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"content": "\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Labor leaders and officials across the state said they’ll continue to pressure the California Public Utilities Commission to put meaningful guardrails on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/autonomous-vehicles\">autonomous vehicles\u003c/a>, namely in the form of giving local governments more say when robotaxis are deployed in their cities. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chanting slogans like “Our streets! Our safety! Our say,” Uber and Lyft drivers and public sector employees rallied outside the CPUC’s meeting on Thursday in San Francisco, as driverless Waymo cars made their way around them on Van Ness Avenue. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The state regulator is in the \u003ca href=\"https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Published/G000/M624/K128/624128822.PDF\">process\u003c/a> of adopting new rules for autonomous vehicles — including when companies can be exempt from those rules and when the approval process should be streamlined. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One such exemption granted to Amazon’s Zoox allows the company to operate “purpose-built” autonomous vehicles on the road that don’t have traditional vehicle equipment for human drivers, like steering wheels or pedals. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/250730-WAYMOFILE_00136_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12064736\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/250730-WAYMOFILE_00136_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/250730-WAYMOFILE_00136_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/250730-WAYMOFILE_00136_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Zoox autonomous vehicle drives through 16th Street and Potrero in San Francisco on July 22, 2025. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Agencies like the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency or the San Francisco County Transportation Authority and unions representing drivers generally support that reinstating suspended AV permits be under the commission’s authority. Zoox, however, wants staff to have the authority to reinstate those suspended permits, even when the reason for suspension was “an unreasonable risk to the AV carriers’ passengers,” according to the proposed rules. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After previously allowing AV operators to expand unfettered, cities and labor leaders are intensifying scrutiny of the companies after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12089915/sf-supe-to-launch-inquiry-on-waymos-july-fourth-traffic-meltdown\">vehicle meltdowns during major events\u003c/a> — like San Francisco’s July 4th traffic fiasco — and emergencies. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Workers rallying at the CPUC on Thursday cited these \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12074861/waymo-to-report-on-mass-stranding-event-during-sf-december-blackout\">robotaxi freezes during power outages\u003c/a> as a need for tighter regulations, instead of allowing companies to regulate themselves. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They also criticized a proposal to allow AV companies to expand service onto highways, at airports and even new cities without input from local leaders and emergency personnel who are directly impacted by AVs, including when they malfunction. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And, of course, the threat of putting many drivers and others in the transportation industry out of jobs, workers said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joseph Augusto, a San Francisco-based ride-hail driver, said he’s had enough negative interactions with driverless cars that he doesn’t want any more of what he calls “surprise expansions.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We think that it’s important that the local municipalities and local officials, first responders, are aware of what’s happening in their city,” Augusto said. “We want everyone to have a say that should have a say and make sure everything runs a little smoother than they have been.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vikkas Shanker has been driving for Lyft and Uber for the last 11 years in and around Fresno. In that time, he’s been able to understand the city and its streets “better than any robot” could, he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I worry about a future where AVs are allowed to expand into my community in Fresno without input from the people who know our roads,” he said, adding that he wants the CPUC to mandate that AV companies give cities and counties advance notice before autonomous vehicles are allowed to deploy.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Waymo also came under fire last year after one of the company’s autonomous vehicles hit and killed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062777/san-francisco-supervisor-calls-for-robotaxi-reform-after-waymo-kills-neighborhood-cat\">a beloved bodega cat\u003c/a> in the Mission. In the wake of that incident, Supervisor Jackie Fielder called for legislation to let voters decide if they want AVs in their cities, but she told workers on Thursday that her colleagues “watered down the legislation, perhaps to appease their campaign benefactors.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I don’t know any other regulating body in the United States that allows for corporations to dictate their own regulations,” Fielder said at Thursday’s rally. “At a time when every level of government is already beholden to corporate spending in elections, we need regulators like the CPUC to maintain independence and rein in corporations like Waymo and Zoox.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Supervisor Bilal Mahmood, who has also been critical of AVs in the city, rallied for more control at the local level.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-12_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12090127\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-12_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-12_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-12_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Supervisor Bilal Mahmood speaks during a rally for survivors of sexual assault and harassment at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco on July 7, 2026. (Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“San Francisco’s streets belong to the people of San Francisco and not the corporations who operate on them,” he said. “When decisions are made about our streets, the people who live and work here deserve a seat at the table. That includes our workers, our drivers, our transit operators, our emergency responders, and every San Franciscan who depends on safe, accessible streets.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Raj Singh, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265 and a bus operator with Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, said bus drivers make split-second decisions every day to keep people safe, whether that be passengers, pedestrians or other drivers. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Public safety cannot be an experiment conducted on our streets without accountability,” Singh said. “Let me be clear: we are not against technology. We welcome progress, but progress without accountability is not progress we should blindly accept.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the meeting, nearly three dozen people spoke against the CPUC’s proposal, claiming it doesn’t give local leaders enough authority over autonomous vehicles. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">San Diego City Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera told the CPUC that airports should have their own review process. The CPUC’s current proposal would no longer require AV companies to get a separate approval notice before starting airport service, provided they have airport permission.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“This decision asks the public to trust autonomous vehicle companies to decide for themselves what the public needs to know and what is material to public safety. Airports deserve their own review,” he said. “Deployment at these sites should require an airport-specific safety review, reporting, and public disclosure of airport authorization. It should not hinge solely on an email notice sent to staff.