TSLA is now a meme stock. During the latest earnings call this week, in order to pump the stock, Musk once again made grand promises about upcoming revenue streams he KNOWS he can't deliver on:

- TSLA will have a MILLION robotaxis on the roads sometime next year. He promised exactly this in 2019

They don't even have self-driving software ready to go. Meanwhile, Waymo and others are already on the roads

- He will build these ONE MILLION robotaxis at the Austin Cybertruck plant

This is also a farcical concoction. The plant isn't capable of building a million Model Y's in a year. More like 5 years at capacity, if that

- He will build and sell hundreds of thousands of robots at $20-30,000 each. Again, ridiculous. Where's the market for those at that price and in those numbers.

Tesla sales are falling. Musk has destroyed the brand among the very customers he seeks. Rednecks drive pickups.

The ONLY reason they had any net revenues at all was because of the nearly $600,000,000 in carbon tax credits.

Hell yeah, it's getting serious now.
#4 | Posted by Bluewaffles

Why do we never read about the arrests of CEOs at companies where undocumented workers have been arrested en masse?

Arrest the CEOs and the problem may start to be resolved. But they never do.

If you are an illegal immigrant working in a dangerous meat-packing plant, can you ask the Federal government for help about those dangerous safety conditions? You cannot. And that is one of the reasons why American companies give jobs to illegal immigrants instead of hiring Americans.

LAMPLIGHTER

You never read about the arrests of CEO's of companies where ICE has arrested hundreds of undocumented workers.

Just great (/snark).

Day by day they're gutting safety measures and regulations that keep us from harm.

Face it, Trump and his sycophants couldn't care less about our wellbeing or the wellbeing of America at large.

And with a drunk in charge of the Pentagon, the Chinese are likely having conversations about attacking Taiwan and taking advantage of the fact Hegseth fired the cybersecurity team at the Pentagon who kept hackers at bay. I'd guess a guy who sends war plans on a commercial network instead of the several uber secure government communication programs simply doesn't care.

They're gutting America in every way possible.

Garcia passed his first Homeland Security background check during his asylum application/entry in 2019 during Trump's first term.

He also passed HS background checks in 2020 (Trump president), and every year after that. In every year, they found nothing to hold against him.

On a related note:

The deported Venezuelan, Garcia, who's been in the news so much lately after falsely being accused of being a gang member and deported to an El Salvadoran prison, passed a Homeland Security background check as part of his asylum application entry in 2019, when Trump was president.

He passed background checks every year after that too.

The cards are starting to fall. As they say, "we ain't seen nothin' yet." Things are going to get rough in the coming weeks.

Trump could undo all of his tariffs but the damage he's done to America's image around the world will still mean less U.S. products are exported.

Look for a puff of white smoke from the Anheuser-Busch beer plant.

It'll mean Trump's picked a new Secretary of Defense.

Remember when Trump rushed to North Carolina for a photo op and promised he'd rescue western NC after Joe Biden "failed"? Yeah, well, about that ...
Apparently helping us is "NOT WARRANTED" after all. On Friday, April 11, 2025 FEMA announced the White House has denied North Carolina's request for FEMA to extend full reimbursement for Helene damages.

The state initially requested an extension of 100% of federal costs for debris removal and emergency protective measures. Friday, the agency denied the request stating it was "not warranted."

So much for the hero riding in on his white stallion.

(I'm sure his supporters (especially in NC) will think of excuses to continue their adoration despite this setback)

The only president to have a lower approval rating than Trump's first term at 100 days is ...

(drum roll)

Donald Trump at 100 days in his second term

Whipping inflation on Day 1, ending the Ukraine war on Day 1 to singlehandedly ruining our economy.

Reports are truckers are feeling the pain from the dearth of cargo containers returning to the U.S. empty for storage, soy farmers watching markets crater and fertilizer and other tariff-affected price increases meaning huge losses, and so many other economic effects of Trump's actions already, and those to come.

His poll numbers are already sinking fast. Wait'll the full effects of Trump's tariffs hit.

GRACIE

The Titans and Jags have both sucked bigly. Lets hope the #1 & 2 picks help start turning that around.

