Bidenâs Trade Commission Pick Lina Khan Led Antitrust Efforts Against Big Tech
Legal scholar Lina Khan has been nominated to the Federal Trade Commission by President Joe Biden.
An Rong Xu for the Washington Post; Edited: Truthout
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Politico reports. Progressives against big tech and for anti-monopolism praised this decision on Tuesday.
Khan is a âprogressive superstar,â
ProPublica senior reporter and editor Jesse Eisinger wrote. She first became well known in the law and big tech spheres for her 2017 article published in
The Yale Law Journal, âAmazonâs Antitrust Paradox,â which challenged American antitrust law and its ability to handle companies like Amazon.
A number of recent articles shed light on the foggy nature of lawmaking in a 50/50 Senate.
By SueEllen Campbell | Thursday, February 4, 2021
We have seen much of what President Biden’s administration will be doing about climate change through Executive Office actions. But what about the legislative branch? With Democrats holding the slimmest possible edge in the Senate and a modest edge in the House, what might realistically happen?
Answers to this important question are by nature somewhat complicated. And there are always some chances for surprises, unexpected developments triggered by exceptional events.
For a terrific overview that pays particular attention to the rules controlling legislation, see Marianne Lavelle’s piece in Inside Climate News. Complement it with Laurie Goering’s short, pragmatic, optimistic piece from Reuters.
This is the Jan. 28, 2021, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. Sign up here to get it in your inbox.
The day before President Joe Biden took office, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce one of the country’s most influential business groups, and a longtime opponent of aggressive climate policies made a seemingly major announcement: It would support a market-based approach to slashing emissions. American climate policy, the Chamber said, “should recognize the urgent need for action.”
But three days later as the Biden administration prepared to pause new oil and gas leases on public lands and waters the group released a statement reading, in part, “There is never a good time to disrupt domestic energy production.”
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This is the Jan. 21, 2021, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. Sign up here to get it in your inbox.
The last story I wrote before Donald Trump was elected president, four years and two months ago, was about the Obama administration’s claim that it had approved 60 renewable energy projects on public lands, capable of powering up to 5 million homes. I scrutinized those numbers, finding they dramatically overestimated the outgoing president’s accomplishments.
When Trump defeated Hillary Clinton a few days after the story published, I started to wonder if I had wasted my time.