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  • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I'm trying to find specifics

    https://twitter.com/ne0liberal/status/1226966585786732546

    The Center for New Liberalism, parent organization of the Neoliberal Project (which is the root of the subreddit), openly "partners" with the conservative "Progressive Policy Institute", which almost looks as though it has done a corporate acquisition of the CNL

    https://www.progressivepolicy.org/project/the-center-for-new-liberalism/

    Using Open Secrets, we can see some of their members, which represent a wide array of corporate interests:

    https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/search_result.php?priv=Progressive+Policy+Institute

    They take money from Exxon Mobile:

    https://theintercept.com/2019/09/06/exxon-mobil-progressive-policy-institute-climate/

    And you can find a bunch more details here:

    https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/progressive-policy-institute/

    I personally think that merely giving lipservice to progressive policy (or even easier, criticizing Republican-aligned reactionary policy) means very little, but it provides a list of donors and also mentions this:

    Criticism of EU Antitrust Legislation and the Federal Trade Commission

    The Progressive Policy Institute has been critical of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and European Union (EU) antitrust regulators for blocking gene-sequencing company Illumina from acquiring the cancer-diagnostic developer Grail.

    The institute objected to the EU’s move to prevent the merger of two American companies, referring to its decision as “regulatory imperialism.”

    The institute was also critical of the FTC, claiming that Illumina’s commitment not to raise the price of services provided by Grail and the potential to advance cancer detection technology beyond what Grail could do independently warranted the merger.

    They promised, guys! No way would a medical monopoly in America scam anyone!