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[Whole Mars Catalog @wholemars]

This is the guy who threw Molotov cocktails at a Tesla Supercharger in South Carolina Daniel Clarke-Pounder, 24 of James Island

He's in custody now facing up to 20 years in prison. Preliminary hearing on Monday

[Gary Black @garyblack00]

President Trump’s endorsement of Tesla today is potentially HUGE. Recall that 77.3M (49.9%) of American adults who voted selected Trump. Applying 49.9% to the total U.S. adult population of 260M implies 129.7M who likely align themselves with Trump and respect Trump’s opinions. From Morning Consult we learned that 26% of Republicans would consider buying a Tesla. That’s 33.7M potential U.S. TSLA buyers among Republicans. If even 5% of Republicans who would consider buying a TSLA buy one after seeing today’s Trump/TSLA infomercial that’s 1.7M incremental TSLA purchases, vs a $TSLA FY’25 global delivs forecast of 1.8M.

[Attorney Sholdon Daniels @SholdonDaniels]

Places like South Dallas have endless potential, (I know because I began life in the projects) but we can’t build businesses on top of chaos.

My plan?

Empower local entrepreneurs to renovate old buildings, train workers, and tackle addiction & crime head-on.

A thriving community starts with real opportunity, real safety, and real leadership. TX-30 deserves better!

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Wait, Biden wasn’t in control!? No way 😂

[Bonchie @bonchieredstate]

Shockingly and unexpectedly, this was a lie. The data was publicly released by OPM in early 2024.

I can’t believe Aaron Rupar would promote falsehoods. So unlike him.

[Whole Mars Catalog @wholemars]

I was a Democrat from the time I turned 18.

But when they said that only union made EVs should receive the EV tax credit, and that Tesla should be confiscated from Elon Musk via a “wealth tax”… I started raising my eyebrows.

Today this has evolved into outright hate, vandalism, and even death threats.

I haven’t heard one democratic leader or influencer stand up for sanity, for the american worker or american manufacturing.

It’s going to be hard to vote for the democrats again for me. I don’t love all of Trump’s policies like tariffs etc but the democrats have turned me off completely.

anyone else like me out there?

[Lord Bebo @MyLordBebo]

🇺🇸🇩🇪 This German diplomat was mocking and laughing at Trump, during his speech in 2018.

Now he couldn’t take it and started crying, after JD Vance told them to stop censoring people.

All of Europe symbolized in this one man.

[Sadie @Sadie_NC]

We were one election away from becoming Germany, where it is a crime to "insult" someone.

The people of this nation best understand exactly how close we were.

[Kari Lake @KariLake]

Kristina Drye was Samantha Power’s speech writer.

Samantha Power was the former head of the USAID

@60Minutes tried to pass off the woman who helped give voice to all of this agency’s corruption as a common civil servant.

The news doesn’t get much faker than this.

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

Rick Wilson: Germany has more free speech than the U.S.

Germans: We will arrest you for memes

[Inevitable West @Inevitablewest]

🚨BREAKING: Vice President J.D. Vance:

“Raiding homes over insults online is Orwellian, and everyone in Europe and the U.S. must reject this lunacy."

[Department of Government Efficiency @DOGE]

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Please DM insight for reducing waste, fraud, and abuse, along with any helpful insights or awesome ideas, to the relevant DOGE affiliates (found on the Affiliates tab). For example, @DOGE_USDA, @DOGE_SSA, etc.
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[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🚨🇺🇸MEDIA REVISIONISM HITS INSANE LEVELS: NAZIS LOVED FREE SPEECH?!

Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan suggested the Holocaust happened because Nazis allowed too much free speech.

@elonmusk reality check:

“One of the first things Hitler did upon gaining power was apply aggressive censorship.”

He's right... the Nazis banned opposition media, burned books, jailed dissenters, and controlled all speech—the exact opposite of free expression.

This is historical gaslighting at its worst.

