It wasn't all that long ago that UAW President Shawn Fain battled Detroit automakers and got Joe Biden to be the first US president to walk a picket line. Now some union members are seeking to oust Fain. David Welch and @gablova.bsky.social explain what happened > www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

SCOOP to start your day > The Audi Q5 will be hit by massive tariffs under Trump's existing plan. Great one by @gablova.bsky.social & Monica Raymunt www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

SCOOP: Omead Afshar, one of Elon Musk's longtime confidantes, is out at Tesla. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

“We came to the United States for protection because of what we encountered in Russia,” he said. “It seems that we are encountering here what we fled.” www.wsj.com/us-news/prot...

#SCOOP from my colleagues Albertina Torsoli, Daniele Lepido and I -- the board of Stellantis is getting close to naming a new CEO, and Antonio Filosa, head of the Americas and protege of the late Sergio Marchionne, is emerging as lead choice: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

$STLA CFO on tariffs driving US investment: "You’re not gonna see a lot of capex decisions related to tariff exposure in the first half, and I would guess you won't see a lot of that across the industry. I think most of us are waiting for a bit more clarity." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

You know it's serious when they suspend the share buybacks 👀 "General Motors Co. is pulling earnings guidance for 2025 and putting $4 billion in share buybacks on hold until it has more clarity on the impact of US tariffs." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

There you have it, defiance of the SCOTUS, from the mouth of an El Salvadorian crypto-bro president www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

"If they are having to spend more money to either pay for tariffs or move production to the U.S.....That's funding not going to R&D, which means they're not going to be able to innovate and not bring new technologies to market." www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...

www.wsj.com/politics/pol... Billionaire businessman Elon Musk, one of President Trump’s most visible and influential advisers, is leveling veiled critiques at the White House’s trade agenda, exposing tensions within the administration over the president’s far-reaching tariffs.

Trump has also promised a flood of jobs to forgotten US communities. But when asked about how companies can remain competitive in higher-wage America, Lutnick on Thursday said robots, not human workers, could build Apple Inc. iPhones on US soil.💡 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The death toll in the powerful earthquake that struck central Myanmar on Friday has jumped to more than 1,000, with an additional 2,376 injured, according to the country’s military junta.

“It seems to suggest that if we allow anyone to hear the whole story of challenges that Americans have overcome, our nation will shatter. The American people are not so fragile as all that,” Manning said. www.washingtonpost.com/history/2025...

“Trump told the executives that the White House would look unfavorably on such a move, leaving some of them rattled and worried they would face punishment if they increased prices, people with knowledge of the call said.” www.wsj.com/business/aut...

Trump on wind turbines: They are driving 🐳 LOCO

Latest Trump #auto #tariffs coming at 4pm today: My colleagues and I at Bloomberg confirmed they will affect completed vehicles but not auto parts (a huge relief for suppliers)---but POTUS plans remain fluid (as ever). www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

“The repository was in the process of being transferred to Europol, a European Union law enforcement agency…. But the Trump administration’s termination of the program last month blocked the data transfer before it could be completed. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

If Mr. Putin really wants peace, why would he object to a modest deployment that poses no threat to Russia? The answer is that his postwar goal is to leave Ukraine in a weakened state that isn’t aligned with the West and is ripe for his next imperial assault. www.wsj.com/opinion/russ...

He's not watching the stock market *TRUMP: GLOBALISTS ARE BEHIND STOCK SELL OFF

From Bloomberg Opinion columnist Adrian Wooldridge: "MAGA’s plans present a much more fundamental challenge to the workings of US capitalism than anything that Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders have ever dreamed up." www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Here’s the Trump TV moment of the night — Trump makes kid who survived brain cancer an honorary member of the Secret Service.

