“Boring” but not boring. “In building a 68-mile tunnel under Las Vegas, Elon #Musk’s Boring Company has skirted building, environmental and labor regulations, according to records obtained by ProPublica and City Cast Las Vegas”— ProPublica

ProPublica

Elon Musk’s Boring Company Is Tunneling Beneath Las Vegas With Little Oversight

Given Musk’s role advising President-elect Donald Trump on ways to slash regulations and government oversight, Boring and the Vegas Loop project ...

Gentle Canadian satire gets #Musk treatment. #FreeSpeechMyAss “CBC News : Vancouver strip club marquee cited as hate speech on X” #Canada https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/the-penthouse-marquee-hate-speech-allegation-1.7428625

Aww. #RIP Sam Moore, Half of a Dynamic Soul Duo, Is Dead at 89 Mr. Moore and Dave Prater, better known as Sam & Dave, stormed the R&B and pop charts with indelible hits like “Soul Man” and “Hold On, I’m Comin’.”

Sam Moore of the Dynamic Soul Duo Sam & Dave Is Dead at 89 (Published 2025)

Mr. Moore and Dave Prater stormed the R&B and pop charts with indelible hits like “Soul Man” and “Hold On, I’m Comin’.”

#TFG Via George Takei: From now on TFG means “that felon guy.”

Here we go— “#SCOTUS said Friday it will review the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act’s no-cost coverage mandates for certain preventive care services, putting the landmark health care law in front of the justices again just as #Trump – who tried to repeal the law during his first presidency – returns to the White House.” https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/10/politics/obamacare-supreme-court-hiv-prep-cancer-screening-heart-statin?cid=ios_app

Via Marc Elias: Exactly right. ‪Parker Molloy: I was talking with a reporter the other day about this. They asked why I thought guys like Bezos, Soon-Shiong, and Zuckerberg were suddenly so open with their Trumpy politics. I said that I thought it was because Elon Musk showed them that they could and they wouldn't face any real repercussions.

Damn right. Via Kyle Griffin: U.S. Capitol Police chief opposes pardoning #Jan6 rioters: "What message does that send to police officers across this nation, if someone doesn't think that a conviction for an assault or worse against a police officer is something that should be upheld?" https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/01/06/captitol-police-jan6-trump-pardons/

Via Angry Staffer: #Trump can’t legally own a firearm, but he’s about to be given the nuclear launch codes. Very normal country we have.

#WompWomp Via Kyle Griffin (his caps): Reuters: RUDY #GIULIANI HELD IN CONTEMPT OF COURT FOR VIOLATING AGREEMENT TO HALT CLAIMS OF WRONGDOING BY GEORGIA ELECTION WORKERS-COURT HEARING This is the second time this week Giuliani has been held in contempt of court. First in New York and now in D.C.

NYT: Prosecutors asked that Robert Menendez, the former New Jersey senator, be sentenced to at least 15 years for trading his political clout for bribes.