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">San Francisco Deputy City Attorney Andrew Angeles \u003ca href=\"https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Efile/G000/M621/K751/621751926.PDF\">wrote to the CPUC in September\u003c/a> that AV companies should have airport-specific plans that address the “unique passenger safety and security risks” and airports should be able to weigh in before AVs are allowed on their roadways.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“With proper oversight by the Commission, California could become a model for the nation. We look forward to further development of sensible regulations that balance the drive for implementing new transportation technologies with the challenge of smart transportation planning and public safety.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The board ultimately decided to postpone their vote until their next voting meeting on Nov. 19. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“That means we made them think about it,” Cindy Reyes, research staff at SEIU 1021, told the crowd outside of the meeting. “We made them pause on a decision that was going to be very problematic.”\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Labor leaders and officials across the state said they’ll continue to pressure the California Public Utilities Commission to put meaningful guardrails on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/autonomous-vehicles\">autonomous vehicles\u003c/a>, namely in the form of giving local governments more say when robotaxis are deployed in their cities. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chanting slogans like “Our streets! Our safety! Our say,” Uber and Lyft drivers and public sector employees rallied outside the CPUC’s meeting on Thursday in San Francisco, as driverless Waymo cars made their way around them on Van Ness Avenue. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The state regulator is in the \u003ca href=\"https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Published/G000/M624/K128/624128822.PDF\">process\u003c/a> of adopting new rules for autonomous vehicles — including when companies can be exempt from those rules and when the approval process should be streamlined. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One such exemption granted to Amazon’s Zoox allows the company to operate “purpose-built” autonomous vehicles on the road that don’t have traditional vehicle equipment for human drivers, like steering wheels or pedals. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/250730-WAYMOFILE_00136_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12064736\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/250730-WAYMOFILE_00136_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/250730-WAYMOFILE_00136_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/250730-WAYMOFILE_00136_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Zoox autonomous vehicle drives through 16th Street and Potrero in San Francisco on July 22, 2025. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Agencies like the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency or the San Francisco County Transportation Authority and unions representing drivers generally support that reinstating suspended AV permits be under the commission’s authority. Zoox, however, wants staff to have the authority to reinstate those suspended permits, even when the reason for suspension was “an unreasonable risk to the AV carriers’ passengers,” according to the proposed rules. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After previously allowing AV operators to expand unfettered, cities and labor leaders are intensifying scrutiny of the companies after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12089915/sf-supe-to-launch-inquiry-on-waymos-july-fourth-traffic-meltdown\">vehicle meltdowns during major events\u003c/a> — like San Francisco’s July 4th traffic fiasco — and emergencies. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Workers rallying at the CPUC on Thursday cited these \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12074861/waymo-to-report-on-mass-stranding-event-during-sf-december-blackout\">robotaxi freezes during power outages\u003c/a> as a need for tighter regulations, instead of allowing companies to regulate themselves. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They also criticized a proposal to allow AV companies to expand service onto highways, at airports and even new cities without input from local leaders and emergency personnel who are directly impacted by AVs, including when they malfunction. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And, of course, the threat of putting many drivers and others in the transportation industry out of jobs, workers said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joseph Augusto, a San Francisco-based ride-hail driver, said he’s had enough negative interactions with driverless cars that he doesn’t want any more of what he calls “surprise expansions.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We think that it’s important that the local municipalities and local officials, first responders, are aware of what’s happening in their city,” Augusto said. “We want everyone to have a say that should have a say and make sure everything runs a little smoother than they have been.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vikkas Shanker has been driving for Lyft and Uber for the last 11 years in and around Fresno. In that time, he’s been able to understand the city and its streets “better than any robot” could, he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I worry about a future where AVs are allowed to expand into my community in Fresno without input from the people who know our roads,” he said, adding that he wants the CPUC to mandate that AV companies give cities and counties advance notice before autonomous vehicles are allowed to deploy.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Waymo also came under fire last year after one of the company’s autonomous vehicles hit and killed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062777/san-francisco-supervisor-calls-for-robotaxi-reform-after-waymo-kills-neighborhood-cat\">a beloved bodega cat\u003c/a> in the Mission. In the wake of that incident, Supervisor Jackie Fielder called for legislation to let voters decide if they want AVs in their cities, but she told workers on Thursday that her colleagues “watered down the legislation, perhaps to appease their campaign benefactors.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I don’t know any other regulating body in the United States that allows for corporations to dictate their own regulations,” Fielder said at Thursday’s rally. “At a time when every level of government is already beholden to corporate spending in elections, we need regulators like the CPUC to maintain independence and rein in corporations like Waymo and Zoox.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Supervisor Bilal Mahmood, who has also been critical of AVs in the city, rallied for more control at the local level.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-12_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12090127\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-12_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-12_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-12_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Supervisor Bilal Mahmood speaks during a rally for survivors of sexual assault and harassment at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco on July 7, 2026. (Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“San Francisco’s streets belong to the people of San Francisco and not the corporations who operate on them,” he said. “When decisions are made about our streets, the people who live and work here deserve a seat at the table. That includes our workers, our drivers, our transit operators, our emergency responders, and every San Franciscan who depends on safe, accessible streets.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Raj Singh, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265 and a bus operator with Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, said bus drivers make split-second decisions every day to keep people safe, whether that be passengers, pedestrians or other drivers. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Public safety cannot be an experiment conducted on our streets without accountability,” Singh said. “Let me be clear: we are not against technology. We welcome progress, but progress without accountability is not progress we should blindly accept.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the meeting, nearly three dozen people spoke against the CPUC’s proposal, claiming it doesn’t give local leaders enough authority over autonomous vehicles. