Trump Has Become the Thing He Never Wanted to Be

Kek-inducing damage control

The result: In my decade of covering the event, I’d never seen it more dead.

I wasn’t the only one who noticed. Eddie Scarry, a conservative writer and longtime CPAC attendee, tweeted that the conference had devolved into a parade of “peripheral figures, grifters, and aging Fox News personalities who show up like they’re rock stars. Not to mention, 80% of it remains a tribute to Trump. Who is that still fun for?” Sponsors grumbled to Rolling Stone that turnout had dropped off from past years. My colleague John Hendrickson, who attended on Saturday, wrote that the conference had a “1 a.m. at the party” vibe, and wondered if 2023 would be remembered as “the last gasp of CPAC.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/trump-is-the-establishment-now/ar-AA18hIJL

Porsche, Ferrari's Plan To Save Combustion Engines Involves "eFuels"

With many automakers transitioning from petrol-powered vehicles to electrified ones, Porsche and Ferrari are pursuing a new strategy by concentrating on the advancement of eFuels to preserve gas-powered engines. This decision follows the European Commission's delay last week of the proposed 2035 ban on new internal combustion engine vehicles as the commission prepares to carve out a role for eFuels after 2035.

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/porsche-ferraris-plan-save-combustion-engines-involves-efuels