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Silicon Valley’s Selfish Embrace of Trump

The New Republic 

Four years ago, Elon Musk sounded, at least in public, like a lot of other rich-guy CEOs. Avoiding taking sides in the presidential election, he maxed out donations to a handful of elected Republicans and Democrats but put nothing toward the presidential race. On a New York Times podcast that aired that fall, Musk said that he was undecided about who he’d vote for. He spent part of Election Day 2020 reminiscing about the good old days when Tesla, then a small startup, teetered on the brink of bankruptcy. Читать дальше...

Elon Musk Can’t Make E.V.s Popular. Maybe the Postal Service Can.

The New Republic 

It’s been a rough couple of weeks for electric vehicles. Stellantis announced this week that it’s suspending production of its all-electric Fiat 500. Volvo has ditched plans to sell only electric cars by 2030. Late last month, Ford put its plans for an electric three-row SUV on indefinite hold and announced it’d be slashing its E.V. budget to roughly $12 billion. Mercedes and Volkswagen have slow-rolled their electrification plans too.

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How Cutting Back the Child Tax Credit Led to Another Year of Poverty

The New Republic 

While the economy was a key topic of discussion for the two presidential candidates when they met on the debate stage for the first time on Tuesday, the duel ended without explicit consideration of those most vulnerable to the vicissitudes of inflation and high housing costs. As they outlined their ideas for assisting struggling Americans, neither Vice President Kamala Harris nor former President Donald Trump made mention of a sobering statistic that was released by the Census Bureau earlier in the day... Читать дальше...

UFC 306 weigh-in video at 12 p.m. ET

mmafighting.com 

Sean O’Malley will step on the scale for the UFC 306 weigh-ins Friday. | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images

At the UFC 306 official weigh-ins, all 20 fighters on Saturday’s fight card step on the scale Friday evening in Las Vegas, Nev.

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Pat McAfee, the Football Bro

The New Yorker 

On ESPN’s “College GameDay” and on his own program, “The Pat McAfee Show,” the talk-show host offers an idealized new vision of the American personality.

The Trendiest Piercing Studios in N.Y.C.

The New Yorker 

Also: The influential aesthetic of “Africa’s Fashion Diaspora,” the return of Bright Eyes, the democratic Fall for Dance festival, and more.

The Presidential Campaign, After Philadelphia

The New Yorker 

Part of the intrigue has been which movement would run out of steam first: Trump’s MAGA, through its failures, or Obama’s liberalism, through its successes.

Experts weigh the possible benefits of DSIB designation

Americanbanker.com 

Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu's suggestion that regulators designate certain midsize regional banks as domestic systemically important banks could boost oversight but may also complicate the regulatory landscape, observers say.