Musk said in a tweet that production of Tesla’s money-losing stainless steel loser-chariot would wind down “around the middle of next year” to make room for his Texas Gigafactory to ramp up production of the self-driving “Cybercab.” Sure, that’s the reason, not the uncomfortable fact that Cybercuck sales never came anywhere close to Musk’s goal of 250,000 units a year. Instead, Tesla only sold 38,965 ClusterTrucks in 2024, the first year of production. Sales dropped to 20,237 CyberAzteks in 2025, and in the first three cyberquarters of 2026, Musk could only unload 11,586 Incel Caminos. (No, Musk didn’t mention the vanishingly low sales in his announcement.)

Musk also didn’t say the elections factored into the decision to stop making the finger-eating e-behemoth after just three years. But we do know he’s a very sensitive boy who’s undoubtedly feeling a bit of regret for blowing half a billion dollars trying to scare voters. The inevitable tell-all stories from inside the Muskosphere, the investor freakouts, and the performative stunts of Musk fans desperate to buy the last few TrumpsterDumpsters will likely be hilarious.

Democrats probably can’t take credit for the collapse of Musk’s Wankpanzer folly — Elon made his brand toxic all on his own. But the 120th Congress should waste no time getting to work investigating all the sleazy shit Musk has done in the Trump years, particularly in his brief reign as Donald Trump’s co-president. We need an Oversight-a-Palooza.

As Robyn discussed the day after the election, a bipartisan group of members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is already looking into the Wall Street Journal’sOctober report (gift link) that Musk himself ordered the slowdown of data transmission over the military version of Starlink used by Ukraine’s military. The committee has sent letters to Musk, the Trump administration, and private businesses advising them to preserve documents that will be requested once the new session of Congress is sworn in.

That’s a pretty good starting point, and come January, House and Senate committees will be able to back up those document requests with subpoenas — and if the administration refuses to comply, there’s one more count in impeachment charges for the justice-obstructing rats.

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    (Cont’d)

    Happily, in 2025, Sen. Elizabeth Warren compiled a brief overview of Musk’s DOGE misrule, which would be a great starting point for investigating the creepy little fucker. We need a clearer understanding of the many likely conflicts of interest resulting from his efforts to slash government agencies while also holding government contracts that added to his wealth. Before Trump was returned to power, the report notes, “Musk’s companies faced at least $2.37 billion in potential liability from pending agency enforcement actions,” most of which quietly went away. How exactly did that come about?

    And hey, while Congress is looking at that, maybe one or more of the committees that oversee the Defense Department should look into why the Pentagon’s inspector general’s office decided not to investigate the Starlink slowdown, either.

    The Warren Report (oh, is that name taken?) points out that Musk and his army of creepy interns simply ignored longstanding norms and procedures as they axed federal agency staff and operations. Beyond that, Musk also very likely 

    engaged in action that may have violated the statutory prohibition regarding federal employees’ participation in particular matters in which a government official has a financial interest, laws against bribery and gratuities, or the regulations prohibiting use of one’s government position for private gain.

    In the 130 days Musk was a “special government employee,” his net worth grew by over $100 billion, which seems like rather a lot. Warren’s report breaks down the muskfuckery into several categories, including the slashing of agencies with regulatory and investigatory power over Musk businesses; policy changes like NASA shifting business to SpaceX and incorporating Musk’s xAI into government computer systems; and the use of federal resources to promote his businesses, like Trump’s one-day conversion of the White House into a Tesla sales lot.

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          Was thinking that Saudi Arabia or the UAE so he could be surrounded by a reminder of the wealth he doesn’t have anymore while being shit on by the locals. It’s not like he is a self made man that could rebuild his wealth and without it he has no value over there.

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            He has done good work for the Kremlin. Surely they’d at least give him the courtesy of a Moscow apartment and a modest allowance, as they did for defectors like Philby, if only in case he could at some point be put to use as a propaganda asset.

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    Imprison him for a while, nationalize his companies, size his assets, strip his citizenship, and deport him to wherever ICE was deporting people.

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    We shouldn’t get in the habit of deporting our own citizens. He should however, be held to account.

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      I think it’s based on his admission that he cheated on his immigration process - overstayed a student visa? Making him an illegal immigrant

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        While a separate issue, I personally don’t think we should deport anyone. We do have other ways to deal with criminals that doesn’t require sending them to another country, and I’d rather deal with our problems here than just kicking them out and saying “we’re done.”

        Though I do accept your point that he cheated.