Elon Musk says he will soon reduce his time overseeing the Trump administration&#8217;s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative, a role that has taken a toll on his electric car and energy company, Tesla.
&#8220;The large slug of work necessary to get the DOGE team in place and working in the government to get the financial house in order is mostly done,&#8221; Musk said during a Tesla earnings call on Tuesday.
&#8220;And I think starting probably in the next month, May, my time allocation to DOGE will drop significantly,&#8221; Musk continued, adding later, &#8220;I&#8217;ll be allocating far more of my time to Tesla&#8230;&#8221;
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BREAKING: Musk says he&#39;ll be cutting down time at DOGE starting in May to dedicate more time to Tesla but will spend a couple of days at DOGE a week for Trump&#39;s entire presidency.
&quot;The large amount of work necessary to get the DOGE team in place&#8230; is mostly done.&quot;
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Musk suggested that he will continue working in DOGE for the remainder of President Donald Trump&#8217;s term, &#8220;a day or two per week on government matters for as long as the president would like me to do so.&#8221;
Tesla reported a 71% earnings drop over the past three months when <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/04/22/tesla-earnings-elon-musk-politics-stock/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">compared</a> to the first quarter of last year. But the company&#8217;s stock rose approximately 5% in after-hours trading as Musk reassured investors.
&#8220;Musk just made a huge step forward on call. DOGE work basically ending (1-2 days a week)…now his focus back on Tesla. Street needed to hear this,&#8221; Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said in a <a href="https://x.com/DivesTech/status/1914797271855648909" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> on X.
As the U.S. national debt approaches $37 trillion, Musk endeavored to remove $1 trillion from the federal budget. DOGE&#8217;s website says &#8220;estimated savings&#8221; have <a href="https://doge.gov/savings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reached</a> $160 billion amid cuts to programs and jobs across the bureaucracy.
However, Musk&#8217;s involvement with DOGE has sparked controversy, including protests at Tesla locations across the United States and abroad, as well as incidents that the FBI says have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-issues-warning-over-left-wing-terrorist-attacks-against-tesla" target="_blank" rel="noopener">involved</a> vandalism, arson, and gunfire.
Musk said DOGE led to &#8220;some blowback,&#8221; but he stressed, &#8220;I think the work that we&#8217;re doing there is actually very important for trying to rein in the insane deficit that is leading our country, the United States, to destruction.&#8221;
DOGE has &#8220;made a lot of progress&#8221; addressing &#8220;waste and fraud,&#8221; Musk said. He also noted it is &#8220;natural&#8221; that those receiving &#8220;wasteful dollars and the fraudulent dollars&#8221; would try to &#8220;attack&#8221; him and those associated with him.

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A Minnesota state fiscal policy analyst who <a href="https://www.startribune.com/suspect-in-tesla-vandalizing-spree-in-minneapolis-to-be-entered-into-diversion-and-not-charged/601334027">reportedly</a> admitted to vandalizing six Teslas, causing a reputed $21,000 in damages, will not be charged with criminal conduct by the local Democrat county attorney.
Dylan Bryan Adams, 33, who <a href="https://x.com/CrimeWatchMpls/status/1913268726813827421" target="_blank" rel="noopener">describes himself</a> as a fiscal policy analyst for the state Department of Human Services on social media, was caught on video keying different Teslas in the Minneapolis area. One owner of a victimized Tesla told the <a href="https://www.startribune.com/suspect-in-tesla-vandalizing-spree-in-minneapolis-to-be-entered-into-diversion-and-not-charged/601334027" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Minnesota Star Tribune</a> that the marks on her car appeared to be a failed attempt to carve a swastika.
“Our main priorities are to secure restitution for the victims and hold Mr. Adams accountable,” Hennepin County Attorney&#8217;s Office spokesman Daniel Borgertpoepping stated. “As a result, we will file for pre-charge diversion to best facilitate both of those goals. This is an approach taken in many property crime cases and helps to ensure the individual keeps their job and can pay restitution, as well as reducing the likelihood of repeat offenses. Criminal prosecution remains a possibility should unlawful behavior continue.”
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4/ Let&#39;s take a look at the mindset of Gov. Tim Walz&#39;s state employee Dylan Bryan Adams, who is suspected of damaging several Teslas in the heart of MAGA Country in downtown Minneapolis. <a href="https://t.co/bJtqeTCMMB">pic.twitter.com/bJtqeTCMMB</a>
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“Participants in the county attorney’s diversion program are expected to sign a contract which could include conditions like community service and restitution payments,” the Star Tribune noted.
“The Minneapolis Police Department did its job,” Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara reacted. “It identified and investigated a crime trend, identified and arrested a suspect, and presented a case file to the Hennepin County Attorney&#8217;s Office for consideration of charges. This case impacted at least six victims and totaled over $20,000 in damages. Any frustration related to the charging decision of the Hennepin County Attorney should be directed solely at her office. Our investigators are always frustrated when the cases they poured their hearts into are declined. In my experience, the victims in these cases often feel the same.”
“We are reviewing the matter at this time,” Minnesota DHS stated to the Star Tribune. “State employees are expected to follow our code of conduct and hold themselves to the highest ethical standards through their words and actions.”
Mary Moriarty, the Hennepin County Attorney, was a former public defender who became Hennepin County Attorney in January 2023. “She vowed to make police more accountable and change the culture of an office she believes had long overemphasized punishment without addressing the root causes of crime,” KFGO <a href="https://kfgo.com/2024/07/30/hennepin-county-prosecutor-facing-backlash-but-vows-to-endure/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> in July 2024.
Attorney Gretchen Gray-Larson, who retired in July 2023 from the county attorney’s office after 33 years, said colleagues of hers who kept working in the office were not happy, adding, “People are afraid to talk. The morale is horrible.”

