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Battleground North Carolina removes nearly 10% of voters over ineligibility
North Carolina’s State Board of Elections has removed nearly 747,000 individuals from its voter rolls in the past 20 months, representing almost 10% of the state’s registered voters. The action reflects broader trends in voter roll maintenance across various states, including Texas, which announced the removal of 1 million voters in August. According to the… -
Wealthy voters favor Harris over Trump: Poll
A new survey revealed a majority of millionaires are supporting Kamala Harris over Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential election. According to the poll by global financial firm UBS, 57% of investors with at least $1 million of investable assets plan to vote for Harris and 43% plan to vote for Trump. Trump edged out… -
Pennsylvania bakery swamped with orders for famous election poll cookies
A little bakery in Pennsylvania is swamped with cookie orders for its famous election poll cookie. Lochel’s Bakery in Hatboro, Pennsylvania, sells 4-inch round sugar cookies with blue and white sprinkles for Harris or red and white sprinkles for Trump, each labeled with the respective candidate’s name and “2024.” The election cookie poll tradition has… -
OpenAI shakeup: Top execs leave as Sam Altman hamstrings nonprofit arm
A lot is going on behind closed doors at OpenAI. Longtime Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati announced she is leaving the company, with two other veteran executives following her out the door. Within hours, it came out that CEO Sam Altman is working to restructure the company into a for-profit endeavor, eliminating the nonprofit arm’s… -
Mark Zuckerberg reportedly now identifies as libertarian
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly shifted his political views towards libertarianism, according to a New York Times report. the Times claims those closest to Zuckerberg say his political views now align more closely with “classical liberalism,” combining fiscal conservatism with social liberalism. This ideological shift has apparently led to internal policy changes at Meta,… -
Wikimedia donates millions to left-wing activists that edit Wikipedia: Report
Wikipedia is the world’s largest online encyclopedia and one of the most visited websites, attracting more than a billion visitors each month. It is fast, easy to use and often the first suggestion in Google search results. However, concerns have been raised about whether this extensive resource provides biased results. For years, third-party analyses have… -
Antitrust expert on Visa case: ‘It’s not enough to be big, you have to be bad’
The Department of Justice filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Visa Tuesday, Sept. 24. The suit alleges the payments processor took part in anticompetitive practices in the debit card market that hurt merchants and consumers alike. “Visa deploys a web of unlawful anti-competitive agreements to penalize merchants and banks for using competing payment networks,” Attorney… -
Where are they now? FTX criminals making headlines in and out of jail
Caroline Ellison is the latest to go to prison over the multibillion-dollar FTX fraud scheme. The on-again-off-again girlfriend of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to two years behind bars. She was a star witness for the prosecution against her former boss and boyfriend, commonly known by his initials, SBF. But the judge said her… -
DOJ accuses Visa of monopolizing debit card market in new antitrust lawsuit
The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an antitrust lawsuit against Visa. In the suit, it accused the company of monopolizing the debit card market through anticompetitive practices. The government claimed these actions have potentially cost consumers and businesses billions of dollars. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said that Visa controls over 60% of U.S. debit… -
Heisman winner Reggie Bush sues for NIL money 2 decades after playing
Months after getting his 2005 Heisman Trophy reinstated, former USC superstar Reggie Bush is again taking on college football. This time, the running back-turned-broadcaster filed a lawsuit against the university, the Pac-12 and the NCAA. Bush’s lawsuit claims the three profited “from uncompensated use” of his name, image, and likeness, known as NIL. Star college… -
Union accuses Boeing of trying to ‘drive a wedge’ between striking workers
Machinists are still marching Tuesday, Sept. 24, after rejecting Boeing’s latest “best and final” offer to end the strike. But is the offer itself the problem or how the company went about it? Here’s what Boeing put on the table: Boeing said the offer is contingent on a vote by the end of the week, which… -
TikTok removes Russian state media accounts for ‘covert influence’ operations
TikTok removed accounts linked to Russian state media outlets for allegedly engaging in covert influence operations ahead of the U.S. election. TikTok previously restricted the Russian state media accounts’ visibility in the European Union and United Kingdom. The social media company cited violations of community guidelines, particularly the ban on deceptive behavior. TikTok defined these… -
Voter registration among young adults is increasing. So is their support for Harris.
Voter registration numbers are breaking records, particularly among young people. On National Voter Registration Day, Sept. 17, more than 150,000 individuals registered through Vote.org, the highest number ever recorded for that day. This figure represents more than half of the total voters registered by the site in all of last year. Of the newly registered…