Tesla Received $1M In Federal Tax Refunds On $4.4B In Earnings: Report

A recent study found that 35 companies paid their top five executives more than they paid in Federal income tax across the five year span from 2018 to 2022. American automaker Tesla was by far the worst offender, as it actually netted $1 million in refunds from the government in that period, while doling out …

Elon Musk’s Charitable Foundation Is The 28th Richest In The World, Is ‘Haphazard And Largely Self-Serving’

Until recently, Elon Musk was listed as the wealthiest person in the world. As many wealthy folks do, Musk has set up a tax shelter “foundation” to oversee the Tesla and SpaceX CEO’s charitable giving. There’s just one problem, he’s not really doing any giving. The foundation, despite controlling over $7 billion in assets, has …

Trump Apparently Has a List of Things He Loves About Adolf Hitler

All of them stressed that Trump regularly lavished praise on authoritarian leaders around the world, calling Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán “fantastic,” Chinese President Xi Jinping “brilliant,” and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un an “OK guy.” Horrifyingly, Trump also said, “Well, but Hitler did some good things,” according to John Kelly, who served as …

Senior Republican who called Trump ‘inexcusable’ endorses him for president

The second-highest ranking Republican in the US Senate, John Thune of South Dakota, endorsed for president Donald Trump – the man he previously called “inexcusable” for seeking to overturn the 2020 election and inciting the deadly January 6 attack on Congress. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/26/john-thune-donald-trump-endorsement -The Guardian; 2/26/2024

‘Donald Trump is a juggernaut of justice’: The most bizarre things said so far at CPAC 2024

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/wildest-things-said-cpac-2024-b2500908.html -The Independent; 2/23/2024

Florida Man Arrested For Vandalizing Crosswalk Pride Mural With Multiple Sad Little Burnouts

In news that will probably surprise no one, he was also reportedly flying a Trump flag off the back of his truck, because of course he was. Such a brazen display of bigotry has “Trump supporter” written all over it. Unfortunately, as the Palm Beach County Human Rights Council pointed out, while such acts should …

Climate scientist awarded more than $1 million in a lawsuit against conservative writers who defamed his work

The legal battle has been ongoing for more than a decade. Mann initially filed a lawsuit in 2012, after Rand Simberg, a former scholar for the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and Mark Steyn, a TV and radio personality who wrote for the National Review, wrote blog posts ridiculing Mann’s scientific research that warned of rising temperatures, …

The wealthy are cutting the line at the airport, Disney World and ski resorts

Across everything from ski lifts to dating apps, and fueled by relatively new technology, there’s been an explosion of options and services that let wealthier people pay to go first. [...] And, most troubling of all, during the pandemic, wealthy patients paid top dollar to jump to the front of the Covid-19 vaccine queue. [...] In the …

Seattle gay bar could be cited for possible ‘exposure of a male nipple’

Seattle city leaders have questions for the state’s liquor board after multiple gay bars were inspected by police last weekend. The board claims these were routine, monthly checks, but bar owners in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood said they feel targeted by law enforcement. Joey Burgess, who owns two gay clubs in Capitol Hill, said Friday …

Opinion: Does GOP really want to solve the border crisis?

Right-wing resistance is entirely consistent with a Trump-ified GOP that is more willing to demagogue an issue than actually deal with it. In an interview with Fox News Wednesday night, Johnson confirmed he’s also been getting pressure from Trump to reject the bipartisan Senate deal. Apparently, the art of the deal only applies if Trump gets credit. The MAGA crew would …