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New York Post: Elon Musk rips ‘moron’ Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro: ‘Dumber than a sack of bricks’

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It’s a dog-eat-dog world, and it’s always entertaining to see the mutts chewing on one another. “Dumber than a sack of bricks” applies equally to F’Elon Musk as well as to Peter Navarro.

Musk, 53, responded Tuesday to the trade adviser’s suggestion on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” Monday that the Tesla boss was “not a car manufacturer” but “a car assembler,” pointing to the electric vehicle company’s importing of batteries and other key components to manufacture its cars. 

“Navarro is truly a moron. What he says here is demonstrably false,” Musk wrote on X, adding in a subsequent post in which he tagged the “Re—d Finder”: “Tesla has the most American-made cars. Navarro is dumber than a sack of bricks.”

Elon Musk rips ‘moron’ Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro: ‘Dumber than a sack of bricks’

Billionaire Elon Musk escalated his attacks against White House trade adviser Peter Navarro Tuesday, calling him a “moron” and “dumber than a sack of bricks.”

https://nypost.com/2025/04/08/us-news/elon-musk-rips-moron-trump-trade-adviser-peter-navarro

Business Insider: The same badge-scan strategy used in Tesla layoffs has hit federal workers

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Employees at the Department of Health and Human Services showed up to their offices on Tuesday to learn their fate: If their badges worked, they still had a job. If they didn’t, they had to clean out their desks.

“I was crying the entire drive to work today,” an HHS employee told Business Insider as they waited in line.

The employee said they saw a man walk past, wheeling out his personal belongings on a desk chair after being terminated.

“I’ve seen three people who went in, and then came back out and left with tears in their eyes,” said the employee, who was eventually let into the building. “People behind me are sniffling.”

The same badge-scan strategy used in Tesla layoffs has hit federal workers

The same badge-scan strategy used in Tesla layoffs has hit federal workers

Business Insider: 17 Teslas destroyed following blaze at Rome dealership

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A fire broke out at a Tesla dealership in Rome early on Monday, destroying 17 cars and damaging the building, firefighters told Business Insider.

Emergency services were called to the site in Torre Angela at about 4:30 a.m. local time, they said.

No injuries have been reported and investigators haven’t specified the cause of the fire, adding investigators were looking into multiple causes, including possible malice.

Possible malice?

Imagine that!

17 Teslas destroyed following blaze at Rome dealership

17 Teslas destroyed following blaze at Rome dealership

Mediaite: MAGA Influencer Says She’s Selling Her Tesla Because ‘Vindictive’ Elon Musk Slashed Their Child’s Support 60%

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The Daily Mail reported the 26-year-old watched the company load up the $100,000 black Model S in Manhattan on Saturday.

“I’m selling it because I need to make up for the 60 percent cut that Elon made to our son’s child support,” she said.

St. Clair was asked why she believed Musk reduced her child support and whether she viewed the move as “vindictive.”

“Yeah, that’s his modus operandi, when women speak out,” she added.

St. Clair added she had not spoken to Musk since Feb. 13 and pointed to the Tesla stock price as evidence “I’m not the only one who is cleaning up after his messes.”

MAGA Influencer Says She’s Selling Her Tesla Because ‘Vindictive’ Elon Musk Slashed Their Child’s Support 60%

St. Clair made news when she proclaimed Musk fathered a child she gave birth to last fall. She asked for privacy but has continued to generate headlines since.

MAGA Influencer Sells Tesla After Musk Cut Her Child Support

TAG24 News: Elon Musk furiously reacts as Tesla Takedown protests rage around the world

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Poor Muskie just doesn’t seem to understand the concept of a popular movement. Nobody elected this creep in the first place. Most Americans just want him GONE to somewhere, anywhere!

According to CNN, Saturday marked a “global day of action” for the Tesla Takeover movement, which planned over 200 demonstrations at Tesla locations across the US and 300 more around the world.

In response, Musk spent his Sunday sharing reactions and memes on social media, insisting that Democrats are trying to “destroy my influence” by pushing “negative propaganda about me like the fake Nazi stuff.”

“Sure is insanely ironic that the people shooting bullets into Tesla stores, burning down cars, and generally being violent are calling me a Nazi when I have done literally zero violence at all,” Musk shared in one post.

In recent weeks, Tesla has been the target of protests and acts of vandalism. In some cases, activists have set fire to Tesla vehicles.

Protesters have taken issue with Musk’s role as head of Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which he has used to slash government jobs and dismantle agencies.

Musk also claimed in his posts that the protesters were being paid, and those who are funding them need to be taken care of.

They’re being paid? Where do I apply?

Elon Musk furiously reacts as Tesla Takedown protests rage around the world

Elon Musk recently shared a number of social media posts reacting to mass protests taking place across the US at Tesla facilities.

