The Day’s Dump

What did Jack Smith do before leading the DOJ's Donald Trump investigation?

He took down Kosovo's mafia-like, nationalist president--and countered accusations of a political prosecution.@thedailybeast examines the uncanny parallels of an untold story:https://t.co/IqmFGq5etD

— Jose Pagliery (@Jose_Pagliery) December 20, 2022

I enjoy Twitter, so you might as well, too. First, because even if Schooley and I are not close in age, we are close in thinking:

How many Republicans were furious with the FBI when THAT was revealed btw?

— Schooley (@Rschooley) December 20, 2022

Just say the new director will look very strongly into all of this with a big 'ole grin.

— Schooley (@Rschooley) December 20, 2022

Honestly, Republicans are so pathetic right now. It’s like an unexpected Xmas gift 🎁 in my stocking.

Someone needs to run another poll. pic.twitter.com/ctH6HSHbH0

— Schooley (@Rschooley) December 20, 2022

All he had to do was not tweet and while he still would probably have taken a haircut on Twitter it surely wouldn’t have bled over his whole precarious empire like this. The last thing Tesla needed was a swarm of skeptics asking pointed questions.

— Schooley (@Rschooley) December 20, 2022

I like to think this was inevitable, and I’m enjoying watching it happen in real time. And sure enough, it got worse:

Never surrender Elon. I think we can break 100 by New Year’s if we all pull together on this. https://t.co/pQ4I9uT7pG pic.twitter.com/fF50C72Rj7

— Schooley (@Rschooley) December 20, 2022

And worse:

Maybe this is what @elonmusk was predicting when he tweeted: "Massive red wave in 2022" https://t.co/BQd3xOQqlE

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) December 20, 2022

And should you want that in perspective:

Elmo will soon declare that it’s illegal to “dox” $TSLA stock by reporting its live price location pic.twitter.com/ZfSdmcWxAq

— William LeGate (@williamlegate) December 16, 2022

Tesla stock concerns go beyond Elon Musk multitasking at Twitter: Analyst https://t.co/qBnLojbmPC via @YahooFinance

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 20, 2022

Hmmmmm.....

Dear Tesla shareholders:  Please don’t tell the CEO of Twitter what he should be doing as the CEO of Tesla. Especially not ON Twitter! Who do you think you are?

Elon is now publicly arguing with Tesla stockholders who are begging him to stop shitposting and get to work pic.twitter.com/12Hp7kigt7

— Wild Geerters (@steinkobbe) December 20, 2022

(The day Elon made an offer in Twitter is the day everything in his world started going to shit. Was bound to happen anyway.)

ross gerber is/was a prominent $tsla bull lol pic.twitter.com/srLs0rYndh

— Best of Dying Twiter (@bestofdyingtwit) December 20, 2022

"Yeah, fuck you” is a great way to build shareholder confidence.

While @elonmusk’s future at Twitter is uncertain, he’s stamped his mark on Silicon Valley culture. I spoke to a dozen startup founders and investors who say Musk’s slash-and-burn approach gives tech executives cover for making unpopular decisions. https://t.co/O6DQJkxjjL

— Melia Russell (@meliarobin) December 19, 2022

Do they also want to plunge their stockholders into panic 😱 and force themselves to give up their CEO positions due to poor decisions and publicly tell shareholders to mind their own business?

Elon Musk asked Twitter users whether he should stay on as CEO, but he'd already made up his mind to go https://t.co/UIQvL75Zce

— Insider Business (@BusinessInsider) December 20, 2022

I'll believe it when I see it.