Nearly half of American electric vehicle owners want to buy an internal combustion engine model the next time they buy a car, according to a new study from McKinsey and Co., a leading consulting firm. Approximately 46% of Americans who own an EV want to go back to a standard vehicle for their next purchase, citing issues like inadequate charging infrastructure and affordability, according to McKinsey’s study, which was obtained and reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation. The study’s findings further suggest that the Biden administration’s push for electric vehicles is struggling to land with American consumers, after 46% of respondents indicated they are unlikely or very unlikely to purchase an EV in a June poll conducted by The Associated Press and the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute. Moreover, 58% of Americans are very likely to keep their current cars for longer, and 44% are likely to postpone a possible switch to electric vehicles, McKinsey’s study found. Consumers’ concerns about EV charging infrastructure are notable given the slow rollout of the Biden administration’s $7.5 billion public EV charger program, which so far has led to the construction of only a few public chargers in nearly three years. Buttigieg says you don’t have to worry about gas prices if you buy an electric vehicle…someone should remind him how out of touch he sounds pic.twitter.com/tiJVkl7wB3— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) March 7, 2022 The Biden administration has a stated goal of having EVs make up 50% of all new car sales by 2030. The Environmental Protection Agency finalized stringent regulations in March that will force manufacturers to ensure that up to 56% of their light-duty vehicles are EVs by 2032. The EPA has also finalized strict emissions standards for medium- and light-duty vehicles, while the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has locked in fuel economy standards that will further push manufacturers to produce more EVs. The Biden administration is spending billions of dollars to subsidize production and purchase of electric vehicles, but manufacturers are still losing considerable amounts of cash on their EV product lines. EVs remained below a 10% share of all auto sales in the U.S. in 2023, according to Cox Automotive. The White House did not respond immediately to a request for comment. Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation The post Huge Percentage of EV Owners Want to Go Back to Normal Cars, Study Finds appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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HBO’s John Oliver will occasionally use Last Week Tonight to try to educate American viewers on a subject they know little about, but the subject of Oliver’s Sunday wrath this time was not the dictatorship of Turkmenistan, but his native Britain’s Conservative Party which is down in the polls ahead of their July 4 election. Being the host of a nominal comedy show gave Oliver the impression that he could compare Conservatives to “a wild badger” and label them “cunts, fuckpigs, and weirdos” and be taken seriously. Reacting to a man who lamented that Labour Party leader Keir Starmer has run a “dull” campaign because he believes he does not need to risk anything because of his party’s big lead in the polls, Oliver ranted, “Yeah, maybe that's true, but after everything you've seen tonight, you can probably understand why people are much more concerned about who's leaving than who's coming next. If a wild badger broke into your home and fucked everything up for 14 straight years, tearing everything apart, you might think ‘you know what, we’ll argue about redecorating choices later, right now, that badger's got to fucking go.’”     He continued, “And I will say, if the U.K. can successfully rid itself of the Tories next month, that's not cause for a shrug, that's cause for a celebration. And I know that celebration's not something that comes naturally to Britons.” Oliver added that, “if Britain can extricate itself from the party whose unremitting cruelty has stained the last decade and a half of British life, that does deserve to be marked. And I know dancing in the street doesn't really fit with the British character. So, instead, why not celebrate what's hopefully about to happen with the most British symbol imaginable: a rainstorm.” Now being drenched with great amounts of water, Oliver proceeded to urge Brits to vote out the Tories, “because on July 4, Britain has a chance to wash itself clean of 14 miserable years of Conservative rule. And it's a chance it simply must take.” The irony of the Mother Country holding its election on the 4th of July was not lost on Oliver, “If I may quote Bill Pullman, yelling about aliens, if we do this, ‘The 4th of July will no longer be known as just an American holiday, but also as the day when Britain looked at the Conservatives who've driven the entire country into a ditch, and said in one voice, loud and clear, ‘Fuck off into the sun, you cunts, fuckpigs, and weirdos. You tossers, wankers, dicksplashes, and cockwombles.’ If Britain stands together, this July the 4th, it will finally celebrate its Independence Day. That is our show. Thank you so much for watching.” It is true that the Conservatives have been in power and no majority lasts forever, but earlier in his British civics “lesson” Oliver was particularly incensed at the performance of Britain’s beloved, but woefully underperforming National Health Service. For Oliver, this was Conservatives’ fault, not the faults inherent to single payer health care systems. It should also be noted that the Conservative Party embraces some positions that would put its leaders in the U.S. Democratic Party which could lead to its own supporters being fed up with it. Here is a transcript for the June 23 show: HBO Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 6/24/2024 12:03 AM ET JOHN OLIVER: Yeah, maybe that's true, but after everything you've seen tonight, you can probably understand why people are much more concerned about who's leaving than who's coming next. If a wild badger broke into your home and fucked everything up for 14 straight years, tearing everything apart, you might think “you know what, we’ll argue about redecorating choices later, right now, that badger's got to fucking go.” And I will say, if the U.K. can successfully rid itself of the Tories next month, that's not cause for a shrug, that's cause for a celebration. And I know that celebration's not something that comes naturally to Britons. The country's most famous motivational slogan is "Keep calm and carry on" and even that morale booster basically amounted to, "I know you're about to die, but there's no need to make a scene." That was supposed to get us through World War II! But if Britain can extricate itself from the party whose unremitting cruelty has stained the last decade and a half of British life, that does deserve to be marked. And I know dancing in the street doesn't really fit with the British character. So, instead, why not celebrate what's hopefully about to happen with the most British symbol imaginable: a rainstorm because on July 4, Britain has a chance to wash itself clean of 14 miserable years of Conservative rule. And it's a chance it simply must take.  If I may quote Bill Pullman, yelling about aliens, if we do this, "The 4th of July will no longer be known as just an American holiday, but also as the day when Britain looked at the Conservatives who've driven the entire country into a ditch, and said in one voice, loud and clear, “Fuck off into the sun, you cunts, fuckpigs, and weirdos. You tossers, wankers, dicksplashes, and cockwombles.” If Britain stands together, this July the 4th, it will finally celebrate its Independence Day. That is our show. Thank you so much for watching. 

PHILADELPHIA, Penn. — "Under Crooked Joe, the City of Brotherly Love is being ravaged by bloodshed and crime," former President Donald Trump stated at the beginning of his speech at Temple University's Liacouras Center on Saturday.The MAGA rally in the commonwealth's deep-blue city is yet another event to be hosted in a Democratic stronghold as Trump continues to make his case to areas that typically would not show outward support for him. Pointing to the murder rate and retail theft since he left office, along with poor economic activity and low-performing schools, all which plague many cities like Philadelphia, Trump's intent was to show voters there it does not have to be this way.As if to prove the case Trump was making, two major crime incidents occurred within blocks of the Liacouras Center before and during his speech. Early Saturday morning, 20-year-old TU nursing student Milan Jones was found dead inside an apartment, allegedly killed by her boyfriednd, Tymir Lackey, also a student at TU, according to WPVI.Students at the North Philadelphia college becoming victims of crime has been one of the factors for the school experiencing a 22% drop in enrollment from 2020. But it is not just students who have been targets. TU police officer Christopher Fitzgerald was killed in the line of duty in February 2023. NBC10 reported Fitzgerald was shot by a fleeing suspect once, fell over, and was then shot several times in the head, allegedly by Miles Pfeffer.'I often come here with a lot of anger about what my men and women must endure.'Before Trump was finished speaking, another tragedy occurred. A few blocks north of the Liacouras Center, a call went out of an officer being shot. Officers who were patrolling by the city hall raced north to respond to the call, sirens blaring.At a press conference later that evening at TU's hospital, Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel provided information on what exactly happened.An officer, who has been on the force for six years, and a partner conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle with four people inside. During the stop, the officer noticed a gun holster. One person started to flee, firing three times as he ran. The officer was shot in the neck. The officer's partner returned fire. The officer was then loaded in the squad car and raced to the hospital."I often come here with a lot of anger about what my men and women must endure," Bethel told reporters. "So today I ask the people across the city of Philadelphia to pray for our officer and pray for the men and women who are here today or out in the field, knowing they'll give their lives for this job."As