Behind the Tesla Attacks
Protests and vandalism against Tesla spread around the world as Tesla’s stock value continues to plummet. Garrison breaks down what’s happening, and the response from Trump and Elon Musk. Sources: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-will-buy-new-tesla-show-support-musk-2025-03-11/ https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-musk/trump-musk-tesla-white-house-showroom-buys-car-rcna195905 https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114141854575248527 https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/01/business/tesla-takedown-musk-doge/index.html https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/teslatakedown https://abcnews.go.com/US/tesla-vehicles-destroyed-vandalized-musk-began-role-white/story?id=119677836 https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/03/14/tesla-boycotts-turn-violent-reports-of-vandalism-and-worse-timeline/ https://www.jalopnik.com/1804358/thieves-steel-44-wheels-tesla-storage-lot/ https://southtahoenow.com/03/13/2025/tesla-superchargers-vandalized-again-in-meyers#:~:text=Damaged%20Tesla%20supercharger%20in%20Meyers,6600 https://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/man-accused-of-burning-tesla-chargers-in-north-charleston-granted-bond/ https://www.salemreporter.com/2025/03/05/salem-man-accused-of-shooting-window-throwing-molotov-cocktail-at-tesla-dealership/ https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/crime/2025/03/05/tesla-dealership-shooting-molotov-cocktails-salem-oregon/81666562007/ https://www.justice.gov/usao-co/pr/lyons-resident-charged-connection-series-incidents-loveland-tesla-dealership https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2025/03/14/vandalism-at-loveland-colorado-tesla-dealership-leads-to-another-arrest/82415599007/ https://komonews.com/news/local/four-tesla-cybertrucks-destroyed-in-fire-in-seattles-sodo-neighborhood-elon-musk-doge-federal-jobs-cut-protests-seattle-fire-department-investigation https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/several-vehicle-set-on-fire-at-tesla-in-las-vegas-police-say-3322726/ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250303-dozen-teslas-torched-outside-french-dealership-authorities https://apnews.com/article/germany-tesla-factory-berlin-arson-9d66c3efa104d03244bd2c4d920c35a0 https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/08/elon-musk-tesla-protest-violence-vandalism/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2025/03/18/tesla-stock-slides-another-6-as-more-firms-warn-of-musk-led-companys-sales-woes/ https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-stock-decline-jp-morgan-analyst-guidance-2025-3 https://insideevs.com/news/746064/byd-beats-tesla-ev-production/ https://www.npr.org/2025/02/27/nx-s1-5311609/tesla-sales-europe https://www.npr.org/2025/03/13/nx-s1-5325321/elon-musk-tesla-politics-republican-buyers-sales https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5328626/elon-musk-protests-tesla-takedown https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1899106551270375660 https://x.com/MrPitbull07/status/1899107163232190950 https://x.com/DefiyantlyFree/status/1899129877972013112 https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1898369343399899218See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
20 Mars 26min
Chuck Schumer and the Collaborators
Mia and James discuss how Chuck Schumer and the Democratic collaborators handed Trump extraordinary power by passing a devastating continuing government funding resolution and political core of Democratic collaboration with Trump. Sources: https://apnews.com/article/dc-budget-trump-congress-gop-29738c7281955d77075c8b98009f860e https://archive.ph/35bXs https://apnews.com/article/house-gop-budget-trump-tax-cuts-agenda-7d29a6840fa474b841228d20e5e96b55 https://time.com/7268499/senate-democrats-budget-vote/ https://www.commondreams.org/news/republican-spending-bill https://nlihc.org/resource/congress-passes-and-president-trump-signs-law-year-long-stopgap-funding-bill-underfunding https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/schumer-trump-budget-senate-dems-aoc/ https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/250308_johnsons_yearlong_crpdf.pdf https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/11/politics/democrats-gop-government-funding-bill/index.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
19 Mars 29min
Anarchism In Uruguay feat. Andrew, Pt. 1
Andrew is joined by James to talk about the history of anarchism in Uruguay.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
18 Mars 28min
Understanding Rojava’s Tishrin Dam Resistance
In an episode recorded before the agreement between the Syrian government and the SDF, James talks with Jenni Keasden (@jkeasden) about the situation in Rojava and the resistance at Tishrin Dam. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
17 Mars 43min
CZM Book Club: The Barrow Will Send What it May, Chapter Two
Margaret reads Robert Evans the second book in her Danielle Cain seriesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
