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Jason Calacanis, the poorest member of the All-In Podcast\u2019s collective of otherwise billionaire superfriends, has defeated former chair of the Federal Trade Commission and prominent antitrust advocate Lina Khan in the marketplace of ideas after she no-showed a planned debate.<\/p>\n

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At least, that\u2019s what happened in Calacanis\u2019 telling. As with most things, though, reality does not reflect his understanding of it.<\/p>\n

On July 15, Calacanis seemingly randomly declared on X that, \u201cA major media outlet offered me a debate with Lina Khan on [mergers and acquisitions],\u201d before declaring, \u201cShe chickened out!\u201d The next day (because Calacanis has very little motion online, so it takes a while for his posts to get attention), Khan\u2019s communications head, Douglas Farrar, issued a pretty important series of corrections that undermined basically every bit of Calacanis\u2019s account of what happened.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI handle comms for Lina Khan. I\u2019m the one who declined this invitation in May because she\u2019s on maternity leave,\u201d Farrar wrote. \u201cAnd it wasn\u2019t a debate. The show\u2019s pitch was \u2018opposite sides finding common ground.’\u201d Farrar included a screenshot of his response to the email, apparently to a representative at the New York Times, in which he very clearly states, \u201cWe\u2019re grateful for the opportunity but we\u2019re going to pass. Lina is on maternity leave.\u201d<\/p>\n

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I handle comms for Lina Khan. I’m the one who declined this invitation in May because she’s on maternity leave. Here’s the receipt. <\/p>\n

And it wasn’t a debate. The show’s pitch was ‘opposite sides finding common ground’ https:\/\/t.co\/pnKsc2ELxs pic.twitter.com\/6525FG4BiC<\/p>\n

\u2014 Douglas Farrar (@DouglasLFarrar) July 16, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

When presented with this, Calacanis quickly backed off his initial declaration of debate dominance. \u201cMy apologies, didn\u2019t read the full email! Look forward to the debate or the common ground format,\u201d he wrote on X.<\/p>\n

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Didn\u2019t read the full email, Jason? The body of it is 25 total words, and you chose to read the 20 that allowed you to claim Khan was ducking you, without reading the last five that explain why? In a reply to someone mocking him for his lack of reading comprehension, Calacanis defended the lapse by stating, \u201cGet 500 emails a day\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

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But there are a couple of things that don\u2019t exactly add up here. First, per the screenshots, the initial offer for the conversation was sent to Khan on May 13, and Farrar responded on her behalf that same day. So at the very least, the host of the planned conversation knew two months ago that the conversation wasn\u2019t happening. Presumably, Calacanis was also informed of that pretty quickly.\u00a0But maybe he wasn\u2019t! Maybe it was proposed that the conversation be held in July, and when the date came and went without it taking place, Calacanis decided to fire off a quick message about how Khan backed down.<\/p>\n

That\u2019d be an explanation, but it doesn\u2019t seem like it\u2019d be a true one. Farrar offered an additional email with the person who reached out to set up the conversation in the first place, in which Farrar asks about why Calacanis would be under the assumption that Khan chickened out. \u201cUgh, I\u2019m sorry about that. I told him that Ms. Khan was on mat[ernity] leave and that I planned to ask again when she got back,\u201d the person replied. \u201cHis tweet is simply false.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, let\u2019s recap real quickly: Calacanis and Khan were both approached about a conversation to find common ground to be hosted by the New York Times back in May. Khan\u2019s representatives almost immediately informed the Times that she was on maternity leave and wouldn\u2019t be able to participate. Calacanis was informed of this, but because a 25-word email was too long for him to parse, he decided to wait two months to publicly declare that Khan backed out of a debate with him.<\/p>\n

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You could call it a misunderstanding, but it seems like only one party \u201cmisunderstood\u201d the situation, and just happened to misunderstand it in a way that reflected well on himself and poorly on his ideological opponent. So let\u2019s be real, we all understand what happened here.<\/p>\n

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