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Nancy Scola

@nancyscola
74 posts
2026-02-18
This is, too, a ‘personnel is policy’ story. There has long been a small number of CFTC employees who balked at the idea of prediction markets. Changing the federal workforce changes how these decisions get made.
2026-02-18 View on X
Axios

CFTC Chair Mike Selig says the commission will file friend-of-the-court briefs to defend its exclusive jurisdiction over prediction markets amid state lawsuits

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is launching a legal campaign to defend its regulatory turf on prediction markets …

This is, too, a ‘personnel is policy’ story. There has long been a small number of CFTC employees who balked at the idea of prediction markets. Changing the federal workforce changes how these decisions get made.
2026-02-18 View on X
Wall Street Journal

A Las Vegas federal appeals court rejects Kalshi's emergency bid for an administrative stay on Nevada's push to block the platform, a major setback for Kalshi

A federal appeals court rejected Kalshi's bid, setting the stage for Nevada's civil-enforcement proceedings

2026-02-17
This is, too, a ‘personnel is policy’ story. There has long been a small number of CFTC employees who balked at the idea of prediction markets. Changing the federal workforce changes how these decisions get made.
2026-02-17 View on X
Axios

CFTC Chair Mike Selig says the commission will file friend-of-the-court briefs to defend its exclusive jurisdiction over prediction markets amid state lawsuits

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is launching a legal campaign to defend its regulatory turf on prediction markets …

2026-02-13
Talked to Mike Davis at Y Combinator's “Little Tech Competition Summit” in April—so, about ten months ago—and asked him about Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater. Just checked my notebook: “She's great. She's one of my best friends in Washington.”
2026-02-13 View on X
Axios

US DOJ antitrust chief Gail Slater says she is leaving, in a departure viewed as a victory for tech giants over some of MAGA's more populist voices

For what it's worth, the conversation just before this photo was about the then-new assistant attorney general for antitrust Gail Slater. Steve Bannon pointed to Lina Khan and said, “We're in an uneasy coalition. Gail Slater's key to that.”
2026-02-13 View on X
Axios

US DOJ antitrust chief Gail Slater says she is leaving, in a departure viewed as a victory for tech giants over some of MAGA's more populist voices

2026-02-12
For what it's worth, the conversation just before this photo was about the then-new assistant attorney general for antitrust Gail Slater. Steve Bannon pointed to Lina Khan and said, “We're in an uneasy coalition. Gail Slater's key to that.”
2026-02-12 View on X
Axios

US DOJ antitrust chief Gail Slater says she is leaving, in a departure viewed as a victory for tech giants over some of MAGA's more populist voices

Gail Slater on Thursday said she is leaving the Justice Department, where she led the antitrust division.

2025-05-29
Elon Musk says it's an “uphill battle trying to improve things in D.C.” Worth noting that he spent 130 days on the project. https://www.nytimes.com/...
2025-05-29 View on X
Axios

Elon Musk departs the Trump administration as a “special government employee”, defending DOGE's mission to reduce wasteful government spending

Elon Musk pivoted to damage control in his final days as a “special government employee,” publicly recommitting to Mars …

Elon Musk says it's an “uphill battle trying to improve things in D.C.” Worth noting that he spent 130 days on the project. https://www.nytimes.com/...
2025-05-29 View on X
New York Times

Sources detail factors that weakened Elon Musk's alliance with President Trump, including his frustrations with Trump's tariffs and his disillusionment with DC

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u... Philip Gourevitch / @pgourevitch : Exit (or pretend to) pursued by a bear market.  —  www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u... A.R. Moxon / @juliusgoat : Fee...

2025-05-10
I profiled the new head of the DOJ antitrust division, Gail Slater for @POLITICO. Some reporting bits... 🧵 [image]
2025-05-10 View on X
Politico

A profile of Gail Slater, the head of the DOJ's antitrust unit who has become the leader of the MAGA antitrust movement over Big Tech “censorship” concerns

very much not what some in the business world & antitrust bar have hoped for (or at least publicly predicted) from this admin. Nancy Scola / @nancyscola : I profiled the new head o...

One v. open question is how Slater's thinking on “Big Tech censorship” fits into her enforcement vision. The response from DOJ antitrust at the moment: break up the monopoly and remove platforms' ability to ‘censor.’ Here's Slater's top deputy, Notre Dame prof Roger Alford: [image]
2025-05-10 View on X
Politico

A profile of Gail Slater, the head of the DOJ's antitrust unit who has become the leader of the MAGA antitrust movement over Big Tech “censorship” concerns

very much not what some in the business world & antitrust bar have hoped for (or at least publicly predicted) from this admin. Nancy Scola / @nancyscola : I profiled the new head o...