16 Mars 35min
It Could Happen Here Weekly 173
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. How the State Created Elon Musk Candace Owens' Hollywood Tabloid Pivot feat. Bridget Todd Mahmoud Khalil's Arrest and What Comes Next Nate Silver: The Smoothest Brain On The Internet Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #7 You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: How the State Created Elon Musk https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0sg0782h https://www.axios.com/2025/01/09/tesla-clean-credits-trump https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/tesla-racked-up-greenhouse-emissions-credits-2023-other-automakers-lagged-2024-11-25/ https://www.aol.com/report-says-elon-musks-businesses-170042735.html? https://archive.is/QyXuK https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-28/wealthy-americans-fuel-half-of-us-economy-consumer-spending Mahmoud Khalil's Arrest and What Comes Next https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-15014bcbb921f21a9f704d5acdcae7a8 https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/additional-measures-to-combat-anti-semitism/ https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1388516/dl?inline https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/01/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-takes-forceful-and-unprecedented-steps-to-combat-anti-semitism/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/keeping-education-accessible-and-ending-covid-19-vaccine-mandates-in-schools/ https://forward.com/fast-forward/689866/biden-team-resolves-its-final-title-vi-antisemitism-and-anti-arab-cases/ https://theintercept.com/2025/02/15/columbia-alumni-israel-whatsapp-deport-gaza-protesters/ https://x.com/dhsgov/status/1898908955675357314?s=46&t=F-n6cTZFsKgvr1yQ7oHXRg https://x.com/SecRubio/status/1897776709778211044 https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114139222625284782 https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/03/can-trump-deport-a-green-card-holding-pro-hamas-columbia-grad/ https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/10/11/cornell-international-grad-student-says-he-wont-be-deported Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #7 https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-tariffs-steel-aluminum-levies-imports-europe-china-uk-japan-rcna195810 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/business/china-tariffs-us.html https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-beijing-trump-npc-xi-trade-growth-defense-nato-communist-tariffs-rcna195271 https://fortune.com/2025/03/11/goldman-sachs-chief-economist-downgrades-entire-us-economy-trump-tariffs-markets/ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/trade-tensions-china-canada-retaliate-us-tariffs-rcna194645 https://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/1067709/us-stocks-downgraded-by-investment-banks-amid-pause-on-us-exceptionalism-1067709.html https://apnews.com/article/trump-economy-tariffs-stock-musk-business-8a5f28d9bb16e0b8a924d99ead0907fa https://apnews.com/article/trump-eu-tariffs-countermeasures-806a3b9bcc9cd4e45817e672d95f0070 https://fortune.com/asia/2025/03/11/citi-downgrades-us-upgrades-china-trump-recession/ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/us/politics/trump-tariffs-house-gop-vote.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
15 Mars 3h
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #7
Unhinged Tariff news! Deportation and detention updates! The gang discusses this and much more and also has a musical guest. Sources: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-tariffs-steel-aluminum-levies-imports-europe-china-uk-japan-rcna195810 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/business/china-tariffs-us.html https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-beijing-trump-npc-xi-trade-growth-defense-nato-communist-tariffs-rcna195271 https://fortune.com/2025/03/11/goldman-sachs-chief-economist-downgrades-entire-us-economy-trump-tariffs-markets/ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/trade-tensions-china-canada-retaliate-us-tariffs-rcna194645 https://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/1067709/us-stocks-downgraded-by-investment-banks-amid-pause-on-us-exceptionalism-1067709.html https://apnews.com/article/trump-economy-tariffs-stock-musk-business-8a5f28d9bb16e0b8a924d99ead0907fa https://apnews.com/article/trump-eu-tariffs-countermeasures-806a3b9bcc9cd4e45817e672d95f0070 https://fortune.com/asia/2025/03/11/citi-downgrades-us-upgrades-china-trump-recession/ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/us/politics/trump-tariffs-house-gop-vote.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
14 Mars 38min
Nate Silver: The Smoothest Brain On The Internet
Robert, James, and Gare discuss Nate Silver’s theory that tweets are proof that Elon Musk is a ‘spiky’ genius.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
13 Mars 35min
