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Dennis Donovan

(29,908 posts)
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 10:30 AM Sunday

Dworkin Report: Sunday's Great News That's Awful For Musk and Trump

Dworkin Report - Sunday’s Great News That’s Awful For Musk and Trump

Onward!
Scott Dworkin
Mar 30, 2025

Before we start another week of Musk and Trump’s constant madness, I’m happy to be able to share more good news today. I hope it gives you at least a bit of relief in these trying times, and proves there are brave folks everywhere fighting alongside us against this tyranny.

Hundreds of peaceful “Tesla Takedown” protests took place worldwide yesterday. Dem Rep. Pramila Jayapal joined an event in Seattle, where she gave a fiery speech. Jayapal called Elon Musk an “unelected billionaire who is destroying our country,” and said, “Musk and the Department Of Greed and Evil—that’s what DOGE is … have got to go.”

In Greenwich, CT, there was an incredibly touching moment at Dem Sen. Chris Murphy’s town hall. Seven-year-old Charlotte Paone bravely took the mic to advocate for “free lunch for all” in schools, saying: “I don't want my friends to go hungry in school, or have to be embarrassed by telling their teacher or the lunch lady.”

Murphy then invited Charlotte to the front, where he sat down to meet her at eye level. “We exist in this world to help other people,” Murphy told her. “To help people who are less fortunate … That's why all these people are here today, because they want to live in a world where we have a government that looks out for everybody.”

Applauding Charlotte for speaking out, Murphy said: “I bet you, because of your question … everybody in this room is gonna work a little bit harder to make that kind of world.”

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Dworkin Report: Sunday's Great News That's Awful For Musk and Trump (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Sunday OP
kr New Breed Leader Sunday #1
Wonderful experience for Charlotte, Bumbles Sunday #2
Kick SheltieLover Sunday #3
I really like Chris Murphy Beckett Sunday #4
Being a decent human these days is an act of heroism. BattleRow Sunday #5
"...and the children shall lead." calimary Sunday #6
From the mouths of babes... nt GiqueCee Sunday #7
exactly bdamomma Yesterday #12
Chris Murphy LessAspin Sunday #8
The video: Charlotte and Chis Murphy in Stamford 3/28 pat_k Sunday #9
Am I the only one that doesn't see "Tesla protests" as helpful? AllyCat Yesterday #10
It's leverage. EndlessWire Yesterday #13
Please don't increase property taxes Tickle Yesterday #11
Hey, who knows? calimary Yesterday #14

LessAspin

(1,578 posts)
8. Chris Murphy
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 01:46 PM
Sunday

Senator Murphy doing town halls in his home State and still finds time to reach across the aisle to do a town hall for GOP rep John James in Detroit

Chris Murphy is a great American

Sen Chris Murphy and Rep Maxwell Frost doing a John James townhall in Detroit

AllyCat

(17,674 posts)
10. Am I the only one that doesn't see "Tesla protests" as helpful?
Mon Mar 31, 2025, 05:50 AM
Yesterday

I hate the SA Nazi, but our attention protesting car dealerships seems a waste of time. It won’t affect his wealth, because he’s robbing our treasury.

What am I missing?

EndlessWire

(7,653 posts)
13. It's leverage.
Mon Mar 31, 2025, 07:42 AM
Yesterday

Besides, he's on record as having said that if Tesla goes down, he goes down. As in, bankrupt. It's enough of an irritant for him to go on camera and whine about it.

He contributed millions to trump's campaign, apparently to gain access to the power it took to eliminate his own company legal threats via DOGE. It is a simple scheme, when you look at the big picture. trump turned him loose on us, and he is destroying our social infrastructure. Why shouldn't he feel the anger of those that are being harmed by him?

The property destruction should stop, but the protests should go on. He brought it upon himself when he began putting thousands of people out of work. Chain saws and Nazi salutes didn't help him, either. The whiny little bitch should man up and realize that people will fight back. He effs with people's money, and they will eff with his. He's already been asked to step down from Tesla. How embarrassing for President Musk.

Tickle

(3,747 posts)
11. Please don't increase property taxes
Mon Mar 31, 2025, 07:15 AM
Yesterday

I'm on the verge of being forced out of my beautiful state of Connecticut due to property taxes

calimary

(85,613 posts)
14. Hey, who knows?
Mon Mar 31, 2025, 11:12 AM
Yesterday

That little girl, Charlotte Paone, might grow up to be a leader of our party!

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