Maplewood, Minnesota. Tesla car dealership. Cars at charging stations. Tesla, Inc. is an American electric vehicle and clean energy company.

Walz Admin Staffer Walks Free After Doing $20K Damage To Teslas

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The Justice Department announced Friday that a 19-year-old male college student had been arrested for allegedly setting on fire two Cybertrucks using two homemade Molotov cocktails at a Tesla Center in Kansas City.
The suspect, Owen McIntire, is charged with one count of unlawful possession of an unregistered destructive device and one count of malicious damage by fire of any property used in interstate commerce. Using surveillance footage and cell phone data, the FBI identified McIntire, who attends college in Boston, as the man who committed the arson.
“Let me be extremely clear to anyone who still wants to firebomb a Tesla property: you will not evade us,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “You will be arrested. You will be prosecuted. You will spend decades behind bars. It is not worth it.”
On March 17, a police officer <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1397151/dl?inline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">observed</a> smoke near the KC Tesla Showroom and found smoke coming from a Cybertruck. The officer put out the fire outside of the vehicle, but was unable to stop the burning of the Cybertruck, which also spread to another vehicle. Both vehicles were worth over $100,000.
Surveillance footage from nearby residences showed a suspect near the scene of the crime &#8220;wearing dark flowy clothing and a large, white-colored hat&#8221; believed by investigators to be McIntire, according to an affidavit provided to show probable cause. The FBI eventually matched the car seen near the scene, surveillance footage, and witness testimony to McIntire.
McIntrire is alleged to have carried out the attack while home on spring break from the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Tesla facilities and vehicles across the country have been targeted with vandalism and arson as part of backlash to Elon Musk&#8217;s involvement with the Department of Government Efficiency. The Justice Department is treating the attacks as instances of domestic terrorism.
“This is the second arrest this week of a suspect charged with targeting Tesla, more proof that the FBI will not stand for these destructive acts,” said FBI Director Kash Patel. “These actions are dangerous, they are illegal, and we are going to arrest those responsible.&#8221;
On Monday, the DOJ <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/domestic-terrorism-fbi-arrests-man-for-firebombing-new-mexico-tesla-showroom-gop-headquarters?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=8&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=‘Domestic+Terrorism’%3A+FBI+Arrests+Man+For+Firebombing+New+Mexico+Tesla+Showroom%2C+GOP+Headquarters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> the arrest of 40-year-old Jamison Wagner over arson attacks that targeted the headquarters of the Republican Party and a Tesla showroom in New Mexico. Wagner could face 40 years in prison if convicted.
The attack Wagner is accused of orchestrating did significant damage to the GOP headquarters in Albuquerque and burned out two Teslas.

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‘You Will Spend Decades Behind Bars’: FBI Arrests College Student Over Tesla Arson Attack

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A 40-year-old New Mexico man has been charged over arson attacks that targeted the headquarters of the Republican Party and a Tesla showroom in Albuquerque, the Justice Department announced.
The DOJ <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/albuquerque-man-charged-connection-arson-attacks-tesla-dealership-and-republican-party-new">said</a> Monday that 40-year-old Jamison Wagner had been arrested by the FBI over the attacks, which burned out two Teslas and left significant damage to the GOP headquarters in Albuquerque. Attorney General Pam Bondi said that the DOJ would be seeking 40 years in prison for Wagner if he is convicted.
Wagner was charged with two counts of malicious damage or destruction of property by fire or explosive.
“Let this be the final lesson to those taking part in this ongoing wave of political violence,” Bondi said. “We will arrest you, we will prosecute you, and we will not negotiate. Crimes have consequences.”
The DOJ said that it had identified Wagner through evidence left at the scene of the attacks and surveillance footage.
The first attack took place on February 9 when two Tesla vehicles outside the Tesla Albuquerque Showroom were targeted with a homemade incendiary device. Inside one of the vehicles was found a glass container with napalm material. Other vehicles and the outside of the showroom were spray-painted with swastikas and the words “Die Elon,” “Tesla Nazi Inc,” and “Die Tesla Nazi.”
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The next attack took place on March 30, when the headquarters for the New Mexico GOP were firebombed, leaving significant damage. The phrase “ICE = KKK” was spray-painted on the building as well.
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Investigators said they linked Wagner to the attacks by matching his Hyundai Accent to one leaving the scene of the GOP headquarters after the bombing and matching his physical appearance to surveillance footage of the suspect.
The FBI also said it found materials for making incendiary devices at his home, spray paint matching the vandalism at both crime scenes, an “ICE=KKK” stencil matching what was spray-painted at the GOP headquarters, and at least eight suspected incendiary devices.
“This arrest is part of the FBI’s aggressive efforts to investigate and hold accountable those who have targeted Tesla facilities in various states across the country,” said FBI Director Kash Patel. “Under Attorney General Bondi’s leadership, we will continue to locate and arrest those responsible for these acts of domestic terrorism, and the FBI will work with partners at the Department of Justice to ensure such lawbreakers face justice.”

