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Tesla misses on revenue but beats on profit as auto margins jump Tesla's stock has underperformed all of its megacap peers so far this year as global competition ramps up in the electric vehicle market.

Tesla earnings call starts soon. We'll listen so you don't have to but the numbers are out for Q1. Profit margins looked healthier but there were mysterious "one-time benefits" noted from otherwise unexplained moves around auto warranty and tariffs... www.cnbc.com/2026/04/22/t...

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How the AI oligarchy devoured America

This is the cover story for "Power Hungry," our latest package on the AI oligarchs who are upending communities over their plans for massive data centers across the country.

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All the retired people who feel the need to vacuum their lawns or run power saws first thing in the morning should be taxed at a higher rate, at the least. Or just... not do that.

Signed, a very tired toddler mom.

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Musk Move to Shift Tesla Cases to Texas Puts Pressure on Delaware A change in Tesla Inc. bylaws, shifting its shareholder litigation venue from Delaware to Texas, paid dividends for Elon Musk by prompting the dismissal of the last of such suits at Delaware’s Chancer...

“It’s time for the Delaware-Musk relationship to be severed,” said University of Richmond law professor Jessica Erickson. “It’s not healthy for anyone involved."

news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/musk-tex...

Journalists champion Wayback Machine after news publishers limit article archiving In January, Hanaa’ Tameez and I broke the story that The New York Times, The Guardian, and USA Today Co. had begun limiting the Wayback Machine’s access to their news articles. Our reporting showed…

Earlier this year, Lab broke the story that The New York Times, The Guardian, and USA Today Co. had begun limiting the Wayback Machine’s access to their news articles.

Now, journalists are pushing for news publishers to lift the restrictions. www.niemanlab.org/2026/04/jour...

And the bill makes it out of committee with 7 votes in favor. Off to the chambers now. Still no fiscal note to review.

‪So far the Delaware Farm Bureau is the first NOT to voice support. It opts not to take a position either way.‬

The link to watch along with today's hearing and read the bill (SB 9): legis.delaware.gov/MeetingNotic...

Sen. Hansen wants state protections to extend to non-tidal wetlands State Sen. Stephanie Hansen (D-Middletown) has been working on a bill that could create new protections for the state’s nontidal wetlands.

At Leg Hall today for a committee hearing on the latest state-level freshwater wetlands protection law.

Sen. Stephanie Hansen, said this effort has been in the making since at least 1988. Could it pass this time around?

My previous reporting: spotlightdelaware.org/2026/03/18/s....

Judge orders Delaware to turn over labor data to ICE A Delaware federal judge rejected Tuesday the state government’s attempt to withhold labor data from an ICE investigation of 15 businesses.

"We protect workers here," says @mattmeyerde.bsky.social this morning from Delaware's capital, vowing to fight the order. Says state lawyers are "seeing what our options are" and that there is an appeals process available.

Science is good. We should fund it.

Showing some love for local news today

CBS axed its last climate reporting pillar CBS News is laying off national environmental correspondent David Schechter, reportedly leaving no one at the network dedicated to covering climate change. That means that when CBS does cover the issu...

CBS’ climate coverage was already shifting toward misleading framing before the network reportedly cut its last dedicated climate reporter.

It has come to my attention that not all of you are aware that this exists. So, here it is. It exists. Dozens of channels of randomized music videos and bumpers. Choose your era and return to your childhood. Bookmark it for when you need to escape back.

wantmymtv.vercel.app/player.html

My latest from Delaware:

Delaware judge reassigns Elon Musk cases after accusation of bias Kathaleen McCormick, a judge in Delaware's Court of Chancery, is reassigning cases involving Elon Musk to other judges in the state's business court.

A hearing on the reassignment is set for today at 4:30 in Wilmington

www.cnbc.com/2026/03/30/d...

Landmark losses for Meta and YouTube as big tech misses point Zuckerberg company sought to insist social media addiction is not real – jurors found it liable regardless

Social media addiction is a real liability now www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

SpaceX confidentially files for IPO, setting stage for record offering Elon Musk's SpaceX is reportedly targeting a valuation of around $1.75 trillion in its forthcoming IPO.

SpaceX confidentially filed for an IPO, CNBC's David Faber confirmed, setting the stage for a record offering. It's reportedly targeting a $1.75 trillion valuation. www.cnbc.com/2026/04/01/s...

In the case: "OKLAHOMA FIREFIGHTERS PENSION AND RETIREMENT SYSTEM, Plaintiff, -againstELON R. MUSK ET AL. Defendants." Judge Andrew L. Carter Jr. signed an order on March 31, 2026 that is shown here in a screenshot. The page of the order shown here with the judge's signature says "For the reasons stated above, Plaintiff's Motion for Class Certification is granted..."

Elon Musk is facing *another* class action lawsuit alleging he committed civil securities fraud in the run up to his Twitter buyout. This one is in the S. District of NY. Oklahoma Firefighters Pension & Retirement System v. Elon R. Musk et al The investors suing him got class certification today.

Federal judge finds Trump violated free speech by ordering NPR defunded A U.S. District Court judge found that President Trump's executive ordering the defunding of NPR and PBS violated the First Amendment.

Judge says Trump violated free speech when he ordered defunding of NPR

www.npr.org/2026/03/31/n...

The President may, of course, engage in his own expressive conduct, including criticizing the views, reporting, or programming of NPR, PBS, or any other news outlet with whom he disagrees. The government may also fund its own speech and may fund government programs that promote specific perspectives on issues of public importance, and it may decide which views or perspectives to convey—and which not to convey—in any such government speech or program. And it may impose limits on federal grants to ensure that they are deployed to further the legitimate purposes of the program and may pick and choose among applicants based on legitimate criteria. But the First Amendment draws a line, which the government may not cross, at efforts to use government power—including the power of the purse—“to punish or suppress disfavored expression” by others.

BREAKING

Trump’s executive order directing federal agencies to stop funding NPR and PBS is “unlawful and unenforceable,” a federal judge ruled.

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Democrats Examine Elon Musk’s Role in Suspension of Business Disclosure Law

Wonder what Delaware folks have to say about this given the state's fiscal reliance on protecting corporate interests. We know at least some of those TX LLCs were originally formed here...

Democrats Examine Elon Musk’s Role in Suspension of Business Disclosure Law www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/b...

BREAKING: Court rules in allowing substation for offshore wind dispute A Delaware court has ruled in favor of the state, clearing the way for construction of a key electrical substation near the Indian River Power Plant tied to an offshore

A Delaware court has ruled in favor of the state, clearing the way for construction of a key electrical substation near the Indian River Power Plant tied to an offshore wind project planned for Ocean City.

DEFAC member removed following questions on corporate franchise Mike Houghton, an attorney with Morris, Nichols, Arsht and Tunnell LLP, had served on the state's independent economic advisory panel for seven years before he was dismissed this week.

“I know that I serve at the pleasure of the governor and he has to be displeased with me or he would not have removed me."

delawarebusinesstimes.com/news/defac-m...

NEW: After eight days of deliberations, jury in Los Angeles social media trial finds Meta and Google are liable for contributing to the mental health issues of plaintiff KGM through the defective design of its social media platforms, awarding her $3 million in damages.

Stephen Colbert to write new Lord of the Rings film after end of the Late Show Comedian and avid Tolkien fan to write the Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past, a new Peter Jackson-produced film based on unadapted chapters of The Fellowship of the Ring

fuck yes finally some good news

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...