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Zohran Mamdani taps Big Tech antagonist Lina Khan as co-chair of mayoral transition team
NY Post ^ | Nov 5, 2025 | Thomas Barrabi

Posted on 11/13/2025 2:48:10 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has picked former Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan to serve as co-chair of his transition team…Khan — a 36-year-old Democrat who bought major cases against Meta and Amazon while running the FTC from 2021 to 2025 — surprised some onlookers on Wednesday as she appeared alongside Mamdani at his first post-election press conference.

During her time at the FTC, Khan waged an unsuccessful fight to stop Microsoft’s acquisition of video game giant Activision-Blizzard; blocked an attempted merger between grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons and enacted a ban on non-compete agreements when workers switch jobs, which was later reversed in court.

…Khan’s hard-charging approach to antitrust enforcement even drew support from so-called “Khanservatives” on the right, including Vice President JD Vance and Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri.

“I guess I look at Lina Khan as one of the few people in the Biden administration who I think is doing a pretty good job,” Vance said at an antitrust conference sponsored by Silicon Valley startup incubator Y Combinator last year.

At the same time, Khan has received fierce support from so-called “Little Tech” startups who were largely supportive of her efforts to break up dominant rivals...

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: antitrust; bigtech; business; linakhan; mamdani

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Khan’s hard-charging approach to antitrust enforcement even drew support from so-called “Khanservatives” on the right, including Vice President JD Vance and Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri.

Matt Gaetz has also sung her praises.


1 posted on 11/13/2025 2:48:10 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Khan job.


2 posted on 11/13/2025 2:58:55 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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3 posted on 11/13/2025 3:00:40 PM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

YAWN


4 posted on 11/13/2025 3:02:57 PM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
The MSM is trying to make this guy into the leader of the Trump opposition. They've tried this before. Anyone remember Michael Avenatti? Here he is, in happier times:


5 posted on 11/13/2025 3:13:20 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

The new commie-mayor in Seattle just announced Obama-Food Care. The “Public Groceries Option”, for the people, where dogs outnumber children six to one.


6 posted on 11/13/2025 3:14:18 PM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) "Diggin the scene with a gangster lean" (Mayfield, Curtis) )
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Is she going to pay for the free candy?


7 posted on 11/13/2025 7:28:49 PM PST by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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