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A man was arrested in Idaho over the weekend after he allegedly drove into a pro-Trump counter-protester outside of a Tesla dealership as a group of people gathered to protest Elon Musk and the Trump administration&#8217;s government cuts.
Christopher Talbot, 70, was arrested after allegedly hitting a 49-year-old man at the anti-Musk rally on Saturday, ABC News <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-strikes-tesla-counter-protester-vehicle-idaho-police/story?id=120308032" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. According to police, &#8220;Reports indicate the victim had been driving a truck with pro-Trump flags and had just parked and exited his vehicle when Talbot struck him with his car.&#8221; The victim drove himself to the hospital after sustaining non-life-threatening injuries, according to officials.
Around 30 anti-Musk demonstrators showed up to the Idaho dealership on Saturday and were met by 200 counter-protesters, according to the Meridian Police Department. Authorities alleged that Talbot &#8220;made an obscene gesture&#8221; toward the pro-Trump counter-protester before hitting him with his car. Talbot was arrested at his home after police traced his license plate number. He was booked into the Ada County Jail and charged with one count of aggravated battery, which is a felony.
In a statement, the police department urged people &#8220;to respect everyone&#8217;s right to protest and express their 1st Amendment Rights without resorting to violence.&#8221;
While most of the protests have remained peaceful, some anti-Musk demonstrators have resorted to violence to protest Musk&#8217;s influence on government spending cuts. Last week, an incendiary device was <a href="https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/incendiary-devices-found-at-austin-tesla-showroom/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> inside a Tesla showroom in Austin, Texas, and had to be promptly removed by a police bomb squad. In Las Vegas earlier this month, a suspect allegedly <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/nevada-resident-arrested-and-charged-connection-violent-tesla-arson-las-vegas">lit two Tesla vehicles on fire</a> and shot at them at a Tesla facility in what law enforcement officials described as a “<a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-arrested-after-setting-teslas-fire-las-vegas/story?id=120220369" target="_blank" rel="noopener">targeted attack</a>.” Numerous videos posted online have also shown perpetrators keying and damaging parked Tesla vehicles.
In one instance, anti-Musk protesters were <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-charged-assault-tesla-dealership-driving-car-protesters-rcna197746" target="_blank" rel="noopener">targeted</a> while demonstrating when a man in Florida was arrested and charged with assault for allegedly driving a car toward a crowd of protesters. No one was injured in the incident, but according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, &#8220;The protestors had to move out of the way in order to avoid being struck by the vehicle.&#8221;
Numerous anti-Musk protests have popped up across the country as groups often gather near Tesla dealerships to protest the electric car company owner and senior Trump adviser. On Saturday, over 200 organized &#8220;Tesla Takedown&#8221; protests took place in the United States, Canada, and Europe, CNN reported. A Business Insider reporter who attended two Tesla protests in Michigan <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/takeaways-tesla-takedown-protests-michigan-2025-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> that the protesters &#8220;were primarily people over the age of 65, white, and retired from jobs that depended on public funding as teachers, professors at local universities, and social workers.&#8221;

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Man Hits Pro-Trump Counter-Protester With Car At Demonstration Outside Of Tesla Dealership: Police

