“…it seems we are seeing what happens when members of an administration believe they can shape not just perceptions but reality itself, and discover that reality is stubborn.”
—Heather Cox Richardson, March 21, 2025
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-21-2025
#trump #musk #reality
“…one can’t “leak” a false story… Musk’s threat has backfired.”
—Heather Cox Richardson, March 21, 2025
#musk
““We are public servants, not Elon’s servants,” one Food and Drug Administration employee told the reporters, adding, “[t]he public deserves to know how dysfunctional, destructive, and deceptive all of this has been and continues to be.””
—Heather Cox Richardson, March 21, 2025
#musk ‘s #dysfunctional #destructive #deception
“A senior Federal Aviation Administration official said, referring to Musk, “He IS A LEAKER. When you put hard drives on data systems at government agencies you are creating the biggest security breaches we have seen in years and years. Possibly ever.””
—Heather Cox Richardson, March 21, 2025
#musk #faa #security
“Those angry at Musk and the cuts his Department of Government Efficiency team has made to the government have demonstrated their anger by launching a grassroots movement called “TeslaTakedown” that protests peacefully at Tesla dealerships. …experts in domestic extremism say they have found no evidence that acts of vandalism against cars, charging stations, and dealerships…are coordinated.”
—Heather Cox Richardson, March 21, 2025
#doge #musk #tesla #teslatakedown
“Trump tried to shore up the brand with a sales pitch for Teslas at the White House…and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick…urged the…audience to buy Tesla stock, an endorsement that violated federal ethics rules but did nothing to prop up the stock price.”
—Heather Cox Richardson, March 21, 2025
#trump #lutnick #tesla #teslastock
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