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Tesla CEO Elon Musk responded today to a tweet from one of his prominent supporters - Whole Mars Catalog - related to the range of electric cars. Whole Mars Catalog wrote that Lucid delivered the first series-produced electric car with a range of roughly 500 miles (EPA range), but Tesla "will be the first to mass-produce one." The longest-range version of the Lucid Air has an EPA Combined range of 520 miles (837 km). The longest range Tesla Model S has an EPA Combined range of 405 miles (652 km). Well, Elon Musk responded that a 600-mile (965 km) Tesla...

Jill Biden on Wednesday gave her husband Joe Biden a nudge to stop talking to reporters and board Marine One for their trip to Wisconsin. President Biden was taking questions from the press on the South Lawn of the White House as the first lady stood to the side, patiently waiting for him. But after a few minutes she walked over to get the chatty president, nudging him to stop talk and to board the presidential helicopter. Jill, wearing a pink coat, smiled as she fetched the president. She didn't speak but gestured with her head to the waiting helicopter....

In this new role, Davis–who has been with The Federalist since co-founding it in 2013–will oversee and manage all of The Federalist’s operations.Sean as named chief executive officer of The Federalist, Editor-In-Chief Mollie Hemingway announced on Monday. Davis, who co-founded the The Federalist in 2013 and has served as its chief financial officer since its creation, will now oversee and manage all of the company’s operations. “Sean is the perfect person to serve as The Federalist’s chief executive officer,” Hemingway said. “He is the rare person in politics who understands campaigns, Congress, investigative journalism, and how to grow and manage...

In March of last year, days after Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed new voting reform legislation, Atlanta-based Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey said, “This legislation is unacceptable. It is a step backwards … and needs to be remedied, and we will continue to advocate for it both in private and now even more in public.” The massive soft drink company wasn’t alone — it brought a wave of corporate backlash aimed at Kemp, Georgia Republicans, and Republicans in general. Within days, Major League Baseball had pulled the All Star Game out of the state. Delta Airlines, Home Depot, Porsche Cars, and...

The president prefaced his remarks by reassuring his audience, "I am a capitalist." But he argued that the hunger for profit had to be tempered by competition: "Capitalism without competition is exploitation, it drives up profits — without competition is exploitation." This, he seemed to say, was the state of an industry dominated by meat giants: "Small businesses and family farmers and ranchers — I need not tell some of my Republican friends in those states. You have four basic meatpacking facilities. That is it. You play with them or you don't get the play at all and you pay...

'If you wanna wear it, fine, but this is ridiculous,' the governor said ---------------- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told a group of high school students to take off their face masks and stop engaging in "Covid theater" in a clip that went viral on social media. "You do not have to wear those masks," the Florida Republican, who has been one of the nation’s most outspoken governors against mask and vaccine mandates, told students at the University of South Florida as he walked up to the podium to speak on Wednesday. "Please take them off," DeSantis continued. "Honestly, it's not...

With Powell telling Congress that a 25 bps rate hike in two weeks is in the bag, moments ago the latest Fed Beige Book validated the cheerful economic outlook, noting that based on information collected before February 18, 2022, US economy activity expanded at “a modest to moderate pace since mid-January.” Of course, all this will change now following the Ukraine war but we’ll cross that bridge when the next Beige Book is released on April 20. While covid is now a distant memory with mandates falling left and right as the US has a new crisis to obsess over,...

Quaise Energy, a startup out of MIT, based in Boston and Houston, recently secured $40 million in funding to help it get the first drilling rig off the drawing board. The system works by drilling down to base rock, then firing high-power millimeter waves into the ground, without the need for complex mechanical drills that are limited by the pressure and intense heat deep into the crust. Regular metal drills get broken or just melt beyond a certain depth, when the heat and pressure becomes too much for them to handle. The goal is to be able to repurpose existing...

Biden’s address was a disaster but the corrupt corporate media predictably gushed over it and tried to spin his terrible track record.resident Joe Biden’s State of the Union address was nothing short of a disaster but the corrupt corporate media predictably gushed over it and tried to spin his terrible track record. Pundits gladly harped on Republican Reps. Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene shouting during Biden’s speech but when it came to fact-checking the lies pouring out of the president’s mouth, most of the corrupt press fell short. The same corporate media outlets that eagerly fact-checked every minute of...