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It’s been a rather ignominious couple of weeks for liberal women on the internet. Of course it’s been an ignominious last several decades for liberal women in general — on the internet or otherwise. But these past couple of weeks have given us one viral moment after another where this demographic is thoroughly embarrassing itself. For the sake of brevity, I won’t even include all of the many videos of liberal women vandalizing Teslas and shrieking at their drivers. The anti-Tesla brigade is, after all, almost exclusively women and gay men. These two groups also make up the core of the Democratic voting base. We’ll get back to that point in a moment.
But leaving the Tesla chaos to the side for now, this latest rash of viral humiliation started two weeks ago with footage of an altercation between a woman and a young man on a New York City subway. The woman was upset about the young man’s MAGA hat, which she demanded that he remove from his head. She attempted to take matters into her own hands. But the problem is that she apparently has all the speed and agility of a baby panda. Watch:
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NEW: The woman who face planted outside a New York City subway has been identified as luxury brand specialist Alberta Testanero, according to the New York Post.
The 55-year-old has become radicalized, according to a former colleague.
Testanero works with luxury brands including… <a href="https://t.co/WAYUnmovox">pic.twitter.com/WAYUnmovox</a>
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That was the glorious sight of the woman chasing a young man to steal his MAGA hat, only to trip and face-plant in the middle of the subway station. Thanks to some crack reporting from the New York Post, we now know that this woman’s name is Alberta Testanero and she is a “luxury brand specialist.” Which is exactly the kind of nonsense job that you’d expect a liberal woman in New York to have. I don’t even know what a “luxury brand specialist” does, but I know that this woman seems like the type to do it, whatever it is.
The following week, a woman who appears to be in her late 60s or 70s went viral with this public service announcement about her dating life:
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Liberal says she will no longer be dating White men. Fellas, how do you feel about this? <a href="https://t.co/CU3CesygSw">pic.twitter.com/CU3CesygSw</a>
&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1906363322238202198?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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I know there are a lot of single young men out there who feel incredibly demoralized by the dating scene. If you’re in that category, I don&#8217;t mean to add to your frustrations. But if you’re looking for an elderly feminist grandma — if that’s your type — I’m sad to say there’s one less fish in the sea available to you. Unless you aren’t white. Then you might still have a chance. 
At the same time, another video has been making the rounds. This is a significantly younger woman named Zoe, telling the story of how she broke up with her boyfriend because he committed the unforgivable sin of being Republican:
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Zoe’s cats are going to find her body when she dies. 
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She broke up with him. That’s the end of the story. Why any man would ever date a woman like this in the first place is the greater mystery. Everything about her is aggressively unappealing. She’s the human embodiment of nails on a chalkboard.
She’s the type of woman who would no doubt describe herself as having a “big personality,” because she’s loud and obnoxious and uses the f-word a lot. But in truth she has no personality at all. She has an anti-personality. She speaks in internet lingo and has all of the mannerisms and affectations — not to mention the value system and political beliefs — of every other 20-something woman on TikTok. She professes the value of “doing your own research” but, I can guarantee, has never done anything resembling research in her life. Her research consists of watching TikTok videos.
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That said, she’s not wrong about her basic point: The relationship wasn’t going to work. It wasn’t going to work because their values were not aligned — to the extent that either one of them have values at all. And it wasn’t going to work because she is a raging narcissist and a deeply unpleasant person, who, barring some kind of miraculous personal transformation, will never have a functional and meaningful romantic or even platonic relationship with another human being in her life.
We joke about the fact that these kinds of women are always cat ladies. Indeed, in a follow up video this woman confirmed that she does have at least one cat. But the cat lady thing isn’t really a joke. There’s a reason why liberal women really do almost always end up alone with their cats. They prefer cats because cats require almost nothing from them. Change the litter box and pour some more food in the bowl, and that is the extent of the work and effort you have to put into your relationship with your cat. Feminists love cats because cats provide some measure of affection and fellowship without needing much of anything in return. No need for sacrifice or compromise or personal improvement. Successful human relationships require those things. A relationship with your cat does not. Of course the trade off is that you’ll never have anything approaching the depth of love and companionship that you could have with another person. You’ll also never have a family or children. You’ll die alone and your cherished cat will eat your carcass without a second thought.
Anyway, there is one more video in this tour. The singer Chappell Roan appeared on the Call Her Daddy podcast. As we know, Call Her Daddy is the number one podcast in the world for women. Which is a troubling fact, because the show, like its host Alex Cooper, is insipid, gross, and morally and intellectually bankrupt. It’s mostly just 95 IQ women sitting around talking about sex. There’s a reason you’ve never seen a viral clip from this show where someone says something interesting or intellectually provocative. The Joe Rogan podcast &#8212; the number one podcast in the world for men — has those kinds of moments all the time. Joe frequently talks to archeologists, astronomers, biologists, and all manner of interesting people about a wide range of academic, political, and cultural topics. Alex Cooper talks to women about sex. And that’s pretty much it.
In this viral clip, Chappell explains why she doesn’t want to have kids. Listen:
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Chappell Roan: &quot;I don&#39;t know anyone who is happy with kids&quot; <a href="https://t.co/vQx6XI20at">pic.twitter.com/vQx6XI20at</a>
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People with kids don’t have light in their eyes, says the dead-eyed consumerist zombie. The two dullest, least vibrant women you’ve ever seen in your life are concerned that people with kids don’t have light in their eyes.
Needless to say, Chappell is completely wrong. It’s not entirely her fault. I’m sure she probably does have some young mothers in her life who constantly complain about their kids. This is one of the dangers of venting, and why all of us — women especially, who are much more inclined to vent — should be doing a lot less of it. Using someone else as a sounding board for all of your frustrations is selfish, and enormously unpleasant and frankly pretty boring for the person forced to listen to your litany of complaints. Even worse, if that person is not in the same stage of life, you will be giving them a skewed, unfairly bleak impression of it. That’s why parents should only complain — if they’re going to complain at all — to each other. But mostly they should just stop complaining. It’s not that we’re trying to hide some deep, dark secret from the childless. It’s that a childless person has no context. They might not understand that, although you’re annoyed that your toddler woke you up at 4:00 am,  you are still filled with deep, abiding joy that you have a child to wake you up at all. It is possible to hold frustration and joy in your heart at the same time. But that is a depth that someone like Chappell Roan has never reached, cannot understand, and likely will never reach nor understand.
The point is that getting married and having kids will increase the daily annoyances and inconveniences in your life by a very sizable margin. But it also increases — not just increases, but reveals for the first time — a kind of meaning and purpose that you never had before. Meaningful pursuits will always increase your annoyances and inconveniences. Which is why you will never do anything meaningful in your life at all if your primary goal is to avoid inconvenience. Embrace inconvenience, or live a pointless, empty life. Those are your two options. There is no third option.
Of course, the opinion of some random pop star wouldn’t matter at all if they were being expressed in a vacuum. Unfortunately, they’re part of a much larger pattern, and a much grander agenda. All of the videos we’ve talked about are part of — or a result of — that agenda. In fact they represent the great cultural battle that will define and determine our future. That is the effort to convince women to abandon marriage and family life. The feminist agenda. Which of course isn’t new. But now it lies at the core of nearly all of our political and cultural divisions. As most people know at this point, the Democrat Party’s core constituency by far is unmarried women. Even in the last election, a landslide loss for Kamala Harris, she still won unmarried women by a margin of 61% to 38%. The continued existence of the Democrat Party, and their entire political program, rests on this demographic.
I’m not saying that Chappell Roan or Zoe from TikTok are paid agents of the Democrat Party, sent to go out into the world and convince women to reject marriage and family life. Although, who knows, they might be. What I am saying is that we’re about to see a whole lot more of this kind of messaging. This is the future of the culture war, and its past. And we have to be ready to fight back.

