Good morning Quartz readers! HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Boeing machinists are still on strike. Workers voted down another contract offer met their demands. McDonald’s is facing its first lawsuit from the Quarter Pounder E. coli outbreak People are getting much more excited about buying houses. Sales of new homes in the US took … Read more
Elon Musk keeps trying to keep his “joke” about someone murdering Vice President Kamala Harris. Over the weekend, Musk noted again that “no one even bothers to try to kill Kamala” — while speaking at a House of God. As a Donald Trump surrogate — in addition to the $75 million financier behind a leading … Read more
Tesla CEO Elon Musk jumps on stage during a campaign rally for former president and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. AFP via Getty Images Republican megadonor Elon Musk has quietly incorporated two new companies that could indicate his further involvement in American politics, Forbes has learned. Established earlier this month, the mysterious entities were formed … Read more
With the upcoming presidential election so close, both sides are looking to motivate voters who might otherwise sit out the Trump-Harris contest to come to their respective sides. Some of these recent attempts at inducements have just reached the limit of federal bans on vote buying, and it appears that Donald Trump supporter Elon Musk … Read more