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onandup

(701 posts) Wed Oct 9, 2024, 08:56 PM Oct 2024

AOC promises "brawl" if billionaires playing "footsie" with the ticket attempt to remove Lina Khan

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AOC promises "brawl" if billionaires playing "footsie" with the ticket attempt to remove Lina Khan (Original Post) onandup Oct 2024 OP

Kahn's term ended September 26. And Biden has not sought to nominate her for a new term onenote Oct 2024 #1

Not true Fiendish Thingy Oct 2024 #2

Yes, in an interim position until she is replaced or her term renewed MichMan Oct 2024 #3

I stand corrected. Her term has ended but she can stay on until she is renominated or replaced. onenote Oct 2024 #4

Harris has been getting tremendous pressure from CEO's and tech billionaires to fire Khan. Fiendish Thingy Oct 2024 #5

"By trying to break up the biggest tech companies, you risk our ability to be the best in artificial intelligence" LudwigPastorius Oct 2024 #6

onenote

(45,990 posts)

1. Kahn's term ended September 26. And Biden has not sought to nominate her for a new term

Reply to onandup (Original post)

Wed Oct 9, 2024, 08:58 PM

Oct 2024

despite having plenty of time to have done so before her term expired.

Fiendish Thingy

(22,050 posts)

2. Not true

Reply to onenote (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 9, 2024, 09:28 PM

Oct 2024

Kahn is still serving as FTC chair.

https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/commissioners-staff/lina-m-khan

MichMan

(16,632 posts)

3. Yes, in an interim position until she is replaced or her term renewed

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 9, 2024, 09:53 PM

Oct 2024

Her term did end 10/26/24 as the poster indicated.

onenote

(45,990 posts)

4. I stand corrected. Her term has ended but she can stay on until she is renominated or replaced.

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 9, 2024, 09:53 PM

Oct 2024

The FTC is different from the FCC, where a Commissioner whose term expires can only stay on for a limited period.

Fiendish Thingy

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5. Harris has been getting tremendous pressure from CEO's and tech billionaires to fire Khan.

Reply to onenote (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 9, 2024, 10:14 PM

Oct 2024

I hope she does not cave on this.

LudwigPastorius

(14,174 posts)

6. "By trying to break up the biggest tech companies, you risk our ability to be the best in artificial intelligence"

Reply to onandup (Original post)

Wed Oct 9, 2024, 11:11 PM

Oct 2024

There's always a reason for not enforcing anti-trust laws, isn't there?

Before the 2008 collapse, it was allowing unrestrained mergers and acquisitions in the name of "global competition".

Cuban seems to be one of the most level-headed tech bros out there, but he's still a billionaire, libertarian-ish, tech bro.

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