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Liam Denning
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Writing about the transformation of energy systems and the automotive industry for Bloomberg Opinion. Also: The Arctic. Opinions are my own.
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Ford reported by @bloomberg.com to have talked to Trump admin about JV to make Chinese cars here in the US

As I was saying …
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Chinese Cars Are Coming to the US — Like It or Not
In a world being conquered by China’s auto companies, one redoubt stands out: The US. It deters Chinese companies with sky-high tariffs and a ban on auto software systems developed or controlled by th...
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February 14, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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Tesla is the Mag 7's odd man out
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Tesla Is the Odd Man Out in the Magnificent Seven
Tesla Inc. has long been an odd member of the ‘Magnificent 7.’ Strangely, its renewed efforts to fit in better only exacerbate that condition.
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February 13, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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"They are not brilliant strategists – the royal family is, somewhat famously, not a meritocracy."
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Some PR advice for the Andrew-stricken royals – try something that look less like a $12m cover-up | Marina Hyde
A big loan to keep the case out of court doesn’t quite add up to ‘thoughts and prayers to the victims of Jeffrey Epstein’. Working with the police might be a start, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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February 13, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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Tesla lacks ammo in its battle for AI supremacy:
- Lowest margins in the Mag 7
- Only Mag 7 stock whose EPS fell
- $20B capex budget > cash from ops...
-... but only 1/9th Alphabet's budget
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February 13, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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Tesla lacks ammo in its battle for AI supremacy:
- Lowest margins in the Mag 7
- Only Mag 7 stock whose EPS fell
- $20B capex budget > cash from ops...
-... but only 1/9th Alphabet's budget
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February 13, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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Tesla’s AI pivot reminds us why it’s the odd one out in the Magnificent 7
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February 13, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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There’s something lacking in Musk’s plans to conquer AI with Tesla, SpaceX and xAI: cash flow
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February 13, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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There’s something lacking in Musk’s plans to conquer AI with Tesla, SpaceX and xAI: cash flow
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February 13, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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Tesla’s AI pivot reminds us why it’s the odd one out in the Magnificent 7
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February 13, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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HASSAN: You said you don't want to comment on these ongoing investigations because you don't want to bias them. So did Noem and Stephen Miller bias the investigation when they called Pretti a domestic terrorist?

LYONS: I don't want to comment. That's their comments

H: That doesn't make any sense
February 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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Kushner “is now running an investment fund, Affinity Partners, which has drawn billion-dollar investments from the Arab monarchies, and has pursued potential projects around the world.”
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News: The top-secret whistleblower complaint against Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner
The substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn’t known.
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February 12, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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Having tried every other way to finesse the stark truth that CO2 emissions from burning fossil fuels stoke climate change, Republicans and their donors have reverted back to simply denying there’s a problem.
February 12, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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Trump gets a coal award for making US coal a ward of the state
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The Pentagon’s Coal Contract Will Be Just Another Bailout
When politicians struggle to explain some action, they often reach for the catch-all of “national security.” The Trump administration has now taken this a step further in its ongoing campaign to reviv...
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February 12, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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Trump forcing DoD to use taxpayer $$ to buy coal power merely reinforces a longstanding truth: The one energy source that can't handle 'all of the above' is coal
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The Pentagon’s Coal Contract Will Be Just Another Bailout
When politicians struggle to explain some action, they often reach for the catch-all of “national security.” The Trump administration has now taken this a step further in its ongoing campaign to reviv...
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February 12, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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Despite coal's Very Special Boy Donald Trump getting what @liamdenning.bsky.social calls a Burger King Crown for being the “Undisputed Champion of Beautiful, Clean Coal," Trump has overseen more coal retirements than any other president, notes @carbonbrief.org

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Chart titled Trump has overseen more coal retirements than any other US president. It's three vertical bars showing the total capacity of coal-fired power plants retiring under recent presidents, in gigawatts. Two bars are blue for Biden and Obama and one red for Trump. The blue bars are 41 and 48 for Biden and Obama, respectively, and 57 for Trump Source: Carbon brief analysis of data from Global Energy Monitor
February 12, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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U.S. coal is so desperate it’s getting handouts from the Pentagon
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The Pentagon’s Coal Contract Will Be Just Another Bailout
When politicians struggle to explain some action, they often reach for the catch-all of “national security.” The Trump administration has now taken this a step further in its ongoing campaign to reviv...
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February 12, 2026 at 12:03 PM
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CNBC: Do you think DHS needs to be reformed?

REP. JASON SMITH: All areas of govt can be looked at.

CNBC: There are 2 people dead because of DHS.

SMITH: Those 2 individuals are still under investigation so we can't comment or determine in fact what happened there, whether it was appropriate or not
February 12, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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Trump forcing DoD to use taxpayer $$ to buy coal power merely reinforces a longstanding truth: The one energy source that can't handle 'all of the above' is coal
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The Pentagon’s Coal Contract Will Be Just Another Bailout
When politicians struggle to explain some action, they often reach for the catch-all of “national security.” The Trump administration has now taken this a step further in its ongoing campaign to reviv...
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February 12, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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Trump’s EO means the Pentagon will be all-in on coal power. Meanwhile, in the real world, a brand new US aluminum smelter has other ideas
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The Pentagon’s Coal Contract Will Be Just Another Bailout
When politicians struggle to explain some action, they often reach for the catch-all of “national security.” The Trump administration has now taken this a step further in its ongoing campaign to reviv...
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February 12, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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U.S. coal is so desperate it’s getting handouts from the Pentagon
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The Pentagon’s Coal Contract Will Be Just Another Bailout
When politicians struggle to explain some action, they often reach for the catch-all of “national security.” The Trump administration has now taken this a step further in its ongoing campaign to reviv...
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February 12, 2026 at 12:03 PM
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Jim Ratcliffe: Too many people are a drain on the state.

Also tax-exile Jim Ratcliffe:
Ratcliffe's criticism of the number of people on benefits comes shortly after the government awarded a £120m grant to Ineos, the chemicals company upon which his £17bn fortune largely rests, to protect 500 jobs.
February 11, 2026 at 11:29 PM
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"This is Mia, 7 years old -- 'I don't want to be in this place. I want to be in my school'" -- Walkinshaw confronts Lyons with letters written by kids being detained by ICE
February 10, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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A reminder for President Trump and his ever less credible 'Energy' Sec. Chris Wright as to why subsidizing 19th century coal tech to power 21st century AI is utterly ridiculous
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Coal-Powered AI Robots Are a Dirty Fantasy
Trump has a vision of 21st century robots running on a power technology that hasn’t been cutting-edge since the days of Thomas Edison.
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February 10, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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New: Binance holds 87% of the Trump family's stablecoin—$4.7 billion—a higher concentration than any other major stablecoin has at any single exchange.

Its U.S. affiliate holds $1,119.

me, for @forbes.com
Trump's Stablecoin USD1: Binance Holds 87% After Founder's Pardon
World Liberty Financial's founding document describes the company as "pioneering a new era of Decentralized Finance." Its flagship stablecoin is anything but.
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February 9, 2026 at 7:48 PM