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[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Sell/short $TSLA while it’s still legal.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Shorts are always risky especially and there's a chance that Trump mandates everyone buy a Tesla tomorrow or some bullahit but, and this is not financial advice, it seems like a crazy time to try and hold Tesla stock.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago

Tesla is going under. It is leveraged way too much. Didn't Bezos give Krasvon big money this week? Desperate sales pitch AT THE WHITE HOUSE. Shit's going down.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Any one who are reckless enough to take financial advice from fedi are already billionaires.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I shorted tesla today about 1030am. Wheere do i get my billions please

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Exploit the shit out of that causality.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Are there any apes on Lemmy?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Get your GameStop nonsense out of here

[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Whoa there, I’m not promoting ape culture, I’m just curious if it exists here. I find it fascinating, and I’d like to see how it’s different on Lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago

Not sure if active, this is from my blocklist:

lemmy.whynotdrs.org [email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

More likely is Congress authorizing another TARP program for Tesla.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's back up the last 2 days. Looking likely to be back up tomorrow, too.

Guess we'll see if sanity returns.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago

It won't last, the brand is already irreparably damaged. He was stammering all over the place when Kudlow asked him how he is running his companies, and it was clear he had something big on his mind.

I suspect he has either been informed that the Tesla board of directors is not happy about his poor behavior's impact on their company, and is pressuring him to change his behavior or step down as CEO, or he is being threatened with a shareholder lawsuit, or perhaps both.

The bloom's off the rose with Tesla, and it is now on a slow, inexorable slide down. It will rally a bit now and then, but HitlerPig isn't going to give a weekly infomercial to prop it up. Every bit of bad news, every crash, every recall, every missed production date, every missed release date, etc., is going to be one more drag on the stock price.

Most of Skum's fortune is tied to Tesla stock. If we keep pressure on Tesla, Skum will be forced to go back to work, or better yet, he'll have the humiliation of being fired because he put MAGA ahead of his legal responsibilities to his company and shareholders. If you have Tesla stock, sell it. If you are a market trader, short it. Everyone else should just keep spreading the word about how poorly they're designed, all their problems, etc. Call it the SwatiKKKar at every opportunity. Inform Tesla owners of their new public identity as Nazis, just for driving one. Encourage Tesla owners to sell, a rising used market will supress sales of new vehicles, and put Teslas into the hands of low-end MAGADorks and further damage the image of the average Tesla owner.

Tesla's public image needs to be crushed until it is the best example of a bad EV, and Skum's fortune has depleted.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

10/10. No notes.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Words have no meaning with these types…

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 day ago

2022 Republicans: We are domestic terrorists.

2025 Republicans: You are domestic terrorists.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, good thing His Orangeness reopened Gitmo. How convenient with the upcoming influx of terrorists to disappear.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Gitmo was closed? I thought they were only expanding what was already there and in use.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It wasn't closed but it was left in a state that wouldn't allow it to detain tens of thousands of ~~illegal~~ immigrants and other ~~terrorist~~ dissenters without due process.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well it isn't big enough to hold tens of thousands of people there, which I guess means anyone sent there will be ~~disappeared~~ processed for deportation faster to make room.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

They are already expanding the detention facilities at Gitmo.

America has the largest percenrtage of incarcerated individuals in the world. The average maximum security prison in America is around 800-1500 people. The largest, in Angola, LA, is about 8300.

The new facilty in Gitmo, is expected to hold 30,000, almost 4 times larger than Angola. The clearly expect to hold a LOT of people there. And once they've processed as many foreigners as they can, they'll be looking for their next enemy to round up. Obviously, political opponents and the gay community are on the short list.

It should also be noted that Guantanamo Bay is in Cuba (weird), far from the prying eyes of the media or the courts. How are detainees supposed to meet with their lawyers? They could literally ANYTHING to those detainees, and nobody would know.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

Literal concentration camp.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

When cybertrucks are safer the kids in school. Welcome to MAGA World.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Not a car accident, it’s Terrorism.