A CCP Connection the Media won't Cover, AI at the Oval & Can Schools be Taught to Read Again Week In Review

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Senator, I want to start off this last segment by saying, I don't ever want our government to be weaponized against our political adversaries. Notice I didn't even use the word enemy. Democrats use the word enemy to describe Republicans. I say adversaries. But I do want to hold those accountable that are actually doing corrupt things. And we now know a lot more about the investigation. And the Chinese Communist Party tycoon, Neville Roy Singham, and it should get a lot more attention that it is right now. Certainly the media, they're looking the other way. Well, that's exactly right. And, you know, we ended the last segment by talking about the need for accountability of the corruption within the Biden administration, that those who broke the law need to be held to account. And on this podcast, we have talked at great length about the need to follow the money, that these anti-American efforts, look, if you look at all of the stories in today's pod, they're interwoven. The DSA. There is clearly a funding stream, funding the anti-Semitic protests on college campuses, funding the communists tearing this country apart, funding the DSA. funding the Black Lives Matter and Antifa riots across the country, funding the open border riots in L.A. and elsewhere, the money stream, and what I've urged the Department of Justice, what I've urged the FBI from the beginning of this Second Trump administration, follow the money, the people who are paying for this. This is not organic. When people carry out these acts of violence, it's not organic. When you look at the anti-Semitic protests, the tents all match. Follow the money. And then we in a previous podcast a couple of weeks ago talked about the bombshell story that we've all seen the rising sentiment against AI. That on the left and the right, suddenly people are saying, gosh, I don't like AI. Shut down data centers. Kathy Hochul just this past couple of weeks said, no data centers in New York. And the bombshell story that much of that is being paid for by a communist named Neville Roy Singham. who has deep ties to the Chinese Communist Party. And listen, we're in a race, America and China, to see who will develop AI first. If China wins, it will put China in a position to dominate the world economically, but also whichever country wins, the values of that country will dominate AI. So if China wins, AI will be dominated. by Communist Party control and surveillance and propaganda and espionage. And I think all of us want AI to instead reflect American values, to reflect free speech and individual liberty and free enterprise. Well, a bit of good news, which is the Trump Department of Justice is doing exactly that. It's following the money and it's holding people to account. Let me read from a story in CBS News. husband of Code Pink founder being investigated under federal foreign agent and tax laws. Neville Roy Singham, the wealthy husband of the founder of the progressive non-profit Code Pink, and the benefactor of far-left political causes, is under criminal investigation by a grand jury in the Southern District of New York, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the matter.

The investigation began by looking into possible violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act and has since expanded into a criminal tax probe over whether the money was unlawfully funneled through non-profits he controls and whether he lied on the tax forms for those non-profits known as 990s. Singham is a major financial backer of a New York City-based nonprofit called the People's Forum, a left-leaning nonprofit that advocates for causes impacting the working class and other marginalized groups. He's also the founder of ThoughtWorks, an IT consulting company, and is married to Jody Evans, co-founder of the anti-war group Code Pink. Singham sold ThoughtWorks to a private equity firm in 2017. for $785 million. At around the same time, Singham moved his business operations to Shanghai, China, and began funding a vast global network of nonprofits and think tanks to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. According to reports of the free press in the New York Times, Singham moved the funds through shell companies and other opaque entities advancing his brand of leftist politics while pushing pro-Beijing messaging. He injected much of his own money into Code Pink, funding up to a quarter of its operation, according to reports. Soon, Code Pink softened its stance on China. which had previously been highly critical of Beijing's human rights policies. Among other things, the group defended China against widespread reports its government was committing genocide against a Muslim minority group in the country's far northwest. So I and numerous other senators on the Judiciary Committee have urged the Department of Justice to look into this. Chuck Grassley wrote a letter urging DOJ to do that. Here's what Chuck Grassley's letter said. Quote, evidence suggests that the People's Forum in Code Pink had been funded and influenced by Mr. Neville Roy, Singham. and the communist Chinese government, both of which are foreign principles. The evidence also suggests that the People's Forum and Code Pink have engaged in covered political activities that directly advance the communist Chinese government's political and policy interest. And by the way, Neville Roy Singham's response to that is, quote, I categorically deny and repudiate any suggestion that I am a member of, work for, take orders from, or follow instructions of any political party or government or their representatives. I am solely guided by my beliefs, which are long-held personal views. So, well, there's going to be an investigation into it. I don't know if this guy is just a communist who hates America and wants to destroy our nation.

