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  • Trump’s Energy Reset: Dismantling Biden’s Climate Lawfare Legacy

    The Comer investigation underscores why we should consider federal lawfare liability reforms that would put most of these frivolous cases to rest. President Trump’s push to boost energy affordability by slashing green regulations and climate lawfare has been a powerful yet undercovered plank of his second term. Drastically changing course from the energy-restrictive policies of…

  • FTC v. Meta Is All About Politics, Not Antitrust Law

    Meta had its first day in court against the Federal Trade Commission in what will be the second-largest antitrust trial of the decade. At stake is Meta’s ownership of both Instagram and WhatsApp, and the viability of Mark Zuckerberg’s company as traditional social media enters the era of AI. Say what you will about the political influence…

  • Trump Is Right to Hammer Environmental Lawfare

    President Donald Trump’s critics are right about one thing: The first few months of his second term have been a reckoning. Starting with the federal government’s pursuit of law firms and organizations that committed lawfare against the president to hobble his political comeback, Trump has now supercharged executive authority to stop the flood of ideologically based lawsuits targeting America’s energy providers. …

  • How Donald Trump Can Beat Europe’s Tech Regulations

    If there is one bright spot in Trump’s trade threats, it is that the conversation on how to improve the global regulatory space for the average consumer has been recalibrated.  President Trump’s tariff-heavy trade agenda is quickly proving unpopular with Americans, which might explain why the administration worked overtime to rebrand tariffs as “liberation” from foreign partners who treated…

  • Bitcoin and Crypto Reserve? What’s behind it and why does it matter?

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    Consumer Choice Center Deputy Director Yaël Ossowski discusses President Trump’s proposal for a Strategic Bitcoin (and Crypto) Reserve on the Steve Gruber Show, and why it matters. March 3, 2025

  • The Robin Hayes Pardon Was Undeserved

    Early this morning, in the final hours of the Donald Trump presidency, the outgoing president granted pardons and commutations for federal charges to several political and cultural figures, as is his right under Article II of the Constitution. Among the most notable were former Trump aide Steven Bannon, former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, and rappers…

  • Yaël on ANews to discuss the aftermath of the US Elections

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    CCC Deputy Director Yaël Ossowski is interviewed on ANews to give perspective on the US elections and the aftermath, including what consumer advocates should do next. 9. November 2020 http://consumerchoicecenter.org

  • Overreaching Lockdowns Are Flattening Our Livelihoods

    Millions of Americans are in the penalty box as we speak. They have followed the advice of state and local officials and stayed home to stop the spread of COVID-19. Businesses are on hold, birthdays are canceled, travel is limited, and we are glued to our screens to see how this all ends. While some…

  • Mayoral Memes – Consumer Choice Radio (15. Feb. 2020)

    Consumer Choice Radio, hosted by Yaël Ossowski (@YaelOss) & David Clement (@ClementLiberty). Huawei finally charged; why do the Chinese want Yaël’s credit report? Bloomberg’s leaked tape and Stop-And-Frisk Apology The mayoral memes are hitting hard The unions are going against Bernie Trump at the Daytona 500 will be an absolute BONANZA Los Angeles expunges cannabis…

  • Yaël on Joe Catenacci Show: Reporting from Davos

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    Consumer Choice Center Deputy Director Yaël Ossowski on The Joe Catenacci Show. Topics discussed: Boots-on-the-ground report from the World Economic Forum in Davos Trump’s words on the economy and the environment matter Innovation will solve the climate crisis Cannabis Conclave Part Two What is happening with cannabis legislation around the world and locally? This was…