Matt Stoller

1. My newsletter BIG on monopoly power just went paid. You should subscribe. I'm surprised by the outpouring of support, but I shouldn't be. People hate monopolies because we hate being dependent on another's will. It's the humiliation. It's this image. mattstoller.substack.com/p/a-big-announ…

NEW: Trump is considering more changes to his Cabinet, according to four officials. He has expressed frustration and disappointment with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer. "He's very angry and he's going to be moving people," an administration official told @politico. No final decisions have been made on Chavez-DeRemer and Lutnick, and Trump has contemplated firing people and then backed off before. My latest reporting: politico.com/news/2026/04/0…

Big news from DC! A coalition of trade assns, ag producers, and industry leaders expanded the Main Street Competition Coalition into a 501(c)(4) to challenge market power mainstreetcompetition.com #MainStreetCompetition #FairMarkets #Antitrust #SmallBusiness

Doorskin monopolist JELD-WEN finally comes to its senses & GIVES UP on latest appeal attempt Right outcome, doctrinally useful decisions along way (supported by DOJ statement of interest) But An indictment of antitrust law/procedure that it took a DECADE to reverse 3->2 merger

@AdamLernerinLA @janxpetrov @matthewstoller A homeland that requires abandoning the values that defined the people is not preserving Judaism, it’s replacing it. If people and land replace values as the content of Jewish identity then you’ve just got ethnic nationalism with Jewish branding. Judaism calls that idol worship.

$BAC Bank of America says it will cancel plans for a $14 billion construction loan linked to $ORCL data center being built and back a bond offering instead as fear of private credit contagion spreads into banks. In other words Bank of America leant to much money to private credit lenders that funneled money to data centers and now can’t risk having more on its balance sheet. Needs something it can sell.

on a stage in front of a thousand lawyers, she could not muster even a mild oblique statement that the rule of law matters for antitrust enforcement or vice versa, much less call out the corruption that ousted her. that's not laser eyes.

1. Excited to be launching the Center for Law and the Economy @ColumbiaLaw with @LevMenand. The Center will focus on pressing questions of economic governance and help train the next generation of scholars and policy leaders. wsj.com/us-news/law/li…

Pam Bondi did too much stealing and not enough prosecuting of Democrats. wsj.com/us-news/law/tr…

BREAKING: Amazon will add a 3.5% surcharge for U.S. and Canadian sellers starting April 17 due to "elevated costs in fuel and logistics."

The California legislature will hold its first hearing next week on the most significant reform to the state’s antitrust law since 1907. The bill would reject federal cases inconsistent with protecting competition, including Trinko and Brooke Group. AB 1776 - the “COMPETE” Act.

Amazing that Dems have a stronger stance on Hasan Piker than the war on Iran.

At my Seder last night, every single person had moved away from support for Israel. Opinions differed, but everyone was less supportive than they were five years ago. And there was resentment of U.S. synagogues over their stance on Israel.

Physical oil hits its highest level since 2008 *DATED BRENT OIL PRICE SOARS TO $141.37/BBL, HIGHEST SINCE 2008 bloomberg.com/news/live-blog…

Congressional Dems' numbers with Dems are atrociously awful. (Even worse among all voters.) Most Dems (55%) think their party has the wrong priorities! Unlike 2006 or 2018, Dem leaders have a negative net approval with Dems! Schumer is on thin ice to hold his job next year.

The slow bank run in private credit continues with Blue Owl in trouble... bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The U.S. government sued Illinois on Thursday to stop what it called the state's unlawful efforts to regulate prediction markets. reuters.com/legal/litigati…

fantastic story. fantastic charts.

Prominent New York synagogue hosts presentation on why U.S. Jews should support the ethnic cleansing of Gaza mondoweiss.net/2026/04/promin… #Palestine #Israel

NEWS: Lina Khan has launched an economic policy center that will train the next generation of lawyers and also publish research that can be turned into actionable policy. Follow the center @law_and_economy

It just occurred to me that Operation Epic Fury sounds like an adventure in How to Train Your Dragon.