Once a quiet backwater of bipartisan economic policy, antitrust has become a highly weaponized political issue under the Biden administration.

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan and her progressive backers are trying to use antitrust enforcement to push the Biden administration’s agenda. Under Khan, press interviews on “The Daily Show“ have become a part of the agency’s regular schedule to promote actions like banning noncompete agreements, and Senate Democrats are exerting their influence over the agency to advance investigations of oil and gas mergers, which Democrats have said would allow companies to “thwart climate legislation.”

In an alarming twist, a new crop of populist Republicans is helping push Khan and the Biden administration’s agenda. These “Khanservative” GOP lawmakers — including Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance and Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz — are supporting outlandish progressive regulatory views. Their goal is to stop censorship of conservative voices on tech platforms, but in reality, they are enabling it further. By empowering the reach of the federal government, Khanservatives are increasing the ability of the Biden administration to silence voices with which it disagrees.

In recent weeks, a number of press........

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