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Troubles at Tesla
* Tesla faces sales pressure in Europe, China and the U.S
* European sales fell 48.5% in October, even as industry-wide EV sales rose 26%
* Tesla's competition includes Chinese newcomers, improved EVs from legacy players
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
#Tesla #Sales #EV
* Tesla faces sales pressure in Europe, China and the U.S
* European sales fell 48.5% in October, even as industry-wide EV sales rose 26%
* Tesla's competition includes Chinese newcomers, improved EVs from legacy players
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
#Tesla #Sales #EV
Tesla struggles to course correct from sales skid
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has spent much of this year focused on the carmaker’s robotics pursuits and winning shareholder approval for his freshly minted $1 trillion pay package. In the meantime, the outloo...
www.reuters.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Troubles at Tesla
* Tesla faces sales pressure in Europe, China and the U.S
* European sales fell 48.5% in October, even as industry-wide EV sales rose 26%
* Tesla's competition includes Chinese newcomers, improved EVs from legacy players
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
#Tesla #Sales #EV
* Tesla faces sales pressure in Europe, China and the U.S
* European sales fell 48.5% in October, even as industry-wide EV sales rose 26%
* Tesla's competition includes Chinese newcomers, improved EVs from legacy players
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
#Tesla #Sales #EV
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Russia has no veto over Kyiv’s bid to join NATO, alliance chief Mark Rutte said today — rebuffing a peace deal proposal floated by Moscow and Washington that would block Ukraine from the alliance.
Rutte rules out Russian veto on Ukraine joining NATO
The alliance chief also warned that the threat Moscow poses to Europe will far outlast any peace deal reached with Kyiv.
www.politico.eu
November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Russia has no veto over Kyiv’s bid to join NATO, alliance chief Mark Rutte said today — rebuffing a peace deal proposal floated by Moscow and Washington that would block Ukraine from the alliance.
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Bolsonaro gets 27 years for his attempted coup to hold power in Brazil. Trump is acquitted by Republicans in impeachment & then re-elected so he can inflict more ego-driven destruction at home & around the world. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Jair Bolsonaro ordered to start 27-year prison term for plotting Brazil coup
Ex-president to start serving term in 12 sq metre bedroom in police base in Brasília after time for appeals elapses
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Bolsonaro gets 27 years for his attempted coup to hold power in Brazil. Trump is acquitted by Republicans in impeachment & then re-elected so he can inflict more ego-driven destruction at home & around the world. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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(AP) - A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at .. Trump’s urging was illegally appointed by the Justice Department.
apnews.com/article/come...
apnews.com/article/come...
November 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
(AP) - A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at .. Trump’s urging was illegally appointed by the Justice Department.
apnews.com/article/come...
apnews.com/article/come...
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"While elite journos and businessmen kiss the ring of Trump, people in jammies and slippers confront ICE in the street. The courage of ordinary people has been stunning compared to the elite."
On the pod @amandamarcotte.bsky.social is good on Trump's downward spiral:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
On the pod @amandamarcotte.bsky.social is good on Trump's downward spiral:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Trump Is a Weak, Failing President, and the Media Is Finally Saying So
As Trump’s downward spiral starts producing harsher media coverage, a writer who regularly dissects MAGA and political media explains why he’s entering a tailspin that will be very hard to reverse.
newrepublic.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"While elite journos and businessmen kiss the ring of Trump, people in jammies and slippers confront ICE in the street. The courage of ordinary people has been stunning compared to the elite."
On the pod @amandamarcotte.bsky.social is good on Trump's downward spiral:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
On the pod @amandamarcotte.bsky.social is good on Trump's downward spiral:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
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Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter reut.rs/4abeTdx
Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
The Department of Government Efficiency claimed to have slashed tens of billions of dollars in expenditures, but it was impossible for outside financial experts to verify that because the unit did not provide detailed public accounting of its work.
reut.rs
November 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter reut.rs/4abeTdx
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More evidence that the Trump/Witkoff “peace plan” for Ukraine came straight from the Russians - it uses Russian syntax.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
November 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
More evidence that the Trump/Witkoff “peace plan” for Ukraine came straight from the Russians - it uses Russian syntax.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
Our Economy Is in Danger. Here’s Why
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
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"She’s not trying to rebuild her reputation as a journalist—she’s building a different kind of brand entirely, one where being interesting matters more than being ethical, where attention is the only currency that still spends."
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The Olivia Nuzzi Comeback Is Everything Wrong With Modern Media
Olivia Nuzzi’s comeback isn’t a personal scandal story—it’s proof that today’s media rewards access, personality, and controversy more than ethics.
www.mediaite.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"She’s not trying to rebuild her reputation as a journalist—she’s building a different kind of brand entirely, one where being interesting matters more than being ethical, where attention is the only currency that still spends."
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
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BREAKING: Following this week's shenanigans from Lindsey Halligan and crew, James Comey seeks dismissal of the indictment against him "because the grand jury never approved the operative indictment." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
BREAKING: Following this week's shenanigans from Lindsey Halligan and crew, James Comey seeks dismissal of the indictment against him "because the grand jury never approved the operative indictment." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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We did it on the Epstein petition, and we can do it again for healthcare:
Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We did it on the Epstein petition, and we can do it again for healthcare:
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Drug companies have hired over 500 lobbyists this year to gut the Inflation Reduction Act's drug price negotiation provisions.
They outnumber public interest advocates more than 20 to 1.
We must get money out of politics and end Big Pharma's deadly greed once and for all.
They outnumber public interest advocates more than 20 to 1.
We must get money out of politics and end Big Pharma's deadly greed once and for all.
November 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Drug companies have hired over 500 lobbyists this year to gut the Inflation Reduction Act's drug price negotiation provisions.
