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1. “Protests at Tesla's showrooms and charging stations every weekend, and they're just getting bigger. Along the way, they've attracted police presence and now threats of prosecution from the government. Trump and his Attorney General Pambondi have said that any violence aimed at Tesla vehicles or property would be prosecuted as domestic terrorism. This is all very Trump in the sense that there is not actually a specific federal domestic terrorism law, but you know, Trump. In any case, these protests seem like they're working. Tesla's stock price has been sinking. New car registrations are down, and merely owning a Tesla, especially a cybertruck, has become uncomfortably political for a lot of people.”

   2025-03-20 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · The movement to take down Tesla · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

2. “Hello and welcome to Decoder. I'm Neil Patela, editor in chief of the Verge. And Decoder is my show about Big Ideas and other problems. Today, we're talking about the protests against Tesla, which have been branded on social media under the hashtag Tesla takedown. Those protests are, of course, a reaction to Elon Musk, who has managed to install himself as basically the not-so-shadow president, and is tearing the federal government apart, leaving confusion and destruction in his wake. It's fair to say that quite a lot of people are very unhappy with that state of affairs. And because Elon is not an elected official, but is in fact a car salesman, many of those frustrated and angry people are taking aim at the most visible and accessible symbol of his wealth and power, Tesla itself.”

   2025-03-20 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · The movement to take down Tesla · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT