The Short-Sighted, $27 Billion U.S. EV Retreat
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Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav confirmed sale talks and that sports would no longer play a role at HBO Max.
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Focus: Trump’s crackdown on EVs hits home in the Battery Belt reut.rs/48Two1h
Simply infuriating. The yearly Thayer Award provides cadets the opportunity to honor one selfless American each year who served the country with honor. This is just another travesty.
We called this a socialist bailout when Obama stake in the auto companies in exchange for rescue money amidst an actual economic crisis.
But there is no crisis.
There are no bailout funds.
This is just a plain autocratic takeover because Trump felt like the govt should have Intel.
Smile!
"The changes are so fundamental that Ford is retooling the assembly line itself—the very thing Henry Ford used to get the world motoring a century ago." Good one by @patrickgeorge.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
NPR critic Linda Holmes has been a Billy Joel fan since the '80s. HBO's new two-part documentary still taught her something new about his life — and provided a chance to consider the role of his music in her own.
"And if you thought this was unimportant to you, remember BLS calculates the CPI used for Social Security COLAs, as well as the headline CPI used to calculate TIPS yields. Oh, also the inflation adjustments to the marginal tax rate thresholds…"
#econsky
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Colbert has the highest ratings of any late night host.
"Financial reasons" my ass. This is political.
Maurene Comey’s farewell note to the SDNY after being fired by the Trump administration. Yet another warning.
An Oklahoma City TV station says it's weather radar was damaged by an individual and that an anti-government militia took responsibility, claiming that radar is used to control the weather. (via @kosuradio.bsky.social)
There are actually quite a few undocumented Russians in the US.
Anyone have any videos of ICE forcefully deporting them?
Or just the brown people?
Happy 4th! Thinking about selling some NFTs. What do you think?
Denver-area facility aims to centralize live broadcast operations https://nca.st/WWQaf
The Senate’s version of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill would see the General Services Administration take possession of the nearly 7,200 new postal EVs and associated infrastructure and put the assets up for auction. The proposal is unlikely to generate much revenue for the government; there is almost no private-sector interest in the mail trucks, and used EV charging equipment — built specifically for the Postal Service and already installed in postal facilities — generally cannot be resold. “The funds realized by auctioning the vehicles and infrastructure would be negligible. Much of infrastructure is literally buried under parking lots, and there is no market for used charging equipment,” Peter Pastre, the Postal Service’s vice president for government relations and public policy, wrote to senators this month.
👀 Scoop: Trump and Republicans want USPS to sell off its brand new EVs and chargers.
That would mean literally **ripping up post office parking lots** to auction off assets with no private-sector value.
It’s buried in the Senate’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.”
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Paul Reubens made a decision to disappear himself from public life and present Pee-wee Herman as a real person. But there was a price to splitting himself in two, Michael Schulman writes.
“Trump ordered the nation into economic warfare. He did not do any of the things necessary to create any hope of success in that war. The impending defeat is his personal doing,” writes David Frum:
10 months ago today I bombed that kids hospital. You have imposed no meaningful consequences. Trump wants to sanction the victims.
To us in Kremlin, this means it is permitted. It's why we keep doing it.
Not too long ago, Republicans believed in the rule of law, limiting the power of government, and protecting individual liberty, Peter Wehner writes. Then came Donald Trump. https://theatln.tc/JIM7oXYh
And that’s a wrap on ‘24-‘25. Closed the door on Studio #4004! Year 14 is officially in the books. #edusky
Keep in mind when reading all the pieces about how Elon's DOGE stint trashed his reputation, businesses, etc...
"Elon Musk Is $170 Billion Richer Since Endorsing Trump"
@johnhyatt.bsky.social for @forbes.com
The Cleveland #Browns invested a top-five draft pick in Michigan defensive tackle Mason Graham. In order to find out what the team is getting, Sam Penix takes a look at Graham's college tape, and next up is his 2024 performance against the USC Trojans --> 247sports.com/nfl/clevelan...
Sure, it's nice to see Elon Musk "exiting Washington." But he's done so much damage and laid the groundwork for it to continue. Plus, I'm not all that convinced he'll stay out of our politics. (1/2)
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“Welcome to the awkward new reality of global science: one superpower is turbocharging its research engine, while the other is pulling out spark plugs." -- a #Chinese professor
#EconSky #Harvard
One thing I don't understand about #ATLUTD 11....playing with two 10s, but using two wingbacks who may not get forward as much as expected.
Why not start Saba at RWB?
Another day of reminding everyone of Carl Sagan’s eerily accurate warning about the dangers of not being able to ask skeptical scientific questions to those in power or authority.
