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      Trump has a spreadsheet of companies loyalty to him. It’s possible the gym cartels didn’t give him enough bribes.

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        An appeals court blocked the rule, and Trump’s FTC had argued in support of it. They haven’t appealed the ruling, though. https://www.businessinsider.com/ftc-blocks-subscription-trap-click-to-cancel-ftc-rule-2025-7

        Trump’s FTC filed a brief in March supporting the negative option and click-to-cancel rule, writing that consumers “face unnecessary obstacles from sellers who force them to endure multiple phone calls, long hold times, and countless automated menus. Studies show that most Americans pay hundreds annually for unwanted subscriptions.”

        FTC’s commissioner Mark Meador took a different tone last week when he wrote in a post on X following the 8th Circuit’s ruling: “The FTC’s click-to-cancel rule, which would have made it much easier for consumers to get rid of unwanted online subscriptions, isn’t going into effect for one reason: the Biden FTC cut corners and didn’t follow the law. Process matters.”

        This suggests that the FTC likely won’t appeal the ruling…

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        No you aren’t making it up they did stop that from going into effect.

        I’m sure this is an attempt to appear like they’re being helpful while actually ingraining the problem further.

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      Several other good things started under Biden have continued under Trump’s FTC and FCC as well. Trump supporters think Trump is responsible for it though.

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        Some of ‘Bidens’ decisions were started under the previous Trump administration as well, and Biden supporters all said Trump would never had done that.

        policittn is always like that.

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          Do you happen to have any examples off the top of your head? Most of my news is fairly left-wing bubble so I’m unlikely to ever hear about that kinda stuff

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      The Trump admin is more about comically open corruption than traditional conservative non-interference in the market. Trump is trying to get Intel to hand over 10% of the company’s ownership. Traditional conservatives are not running the Trump administration.

      Instead, their motives are a lot more corrupt. They don’t support corporations in general. Instead, they support corporations that bribe them and oppose corporations that don’t. The gym industry evidently hasn’t placated themselves sufficiently to the Trump regime, so Biden’s lawsuit is allowed to continue. It will be withdrawn the moment they bend the knee and pay up.