Ashton Cohen

The New York Times likes to think of itself as the “paper of record” or the gold standard of journalism. However, the Times, which has been controlled by the same family for more than a century, has a history of publishing lies and propagating false information relating to some of the most significant events in history. Let’s go through five of the biggest lies published by the New York Times. #politics #newyorktimes #news

Ashton is joined by Dr. Keith Smith to discuss why healthcare in America is so expensive and screwed up and how we can fix it. Dr. smith also offers tips on what individuals and patients can do to save money on healthcare costs and how they can play a role in reforming the system. Dr. Smith is a medical doctor, an expert on healthcare policy and reform, and the founder of the highly publicized and innovative Surgery Center of Oklahoma. Subscribe to Ashton Cohen: ELECTile Dysfunction Podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ashton-cohen-the-electile-dysfunction-podcast/id1565208599 Subscribe to Ashton Cohen: ELECTile Dysfunction Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6siXVSwM2OWz3itH90YRNA?si=v5MUMEpwTSG_sVGPOKHP8w Subscribe to Ashton's channel on Youtube: youtube.com/c/ashtoncohen Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theashtoncohen Follow on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM8nQjHta/ Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/theashtoncohen Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theAshtonCohen #politics #education #healthcarecosts

The World Economic Forum just concluded its 2023 conference in Davos, Switzerland. As WEF chairman Klaus Schwab declared, the agenda for this year’s conference was about “mastering the future.” But what does that mean? Ashton explains #worldeconomicforum #politics #klausschwab

What do you get when you combine the mafia, woke politics, and a group of neurotic, mentally challenged authoritarians who work to destroy your child’s future? The answer: teachers’ unions. There are a multitude of challenges that the United States must confront now and in the coming years. But arguably the most important problem we must address this decade is the nefarious role that teachers’ unions play in America. As anyone with a brain is probably aware, teachers’ unions, and the public schools they control, have caused a tremendous amount of harm to our young people. There is no mystery as to why this is. The primary focus of teachers’ unions is not ensuring that children are educated and equipped with the skills necessary for future careers. Instead, teacher unions focus primarily on advancing their members’ interests and empowering themselves. Even if you are the worst teacher in the world, the teachers’ unions will have your back. You could even be charged with sexually assaulting children, as was the case with New York City’s Aryeh Eller, and teachers’ unions will ensure that you cannot be fired and continue to collect your monthly paycheck. Teachers’ unions have been wreaking havoc on America’s education system for a long time. But it wasn’t until the pandemic where we all got to see the full depravity of our nation’s teachers’ unions. Without any data or scientific justification, these unions shut down schools across the country, knowing that students would suffer irreparable harm to their educational development as a result. Any concerned parent or public figure who challenged the teachers’ unions’ rationale was labeled a racist, despite the fact that poor and minority students were disproportionately affected by the school closures. We are now beginning to receive the data detailing the impact of these school closures on American youth. As reported by the New York Times, the school shutdowns have resulted in the largest-ever decline in the math and reading scores of American students. Today, in the majority of states, less than one-third of students are proficient in math and reading. This is a travesty. Of course, children from low-income or economically disadvantaged households fared even worse. #politics #news #education

s you have probably noticed, so much of our economy today is dominated by just a handful of companies or what some would term monopolies. Mastercard and Visa process the vast majority of credit card transactions. CVS, Walmart, and Walgreens control 99% of America’s drug stores. AT&T, Verizon & T-Mobile control the entire telecommunications industry. Delta, United, American, and Southwest control almost all airline travel in the United States. The list goes on and on. Yet, it is in the world of Big Tech where we see the most powerful monopolies. For instance, Google controls 90 percent of all search traffic on the Internet, and Amazon is responsible for the majority of online retail sales in the United States. But America wasn’t always like this. Congress passed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act in 1890. Over the next several decades, the federal government used the powers granted by this act to break up companies with a fraction of the market size and influence of today’s tech titans. Ashton explains #politics #news #businessnews

Who is the biggest holder of bitcoins in the world? Most people assume it's one of the large cryptocurrency exchanges, such as Binance or Coinbase. Others think that it's a prominent pro-crypto billionaire such as Elon Musk or the Winklevoss twins. Conspiracy theorists may tell you that the cryptocurrency is controlled by a hostile nation, such as China. But these assumptions are all incorrect. Ashton explains #bitcoin #crypto #politics

A California task force set up by Governor Gavin Newsom to examine the long-term impacts of systemic racism on African-Americans has concluded that black residents are owed $569 billion in reparations. Specifically, the nine-member panel concluded that black Californians, whose ancestors were in the United States during the nineteenth century, are entitled to $223,000 each due to housing discrimination policies from the 1930s to the 1970s. Ashton explains #politics #news #california

Ashton has a fascinating discussion with John Lott, one of the nation's foremost experts on gun policy and crime. Ashton and John discuss the most common misconceptions regarding firearms and gun crimes in the United States, the rise in crime in major US cities, the data on gun control, the Bruen Supreme Court ruling, ghost guns, red flag laws, and much more. John Lott is the President of the Crime Prevention Research Center. You can learn more about John by following him on Twitter @JohnRLottJr or visiting the Crime Prevention Research Center website: https://crimeresearch.org/ #politics #guncontrol #education Subscribe to Ashton Cohen: ELECTile Dysfunction Podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ashton-cohen-the-electile-dysfunction-podcast/id1565208599 Subscribe to Ashton Cohen: ELECTile Dysfunction Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6siXVSwM2OWz3itH90YRNA?si=v5MUMEpwTSG_sVGPOKHP8w Subscribe to Ashton's channel on Youtube: youtube.com/c/ashtoncohen Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theashtoncohen Follow on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM8nQjHta/ Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/theashtoncohen Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theAshtonCohen