Mike Murphy

New moniker pitch: J.D. “Surrender” Vance.

For the first time in history, Ukrainian troops marched in Paris as part of France’s Bastille Day celebrations. Ukrainian soldiers marched from the Arc de Triomphe, while two Ukrainian pilots took to the skies over Paris in French Mirage fighter jets. Video: Telegram channels

That’s a wrap from the Dongfeng Launch in Montreal and first Chinese EV brand launch In Canada! The Nammi Box and Dongfeng Vigo will be the first models to go on sale in 2027

.@Ford motor company executive chair Bill Ford on competing with China and the company's plans to launch EVs under $30,000 next year: "We have to be able to beat them at their own game." #AxiosHouse

The program, which applies to new and used EVs, fills some of the gap left behind by the now-dead $7,500 EV tax credit. insideevs.com/news/801512/ca…

Great to see what started as a simple “what if we tried…” chat with Governor Newsom turn into a such great step forward for EVs a year later! x.com/insideevs/stat…

Smart take on the (huge) crisis at VW… @highspeedrodeo/note/c-293721449?r=i1ae&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@highspeedrode…

NEW: How Putin turned Japan into a den of spies to help his war machine –– and the secret military intelligence unit at the centre of his efforts to get the technology Russia needs to keep attacking Ukraine Latest investigation w @mschwirtz + Adam Goldman nytimes.com/2026/07/12/wor…

Hard to believe this guy would later turn the White House into a tacky monstrosity.

Per South Carolina state law, this is the timeline for replacing Lindsey Graham on the November ballot: -Filing period opens July 21 (2nd Tues after his death) -Closes July 28 -Special primary Aug 11 -Runoff, if necessary, Aug 25 law.justia.com/codes/south-ca…

Big question… horribly wrong answer. #wackobird

We need more grace in public life, so I will choose remember the patriot Lindsey Graham I worked with first in ‘95, when he was a young reformist Congressman helping Lamar Alexander and 5 years later as a key wingman for John McCain in 2000. Worthy fights, with much laughter.

Lindsey Graham was one of the main subjects of a @TheAtlantic cover story I wrote in 2020, on why people collaborate with regimes they know are immoral. Here's a gift link: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

Lmao. The TSA Agent! Thanks Norway. You were fun to host🍻❣️

So the White House is a Thai restaurant now?

A US warship in the middle of a Chinese desert? Some things have to be seen to be believed and @willripleyCNN shows just that in his new report:

Important piece by @KeithBradsher on VW’s travails in China. Market leader for decades, German company is now adrift, a few steps off the pace. nytimes.com/2026/07/10/bus…

Sources told CNN that Trump has been fuming at the reports of security concerns surrounding the $400 million gift from Qatar, and was embarrassed and angry when it became public that that the plane was not equipped enough to be flown directly from the NATO cnn.com/2026/07/11/pol…

God this looks so grimy and disgusting and low-rent

“When socialism finally came to America it wasn’t the lefty, Scandinavian version with universal health care and free college. Oh no. Instead, we got a command economy à la Chinese communism and it was ushered in by the right.” thebulwark.com/p/the-red-mena…