of Tuesday, the officer is still in the ICU. — (@) Ramon Rodriguez Vazquez, 36, is being held on a $12.5 million bail for the shooting, according to WPVI, and his criminal record shows he has shot at police in Puerto Rico after a carjacking.Since this was a Democratic city, an anti-Trump protest, organized by the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, was held directly across from the auditorium. While Trump's rally was well-attended, the PA Democrats' protest was lightly attended, barely having 75 people at its height. Most of the attendees, complete with orange shirts, belonged to the Laborers' International Union of North America.LiUNA member Malik Staten told Blaze Media he does not believe Trump is making gains with black and brown voters."The people that side with him, they're doing it for a check. They're doing [it] for a paycheck, they're doing [it] to get some notoriety. ... But ultimately, the people that know, know that is not the way," he said.Within an hour, the LiNUA members left. The protest had around 25 people at that point.A Latino TU student wearing a MAGA hat told Blaze Media he supports Trump because he supports his platform."I don't want to be called 'Latinx,' I'm a Latino with an 'o.' My mom is Latina, we're not an 'x,'" he added, pointing out the progressive attempt to make Spanish, a gendered language, gender neutral.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

After winning a coin toss, Joe Biden’s campaign team was given a serious advantage. The president had the choice of either choosing which podium Biden will stand behind in the upcoming debate or whether Biden would be given the last word against Donald Trump. While the better choice seems obvious, Biden’s campaign team chose the podium. “This is not just his senility, it’s from the people who brought you the end of the Afghani war,” Glenn Beck jokes, though he isn’t sure why they would make this kind of decision. Stu Burguiere has a theory. “You got whatever drug cocktail they’re pumping into this guy, he’s going to be all pumped up for that first 45 minutes, but by the end it’s going to be a disaster,” he tells Glenn, who notes it's a “possibility.” However, Glenn still can’t wrap his head around why someone with a track record as bad as Biden would allow Trump to have the last word. “All Donald Trump has to say for his closing statement is, ‘Look, I understand you for inflation. I understand what you’re going through with the gas pump, I understand how you feel about your safety, and the border, I understand how you feel about all these things. You just heard him, is that the vigorous leader that’s going to solve these problems?’” Glenn explains. “I would never let somebody have the last word in a debate,” he adds. “It’s a weird development,” Stu agrees, adding, “I cannot understand that at all.” Want more from Glenn Beck?To enjoy more of Glenn’s masterful storytelling, thought-provoking analysis, and uncanny ability to make sense of the chaos, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

Who will former President Donald Trump select as his running mate?While the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee has not yet announced a pick, some reports earlier this month suggested figures being vetted included North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida, and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson."Anyone claiming to know who or when President Trump will choose his VP is lying, unless the person is named Donald J. Trump," Brian Hughes of the Trump campaign has noted, according to reports.President Joe Biden is currently the oldest president in U.S. history, but if Trump wins the 2024 election and completes the full term, he would become the oldest person ever to serve as president. 'But given Trump's endorsements lately, it's unlikely that he will suddenly shift to the right when it comes to his running mate.'Blaze Media's Daniel Horowitz told Blaze News that Trump is so well-known that his vice presidential pick won't change voters' minds about him. But Horowitz said the choice of running mate does matter for conservatives because of the chance "that the vice presidential candidate could become president," and because if Trump loses the 2024 contest, the person who was chosen "as his running mate will instantaneously have the inside track on a leadership role in the party and the movement going forward."Horowitz said that Vance "most closely represents the values of" Trump's "core supporters. But given Trump's endorsements lately, it's unlikely that he will suddenly shift to the right when it comes to his running mate."Vance, who authored the book "Hillbilly Elegy," entered office last year. Before Trump won the 2016 presidential election, Vance described himself as a "never Trump guy," saying, "I never liked him."But Vance now says he was wrong about Trump, stating that while he did not think Trump would be a good president, Trump was a "great president."The senator has a 93% session score from Heritage Action."Unfortunately, most of the names being bandied about as his top prospects, such as Doug Burgum and Tim Scott, represent the antithesis of why Trump was elevated to prominence to begin with. They embody the old GOP," Horowitz