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President Donald Trump shakes up the federal workforce and economic landscape, ending union rights for many federal workers and preparing to impose sweeping tariffs this week. Leftwing activists are ramping up their “Tesla Takedown” protests as new investigations unveil the powerful entities behind the movement. And, is Trump’s “self-deportation” messaging for illegal immigrants working? We have the data.
It’s Monday, March 31st, and this is the news you need to know to start your week. If you’d rather listen to your news, today’s edition of the Morning Wire podcast can be heard below:
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<h2>Trump’s Economic Executive Orders</h2>
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Topline: President Trump signed an executive order targeting many federal worker unions as his sweeping tariffs are set to take effect this week. 
The <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-exempts-agencies-with-national-security-missions-from-federal-collective-bargaining-requirements/">move</a> stripped collective bargaining rights from a wide swath of federal employees. It will not apply to all federal workers, just those who work for agencies with &#8220;national security missions,&#8221; including the Departments of Defense, State, Justice, Homeland Security, and Veterans Affairs. 
Context: A number of large federal unions have made clear they will do everything possible to slow President Trump’s agenda, launching dozens of lawsuits to block his efforts to cut spending through his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) project. Other unions negotiated deals with the Biden administration that are still in effect but run contrary to the Trump administration&#8217;s agenda. The White House says this order will “ensure that agencies vital to national security can execute their missions without delay and protect the American people.” Trump added that while he “supports constructive partnerships with unions who work with him, he will not tolerate mass obstruction that jeopardizes his ability to manage agencies with vital national security missions.” 
Hours after the order was signed, eight federal agencies filed a lawsuit in Texas, calling for a judge to void their existing contracts. Those deals will remain in place while the case is heard, but we could see action quickly. The largest federal workers union, <a href="https://www.afge.org/publication/afge-condemns-trumps-retaliatory-attempt-to-outlaw-federal-unions/">The American Federation of Government Employees</a>, said over the weekend that hundreds of thousands of its 800,000 members could soon be stripped of their memberships — vowing to file countersuits of their own. If the courts rule in Trump’s favor, they would give him considerable power to cut the federal workforce and follow through on his promise to slash spending. 
On Wednesday, a slew of new tariffs are set to go into effect on everything from auto imports to appliances to agricultural products — the list goes on. Trump is calling it “Liberation Day,” saying on Truth Social: “For DECADES we have been ripped off and abused by every nation in the World, both friend and foe. Now it is finally time for the Good Ol&#8217; USA to get some of that MONEY, and RESPECT, BACK.” 
The Trump administration has been adamant that tariffs would help secure more favorable trade deals. It views them as a means of combating illegal immigration, incentivizing military cooperation, and spurring domestic manufacturing. Trump points to the trillions of dollars worth of investments foreign companies have made in recent months as proof that tariffs will push companies to onshore and bring their supply chains to America.
We’re still waiting on the full list of products that will be impacted, but Canada and Mexico will be among the hardest hit — facing 25% tariffs on all imports. From there will come worldwide reciprocal tariffs. The White House says if a trading partner wants a lower rate, all they have to do is reduce the tariffs imposed on U.S. exports. The president will also slap an additional 25% rate on oil and gas from Venezuela in response to the “criminals” who he says have been sent to the U.S. illegally. That tariff will also apply to countries that continue buying oil and gas from Venezuela. 
<h2>DOGE PR Battle</h2>
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Topline: A new report finds that influential left-wing political organizations are paying for the “Tesla Takedown” protests that continued all over North America and Europe this weekend. Meanwhile, the DOGE team gave its first interview. 
On Saturday, there were <a href="https://www.komu.com/news/nationworld/over-200-tesla-takedown-protests-take-place-throughout-us-on-global-day-of-action-against/article_30f66e6c-6d7a-52df-8dcf-b87b7ff65f9c.html">hundreds of</a> anti-Tesla demonstrations worldwide, from Chicago to Germany to Australia. Turnout for these events varied considerably, from a handful of aging protestors waving signs that said things like &#8220;No one elected Musk&#8221; and &#8220;Drive Tesla out of business&#8221; to larger actions in major urban centers like New York City.
The objective is to hit Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Trump&#8217;s biggest donor, where it hurts while urging him to back off his activities on behalf of the Trump administration.
In response, Trump&#8217;s DOGE initiative, which Musk leads, appears to be pivoting its PR strategy — initially, Musk said that he wanted to keep DOGE analysts out of the spotlight to protect their privacy and safety. But on Friday, DOGE leaders <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1905605596943925378">sat down</a> with Fox News’s Brett Baier, giving Musk a chance to dispel the image of DOGE as just a bunch of young, rowdy tech bros. 
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<blockquote>BAIER: Some people say this shouldn&#8217;t take a rocket scientist. Steve Davis, you are a rocket scientist… Now, essentially you&#8217;re the chief operating officer of DOGE… How did you end up here? What&#8217;s the biggest challenge you see?
DAVIS: The reason I&#8217;m here, which is probably for many, is that I think the goal is incredibly inspiring. I think most of the taxpayers in the country would agree that in order to have the country going bankrupt would be a very bad thing, and therefore the country going not bankrupt is a good thing, that all of us are willing to kind of put our lives on hold in order to do. I think the thing that&#8217;s special right now is we actually believe there&#8217;s a chance to succeed,</blockquote>
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A new report in <a href="https://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/local-teslatakedown-reveals-grassroots-protests-are-astroturf/article_1c368d4d-708c-4074-b5fa-5eaf6a32ea97.html">the Fairfax Times</a> found that “Takedown Tesla” actions have been almost entirely bankrolled by well-known leftist activist networks like The Indivisible Project, which organized 29% of the protests, as well as MoveOn.org, the Disruption Project, and local Democratic Party chapters. After building a public database based on a chronology of the Tesla Takedown protests, the report concluded, “While the local #TeslaTakedown protest may appear spontaneous and community-driven, it is the product of a well-funded, tightly coordinated campaign.”
<h2>Self-Deportation Push</h2>
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Topline: With an estimated 14 million people in the U.S. illegally, the Trump administration wants to convince many of them to self-deport. But is the message working? A new report suggests it is.
A new report from the New York Times found that the administration’s self-deport messaging might actually be working. It seems that the length of time spent in the United States is the most influential factor: long-term illegal residents are still unlikely to leave, but more recent arrivals, such as all those who crossed the border under Biden, appear more likely to be swayed by the administration’s message.
Recent deportation flights to El Salvador seem to have had an effect – Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem recently posted a video shot at El Salvador’s state-of-the-art prison complex – the message being that violent illegal aliens in the U.S. will be found and imprisoned here. 
“I also want everybody to know, if you come to our country illegally, this is one of the consequences you can face,” Noem said. “Do not come to our country illegally. You will be removed and you will be prosecuted, but know that this facility is one of the tools in our toolkit that we will use if you commit crimes against the American people.” 
The administration has been clear that it is prioritizing the deportation of violent criminals, but some aliens don’t want to risk arrest. Others believe it’s only a matter of time before federal authorities catch them, so they want to leave before they’re forced out.
Additionally, hundreds of foreign students who have voiced support for Hamas have also been encouraged to self-deport. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the green cards or visas of about 300 students have been revoked so far, including Syrian national <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-view-host-defends-anti-israel-agitator-mahmoud-khalil-as-a-political-prisoner">Mahmoud Khalil</a>, who led protests at Columbia University; British-Gambian National <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-revokes-visa-of-self-styled-enemy-of-america">Momoduo Taal</a>, who participated in similar actions at Cornell; and Turkish national Rumeysa Ozturk, whose visa was revoked after the State Department found she “engaged in activities in support of Hamas.”

