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The car tariffs are starting to hit consumers, FCA’s new CEO has some very large shoes to fill and the trucking industry’s attempts at attracting new drivers await your rapt attention on The Morning Shift for Monday, July 30, 2018. 1st Gear: And Here... We... Go You know how it was only a matter of time before the cost of the car tariffs would get pushed onto the consumers? Well, that time is now. Advertisement Over the weekend, BMW told Reuters that, starting today, it’s going to raise the retail prices of the X5 and X6 SUVs by four to seven percent in China. This is because of the extra costs of tariffs on American-made car imports into the Chinese market. From the story: BMW’s move comes after China imposed new tariffs earlier this month on about $34 billion of U.S. imports, from soybeans and cars to lobsters, as part of a widening trade row. Beijing, which this year cut tariffs on all automobiles imported into China, slapped an additional 25 percent … [Read more...] about The Trade War Is Now Real

The start of this NFL season has been frustrating for the Broncos, who dropped their Monday night opener in Oakland then lost to the Bears because of a soft roughing-the-passer penalty on Bradley Chubb. There are many culprits to blame for the team’s general malaise on offense, and one of them is starting left tackle Garett Bolles. Since the Broncos took Bolles in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft, he’s had 26 holding penalties (16 accepted) in 34 career games, four of which came in the Week 2 loss. Two of those were accepted, and while neither was as consequential as the flag on Chubb, the offensive lineman leads the NFL in holding penalties committed. When asked about his flag magnetism, Bolles blamed his reputation, and said officials were coming after him: It was frustrating. I’ve built a reputation for myself in this league of holding. I disagree with it, to be honest. There are some calls I disagree with, and there are some things that I understand. … [Read more...] about John Elway On His Struggling Left Tackle Garett Bolles: “Does He Know What Holding Is?”

With his fourth stand-up special, Aziz Ansari joins a shortlist of comedians to sell out New York’s Madison Square Garden. But despite the huge arena space, thousands of people, and a cinematic intro, Live From Madison Square Garden is an intimate special, with Ansari treating the space as if it were any other club. Advertisement There’s a vulnerability to his material. “I’m a minority,” he says, just over two minutes into the hour. He shares stories about how his parents struggled to adjust to America after uprooting their lives in India, and even though he turns up the heat in a few places (“kill some racist motherfuckers if you need to”), there’s a soft earnestness to this brief but slicing material about his family, making the special’s final shot—Ansari hugging his parents on stage as confetti rains on the arena—feel powerful, earned, not at all hokey. This vulnerability runs throughout the hour, in which Ansari … [Read more...] about Aziz Ansari gets vulnerable in

Yes, but do not watch this at work: City Girls, “Twerk,” feat. Cardi B (video) - Ass appreciation is the obvious centerpiece here, but also note the impressive feline body paint, which made a Jezebel staffer comment that Cardi B should’ve starred in Cats. Is this a way of reclaiming the music-video aesthetic of male rappers? I don’t know, but it’s key that women are the curators of the twerking (there are no men in sight as they party), as well as incredible splits and pole drops, a raunchy display of what the human ass can do. Well, some of them. —Clover Hope Advertisement Y: Cherushii & Maria Minerva, “A Day Without You” - This bubbly, Italo Disco-inspired track is a bittersweet release. Artist Cherushii, a.k.a. Chelsea Faith Dolan, started collaborating with friend and fellow musician Maria Minerva on an album before Faith died in the fire at Ghost Ship in Oakland. We’re finally going to hear those tracks on a new EP out … [Read more...] about Cardi B Creates a Twerk Haven, and Ariana Grande Finds Happiness in Spending

We lost many things when we learnedupcoming revival of The Boondocks. Advertisement In addition to the series’ stars Riley and Huey, Grandad became one of the most popular characters on the acclaimed series, created by Aaron McGruder (adapted from his comic strip of the same name). It’s still tough to believe Withspoon almost didn’t even take the role, at first. We’re glad he did, though. But now, we’re faced with having to deal with a noticeable hole in the series (and in our hearts). Grandad’s shoes will be incredibly tough to fill, and frankly, we’re not really here for a replacement. However, performance artist Durand Burarr offered a substitution that definitely made me raise my eyebrow. “Picture it: Granddad passes away in The Boondocks opening of the 5th season and the boys are sent to live with Granddad’s sister: played by Jenifer Lewis. She’s the ONLY one I can think to keep that same energy,” he wrote on … [Read more...] about No One Can Ever Replace John Witherspoon’s Grandpa on