• Editor’s Pick: National Review’s Geraghty Takes Blowtorch to NPR Over Berliner Debacle

    Writing Thursday morning over at National Review in the Morning Jolt newsletter, senior writer Jim Geraghty went postal on taxpayer-funded National Public Radio (NPR) over its handling of now-former senior business editor Uri Berliner’s bombshell essay for The Free Press meticulously dismantling NPR for its decades of liberal media bias. Geraghty (correctly) stated it’s been “refreshingly honest” to see how “NPR responded to the revelations and accusations of 25-year veteran Uri Berliner” with...

  • Editor’s Pick: National Review’s Geraghty Takes Blowtorch to NPR Over Berliner Debacle

    Writing Thursday morning over at National Review in the Morning Jolt newsletter, senior writer Jim Geraghty went postal on taxpayer-funded National Public Radio (NPR) over its handling of now-former senior business editor Uri Berliner’s bombshell essay for The Free Press meticulously dismantling NPR for its decades of liberal media bias. Geraghty (correctly) stated it’s been “refreshingly honest” to see how “NPR responded to the revelations and accusations of 25-year veteran Uri Berliner” with...

  • Elon Musk’s battle over the Sydney church stabbing video is not about freedom of speech. It’s to titillate his followers

    The X owner was always going to turn the video removal request into a glib culture war fought with 4chan-style memes and late-night missivesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThis battle was never about the removal of a single violent video for Elon Musk – it was always going to turn into a glib culture war fought with 4chan-style memes and late-night missives featuring Musk as the free speech antihero fighting Woke Governments of the World. At least, that...

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    India’s national election will take place in phases over 44 days. Here’s why it takes so long

    NEW DELHI (AP) — Nearly 970 million people — or over 10% of the global population — are eligible to vote in India's general elections that start Friday and last to June 1. The mammoth exercise is the biggest anywhere in the world and will take 44 days before results are announced on June 4. []

  • Elon Musk’s Robotaxi Dreams Plunge Tesla Into Chaos

    (Bloomberg) -- Elon Musk’s underlings at Tesla Inc. are accustomed to chaos. It comes with the territory of working for a chief executive who sets exacting targets and often abruptly switches directions — whose biographer describes his more intense moods as “demon mode.”Most Read from BloombergElon Musk’s Robotaxi Dreams Plunge Tesla Into ChaosTikTok to Remove Executive Tasked With Fending Off US ClaimsTrump Has Only $6.8 Million for Legal Fees With Trial UnderwayTesla Spends Weekend Cutting...

  • Elon Musk’s Tesla Bait-and-Switch Is Getting Old

    The EV company keeps pushing its “next phase of growth” message, but it’s getting harder to look past a slump in vehicle sales and its unexciting lineup.

  • Life After X: Journos Who Ditched Elon Musk’s Twitter Speak Out

    Mediaite spoke with four journalists about what caused them to limit their use of Twitter and what their social media use looks like now.

  • 5 Stocks From Warren Buffett's Portfolio To Buy and Hold for the Next Five Years

    Warren Buffett, a renowned investor, has a unique approach to investing. He is drawn to companies with exceptional leadership and a consistent potential for earnings. His strategy involves acquiring complete businesses, but he is also content with owning a portion of a promising company.Warren Buffett and the Late Charlie Munger's investment strategy was not limited to a specific sector. They were adept at identifying emerging brands, adhering to robust business models, and paying a fair price...

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    Elon Musk defies Australia’s order to remove a violent video from X

    Elon Musk is in a row with the Australian government after its online safety regulator called for a video of an Assyrian bishop being stabbed at a Sydney church to be removed from X, his social media platform. The video shows Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel being stabbed during a church service that was being livestreamed on April 15. The nonfatal attack, which authorities said was a terrorist act motivated by suspected religious extremism, led to rioting outside the church. Australia’s eSafety...

  • Trader Joe’s and Starbucks are helping Elon Musk undermine the US government

    SpaceX is trying to kill a federal agency that accused it of labor violations. Ostensibly progressive brands have leaped to join inElon Musk boasts that he’s a “free speech absolutist”, but that didn’t stop his rocket company, SpaceX, from firing eight workers who had criticized him for making light of reports that SpaceX had settled a sexual harassment claim against him.Not stopping there, SpaceX has moved to put the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the US’s top labor watchdog, out of...

  • Tesla stock soars 11% in premarket trading after Elon Musk promises affordable EV

    Musk’s announcement was aimed at calming nervous investors on Wall Street who were still trying to digest the company’s most recent earnings report.

  • Elon Musk blasts Australia's 'censorship' after court orders X to take down terror video

    A federal court ordered X to delete the footage of a teenager involved in a knifing attack against an Assyrian priest and others.