Backed by dozens of progressive groups and congressional Democrats, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday reintroduced legislation designed to tackle both the affordable housing crisis and the climate emergency. The New York Democrat and Vermont Independent are leading the renewed fight for the Green New Deal […]
Daily Archives: March 27, 2024
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The National Science Foundation is paying universities using taxpayer money to create AI tools that can be used to censor Americans on various social media platforms, according to members of the House. University of Michigan, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and MIT are among the universities cited in the House Judiciary […]
SWIFT, the global financial messaging network, is aiming to create a new platform to connect central bank digital currencies to the existing finance system in the next 1-2 years, its head of innovation Nick Kerigan told Reuters. “We’re looking at a roadmap to productize in the next 12-24 months,” said […]
Major corporations are pushing to implement DEI (“diversity, equity and inclusion”) policies, and familiarity breeds contempt. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that just 25% of American Adults think diversity, equity, and inclusion programs make companies better. (To see survey question wording, click here.) DEI policies seek to promote […]
The fight over woke ESG — environmental, social and governance — policies being used by massive asset managers to make investment decisions entered new territory on Wednesday, thanks to Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson. In a first-of-its-kind move, Watson and his office’s Securities Division issued a cease and desist […]
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is warning that central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) pave the way for an authoritarian government in America similar to the Chinese communist regime. “I’m against central bank digital currencies because that is part of the path to getting us where China is today. […]