Revealed: VW, Ford and Tesla batteries linked to destructive deforestation of indigenous lands

Mines in supply chains of western carmakers linked to widespread deforestation of primary rainforest in nickel-rich lands inhabited by Tolaki people in Indonesia…

 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/16/vw-ford-tesla-batteries-deforestation-indigenous-lands

 

Trump announces 50 percent tariff on Canadian vehicles, steel after trade talks collapse - POLITICO

Ontario Premier Doug Ford promised in an interview with a local radio station in Ottawa “to throw everything in the kitchen sink at” at the Trump administration, calling the U.S. president “arrogant,” “cocky” and a “bully.” 

 Trump can “kiss my a--,” Ford added… 

“Someone should get these clowns to ‘fall in line’ or, the consequences for Canada will be far WORSE!” Trump wrote…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/24/trump-canada-vehicle-steel-tariffs-01046991

Ford's CEO Imported a Chinese Sedan and Won't Give It Back

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BSSO3QEkmjc 

 

Inside Ford's $1 Billion Bet on Detroit’s Future | Newlab at Michigan Central tour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lARWV1-Guz4 

 

History Minute (081): KKK support from Henry Ford and Hiram Wesley Evans

“In 1920, business magnate Henry Ford introduced the American public to The Protocols of the Elders of Zion and published his own article series ‘The International Jew’ (1920–1922), which contributed to enhance anti-Semitism as ideological element for nationalist mobilization. [Grand Dragon Hiram Wesley] Evans on the other hand emphasized political anti-Catholicism and strived to make the Klan a political force in America.”

Excerpt from:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21567689.2020.1809384

The Deeper State (Conspirituality podcast #247)

This week we’re looking at how folks who associated themselves with the magical and morbid QAnon memes about the “coming storm” that would destroy the Deep State have become that storm, mainly by talking about it, and are now in the position to congeal an even Deeper State characterized by more repression and control. They’re doing it both as conspiracists and as conspiracy theorists would predict: as rich guys pretending to be oppressed.

This opens up the question of “Have we been here before in the US, and what happened?” The parallels are uncanny. In the late 1920s, Henry Ford had his car dealers stick copies of The Dearborn Independent newspaper in the glove compartments of new cars. That was the rag in which he published excerpts of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Today another auto baron, Elon Musk, busts out seigheils and posts Nazi memes whenever he likes. But only one of them got a White House office.
Interview: 

https://www.conspirituality.net/episodes/247-the-deeper-state

Doug Ford warns Trump he would cut off energy to US "with a smile on my face” if it comes to it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCwDwZdQJDA

 

Prominent CEOs start raising public concerns about the White House’s agenda

"President Trump has talked a lot about making our U.S. auto industry stronger, bringing more production here, more innovation in the U.S., and if his administration can achieve that, it would be one of ... the most signature accomplishments," the Ford CEO said at a conference this week. "So far what we're seeing is a lot of cost, and a lot of chaos."…

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/prominent-ceos-start-raising-public-concerns-white-houses-agenda-rcna191890 

 

BREAKING: New Supreme Court scandal SURGES into spotlight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1AqgvEqi20

Ford Workers Receive Profit-Sharing Checks

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/S4OVar5XX6s

Opinion | China’s Electric Vehicles Are Going to Hit Detroit Like a Wrecking Ball - The New York Times

What the United States is trying to do is really hard. We want to preserve the economic geography and institutions of our old fossil-powered economy while retooling it to work in a new zero-carbon world. There's no small amount of irony in the fact that all those involved here — Democrats, Republicans, major automakers — resent China for achieving what was once a goal of, well, hippies and environmentalists: making electric cars popular and cheap. But if they've done it, we can do it too. It will take grit and good-faith effort. We should assume that Ford and General Motors will be competing with BYD and Geely for decades to come, and we should relish that…

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/27/opinion/gm-ford-electric-vehicles.html

Ford to announce $3.5 bln battery plant in Michigan, sources say | Reuters

The plant is expected to be located in the Marshall, Michigan area, and eventually employ at least 2,500 workers. The state has marketed a 1,900-acre Marshall "megasite" about 100 miles west of Detroit...

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/ford-announce-new-35-billion-battery-plant-michigan-sources-2023-02-10/

Travis Ford pleads guilty to threatening elections official on Instagram - The Washington Post

"The Justice Department will not tolerate illegal threats of violence against public officials," Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement. "Threats of violence against election officials are dangerous for people's safety and dangerous for our democracy."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/06/16/travis-ford-elections-threat-nebraska/

Automaker Ford working with Google to convert train station into electric car hub | TheHill

Google already has more than 600 employees in Michigan and intends to open a lab that will offer free access to Google Career Certificates as well as computer science classes to high school students...

https://thehill.com/changing-america/resilience/smart-cities/592812-automaker-ford-working-with-google-to-convert-train

‘Ford To City: Drop Dead’ Is A Blueprint For Trump’s Hostility To ‘Blue State’ Aid | HuffPost

From Gerald Ford to Donald Trump, austerity has been a tool to crush the GOP’s opposition and alter the course of history.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-blue-state-bailouts-drop-dead_n_5ebdacfcc5b6240d461b4905

Ford is chasing Tesla with an electric Mustang SUV

Ford unveiled an electric Mustang SUV called the Mach-E. With up to 300 miles of range, and a price tag that starts at $43,895 before incentives, the company’s first mass-market EV looks like it will be a popular premium electric option when it goes on sale in late 2020. The Verge’s senior transportation reporter Sean O’Kane was in Los Angeles to experience the new EV up close. ....
https://youtu.be/BLrV3fPfePU

One day encapsulated everything that’s wrong with Fox News - Vox

From revelations about spreading Russian propaganda to making racist attacks, July 9 had it all.
https://www.vox.com/2019/7/10/20688767/fox-news-hannity-seth-rich-russia-tucker-carlson-ilhan-omar

How will Doug Ford change the health-care system? Here are some answers - CBC News

Increasing the number of beds in Ontario's health-care system won't on its own solve the problem of hospital overcrowding, says a report that will shape Premier Doug Ford's reforms. ....
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-premier-doug-ford-health-care-rueben-devlin-1.4997601

Argentina: two ex-Ford executives convicted in torture case - the guardian

Pedro Muller and Hector Sibilla were sentenced 10 and 12 years, respectively, for 1976 kidnapping and torture of 24 workers ....
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/11/pedro-muller-hedro-sibilla-ford-executives-argentina-torture-case

The junk science Republicans used to undermine Ford and help save Kavanaugh - The Washington Post

Sen. Susan Collins was the latest to suggests that Brett Kavanaugh's accuser was assaulted by someone else. Memory science suggests the opposite. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2018/10/07/republicans-who-believed-ford-doubted-her-memory-relied-junk-science-researchers-say/