20 million people just had their debt wiped, which adds up to about 200 billion (max) of the 1.7 trillion out there. Its a reasonable step that will help a bunch of people without giving nearly the amount of ammunition to the GOP just as inflation seems to be normalizing.

Meh, the next thing they are going to announce is massive solar credits and additional wind farms. I think the bigger infrastructure issue is around companies like PG&E who haven’t updated their lines for safety and are a huge week point to avoiding blackouts.

Which part? Where Newsom said like 2 years ago they were going to ban new gasoline vehicle sales?

That isn’t surprising.

Or people could use the power of reading.

Mass exodus of...checks notes 0.3% in one year after a 5.8% increase over the previous decade.

OK.

COL in Cali is high - a 30-4ok car in CA is not the same buying experience as a 30-40k car in Akron, OH.

And adding charging stations is easy and relatively inexpensive, and California has a fuckton and more going in all the time.

There are many many many many examples in literature and real life that people can look to if they are 1) literate and 2) interested.

LCD thinking leads to LCD actions.

Only Murders in this Bodega

Honestly ok if he never sleeps again.

OEMs watch this stuff and actively review dealers that do it; there are, of course, legal implications due to franchisee laws around what they can and can’t do to a dealer they catch gouging.

People always talk about slippery slopes (usually out of context) but increasingly less expensive labor is super on the nose.

P.J. O’Rourke’s Driving Like Crazy is still one of my most prized possessions. We disagreed on 50% of everything, but the man could tell a story. RIP.

Also, fuck these Russian trolls pulling these vids and dropping them online over the NATO application.

What a bunch of losers; Sanna rocks.

Connecting people getting surgery to the Kardashians feels like a stretch (no pun intended).

I’m going to need to see the receipts...

About to send my son to 1st grade this week; his classroom is the first one off the front door of the school.

I’m fucking terrified.

I mean, randomly starting gofundme’s to steal money from the GQP folks feels a little on the nose but here we are.

The Maxima getting dropped with promises of a future EV also comes to mind.

Out of public eye, out of public mind and then Nissan doesn’t need to actual worry about replacing it down the line.

WILL PARENTS START HUGGING THEIR KIDS MORE SO WE DON’T HAVE ANY MORE TRUMP/DESANTIS CLONES PLEASE?