Musk Droppings (2 Viewers)

[Huntn]

SpaceX’s Starship explodes in second failure for Musk’s Mars program

Back-to-back mishaps indicate big setbacks for program to launch satellites and send humans to the moon and Mars

www.theguardian.com

The failure comes just more than a month after the company’s seventh Starship flight also ended in an explosive failure. The back-to-back mishaps occurred in early mission phases that SpaceX has easily surpassed previously, indicating serious setbacks for a program Musk has sought to speed up this year.

 

[longtime lurker]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Anticonsumption/s/yLc9XOcgfh

 

[longtime lurker]

Tesla sales rout in Europe deepens amid anti-Musk protests - The Economic Times

Tesla's sales in key European markets continued to decline in March, signaling a shift away from Elon Musk's electric car brand. Factors contributing to the decline include increased competition from Chinese manufacturers and backlash against Musk's political views. With vandalism targeting...

m.economictimes.com

 

[Neworleansfan]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Anticonsumption/s/yLc9XOcgfh

Finally! This should go viral.

 

[MT15]

I never have seen Tesla in my portfolio, and they have a pretty diversified lot in there. It’s not only supporting Musk’s crime spree, it’s a bad investment for the many reasons I listed above.

 

[Ayo]

I work in a school that is quite conservative and will definitely lean more Conservative in the upcoming election. This is purely anecdotal. But....

Just a couple of years ago, these kids idolized Musk. Buying Twitter, owning libs. Many of these kids also followed too much alt right accounts and incel-adjacent trolls for my comfort. The pendulum has shifted, but none even comes close to their ridicule and mockery of Musk.

It's been pretty crazy to witness. They laugh at him. They mock him about his Gaming Expert claims - the latest was the head moving all over while he played Diablo 4 (who plays like that?). They track the decline of his stock, laughing at how hard and fast it's fallen. They mock his awkwardness. They deride his cruelty. They track the absurdity of his paternity - just today losing it over his very public tantrum with Ashley St. Clair, his newest baby mama.

This was a key demographic for him and they have utterly left him, turning him into an object of ridicule. They recognize the real harm he is doing - that's not lost on them. But when it comes to the spectacle he's become, they're invested.

I would not have thought this remotely possible as recent as a year and a half ago.

 

[Sendai]

If I were invested in Tesla, I would be pissed at Elon. That said, I would not celebrate or wish difficulty on Tesla as a company. It is not their fault nor the fault of their investors.

If you had invested in Tesla the first trading day of April, 2024 , then today, the first trading day of April 2025, you would be up 61%.

 

[Sendai]

So the answer is no, you wouldn’t stop DOGE from doing what they are doing right now? That was the question, wasn’t it? Would you stop DOGE from doing the illegal unconstitutional things they are doing right now?

You completely avoided answering that question, which tells me everything I need to know.

“I support studying and evaluating the federal bureaucracy. Then planning a rational approach to improving cost and efficiency. Eliminate the unnecessary. Remove bloat.”

That obviously means I wouldn’t let doge even start the way they did.

 

[MT15]

“I support studying and evaluating the federal bureaucracy. Then planning a rational approach to improving cost and efficiency. Eliminate the unnecessary. Remove bloat.”

That obviously means I wouldn’t let doge even start the way they did.

Kudos to you if you truly mean that. We would differ on putting Musk in charge I assume (and then lying about him being in charge). Too many conflicts for me and he’s not well mentally.

I don’t think putting these kids (relatively speaking) in charge of anything was a rational idea. They don’t know what they are doing. Hence the spurious claims about Social Security fraud, and nearly everything else they’ve tried to say they are doing. The firing and rehiring of various staff was just ridiculous.

If one was truly serious about cutting waste, one wouldn’t do it this way. Which shows me that cutting waste isn’t their goal. Their goal appears to be to break and disable anything they can get their hands on, which includes Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Musk’s stated goal of disbanding the Fed and killing the US Dollar as a viable currency are concerning. Nobody elected him to do any of this.

 

[MT15]

Spurious claims about Social Security fraud:

‘A 2024 audit of the Social Security program found $72 billion in improper payments to Americans between 2015 and 2022.

That sounds like a lot of money, until you consider that Social Security paid out $8.6 trillion in benefits in those years. And some “improper” payments were underpayments. Also, most overpayments were recovered.’

That isn’t even 1% improper payments over the course of 7 years, it includes underpayments and overpayments and doesn’t include the money that was recovered from the overpayments.

DOGE sees dead people, and they're getting Social Security. Are fraud claims real? — USA TODAY

Trump and Musk are turning Social Security upside down, alleging waste and fraud. Will they find any?

apple.news

 

[longtime lurker]

Better luck next time Elon….

Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race, maintaining liberal majority

Susan Crawford defeated Brad Schimel in the high-stakes election for Wisconsin's Supreme Court, maintaining the court's liberal majority.

www.tmj4.com

 

[UriUT]

Better luck next time Elon….

Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race, maintaining liberal majority

Susan Crawford defeated Brad Schimel in the high-stakes election for Wisconsin's Supreme Court, maintaining the court's liberal majority.

www.tmj4.com

That's a good margin with only 72% reporting. 55/45

 

[Saint Jack]

The best part about this is that you know Elon will be crying tonight.

 

[MT15]

I surely hope Wisconsin decides to prosecute Musk. That would be *chef’s kiss*

 

[MT15]

 

[MT15]

 

[Saint Jack]

He’s avoiding Twitter like I do after a Saint loss.

 

[Optimus Prime]

His response



Pretty sure it’s not the left playing the long game with judges

 

[Optimus Prime]

Can I also say that I don’t think I’ve heard or seen the word ‘fraudsters’ more than I have in the past month
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in Pennsylvania accuses billionaire Elon Musk and the political action committee he started of failing to pay a suburban Philadelphia man more than $20,000 for getting people to sign a petition in favor of free speech and gun rights.

The lawsuit seeking class-action status claims the man, referred to as Bucks County resident John Doe and requesting to remain anonymous, received hourly pay for canvassing ahead of the November presidential election, but that he was not fully paid for the petition referrals.

It claims “John Doe” has repeatedly tried to obtain payment but has not been successful. He says he has been in touch with others who have the same complaint.

“There’s been a lot of discussion and concern from people who were not paid what they understood they were going to be paid,” Shannon Liss-Riordan, a lawyer for “John Doe,” said in a phone interview late Tuesday. The lawsuit was first reported by The New York Times.

Musk’s America PAC offered to pay $100 for registered voters to sign the petition and $100 for people who referred a registered voter who signed the petition.

“America PAC is committed to paying for every legitimate petition signature, which is evidenced by the fact that we have paid tens of millions of dollars to canvassers for their hard work in support of our mission,” America PAC spokesperson Andrew Romeo said in an email.

“While we don’t yet know who this ‘John Doe’ plaintiff is and can’t speak to their specific circumstances, we can say that we are also committed to rooting out fraud and have the right to withhold payments to fraudsters.”……..

Lawsuit claims Musk failed to make promised payments over 2024 petition signatures

A federal lawsuit accuses billionaire Elon Musk and the political action committee he started of failing to pay a suburban Philadelphia man more than $20,000 for getting people to sign a petition in favor of free speech and gun rights.

apnews.com