Steve Bannon, for his part, says he sees Slater ("I love Gail Slater") as central to his ongoing attempt to build alliances with those on the left who might share his belief in the wisdom of leaning into gov't's antitrust powers. A bit of Bannon: [image]
2025-05-10 View on X
Politico

A profile of Gail Slater, the head of the DOJ's antitrust unit who has become the leader of the MAGA antitrust movement over Big Tech “censorship” concerns

very much not what some in the business world & antitrust bar have hoped for (or at least publicly predicted) from this admin. Nancy Scola / @nancyscola : I profiled the new head o...

I interviewed ~two dozen people who've known Slater over her long DC career. They paint a picture of an enforcer especially eager to enforce — very much not what some in the business world & antitrust bar have hoped for (or at least publicly predicted) from this admin.
2025-05-10 View on X
Politico

A profile of Gail Slater, the head of the DOJ's antitrust unit who has become the leader of the MAGA antitrust movement over Big Tech “censorship” concerns

very much not what some in the business world & antitrust bar have hoped for (or at least publicly predicted) from this admin. Nancy Scola / @nancyscola : I profiled the new head o...

Slater interviewed personally with Donald Trump, then-president-elect, at Mar-a-Lago just weeks after him getting re-elected — teeing her up to take office six month sooner than her counterpart in the first admin.
2025-05-10 View on X
Politico

A profile of Gail Slater, the head of the DOJ's antitrust unit who has become the leader of the MAGA antitrust movement over Big Tech “censorship” concerns

very much not what some in the business world & antitrust bar have hoped for (or at least publicly predicted) from this admin. Nancy Scola / @nancyscola : I profiled the new head o...

2025-04-29
FTC's Rebecca Slaughter on the ‘impossibility’ of federal privacy legislation: “My experience of the legislative process is that it is absolutely torturous and everything is impossible until it's a law. It's never going to happen, and then it's a law.” https://www.theverge.com/...
2025-04-29 View on X
The Verge

Q&A with former FTC commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter, who Trump fired, likely illegally, on Meta, fighting for privacy, and bribes in the US

Nilay Patel / The Verge : Bluesky: @jasonpaul and @reckless . X: @nancyscola Bluesky: Jason Paul / @jasonpaul : Gratuities. Nilay Patel / @reckless : Look there are a lot of other...

2025-04-03
More @linamkhan, asked about CEO Mark Zuckerberg's visit to the White House today, two weeks before the start of Meta's antitrust trial. Calls it “fairly troubling,” says it points to why there's supposed to be checks and balances on corporate power.
2025-04-03 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources: Mark Zuckerberg is lobbying Trump for a settlement that would stop Meta from facing an April 14 antitrust trial; he visited the White House on April 2

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...  [images] Cooper Lund / @cooperlund.online : Swapping Musk for Zuck to run the government efficiency office when Zuck oversees the most bloated of the t...

2025-03-12
Senate just approved Gail Slater to head DOJ's antitrust division — for what it's worth, filling the job more than six months sooner than in the first Trump administration.
2025-03-12 View on X
New York Times

The Senate approves Gail Slater, President Trump's pick to lead the DOJ's antitrust unit, by a 78-19 vote; she has been critical of power in the tech industry

for what it's worth, filling the job more than six months sooner than in the first Trump administration. @mrddmia : Statement on Bipartisan Senate Confirmation of Gail Slater as As...

2025-01-21
Carr made warning of the dangers of TikTok central to his whole Washington identity, so now that he's the Trump-appointed FCC chair things are going to get interesting. https://broadbandbreakfast.com/ ...
2025-01-21 View on X
The Verge

Brendan Carr becomes FCC chair, and plans to focus on tech and media regulation, combating China, spectrum licenses, infrastructure, the space economy, and more

Brendan Carr is now formally the chair of the Federal Communications Commission, giving him the power to set the agency's agenda …

2023-11-06
As I started digging into it, it became clear, as more than one source put it, when it comes to tech policy in the Biden White House all roads led to Bruce Reed...
2023-11-06 View on X
Politico

A profile of, and interview with, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Bruce Reed, who is in charge of developing the Biden administration's AI strategy

including companies' accumulation of data — as connecting back to the competition policy/antitrust work Biden's also pushed... Nancy Scola / @nancyscola : Neither came away especia...

...and when I spoke with Reed in his West Wing office, on his desk was a mug reading “Wu & Khan & Kanter.” It's a totem for those who've called on the Biden administration to prioritize antitrust. With Reed's help, all three were given posts in the administration.
2023-11-06 View on X
Politico

A profile of, and interview with, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Bruce Reed, who is in charge of developing the Biden administration's AI strategy

including companies' accumulation of data — as connecting back to the competition policy/antitrust work Biden's also pushed... Nancy Scola / @nancyscola : Neither came away especia...

Lastly, Reed and others in the WH see their work on AI — including companies' accumulation of data — as connecting back to the competition policy/antitrust work Biden's also pushed...
2023-11-06 View on X
Politico

A profile of, and interview with, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Bruce Reed, who is in charge of developing the Biden administration's AI strategy

including companies' accumulation of data — as connecting back to the competition policy/antitrust work Biden's also pushed... Nancy Scola / @nancyscola : Neither came away especia...