They outnumber public interest advocates more than 20 to 1.
We must get money out of politics and end Big Pharma's deadly greed once and for all.
They outnumber public interest advocates more than 20 to 1.
We must get money out of politics and end Big Pharma's deadly greed once and for all.
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Here's a groundbreaking report that examines how countries around the world have successfully expanded abortion access and protected reproductive rights. The reports offer U.S.-based policymakers proven strategies to counter restrictions and treat abortion as essential health care.
New Reports Bring Global Solutions to Bolster U.S. Lawmakers in the Fight to Protect Reproductive Freedom - O'Neill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the State Innovation Exchange (SiX) and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health, released Beyond Borders, a groundbreaking report series that examines how countr...
oneill.law.georgetown.edu
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Here's a groundbreaking report that examines how countries around the world have successfully expanded abortion access and protected reproductive rights. The reports offer U.S.-based policymakers proven strategies to counter restrictions and treat abortion as essential health care.
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Chris Murphy: "This is potentially the biggest scandal in presidential history ... I'm sure they are meeting in the White House right now trying to decide how they can get around complying with the law."
November 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Chris Murphy: "This is potentially the biggest scandal in presidential history ... I'm sure they are meeting in the White House right now trying to decide how they can get around complying with the law."
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The president calling for violence against those who disagree and dissent is unacceptable in a democracy.
The silence of Republicans in Congress speaks volumes.
The silence of Republicans in Congress speaks volumes.
November 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The president calling for violence against those who disagree and dissent is unacceptable in a democracy.
The silence of Republicans in Congress speaks volumes.
The silence of Republicans in Congress speaks volumes.
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SCOOP: A federal grand jury in Maryland is investigating whether FHFA director Bill Pulte and Justice Department prosecutor Ed Martin improperly appointed unauthorized people to help in mortgage fraud investigations of President Trump's critics. With @carolleonnig.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
SCOOP: A federal grand jury in Maryland is investigating whether FHFA director Bill Pulte and Justice Department prosecutor Ed Martin improperly appointed unauthorized people to help in mortgage fraud investigations of President Trump's critics. With @carolleonnig.bsky.social
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The best thing I bought this year: a portable jumper box
Everyone should keep this gadget in their car
It’s a great Christmas gift, too.
buff.ly
November 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The best thing I bought this year: a portable jumper box
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EPA fines Apple over hazardous waste violations at Santa Clara factory
EPA fines Apple over hazardous waste violations at Santa Clara factory
(KRON) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Tuesday that it has settled claims of hazardous waste violations at an Apple microchip factory in Santa Clara. In August 2023 and January 2024, federal regulators inspected Apple’s facility at 3250 Scott Boulevard after receiving a tip from the public. The inspections, according to the EPA, [...]
www.kron4.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
EPA fines Apple over hazardous waste violations at Santa Clara factory
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CNN: What if there are more names connected to the Democratic Party that come out in the files?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
November 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
CNN: What if there are more names connected to the Democratic Party that come out in the files?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
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President Donald Trump's hand-picked interim U.S. attorney delivered bombshell testimony that may have destroyed her case against former FBI Director James Comey.
'Unreal incompetence': Lindsey Halligan makes stunning 'admission' about James Comey case
President Donald Trump's hand-picked interim U.S. attorney delivered bombshell testimony that may have destroyed her case against former FBI Director James Comey.Lindsay Halligan, who was tapped as interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, admitted during brief testimony Wednesday ...
bit.ly
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
President Donald Trump's hand-picked interim U.S. attorney delivered bombshell testimony that may have destroyed her case against former FBI Director James Comey.
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Tesla lobbies CA to keep Robotaxi data hidden as Waymo pushes transparency
Tesla lobbies CA to keep Robotaxi data hidden as Waymo pushes transparency
Tesla and Waymo and currently on opposite sides of a back-and-forth regarding how to proceed with California’s autonomous ride-hailing rules, and Tesla’s filings paint a different picture of its “Robotaxi” system’s capabilities than its CEO Elon Musk has in his public statements.
more…
electrek.co
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Tesla lobbies CA to keep Robotaxi data hidden as Waymo pushes transparency
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We're talking about the Epstein Files Transparency Act, its speedy passage in the House and Senate, what happens next, and what it can and can't do in terms of redactions and withholdings, the pocket veto, and way more.
Join us live at 11 am ET or on the replay.
youtube.com/live/xEB1mOJ...
Join us live at 11 am ET or on the replay.
youtube.com/live/xEB1mOJ...
SHOCKER! Epstein Bill Passes Almost UNANIMOUSLY-- BUT WHAT'S NEXT?!
YouTube video by Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin
youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
We're talking about the Epstein Files Transparency Act, its speedy passage in the House and Senate, what happens next, and what it can and can't do in terms of redactions and withholdings, the pocket veto, and way more.
Join us live at 11 am ET or on the replay.
youtube.com/live/xEB1mOJ...
Join us live at 11 am ET or on the replay.
youtube.com/live/xEB1mOJ...
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A two hour hole in a grand jury transcript and silence in the courtroom when the judge raised it.
Then a next day filing that tries to reframe the issue instead of answering it. That is not how you build confidence in a prosecution.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY1p...
@legalafmtn.bsky.social
Then a next day filing that tries to reframe the issue instead of answering it. That is not how you build confidence in a prosecution.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY1p...
@legalafmtn.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
A two hour hole in a grand jury transcript and silence in the courtroom when the judge raised it.
Then a next day filing that tries to reframe the issue instead of answering it. That is not how you build confidence in a prosecution.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY1p...
@legalafmtn.bsky.social
Then a next day filing that tries to reframe the issue instead of answering it. That is not how you build confidence in a prosecution.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY1p...
@legalafmtn.bsky.social
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No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.