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">San Diego City Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera told the CPUC that airports should have their own review process. The CPUC’s current proposal would no longer require AV companies to get a separate approval notice before starting airport service, provided they have airport permission.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“This decision asks the public to trust autonomous vehicle companies to decide for themselves what the public needs to know and what is material to public safety. 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"content": "\u003cp>During the second day of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12081603/elon-musk-takes-aim-at-openai-as-trial-begins-its-not-ok-to-steal-a-charity\">landmark trial between Sam Altman and Elon Musk\u003c/a>, the Tesla founder told the Oakland courthouse that he was a “fool” to fund OpenAI through its early years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Testifying in the lawsuit he brought against Altman, which claims the company’s creators betrayed their mission for profits, Musk suggested Wednesday that Altman and cofounder Greg Brockman wanted to “have your cake and eat it too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you go nonprofit, you’ve got a sort of moral high ground,” he testified.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Musk’s testimony tells one version of founding OpenAI: that he, fearing the dangers of artificial intelligence, pursued its development with the goal of benefiting the common good, alongside, he thought, like-minded collaborators. But behind the scenes, those cofounders engaged in a “long con” to profit at his expense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What they really wanted was a for-profit, where they could make as much money as possible,” Musk said later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether the jury believes him will be integral to the decision they’re tasked with making, as they determine whether OpenAI breached charitable trust and engaged in unjust enrichment as it evolved from a nonprofit organization to its current $730 billion iteration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under cross-examination, Altman’s attorney, William Savitt, questioned Musk’s story and credibility as an altruistic benefactor. 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Shortly thereafter, discussions over the structure collapsed, and Musk stopped making significant quarterly funding contributions, OpenAI alleges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He left the company less than six months later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Savitt framed the breakdown and Musk’s exit as a result of his not getting control of the for-profit, and the other executives’ focus on maintaining its philanthropic mission. 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Instead, he alleged that Altman convinced Brockman and the others to go against his proposal, and that their concern over his desire for control was disingenuous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not going to fund something if I don’t have confidence in the people,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked whether he proposed that OpenAI be folded into Tesla, Musk said: “There were a lot of ideas that were brainstormed at the time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an email, he wrote that doing so would be the “only path that could even hope to hold a candle to Google.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Musk said he left OpenAI in February 2018 because he was focused on Tesla’s survival, and believed that OpenAI intended to continue operating as a nonprofit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Savitt also laid out a series of exchanges between Musk and Altman, in which the OpenAI CEO kept him apprised of the company’s corporate structure. He said in March 2018, Musk responded to an email that noted the creation of a for-profit entity of OpenAI with “OK by me,” and was sent a term sheet for OpenAI LP that summer.[aside postID=news_12081290 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260422-ALTMANMUSK-MD-01-KQED.jpg']Savitt also said Altman emailed Musk a draft of the company’s public announcement of its for-profit arm in March 2019, and texted him asking if he had time to talk about Microsoft’s plan to invest in OpenAI. Musk never responded to that text, according to Savitt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Musk said he was busy with his other companies in 2018, and while he was aware that it had added a for-profit entity, he hadn’t lost complete faith in the company. 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Tesla is also \u003ca href=\"https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2026/01/26/tesla-fremont-factory-expansion.html\">leasing additional space\u003c/a> near its existing factory to support the company’s work in AI, engineering, and, of course, robotics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fremont Mayor Raj Salwan said city officials are “delighted” by Musk’s announcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tesla’s Fremont facility evolving into robotics manufacturing is a vote of confidence in our workforce, supplier ecosystem, and advanced manufacturing base,” Salwan wrote to KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tesla said it plans to unveil the third generation of Optimus later this quarter, calling it the company’s first design intended for mass production, intended to be used for factory work, household tasks and caregiving. 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But that may have more to do with his desire to justify his\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/11/06/nx-s1-5596440/tesla-musk-2025-trillion-dollar-compensation-vote\"> outsize Tesla pay package\u003c/a>, involving up to $1 trillion worth of Tesla stock, than his penchant for predicting the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Musk’s personal move to Texas in 2020, his decision to move \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11995900/elon-musk-says-hes-moving-spacex-x-headquarters-from-california-to-texas\">SpaceX and Tesla headquarters \u003c/a>to Austin in 2021, his \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101904725/the-extremely-hardcore-story-of-elon-musks-twitter-takeover\">takeover of Twitter\u003c/a> in 2022, his \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071559/growing-wave-of-silicon-valley-workers-condemns-ice-as-c-suites-split-over-fear-of-trump\">support for the Trump administration\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029281/musks-costly-cuts-x-will-doge-trump-face-similar-fallout\">leadership of DOGE\u003c/a> in 2025 have alienated many Californians. 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Vaughn said that line workers and supervisors alike referred to him using a slur on a regular basis and that Tesla did not investigate after he complained in writing to the human resources department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, Vaughn said, Tesla fired him for “not having a positive attitude” six months after he started the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11992305\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11992305\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/TeslaFremont.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1265\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/TeslaFremont.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/TeslaFremont-800x527.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/TeslaFremont-1020x672.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/TeslaFremont-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/TeslaFremont-1536x1012.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A row of new Tesla Superchargers seen outside of the Tesla Factory on Aug. 16, 2013, in Fremont, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The ruling is a meaningful legal victory for Tesla, but the company still faces multiple lawsuits alleging pervasive race discrimination and other forms of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101854776/foreign-workers-at-tesla-spotlight-a-visa-system-vulnerable-to-fraud\">worker mistreatment\u003c/a> at its \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11662641/tesla-says-its-factory-is-safer-but-it-left-injuries-off-the-books\">Fremont factory\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which enforces federal anti-discrimination laws, has also brought \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/legal/tesla-appears-unlikely-nix-us-suit-alleging-bias-against-black-workers-2024-03-28/\">race discrimination claims\u003c/a> against Tesla in federal court in California, and state regulators at the California Department of Fair Employment & Housing \u003ca href=\"https://omny.fm/shows/kqed-segmented-audio/tesla-sued-over-disturbing-reports-of-workplace-ra\">are suing\u003c/a> in Alameda County Superior Court. The company has\u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-settles-black-employees-lawsuit-alleging-pervasive-harassment-2025-04-17/\"> settled other race discrimination lawsuits\u003c/a> involving individual plaintiffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the wake of the class-action denial, plaintiffs’ lawyers said they intend to press on with a host of individual lawsuits. They’ve already filed more than 500 and plan to eventually file more than 900.