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"sales in [Germany] fall by more than 70%... Sales in China... falling by 49%...

Last week, the automaker’s stock had its worst day since 2020, as its Musk-induced problems coincided with historic #market volatility under Donald Trump’s new #tariff plans.

Board members, executives, & major investors in #Tesla are jumping ship. Four top officers at the company have unloaded more than $100 million in #stock"
newrepublic.com/post/192856/el

Canada’s new leader announces $4.2 billion Australian radar purchase on visit to Arctic Circle

"Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday announced a radar purchase from Australia and an expansion of military operations in the Arctic while visiting Canada’s far north in an effort to assert sovereignty over the increasingly contested region."

apnews.com/article/canada-carn

Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, meets with Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok at the Nunavut Commissioner's official residence in Iqaluit, Nunavut, on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)
AP News · Canada's new prime minister announces Australian radar purchase while visiting edge of Arctic CircleBy Rob Gillies
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Elon Musk Whines That Everyone Is Being Mean to Him

Elon Musk truly doesn’t understand why people hate his guts.
newrepublic.com/post/192856/el

" #Tesla comprises the majority of Musk’s net worth—but the carmaker’s ongoing 8-week slump is largely due to a #global brand #boycott.

Company #stock is down by 50% so far this year, and analysts have faulted Musk’s reputational shift for the automaker’s financial woes."

#ElonMusk#Musk#Coup

"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday that a vow by Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin not to attack energy infrastructure was 'very much at odds with reality' following an overnight barrage of drone strikes across the country."

@AssociatedPress says Zelenskyy is scheduled to speak with President Trump today: flip.it/kzqbCE

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks, during a joint press conference with Finland's President Alexander Stubb, at the Presidential Palace, in Helsinki, Finland, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva via AP)
AP News · Zelenskyy says Putin’s vow not to hit Ukraine's energy infrastructure 'at odds with reality'By Hanna Arhirova
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DOGE Seizes Control of Independent Org Dedicated to Peace

Following a #police standoff, Elon Musk’s lackeys took over the nonprofit’s HQ in what its former leader referred to as an “illegal takeover.”
vanityfair.com/news/story/doge

"More than 40 years ago, #Congress established the #US Institute of #Peace (USIP) as an “independent, nonprofit, national institute” to “promote #international peace & the resolution of conflicts.”

#Doge just took it over."

Putin's agreement of ceasefire doesn't even last hours before he broke it in latest attacks on Ukraine, including on its energy sectors.

“Even last night, after Putin’s conversation with DT, when Putin said that he was allegedly giving orders to stop strikes on Ukrainian energy, there were 150 drones launched overnight, including on energy facilities,” Zelenskyy said at a news conference in Helsinki with Finnish President Alexander Stubb.

apnews.com/article/ukraine-rus

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks, during a joint press conference with Finland's President Alexander Stubb, at the Presidential Palace, in Helsinki, Finland, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva via AP)
AP News · Zelenskyy says Putin’s vow not to hit Ukraine's energy infrastructure 'at odds with reality'By Hanna Arhirova