Or if he's a communist who hates America and wants to destroy our nation who is working directly for and may even be funded by the Chinese communist government. That's one of the things that I would imagine the investigation will examine. Either way, I am very glad the Department of Justice is examining the hundreds of millions of dollars he is using to fund the people that are tearing our country apart. Yeah, and that's the key thing there. And if you're doing something that is illegal and it's coming in with the Chinese Communist Party, why would anyone not want that to be investigated if that's what the evidence is showing? That's the core part here that I think matters for all Americans. You know, it's one of the things that is dangerous in this world where we're on social media, where you see things, you're on X or Facebook or wherever you are. And suddenly a lot of people seem concerned about something. And that can seem organic. And we're seeing more and more paid foreign influence operations. And China puts a lot of money. into undermining America. Qatar puts a lot of money into undermining America. Iran puts a lot of money into undermining America. You know, there was a report from the Bitcoin Policy Institute that says for the past five years, nonprofits funded by Neville Roy Singham, had been putting out papers opposing export controls on advanced semiconductors to China, putting out newsletters, quoting Chinese communist officials, blasting America's approach to technology. and articles characterizing U.S. data centers as fronts in the quote, new Cold War on China. And this is a deliberate foreign influence effort that is targeting. the American economy. It's targeting AI. It's trying to get America to stop leading an AI. And it's trying ultimately to defeat capitalism and destroy our country. It has the exact same objectives as the DSA radicals that are taking over the Democrat Party. Now, if you want to hear the rest of this conversation, you can go back and listen to the full podcast from earlier this week. Online education is convenient, but sometimes it can be lonely. Sometimes the extra help you need can only come from someone else. At American Public University, they make online education personalized, affordable, and memorable. With 24-7 mental health support available in multiple languages, access to career coaches who are industry professionals and lifelong career services, you'll never feel alone on your path to success. APU, digital by nature, human by design. Learn more at APU.APUS.edu. Vital doesn't always mean visible. Across America, advanced technology is working behind the scenes, strengthening our nation. It protects our war fighters, advances life-saving health care, combat cyber threats, and defends the critical infrastructure that keeps our country moving. At GDIT, we power the systems that help America operate, connect, and stay secure.

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And so, look, frankly, what I told Marcia a year and a half ago is I said, listen, I'll back coast again. We can pass it again. I'm fine with that. But it will never become law until you sit down with Johnson and Steve Scalise and work out an agreement. Because if they refuse to take up the bill, you want to pass it again? We can do it. You'll get 900 and nothing. It doesn't matter if they're not going to take it up. If the House won't take it up, it's not going to become in the U.S. Code. And so I said, What you need to do is sit down and negotiate a compromise, and it won't be everything you want, but you need to find something the House is willing to pass. That hasn't happened, so that's a real impediment. I'm going to vote for COSA. I want COSA to pass, but right now the House is not going to take it up. There's a second component, which is called the App Store Accountability App, which is putting liability on an app store for age verification. Now, there are a couple of problems with that. Number one, there are tech companies like meta, like Facebook that support it. But Apple and Google hate it because they're the app stores and they're like, wait, you're making me liable. So Apple and Google don't like it. And so they're both, the tech companies are divided. They're lobbying on both sides. And there's a competing bill that is called the Parents Over Platforms bill. which is frankly the Apple and Google bill. And there are several Republicans on the committee that support that bill. And so I said, look, this is just a pissing match between giant tech companies. I'd like to see age verification. I support age verification. I'm pushing for it. But every Democrat opposes age verification. So I said, listen, it's a simple math. If you lose all the Democrats. And if you're losing some Republicans. I don't see how this passes. Like, it's just a math. Like, I'm not opposed to it. I will vote yes. But how do you get to the votes to pass it? There is additionally her bill no fakes. Now, no fakes, I'm on the Judiciary Committee. Judiciary Committee has already passed no fakes. It was a voice vote. I was fine with it. No fakes has a lot of good elements to it. So no fakes is protecting, say, you have a musician and someone uses AI to create a fake song for a musician and makes you liable for that. In politics, by the way, this is coming. It hasn't really happened yet, but it's coming soon. You're going to see someone create AI and take a video of a politician, a fake video, and be like, we should eat live kittens. And it's going to be, you're not going to be able to tell that it's fake. Like it's going to appear to be the real policy. And then you're going to have a campaign that has to respond to a ridiculous, absurd video. Right. And by the way, Amy Klobuchar last year had a video of a hearing where she said a bunch of things. that were derogatory that she would never have said, but it looked entirely real and she had to respond to that. That's going to explode a lot. So finding some protections to say, look, someone can't use your name image and likeness and create a counterfeit that nobody knows is fake. I'm quite supportive of that. When the judiciary passed this bill, there were several Republicans, Mike Lee, Eric Schmidt and myself.