said.Scott, who has served in the Senate since 2013, launched a GOP presidential primary bid last year only to later drop out. The senator has an 88% session score from Heritage Action.'No thank you.'Burgum, who has served as North Dakota governor since late 2016, also launched a Republican presidential primary run last year before later dropping it. But during his short-lived White House bid, he made the unorthodox move of offering people a $20 gift card if they donated $1 to his campaign."Struggling under Biden's economy? Let us help. Donate $1 and we'll send you a $20 gift card in the mail. That's a pretty good deal!" Burgum tweeted.The peculiar tactic likely helped Burgum meet the unique donor thresholds required to take part in Republican presidential primary debates last year, because he made it into the first two debates.In 2021, Burgum vetoed a bill that would have barred public schools from knowingly allowing males to participate on female sports teams. But then in 2023, Burgum signed a bill stipulating that school sports meant for females may not be open to male students."If Doug Burgum is the pick, you have an uninspired selection who has an unrealistic view on green issues, excuses ESG and has ties to big government globalists like Bill Gates. No thank you," Keith Malinak of BlazeTV's "Pat Gray Unleashed" told Blaze News in a statement."My hope is that Trump picks Byron Donalds. Donalds clearly has a love for America, respects the US Constitution and can beautifully deliver a liberty minded message to an audience hungry to hear it articulated," he stated.Donalds, who has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2021, announced a House speakership bid last year after Kevin McCarthy had been ousted from the role. Ultimately, House Republicans tapped Rep. Mike Johnson (La.) for the role. While Donalds has a 100% session score from Heritage Action, Stefanik has a score of just 58%.Stefanik was tapped for the role of House Republican Conference Chair after the House GOP booted Liz Cheney from that post in 2021.Trump has issued a ringing endorsement of Stefanik, calling her "SMART, STRONG, and TOUGH."'Conservatives have nowhere else to go, and Trump is certainly behaving as if he knows that.''Cotton has a 46% session score from Heritage Action, while Rubio has a 67%.Carson, a retired neurosurgeon, served as HUD secretary during Trump's White House tenure.Last month, Trump declared on Truth Social that former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley was not being considered for vice president, stating, "Nikki Haley is not under consideration for the V.P. slot, but I wish her well!""The dominant hiring trend for Trump has been strong and attractive women, and beta males — Trump likes to be the only rooster in the hen house. There have been a few exceptions to this, but by and large this is the trend. Given that, I have been predicting for months he would pick Tulsi Gabbard to further the (correct) narrative the Democrat Party has gone insane," BlazeTV host Steve Deace told Blaze News in a statement.Then-Rep. Gabbard mounted a Democratic presidential primary bid in 2019 but ultimately dropped out and backed Joe Biden in 2020. In 2022, the former Democratic lawmaker declared that she was ditching the Democratic Party, which she said is "under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers who are driven by cowardly wokeness."She has indicated that she would accept the role of Trump's running mate if he were to offer it to her. "As for what conservatives should think, I don't think they should think anything or have any expectations," Deace said in his statement to Blaze News. "Trump is king and can do what he wants. Conservatives have nowhere else to go, and Trump is certainly behaving as if he knows that."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Hall of Fame basketball player Scottie Pippen said in his memoir that scorekeepers incorrectly attributed statistics to Michael Jordan, often taking away from his own statistical totals.The 58-year-old won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls alongside Jordan in the 1990s and was a threat on the offensive and defensive sides of the ball.In his memoir, titled "Unguarded," Pippen alluded to the idea that Jordan manipulated scorekeepers into wanting to doctor statistics in his favor."Michael was better at getting people to do whatever he wanted," Pippin reportedly wrote in an excerpt. "I saw it over and over, from the first training camp in 1987 to the last victory rally in 1998. Here's how it worked: Say I deflected the ball and tapped it over to him. I should get credit with the steal, right? Nope. More often than not, the steal went into his column on the stat sheet, and I could do nothing about it," Pippen claimed, according to Bounding into Sports.'He was horrible to play with. It was all 1-on-1. He's shooting bad shots.'Pippen recalled a time an official scorekeeper came into the locker room after a game and informed Jordan that he needn't worry and that they would "take care of" him."One night, a scorekeeper came into the locker room after the game to hand the stat sheets to Phil Jackson and the coaching staff. The sheet breaks down the points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocked shots, turnovers, and so on for everyone who played the game. I couldn't believe the look the guy gave Michael: 'See, MJ, we take care of you.' No wonder in the nine full seasons we played together, he averaged more steals than me in every year except two."Jordan led the NBA in steals per game twice, in 1987-1988 and then again in the 1992-1993 season.Pippen led the league once in 1994-1995.Tension has grown between the former teammates over the years, with comments from Pippen becoming increasingly sour:"He was horrible to play with. It was all 1-on-1. He's shooting bad shots," Pippen said in 2023 about the start of Jordan's career. "All of a sudden, we become a team and we start winning. Everybody forgot who he was. He was a player that, really, winning wasn't at the top of his category. It was scoring."It was also no secret that Jordan's son, 33-year-old Marcus, dated Pippen's 49-year-old ex-wife Larsa for several years. The pair allegedly broke up in early 2024."What's wrong with this guy? I guess he has a book to sell," commentator Eric Butler told Blaze News. "What's weirder is that Pippen's ex-wife was dating Jordan's son. The whole relationship between the two is strange, right down to Pippen claiming Michael wasn't as good as everyone thinks, which is obviously not true," Butler added.Pippen was a seven-time NBA All-Star and had his number 33 retired by the Chicago Bulls in 2005.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A temporary election worker in Maricopa County has been accused of stealing a fob that helps grant access to vote tabulation machines.On Friday morning, elections officials at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center in Phoenix, Arizona, noticed that a security fob and keys attached to a lanyard were missing. Investigators then reviewed surveillance footage and discovered that Walter Ringfield Jr., a 27-year-old temporary elections worker, had apparently swiped the lanyard, fob, and keys around 5 p.m. the previous day and stuffed them in the pocket of his shorts.He agreed to a diversion program, resulting in a suspended prosecution. Because the case did not result in a conviction, it did not appear during his background check.Authorities then confronted Ringfield about the items. At first, he denied taking anything but eventually added that if he did take anything accidentally, those items would be in his car. A quick search of his vehicle revealed the missing lanyard but not the fob. Ringfield also claimed that anything he may have taken he returned within 20 minutes or so. Officers then went to Ringfield's home with a search warrant and reportedly found the missing fob in the master bedroom. Ringfield, who began working at the facility on June 3, later reportedly admitted to taking the items to "clean up." "Walter said the job was temporary and he was trying to make it permanent, so he wanted to clean up," the police report said but did not clarify what "clean up" meant.The tabulation machines require both the fob and a password to gain access. "To ensure the integrity of Maricopa County Elections, election workers are reprogramming and re-conducting logic and accuracy testing of all equipment," said Jennifer Liewer, a spokesperson for the elections department. Officials estimate that the reprogramming process will cost more than $19,000, a cost that will be borne by taxpayers."While this event is unwelcome, it speaks [to] the effectiveness of the security protocols built into Arizona’s election systems," said a statement from the Office of the Arizona Secretary of State.Ringfield was arrested and charged with felony criminal damage and misdemeanor theft. He is being held without bail.Ringfield is also no stranger to law enforcement. Last fall, he was charged with felony theft after he allegedly stole more than $1,000 in cash from Fry's Food And Drug. He agreed to a diversion program, resulting in a suspended prosecution. Because that case did not result in a conviction, it did not appear during his background check, an elections department spokesperson said.Currently, Ringfield does not have a registered party affiliation, though he once registered as a Democrat. About 18 months ago, a candidate named Walter Ringfield Jr. also filed a statement of interest to run as a Democrat in the 2024 U.S. Senate race in Arizona, a KGUN news report shows, though whether this is the same Walter Ringfield Jr. is unclear since he would not be 30 years old in time for the election as is constitutionally required.He also snapped photos with several high-profile Democrats, including Sens. Mark Kelly and Amy Klobuchar, and posted those photos to an Instagram account believed to be his, the Arizona Republic reported. His social media accounts now appear to be scrubbed.According to Ringfield's father, Walter Ringfield Sr., the younger Walter recently graduated with a political science degree from Arizona State University. Walter Sr. reiterated to the outlet that he "loves" his son and that he "will wait to pass judgment until all of the facts come out."Mail-in ballots for the state primary are scheduled to be mailed out next week. Primary Election Day in Arizona is scheduled for July 30.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!