CHANGE: Ford’s electric dream in tatters as automaker plots ending battery-powered version of America’s best-selling truck after huge losses.

Ford is considering scrapping the electric version of its F-150 pickup — once billed as the future of American trucks — after racking up billions in losses and watching demand collapse.

Executives are in active talks about axing the money-losing F-150 Lightning altogether, sources told the Wall Street Journal, in what could become the first major casualty of America’s faltering electric vehicle revolution.

The Lightning, launched with fanfare in 2021 and hailed by CEO Jim Farley as a ‘smartphone that can tow,’ was supposed to mark a new era for Ford. President Joe Biden even took one for a spin, calling it ‘quick as hell.’

But the hype faded fast. Mainstream truck buyers balked at the steep price tag — starting closer to $50,000 instead of the promised $40,000 — and worried about the trucks’ limited range, especially when towing or driving in cold weather.

In October, Ford sold just 1,500 Lightnings nationwide — the fewest of any F-Series model — compared with 66,000 gas-powered trucks. The company has lost around $13 billion on electric vehicles since 2023.

‘The demand is just not there,’ said Adam Kraushaar, owner of Lester Glenn Auto Group in New Jersey. ‘We don’t order a lot of them because we don’t sell them.’

Good ol’ boys don’t want to drive electric pickup trucks? Who on earth could have seen this coming?

REVIEW: First Shots: Springfield Armory Hellcat OSP .380.

AN ACE THREAD:

After all, a political campaign consists of digging up past statements and actions of a person to try to get them fired — or at least not hired — for a job. In this case, the job of being an elected official.

— The Reaping Phase (@AceofSpadesHQ) November 6, 2025

Read the whole thing.

HMM: He Put an Elderly Pro-Lifer in the Hospital and Got No Prison Time. Will Trump’s DOJ Intervene?

LIMITED TIME DEAL: 4500 Sq.Ft Most Efficient Energy Star 2025 Dehumidifier. #CommissionEarned

MAKE DC SAFE AGAIN: DC Crime-Fighting Task Force Boasts 60% Decrease in Murder After Trump Crackdown. “As a result of the task force and the emergency measures, crime in Washington is falling, with murders down more than 60%, robbery down more than 50%, carjacking down more than 70%, and violent crime down 25%, the task force announced at the briefing.”

WE GOT BEAT IN THE FIELD:

I know everyone loves Scott Presler, and he's obviously doing what he can.

But Scott Presler and a suburban are not a substitute for a real ground game.

Where is the cash-flush RNC? Where are the state parties? Where are the door knockers? Where are the call banks?

— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) November 5, 2025

THE FINAL FRONTIER: If you want to satiate AI’s hunger for power, Google suggests going to space.

UGH: Child Abuser Illegal Alien Viciously Assaults Houston ICE Officer.

PROFESSOR CARRINGTON: CALL YOUR OFFICE. NOAA monitoring disruptive geomagnetic storms, solar flares.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Astronauts stranded in space after their capsule is struck by mystery object.

Wang Jie, Chen Zhongrui and Chen Dong, who were part of the Shenzhou-20 space mission, flew to the Tiangong space station in April.

They were expected to return yesterday after a six-month mission, and the Shenzhou-21 crew, who were sent to replace them, had already arrived on the weekend.

The China Manned Space Agency said: ‘The Shenzhou-20 crewed spacecraft is suspected to have been struck by a small piece of orbital debris, and assessment of the impact and associated risks is currently underway.

‘To ensure the health and safety of the astronauts and the successful completion of the mission, it has been decided that the originally planned return of Shenzhou-20 on November 5 will be postponed.’

The two crews remain on board Tiangong. A risk assessment is currently underway.

Godspeed.

THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM:

Charlie Kirk described the rise of Zohran Mamdani as a "distress signal" from Gen Z.

