I've commented (with citations) enough on HN about Stoller's biases and issues around analysis [0][1]
He's upped his content publishing the past few months now that he is competing with Oren Cass to change mindshare and build a prominent profile, but Cass is a Romney protege so he's limited.
If Trump becomes president, Stoller is most likely going to be nominated as an FTC commissioner because of his close relationship to JD Vance [2]
Let me get this straight: the "close relationship to JD Vance" is that he wrote an article that mentioned that Vance said something nice about Lina Khan, and this article means that Trump will "most likely" fire Lina Khan and hire Matt Stoller?
That article is one of the several engagements he's been putting on recently in the right-sphere.
His most damning quote was from 2023 that “fundamentally, my view is that authoritarianism is coming from the private sector,” not from those who’d attempt to seize control of democratic institutions by force. [0]
> Trump will "most likely" fire Lina Khan and hire Matt Stoller
He doesn't need to fire Lina Khan (though he most likely would) because Melissa Holyoak's term is expiring in 2025
Because it's Matt Stoller.
I've commented (with citations) enough on HN about Stoller's biases and issues around analysis [0][1]
He's upped his content publishing the past few months now that he is competing with Oren Cass to change mindshare and build a prominent profile, but Cass is a Romney protege so he's limited.
If Trump becomes president, Stoller is most likely going to be nominated as an FTC commissioner because of his close relationship to JD Vance [2]
[0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40624532
[1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38147499
[2] - https://nationalpost.com/opinion/matt-stoller-whos-afraid-of...