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tesla has jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire with this decertification, because they are now facing hundreds of victims of race harassment seeking damages in their own suits,” wrote the plaintiffs’ co-lead counsel Bryan J. Schwartz.[aside postID=news_12063980 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231005-TRUCK-GETTY-KQED-1020x680.jpg']Tesla and its attorneys did not respond to requests for comment on Monday, but the board has stated to investors that the company remains “committed to creating and maintaining a respectful and inclusive workplace, and the steps we have taken to prevent and address harassment and discrimination throughout our workforce, and will continue to challenge and defend ourselves against any allegations to the contrary.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s performance at the electric vehicle maker has been both celebrated and dogged by persistent reports of erratic behavior. But at least as regards labor law, his largely \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101907450/lawsuits-against-national-labor-relations-board-could-cloud-future-of-organized-labor\">successful pushback\u003c/a> against the National Labor Relations Board’s attempts to rein in labor practices at his various companies is widely seen as indicating a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101911701/federal-workers-face-new-round-of-layoffs-as-labor-rights-under-attack\">troubled future for the NLRB\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have prominent people that are close to the White House saying that, really, employment discrimination laws should not have existed in the first place,” said Gould, the Stanford law professor emeritus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gould said many employees following news headlines may steer clear of lawsuits like Vaughn et al v. 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"content": "\u003cp>Many of the country’s most contested issues and hottest partisan politics are playing out in a race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The election is Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the state level, abortion rights, voting rights and the powers of public employee unions could all be in \u003ca href=\"https://www.wuwm.com/meet-the-candidates-running-in-the-2025-wisconsin-supreme-court-election\">the balance in future court rulings.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And impacting the national scene, the court could determine whether the state redraws its congressional districts along lines that end up narrowing or ending the majority that Republicans hold in the U.S. House of Representatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Money is pouring in from around the country, with millions of dollars in support of the conservative candidate coming from billionaire Elon Musk, who visited the state Sunday night for a rally donning a cheesehead hat. \u003ca href=\"https://www.wpr.org/news/elon-musk-wisconsin-supreme-court-race-green-bay-visit-million-dollar-checks\">He handed out $1 million\u003c/a> to two people after a legal back-and-forth on whether the money amounted to bribing voters. The liberal candidate has received millions in support from billionaire George Soros, Illinois Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker, a Wisconsin philanthropist and others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spending on both sides is expected to reach $100 million, \u003ca href=\"https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/most-expensive-races\">which is more than all but a few U.S. Senate \u003c/a>races each cost last year. It’s the most \u003ca href=\"https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/most-expensive-judicial-election-ever\">expensive state judge race ever\u003c/a>, says The Brennan Center for Justice, a non-partisan think tank and democracy advocacy group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wisconsin’s a swing state where President Trump narrowly defeated Kamala Harris in 2024. There’s a Democratic governor, Tony Evers, and a Republican-controlled legislature. Tuesday’s vote could be the first measure of Trump’s popularity and Democrats’ energy after the election five months ago. It could also be a referendum on \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/03/03/nx-s1-5300147/why-elon-musk-is-pouring-money-into-a-state-supreme-court-race-in-wisconsin\">Trump’s close adviser, Musk.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034030\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034030\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates Brad Schimel and Susan Crawford shake hands before a debate Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in Milwaukee. \u003ccite>(Morry Gash/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Two county judges face off for a seat opening on the court\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Supreme Court races are non-partisan in Wisconsin, so there won’t be a “D” or an “R” next to the justices’ names on the ballot, but they are generally described as either liberal or conservative. This race would replace one of the four liberal-leaning judges on the seven-judge court for a 10-year term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.wuwm.com/meet-the-candidates-running-in-the-2025-wisconsin-supreme-court-election\">Both candidates are county judges\u003c/a>. Brad Schimel is a Waukesha County judge and former Republican Wisconsin attorney general. He’s endorsed by Trump. Dane County Judge Susan Crawford was endorsed by former President Barack Obama last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crawford worked as an assistant state attorney general and as chief legal counsel for former Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle. Schimel was Waukesha’s district attorney and was elected state attorney general but lost a bid for a second term in that position in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.wpr.org/news/campaign-finance-wisconsin-supreme-court-crawford-schimel-100m\">With the heavy spending,\u003c/a> voters are being barraged with ads on television, websites and mail by both campaigns and independent groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034033\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034033\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1205\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-1.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-1-800x603.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-1-1020x768.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-1-160x121.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-1-1536x1157.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel speaks to supporters in Waukesha, Wis., before boarding his campaign bus on March 22. \u003ccite>(Chuck Quirmbach/WUWM)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The issues: Abortion rights, voter ID, unions\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The race has teed up many of the same issues as the last presidential election. On abortion rights, Crawford accuses Schimel of supporting an 1849 state law that is still on the books and before the court. It was used to block abortion in Wisconsin for over a year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion in 2022. Currently, abortion is legal up to about 20 weeks of pregnancy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12033066 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/paypal-mafia_web-img-1020x574.png']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schimel acknowledges he has said the 1849 law is valid but says that abortion should be up to “\u003ca href=\"https://www.wuwm.com/government-politics/2025-03-13/crawford-schimel-square-off-over-abortion-trump-and-musk-in-wisconsin-supreme-court-debate\">the will of the people.