As an American, I used to perceive US made vehicles as rugged and durable, with European vehicles as luxury models, and Asian models as efficient. Quality has dropped significantly for American and European vehicles. Innovation and quality has increased on Asian made vehicles.

While I agree that China subsidizes it's auto industry, I do not agree that the solution is to ban competition.

If US auto makers need subsidies to compete, ask for them. Be direct. Tell us what is holding you back. Is is financial? Do you need cheaper materials? Do you need trained workers? Do you need Engineering graduates? What is it that China is providing to it's companies that the USA is not providing to it's companies that renders you unable to compete? The US government can address the specific issues that you name.

A ban on imports just encourages the domestic auto industry to make bad vehicles that are too expensive for Americans to afford and unable to compete on quality and features in the international market.

I do not wish to defend Musk, but you are significantly devaluing emergency responders.

Emergency responders are dedicated to doing what is needed to save lives.

They will break a window, cut a seatbelt, use the jaws of life to pry doors off, etc. If they need the vehicle to physically move, they will push/pull it.

Do not underestimate emergency responders.

Everything... except user error.

That exception is pretty big.

Pick two.

The point of foreign trolls is to rage-bait and create (or exacerbate existing) divisions among Americans: Divide and Conquer. They do not care about the topic, only that the divisions grow -for "a house divided against itself cannot stand." *

* quote from Abraham Lincoln, who borrowed it from the Bible.

True, but it is an example that I expected most people to be familiar with. See also: Tobacco, Firearms, Gambling, Minimum Wage, etc.

Consider getting your state to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.

Under the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, no voter will have their vote cancelled out at the state-level because their choice differed from plurality sentiment in their state. Instead, every voter’s vote will be added directly -without distortion- into the national count for the candidate of their choice. This will ensure that every voter, in every state, will be politically relevant in every presidential election.

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact will take effect when enacted by states with a majority of the electoral votes (270 of 538). The candidate receiving the most popular votes in all 50 states and DC will get all the electoral votes from the enacting states. This guarantees that the candidate receiving the most popular votes nationwide will get enough Electoral College votes to become President.

The Compact has been enacted by 18 states and DC (CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, HI, IL, MA, MD, ME, MN, NJ, NM, NY, OR, RI, VA, VT, WA). These places together possess 222 of the 270 electoral votes needed to activate the Compact.

Kalshi spokeswoman Dani Lever said in a statement: "Despite the Ninth Circuit's opinion, we still believe the CFTC regulations as written do not prohibit sports contracts, and in any event, the CFTC is working to clarify those regulations. We will be seeking further review."

There is nothing unusual about states having regulations in addition to federal regulations.

Alcohol is federally regulated. It is also subject to state and local regulation.

Protecting public infrastructure from foreign adversaries is a national security matter. That is federal jurisdiction. There should be federal mandates for security practices, and federal funding for nationwide implementation.

Instead of whining about how it has always been a problem, just fix it.

A National Emergency Declaration that says we cannot purchase the critical equipment that is in such demand that it takes 6 months to 2 years to get already? We will just step out of line and let it go to whomever else wants it.

If there were available domestic suppliers of this equipment, all of the production would already be spoken for. There is unmet demand NOW.

[Oww, my balls!]

Well, we (the USA) are at war (unofficially!) with Iran. So for Iran to attack the USA is justified. All's fair in love and war.

If it were some other country attacking us, it would be an act of war. We don't need a war with another country right now.

It is much easier to just say it is Iran and not look to hard.

It would be nice if we did something to proactively secure our critical infrastructure -but that would cost money, and we need all the money to buy more bombs and gold plating.

This is the value of the CEO network.

One company was harmed by the actions of another company. The second company CEO knows the board members of the first company, and so they agree to not make a big deal out of it, but that privately "you owe us one". The publicity raises the value of both companies stock, and thus they can justify to the shareholders the lack of legal action.

I actually work with a few charities that do just that.

They are surprisingly picky about the books they accept. Shipping is not free, and it takes effort on their part to distribute the books. They pick and choose what they feel is appropriate to send, depending on their exact mission/goal. They have no interest in a box of Nora Roberts latest romance novels or James Pattersons latest thrillers.

As a book person it is painful to say, but when you have seen the same book fifty times and have half a dozen copies collecting dust on a shelf you realize you just don't need another copy. Excess copies of books are just paper that has not been recycled yet: The best you can hope for is that it becomes another book that someone will read.

I have sent hundreds of boxes of books to Amazon over the years, but I did not send these books to Amazon.
-So you are technically correct! (the best kind of correct) :)