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Federal law enforcement officials arrested 36-year-old Paul Hyon Kim, a resident of Las Vegas, this week on charges stemming from an attack on a Tesla shop.
Kim, who was arraigned in federal court on Thursday, was charged with one count of unlawful possession of an unregistered firearm and one count of arson, the DOJ said in a statement. He remains in federal custody.
“The Department of Justice has been clear: anyone who participates in the wave of domestic terrorism targeting Tesla properties will suffer severe legal consequences,” said Attorney General Pam Bondi. “We will continue to find, arrest, and prosecute these attackers until the lesson is learned.”
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department patrol officers responded to a call last Tuesday about gunshots and a person setting vehicles on fire.
Investigators discovered that &#8220;Molotov cocktails and a .30 caliber AR-style firearm were used to damage and destroy five Tesla vehicles,&#8221; the DOJ said.
Spray paint was also used to vandalize the building with graffiti that said &#8220;Resist&#8221; — a common rally cry for the far-Left.
Police executed a search warrant on Wednesday at Kim&#8217;s home where they discovered a firearm consistent with the one used in the attack, &#8220;a black gun belt with a pouch and a small drop of pink paint residue, a black hoodie, face masks, and a handwritten note with what appeared to be an escape plan.&#8221;
If convicted, Kim faces up to 10 years in prison for the firearm charge and 20 years in prison for the arson charge.
“As promised, acts of violence and vandalism will not be tolerated, and today law enforcement personnel acted quickly to arrest an individual on charges including arson,” said FBI Director Kash Patel. “Under Attorney General Bondi&#8217;s leadership, we will continue to pursue these investigations with the full force of law and will bring to justice anyone responsible for these attacks.”
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BREAKING: Suspected Las Vegas Tesla fire bomber Paul Kim has been charged by the Feds and is now in federal custody following his arrest by <a href="https://twitter.com/LVMPD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LVMPD</a>. He is now charged federally w/ arson &amp; unregistered firearm. He faces 5-20 years in prison on the arson charge &amp; up to 10 years on… <a href="https://t.co/qE4Ofb8BRZ">pic.twitter.com/qE4Ofb8BRZ</a>
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A Texarkana, Texas, man has been arrested after he was caught on camera allegedly driving his ATV into a Tesla and damaging other Teslas in the area on Tuesday.
Demarqeyun Marquize Cox, 33, was arrested after he was recognized in a video of a ramming incident recorded by one of the Teslas he allegedly attacked, the Texarkana, Texas, Police Department <a href="https://www.facebook.com/texarkanapolice/posts/we-arrested-33-year-old-demarqeyun-cox-this-afternoon-after-he-allegedly-damaged/1073511681480249/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said on Facebook</a>. Cox is accused of damaging multiple vehicles in separate incidents across the city.
“The first report came from the Golden Palace restaurant on Summerhill Road, where surveillance footage from the car itself captured a guy on a mini four-wheeler intentionally ramming a parked Tesla at full speed. While officers were searching for the suspect, another call came in reporting damage to a Tesla in the Lowe’s parking lot,” the police department said. “Shortly after that, Officer Blake Lummus spotted Cox riding a mini four-wheeler near Summerhill and New Boston Roads and recognized him as the suspect in the earlier video. After being stopped, Cox initially gave a false name but was quickly identified and taken into custody.”
After he was arrested, the police department received another report of a damaged vehicle, which allegedly occurred before Cox was stopped.
“So far, Cox has only been charged with one count of felony Criminal Mischief and Failure to Identify. However, officers are working now to figure out if Cox is responsible for the two later incidents. If they determine he is, additional charges may be filed,” the police department said. “He is currently being held in the Bi-State Jail as the investigation continues.”
Footage of the first incident shows a man believed to be Cox riding a run-down 4-wheeler headfirst into the side of a Tesla before backing up and leaving the scene.
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Cox, who is 5-foot-2 and weighs nearly 450 pounds, left visible damage to the driver’s door, the car’s owner, Virita Carstaffin, <a href="https://www.ktbs.com/news/texarkana/texarkana-man-accused-of-running-mini-4-wheeler-into-teslas/article_e90d4b93-0e21-4e5e-8de3-0c37564d9f9f.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> KTBS. Carstaffin told the outlet she was inside the Golden Palace restaurant when the attack occurred, and provided a picture of the damage to the outlet, saying she will likely have to spend more than $1,000 to replace the front door.
Shawn Vaughn, Texarkana, Texas Police Department PIO, told KTBS that when Cox was stopped, “Based on what they had seen in the video, they knew for a fact that he was the one who at least hit the initial Tesla.”
Cox has been charged with felony criminal mischief resulting in damage between $2,500 and $30,000 and failure to identify. He’s being held on a $105,000 bond, the outlet reported.
Tesla owners have been the victims of numerous crimes since President Donald Trump took office, with vandals and arsonists apparently attacking the vehicles because Tesla is owned by Elon Musk, who is helping Trump cut government spending.

