Original ‘Tiger Mother’ says pressure to denounce Kavanaugh at Yale was like ‘cultural revolution’

Woke culture at an elite American university got so out of control during Trump’s first term it was reminiscent of China’s Cultural Revolution, “Tiger Mother” author Amy Chua said Monday.  Chua, a Yale Law School professor for nearly a quarter-century, faced immense pressure to denounce her long-time friend, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, ahead of…

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Biden punts the TikTok ban to Trump

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images The Biden administration says it will leave it to incoming President Donald Trump to figure out how to deal with the mess of the TikTok ban, ABC News reports. “Our position on this has been clear: TikTok should continue to operate under American ownership,” a White House…

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GM banned from selling your driving data for five years

Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge General Motors and its subsidiary OnStar are banned from selling customer geolocation and driving behavior data for five years, the Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday. The settlement comes after a New York Times investigation found that GM had been collecting micro-details about its customers’ driving habits, including acceleration, braking,…

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Former NFL player nominated as HUD secretary wants to help Americans escape government assistance

Scott Turner, a former NFL player turned Texas state legislator, said Thursday during his confirmation hearing to be the next Housing and Urban Development (HUD) secretary his goal will be to help people escape government assistance and become more self-sustainable. Testifying before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Turner said, if confirmed,…

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