The news media is not supposed to be friendly with those in power, no matter who is in power. They’re supposed to be a pain in the ass of the president (every president). They’re supposed to be the Fourth Estate! They’re supposed to be part of the checks and balances. It’s always irked me that they do this correspondent’s dinner and get all buddy buddy with the Whitehouse.

A couple of weeks ago I asked the organizers at our local weekly tesler protest how many people they had counted. They’d put it at about 300.

Today we had significantly more than that. If they were right about the 300 then, then I’d say today was 450-500.

Most of these are happening every Saturday. There are sooo many signs that they all pretty much get lost in the crowd, so don’t worry if you don’t have one. Just go to the closest event and have fun. Lots of good vibes, cars honking in support as they drive by, etc. We had a live band for a while today, then they were just cranking out fun tunes from their big speakers.

It’s totally worth taking a couple hours out of your Saturday to go.

https://teslatakedown.com/

This kind of thing is obviously going to have a chilling effect on people here on visas taking an active role in any demonstrations, marches, or other types of organized resistance. That’s the goal.

It’s passed time for any citizens that have been cheering on the demonstrators from the comfort of their armchair to get up, go outside, and participate.

You don’t need a clever sign to hold up. Just be there.

If you drive past a demonstration and wherever you were going can wait an hour or so, stop, park, and go join them.

You can find lots of opportunities to protest near you at https://www.mobilize.us/?is_virtual_flexible=false

Then, when there aren’t any demonstrations currently going on near you to participate in and you’re back in your armchair…

https://5calls.org/

You can’t unleash an unhinged tirade if it was never hinged or leashed to begin with.

What, you expect journalists to use the correct words to unambiguously convey a concept?

Yup, hadn’t thought of that. Sigh.

Republican Utah Senator John Curtis said on Meet the Press on Sunday: “… If we don’t touch it, it touches itself.”

This smells a bit like an orphan crushing machine. Is this just a private company offloading moderation duties onto already overworked public school teachers?

No mention of if Mr Goldberg checked the list of everyone else in the group to see if there was anyone else added that probably shouldn’t be there. That would have been a good idea.

“I wonder who this V.Putin account is?”

At our local Tesler protests, I’ve seen very little correlation between driver’s responses and what they were driving. The vast majority were honking in support, waving, and throwing 👍, including from a couple Teslers.

Most swasticar drivers just stared straight ahead looking embarrassed. Very very few negative reactions, but they were from every kind of vehicle imaginable.

The funniest (to me) reactions were the drivers with their mouths agape and eyes wide in utter astonishment, like they had absolutely no clue what was going on. How out of touch with current events can a person be?

Sorry, but I’ve seen some comically bad reporting coming from this site in the past. Pretty sure clickbait is a significant part of their business model.

“could have” or “could’ve” not “could of”

There have also been an uptick in incidents of arson, vandalism, and violence against Tesla showrooms that, while unrelated to the protests, have led to Musk and President Donald Trump labeling them “domestic terrorism.”

Keep in mind that it’s completely reasonable to suspect that at least some of these are false flag opperations orchestrated by the Trump administration to justify arresting innocent protesters or eventually declaring martial law.