California Governor Gavin Newsom imagines himself as presidential material. The hare-brained ad he ran on Fox News in Florida encouraging Floridians to move to California is reason enough to knock him out of contention.
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Stellantis Warns Auto Industry Might Collapse
The top executives of Stellantis, whose U.S. brands include Jeep, Ram, and Chrysler, on Wednesday warned the auto industry is in danger of collapse if the prices of electric vehicles don’t significantly decline. Supply chain and materials’ shortages makes that scenario unlikely.
Underscoring the cluelessness of the U.S. leadership driving the accelerated conversion to electric vehicles, Reuters reported this morning that a proposed California tax on lithium mining could lead to additional shortages and stifle the U.S. lithium mining industry before it begins. China already controls the global EV materials supply chain.
The ineptness of America’s energy leadership comes as no surprise to Michigan residents who lived in the state between 2003 and 2011.
Hannah Elliott: GM’s Worst Nightmare
When I worked in PR, I advised clients there was a 99 percent chance of pulling the wool over reporters’ eyes, but it was ill advised to risk the unlikely one percent. Bloomberg writer Hannah Elliott has taught GM the wisdom of my counsel.
An Officer and a Non-Binary Person
In wake of the Navy making public a training video on the proper use of pronouns, it’s imperative that Hollywood rushes out a remake of the film, “An Officer and a Gentleman” to reflect a more accurate depiction on how sailors today are being trained for combat.
DeSantis to WaPo: Kish Mir in Tuchas
The Washington Post posted a profile this morning about Florida governor Ron DeSantis, who declined to speak with the once nationally respected publication. Here’s why DeSantis’ diss was a watershed moment in American politics and journalism.
An added bonus is an opportunity to learn a once popular Yiddish expression.
The Urgent Need for an ‘EV Anonymous’ Group
I was encouraged learning in recent days that people way better credentialed than me aren’t punch drunk drinking the Biden Administration’s and media’s Kool-Aid triumphing America’s accelerated conversion to electric vehicles. Unfortunately, those who question the narrative are quickly dismissed as “right wing” Republican “climate change deniers.”
There’s an urgent need for a self-help group modeled after Alcoholics Anonymous for people with the sobriety to appreciate America’s EV conversion is poorly planned and executed by frighteningly ignorant political leaders with no clue as to the dangers of their policies.
Allow me to explain why the conversion should already be sounding alarm bells.
FDA’s ‘Horse Drug’ a Potential Cancer Cure?
While the FDA last year was promoting a certain drug as intended for horses, U.S., Chinese, and Japanese researchers were studying the supposed veterinary medicine as a possible cure for cancer. The results so far have been promising, with City of Hope Medical Center, in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute, scheduled to begin a Phase II trial on June 10.
Dr. Mary, Quite Contrary, Bowden
Dr. Mary Talley Bowden, the Houston ENT doc who dared challenge the government, the medical establishment, and the media with her refusal to stop prescribing a controversial drug, has a formidable legal ally hoping to turn her defiance into a landmark legal ruling. His name is Boyden Gray, and his myriad accomplishments include serving as White House Counsel to President George H.W. Bush and spearheading significant clean energy legislation.
Joe Biden to U.S. Truckers: Drop Dead
Apologies for the overused headline, but that’s the message the Biden Administration has clearly conveyed to ailing truck drivers whose industry is on the brink of collapse.
Elon Musk’s Just Disdain for Joe Biden
Until this past weekend, I was appalled by Elon Musk’s public disparagement of President Biden. But after Biden’s belittlement of the entrepreneur’s space exploration efforts and the president’s false representations of Ford Motor Co., I’ve come to appreciate Musk’s willingness to publicly articulate what most Americans are thinking.