Not good.

Now replace Trump with Obama and see how you feel, MAGAts. You'd be calling for his impeachment and storming the capital.

40yrs of FAUX "news".

#25 | Posted by Angrydad

And many before them beginning with Rush Limbaugh who tell their listeners they can't trust journalists, aka "the drive-by media," just their propaganda.

ITCHY

PS I mention this because you said you're a pilot.

The key thrust of the article is that the scientist who developed the software to make this possible has been in an ICE detention center the last 2 months awaiting deportation to Russia, where she fears she'll be persecuted for speaking out against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. For failing to declare samples of frog embryos to be used in scientific research.

A groundbreaking microscope at Harvard Medical School could lead to breakthroughs in cancer detection and research into longevity. But the scientist who developed computer scripts to read its images and unlock its full potential has been in an immigration detention center for two months " putting crucial scientific advancements at risk.

The scientist, the 30-year-old Russian-born Kseniia Petrova, worked at Harvard's renowned Kirschner Lab until her arrest at a Boston airport in mid-February. She is now being held at ICE's Richwood Correctional Center in Monroe, Louisiana, and fighting possible deportation to Russia, where she said she fears persecution and jail time over her protests against the war in Ukraine.

Dr. Leon Peshkin, a principal research scientist at Harvard's Department of Systems Biology and Petrova's manager and mentor, received a call from Customs and Border Protection on Feb. 16 after agents detained Petrova at Logan International Airport in Boston for failing to declare samples of frog embryos to be used in scientific research.

"We just got a call saying, She's denied entry. That's all we can tell you to protect her privacy,'" he said. Peshkin added that the caller didn't disclose Petrova's whereabouts, leaving him scrambling to track her down.

Romanovsky said that CBP typically imposes two penalties for such customs violations: the forfeiture of the items and a fine, usually around $500, and that "for a first-time violation, the fine is typically reduced to $50." Instead, officials canceled Petrova's J-1 scholar visa.

After hours:

Tesla revenues down 20%, income down 71%

WTG, Elon!

ITCHYP

The other day you expressed tacit support for cuts to the National Weather Service.

How would you suggest weather balloons aren't vital to knowing wind direction, speed, possible low level shears, and overall conditions? Pretty important information for any pilot. Radar doesn't catch everything. Important info, and even more important during less than ideal conditions.

I've been a private pilot since I was 18. Having accurate weather conditions and forecasts is vital to safety. Especially if you're cruising at 20,000' on a longer trip.

Trump's the one with 34 felony convictions ... and he was able to skate from 3 more criminal trials by running for office again.

Who's Trump to call Garcia a "criminal" when Trump's the convicted felon?

"Trump's Approval Rating on Economy Hits All-Time Low"

Just wait. You ain't seen nothin' yet! When items from overseas begin filling shelves and people feel the full impacts of his tariff tax on all of us, they won't have anyone else to blame but Trump for the self-imposed hurt Americans will feel to their pocketbooks.

All this noise about firing Fed Chairman Powell if he refuses to lower interest rates is Trump's lashing out because we can expect inflation for the foreseeable future. And that's something that most certainly won't lead to lower interest rates.

He probably claims to be a Christian too, right?

Like Torquemada, if anything.

Many Trump voters will eventually claim they never supported him when his polling hit the floor.

Remember how many Bush cheerleaders suddenly became "libertarians" when his polling hit the floor?

Once again the Catholic Church will face a dilemma at the upcoming conclave. Keep heading in a direction of compassion and tolerance laid out by Pope Francis or hit the brakes with a conservative' new Pope.

#22 | Posted by moder8

If they appoint a conservative expect membership to continue to decline. Francis breated new life into the Catholic Church.

Jesus or Torquemada. Those are the choices.

Trump sure uses DJT stock as a piggy bank.

When everything else in the market (including it) is cratering buyers magically appear to prop up this worthless stock which doesn't even have a P/E ration because it has NEGATIVE earnings (losses after losses).

He just called again.

All I could do was reiterate how inept, incompetent, and self-serving Trump is, to the detriment of Americans.