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Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) told Morning Wire in an interview released on Thursday that she is stunned to see Democratic leaders fail to call out &#8220;acts of domestic terrorism&#8221; as Tesla dealerships and owners across the United States have been subjected to brazen acts of vandalism and violence.
Blackburn, who introduced a resolution in the Senate to condemn the attacks against Tesla, said that &#8220;Democratic leadership is not standing up and calling out these acts of domestic terrorism.&#8221; The American electric car company has faced an onslaught of violence as leftists take out their frustrations with Trump&#8217;s senior adviser and Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Tesla owners and dealers.
The GOP senator said that it appears the attacks on Tesla are out of &#8220;hatred&#8221; for President Donald Trump and Musk&#8217;s efforts through the Department of Government Efficiency to &#8220;root out all waste, fraud, and abuse&#8221; within the federal government.
&#8220;The leftists have to have a big government structure to survive. That is their mother&#8217;s milk, if you will,&#8221; Blackburn told Morning Wire.
“It is stunning that we are seeing this take place, and that Democratic leadership is not standing up and calling out these acts of domestic terrorism,” she added. “We have lived through four years, where every time you turned around, they were talking about domestic terrorism, they were calling parents that went to school board meetings &#8216;domestic terrorists.&#8217; They were calling individuals that would stand across the street from a Planned Parenthood and pray for the women and the unborn children, and they would call that ‘domestic terrorism.’”
Listen to Sen. Blackburn&#8217;s entire interview on Morning Wire below:
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Last week, the FBI <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-issues-warning-over-left-wing-terrorist-attacks-against-tesla" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> a bulletin, warning against attacks on Teslas, which &#8220;have involved arson, gunfire, and vandalism, including graffiti expressing grievances against those the perpetrators perceive to be racists, fascists, or political opponents.&#8221;
Earlier this week, an incendiary device was <a href="https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/incendiary-devices-found-at-austin-tesla-showroom/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> inside a Tesla showroom in Austin, Texas, and had to be promptly removed by a police bomb squad. Last week, a suspect allegedly lit two Tesla vehicles on fire and shot at them at a Las Vegas Tesla facility in what law enforcement officials described as a &#8220;<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/18/us/tesla-fire-las-vegas-explosion/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">targeted attack</a>.&#8221; Numerous videos posted online have also shown perpetrators keying and damaging parked Tesla vehicles.
Blackburn is not alone in using the term &#8220;terrorism&#8221; to describe the attacks on Tesla. Last Friday, President Trump said that he &#8220;view[s] these people as terrorists.&#8221;
&#8220;These are, when I looked at those showrooms burning and those cars — not one or two, like seven, eight, ten, burning, exploding all over the place — these are terrorists,&#8221; Trump added.
Blackburn added that Senate Republicans believe the resolution condemning the attacks is &#8220;appropriate&#8221; and necessary as it will give members of each party &#8220;the opportunity to stand up and say, &#8216;We condemn these attacks.'&#8221;

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Congressional allies of DOGE grilled the leaders of NPR and PBS, arguing that federal taxpayers are being forced to fund politically biased coverage. The Senate introduced a resolution condemning the spate of attacks on Tesla as domestic terrorism. And prominent conservatives are being targeted in swatting hoaxes.
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<h2>Grilling on Capitol Hill</h2>
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Topline: Congress continued its investigation of “Signal Gate” on Monday while the House Oversight Committee grilled NPR and PBS leaders on bias at the taxpayer-funded outlets.
The purpose of the &#8220;Anti-American Airwaves” <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/anti-american-airwaves-holding-the-heads-of-npr-and-pbs-accountable/">hearing</a> was to determine if NPR and PBS should continue to receive federal funding. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a government-funded company that <a href="https://cpb.org/pressroom/CPB-Statement-Congress-Approval-Continued-Funding-Public-Media">received</a> $535 million in taxpayer dollars this year, with millions of dollars going directly to NPR and PBS. 
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who organized the hearing, slammed PBS and NPR as &#8220;radical left-wing echo chambers&#8221; that publish biased news reports with government subsidies and LGBTQ programming intent on “grooming children.” NPR CEO Katherine Maher admitted under questioning that it was &#8220;concerning&#8221; there were no Republicans on NPR’s editorial board – all 87 are Democrats. Maher said that NPR was “mistaken in failing to cover the Hunter Biden laptop story more aggressively and sooner.” But perhaps the most revealing moment came when Texas Republican Congressman Brandon Gill grilled her about her past tweets:
<blockquote>GILL: Do you believe that America believes in black plunder and white democracy?
MAHER: I don’t believe that sir.
GILL: You tweeted that in reference to a book you were reading at the time apparently, The Case for Reparations.
MAHER: I don’t think I’ve ever read that book, sir.
GILL: You tweeted about it. You said you took a day off to fully read The Case For Reparations. You put that on twitter in January 2020… Do you believe that white people inherently feel superior to other races?
MAHER: I do not.
GILL: You don’t? You tweeted something to that effect. You said “I grew up feeling superior. Ha! How white of me. Why did you tweet that?</blockquote>
PBS CEO Paula Kerger defended her network from allegations of partisanship and bias, arguing that “there’s nothing more American than PBS&#8221; and describing it as a crucial source of accurate information and educational programming for millions of Americans. Several Republican members of the committee disputed that characterization.
“ There was an analysis done on PBS&#8217;s NewsHour from June to November of 2023,” Rep. Pat Fallon (R-TX) said. “Where they found that far-right was used 162 times and far-left was only used six times. “
<h2>Senators Condemn Anti-Tesla Terrorism</h2>
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Topline: Should the attacks on Tesla cars and showrooms be condemned as “domestic terrorism”? A Senator introduces a resolution on the violence.
Amid a wave of vandalism targeting Tesla and DOGE, Republicans in the Senate are bringing a resolution to condemn what they say is an orchestrated “domestic terrorism” campaign empowered by leftist groups. 
Morning Wire spoke with Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) about the attacks.
“It is stunning that we are seeing this take place, and that Democratic leadership is not standing up and calling out these acts of domestic terrorism.” Sen. Blackburn told Morning Wire. &#8220;We have lived through four years, where every time you turned around, they were talking about domestic terrorism, they were calling parents that went to school board meetings domestic terrorists. They were calling individuals that would stand across the street from a Planned Parenthood and pray for the women and the unborn children, and they would call that ‘domestic terrorism.’&#8221; 
“And now we are going through this, where they&#8217;re actually firebombing and shooting up Tesla dealerships. They are destroying the cars of Tesla owners. They are stopping people in the middle of the streets that are driving a Tesla, and are condemning them for owning those vehicles and nothing is being said. So we think it&#8217;s appropriate that we have the resolution, and we give them the opportunity – members of the U.S. Senate from each party and the couple of independents that we have – give them the opportunity to stand up and say we condemn these attacks.”
The resolution is expected to reach the floor of the Senate on Thursday.
<h2>Swatting Surge</h2>
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Topline: Prominent conservatives are being “swatted” – a dangerous hoax where someone falsely reports a serious crime to law enforcement and causes them to show up at a person’s house fully armed.
Swatting has been employed as a vindictive tactic for decades and has sometimes resulted in serious injury or even death, but recently, the number of swatting cases has jumped to alarming levels. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/20/media/trump-musk-conservative-influencers-swatting/index.html">CNN</a> reported that at least a dozen Trump-supporting influencers have been swatted in the last two weeks. 
The targets have been an eclectic group: private citizens like social media star Gunther Eagleman, radio show host Joe Pagliarulo, and Infowars&#8217; Chase Geiser, as well as elected politicians like Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL). Matt Van Swol – a former liberal who gained a following in the past six months advocating for Hurricane Helene relief in North Carolina – was also victimized.
“Around 2:00 AM on Sunday night, we heard a loud bang on the door,” Van Swol told The Daily Wire. “We had a really big storm that night. We thought, you know, maybe someone was doing a wellness check. The power was going in and out all night. My wife ran to the door, I was getting my clothes on, and she saw a police officer with his gun drawn at the door. This could have ended horribly … it turns out that the police had gotten a phone call from someone pretending to be me saying that there had been a shooting at the house. That Erin had been shot and killed, that um, I had been shot in the leg and that there were three masked men hiding in the basement.”
Van Swol’s 3 children were at home during the incident – thankfully, no one was harmed. As of now, there have been no arrests associated with the recent swattings, but Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and FBI Director Kash Patel have both said they were looking into the attacks. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) also <a href="https://x.com/BasedMikeLee/status/1900368280335847854">suggested</a> that those responsible should be charged with attempted murder.