Elon Musk furiously reacts as Tesla Takedown protests rage around the world

Alternet: ‘Blatant felony’: Internet celebrates as Wisconsin AG reveals ‘legal action’ against Musk

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Vote buying is illegal? What’s a poor billionaire to do?

‘Blatant felony’: Internet celebrates as Wisconsin AG reveals ‘legal action’ against Musk

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk could be in for a confrontation with law enforcement if he follows through on a planned visit to Wisconsin on Sunday. On Friday, Madison, Wisconsin ABC affiliate WKOW reported that Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul was announcing “legal action” against the South African centibillionaire after he offered a $2 milli…

‘Blatant felony’: Internet celebrates as Wisconsin AG reveals ‘legal action’ against Musk

Newsweek: Canada has barred Tesla vehicles from being eligible for the country’s electric vehicle rebate

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In a statement released on Tuesday, Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland said that Tesla would be banned from all of Canada’s electric vehicle rebate programs and that any outstanding payments to Tesla owners would be paused.

Freeland said the policy was going into effect due to the tariffs the United States placed on Canada, which she described as “illegitimate and illegal.”

Tesla suffers fresh Canada blow

Tesla has been barred from all of Canada’s electric vehicle rebate policies due to “illegitimate and illegal U.S. tariffs.”

Tesla Suffers Fresh Canada Blow – Newsweek

New York Times: Inside Pete Hegseth’s Rocky First Months at the Pentagon

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The disclosure of battle plans on a chat app created a new predicament for the defense secretary.

There’s nothing that can’t be cured by few stiff drinks:

Even before he disclosed secret battle plans for Yemen in a group chat, information that could have endangered American fighter pilots, it had been a rocky two months for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Mr. Hegseth, a former National Guard infantryman and Fox News weekend host, started his job at the Pentagon determined to out-Trump President Trump, Defense Department officials and aides said.

The president is skeptical about the value of NATO and European alliances, so the Pentagon under Mr. Hegseth considered plans in which the United States would give up its command role overseeing NATO troops. After Mr. Trump issued executive orders targeting transgender people, Mr. Hegseth ordered a ban on transgender troops.

Mr. Trump has embraced Elon Musk, the billionaire chief executive of SpaceX and Tesla. The Pentagon planned a sensitive briefing to give Mr. Musk a firsthand look at how the military would fight a war with China, a potentially valuable step for any businessman with interests there.

Inside Pete Hegseth’s Rocky First Months at the Pentagon – The New York Times

Seattle Times: Seattle activist verbally attacked by Elon Musk vows to push back

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If Musk can’t take the heat, he shouldn’t be a federal employee, “special” or otherwise.

Threatening messages began filling up Valerie Costa’s inboxes after Elon Musk in an X post accused her of “committing crimes.”

Her alleged crimes? Leading and promoting protests against Musk at Tesla showrooms across the Seattle area.

Costa and her housemates started asking whether they are safe and whether the FBI or law enforcement will show up. She then began to pull the website for her fundraising and nonprofit management business offline and scrubbed her personal information from the internet.

Nevertheless, threats continued.

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But no criminal activity has been reported at anti-Tesla protests in Seattle, said Sgt. Patrick Michaud with the Seattle Police Department.

Nevertheless, the lack of criminal activities at those protests hasn’t stopped Musk and others from accusing Costa and others of violating laws. Musk’s post on X quoted a video suggesting Costa was inspired by Luigi Mangione, the man charged in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, which Costa said is not true.

Musk’s tweet and rhetoric from federal authorities communicate a grim message about the state of protections for the First Amendment, Costa said.

Seattle activist verbally attacked by Elon Musk vows to push back

Threatening messages began filling up Valerie Costa’s inboxes after Elon Musk in an X post accused her of “committing crimes.”

Seattle activist verbally attacked by Elon Musk vows to push back

Tagtik: New blow for Musk: personal information about his supporters leaked

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It’s a downfall for the Tesla CEO who has been at the centre of criticism for a few weeks. 

Elon Musk’s political positions are far from pleasing, and some are keen to make this known through targeted actions against his company Tesla. 

Following cars set on fire in front of a repair centre in Las Vegas, it seems that new protest movements are forming to bring down Trump’s right-hand man. And now it’s the anonymous site named “Dogequest” attacking him by revealing personal information about the owners of Tesla (in the United States) as well as employees of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led by Musk, reports The Independent. And according to the New York Post, names, phone numbers, and addresses have reportedly been published on the “Dogequest” site.

New blow for Musk: personal information about his supporters leaked

It’s a downfall for the Tesla CEO who has been at the centre of criticism for a few weeks. Elon Musk’s political positions are far from pleasing, and some are keen to make this known through targeted actions against his company Tesla. Following cars set on fire in front of a repair centre in Las Vegas, it seems that new protest movements are forming to bring down Trump’s right-hand man. And now it’s the anonymous site named “Dogequest” attacking…

New blow for Musk: personal information about his supporters leaked