Summary

Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers are pushing to classify vandalism against Tesla as domestic terrorism.

Trump declared that those damaging Tesla dealerships would face terrorism charges, calling the company “a great American company.”

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene and others urged the FBI and Attorney General to investigate alleged Democrat-linked NGOs behind Tesla attacks, though no evidence was provided.

Greene may have violated House ethics rules by advocating for Tesla while owning its stock.

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    Republicans are something society needs to leave behind in full. They literally don’t stand for anything and are net negative for society.

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      The destruction of the mainstream conservative media by companies like NewsCorp have yielded great results for right wing authoritarians.

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      At this point, they clearly aren’t even for corporations or shareholders, given the most recent cascade of economic catastrophes.

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        This is the only hope for America not to fall, if Trump and Musk also screw the elites too much there will be much more likely a revolution.

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    Such big man babies, they are going to make it illegal to not like them??? There is not a word in the English language that describes how baby, child like and immature this behavior is. I think we shall call it being musk. They are being extremely musky about this.

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    Serious question: Historically, has a fascist movement ever been put down without the use of violence?

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      It always ends in violence. The kind of person that creates these racist movements simply does not operate with a human mentality. They wake up in the morning and their first conscious thought is to benefit themselves, the second one is hurting others to benefit themselves. They are pure evil.

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      Not once the ball gets rolling, no. Plenty of Fascism has been averted through preemptive nonviolent action though. In fact, that’s basically how Democracy works; Constant nonviolent vigilance keeping Fascism at bay. But once Fascism gains traction, the only thing that works to get rid of it is violence. More people need to understand this. It’s like that Kyle Reese speech in the first Terminator movie.

      “It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop… ever, until you are dead!”

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        I think that ended with the death of their fascist leader and then a peaceful transition towards democracy. So it can happen but only if your leader dies and the successor wants to reform the country back to democracy.

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        So much violence in Francos regime. Between 100,000 and 200,000 killed, with 500,000 fleeing into france. Absolute bloodbath. May he rot in hell forever.

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          I thought I had heard that, but again, Spanish history past Christopher Columbus isn’t really taught in the US.

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            Its too bad because world history is chock full of great stories about humanity. And US history is often boring and contrived propoganda.

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              We’re getting old enough to have some interesting history now. And in the last 30 years there has been more movement to bring to light stories from those mostly ignored. That may change now, since anything that doesn’t describe the US as the best… whatever, will likely be banned or silenced.

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    So, the land of freedom is now trying to tell people what emotions they can feel? Against the guy who’s supposed to be a free speech absolutist?

    “You can say whatever you want, as long as it doesn’t upset me.”

    The hypocrisy is unbelievable. You’d think they’d at least avoid making themselves look like complete fools, try to hide it a little?

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      You’d think they’d at least avoid making themselves look like complete fools, try to hide it a little?

      That’d require the ability to feel shame. These dipshits are proud of their ignorance.

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    from TFA:

    go for the tires. easily accessible. high energy density.

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      They have been… In this very article they claim (with no evidence) that the Democrats are finding the NGOs that are doing this.

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    What a bunch of snowflakes. What’s wrong? Are we hurting his feelings? The richest douchebag, who doesn’t know what he’s doing, with his head is so far up his own ass I’m sure he can taste it, doesn’t like being called what he is? 🎻

    Fuck him. I have no pity for fascists. 🖕🏾

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    My dogs face when I’m holding bacon is how I imagine Republicans look when they see a boot.

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    There is a lot of shit people aren’t doing because they don’t want to cross the line and become domestic terrorists. You do NOT want to move that line over them.