Here’s why Deere’s $99 million class action settlement with farmers could become GM CEO Mary Barra’s next major problem after misjudging American demand for electric vehicles.
Politics
Kimmel and the Elite’s Contempt for Plumbers
America has an elitist hierarchy problem.
The people who build and repair things get mocked.
The people with the résumés are revered.
Jimmy Kimmel’s disrespect for plumbers exposed the disconnect.
When Joe Biden’s Lion Electric Stopped Roaring
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker this month delivered the final indignity to one of the Biden administration’s green energy bets: Lion Electric’s former U.S. electric bus factory is being taken over by a manufacturer of conventional diesel equipment.
The U.S., Canadian, and Quebec governments poured hundreds of millions into Lion. School districts were promised buses that never arrived. In Quebec, roughly 1,200 electric buses were pulled off the road after a fire triggered safety concerns, canceling scores of bus routes and even forcing some school service centres to cancel classes.
Lion was hardly the Biden administration’s only EV debacle. Proterra followed a similar path—subsidized demand, rapid scaling, and eventual collapse.
The corporate media has largely treated these failures as nothingburgers. The policymakers who committed taxpayer money on both sides of the border should be held accountable.
Zero Emissions? GM’s Dismal Climate Scorecard
President Biden five years ago hailed GM CEO Mary Barra for leading the world’s EV transformation.
Today, Biden’s climate savior presides over one of the most gas-thirsty vehicle lineups in America. After President Trump’s reelection, GM was also the only major global automaker that couldn’t be bothered to publish a sustainability report.
The Web of Jeffrey Epstein’s Lawyers and Bankers
Jeffrey Epstein destroyed lives.
He also did business with some of the most powerful lawyers and banks in America.
Careers fell. Institutions didn’t.
Trump’s Moroungate and GM’s Biden White House
A primer on why people who control White Houses shouldn’t throw stones.
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.
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.
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.
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.