Month: June 2023

JPMorgan Fined $4 Million for Deleting 47 Million Emails: SEC

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) fined JPMorgan Chase’s broker-dealer arm $4 million for deleting tens of millions of emails from early 2018, with some relating to subpoenas in regulatory investigations. According to a June 22 adminstrative order, the federal regulator said that J.P. Morgan Securities LLC erased 47 million emails during the period January…


[PREMIERING 7:00PM ET] Twitter Bows to EU Censorship as New Global Info Controls Roll Out

After a long bout with Europe’s information police, Twitter CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that Twitter will bow to new laws on censorship currently being rolled out under the European Union. The news comes from an interview Musk gave on French TV. During a back and forth with the interviewer, Musk defended the rights of…


Parliament Adjourns for the Summer 2 Days Early, Ending Spring Sitting

All parties agreed on June 21 to adjourn the House of Commons for the summer two days earlier than scheduled despite the Liberal government not yet having established a public inquiry into foreign election interference allegations. Both Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre and Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-François Blanchet had called on the government to establish an…


Activists Say Ballot Harvesting, Once Shunned by GOP, Now Key to Winning in 2024

Scott Presler, though unfailingly polite in conversation, isn’t afraid to speak bluntly about the massive threat conservatives face in 2024. “It’s my contention that, currently, Joe Biden is cruising to reelection if we don’t have the infrastructure necessary, with things such as voter registration, early voting, legal ballot harvesting,” the Millennial Republican activist told The Epoch…


MSNBC President Signals Openness to a Trump Town Hall–With ‘Parameters’

MSNBC president Rashida Jones suggested her network would be open to hosting a town hall event for former Republican President Donald Trump if certain “parameters” were in place. “We’re having conversations with all of the candidates across our entire newsgroup about how to bring their point of view to the audience,” Jones told Axios reporter Sara…


Suddenly, School Choice: Its Rapid Post-Pandemic Expansion Sets Up a Big Pass/Fail Test for Education

News Analysis A growing number of states are adopting a comprehensive new type of school choice program that would pose a threat to public schools if many students were to leave them for a private education. Eight states—including Arizona, Florida, Indiana, and West Virginia—have approved “universal” or near-universal school choice laws since 2021. They open…


Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd Launches 2024 GOP Presidential Run

Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd, a fierce critic of former President Donald Trump, announced Thursday that he’s running for president in 2024 as a Republican, entering an already crowded GOP primary field dominated by Trump. Hurd, a one-time CIA officer before entering politics, represented the state’s 23rd Congressional District—a massive district that stretches across the…


This Is When You Should Drive Across the Nevada-California Border

By Sabrina Schnur From Las Vegas Review-Journal Las Vegas—About 45,000 vehicles crossed the California-Nevada border on Interstate 15 every day last year, but some days and months were notoriously more of a nightmare for drivers. Data from the Nevada Department of Transportation showed the busiest month to cross state lines last year was July, when…


System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot–An AEI Event

In a conversation held by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) at 3:30 p.m. ET on June 22, Rob Reich, Faculty Associate sirector, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, and Jeremy M. Weinstein, senior fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, discuss the effects and implications of Big Tech’s operations. …


LIVE NOW: System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot–An AEI Event

In a conversation held by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) at 3:30 p.m. ET on June 22, Rob Reich, Faculty Associate sirector, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, and Jeremy M. Weinstein, senior fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, discuss the effects and implications of Big Tech’s operations. …