Frank McCourt’s TikTok bid has $20B in ‘informal commitments’: report
Billionaire Frank McCourt reportedly secured $20 billion in pledges from investors for a potential Chinese-owned acquisition of TikTok, but a federal appeals court on Friday will force him to sell the app. The effort could gain momentum after Congress supported legislation. McCourt's Project Liberty, an Internet-focused company that includes the for-profit sector and a nonprofit […]
Yet Another University Doubles Down On Diversity Commitments Despite SCOTUS Ruling
Brown University on Wednesday announced plans to increase diversity on campus despite a Supreme Court ruling banning affirmative action admissions practices. Some experts believe the school is following in the footsteps of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), which has made public attempts to circumvent the court's ruling in ways that could lead to […]
Biden Ignoring Budapest Memorandum Commitments to Ukraine
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Editors’ Note: The following article was published February 22, 2022 and is dated given the massive and brutal invasion by Vladimir Putin’s military forces to decapitate the Ukrainian democratically elected government. The article is published in The Prickly Pear to highlight the increasingly incompetent Biden foreign policy and the consequences […]