\u003c/a>” Democrats note he’s \u003ca href=\"https://archive.jsonline.com/blogs/news/280308632.html\">opposed abortion in the past\u003c/a>. Crawford talks about how she represented Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin when she was a private attorney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wisconsin is also home to one of the country’s biggest battles over labor rights. As an attorney, Crawford worked for teachers opposed to a 2011 law prohibiting most public employees from collective bargaining. A judge\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/12/07/nx-s1-5217931/wisconsin-court-strikes-down-controversial-law-in-a-win-for-labor\"> recently blocked that law,\u003c/a> which could be headed to the state supreme court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Schimel has said he’ll vote yes on a measure also on the ballot Tuesday to place voter ID requirements in the state constitution. Crawford says she doesn’t think a judicial candidate should take a public position on something that could end up being interpreted by the court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Schimel campaign has also deployed an issue that GOP candidates say worked for them in 2024 — opposition to transgender rights. One campaign ad features a woman saying Crawford “sides with” radicals in favor of allowing “transitioning male teachers” in girls’ bathrooms at school. Advocates for transgender rights say it’s an example of fearmongering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034034\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034034\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1205\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1-800x603.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1-1020x768.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1-160x121.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1-1536x1157.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dane County Judge Susan Crawford, candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, prepares to speak at a campaign stop at Racine County Democratic Party headquarters. \u003ccite>(Chuck Quirmbach/WUWM)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Musk’s millions, his paid petition and the outside money\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Elon Musk and groups linked to him have reportedly spent at least $20 million in support of Schimel. The Associated Press reports that they have run misleading \u003ca href=\"https://www.wokv.com/news/politics/group-funded-by-elon/JBIAGCSPRNBF5OQFMTVOP3B4AU/\">ads that appear to be from the Crawford\u003c/a> camp and highlight controversial buzzwords. Musk has also offered $100 to anyone who signs a petition against “activist judges” and gave away \u003ca href=\"https://www.wpr.org/news/elon-musk-wisconsin-visit-giveaway-supreme-court-race-schimel-crawford\">$1 million to two petition signers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Musk says he’s interested in the race because the court has power over redistricting for congressional elections and that if Crawford wins, “then the Democrats will attempt to \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/america/status/1903560997685891140\">redraw the districts\u003c/a> and cause Wisconsin to lose two Republican seats.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crawford supporters have highlighted Musk’s involvement. “Elon Musk is really trying to buy a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court,” \u003ca>Crawford says.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have no control over whatever any outside group does. I will enforce the law. I will apply the law the way the legislature has written it,” Schimel said in the one campaign debate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Musk has a matter in Wisconsin courts as CEO of Tesla. In January, the automaker sued seeking an \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/tesla-musk-wisconsin-supreme-court-dealerships-101d7608d69dda61aeaf6ebee7903d2b\">exemption from a state law \u003c/a>that bans car manufacturers from selling directly to consumers — as Tesla does — instead of going through dealers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crawford says his spending far exceeds her top donors. Her biggest financial backer appears to be Wisconsin philanthropist Lynde Uihlein, who the Brennan Center says has given $6.2 million. Soros has given $2 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was written by NPR’s Larry Kaplow with reporting from Chuck Quirmbach and Maayan Silver of WUWM and Rich Kremer and Anya van Wagtendonk of Wisconsin Public Radio.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Money is pouring in from around the country, with millions of dollars in support of the conservative candidate coming from billionaire Elon Musk, who visited the state Sunday night for a rally donning a cheesehead hat. \u003ca href=\"https://www.wpr.org/news/elon-musk-wisconsin-supreme-court-race-green-bay-visit-million-dollar-checks\">He handed out $1 million\u003c/a> to two people after a legal back-and-forth on whether the money amounted to bribing voters. The liberal candidate has received millions in support from billionaire George Soros, Illinois Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker, a Wisconsin philanthropist and others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spending on both sides is expected to reach $100 million, \u003ca href=\"https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/most-expensive-races\">which is more than all but a few U.S. Senate \u003c/a>races each cost last year. It’s the most \u003ca href=\"https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/most-expensive-judicial-election-ever\">expensive state judge race ever\u003c/a>, says The Brennan Center for Justice, a non-partisan think tank and democracy advocacy group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wisconsin’s a swing state where President Trump narrowly defeated Kamala Harris in 2024. There’s a Democratic governor, Tony Evers, and a Republican-controlled legislature. Tuesday’s vote could be the first measure of Trump’s popularity and Democrats’ energy after the election five months ago. It could also be a referendum on \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/03/03/nx-s1-5300147/why-elon-musk-is-pouring-money-into-a-state-supreme-court-race-in-wisconsin\">Trump’s close adviser, Musk.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034030\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034030\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates Brad Schimel and Susan Crawford shake hands before a debate Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in Milwaukee. \u003ccite>(Morry Gash/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Two county judges face off for a seat opening on the court\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Supreme Court races are non-partisan in Wisconsin, so there won’t be a “D” or an “R” next to the justices’ names on the ballot, but they are generally described as either liberal or conservative. This race would replace one of the four liberal-leaning judges on the seven-judge court for a 10-year term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.wuwm.com/meet-the-candidates-running-in-the-2025-wisconsin-supreme-court-election\">Both candidates are county judges\u003c/a>. Brad Schimel is a Waukesha County judge and former Republican Wisconsin attorney general. He’s endorsed by Trump. Dane County Judge Susan Crawford was endorsed by former President Barack Obama last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crawford worked as an assistant state attorney general and as chief legal counsel for former Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle. Schimel was Waukesha’s district attorney and was elected state attorney general but lost a bid for a second term in that position in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.wpr.org/news/campaign-finance-wisconsin-supreme-court-crawford-schimel-100m\">With the heavy spending,\u003c/a> voters are being barraged with ads on television, websites and mail by both campaigns and independent groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034033\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034033\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1205\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-1.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-1-800x603.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-1-1020x768.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-1-160x121.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-1-1536x1157.