Today on TAP: A reader’s guide to a fake climate debate
corporate power
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Climate Denialist Think Tank That Might Produce the Next FTC Commissioner
It turns out that radical ideology IS allowed at the FTC.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Jim Jordan Misfires in Attacks on Lina Khan
House Judiciary Committee Republicans didn’t follow Jordan in his assaults on Khan’s ethics. Some Republicans even praised her.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Federal Highway Safety Regulator Torpedoes Massachusetts Right-to-Repair Legislation
The federal regulator cites concerns over hacking, but that argument is an industry pretext.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Lina Khan Faces an Inquisition
An upcoming House Judiciary Committee hearing is an attempt to force her to stand down on fighting corporate power, or face the consequences.
Posted inPolitics
Will DeSantis’s Culture War Backfire?
Increasing cancellations of convention plans and business investments are starting to damage Florida’s economy.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Lina Khan Haters Took a Premature Victory Lap
It turns out that the ethics official who recommended that Khan recuse herself from a case involving Meta is an owner of Meta stock.
Posted inTAP
Big Changes to a Little Form
Today on TAP: The antitrust agencies propose that companies actually give them the information they need to decide whether their mergers are legal.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Will Katherine Tai Prevail Over the Corporate Undertow?
The U.S. trade representative is one of Biden’s most inspired appointees. She faces fierce resistance as she tries to carry out her president’s trade agenda.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Attacks on Lina Khan’s Ethics Reveal Copious Amounts of Projection
Before the Federal Trade Commission chair got there, the agency was brimming with conflicts of interest, including from her loudest critics.