Distressing video captures road-rage shooting that killed father of two Chilling dashcam video captured the moment a father of two was fatally shot in Chicago during a road-rage incident with another driver — who was later arrested on a murder charge. Scott Mattison, 46, is seen arguing with the driver of a white Ford sedan about 5:30 p.m. Sunday near Bartlett and Oltendorf roads in the northwestern suburb of Streamwood, CBS Chicago reported. He appears to stick his arm into the vehicle before being shot. “He didn’t deserve to die — to be gunned down the way he was,” Kevin...

A Bangladeshi ship anchored at the northern Black Sea port of Olvia in Ukraine has reportedly been hit by a missile, killing one crew member.

The U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) no longer recommends universal COVID-19 case investigation and contact tracing, instead saying health departments should direct those efforts to specific high-risk settings. The Feb. 28 update to the CDC guidance comes nearly two years after Robert Redfield, the agency’s previous director, told Congress that America needed as many as 100,000 people working as contact tracers to track the spread of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus that causes COVID-19. According to CDC, a contact tracer is expected to quickly locate and talk with individuals tested positive for the CCP virus, find...

Fed Chief Jerome Powell says it’s possible to have more than one reserve currency in the world. How does this make America great again? Jerome Powell is planning on raising interest rates this month from the zero percent that Democrats have benefitted from in the White House this century. Rates have been kept at zero percent for almost all the time that Democrats are in the White House since 2000. He spoke in front of Congress this morning. PBS reports: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made clear Wednesday that the Fed will begin raising interest rates this month in a...

The sicko who smashed his own feces in a Bronx straphanger’s face joked with cops that “s–t happens” before sneering to a Bronx judge, “F–k you, bitch.” Frank Abrokwa, 37, was busted Monday at his homeless shelter in connection to the Feb. 21 attack. Upon arrest, he made light of the attack, quipping to cops, “S–t happens. Haha. This is a s–tty situation. Haha,” Bronx Assistant District Attorney Grace Phillips said during Abrokwa’s arraignment late Tuesday. Abrokwa — apparently impatient because Brooklyn detectives showed up to arrest him for an unrelated hate crime from September — also made a scene...

The Associated Press fact checked President Joe Biden’s State of the Union claim that gun makers enjoy immunity from lawsuits and found it “false.” The AP noted that Biden claim that there is a “liability shield that makes gun manufacturers the only industry in America that can’t be sued, the only one.” After checking on the validity of Biden’s statement, the AP retorted: “That’s false. While gun manufacturers do have legal protections from being held liable for injuries caused by criminal misuse of their weapons thanks to the 2005 Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, they are not exempt...

Philadelphia said Wednesday it will stop enforcing its indoor face mask mandate effective immediately. “The metrics that we’re following have reached the level where the Health Department feels it is safe to stop enforcing the indoor mask mandate,” said James Garrow, a Philadelphia Department of Health spokesman. The city further dropped its COVID-19 response level to “all-clear,” the lowest of four levels. The all-clear level applies when the average daily count of new cases falls below 100, with hospitalizations under 50 and less than two percent of COVID-19 tests coming back positive. Masks will still be required in city buildings...

Bernie Gores has had a rough life. He has now been killed in action at least two times. The first time was in Afghanistan when he was executed by the Taliban. This week, Bernie Gores has been killed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Who is Bernie Gores? But who is Bernie Gores and why does he have such bad luck? According to the internet, Bernie Gores is an American Journalist. Most likely the kind who doesn’t know how to keep his head down, but he’s also the star behind an online gaming meme and internet hoax that has baby...

On Tuesday morning the Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections held an informational hearing on the Gableman 2020 Election Report featuring invited speakers Special Counsel and Former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman and Attorney Eric Kaardal. During his opening testimony, Justice Gableman listed a series of unlawful acts that took place during the 2020 presidential election. Justice Gableman then called for the decertification of the 2020 presidential election results in the state. Justice Michael Gableman: Our recommendations are fairly predictable considering what we just covered… The elimination of WEC (Wisconsin Election Commission)… At this point, I believe the legislature...

Wednesday on Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” former President Donald Trump ripped President Joe Biden over his poor approval ratings. A recent ABC News/Washington Post poll showed only 37% of adults in the United States approve of the way Biden is handling his job. Citing the rising crime, especially in “Democrat-run cities,” Trump said he didn’t believe that many people approved of the president’s job in office thus far. He argued that the United States “is going to hell” under Biden. “First of all, I don’t believe 37% because if you believe that he has got 37%, that means...

<p>They're trying to bankrupt Putin through financial sanctions, but we and are still buying Russian oil? And we're also financing Russia via China and it's impossible to cut that off.</p>