Libby Emmons
Libby Emmons is the Editor-in-chief for The Post Millennial and Human Events. She holds an MFA from Columbia University and a BA from Sarah Lawrence College. She has been published in the New York Post, The Federalist and others. X: @libbyemmons
BREAKING: Robinhood CEO defends pausing trade on GameStop and other stocks
Vlad Tenev said that people are unable to buy the restricted stocks, but that they were able to sell it. “We understand out customers are upset, we’re doing what we can to reenable buying.”
BREAKING: Class action lawsuit launched against Robinhood in New York
A class action lawsuit alleges that Robinhood "deprived their customers of the ability to use their service, abruptly, purposefully, willfully, and knowingly pulled GME from their app."
BREAKING: New York AG accuses Gov. Cuomo of underreporting nursing home deaths by up to 50 percent
The New York State Department of Health's figures on deaths in nursing homes from COVID showed far less death than James' latest findings.
BREAKING: Robinhood investment app suspends trading of GameStop, AMC, others
Trading for Game Stop and other options were stopped in reaction to the volatility in the market spurred by amateur investors on Reddit. This led many to question the notion that the stock market is a "free market" at all.
The GameStop/Reddit stock market saga exposes massive Wall Street double standard
The investors on r/WallStreetBets saw an opportunity to reach out to grab hold of the money as it swirled around them, and they took it, just as the Wall Street firms do all the time.
BREAKING: Discord bans 'WallStreetBets' server for 'hate speech'
The r/WallStreetBets server that initiated the the mass buy of Game Stop stock, thwarting bigger investors who were short selling the stock, has been banned by Discord.
WATCH: Biden pledges support for young climate activists with the 'full capacity and power of the federal government'
"My message to those young people is you have the full capacity and power of the federal government. Your government is gonna work with you," Biden said.
Senate Democrats introduce bill to give statehood to DC
If DC statehood becomes a reality, the party balance in the Senate would likely skew further to the left.
WATCH: Chicago teachers perform interpretive dance about how they don't want to go back to work
The Chicago Teachers Union posted a video showing "rank-and-file dance teachers" doing interpretive dance in support of the union's decision to not return to work as Chicago Public Schools open.
WATCH: Biden's Press Sec Psaki declines to condemn Antifa—again
Press Secretary Jen Psaki would not condemn Antifa when directly asked and refused to classify them as domestic terrorists.
Literary agency removes woman after her accounts on conservative social media discovered
A literary agency announced the termination of one of their agents because that agent had used alternative social media platform Parler.
WATCH: Biden says 'this is the time' to address systemic racism and equity by signing two more executive orders
Biden signed two more executive orders today, saying "this is the time" to address systemic racism and equity.
WATCH: Sen Rand Paul SLAMS impeachment attempt and 'incitement' of violence by Democrats
Senator Rand Paul spoke on the floor of the US Senate on Tuesday to slam Democrats for pursuing impeachment, which he said was "nothing more than a partisan exercise designed to further divide the country."
Biden to sign executive orders to 'advance racial equity'
These two orders, as Biden announced on Twitter, are to "take action to advance racial equity and push us closer to that more perfect union we've always strived to be."
BREAKING: Biden sides with Chicago Teachers Union to keep kids out of school
President Biden has come down on the side of the Chicago Teachers Union that has refused to go back to work and threatened to strike.