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel speaks to supporters in Waukesha, Wis., before boarding his campaign bus on March 22. \u003ccite>(Chuck Quirmbach/WUWM)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The issues: Abortion rights, voter ID, unions\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The race has teed up many of the same issues as the last presidential election. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schimel acknowledges he has said the 1849 law is valid but says that abortion should be up to “\u003ca href=\"https://www.wuwm.com/government-politics/2025-03-13/crawford-schimel-square-off-over-abortion-trump-and-musk-in-wisconsin-supreme-court-debate\">the will of the people.\u003c/a>” Democrats note he’s \u003ca href=\"https://archive.jsonline.com/blogs/news/280308632.html\">opposed abortion in the past\u003c/a>. Crawford talks about how she represented Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin when she was a private attorney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wisconsin is also home to one of the country’s biggest battles over labor rights. As an attorney, Crawford worked for teachers opposed to a 2011 law prohibiting most public employees from collective bargaining. A judge\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/12/07/nx-s1-5217931/wisconsin-court-strikes-down-controversial-law-in-a-win-for-labor\"> recently blocked that law,\u003c/a> which could be headed to the state supreme court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Schimel has said he’ll vote yes on a measure also on the ballot Tuesday to place voter ID requirements in the state constitution. Crawford says she doesn’t think a judicial candidate should take a public position on something that could end up being interpreted by the court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Schimel campaign has also deployed an issue that GOP candidates say worked for them in 2024 — opposition to transgender rights. One campaign ad features a woman saying Crawford “sides with” radicals in favor of allowing “transitioning male teachers” in girls’ bathrooms at school. Advocates for transgender rights say it’s an example of fearmongering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034034\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034034\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1205\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1-800x603.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1-1020x768.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1-160x121.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1-1536x1157.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dane County Judge Susan Crawford, candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, prepares to speak at a campaign stop at Racine County Democratic Party headquarters. \u003ccite>(Chuck Quirmbach/WUWM)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Musk’s millions, his paid petition and the outside money\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Elon Musk and groups linked to him have reportedly spent at least $20 million in support of Schimel. The Associated Press reports that they have run misleading \u003ca href=\"https://www.wokv.com/news/politics/group-funded-by-elon/JBIAGCSPRNBF5OQFMTVOP3B4AU/\">ads that appear to be from the Crawford\u003c/a> camp and highlight controversial buzzwords. Musk has also offered $100 to anyone who signs a petition against “activist judges” and gave away \u003ca href=\"https://www.wpr.org/news/elon-musk-wisconsin-visit-giveaway-supreme-court-race-schimel-crawford\">$1 million to two petition signers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Musk says he’s interested in the race because the court has power over redistricting for congressional elections and that if Crawford wins, “then the Democrats will attempt to \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/america/status/1903560997685891140\">redraw the districts\u003c/a> and cause Wisconsin to lose two Republican seats.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crawford supporters have highlighted Musk’s involvement. “Elon Musk is really trying to buy a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court,” \u003ca>Crawford says.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have no control over whatever any outside group does. I will enforce the law. 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Saturday marked the first attempt to surround all 277 of the automaker’s showrooms and service centers in the U.S. in hopes of deepening \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/tesla-sales-2024-drop-electric-vehicles-69af17c4e606625694af8293db25b2f3\">a recent decline in the company’s sales.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hundreds of protesters gathered in San Francisco, filling the entire sidewalk in front of the Van Ness Street Tesla dealership, with even more protesters on the sidewalk across the street and in the median. Most were carrying homemade signs, some of which read “Musk is stealing from us” and “Musk must go.” Passing cars frequently honked in support — including some people in Teslas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protest organizer Patty Moddelmog said “Elon Musk is not worried about laying off hundreds of thousands of employees, but he’s very worried about his bottom line.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protester Felicia Becerra works for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs which terminated nearly 2,000 employees under Musk and President Trump, a move that has been the subject of lawsuits, at least one of which resulted in many of those same workers being reinstated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are certainly cuts that are happening that are going to impact the infrastructure that the VA is dependent on,” said Becerra. “Eventually it’s going to hit the veterans I think once they start cutting call center employees, once they start cutting the people that manage claims, it’s going to hit a lot of veterans and not just the people who are employees.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=forum_2010101909107 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2025/03/GettyImages-651462930-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hundreds also gathered at the Tesla dealership in Berkeley, playing music and dancing as they blocked off Fourth Street, waving signs that read “Solve All Budget Issues: Tax Elon Musk,” “My Dad Works for the Government but He’s Not a Waste,” and “Turd Reich,” among others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local Kate Klaire said she came out to Berkeley to be part of a “global uprising around the world … because every single thing that’s going on right now is threatening our democracy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protester Kent Sparing from Albany said, “If we wanted to fund everything, we could just simply tax [Elon Musk] what he should be paying in taxes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley local and self-described “dangerous immigrant” Tony Hansen said “I’ve been here for more than 50 years and I’ve paid plenty of taxes and I believe in it. That’s why I’m here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were protests in other parts of the Bay Area as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hey, hey, ho, ho, Elon Musk has got to go!” several dozen people chanted outside a showroom in Dublin, California, about 35 miles east of San Francisco, while a smaller cluster of Trump supporters waved American flags across the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By early afternoon, crowds ranging from a few dozen to hundreds of protesters had flocked to Tesla locations in New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Maryland, Minnesota and the automaker’s home state of Texas. Pictures posted on social media accounts showed protesters brandishing signs such as \u003ca href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/pepsy-the-whippet.bsky.social/post/3lljrdz5pzs2l\">“Honk if you hate Elon”\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/jimmyflannigan.bsky.social/post/3lljq36ryck2p\">“Fight the billionaire broligarchy.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033757\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033757\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2300/03/GettyImages-2207532216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2300/03/GettyImages-2207532216.