Powerhouse Financial Company To Launch Its Own Cryptocurrency After Its CEO Called Bitcoin ‘Fraud’
By Evie Fordham Financial powerhouse JPMorgan is launching its own digital coin — even though JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon called bitcoin a “fraud” in 2017. “JPM Coin” will have a fixed value of $1. It will only be available for major institutional customers in trials that will start in a few months, reported CNBC. JPMorgan wants […]
Richard Branson’s Genius and Putting the Rich First
To the next generation of dreamers: if we can do this, just imagine what you can do.” Those were the words of Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson. From space. Hyperbole arguably tends to take over during times of excitement, but Branson made plain to his millions of followers that reaching space was the culmination […]
California Leaders Mislead Public, Reduce Penalties for Crimes with Deceptively Named Propositions
John Barrick Historically, America’s approach to criminal justice swings back and forth like a pendulum between an emphasis on punishment and an emphasis on rehabilitation. Wisdom incorporates both approaches, but in California, the pendulum has swung heavily toward the rehabilitative aspect of accountability as opposed to punishment. While setting aside a full comparison of […]
House Republicans Launch ‘Freedom From Big Tech Caucus’
by Ailan Evans Republican Reps. Ken Buck and Lance Gooden announced Friday the launch of the Freedom from Big Tech Caucus, a group of House Republicans working towards reining in major tech companies. The caucus will focus on addressing anticompetitive and monopolistic practices by major tech companies, political censorship, and Big Tech’s relationship with China, […]
Appeals Court Tosses Panel Ruling Endorsing Section 230 Big Tech Protections
By Bob Unruh Section 230 of America’s Communications Decency Act, from the 1990s, is under a new threat. That section is controversial because, while it protects tech companies that are “platforms” from being liable from what others post, it has been stretched in recent years so that those companies now claim immunity even though they essential […]
How Can Antitrust Lawsuits Against Big Tech Succeed?
Ailan Evans Several major antitrust lawsuits have been filed against Big Tech since October 2020, with three complaints dismissed since May. “Judicial activism has essentially rewritten antitrust laws like the Sherman Antitrust Act and imposed burdens on these plaintiffs that are not actually in the laws themselves. That’s the problem,” Mike Davis, president of the […]
White House: We’re Flagging Facebook Posts That Spread COVID ‘Misinformation’
By Art Moore WND News Center White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki (Video screenshot) The Biden administration has been “flagging problematic posts” for Facebook to remove, White House press secretary Jen Psaki disclosed Thursday. She said during the daily media briefing that the Office of the Surgeon General has ramped up its tracking of “disinformation” related to […]
Wings Over Camarillo 2021 Announces The Return Of The Classic/Exotic Car And Motorcycle Show
Wings Over Camarillo announces the return of the Classic/Exotic Car and Motorcycle show, presented by Borla Performance Industries. The car show will take place August 21st and 22nd at the Camarillo Airport as part of the Wings Over Camarillo Airshow – one of the most exciting family-oriented events in all of Southern California! The car […]
The Great Semiconductor Shortage
Silicon is the crude oil of the Digital Age. About eight million metric tons are mined every year in China, Russia, Norway, the US and elsewhere, some of which is used in the $500 billion global market for semiconductors. In turn, the manufactured silicon chips, wafers, and integrated circuits power tens of trillions of […]
Why I’m Suing Big Tech
Donald J. Trump Originally Submitted to the Wall Street Journal July 8, 2021 One of the gravest threats to our democracy today is a powerful group of Big Tech corporations that have teamed up with the government to censor the free speech of the American people. This is not only wrong—it is unconstitutional. To restore […]
