Pam Spaulding

The Tesla whistleblower and the cost of taking on Elon Musk - podcast Investigative journalist Sönke Iwersen describes his years-long investigation into Tesla, aided by a whistleblower, exposing serious safety concerns over the company’s cars

The whistleblower goes in, exposing "serious safety concerns about Tesla’s famed autopilot, but giving a glimpse into the company culture under the leadership of Elon Musk... ‘Narcissism’."
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If you’re an immigrant with legal status who’s committed 0 crimes you can be sent to a torture prison where you’ll be raped and dehumanized.

If you’re old pals with Trump and ran a pedophile ring you get sent to a cushy minimum security prison despite being ineligible because you’re a sex offender.

FLASHBACK to CBS glory days, reputation now buried. R.I.P.: bsky.app/profile/pams...

@cbsnews.com must respond to its apparent "blindness" to LAPD anti-1stA actions right in front of its cameras. Is it pre-censoring coverage before its Trump-mandated "content hall monitor" weighs in?

Destroying in-field journalistic integrity built by Murrow & Cronkite for 💰 & to please the FELON?

The D response:
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Go for it! We have to make them #ReleaseTheFiles

That definitely needs to be picked up.

MAGA Insider Leaks VP’s Epstein Claims Tim Miller explains the latest chaos consuming Trumpworld: MAGA stars Alex Jones and Tim Dillon openly revolt, JD Vance allegedly leaks secrets over dinner, and Pam Bondi’s Epstein tapes claims implod...

There are flashing 🚨🚨🚨 with Lutnick as the next door neighbor. Alex Jones talked about him being involved recently on a podcast.

Tim Miller talked about it on The Bulwark and showed the clip (10:16 in):
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Just like the inability of pols/media to say when Trump's actions are a "constitutional crisis."

A lay person doesn't need a legal degree to see he's disobeying orders that courts can't enforce.

Direct language puts onus on folks to DO something bc it involves clear public judgment.

TY, @jeffjarvis.bsky.social! It's maddening to see so many writers & editors CHOOSE indirect language, & outright sane-wash what Trump says & does.

His primary tactic IS LYING. Unchallenged on TV or in print by the press. Even when they do call it out, they soft sell.

Editorial malpractice.
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I don't know but just think of how much MAGA energy was put into talking about how they were going to catch all these Democratic pedophiles with the Epstein files. Trump is desperate to put that energy back in the bottle.

We can't look away from these #GOPPredators, esp bc we have a POTUS who cavorted *for years* w/a convicted rapist & sex trafficker of CHILDREN. Tight w/Epstein; teens @ MAL.

Trump could #ReleaseTheFiles & tell #GOPPedoProtector Congress to let survivors testify RIGHT NOW.

What are they hiding?

A South Jersey man and one-time aide to former NJ Gov. Chris Christie has pleaded guilty to possessing and creating child sex abuse images, officials said. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/christie-aide-kevin-tomafsky-pleads-guilty/ar-AA1JzjIU

So 😱🤢 I can't post more details.

SIX YEARS OLD. Life in lockup for the staffer (2010-12) would be too good.

"The NJ Globe says that Kevin Tomafsky also paid to watch a father engage in s*x acts w/a 6-year-old girl."

🧾 Christie Aide Kevin Tomafsky Pleads Guilty
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That's a disgrace. 🤬

That's my NC peeps — doing it at the lege! 👊🏽

#RageAgainstTheRegime #NC

I’m against Alligator Alcatraz, but if anyone deserves to be there it’s Ghislaine Maxwell.

Well, look at this — in print, the future felon convicted of sexual abuse and trafficking of children is referred to as "Madam Maxwell" back in Trump's partying heyday w/Ghislaine & Jeffrey.

They all knew what was going on in that scene.

That's the thing — it doesn't matter to Rs. The only thing about women's health Republicans seem to care about is making women into serial incubators (sorry, just the *non-melenated* ones).

And once the baby's here, well, you're on your own...

He was a great guy in terms of being ahead of his time on LGBTQ rights; his positions on all issues & his experience really put him at the head of the pack then.

It was a mere faux pas. He was the only candidate that took the time to follow up & reached out to "new media."

I'm pretty sure Richardson is in the Epstein files as a client. Side note: I met the late former gov during an HRC 2007 presidential candidate forum. He effed up a Q about LGBTQ rights & called me from his car to try to clean up his messy answer after I blogged it. 😆
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Trump’s Tariffs Are Making Money. That May Make Them Hard to Quit. Shipping containers at the Port of Baltimore. Even before the latest tariffs set in, revenue from taxes collected on imported goods grew drastically this year. The tariffs are a substantial new source of revenue for the federal government. The budget may start to depend on it.

Check out the full head. The NYT has bent over for Orange Felon, no lube:

"The tariffs are a substantial new source of revenue for the federal govt. The budget may start to depend on it."

Trump's econ policy is pickpocket the taxpayer to death.

He thinks we not reject, revolt, launch rebellion.

Q: Why is any credible news org publishing this graph without any context that tariffs are going to be converted into price increases, effectively a tax ON US?

A: News orgs afraid of Trump. Look at this bullsh*t:

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Why the Party Looks the Other Way This parasitic ecosystem could not thrive without the tacit approval of the Democratic establishment. The relationship between the Mothership network and the official party is not adversarial; it is deeply symbiotic. The firm's founders are, as noted, alumni of the DCCC. They didn't just bring their contacts; they brought the "churn and burn" playbook, which was developed and honed inside the party's own campaign arm. They simply privatized the party's dirtiest tactics. This is not a rogue operation; it is an outgrowth. While the network keeps most of the money it raises, it maintains the relationship by funneling a small portion back to the party's central committees. Of the paltry $11 million that makes it to campaigns, approximately half goes to the DNC, DCCC, and DSCC. This provides the party with a trickle of revenue and plausible deniability, allowing it to benefit from the fundraising without taking direct responsibility for the deceptive tactics. In return, the network gains a veneer of official legitimacy. https://open.substack.com/pub/data4democracy/p/the-mothership-vortex-an-investigation?r=10322&utm_medium=ios

It's hard to contain my anger when our country is in an existential crisis, & we're being ripped off *by our own side*.

The founders of this Mothership leech are alumni of the DCCC!! JFC.

"Of the paltry $11 million that makes it to campaigns, approximately half goes to the DNC, DCCC, and DSCC."

Why Ds are failing & not trusted. Spam fundraising email PACs *tolerated by the D party w/a FUNDRAISING EFFICIENCY RATE OF 1.6%* means the party does not deserve your hard-earned 💰.

Give directly to candidates, not the party, until this consultant spam PAC sh*t is shut down.
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And that's apparently where the records and crimes are going to go to die under Trump's DOJ...
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Uphill battle here but solidarity with Texas Democrats- they are standing up for democracy - they deserve all the appreciation and love from around the country for fighting till the end.

My Democratic colleagues and I just left the state of Texas to break quorum and stop Trump’s redistricting power grab.

Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections right before our eyes. But first he’ll have to come through us.

It’s time to fight back.

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#ReleaseTheFiles
Maxwell is a predator, groomer, & a pedophile herself. The victims, incl the late Virginia Giuffre, have spoken, & want to speak.

It's up to the press NOW to do its job.

The WH line is to portray the perverted felon Maxwell as a victim.

NO.

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