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Donald Trump’s Gordie Howe Bridge Too Far

Here’s why Trump supporters should be at the front of the line demanding Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s resignation over the Gordie Howe Bridge debacle.

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When the World Talks Like Donald J. Trump

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. President Trump can take pride that leading political and business figures mimic his rhetoric and tone.
His critics should consider the implications.

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DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - Jan 25, 2018: Security in Davos. A police officer at the guard post of the World Economic Forum in Davos

The Davos Elite vs. GM’s Detroit Factory Zero

The Davos elite and GM’s Factory Zero workers in Detroit live in parallel universes.
One gets fawning corporate media coverage, access, and spectacle. The other gets layoffs, uncertainty, and attention only from a socialist website.

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China’s EVs Expose the Lost American Dream

After driving a Chinese EV for several weeks, Wall Street Journal technology columnist Joanna Stern wrote that she would prefer never to buy an American-made vehicle again.

If middle-class Americans fully understood why their counterparts in China can buy far more technologically advanced vehicles for considerably less, the reaction here would be anything but complacent.

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The Powerhouse Lawyers Defending GM and Ford

At General Motors and Ford, litigation is no longer a side effect of doing business. It is a core business function.

The résumés of the lawyers running point at both automakers reflect how central legal strategy has become.

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Ponzi Schemes & Wall Street’s Dumb Money

Bulls make money. Bears make money. Pigs get slaughtered.

Some thoughts on Ponzi schemes, perfectly legal Wall Street products that burn retail investors, and why doctors and small business owners are often the easiest targets.

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When Leaders Lose: Josh Allen vs. Mary Barra

Josh Allen lost a playoff game and took responsibility.

Mary Barra presided over billions in EV losses and said she had no regrets.

This isn’t about football or automobiles. It’s about how leaders respond when outcomes can no longer be spun — and how accountability often seems easier to find in locker rooms than on CNBC.

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Prescott - Circa September 2021: Chase Bank retail location. Chase is the consumer and commercial banking business of JPMorgan Chase.

Can Jamie Dimon Survive Trump’s Stress Tests?

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is among Wall Street’s — and the media’s — most admired executives, closely identified with the bank he has led for nearly two decades.

President Trump, however, is no admirer of Dimon’s stewardship of America’s largest bank.

Here’s why Trump’s promised lawsuit alleging JPMorgan debanked him for political reasons — along with the president’s broader pressure on banking practices — could open a level of scrutiny Dimon’s admirers don’t yet appreciate.

Among the questions such scrutiny could raise: why JPMorgan severed ties with Trump while continuing to bank Jeffrey Epstein until 2013, despite internal objections from some senior executives.

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Kamala Harris: I’m Not an Israel Double Agent

Josh Shapiro’s vetting during Kamala Harris’s 2024 vice-presidential search revealed more about the Democratic campaign and its top legal adviser than about Pennsylvania’s Jewish governor.

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