More than an hour into Trump's #SOTU speech, there is no mention of Zelenskyy or #Ukraine. It's coming though, according to an excerpt of his prepared speech.

and the oscar goes to 'el mal'

In advance of the Oscars tonight: a lot of comedy heroes let you down. They become unfunny/bitter/closed minded. Conan is the exception. He has grown & evolved & is funnier than he’s ever been. He’s also an extremely kind and lovely human. Just a sincere post to say: Conan rules.

three years of bipartisan us and coordinated nato support for ukraine decisively rejected by the us president today. best day for putin since the war started. and worst for the nato alliance.

Rubio made so much noise about the plight of the Uyghurs—passed a law to ban buying products from their forced labor— yet as Sec of State, he could not save them, bc of lost leverage w/USAID cuts www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/w...

Here is a 2018 conversation between Jeff Bezos and German publisher Matthias Döpfner at a Business Insider event. Presumably, he is as crimson as a Washington State cherry today:

Chairman of Stellantis (owner of Jeep, Ram) on tariffs: if you're gonna do them, can you at least spare CAN/MEX (USMCA)? This would hurt Hyundai and European OEMs the most... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Brave to @jeffstein.bsky.social, WaPo's chief economics correspondent, for not wasting any time in stating what must be stated. Hopefully the first of many.

genuinely don't get why anyone who is not subscribed to musk's political project is throwing content up there. this & all other evidence dismantles the argument that one needs to 'stay and fight' the war of ideas (lol) on a platform that is making it clear as day it will not give you a fair fight

www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202... “They are worse than the financial penalties imposed on Germany and Japan after their defeat in 1945 … [and] amount to a higher share of Ukrainian GDP than reparations imposed on Germany at the Versailles Treaty.”

They are claiming they're an executive branch agency when it comes to privileges (being able to do stuff) but merely an advisory committee when it comes to obligations (FOIA, oaths, etc). The judge is finding they're an agency. Which is very bad if they don't fulfill their statuory obligations.

Again, it's all right out of the Twitter playbook, as @kateconger.com and @rmac.bsky.social covered in their book. SAME EXACT THING. Except there he at least had the authority to do this. Here he does not.

“We’re seeing the emergence of state social media in the USA.” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Scoop: The databases powering DOGE.gov are insecure, and people outside the government have already pushed their own updates to the site to prove it: www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...

“Ukraine is fucked. And so is Europe, by the way.” www.economist.com/europe/2025/...

“I would also like to make it about how tech billionaires were investing all this money into alternative media…. to create a media ecosystem that favored them, one that would act almost like a PR arm for them.”💡💡💡 www.salon.com/2025/02/02/t...

SCOOP: DOGE Is Now Inside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau www.wired.com/story/doge-a...

Defunding the press: www.axios.com/2025/02/05/p...

Foreign investors are buying pieces of rental homes for $50. What could possibly go wrong? For tenants? Everything. Ignored repairs, unresponsive management, eviction letters, you name it. And yes, it’s happening here in Detroit. outliermedia.org/crypto-real-...

Leave it to a woman to handle a strongman. "It’s likely that she has encountered machistas “her whole life .... 'She probably appealed to Trump’s ego and she’s certainly letting him claim victory' on the fall in migration." #tariffs www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

'The people said Trump views Musk as doing the task he assigned him, and that the president benefits from letting someone else take the heat for drastic and controversial measures. One adviser described Musk as doing “the dirty work"... www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Taking a news mental health break to say that Doechi’s #Grammy performance was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥. thank god for artists

Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran. Those are the names of 6 engineers ages 19 to 24 that are helping with Elon’s coup. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

Anyone else remember this investigation from Dec. 2023 from @nytimes.com ? Feels like a sad case of journalism not being able to effect needed change www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/b...

“What is at stake is the most important structural foundation of our federal government, which is the separation of powers,” said Stephen Vladeck, a law professor at Georgetown University, adding that the power of the purse “is how Congress represents us.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

European tariffs on Chinese EVs are slowing their growth in the region - but even American and German brands like Tesla and BMW are fighting them, because they export from China to EU too. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...

I thought Elon was OK killing the EV tax credits in the IRA? *TESLA: EXPECT CYBERTRUCK ELIGIBLE FOR IRA CONSUMER TAX CREDIT