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Capitalist power: bigger federal debt than entire US gross domestic product – first time since 1946

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Trump’s constant pimping of the stock market numbers is not the same as a sign that the economy has returned to the level of “winning” even before Trump took office. Like voting twice, Trump’s not being a good minimal-state libertarian where all debt resolves itself in a ‘free market’. Instead,...

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  • September 4, 2020
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Live Blog: 6pm ET Daily COVID Briefing a.k.a. Trump mini-campaign rally

Tim Mak @timkmak 2h An NPR reader posts this very helpful graphic breaking down the $2 trillion rescue package. Via reddit: reddit.com/r/dataisbeauti…

UPDATE press holding for daily COVID taskforce briefing following CARES act signing ceremony. x YouTube Video 5pm ET will supposedly feature the daily WH COVID-19 briefing, featuring a Trump stand-up warm-up. Trump's “jack-(w)hole of government”approach means he’ll be doing the relief act signing because he wants to pretend he’s in...

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  • March 27, 2020
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Trump tries to bully GM and Ford into making ventilators 'FAST!!!!!!' — via Twitter, of course

He does realize he has the authority to order companies to do this kind of thing, right? Like, through regular government channels other than Twitter or semaphore flag? x General Motors MUST immediately open their stupidly abandoned Lordstown plant in Ohio, or some other plant, and START MAKING VENTILATORS, NOW!!!!!!...

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  • March 27, 2020
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Trump is floating an end to quarantines even as the curve's not being flattened (and he keeps lying)

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Desperate for a change in the COVID-19 spread that will help his re-election, and in the choice of available hope, Trump opts for false ones.  x One anecdotal story from the New York Post does not constitute a large scale randomized clinical trial on which to base the practice of medicine....

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  • March 23, 2020
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Michael Moore schools Chris Matthews on healthcare: Dependency on boss & insurance profit center

Michael Moore schools Chris Matthews on the reason why Medicare for All is essential given that healthcare is a human right. He explains the degeneracy of private insurance as he points out why no employee should be dependent on a private company for their insurance. Michael Moore made it clear...

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  • February 15, 2020
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So Economist Austan Goolsbee Is For Buttigieg? Here Is a Little Story About Goolsbee.

Sometimes you can tell something about a politician by their supporters.  Oh, I am not necessarily talking about the every day voter but the big time movers and shakers.  Take for instance economist and former Obama Administration official Austan Goolsbee.  It appears that Goolsbee is a Pete Buttigieg supporter.  Why...

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  • December 8, 2019
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Stand With Striking UAW Workers. Solidarity!

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Show Solidarity: Join a picket line near you ! Photo from a report in the Hill. In solidarity,  Scott Houldieson – Autoworker, activist and former Vice president of UAW Local 551 – PDA chapter leader – Calumet Region – Northern Indiana Stand With Striking Workers!   This from PDA Chapter...

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  • October 1, 2019
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Trump sits down for a crazy-as-fudge interview with Piers Morgan

Had I known Donald Trump was sitting down for an interview with Piers Morgan I would have been frightened out of my mind knowing they might spontaneously collapse into a douchebag singularity and swallow up the solar system and, eventually, the outer spiral arm of our galaxy. But that didn’t happen. Instead we...

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  • June 5, 2019
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Ohio is being destroyed under Trump, and it's about to get a lot worse

While a lot of states are turning blue, Ohio is one of the few states getting redder—but that is only because so many people are leaving.  With the exception of Columbus, the cities in Ohio are suffering from an exodus due to a sluggish economy.  Cleveland, Toledo, and Youngstown have been...

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  • March 22, 2019
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Howard Schultz would be Trump 2.0 — just ask a Seattle SuperSonics fan

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We need a serious Howard Schultz presidential run like we need another government shutdown. Of course, we could get both. Let’s hope we get neither. Schultz must know his controversial tenure as owner of the Seattle SuperSonics is a major vulnerability as he ramps up for an independent run for president....

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  • January 28, 2019
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GM Hits 200,000th Electric Vehicle Sale in Q4; Tax Credit Phaseout Now Hindering US Vs. Competition

Congratulations to GM! And also, my sympathies. Because in late Q4, GM sold its 200,000th electric vehicle, triggering the start of tax credit phaseouts for GM electric vehicles. The timing appears to be a blunder. Unlike Tesla (my horse in the game!), GM (accidentally, it seems) tolled its 200,000th sale right...

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  • January 3, 2019
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Big news for EVs: Nissan pulling back, GM stepping… up?

Big news today for the electric vehicle market, from two fronts…. Nissan postpones launch of 60kWh Leaf E-Plus Following the ouster and arrest of their CEO, Carlos Ghosn, Nissan has postponed the launch of the much anticipated Leaf E-Plus. Why does this matter? Not merely will the much larger pack greatly...

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GM to slash 14,700 jobs, may close five factories

Smells like winning. From The Washington Post: General Motors will lay off 14,700 factory and white-collar workers in North America and put five plants up for possible closure as it restructures to cut costs and focus more on autonomous and electric vehicles. The reduction includes 8,100 white-collar workers, some of...

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  • November 26, 2018
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Dear Established Automakers: So Electric Cars Can't Be Profitable Yet, Huh?

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Go on, auto industry, analysts and old-school auto journalists. Tell us how electric cars can’t be profitable today and why we’re stuck with oil for the time being!   *** “I want to be very clear here,” Carlos Tavares, chief executive of PSA, the owner of Peugeot, Citroën and Opel-Vauxhall, told reporters at...

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  • October 24, 2018
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The New Wave of Electric Cars: Infographics

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Sometimes it’s hard to keep track of how much the electric vehicle market has been changing year to year. Not only are growth rates spectacular — 54% annually globally — but the capabilities of each new generation of vehicles rises dramatically.   It is this latter aspect that I wish to focus...

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  • September 3, 2018
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Who's Trying To Kill The Electric Car Again? Take A Guess.

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By now, I’m sure we’ve all heard the news: earlier this month, the Trump administration announced plans to reverse the Obama-era CAFE standards, effectively deciding to increase US oil consumption, pollution, and CO2 emissions. They’ve also set their sights on their next target to kill: CARB (the California Air Resources...

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  • August 12, 2018
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Letter to the CJ Editor from Toyota Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. President about Tariffs.

While I was writing my latest diary about Trump’s plan to place a 20% tariff on auto parts imports from the EU, I had wondered if those proposed tariffs would have an impact on the Toyato plant in Georgetown, KY.  Remember, Kentuckians LOVE us some Trump!  Well, seems I got...

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  • July 21, 2018
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The War on Tesla, Musk, and the Fight for the Future

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Upfront: If you think that anything is justified against a person simply because that person is wealthy, this is not an article for you. If you think it’s okay to lie, mislead, or otherwise attack a person simply because of their financial status, consequences be damned, then you should probably...

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  • May 29, 2018
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I’m in…volunteering for our president

Saturday, I donated a couple hours of my time to Organizing for America, Pres. Obama’s grassroots volunteer movement for his re-election. I’ve been to several of these meetings, where I take photos and blog, at the request of OFA leaders. Identified immediately for skills I can donate, the organization is...

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