who raised free speech concerns because the way the language is written is quite broad. So, for example, Trump sent out the meme of Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer wearing sombrero singing. Yes. Now, that was parody. It wasn't real. And I've retweeted it and amplified it. But there is an argument that under the language of no fakes, that could be banned. Now, there is some language saying bonafide satire is okay, but there's a lot of gray area. You think of Spencer Pratt and the hysterical ads he put out with Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass just like doing horrible things to people of California. I have a concern that under the language and no fakes, the tech platforms would take down those ads because they'd say, you're using Gavin Newsom's image in a way that he has not approved. And so my point was, look, I'd love to see this get done. But I also want to protect free speech. So my point to the president was, hey, if you want to endorse this, great. I've got no problem with it. But you need to know. that I don't see a path that this actually gets to pass in the Senate, take 60 votes. Given that I don't know of a single Democrat supporting this bill, and there may be Republicans opposing this bill, the math doesn't work. And so the president decided not to support it. Listen, I still expect. that we will take up in the next couple of weeks, a series of AI bills. And by the way, we will do a podcast when we do that markup where we talk about the AI bills we pass. But what I'm trying to do right now is find, all right, let me use a Kamala Harris phrase, the Venn diagram that is the intersection of what bills could make a positive impact protecting people from some of the harms of AI. Yep. But at the same time, that have a real path to passage. And so we'll move several bills on that, but I'm trying to find exactly the right intersection right there. And so we had that conversation and the president agreed with me. As before, if you want to hear the rest of this conversation on this topic, you can go back and download the podcast from early this week to hear the entire thing. The future won't wait, and neither should you. That's why American Public University offers master's programs designed for momentum, affordable, high quality, and flexible so you keep moving forward. With career-relevant programs in business, health care, education, IT, and more, you can gain skills you can use right away and the confidence to power your next move. American Public University, made for what's next. Learn more at APU.apus.edu. Vital doesn't always mean visible. Across America, advanced technology is working behind the scenes, strengthening our nation. It protects our warfighters, advances life-saving health care, combat cyber threats, and defends the critical infrastructure that keeps our country moving. At GDIT, we power the systems that help America operate, connect, and stay secure. Every hour, every mission, every day. GDIT, behind America's invisible advantage.

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The average reading scores were three points lower than in 2019 and 10 points lower than in 1992. So it is a staggering crisis and one of the big reasons for that. is that you've had left-wing radicals take over teachers' colleges, education programs, the teachers' unions, and they've moved away from what actually works. They've adopted an approach to reading that is called three-kewing. So three-kewing. is something that uses context and pictures and sentence structures rather than phonics. Look, when I learned to read, we learned phonics. We would diagram sentences. Phonics works, and you know what, we now know, three-kewing does not. It's a disaster. And it's produced terrible results. So a number of states, Florida, Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin have all banned teaching three QE because the data are terrible. It fails to teach kids to read. What is amazing, though, is a number of schools instead. have focused on what's called the science of reading, which is going back to phonics, going back to the basics of teaching reading, and the results have been staggering. And there's something called, all right, you're an Ole Miss grad, you're going to like this. There's something called the Mississippi Miracle. I love this already. Keep singing this song. I'm ready. In 2013, Mississippi's reading numbers were not good. Mississippi was 49th in the nation on the national assessments and reading. They began then going in on the science of reading and vigorously teaching phonics, and Mississippi has risen from 49 in the country to a top 10 state in the country in fourth grade reading achievement. By the way, it wasn't money that did it. It was actually teaching what works. Alabama, by the way, did the same thing. They moved from 49th to 34th. Louisiana, Louisiana moved from 49th to 32nd. And here's what the New York Times said. You're going to like this. The New York Times said in 2019, blue states had better average test scores than red states after adjusting for demographics. Now, red states are mostly ahead. That's the New York Times. And so what happened on this legislation, is I introduced legislation this week that takes the existing federal grants that go to education. There's a pretty big funding stream from the federal government to states for education. And the reading funds, the legislation I introduced said, if you want to get those reading funds, you have to use the reading methods that are demonstrated empirically to work.

