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Pat_Garofalo

@pat_garofalo

Director of state and local policy at @econliberties. Author: "The Billionaire Boondoggle" and Boondoggle newsletter. DC via NJ. #COYS

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In a shady deal, Amazon bought this parcel for 10x the value and now they've backed out of development? Maybe we shouldn't trust companies that hide behind shell companies and NDAs and then spike deals at the most politically fragile moment for the state in over a decade.

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Dumping people off Medicaid and axing baby bonds and the child tax credit while pumping money into a billionaire’s NFL stadium and bringing back a failed tax break for tech corporations? No thanks. axios.com/local/washingt…

Nidhi Hegde (@nhegde) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨Polis vetoes another bill that would help American families! In recent weeks, the Gov has 1) come out in support of AI state preemption provision 2) vetoed a social media bill that would protect kids 3) vetoed the worker protection act. Clear message who he is working for.

Sam Gilman (@gilmansam) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Deeply disappointed by the veto. This was the most important bill for renters this leg session. It stood up to corporate power. It promised to bring apartments back online. And it took on economic abuse that steals $1600 a year from renters. coloradosun.com/2025/05/29/jar…

American Economic Liberties Project (@econliberties) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨NEW: Jared Polis VETOED a landmark bill that would have banned landlords from using secretive algorithms to allegedly price-fix rents. This was his chance to stand with working Coloradans over corporate landlords -- and he just made his priorities clear, says Pat_Garofalo

🚨NEW: Jared Polis VETOED a landmark bill that would have banned landlords from using secretive algorithms to allegedly price-fix rents.

This was his chance to stand with working Coloradans over corporate landlords -- and he just made his priorities clear, says <a href="/Pat_Garofalo/">Pat_Garofalo</a>
David Seligman (@daveyseligman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Lotta politicians talk about making life easier and more affordable—that’s going to mean making sure mega-landlords and BigTech plays by the same set of rules as the rest of this. The Governor let down millions of Coloradans.

Pat_Garofalo (@pat_garofalo) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Big corporations have relaunched their campaign to shamelessly lie about New York’s proposed ban on non-compete agreements politico.com/newsletters/ne…

AG Brian Schwalb (@dcattorneygen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW: We secured $1 million from a DC landlord involved in the RealPage rental price-fixing scheme. They will also be banned from using rent-setting software. This is the first settlement in our suit against RealPage and the corporate landlords that colluded to hike rents in DC.

Emma Freer (@freer_emma) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A clear and compelling case for repealing state certificate of public advantage (COPA) laws, which allow merging hospitals to evade antitrust laws, benefitting corporate monopolies at the expense of patients. kffhealthnews.org/news/article/b…

Pat_Garofalo (@pat_garofalo) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Great to see a perfectly bipartisan group of 260 state legislators from all 50 states publicly oppose the federal budget provision that would preempt state AI regulation for 10 years. ari.us/wp-content/upl…

American Economic Liberties Project (@econliberties) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"We commend the Oregon House and Senate on their clear-eyed votes—in the face of intense out-of-state lobbying opposition—and we urge Governor Kotek to sign this bill without delay.” Hayden Rooke-Ley on the OR legislature passing a bill to close loopholes in the state's CPOM law.

"We commend the Oregon House and Senate on their clear-eyed votes—in the face of intense out-of-state lobbying opposition—and we urge Governor Kotek to sign this bill without delay.”

<a href="/Hayrook/">Hayden Rooke-Ley</a> on the OR legislature passing a bill to close loopholes in the state's CPOM law.
Pat_Garofalo (@pat_garofalo) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"Lobbyists for both the Chiefs and Royals would not commit to staying in Missouri if the plan passed" kansascity.com/news/politics-…

Hayden Rooke-Ley (@hayrook) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Big deal if gov signs this. Oregon would become the first state to address the key loophole that allows corporate outfits to own medical practices—despite state laws that expressly prohibit this. wsj.com/articles/orego…

Pat_Garofalo (@pat_garofalo) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I wrote about how corporate interests in Minnesota and New York are pushing some big lies in order to block or roll back progress on banning non-compete agreements boondoggle.substack.com/p/the-corporat…