"Most people are missing the point of really what this is…"

"This is yet another distress signal by young people to say, 'Hey, if you're not going to fix our life economically, we're going to… pic.twitter.com/4kLDVkkVHX

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) November 5, 2025

More:

Palantir CEO Alex Karp on Zohran Mandani:

“The average Ivy League grad voting for this mayor is annoyed their education is not that valuable, and that the person who knows how to drill for oil has a more valuable profession”

“I think that annoys the fuck out of these people” https://t.co/uYA54AYAJN pic.twitter.com/46XmHSB1gb

— Jawwwn (@jawwwn_) November 6, 2025

SPACE JUNK — BETTER PUT UP MY UMBRELLA: Possible space debris hit delays return of China’s astronauts.

AN IMPORTANT REMINDER FROM ATHENA THORNE: Chill Out, Everyone — There Was a Nearly Identical Anti-Trump Reaction in 2017.

LIMITED TIME DEAL: Amazon Fire HD 8 tablet (newest model). #CommissionEarned

HMM: Study links long-term melatonin use to heart problems.

ELON’S GROKOPEDIA TO REPLACE WIKIPEDIA: Science & Culture’s Denyse O’Leary took a close look at the new Grokopedia and came away quite impressed with the new digital clearinghouse of all human knowledge.

COMMIES NEED TO BE THE ONLY ONE WITH GUNS: Mamdani May Be the Most Anti-Gun Mayor in New York City’s History. “The anti-gun media has constantly tried to stamp-out those who support the Second Amendment. Their only problem has been finding the right sources. However, once Mamdani is sworn in as Mayor, the media’s wait is over. Mamdani will become a loud national anti-gun voice.”

NOW IT CAN BE TOLD: Katie Couric Admits She’s No Longer ‘Trying to Be Impartial’ About Trump.

Because if there’s one word that defines Katie Couric’s career, it’s her legendary journalistic impartiality.

HOMESCHOOL: Maryland school district asks 11-year-olds to define trans terms like ‘gender expression’ and ‘sex assigned at birth.’

The worksheet, revealed by the group Defending Education, defined “gender identity” as referring “to a person’s internal sense of being male, female, or transgender… How you feel. Girl, boy, both or neither.” The definition for “transgender” read: “When your gender identity (how you feel) is different than what doctors/midwives assigned to you when you were born…”

The matching definition for “sex assigned at birth” stated, “when a baby is born, a doctor or midwife looks at the baby’s body/anatomy and says they are a girl, boy, or intersex.”

The lesson was part of a “family life” instruction conducted last month for middle school students in the district, ages 11-12.

The revelation of this lesson comes despite the fact that Montgomery County Public Schools has faced scrutiny recently for its emphasis on radical gender and LGBT ideology.

Groomers gotta groom.

JAMIE K WILSON: The Shape of Joy: How Beauty Once Defined Us and Can Define Us Again. “Beneath the practicality lies something cultural. The old exuberance came from confidence, a belief that life was good and getting better, that the future belonged to the brave and the inventive. Today’s restraint comes from anxiety. We design for safety, not splendor; for approval, not expression. The boldness that once marked prosperity has been replaced by a kind of managerial caution. Our world looks the way it feels: competent, optimized, and joyless.”

TRIM YOUR NAILS: 360° Rotating Toenail Clippers. #CommissionEarned

SCHUMER SHUTDOWN UPDATE: U.S. will reduce airline traffic by 10% at 40 locations beginning Friday due to shutdown.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said the federal government would reduce airline traffic by 10% at 40 locations beginning on Friday if the shutdown continues. The reductions are aimed at reducing the stress on air traffic controllers who have continued to work without pay.

“We’ve identified 40 high-traffic-environment markets,” Bedford said, adding that the list would be released later. “We have decided that a 10% reduction in scheduled capacity would be appropriate to continue to take the pressure off of our controllers. And as we continue to see staffing triggers, there will be additional measures that will be taken in those specific markets.”

Bedford said the reductions are being driven by “issues of fatigue that our flight controllers are experiencing,” as evidenced by “voluntary safety disclosure reports coming in from commercial air transport pilots.” Those reports have allowed regulators to focus on throttling traffic on specific markets, and not the country as a whole, Bedford said.

For now, that is.

CHANGE: Yale law school hangs Justice Thomas portrait ‘after 6 years of neglect.’

Yale Law’s treatment of Thomas has been a consistent disgrace.

BECAUSE OF COURSE: Biden Admin Gave Trump’s Government Phone to Jack Smith.