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Millions of Americans know something is wrong. They can't afford housing, groceries, or even gasoline.

My new book, "Gouged", exposes one of the forces driving up costs: AI-powered price gouging.

Thank you to my former boss, @SenWarren, for her kind words ahead of the book's launch! "Gouged" is now available wherever books are sold.

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Thanks to Republicans’ One Big Ugly Bill, Massachusetts families are facing a second consecutive year of double-digit health insurance premium increases.

After an 11.5% increase in 2026, premiums are set to rise almost 11% in 2027. All while families are already struggling with the cost of groceries, gas, rent and heating.

The bills keep piling up, costs keep climbing, and families are being forced to pick up the tab.

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Walmart: "We price products, not people."

Also Walmart: patents a way to skip your coupon because you’d buy anyway.

In her latest column for The Lever, @lindsayowensphd of @groundworkcollab dives into how a decade of filings reveals technology that could instantly change prices based on what’s in your cart, your perceived personality, and even the specifics of your car.

Comment "PRICING" to receive the link to the article.

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Halloween should be about tricks, treats, and creative costumes. But instead? Families are getting a fright at the checkout.

Our new analysis with @groundworkcollab finds that Halloween candy prices have jumped 15.3% since last year, four times faster than overall inflation. Some favorites have gotten even more expensive: Some sour gummy candy variety packs are up 39.1%, while Hershey seasonal peanut butter cups are up 23.4%. Even worse: 40% of parents with children under 18 plan to take on debt to cover Halloween costs this year.

Families shouldn’t have to go into debt to celebrate the holidays. Read our new report on rising Halloween prices, corporate profiteering, and the policies making this spooky season even more expensive at the link in our bio. Halloween candy prices are up 15.3% under Trump, rising four times faster than overall inflation. Text encourages readers to learn how Trump’s policies are making Halloween more expensive at go.tcf.org/Halloween. Three carved pumpkins sit against a dark background above The Century Foundation and Groundwork Collaborative logos.

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So…what can I say. This year the @nmsmallfarmconference was pivotal for my growth as an emerging farmer. Feeling discouraged after more crop failures during my second season, I came to the conference in despair.

However, meeting up with successful BIPOC farmers like @forkarounddetroit and genuine folks from @crosshatchmi and @groundworkcollab I now feel more invigorated than ever and hopeful for season three.

A big thanks to everyone I met for your encouragement, advice, and generosity of spirit, and especially to my farmer family from all across Michigan. You inspire me and give me hope for the future! #idlewild #blackeden #blackeden_idlewild #regenerativefarming #soulblossomfarm

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Rideshare apps like Uber and Lyft are tracking much more than your location.

They’ll use anything—including your phone’s battery levels—to charge you more just to get home.

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

My new book, “Gouged”, exposes a whole menu of tricks and traps corporations are using to gouge you. They’re using your personal data—from low-battery levels to location history—to jack up prices and squeeze consumers.

“Gouged” is available now. Comment UBER to get a link to order right in your DMs.

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Last month, Walmart’s CEO released a letter claiming they “price products, not people.”

Then, they named me in a public letter, attacking me for sounding the alarm about its surveillance pricing technology.

A new report from my organization, @groundworkcollab, exposing a decade’s worth of Walmart patent applications, tells a very different story.

They’re building an arsenal of surveillance technology that, taken together, represents one of the most expansive corporate surveillance regimes the world has ever known.

If Walmart doesn’t want to be in the news for its deceptive pricing techniques, I lay out the steps it could take to assure the public that it isn’t using its patented technology to spy on shoppers.

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For years, McDonald's executives have been bragging to Wall Street about their AI price-setting technology...until Reuters called them out.

McDonald’s is using an AI-powered pricing engine across every one of its 14,000 U.S. restaurants to recommend the “optimal price” for every menu item — based on how much customers in that area are willing to pay.

We don’t need AI pricing systems sizing us up to supersize our drive-thru bill. It's time to end the rip off.

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Stubhub junk fees are annoying. Even @RonanFarrow deals with them. But they speak to something much bigger.

While most Americans can hardly afford the basics, these already massively profitable corporations are using every tool they can come up with to extract every last dollar they can from us.

It’s not just inconvenient — it’s just plain greedy.

Thanks to Ronan for coming out to Gouged’s book launch and diving into how companies use new technologies to rip all of us off.

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Companies love to make signing up for a subscription easy and canceling it nearly impossible.

And it's more than just an annoying trick—it's a business model generating billions of dollars in profits.

There are ways to stay one step ahead of the gougers. But consumers shouldn't have to dodge and weave around corporate tricks and traps just to keep their hard-earned money.

It's time for a federal rule banning these deceptive practices.

For the full exposé, pick up my new book, "Gouged", wherever books are sold, or comment "BOOK" to get a link sent straight to your DMs.

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