21ST CENTURY HEADLINES: Uber taps Rivian to build robotaxis in deal worth up to $1.25B.

Uber is kicking off the partnership with an initial $300 million investment in Rivian and is “expected to purchase 10,000 fully autonomous R2 robotaxis” ahead of a planned rollout in San Francisco and Miami in 2028.

Uber will have the option to buy up to 40,000 more autonomous R2 SUVs from Rivian starting in 2030. The two companies said they plan to launch the robotaxis in “25 cities in the U.S., Canada, and Europe by the end of 2031.” The fleet will be exclusively available on Uber’s network, according to the companies.

While the agreement is potentially lucrative for Rivian, it’s brimming with risk and challenges.

Rivian hasn’t started producing the R2 SUV yet; it has said manufacturing is expected to begin by June. Nor has it tested and deployed a self-driving system designed for robotaxis. To raise the hurdle even higher, the robotaxi is supposed to be built in Rivian’s Georgia factory, which is still under construction.

I guess there are still a few kinks to iron out.

IT’S TIME FOR VICTORIA TAFT’S West Coast, Messed Coast™ — I’m Afraid for Nick Shirley’s Safety After California Fraud Exposé.

HMM: The bond market is flashing a signal not seen since before the 2008 crisis. “Thursday’s bond-market selloff caused the Treasury yield curve to exhibit what traders describe as a “bear-flattening” pattern. This actually began back in early February. Typically, the pattern emerges when bond traders are bracing for a difficult economic environment ahead.”

INCENTIVES, HOW DO THEY WORK?

Residents exiting Massachusetts took a net of $4.2 Billion in adjusted gross income with them in 2023, one of the largest totals in the country, after a tax on millionaires took effect – Bloomberg pic.twitter.com/s47lnvXCRg

— Evan (@StockMKTNewz) March 20, 2026

IT’S FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY [VIP]: Wait, He Tried to Steal WHAT With WHAT? “It’s time for your much-needed break from the serious news, and this week, we’ll learn the wrong vehicle for making a quick septic tank getaway, what police won’t accept in place of RealID, and how not to make a surprise booty call in South Dakota.”

BATTLESWARM: Iran Strikes Day 20. “More Jihadis dirtnapped, Iran’s neighbors want the Islamic regime finished off, Mossad gives regime members person-to-person call warnings, Uncle Sam fast-tracks a lot of weapon sales to the Middle East, and the BRRRRRRRTTTTTTTT of Freedom rings out over the Strait of Hormuz.”

SOCIAL MEDIA MANIPULATION IS DONE IN REALTIME:

𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚.𝗔𝗜 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗝𝗢𝗘 𝗞𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘. 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗬 𝗙𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗 𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗘.

Joe Kent goes on Tucker Carlson. Within minutes — not hours, minutes — the same clip, same… https://t.co/fOP7qwmZFO pic.twitter.com/TEF2OVLlz5

— M.A. Rothman (@MichaelARothman) March 20, 2026

More:

Who amplified it? Look at the coalition:

Russian state TV (RT).
Iranian state media through HispanTV.
Hamas-aligned Quds News Network.
Turkish state broadcaster TRT.
Sputnik Brasil.

And simultaneously — Jackson Hinkle, Candace Owens, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Max Blumenthal.

Russia, Iran, Hamas, and MAGA dissidents.

All posting the same message. At the same time.

When does that happen naturally? It doesn’t.

The charts tell the story precisely. Within 2 to 4 hours of the Tucker broadcast, tracked amplification events spiked to 30 — dominated by MAGA dissident amplifiers and Pro-Palestinian/Islamist networks firing in parallel.

How many of these grifters’ “fans” are nothing but bots paid for by Moscow and Islamic radicals?

PROMISE MADE, PROMISE KEPT: Tenth Straight Month of Zero Illegal Alien Border Releases.

MAYBE YOU WANT TO RETHINK YOUR PARTY AFFILIATION THEN?

We made Al Franken resign over a joke, but this woman can cheerlead the rape, slaughter, and torture of Jewish civilians and no one in my party gives a fuck. https://t.co/foUm2LUtXa

— Brianna Wu (@BriannaWu) March 20, 2026

SHARKS GOTTA SWIM, BATS GOTTA FLY: Another Day Ending in Y: JAMA Publishes Still More Anti-Gun Agitprop Presented as ‘Research.’ “Now, if a peer-reviewed medical journal founded in 1883, which is published 48 times a year and read by physicians across the country and around the globe, takes Professor Hicks’ scribbles and calls them actual research without labeling his work as opinion or anti-gun agitprop, that’s not a problem either, is it?”

Yeah, our public health industry hasn’t exactly covered itself in glory in recent years.

CHANGE: The Imperial Order Is Finished, and the U.S. Is Stepping In.

NOW DO YOU GET IT, AUSTRALIA?

