Monthly Archives: September 2022

DeSantis’ office says migrants are better off in Massachusetts than they would have been in Texas

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. John Raoux/AP Images Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office said migrants he had flown to Martha’s Vineyard are better off. The remarks by a DeSantis spokesperson came after a county sheriff in Texas announced he had opened a criminal investigation into the matter.  Last week, 50 migrants were flown to Martha’s Vineyard…

Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy buys the dip with fresh $6 million bitcoin purchase, adding to its crypto stockpile

Michael Saylor is facing a $100 million lawsuit for tax evasion Marco Bello/Getty Images MicroStrategy said it bought roughly $6 million in bitcoin between August 2 and September 19. Michael Saylor’s firm bought the 301 bitcoin tokens for an average price of about $19,851. The company holds more than 130,000 bitcoins, acquired for a total…

Biden’s student-loan forgiveness plan is getting rid of the military’s ‘top recruiting incentive’ of free education, 19 GOP lawmakers say

Rep. Don Bacon speaks during a press conference to discuss the ‘Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act of 2018’ on Capitol Hill, February 27, 2018 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images 19 GOP lawmakers said Biden’s student-loan forgiveness could hurt military recruitment. They said the promise of free education through the military…

Amazon will start testing ultra-low carbon electrofuels for deliveries in 2023

Amazon is partnering with Infinium to test the use of so-called electrofuels (e-fuels) in its middle-mile diesel fleet, it announced. The company invested in Infinium last year as part of its goal to reach net-zero carbon by 2040. “We’ve been developing this technology for the better part of a decade, and we expect our electrofuels…