As his political career nosedived, prosecutors charged Santos with 23 federal counts over several criminal schemes. He took a deal last summer that included pleading guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

As part of his plea deal, Santos admitted to filing false campaign finance reports, charging donors’ credit cards without authorization and fraudulently receiving unemployment benefits, among other things, saying he was taking responsibility for the “lies I have told myself.”

He also agreed as part of the deal to pay nearly $374,000 in restitution and a forfeiture judgment of roughly $205,000.

It only seats two yet has a bed big enough to hold a sheet of plywood. It only does 150 miles on a charge, only comes in gray, and the only way to listen to music while driving is if you bring along your phone and a Bluetooth speaker.

Instead of steel or aluminum, the Slate Truck’s body panels are molded of plastic. Or, as Slate calls them, “injection molded polypropylene composite material.” The theory is that this makes them more durable and scratch-resistant, if only because the lack of paint means they’re one color all the way through.

By eliminating paint, and thus eliminating the paint shop, Slate’s manufacturing process is massively simplified. So, too, the lack of metal body parts. “We have no paint shop, we have no stamping,”

Excellent distinction.

Because then it’s one evil actor instead of you know tens of thousands.

But it’s just projection anyway. Every accusation is a confession.

Should hit him with a Klingon pain stick.

Well… If he was present at Tesla he wouldn’t be present at Nazi rallies.

Terms of the settlement were not disclosed in the court filing Friday about the agreement. Pierce’s lawyer Hunter Pyle said the settlement was confidential. The deal followed court-ordered arbitration that started in March 2023, and mediation in October 2024 that concluded early this month in the agreement, according to an earlier court filing.

I gotta ask the ages there. I don’t know how you miss Band of Brothers, Schindler’s List, etc.

Apparently you’ve never been late to class, but late to period. Honestly I don’t think the problem is on my end.

Your school day (in high school) was not broken into several classes throughout the day?

Not one day, 1 class.

Lack of education. My class spent all of 1 class on WW2. I know because I spent time learning on my own.

Do we want the baker’s dozen insanity again‽ Complete insanity I tell you!

Only not in some 3rd world countries.

As the U.S.-China trade war heats up, businesses in major export hubs in southeastern China are announcing factory “holidays” – halting production and slashing employee wages and work hours – while turning to social commerce platforms to sell stockpiled goods, as they grapple with a sharp drop in overseas orders.

Fun fact: This is why landings are required at certain distances.

If you have any choices at all, with satellites and drones everywhere, you wouldn’t leave anything outside in plain sight.

It might only overcount from 40k to 50k, that hump to get the warranty over. Then undercount to get back on track.

But she gets to laugh it off, which is exactly what she’s doing.

Used to be the other way around, undercount the miles so that you can sell it at a higher price.