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Aidan Smith is a political consultant and commentator. His work focuses on issue areas including federal personnel, competition policy, and foreign policy. Follow him on Twitter @Aidan_Smx.
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Republicans Really Want You to Keep Paying Junk Fees
STANDING UP FOR BIG FEEDespite trying to brand themselves as economic populists, the GOP is going to bat for banks and corporations that rip people off with hidden, bogus extra charges.

Republicans Talk About Taking On Big Tech, Biden’s Doing It
ACTION NOT WORDSDOJ’s antitrust suit against Google shows the White House is serious about limiting tech giants’ monopoly power.

Big Tech’s Cars Could Help Gov’t Spy on Abortion Patients
RISKY RIDEGoogle, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook are getting into the auto game—which means law enforcement will have more tools to spy on vulnerable people.

Don’t Buy Big Tech’s BS That Regulation Is a ‘NatSec Threat’
I’M SORRY, WATLobbyists for tech giants like Facebook, Google, and Amazon are playing a ridiculous, bogus “national security” card to argue against antitrust efforts.

Break Up the Big Tech Giants—the People Want It!
BUST ’EM UP!In a divided country, from the heartland to Silicon Valley, polling shows Americans of both parties want to strip Big Tech companies of their monopoly power.

To Save Democracy, We Need Automatic Voter Registration
MAKE IT AUTOMATICIt shouldn’t be such a pain in the ass to register to vote. But if Congress isn’t going to pass reforms, states need to do it themselves.
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