Tesla’s Market Share Plunges
Here’s a conversation with some readers:
Reader A: Musk’s behavior and comments are among the reasons I will not ever buy a Tesla.
Reader B: I have heard a lot of people say this, and I know people who canceled orders as a result of Musk’s behavior. But some who commented on the original article declared these mere anecdotes. My point was, he is impacting the company. They prefer to believe he isn’t, but that’s living in a fantasy world where every Musk decision is really a sort of genius we just can’t understand.
Reader C: The day he said “I forgot you’re still alive” to Bernie Sanders I knew I would never give him a cent.
Me: First, let’s look at the headline, and try to understand what it means relative to Tesla’s financial viability. Their market cap isn’t plunging; their market share is, which may be expected as the entire host of traditional auto OEMs convert their fleets to electric.
To the point you folks are making, there are many people who simply won’t support such a hateful person, and I’m one of them. It would not surprise me to watch “X,” Tesla, etc. take huge hits over the coming years.
From National Public Radio:
As all politicians know, language is a powerful thing, and there is no law that says that the meaning of words can’t be twisted so as to favor a certain person, party, etc.
Of the many things that make another Trump presidency most dangerous is the fact that he’s completely open about his intention to use the justice system to assemble an authoritarian nation in which rules with an iron fist.
The ultra-conservative Heritage Foundation “wants you to join the fight for free and fair elections by completing our National Survey on Election Fraud.”
The meme here is from David Cay Johnson, 
Here’s what Katie Porter would like to get done as a U.S. senator, which would, if enacted, bring the United States in line with the rest of the developed countries on Earth.
It will be interesting to see how today’s Trump supporters will come to be regarded by history, provided, of course, that Trumpism is eventually revealed to be anti-democratic authoritarianism and is ultimately rejected as a valid form of government in America.
What Trump says here is correct; it was his capacity to add three conservatives to the U.S. Supreme Court that brought an end to a woman’s right to choose an abortion.
Republicans have impeded everything the Democrats have proposed. Isn’t that “something?” In fact, isn’t that their calling?
