Trump is not wrong in killing the EV subsidy and reducing Biden's stricter fuel efficiency standards when you consider the environmental effects of mining rare earth minerals for batteries

 

Trump Returns to Gasoline as Fuel of Choice for Cars, Gutting Biden’s Climate Policy

The president said he would weaken Biden-era mileage standards, which were designed to increase electric-vehicle sales, calling them a “scam.”

By Lisa FriedmanMaxine Joselow and Jack Ewing

Lisa Friedman and Maxine Joselow reported from Washington, and Jack Ewing from New York

Dec. 3, 2025

The schisms underscore the growing fragility of the nascent coalition in the waning days of its founder. But the idea that the party can go back to some kind of status quo that existed before Mr. Trump is fanciful. A year after it decisively reset the national direction, MAGA seems slightly lost.

 

What Happens When Trump Has Left the Building?

Divisions are appearing as we all wonder what a post-Trump MAGA looks like. Or if it will even survive.

By 

Gerard Baker

Nov. 24, 2025 5:13 pm ET

Last winter, the federal government released the results of its semi-annual reading and math tests of fourth- and eighth-graders, assessments that are considered the most authoritative measure of the state of learning in American elementary and middle schools. In nearly every category, the scores had plunged to levels unseen for decades—or ever. On reading tests, 40 percent of fourth-graders and one-third of eighth-graders performed below “basic,” the lowest threshold. A separate assessment of 12th-graders conducted this past spring—the first since schools were shuttered by the COVID pandemic—yielded similarly crushing results. Many graduated from high school without the ability to decipher this sentence. How can I assume that? The test asked them to define the word decipher, and 24 percent got it wrong.

 

How Public Education Failed in the Liberal Enclaves That Care About It Most

Savor the Moment

 Dear Diary:

Late to work on a cold, sunny, spring morning, I decided to take a shortcut through Madison Square Park.

With the sound of traffic and barking dogs behind me, I joined the meeting I was late for via phone and hoped that I would not have to speak.

As it got later, I started to sweat from what had turned into a jog to First Avenue. Dodging the dog walkers, I saw a single white flower petal twirling gently as it fell from the sky.

I stopped and stood still. The sound of traffic, dogs and my meeting seemed to fade away. I was amazed at the beauty of the single, pristine, delicate white petal as it danced through the cool spring air toward the ground.

In my haste to get to work, I had failed to appreciate the beauty of my surroundings: the dogs, the people, the flowers, even the traffic.

The petal landed, and I picked it up. It was clearly a sign that I needed to appreciate the beauty around me, no matter how stressed out I was feeling.

But it wasn’t a flower petal. It was a discarded receipt from the M23-SBS Bus.

And I was late for work.

— David Daniel

Does Mark Gongdolf actually think it would be real for "Landman" characters to talk about the deleterious effect of oil on the climate? Actually this week it had the drilling company's young female lawyer think about it and Billy Bob telling her to grow up

 

Big Oil Hijacked ‘Landman’ for Its Propaganda

By Mark Gongloff

Mark Gongloff is a Bloomberg Opinion editor and columnist covering climate change. He previously worked for Fortune.com, the Huffington Post and the Wall Street Journal.

“We are in trouble in our country. We are not talking about this enough,” Mr. Farley said. “We have over a million openings in critical jobs, emergency services, trucking, factory workers, plumbers, electricians and tradesmen.” He said Ford is struggling to hire mechanics at salaries that Ivy League grads might envy.

 

Why Ford Can’t Find Mechanics

Forget about reshoring manufacturing without more skilled workers.

By 

The WSJ Editorial Board

Nov. 17, 2025 5:55 pm ET

Many observers have begun calling the new U.S. approach “the Donroe Doctrine” — a term that appeared on a January cover of The New York Post — a Trumpian twist on a 19th-century idea. In 1823, President James Monroe aspired to stop European powers from meddling in the hemisphere.

 

The ‘Donroe Doctrine’: Trump’s Bid to Control the Western Hemisphere

President Trump has tightened the U.S. grip on the Americas by rewarding allies and punishing rivals. That has upended the region’s politics.

By Jack Nicas

Jack Nicas has been a lead correspondent across Latin America since 2021.

Nov. 17, 2025