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After Minnesota Democrat governor and failed vice presidential candidate Tim Walz taunted Elon Musk for Tesla’s stock dropping and news then broke that his state had millions of shares of the company in 2024, he offered a lame apology for his behavior.
Speaking at a town hall event in Rochester, Minnesota, Walz declared of Musk, “This guy bugs me in a way that is probably unhealthy,” to applause and cheers. “I have to be careful about being a smarta**. I was making a joke. These people have no sense of humor. They are the most literal people. My point was that they’re all mad, and I said something I probably shouldn’t have about a company,” he stated.
Then he accused people outraged by his comments about Tesla of being “butthurt,” continuing, “I make the case they’re all butthurt about the Tesla thing, but they don’t care the disrespect they have shown to employees at the Minneapolis VA who care for our veterans and they fire them. They don’t care.”
The failed vice presidential candidate claimed, “We will have the conversation about efficiency in government and about doing that but none of us believe for a second they’re thinking about this.”
“Oh, we fired everybody that’s dealing with Ebola, and then he went into the Oval Office wearing a hat,” he said of Musk. “I don’t want to hear anybody talking about decorum and respect or that, wearing a hat, coming in there, the richest man in the world.”
Then, in typical Democrat fashion, he dreamt of how he would spend other people’s money, bloviating, “Again, maybe it’s just me: If I’m the richest man in the world, I’m like out on the streets handing out money, it’d be fun as hell, just to help people out.”
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🚨NEW: Tim Walz tries to backtrack from his comment about Tesla stock by labeling it as “humor.” Seriously? 
“This guy bugs me in a way that’s probably unhealthy.” 
“I have to be careful about being a smartass. I was making a joke. These people have no sense of humor.” <a href="https://t.co/zVmmenyTIZ">pic.twitter.com/zVmmenyTIZ</a>
&mdash; The Gas Stove 🔥 (@TheGasStovee) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheGasStovee/status/1903597419540971645?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Walz’s loudmouth has falsely accused Musk of giving a Nazi salute after President Trump’s inauguration, telling MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, “We spent three days debating, having them try to debate that &#8216;President Musk&#8217; gave a Nazi salute. Of course, he did.”
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Creepy Tim Walz says &quot;of course&quot; Elon did a Nazi salute. I hope Elon sues him for all he’s worth. <a href="https://t.co/fGCrAno02g">pic.twitter.com/fGCrAno02g</a>
&mdash; Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) <a href="https://twitter.com/robbystarbuck/status/1884438993896341576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Walz — who <a href="https://www.wral.com/story/fact-check-did-walz-force-minnesota-schools-to-stock-tampons-in-boys-bathrooms/21584434/">signed a bill</a> requiring putting tampons in boys&#8217; bathrooms between the grades of 4-12 — has also boasted he could beat up Trump supporters who have questioned his masculinity, bragging, &#8220;I think I could kick most of their a**! I do think that &#8230; I know I can outrun them. I don&#8217;t know if we&#8217;re going to fall into that place where we, okay, we challenge you to, you know, a WWE fight here, type of thing. &#8230; I think some of us scare them. I think I scare them a little bit, it&#8217;s why they spend so much time on this.&#8221;
RELATED: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tim-walz-baffled-americans-dont-think-hes-masculine-i-could-kick-most-of-their-a">Tim Walz Baffled Americans Don&#8217;t Think He&#8217;s &#8216;Masculine&#8217;: &#8216;I Could Kick Most Of Their A**&#8217;</a>

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