-say-2025-03-18/</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FTC</a> Removes Posts Critical of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Amazon</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a>, & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> CompaniesBusiness-guidance content published during the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biden</a> admin has been removed from the Federal Trade Commission website.The Trump admin’s FTC removed 4yrs worth of business guidance blogs as of Tues morning, including important <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ConsumerProtection</a> info related to AI & the agency’s landmark <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> lawsuits under fmr chair Lina Khan against companies like Amazon & Microsoft.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#broligarchy</a> <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/federal-trade-commission-removed-blogs-critical-of-ai-amazon-microsoft/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/story/federal-trade-commission-removed-blogs-critical-of-ai-amazon-microsoft/</a>

The Japan TimesAdvertising giant Dentsu and two other Japanese companies have been found to be reluctant to accept price hikes by their business partners, the Japan Fair Trade Commission said Friday. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/14/dentsu-ftc-probe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/14/dentsu-ftc-probe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#business</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japanfairtradecommission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#japanfairtradecommission</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nipponexpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nipponexpress</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dentsu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dentsu</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kohnanshoji" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kohnanshoji</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ftc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ftc</a>

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