Bill Welch
@billwelch.bsky.social
Former reporter and editor, USA Today and AP, now an editor at CQRC. | NC->DC->CA |
Oh no. So sad. Jill was such a talent and great fun to see live. 😢
May 2, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Oh no. So sad. Jill was such a talent and great fun to see live. 😢
Reposted by Bill Welch
everywhere Elon Musk companies go, they are among the top polluters... Tesla Fremont is the second biggest polluter in all of California!
www.jalopnik.com/tesla-factor...
www.jalopnik.com/tesla-factor...
Tesla Factory In California Pollutes So Much It Is Second Only To An Oil Refining Company
For years, Elon Musk’s defenders pointed to his mission to save the planet with electric vehicles as a reason to dismiss all criticism. Even if Musk messed up, it was supposedly all with the goal of p...
www.jalopnik.com
April 10, 2025 at 5:15 AM
everywhere Elon Musk companies go, they are among the top polluters... Tesla Fremont is the second biggest polluter in all of California!
www.jalopnik.com/tesla-factor...
www.jalopnik.com/tesla-factor...
Reposted by Bill Welch
Writing that, I looked at IRS data and learned that in 2021 (the most recent year for which there was data) LA County paid more in income taxes than all but four states.
January 14, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Writing that, I looked at IRS data and learned that in 2021 (the most recent year for which there was data) LA County paid more in income taxes than all but four states.
4th grade, sent home early, met by my mom crying on porch. Sad day. Will never forget.
November 21, 2024 at 10:20 PM
4th grade, sent home early, met by my mom crying on porch. Sad day. Will never forget.
Reposted by Bill Welch
Some background: California’s 45th Congressional district was one of the most expensive House races this year. And the super PACs controlled by Elon Musk (www.latimes.com/politics/sto...) and the cryptocurrency lobby (www.latimes.com/politics/sto...) both spent heavily to support Steel. #CA45
Elon Musk hoped Trump would 'sail into the sunset.' Now he works frenetically to elect him
The world's richest man once said Donald Trump's character didn't 'reflect well' on the U.S. Now Elon Musk is touring the country, and spending big, to put Trump and other Republicans in power.
www.latimes.com
November 17, 2024 at 1:17 AM
Some background: California’s 45th Congressional district was one of the most expensive House races this year. And the super PACs controlled by Elon Musk (www.latimes.com/politics/sto...) and the cryptocurrency lobby (www.latimes.com/politics/sto...) both spent heavily to support Steel. #CA45