Wes Hodges
@wesghodges
Tech Policy @Heritage | Husband & Father | To God Be the Glory
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🚨 JPMorgan is slapping fintechs with massive new data fees—up to $300M a year for Plaid alone. This isn’t about “security.” It’s a blueprint to crush competition, kill open banking, and lock consumers into legacy systems. The future of finance shouldn’t be held hostage by some…
I address the news of the day in this policy paper about the Trump admin’s decision to allow @nvidia to sell H-20 chips to China: “Equipping the adversary is an elementary mistake in grand strategy, and it is telling that private sector actors like NVIDIA, not national security…
Rapid advancement has introduced the possibility of embodied AI—drones or humanoid robots that can autonomously accomplish tasks from crop weeding to military strikes. Allowing China to dominate this technology would create massive security and economic risks for the US,…
Thoughtful piece on a complex topic. Critically, @joellthayer and @ZephyrTeachout argue that SCOTUS has rejected the argument that any regulation of an algorithm violates the First Amendment. This opens the door for targeted, content-neutral tech regulations.
In @Newsweek, @ZephyrTeachout & I write how the #TikTok case has hindered #BigTech's use of First Amendment doctrines. TL/DR: the 1A can no longer be used as a tool for them to smother our liberties or act with reckless abandon. newsweek.com/supreme-court-…
Great point
In @Newsweek, @ZephyrTeachout & I write how the #TikTok case has hindered #BigTech's use of First Amendment doctrines. TL/DR: the 1A can no longer be used as a tool for them to smother our liberties or act with reckless abandon. newsweek.com/supreme-court-…
In @Newsweek, @ZephyrTeachout & I write how the #TikTok case has hindered #BigTech's use of First Amendment doctrines. TL/DR: the 1A can no longer be used as a tool for them to smother our liberties or act with reckless abandon. newsweek.com/supreme-court-…
What a win for @JoinFAI! @banksianr is as smart and principled as it comes. Congrats!
🚨 NEW: Today, we're launching a cutting-edge science policy program under the leadership of Director of Science Policy @banksianr. FAI's new initiative will empower the right to engage in principled scientific reform, enhancing American scientific leadership. 🔗⬇️
“The people in power assured us that by exporting production base we would also export our values…we now see how foolish that dream was.” Exceptional speech from @MikeNeedham at @reindsummit
Smartphones are “digital fentanyl,” @ClareMorellEPPC says. Some families are choosing to ditch their devises and Clare tells their stories in her new book, "The Tech Exit." She joins us on the podcast to explain.
.@Apple’s failure to diversify its supply chain has allowed the CCP to make China into the global tech powerhouse it is today. Apple is no longer an American company. Thus, any assistance the US gives it only helps our greatest foreign adversary & puts us further away from a true…
Apple fundamentally misunderstood its transaction with China. As @Lingling_Wei writes, "They thought they were hiring a contractor. Beijing knew it was running an apprenticeship." In the process, Apple built the industrial capacity of America's chief foreign adversary.
This is why @AAGSlater is the GOAT! As she puts it, “we will win the global race to AI the American way.” 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Theo is one of the fiercest legal minds in the conservative movement—a warrior against the lawless administrative state and a trusted defender of the everyday American. He brings exactly the kind of bold, unapologetic leadership we need @Heritage. Welcome to the team! 🇺🇸
I am pleased to join @KevinRobertsTX and the team at @Heritage advancing MAGA thought on big tech, national security, the runaway judiciary, and so much else.
Exactly. A 99–1 vote made clear: states have a seat at the table. That’s not a black pill—it’s a mandate to build a framework where AI serves American families.
Thank you @MarshaBlackburn & @SenTedCruz for taking AI governance seriously and uniting to advance @POTUS’s One Big Beautiful Bill. @Heritage_Action is committed to working with lawmakers to build a federal standard that protects kids, defends IP, beats China, & respects…
At bottom, the moratorium would fail to achieve its primary goal of freeing AI from the clutches of large progressive states while also posing legal and constitutional challenges. It’s time for Congress to see the light. dailysign.al/4kaDWip
The Senate is weighing a so-called “temporary pause” on state tech laws that would last ten years—but the consequences are anything but temporary. 👇
I appreciate the significant efforts to revise the AI moratorium to mitigate concerns about consumer protection, and I recognize the risks of both overregulation at home and competition from China. Unfortunately, the moratorium's broad definitions and broad preemption continue…
Americans reject the AI moratorium by a 3 to 1 margin. It is vitally important that lawmakers ensure that the OBBB delivers for the American people. bit.ly/3GhSmPL