Biden Impeachment, AI Hearings, COVID Censorship, PragerU Edu
Ep. 160 w/ Show Notes
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy launched a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden this week. Will the GOP find evidence of wrongdoing, or is this a last-ditch effort by McCarthy to convince members of his party to pass pending spending bills and help avoid a government shutdown?
Tech titans like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Bill Gates have descended on Capitol Hill for a closed-door meeting regarding future AI regulations. Ravi and Rikki discuss what they hope to see from this session, but more importantly, will we finally get the cage match we’ve been promised?
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that the Biden admin, health officials, and the FBI likely violated the First Amendment when they pushed tech companies to take down or suppress posts on COVID and elections. The hosts debate the key takeaways from the ruling and how we should address the threat of misinformation in the future.
Finally, Ravi and Rikki look at the red states that have greenlit PragerU’s controversial K-12 curriculum. Is the company’s curriculum a new form of indoctrination or simply an additional resource for educators?
TIMESTAMPS
Biden Impeachment - 0:28
AI Hearings - 8:07
COVID censorship - 19:07
PragerU Edu - 36:47
SOURCES
AI Hearings
Tech titans including Musk, Zuckerberg gather on Capitol Hill to talk AI (Washington Post, 9/13/23)
Tech industry leaders endorse regulating artificial intelligence at rare summit in Washington (AP News, 9/13/23)
What to know about Congress’s inaugural AI meeting (MIT Technology Review, 9/11/23)
Frontier Model Forum (Open AI, 7/26/23)
2 Senators Propose Bipartisan Framework for A.I. Laws (New York Times, 9/13/23)
Tech execs warn lawmakers to keep AI 'under the control of people' (NBC News, 9/12/23)
It’s time to regulate AI like cars and drugs, top Microsoft exec says (Politico, 9/13/23)
Elon Musk calls for federal department of AI after Capitol Hill summit (CNBC, 9/13/23)
Covid Censorship Proved to Be Deadly (Wall Street Journal, 7/7/23)
Here’s how to stop government end-runs around the First Amendment (The Hill, 9/13/23)
Majority Leader Schumer Delivers Remarks To Launch SAFE Innovation Framework For
Artificial Intelligence At CSIS (Senate Democrats, 6/21/23)
Schumer launches new phase in push for AI bill (Politico, 6/21/23)
CEOs tell senators: Time to regulate AI (Axios, 9/13/23)
COVID censorship
The Government Censored Me and Other Scientists. We Fought Back—and Won. (The Free Press, 9/11/23)
5th Circuit finds Biden White House, CDC likely violated First Amendment (Washington Post, 9/9/23)
A Rebuke to Biden-Tech Censorship (Wall Street Journal, 9/11/23)
Biden Administration’s Policing of Online Content Likely Violated Free-Speech Rights, Court Rules (Wall Street Journal, 9/9/23)
The Biden-Big Tech Censorship | Review & Outlook: WSJ Opinion (Wall Street Journal, 7/7/23)
The Censorship of COVID-19 Data Around the World (FEE, 7/7/20)
Missouri v. Biden and the crossroads of politics, censorship and free speech (The Hill, 9/13/23)
The Great Barrington Declaration
Biden’s Assault on Liberty (Wall Street Journal, 9/11/23)
Biden administration blocked from working with social media firms about ‘protected speech’ (PBS, 7/4/23)
Biden censors battered — expect an epic Supreme Court showdown (New York Post, 8/13/23)
PragerU Edu
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education announces partnership with PragerU (Oklahoma News 4, 9/6/23)
Virginia Went to War Over History. And Students Actually Came Out on Top. (Politico, 9/9/23)
Videos by PragerU, a conservative media company, can be played in Florida classrooms (NPR, 8/11/23)
What It Means That Florida Will Allow Conservative PragerU Content in Schools (Time, 8/3/23)
Tech Platforms Aren’t Bound by First Amendment, Appeals Court Rules (Wall Street Journal, 2/26/20)
What Is PragerU: Controversial Conservative Platform Entering Classrooms In Florida And Oklahoma (Forbes, 9/5/23)
Animated Frederick Douglass calls slavery a ‘compromise’ in conservative group’s video (NBC News, 8/10/23)
Rebuffing Warmington, New Hampshire AG finds no legal issues with PragerU (New Hampshire Bulletin, 9/12/23)
Using Frederick Douglass to Rationalize Slavery? In Florida, Yes! (New York Times, 8/16/23)
PragerU, Creator of Controversial Social Studies Videos, Now Has a Toehold in Schools (Education Week, 8/31/23)
Oklahoma schools decline to use controversial PragerU curriculum despite endorsement from Supt. Walters (OKC Fox, 9/7/23)
What parents should know about PragerU Kids videos, which can now be shown in Florida schools (WUSF, 8/9/23)