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2300/03/GettyImages-2207532216-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2300/03/GettyImages-2207532216-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2300/03/GettyImages-2207532216-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly demonstrations continue outside of Tesla stores to protest Elon Musk and his role at the Department of Government Efficiency, March 29, 2025, in the West Village neighborhood of New York City. \u003ccite>(Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Tesla Takedown movement also hoped to rally protestors at more than 230 Tesla locations in other parts of the world. Although the turnouts in Europe weren’t as large as the crowds in the U.S., the anti-Musk sentiment was similar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About two dozen protesters held signs lambasting Musk outside a Tesla dealership in London as passing cars and trucks tooted horns in support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the signs displayed at the London protest showed a photo of Musk next to an image of Adolf Hitler making the Nazi salute — a \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/musk-gesture-salute-antisemitism-0070dae53c7a73397b104ae645877535\">gesture that Musk has been accused of reprising\u003c/a> shortly after Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration. A person in a tyrannosaurus rex costume held another sign with a picture of Musk’s straight-arm gesture that said, “You thought the Nazis were extinct. Don’t buy a Swasticar.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033752\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033752\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2300/03/GettyImages-2206911491.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2300/03/GettyImages-2206911491.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2300/03/GettyImages-2206911491-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2300/03/GettyImages-2206911491-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2300/03/GettyImages-2206911491-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A group of protesters gather outside the Royal Park Tesla dealership in London, United Kingdom, on March 29, 2025. Demonstrators hold signs, including one reading ‘Don’t buy a Tesla,’ and call for action against Tesla and Elon Musk. \u003ccite>(Aysu Bicer/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We just want to get loud, make noise, make people aware of the problems that we’re facing,” said Cam Whitten, an American who showed up at the London protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tesla Takedown was organized by a group of supporters that included disillusioned owners of the automaker’s vehicles, celebrities such as actor John Cusack, and at least one Democratic Party lawmaker, Rep. Jasmine Crockett from Dallas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m going to keep screaming in the halls of Congress. I just need you all to make sure you all keep screaming in the streets,” Crockett said during a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APHo7bea_p4\">Tesla Takedown organizing call\u003c/a> held earlier this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people opposed to Musk have gone beyond protests and set the automaker’s vehicles on fire and committed \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/tesla-vandalism-musk-trump-domestic-extremism-7576c03393a733eaf34b793e86ad1a6f\">other acts of vandalism\u003c/a> that U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has decried as domestic terrorism. Musk indicated he was dumbfounded by the attacks during a March 20 company meeting and said the vandals should “stop acting psycho.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crockett and other Tesla Takedown supporters have been stressing the importance for Saturday’s protests to remain peaceful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But police were investigating a fire that destroyed seven Tesla vehicles in northwestern Germany early Saturday morning. It was wasn’t immediately clear if the blaze, which was extinguished by firefighters, was related to the Tesla Takedown protests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033753\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033753\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2300/03/GettyImages-2206844168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"699\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2300/03/GettyImages-2206844168.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2300/03/GettyImages-2206844168-800x546.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2300/03/GettyImages-2206844168-1020x696.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2300/03/GettyImages-2206844168-160x109.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators protest in front of a Tesla Service Center in Berlin’s Reinickendorf district, as they kick off the ‘Weeks of Protest’ against US car company Tesla, on March 29, 2025. RALF HIRSCHBERGER/AFP via Getty Images \u003ccite>(Ralf Hirschberger/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A growing number of consumers who bought Tesla vehicles before Musk took over DOGE have been looking to sell or trade in their cars while others have slapped on bumper stickers seeking to distance themselves from the billionaire’s efforts to prune or shut down government agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Musk didn’t appear concerned about an extended slump in sales of new Tesla cars in his March 20 address to employees. He reassured the workers that the company’s Model Y, which is undergoing a refresh, would remain “the best-selling car on Earth again this year.” He also predicted Tesla will have sold more than 10 million cars worldwide by next year, up from about 7 million cars now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are times when there are rocky moments, where there is stormy weather, but what I am here to tell you is that the future is incredibly bright and exciting,” Musk said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Trump was elected last November, investors initially saw Musk’s alliance with the president as a positive development for Tesla and its long-running efforts to launch \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-tesla-robotaxi-unveiling-a00d063f2ffc67125889a6635a0a607e\">a network of self-driving cars.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033755\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033755\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2300/03/GettyImages-2204441337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2300/03/GettyImages-2204441337.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2300/03/GettyImages-2204441337-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2300/03/GettyImages-2204441337-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2300/03/GettyImages-2204441337-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The steering wheel of a burnt-out Tesla car in the Steglitz district of Berlin, Germany, on March 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Christophe Gateau/picture alliance via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That optimism helped lift Tesla’s stock by 70% in the period between Trump’s Nov. 5 election and his Jan. 20 inauguration, creating an additional $560 billion in shareholder wealth. But virtually all those gains have evaporated amid investor worries about the Tesla backlash, lagging sales in the U.S., Europe and China, and Musk spending time overseeing DOGE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This continues to be a moment of truth for Musk to navigate this brand tornado crisis moment and get onto the other side of this dark chapter for Tesla,” Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives said in a research note leading up to Saturday’s protests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Associated Press business writer Michael Liedtke reported from San Francisco, with contributions from AP’s Mustakim Hasnath from London and Stefanie Dazio from Germany. KQED’s Juan Carlos Lara contributed reporting from San Francisco and Lakshmi Sarah from Berkeley.