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GM pivots to hybrid SUVs

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SRush Hour Mix is live — and we're starting with a car company changing direction.
EReuters is reporting that General Motors plans to offer hybrid SUVs, a pivot from its all-electric strategy.
SSo after years of 'we're all in on electric,' they're walking it back? Customers were never ready.
EIt's not walking back, it's reading the room. Hybrids are what people actually buy.
SBut this is GM — they killed the Volt, they said EV only. Now they look lost.
ELost? They're making money. Almost nobody wants a fifty-thousand-dollar EV with nowhere to charge.
SOkay, but the government gave them billions to go electric.
EBillions or not, changing course isn't failure, that's a business.
ESpeaking of money — a Reuters analysis says crypto executives have poured fifty-six million dollars into this election cycle.
SFifty-six million from a handful of people. That's not influence, that's a down payment.
EAnd it's working. Both parties are suddenly crypto-friendly.
SYou say 'both parties' — one party was until the money showed up, now they're all believers.
EThat's politics, not corruption. They're buying access, not outcomes.
SAccess is outcomes when you're writing the rules.
EMeanwhile, one guy on X has a life hack for today's feed: skip every post that starts with 'just in' or 'breaking news.'
SSmart. Half my feed is 'just in' followed by nothing.

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