☮️ Director of External Affairs @ Cato Institute. 📺 Former News Producer @ WJLA. 🗽libertarian. 🍽️ Foie gras fan. ⛳️ Lover of golf.
Washington, DC
Joined October 2010
- Tweets1.8K
- Following884
- Followers452
- Likes450
Pinned Tweet
The government shouldn’t be snooping in our bank accounts!
It’s time to amend the bank secrecy act.
@CatoCMFA @norbertjmichel #peepholepita #washingtondc
Privacy isn’t what you think. 🤣
At lunch with @CatoCMFA welcoming @JaiKedia to the team!
#financialprivacy Is just one topic he will be working on!
#naan #silly
Simone Shenny retweeted
Congratulations to @MariaCorinaYA, this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner, for her steadfast defense of liberal democracy and human rights in Venezuela. 🇻🇪
A longtime friend of the Cato Institute, Maria Corina has united Venezuela’s opposition, exposed tyranny, and given hope to millions seeking liberty.
Read more from @VasquezIan: cato.org/blog/maria-corina-m…
Simone Shenny retweeted
Gratified to see that @CatoInstitute's amicus brief was cited in this important decision, a credit to @bskorup's excellent work researching and writing our brief as well as Charles Brandt's dedicated research and drafting assistance.
BREAKING: Appeals court rejects Trump’s authority to impose sweeping tariffs under IEEPA.
storage.courtlistener.com/re…
“I’m not just a regular boss, I’m a cool boss”
A wonderful night at the America’s Future 30th Anniversary Gala with @irdesheplo
I love me a 90’s theme!
X aquired by xAI why am I not seeing this #breakingnews everywhere?
Elon Musk says xAI has acquired X in deal that values social media site at $33 billion cnbc.com/2025/03/28/elon-mus…
Simone Shenny retweeted
In a landmark statement, Chair Jerome Powell commits to never issue a CBDC so long as he is the chair of the Federal Reserve.
Simone Shenny retweeted
Cato has announced a dedicated department for External Affairs.
The External Affairs department will prioritize expanding the audience for the institute’s research to support Cato’s mission of moving public policy in the direction of individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace.
Learn more about the team & get in touch with @simoneshenny or @irdesheplo: cato.org/news-releases/cato-…
Simone Shenny retweeted
Who Said It—a Natcon or a Socialist?
"As productivity growth has slowed, the economy has become more financialized, which means that resources are increasingly channeled into means of extracting wealth from the productive economy instead of producing goods and services."
33%Socialist
67%Natcon
366 votes • Final resultsIt’s like 20 degrees warmer in dc than Vegas. Faux Fur coat/mobwife aesthetic may be overkill 🙄 annoyed.
Delayed getting out of Las Vegas again… I feel like I’m living a real life “Hotel California” scenario #travelwoes
Simone Shenny retweeted
At the @CatoInstitute engaging on its Globalization Project - including a frank exchange on the opportunities and challenges of Globalization and the role of the @WTO. A good opportunity to put forward the case for Reimagining Globalization or “ReGlobalization” to include those who have been left at the margins in both rich and poor count. Also a good opportunity to explain the importance of a fully functioning @WTO Dispute Settlement System. Thanks to @scottlincicome and the Cato Institute for its activism in reasserting the critical importance of the Multilateral Trading System.
Simone Shenny retweeted
In conversations with a commissioner at #CES2024 @DrCaliff_FDA makes an important point about the line between algorithms and AI is often murky as well as many of the amazing opportunities that tech has for healthcare
Simone Shenny retweeted
NOW in Room N262: Innovation thrives in a smart transparent regulatory environment. Join us for our "Conversations With Commissioner" sessions with @DrCaliff_FDA, @RKSlaughterFTC, @BrendanCarrFCC, and @AGomezFCC, interviewed by CTA's @JDGrossman and @CTARachelNemeth #CES2024
In 2022 @CTATech launched the "Conversation with a Commissioner" speaker series. Now entering its third year, we're excited to have four Commissioners at #CES2024: @DrCaliff_FDA @RKSlaughterFTC @BrendanCarrFCC & @AGomezFCC ces.tech/sessions-events/ips…
Simone Shenny retweeted
Today begins the trial of Jimmy Lai, an outspoken critic of the Chinese government, an advocate for democracy, and winner of the 2023 Cato Milton #FriedmanPrize for Advancing Liberty.
For speaking out in favor of a free press and democratic rights in Hong Kong, Lai could spend the rest of his life in a Chinese prison. See what’s at stake: cato.org/multimedia/cato-vid…
Simone Shenny retweeted
Wow. The Capitalist Manifesto is on the Financial Times' Best books of 2023 list.
Wondering what FT chief economics commentator @martinwolf_ has been reading this year?
His 2023 reading picks feature new titles by @anubradford, @DeatonAngus, @Dieter_Helm, @brendanballou, @johanknorberg, @EdmundPhelps, @alanwwolff & more #booksof2023 📚ft.com/content/31ced0bb-cdb7…
Simone Shenny retweeted
who is in between the river and the sea
WHO IS IN BETWEEN THE RIVER AND THE SEA CONGRESSWOMAN
Simone Shenny retweeted
First intifada ground economic growth to a halt. Oslo created reason for hope, and an airport(!). But Hamas consistently attacked the border crossing and used workers, hospital patients, and others entering Israel as suicide bombers, forcing Israel to largely close the borrder.
Everytime I unlock my phone my heartbreaks a little more
Breaking: Iran helped plan Hamas’s attack on Israel and gave the green light for the assault at a meeting last Monday on.wsj.com/46AJThW
