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Elon Musk’s business empire is built on $38 billion in government funding
Via: Krishna • News & Politics • 32 Comments • 7 Likes • last year
“Government infusions at key moments helped Tesla and SpaceX flourish, boosting Musk’s wealth”
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Inflation, looming trade war take a toll as confidence of the U.S. consumer tumbles
Via: Krishna • News & Politics • 13 Comments • 2 Likes • last year
“ U.S. consumer confidence plummeted in February, the biggest monthly decline in more than four years . . .”
Photo: Shoppers pass by a dining room set on display in a Costco warehouse Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Sheridan, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
In reversal, Trump says Russia attacked Ukraine
Via: Krishna • News & Politics • 15 Comments • 1 Like • last year
“Trump had said on Tuesday that Ukraine "should have never started" the war three years ago, prompting a wave of criticism both domestically and...”
Photo: U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a business session with U.S. governors who are in town for the National Governors Association's (NGA) annual winter meeting, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 21, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis© Thomson Reuters
Undocumented workers helped build Elon Musk's business empire
Via: Krishna • News & Politics • 31 Comments • 6 Likes • last year
“Meanwhile, the Tesla CEO Elon has been spewing harsh immigration rhetoric.”
Photo credit: A Tesla Cybertruck faces the SpaceX Starship as it sits on a launch pad at Starbase near Boca Chica, Texas, on October 12, 2024, ahead of the Starship Flight 5 test. Sergio Flores/AFP via Getty Images
Suspect confesses to Munich car ramming that injured dozens in Germany
Via: Krishna • News & Politics • 5 Comments • 1 Like • last year
“German authorities are treating the incident, which injured at least 36 people, as attempted murder.”
Photo credit: The suspect admitted to having deliberately driven a white Mini Cooper into a labour union demonstration, according to the Munich public prosecutor's office [Michaela Stache/AFP] Related: (Feb. 15, 2025) - A 23-year-old Syrian national living in Austria legally was detained after...
The Other Reason Trump Wants Gaza: Getting Its Off-Shore Gas
Via: Krishna • News & Politics • 24 Comments • 1 Like • last year
“In the waters off of Gaza are untapped gas fields, which may interest the U.S. president even more than hotels and beaches”
Photo credit: Today's oil rigs are basically floating cities, employing and housing hundreds of people. Terry Vine / Getty Images
"Who negotiated these horrible trade deals with Canada and Mexico?" - Jon Stewart
Via: Krishna • News & Politics • 1 Comments • 1 Like • last year
“Donald Trump: "I look at some of these deals I say 'Who the hell made these deals they're so bad'"?”
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Sweden shooting: What we know after around 10 people killed at adult education centre, police say
Via: Krishna • News & Politics • 3 Comments • last year
“The shooting is believed to have taken place at Campus Risbergska, which caters for students over the age of 20 in the town of Orebro.”
Photo credit: A police officer at Risbergska School in Orebro, Sweden. Pic: TT News Agency/Kicki Nilsson/Reuters Sweden shooting latest: Follow updates
Trump's Inaugural Approval Rating Is Historically Low Again
Via: Krishna • News & Politics • 12 Comments • 2 Likes • last year
“ Trump remains the only elected president with sub-50% initial approval ratings ”
Photo credit: Trump's booking photograph released by the Fulton County, Georgia sheriff's office