A profile of FTC Chair Lina Khan, who on a trip to Silicon Valley in November aimed to convince a skeptical tech sector that the government was there to help
FTC Chair Lina Khan's vast ambitions to cut back on corporate power could be a huge part of Biden's legacy — if they come to fruition. X: @chase_sutton99 , @caffar3cristina , @joshua_sisco , @matthewstoller , @helenbrosnan , @lydiadepillis , @ddayen , @leehepner , @playbookdc , @zephyrteachout , @sarahmillerdc , and @econliberties X: Chase Sutton / @chase_sutton99 : Lina Khan, Biden's anti-monopoly warrior, girds for 2024 Read @joshua_sisco on the polarizing FTC Chair who is at the forefront of the battle against American corporate power. He and the amazing photographer @clara_mokri spent time with Khan last month: https://www.politico.com/... Cristina Caffarra / @caffar3cristina : Good piece @joshua_sisco, finally doing some justice to @linakhanFTC's character and work. Honest and well researched. “She was put in this role to shake things up' https://www.politico.com/... via @politico Josh Sisco / @joshua_sisco : Spent a couple months on this story about FTC Chair Lina Khan. I've been covering antitrust and competition policy for 10 years and with Khan, Jonathan Kanter at DOJ and others in the administration, its far and away the most compelling time on the beat. https://www.politico.com/... Matt Stoller / @matthewstoller : “If it outlives Khan and her allies, it will have this strange alliance to thank: a faction of hard-right conservatives, far-left progressives, and the local pizza guy, all dragging the Washington bureaucrats along with them.” https://www.politico.com/... Helen Brosnan / @helenbrosnan : “Over paper cups of coffee & packaged pastries, Khan listened to story after story of small business owners feeling like they were being muscled out by big distributors and chain competitors... In recent months Khan has seemingly been everywhere.” https://www.politico.com/... Lydia DePillis / @lydiadepillis : Among the more well-done of the many, many profiles of @linakhanFTC, and also confirms my sense that she's been on a major charm offensive this year after starting out as largely invisible https://www.politico.com/... David Dayen / @ddayen : On Lina Khan's project at the FTC: “They need four more years” https://www.politico.com/... Lee Hepner / @leehepner : “It's never easy to undertake major institutional shifts,” Khan said. “But reality is on our side. Real people are facing real problems in the real world. And they are connecting them to the decisions people in Washington are making.” https://www.politico.com/... @playbookdc : FTC Chair Lina Khan's vast ambitions to cut back on corporate power could be a huge part of Biden's legacy — if they come to fruition. TODAY'S TOP READ: https://www.politico.com/... Zephyr Teachout / @zephyrteachout : I love this article because it actually gets how Lina is one of the best listeners in government, not pose listening, open learning, “displaying a level of engagement and curiosity not typically seen on the Washington conference circuit” https://www.politico.com/... via @politico Sarah Miller / @sarahmillerdc : “Khan listened to story after story of small business owners feeling like they were being muscled out by big distributors and chain competitors. “The sense people have is that they're just getting screwed, that the deck is stacked against them,” she said. https://www.politico.com/... @econliberties : “The FTC is supposed to represent the consumers and small businesses who don't always have a voice in the capital.” Great new piece in @politico highlights @linakhanFTC's superpower: grounding enforcement in the real experiences of everyday Americans👇 https://www.politico.com/...