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Vandalism and arson attacks against Tesla vehicles are on the rise, in the U.S. and across the globe.

  • Democratic Representative Josh Gottheimer
  • Democratic Representative Vicente Gonzalez
  • Democratic Representative Gil Cisneros
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[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 45 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ignoring the blatant corruption that they are even able to invest into companies, this is not really surprising from corporate Democrats...

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Not even that, they're literally allowed to do insider trading

We've been corrupt af for a long time

[–] btaf45@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Not even that, they’re literally allowed to do insider trading

They are not supposed to.

https://www.ballardspahr.com/insights/alerts-and-articles/2024/10/politician-trading-if-you-cant-stop-them-join-them

[Enacted in April 2012 with bipartisan support, the STOCK Act made clear that members of Congress are prohibited from trading on material, nonpublic information and substantially broadened reporting requirements for U.S. representatives and senators, as well as senior executive branch officials. ]

Traitors to the People

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

A lot of people are unknowingly

Retirement fund indexes likely are, so check yours and make change if appropriate

[–] Apple87sagan@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

Maybe we can email them and ask why or atleast put pressure

[–] redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Anyone invested in Tesla on either side of the isle is an idiot at this point. JPM has their target at $120 and that's expected to nose dive if they don't get some insane government contracts. Clowns can't even corrupt correctly.

[–] btaf45@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Anyone invested in Tesla on either side of the isle is an idiot at this point.

I certainly wouldn't trust their judgement. Musk is a mentally challenged idiot.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 9 points 3 days ago

Glad to see our representatives are willing to reach across the aisle and can all agree that they should fuck us over.

[–] kruhmaster@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago

Fucking DINOs 🦖

At least they're getting their money's worth /s