Dear Media, STOP COMPARING EVERYONE TO HITLER. You just look stupid.

Sources: National WWII Museum, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Britannica

[American Accountability Foundation @Theswampmonitor]

🚨JUST IN: @CBSNews's Margaret Brennan just blamed the Holocaust on "free speech."

This is beyond false. This is repugnant.

Thank you @SecRubio for setting her straight.

(She said while trying to take a shot at Vice President @JDVance's speech in Munich, Germany.)

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

This you? Why did you delete it? The internet is forever

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

The “nonbinary” option on the government student aid application form was removed within HOURS by DOGE after we flagged it.

Have you ever seen this level of transparency and efficiency in government?

🚀🚀🚀

[Whole Mars Catalog @wholemars]

Activists are attempting to attack and tear down Tesla as revenge against Elon Musk. If we stand together, we can make sure they fail.

They've laid out their plan publicly and clearly. Pressure people to sell Tesla cars and Tesla stock to try and "stop Elon Musk".

But these attacks won't hurt Elon, and they won't scare him into staying silent. They will only hurt American workers, American manufacturing, and America's competitiveness against China in building the autonomous electric vehicles of the future.

We need reasonable people across the political spectrum — democrats and republicans — to stand up against these threats and violence for the good of our country. Elon Musk owns less than 20% of Tesla. The rest is owned by ordinary front line workers, retail investors, and by anyone who owns an S&P 500 index fund (basically everyone).

When you hurt Tesla you're hurting America. Elon won't care about being worth $300 billion instead of $400 billion, but the production worker who is laid off will care about losing their job. These attacks are not noble.

Some Democrats might say "Well Elon deserves it! What did he think was going to happen getting into politics?". But that's no reason not to stand up against violence and threats. You shouldn't have to face death threats, violence, and attempts to ruin your life just for getting involved in politics. This is why so few of our best and brightest do get involved.

If you disagree with what Elon is doing, go and vote in the mid term elections and change the composition of congress. Go vote in the next Presidential election and pick a Presidential candidate you think represents you better. But don't resort to violence or attacking your fellow American. That's what our enemies want.

The rationale behind these more mild types of attacks is not that different than any other act of terrorism. Imagine for example, when Charlie Hebdo was attacked, if people said "well, they shouldn't have drawn that cartoon..."

Regardless of how you feel about the cartoon, resorting to attacks to try and silence someone and subvert the democratic process is wrong. It is something we should all stand against, regardless of where we stand on the political spectrum.

We are in the middle of an AI "space race" with China. We can not afford to lose sight of that. The transition to electric vehicles is more important now than it has ever been, and Tesla is leading the way. Attacks on Tesla make America weaker.

I call on Americans of all walks of life to join me in a counter protest. The goal of the counter protest is to neutralize the impact of these attacks by doing the opposite of what the attackers intend.

1. The attackers want people to feel shame for driving an electric vehicle, when in reality they should be proud. So where they leave threatening notes, leave notes thanking people for going electric. Tell people "cool car". Wave to other Tesla drivers and give a thumbs up.

2. Instead of dumping Tesla stock, buy Tesla stock (not financial advice). Instead of selling Tesla cars, buy Tesla cars — new and used. Post publicly about how you're doing this in response to attacks on Tesla.

3. Organize meet-ups at Tesla showrooms holding signs like "Support American workers", "Support the most American made cars" and "support cutting edge AI safety"

You may be reluctant to stand up against your own party as they organize these attacks and protests. But if violence and threats are the norm for getting involved in politics, we will not move forward as a society. Both sides will then face violence and threats anytime they are in power.

Tesla is the best of America, a national treasure we should all be proud of. Whether you love Elon or hate him, leave Tesla workers alone.

[Cernovich @Cernovich]

CNN “reporter” KaitlanCollins promoted a fundraiser for Luigi Mangione. She has since deleted the public relations post for Luigi.