BREAKING: Australian Prime Minister Albanese went to a Sydney mosque for Eid prayers to stand against Islamophobia, only to end up being threatened, with everyone screaming “Allahu Akbar” at him.

He just sits there terrified, not knowing what to do.

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— Dr. Maalouf ‏ (@realMaalouf) March 20, 2026

SO WE HAVE THAT GOING FOR US, WHICH IS NICE: China Not Committed to 2027 Taiwan Invasion, U.S. Intel Report Says. “The intelligence community’s latest assessment reverses course on predictions from Pacific-based U.S. military leadership that has shaped battleforce strategy for the past six years.”

I suspect Beijing might be reassessing things in recent months, too.

THE COMEY FOLLIES: When ‘I Don’t Recall’ Meets a DOJ Subpoena.

WOW:

Life comes at you fast. pic.twitter.com/k3EdbyPZEl

— 𝐍𝐢𝐨𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠 🇮🇷 ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) March 20, 2026

PRIORITIES: Pittsburgh Public Schools earn poor marks for NFL draft closure.

In an email to district staff, Superintendent Wayne Walters said students will shift to remote learning for three days to minimize disruption and keep the focus on instruction. The NFL draft, taking place in downtown Pittsburgh, is expected to draw as many as 700,000 visitors, according to the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership.

Pittsburgh Public Schools operates 54 schools that serve students from kindergarten through 12th grade. Only one of those schools is located in the city core, while most are miles from the event. With a total enrollment of around 20,000 students, the decision affects not only students but also caregivers and the students at 136 private, parochial, and charter schools who rely on the district for transportation.

The district has to reschedule the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment testing to later dates that have not been released due to the closure of in-person learning.

In a news release Tuesday, Waters said the district’s priority is maintaining continuity of learning while recognizing the extraordinary circumstances the city will experience during the NFL draft.

Pretty sure we learned during the stupid COVID lockdowns that remote learning is BS.

2021-2024 WAS JUST A WARMUP ACT FOR WHAT THE DEMS ALREADY OPENLY ADMIT THEY’LL DO FROM 2029 ON:

Important. Trump supporters were bankrupted for nothing – just being ‘bad people’ for supporting Trump. Same thing many times over awaits a lot of people in 2029 if democrats win. https://t.co/HNRujHHPtZ

— FischerKing (@FischerKing64) March 20, 2026

You wonder what they haven’t openly admitted they’ll do?

BECAUSE DEMOCRAT. NEXT QUESTION? Why Is a Democratic Governor Undermining a Conservative Conservation Success Story?

WHEN “GENUINELY WILD” HAS BEEN S.O.P. FOR A DECADE:

It’s genuinely wild that the New York Times did a piece talking about how Cesar Chavez was raping little girls but still felt the need to make the antagonist Trump. pic.twitter.com/2IVOm7KJmp

— Carl Paulus (@CarlPaulus) March 20, 2026

SCHRÖDINGER’S AYATOLLAH: Iran Releases Video of Supreme Leader Khamenei Amid Health Speculation. “Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) posted the clip on X, describing it as footage of Khamenei delivering religious instruction. The broadcaster did not provide details on when the video was shot, raising questions about whether it was an archived recording.”

Questions, eh?

Previously: Introducing Schrödinger’s Ayatollah.

NAH, THAT’S NOT CREEPY:

With @Grok, we keep the honest versions and kill the bad transformers (I believe they are called “Decepticons”) https://t.co/M9CeXCJOKG

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 20, 2026

SAD: No Ache, No Story: AI and Today’s Publishers Are Producing the Same Cowardly Fiction.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG:

Michigan reported 8.2 million registered voters in 2024.

Michigan's voting-age citizen population was 7.6 million in 2024.

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) opposes the Save America Act.@SenatorSlotkin pic.twitter.com/hDVx70dINB

— Shiloh Marx (@Shilohmarx) March 19, 2026

TIT FOR TAT: Trump says Israel will stop attacking Iranian gas field, but US will attack it if Iran strikes Qatar. “Unfortunately, Iran did not know this, or any of the pertinent facts pertaining to the South Pars attack, and unjustifiably and unfairly attacked a portion of Qatar’s LNG Gas facility. NO MORE ATTACKS WILL BE MADE BY ISRAEL pertaining to this extremely important and valuable South Pars Field unless Iran unwisely decides to attack a very innocent, in this case, Qatar – In which instance the United States of America, with or without the help or consent of Israel, will massively blow up the entirety of the South Pars Gas Field at an amount of strength and power that Iran has never seen or witnessed before.”

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Trump 47 — Come for the Jokes, Stay for the Awesome President Stuff. “President Trump’s shoot-from-the-lip speaking style drives some people crazy, but I’ve always thought it’s a feature, not a bug. There’s the entertainment value, of course, but it also lends an honesty to his public persona that is lacking in most politicians.”