You have to have what actually works and what the data shows work. You can't teach this garbage that results in kids not learning. You've got to use the empirically successful methods. And what's interesting. By the way, who's against this bill? Because if you have the data you just mentioned there, showing where this is working, you would think this would be bipartisan. So it actually is. So I introduced this bill with Brian Schatz. Brian Schatz is a Democrat. He's from Hawaii. Interestingly enough, Brian is widely considered the next Democrat leader in the Senate. He's widely considered the most likely successor to Chuck Schumer. And Brian, I know well. He's a friend of mine. He's on the Commerce Committee with me. I'm the chairman of the Commerce Committee. He and I have done a number of bills together. And look, when you talk with Brian, he's a Democrat so he can be left-wing on a lot of issues. But one-on-one, he can be quite reasonable. As you know, I play hoops every week. Brian's come out several times and played hoops with me. I mean, he's, and I'm going to say something that's going to surprise you. This bill was his idea. Really? That's awesome. He came to me on the Senate floor and he said, Ted, have you seen the data from Mississippi and the Mississippi miracle and the incredible reading scores that are coming out of Mississippi? And by the way, this doesn't happen often. Democrats don't praise red states that often. And I said, yeah, I have. It's fantastic. And he said, what do you think about us joining together to draft legislation that would require if you're going to get the federal funds that are going for literacy? you've got to teach using the reading methods that the data show actually produced results. And I said, I think that'd be fantastic. I'm a huge fan of phonics. I don't like these woke teaching methods that are just a failure and a disaster. And it's interesting, my team, I went to them and said, hey, you know, shots pitched doing this. And my team was skeptical. They said, we don't really believe a Democrat's going to go along with something that is praising what's working in red states. And by the way, implicitly criticizing the woke education policies in many blue states, to Brian's credit, look, I mean, he, he, we introduced it together. You asked who opposes it. I will confess it's early enough now that I don't want to give you an answer to that. My assumption is the teachers' unions will oppose it. My assumption is some of the blue states will oppose it. And the sort of woke educators, the people who are teaching at the education schools, who are teaching teachers, who are teaching this nonsense that doesn't work. I assume all those guys will oppose it, but I'll say this. We just introduced it. I'm going to try to see if we could move it forward, and maybe we get support for it. I hope we do. By the way, what do you need? When you say moving forward so people understand, and this is one of the reasons why I love doing the show, when you say you're hoping you get the support, what is moving it forward actually look like in the legislature? So look.

You drop the bill initially. The next step that we'll work on doing is trying to get other supporters, trying to get other co-sponsors. So I'll reach out to other Republicans and other Democrats. Brian will reach out to other Democrats and also Republicans. I'd like to get a pretty good group of bipartisan co-sponsors. And there are a number of Democrats that I've worked with on different bills, and particularly given that it's Brian and me, I think we can get other senators to co-sponsor it. So let's say we get a half dozen R's and a half dozen Ds. That starts to be a bill that's got some real heft to it, because you look, particularly if you've got some ideological diversity, the bill would go to committee at first. I assume this would go to what's called the HELP Committee, which is the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. So the first step is to get the committee to mark it up. We'll work to get more sponsors to get a bigger coalition behind it. And then I'll go to the chairman of that committee. That's Bill Cassidy. And ask him to mark it up, which is for the committee to take it up and pass it. And if we've got a good enough coalition behind it, we've got a real chance at that. Once it gets out a committee, there are a couple of paths you can take to passing it. One path. is to try to pass it by unanimous consent. Now, I've passed a lot by unanimous consent. If you do the work and build the coalition, you can get things done that way. But a single senator can object. So I don't know right now if this is possible. You may have an Elizabeth Warren or someone in the far left who objects to this. The other way to pass it, is to attach it to another vehicle that is moving, another bill that is being passed, to put it on that. And so we've got some time to get there. We've got to build the coalition. We've got to get it out of committee. We've got to get it teed up where it's in a position to then try to pass it. And then when you get out of the Senate, then you try to pass it in the House. And I'm confident the president would sign it. So we are early in that process. But I'm encouraged to see that we're able to get a Democrat and Republican working together saying, look, we really ought to teach our kids to read. It should be 100 to one, in my opinion, teaching kids to read. That should not be a problem. And it might be. As always, thank you for listening to Verdict with Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you. Don't forget to download my podcast and you can listen to my podcast. Every other day you're not listening to Verdict or each day when you listen to verdict afterwards. I'd love to have you as a listener to, again, the Ben Ferguson podcast. And we will see you back here on Monday morning. Online education is convenient, but sometimes it can be lonely. Sometimes the extra help you need can only come from someone else. At American Public University, they make online education personalized, affordable, and memorable. With 24-7 mental health support available in multiple languages, access to career coaches who are industry professionals and lifelong career services, you'll never feel alone on your path to success.

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