Politics

Plainfield - Circa September 2020: Chevrolet Silverado pickup trucks on display at a dealership. Chevy is a Division of General Motors.

Trump Hands Detroit a ‘Belching Emissions’ Bailout

President Trump believes relaxing federal fuel economy standards will help GM and Ford. President Biden believed billions in federal incentives and tougher mandates would make them more competitive.
GM and Ford shouldn’t be relying on changing political regimes to determine their business strategies. Toyota and Hyundai don’t have that luxury.

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“Complicated”: The Media’s Leftist Sanitization

There’s a word mainstream news organizations default to when massaging inconvenient truths about political candidates they sympathetically embrace: “complicated.”
From Abdul El-Sayed and Ilhan Omar to Kamala Harris and Bill Clinton, a look at one of corporate media’s favorite euphemisms.

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Virginia City, NV - July 30, 2021: 1958 Ford F-100 pickup truck at a local car show.

Built Ford Tough: The Fords Fire Back at Trump

Donald Trump picked a fight with Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy picked one with Ford Motor Co.

Neither Ford responded by lying down.

The power of standing up to bullies.

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General Motors to Canada: Kiss Our Corporate Derrière

Canadians have focused their trade anger on President Trump. They’d be wise to also consider their treatment by General Motors.

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The $40 Trillion Scam: How U.S. Debt Benefits the Rich

Uncle Sam’s national debt surpassed $40 trillion in recent days, and America now spends more servicing that debt than it does on national defense. History shows that many once-great empires collapsed after debt service eclipsed defense spending.
What should alarm and anger everyday Americans are the bipartisan policies responsible for this crushing debt and how the wealthiest Americans ultimately benefit.

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Uber’s Tony West and The Passing of #MeToo

Remember #MeToo?
A New York Times investigation found that female lawyers representing Uber questioned women suing the company over alleged sexual assaults about their clothing, drinking, childhood trauma, sexual histories, and even whether they were wearing underwear on the night they were assaulted.
The executive ultimately responsible for Uber’s legal strategy is Tony West, the former senior Obama Justice Department official who oversaw the DOJ’s Office on Violence Against Women and later played an influential role in Kamala Harris’ 2024 presidential campaign.

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The traditional Chinese game Dou Shu Qi is a Chess Jungle

SAIC, China’s Humiliation of GM & Capitalist Greed

Ignorance is bliss. Otherwise, more Americans might be alarmed to learn how General Motors became dependent on the state-controlled Chinese automaker it once taught to build world-class vehicles.

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White House, Home of the President of the United States

The Flies on Trump’s Oval Office Walls

How many flies are buzzing around the Oval Office walls? Apparently enough to reconstruct top-secret meetings, presidential frustrations, and internal debates in remarkable detail.

The more alarming question is why corporate journalistic curiosity is so selective.

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Presidential Seal on podium in front of the South Portico of the White House, the Truman Balcony, in Washington, DC on May 7, 2007, in preparation for the visit of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and President George W. Bush

GM: Where U.S. Presidents Go to Sully Themselves

Perhaps Mary Barra deserves her nearly $30 million annual compensation after all. Name another CEO who has successfully played two U.S. presidents to her company’s advantage.

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