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Leaders from five social media platforms were admonished by US lawmakers on Wednesday over their “failure” to protect kids online from sexual predators and mental health issues, and were pressed to support new legislation to impose controls.

Generation Z, parents, educators, health professionals and the U.S. surgeon general all agree: We are in the middle of a youth mental crisis, and Big Tech is to blame.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell wants the labor market to slow down, and the unemployment rate is low. Laid-off Big Tech workers are finding jobs elsewhere. Are we at full employment?

We open today's episode by teasing the Supreme Court's decision to review whether section 230 protects big platforms from liability for materially assisting terror groups whose speech they distribute

The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) was saved from legislative oblivion yesterday after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) worked with the Democrats to rescue it, based on the false claim that the media and Big Tech are opposed to each other. But, as Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) have pointed out, nothing could be further from the truth.

The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) was saved from legislative oblivion yesterday after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) worked with the Democrats to rescue it, based on the false claim that the media and Big Tech are opposed to each other. But, as Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) have pointed out, nothing could be further from the truth.

None of this seems Net Neutral, does it?

We're getting the shaft.

We often warn of Leftist money warping and poisoning. Government money is worse. In 1961, on his way out the White House door, President Dwight Eisenhower gave his Farewell Address.  Or what has come to be known as the “Military-Industrial Complex” speech. It became thusly known – because historians are almost entirely Leftist.  Leftists don’t like the military.  And Leftists like (while only selectively presenting) what Eisenhower had to say about it: “In the councils of govern...

(AP Photo/File) In 1961, on his way out the White House door, President Dwight Eisenhower gave his Farewell Address.  Or what has come to be known as the “Military-Industrial Complex” speech. It became thusly known because historians are almost entirely Leftist.  Leftists don’t like the military.  And Leftists like (while only selectively presenting) what Eisenhower had to say about it: “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, wh...