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2025-03-20 Fifth Column
‘Domestic terrorism' hits Tesla drivers, dealers as former FBI field boss warns it could get worse
[FoxNews] Michael Tabman, former special agent in charge of the FBI's Minneapolis Field Office, fears 'more violence is on its way'.

A former high-level FBI special agent said he expects political violence in the United States to continue escalating amid the nationwide destruction of Tesla vehicles and dealerships aimed at intimidating Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk.

Michael Tabman is the former special agent in charge of the FBI's Minneapolis Field Office, and he said there is no doubt that recent violent attacks faced by Tesla owners and dealerships are clear cases of domestic terrorism.

"I do fear that more violence is on its way," Tabman told Fox News Digital. "Maybe not directly Teslas or DOGE, but just general political violence. I think it's already here. But I think there's more around the corner."

This week, a website called "DOGEQUEST" became active and purports to have compiled a list of Tesla owners, their addresses, phone numbers and email addresses in an apparent effort to dox ordinary Americans who drive Teslas. The site also contains a map of Tesla dealerships and charging stations.

"I think right now, given the tenor of society, given the rhetoric that we hear, the dogma that we hear and that a lot of what we hear is filled with violence or violent undertones, I say, yes, I think we are becoming a more reactionary country," Tabman said. "We're a more divided country, hatred for the other side is boiling over, and I'm putting this in on both sides."
“Yes, but…” It’s a good thing Mr. Tabman is no longer with the agency — he has the wrong attitude. All the FBI need do is trace the connections like they did for thr January 6-ers. Their computer experts could do it in minutes by starting with the IPs of those who accessed the DOGEQUEST site.
Asked about the prospects of de-escalating political violence, Tabman was pessimistic.

"It's not realistic. I just don't see it as realistic," he said. "And you know, there are some people who think in terms of, hey, this is working. Let's say they're anti-DOGE or anti-Trump, and they feel that, hey, [if] we keep doing this, eventually we'll sort of overthrow – not literally overthrow – but sort of dethrone the king."

Tabman did encourage people to tone down their rhetoric because inflammatory language can be interpreted by others as a justification to commit violent acts.
Golly. I’m really glad he chose to explore non-FBI endeavours. He sounds like a bad kindergarten teacher.
"Let's understand what we're angry at and what's the proper way of expressing your anger, and violence is not the proper way to do it," he said.

The latest act of anti-Musk violence was directed at a Tesla collision and sales center in Las Vegas early Tuesday morning, where at least five vehicles were damaged, and two were set ablaze.
Details of this and other attacks on Teslas at the link. There’s general access video, the text can only be read in the Reader format.
Another source for tracing the Black Blok terrorists offered to the FBI gratis, in the Rantburg tradition:

Soros funding professional anti-Tesla protesters

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Robby Starbuck
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Over the next few days you’re going to see an organized progressional protest effort at Tesla stores put together by a group called Indivisible.

George Soros foundation has given Indivisible nearly $8 million dollars for their "activism".

They’re calling these "Tesla takedown" events and they’re doing it in the midst of a domestic terror spree targeting Tesla and Tesla owners. They have these planned across the entire country. These images are just six examples.

How can this not be seen as encouraging more violence and terrorism? I personally think that any violence occurring near locations they’ve chosen should result in Soros, his foundation, Indivisible and their founders being held criminally accountable as co-conspirators.

The indivisible founders are Ezra Levin and his wife Leah Greenberg. They became "resistance" figures during Trump’s first term and their work is celebrated by elected Democrats. So yeah, it’s clear to me that the Democrats and their typical thugs are organizing this insanity.

There’s reportedly even a form protest leaders can fill out to receive "reimbursement" payments for their protests.

Update at 1:15 p.m. ET, another unembeddable tweet, this one about the Soros-financed Ezra Levin and Leah Greenberg, whose war chest stands at $11.7mil after the Soros donation:
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The group was behind the fake outrage at GOP town halls. They got a lot of USAID money indirectly before the inauguration.
Posted by Skidmark 2025-03-20 08:20|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ]  Top
 File under: Antifa/BLM 

#1 Comedy Central audience cheers the domestic terrorism

Posted by Lord Garth 2025-03-20 13:04||   2025-03-20 13:04|| Front Page Top

#2 What are Comedy Central's ratings nowadays? I was under the impression they never recovered after the smugly puckish Jon Stewart left.
Posted by trailing wife 2025-03-20 13:17||   2025-03-20 13:17|| Front Page Top

#3 comedy central ratings are down from previous years - they average, in most recent period, about 170k during prime time

the Daily Show (which had the cheers for terrorism) is the highest rated show on the Comedy central averaging about 900k viewers in most recent period
Posted by Lord Garth 2025-03-20 13:35||   2025-03-20 13:35|| Front Page Top

#4 
Too Many fires in too many different places not to be a ORGANIZED. Who hates Musk?

#1 well at the top of the list are the LIBERAL & DEMOCRATS. Closely followed by anyone whose extra $$$$ income was exposed by DOGE and stopped.

Which again points back to LIBERALS, DEMOCRATS and the DC SWAMPER's.

Posted by NN2N1 2025-03-20 13:46||   2025-03-20 13:46|| Front Page Top

#5 Not sure if anyone knows this but my best guess is that Tesla owners skew toward leftists, environmentalists, and virtue signalers.

Posted by Lord Garth 2025-03-20 15:20||   2025-03-20 15:20|| Front Page Top

#6 not to be a ORGANIZED.

The organization is the announcement of the action — click on the headline for the Soros funding to see the posters at the bottom of the tweet. Those to whom the announcement applies know what to do, or if they don’t they know how to find out. No meetings or training blocks required, as that work was done long since. The occasional trans nut will organize themself and catch themself on fire, but for the most part the activists and cadres know their local fellows and will take care of it without supervision.
Posted by trailing wife 2025-03-20 15:41||   2025-03-20 15:41|| Front Page Top

#7 Kind of like yelling "fire" in a crowded theater?
Posted by Angstrom 2025-03-20 16:04||   2025-03-20 16:04|| Front Page Top

#8 The usual lefty sites are pimping that date - with Indivisible taking the lead.
Posted by Rex Mundi 2025-03-20 17:40||   2025-03-20 17:40|| Front Page Top

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