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hundreds also gathered at the Tesla dealership in Berkeley, playing music and dancing as they blocked off Fourth Street, waving signs that read “Solve All Budget Issues: Tax Elon Musk,” “My Dad Works for the Government but He’s Not a Waste,” and “Turd Reich,” among others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local Kate Klaire said she came out to Berkeley to be part of a “global uprising around the world … because every single thing that’s going on right now is threatening our democracy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protester Kent Sparing from Albany said, “If we wanted to fund everything, we could just simply tax [Elon Musk] what he should be paying in taxes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley local and self-described “dangerous immigrant” Tony Hansen said “I’ve been here for more than 50 years and I’ve paid plenty of taxes and I believe in it. That’s why I’m here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were protests in other parts of the Bay Area as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hey, hey, ho, ho, Elon Musk has got to go!” several dozen people chanted outside a showroom in Dublin, California, about 35 miles east of San Francisco, while a smaller cluster of Trump supporters waved American flags across the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By early afternoon, crowds ranging from a few dozen to hundreds of protesters had flocked to Tesla locations in New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Maryland, Minnesota and the automaker’s home state of Texas. Pictures posted on social media accounts showed protesters brandishing signs such as \u003ca href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/pepsy-the-whippet.bsky.social/post/3lljrdz5pzs2l\">“Honk if you hate Elon”\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/jimmyflannigan.bsky.social/post/3lljq36ryck2p\">“Fight the billionaire broligarchy.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033757\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033757\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2300/03/GettyImages-2207532216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2300/03/GettyImages-2207532216.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2300/03/GettyImages-2207532216-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2300/03/GettyImages-2207532216-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2300/03/GettyImages-2207532216-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly demonstrations continue outside of Tesla stores to protest Elon Musk and his role at the Department of Government Efficiency, March 29, 2025, in the West Village neighborhood of New York City. \u003ccite>(Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Tesla Takedown movement also hoped to rally protestors at more than 230 Tesla locations in other parts of the world. Although the turnouts in Europe weren’t as large as the crowds in the U.S., the anti-Musk sentiment was similar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About two dozen protesters held signs lambasting Musk outside a Tesla dealership in London as passing cars and trucks tooted horns in support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the signs displayed at the London protest showed a photo of Musk next to an image of Adolf Hitler making the Nazi salute — a \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/musk-gesture-salute-antisemitism-0070dae53c7a73397b104ae645877535\">gesture that Musk has been accused of reprising\u003c/a> shortly after Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration. A person in a tyrannosaurus rex costume held another sign with a picture of Musk’s straight-arm gesture that said, “You thought the Nazis were extinct. Don’t buy a Swasticar.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033752\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033752\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2300/03/GettyImages-2206911491.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2300/03/GettyImages-2206911491.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2300/03/GettyImages-2206911491-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2300/03/GettyImages-2206911491-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2300/03/GettyImages-2206911491-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A group of protesters gather outside the Royal Park Tesla dealership in London, United Kingdom, on March 29, 2025. Demonstrators hold signs, including one reading ‘Don’t buy a Tesla,’ and call for action against Tesla and Elon Musk. \u003ccite>(Aysu Bicer/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We just want to get loud, make noise, make people aware of the problems that we’re facing,” said Cam Whitten, an American who showed up at the London protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tesla Takedown was organized by a group of supporters that included disillusioned owners of the automaker’s vehicles, celebrities such as actor John Cusack, and at least one Democratic Party lawmaker, Rep. Jasmine Crockett from Dallas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m going to keep screaming in the halls of Congress. I just need you all to make sure you all keep screaming in the streets,” Crockett said during a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APHo7bea_p4\">Tesla Takedown organizing call\u003c/a> held earlier this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people opposed to Musk have gone beyond protests and set the automaker’s vehicles on fire and committed \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/tesla-vandalism-musk-trump-domestic-extremism-7576c03393a733eaf34b793e86ad1a6f\">other acts of vandalism\u003c/a> that U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has decried as domestic terrorism. Musk indicated he was dumbfounded by the attacks during a March 20 company meeting and said the vandals should “stop acting psycho.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crockett and other Tesla Takedown supporters have been stressing the importance for Saturday’s protests to remain peaceful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But police were investigating a fire that destroyed seven Tesla vehicles in northwestern Germany early Saturday morning. 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How is Silicon Valley feeling about that, especially this time around?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rachael Myrow \u003c/strong>[00:01:17] I definitely think there’s been a shift between Trump 1.0 and 2.0.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:01:27] Rachael Myrow is a senior editor for KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rachael Myrow \u003c/strong>[00:01:31] Silicon Valley is not a monolith, but up at the tippy top, it does seem like the biggest tech bros break down into three camps. Libertarians, thrilled their time has come. Classic example would be Marc Andreessen, general partner of the legendary venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marc Andreeson \u003c/strong>[00:01:54] Are you happy? Very happy. It’s morning in America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rachael Myrow \u003c/strong>[00:01:59] The media have largely focused on Elon Musk in the run up to President Donald Trump’s inauguration. But since the election, Andreesen has also been commuting to Mar A Lago in Florida and helping to build the Trump administration. So that’s group number one, the libertarians. Number two, those who tend to kiss the ring, whoever is in power. And I think the primary example of this would be Mark Zuckerberg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marc Zuckerberg \u003c/strong>[00:02:30] And it’s one of the things that I’m optimistic about with President Trump is I think he just wants America to win.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rachael Myrow \u003c/strong>[00:02:36] And then the third category is dyed in the wool liberals like Marc Benioff of Salesforce. They’re being very very quiet about Trump and they’re finding other things to do this week like be in Davos for the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:03:00] Rachael, this seems new for some reason. I mean, I don’t remember this in, say, the first Trump term, right? What exactly would you say has shifted here?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rachael Myrow \u003c/strong>[00:03:17] I think the shift is from resistance to deference. That has a lot to do with the global awareness at this point of Trump’s transactional nature. 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Maybe this is what has to happen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rachael Myrow \u003c/strong>[00:05:16] Elon Musk perhaps did it most spectacularly by taking Twitter and used it as his megaphone in the run up to the November election. And many of Musk’s expressed opinions appear to be political posturing that mirrors the needs and the wants of Trump and his followers. I think it’s important to understand that this is about the protection and the growth of money and power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:05:47] So it’s not surprising to you then, that this is happening?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rachael Myrow \u003c/strong>[00:05:51] No, not at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:06:05] I mean, I want to talk about Rachel, what this means materially for the people who aren’t as rich as the people we’re talking about. 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