A federal IT staffer filed a complaint about DOGE, then went public. Shortly after Elon Musk boosted a post calling his claims false, his brake lines were cut. Now he’s suing for defamation.

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    4 days ago

    It’s more likely that the free trial period for his car’s brakes ended.

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    This is exactly the kind of shit the CIA et al would do overseas to maintain US control of foreign governments, so no wonder the US/Trump are failing to maintain US global dominance. They’re frantically carrying out the same tactics on American soil to keep the house of cards from toppling & crushing the Epstein class

    The imperial boomerang hits hard on the return trajectory. With any luck it sinks American global hegemony for good

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      Not only that but if it takes you 5 minutes of driving to realize u don’t have brakes it’s time you turn in your licence. I have burst lines before and once a line fails you no longer have any pedal pressure. If the line was cut when he got in his car right when starting the vehicle he should have stopped as the pedal went to the floor. More than likely his shit was rotted as I don’t see a pic of this cut line, if it were cut it would be incredibly obvious vs corrosion.

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      Brake lines are normally spelled brake.

      No one said brake wires were cut. Regardless, many modern cars have brake-by-wire systems. It seems whomever sabotaged this car had a good knowledge of modern vehicle electrical systems.

      “that the driver-side front impact/airbag sensor had also been removed but noted that the remaining wires had been spliced together, completing the circuit in a manner that prevented the vehicle from detecting or logging the missing component, while also preventing the vehicle from activating its safety protocols, alerting the driver, or engaging limp mode.”

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        What does he drive around in, then? I feel like its a problem when any automotive exec isnt main driving one of their own brands cars?

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                Does it actually ride in helis? Never heard of elon travelling tha way. Always thought it was its version or Trump’s only eating randomly selected fast food so he doesnt get poisioned by the Russians

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                  I’m just assuming it’s doing what rich people do to avoid the plebs. Keep in mind cars have to use roads like ordinary people. Do you really think billionaires risk getting into regular traffic much? I can’t imagine that.

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      I’m a bit more of a sicko and would rather witness his penis be repeatedly mangled and then have it gruesomely reconstructed by a drunk “surgeon”, only for the process to be repeated over and over until there isn’t any flesh left to reconstruct it with…then, y’know, tell him the future has none of his genes and is entirely populated by trans people of color…then we can burn him alive in a Tesla. That just feels more right and fitting and just.

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      I would feel a little let down. Don’t those burn really hot or something? If he’s gotta die, just throw him in a brass ox heated by llms.

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      If it wasn’t filed against the super rich. These guys never pay lawsuits, even if they lose, they appeal, they drag it out, and I suspect they pay people off, to avoid paying one way and another.

      I wouldn’t be surprised if they hired security firms that hired people that hire people to threaten jurors either at times, that is where we are in this country.

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        These guys never pay lawsuits, even if they lose, they appeal, they drag it out

        Not so much any more. There are funds that will support large lawsuits to prevent victims from going broke, they take a percentage of settlements but they neuter the idea of dragging out a case as strategy and usually trigger a fast secret settlement.