Minnesota passed an important law in 2023 meant to check the growing consolidation of health systems in the state. Now is the time to use it.
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Commentary: With Sutter and Sanford seeking to continue their push to monopolize, now is an opportunity for Ellison to lead and use the powerful tools lawmakers provided him to push back against the hospital merger wave.
Justin Stofferahn
While the FTC sucks right now, if state legislators want to address high grocery prices and protect their small businesses there is legislation at the #mnleg RIGHT NOW that would give the state new tools to crack down on Walmart’s unfair tactics.
An effort to turn Spirit into a cooperative has gone viral. Could it help spark a cooperative renaissance that helps tackle our monopoly crisis?
In 2000 the state had 68 independent hospitals compared to 67 affiliated with a larger system. Today just 29% are independent.
There is a level of alarm coming from many great small businesses in Minneapolis & St. Paul that I haven’t heard since COVID.
This weekend - pick a locally-owned business or three that you love and go spend some money if you can. We’ve all got to look out for one another and they need our help.
Minnesota Reformer
Was honored to join consumer advocates and small businesses to urge #mnleg to prohibit predatory surveillance pricing practices in Minnesota. #BreakEmUp
For too long MN has held up its corporate giants as something unique and special, but their cowardly letter has exposed the lie. Everyday Minnesotans are what make our state great, not these vultures. Must read from @ddayen.bsky.social & @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social. prospect.org/2026/01/28/m...
Justin Stofferahn
Justin Stofferahn
Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.
A player in massive trade rumors owning part of a prediction market where people can bet on whether he gets traded is a MASSIVE conflict of interest.
This is so far beyond players doing sportsbook ads.
Justin Stofferahn
Justin Stofferahn
Charlie Rybak
Hey all…I know we’re exhausted with all the money requests, but Mercado Central is in trouble, too: gofund.me/dac7d7cb5
Jesse Jackson could do something most politicians can't even imagine.
He got conservative dirt farmers and inner-city families fighting the same enemy: corporate profiteers running roughshod over us all.
That's not (just) oratory. That's vision. And it's exactly what we need right now.
Executives who lobbied for Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which enabled the immigration terror in their state, now want everyone to believe they are on the people’s side.
