DoomsdaysCW<p>Quel dommage. Heh... "They basically want to kill me": <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> efforts to turn <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> into a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> martyr are backfiring<br> <br>Even <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservatives</span></a> can't muster pity for a whining <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/billionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaire</span></a> coming for Granny's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> </p><p>By Amanda Marcotte<br>Published March 20, 2025 </p><p>"In recent weeks, there's been a deluge of protests and other actions geared toward making Musk's car company, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a>, a toxic brand, in response to the billionaire's often-illegal efforts to gut the federal government from the inside. The movement has been a big success. Tesla's stock price is falling and Tesla owners are trying to sell their cars off, even as the used market value is plummeting. But Trump is infatuated with Musk — even using the White House lawn as space for a de facto Tesla commercial — so the GOP and the MAGA media are, with visible reluctance, doing what they can to turn Musk into their latest martyr offered up for the plebes to weep over."</p><p><a href="https://www.salon.com/2025/03/20/they-basically-wanna-me-efforts-to-turn-musk-into-a-maga-martyr-are-backfiring/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">salon.com/2025/03/20/they-basi</span><span class="invisible">cally-wanna-me-efforts-to-turn-musk-into-a-maga-martyr-are-backfiring/</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KeepHatingOnElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KeepHatingOnElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechOligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechOligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestTesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestTesla</span></a></p>