Trump / Musk (other than DOGE)

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Trump plan to fund Musk’s Starlink over fiber called “betrayal” of rural US

Director of $42 billion broadband fund pushed out, says program is being ruined.
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A federal broadband official departed the US government with a warning that a Trump administration plan will strand rural Americans with worse Internet access in order to help Elon Musk secure public money for Starlink.

"Stranding all or part of rural America with worse Internet so that we can make the world's richest man even richer is yet another in a long line of betrayals by Washington," wrote Evan Feinman, who had been a Commerce Department official and director of the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program since 2022.

As Politico reported, Feinman made the statement in "a blistering email to his former colleagues on his way out the door Sunday warning that the Trump administration is poised to unduly enrich Elon Musk's satellite Internet company with money for rural broadband."

Feinman left the department on Friday. His departure came less than two weeks after Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick announced that BEAD was reversing the Biden administration's decision to prioritize fiber Internet networks when distributing grants from the $42.45 billion fund.
 
The story is that Tesla's 2024 was actually pretty good, and they were just hiding an asset impairment (probably related to Cybertruck). Their 2025 is going to be terrible, of course, but anyway . . .

Hiding asset impairments were the sort of thing that once upon a time you went to jail for.

When did Elon start spending so much money for Trump? He really emerged in August, right? Any bets on whether that's also about the time the asset impairment was being recognized?
 

Tesla Attack Map Shows Wave of Elon Musk Products Being Targeted​

Cybertrucks set ablaze, showrooms defaced, and charging stations shot at—a wave in attacks on Tesla properties and products has been reported across the U.S.

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Tesla attack map shows wave of Elon Musk products being targeted

Musk's increasing influence in the White House under President Donald Trump appears to have made his company Tesla a target for political backlash.
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superrific said:
The story is that Tesla's 2024 was actually pretty good, and they were just hiding an asset impairment (probably related to Cybertruck). Their 2025 is going to be terrible, of course, but anyway . . .

Hiding asset impairments were the sort of thing that once upon a time you went to jail for.

When did Elon start spending so much money for Trump? He really emerged in August, right? Any bets on whether that's also about the time the asset impairment was being recognized?
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I don't suppose a single US Govt Agency will be allowed to "go after" Elon if turns out this is criminal activity
 
I don't even know where to start. Just click through and read through it. Teslas made in 5 seconds, Roman legions of robots etc etc

 
altmin said:
I don't even know where to start. Just click through and read through it. Teslas made in 5 seconds, Roman legions of robots etc etc

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I think he might be insane. I’m surprised he didn’t say he’s got ideas for a TARDIS that should be ready within 10 years.
 
ZenMode said:

Tesla Attack Map Shows Wave of Elon Musk Products Being Targeted​

Cybertrucks set ablaze, showrooms defaced, and charging stations shot at—a wave in attacks on Tesla properties and products has been reported across the U.S.

Screenshot_20250320_060851_Chrome.jpg
www.newsweek.com

Tesla attack map shows wave of Elon Musk products being targeted

Musk's increasing influence in the White House under President Donald Trump appears to have made his company Tesla a target for political backlash.
www.newsweek.com www.newsweek.com
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Jimmy Kimmel Jokes About Encouraging People To Burn More Teslas During Elon Musk Rant​


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Jimmy Kimmel Jokes About Encouraging People To Burn More Teslas During Elon Musk Rant

All across the country, left-wing wannabe terrorists are vandalizing and burning Tesla vehicles in protest of Elon Musk's role in efforts to help DOGE shrink wasteful government sp
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ZenMode said:

Jimmy Kimmel Jokes About Encouraging People To Burn More Teslas During Elon Musk Rant​


www.outkick.com

Jimmy Kimmel Jokes About Encouraging People To Burn More Teslas During Elon Musk Rant

All across the country, left-wing wannabe terrorists are vandalizing and burning Tesla vehicles in protest of Elon Musk's role in efforts to help DOGE shrink wasteful government sp
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Remember when Elon declared humor was legal again on Twitter?

Guess that doesn't apply to jokes about flaming swastikars
 
ZenMode said:

Tesla Attack Map Shows Wave of Elon Musk Products Being Targeted​

Cybertrucks set ablaze, showrooms defaced, and charging stations shot at—a wave in attacks on Tesla properties and products has been reported across the U.S.

Screenshot_20250320_060851_Chrome.jpg
www.newsweek.com

Tesla attack map shows wave of Elon Musk products being targeted

Musk's increasing influence in the White House under President Donald Trump appears to have made his company Tesla a target for political backlash.
www.newsweek.com www.newsweek.com
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Minor compared to the damage he is causing to the rest of us.
 
ZenMode said:

Jimmy Kimmel Jokes About Encouraging People To Burn More Teslas During Elon Musk Rant​


www.outkick.com

Jimmy Kimmel Jokes About Encouraging People To Burn More Teslas During Elon Musk Rant

All across the country, left-wing wannabe terrorists are vandalizing and burning Tesla vehicles in protest of Elon Musk's role in efforts to help DOGE shrink wasteful government sp
www.outkick.com www.outkick.com
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Always. Must. Be. The. Victim.

It's almost performance art the way they tell people to stop "bedwetting" over the inhumane deportations of innocent people to a Central American hellhole, and then complain when someone pauses after reporting that there was vandalism at Tesla dealerships.

[it's not terrorism, btw, not by any definition of terrorism used by the government]
 
superrific said:
Always. Must. Be. The. Victim.

It's almost performance art the way they tell people to stop "bedwetting" over the inhumane deportations of innocent people to a Central American hellhole, and then complain when someone pauses after reporting that there was vandalism at Tesla dealerships.

[it's not terrorism, btw, not by any definition of terrorism used by the government]
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Surely you can see the irony in this statement coming from a member of a party that can find victimization where it doesn't exist.
 
Delta74 said:
January 6 protestors were peaceful protesters.

Tesla protestors are terrorists.

DJT and bosiders
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  • President Donald Trump suggested that people found guilty of damaging Tesla properties could serve their sentences in El Salvador prisons.
  • The threat came after Attorney General Pam Bondi touted federal cases against people accused of setting fire to Tesla cars and property, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick urged people to buy Tesla stock.
 
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