Maria Baker’s daughter was just furloughed. She worked for a subcontractor of USAID, the international aid organization that President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk have sought to shutter over the last few weeks.

In nearly every case, it’s the reason we have anything to protect from Elon Musk and his wrecking crew in the first place. On Monday, Feb. 10, the fearless and brilliant sociologist Joan Donovan made a simple post on Bluesky: “Come out and participate in an international picket #TeslaTakeover locally.

The TeslaTakedown movement implores Americans not only to get into the streets, but to “sell your Teslas” and “dump your stock.” It’s a tactical approach that could have real repercussions—especially if a shareholder revolt were triggered during Musk’s prolonged foray into politics.

As Elon Musk and his acolytes rip through the federal government looking for agencies to throw into the “wood chipper,” a grassroots effort to hit the

Demonstrators rallied in San Francisco on Wednesday, protesting Elon Musk’s cost cutting with the Trump administration. It’s part of a nationwide effort to push back and save services. The protest happened in front of a Tesla showroom near Van Ness and O’Farrell.

Protests have ignited at home and abroad as DOGE crashes through the US administrative state.

Law enforcement officials are searching for a suspect after a Tesla dealership was damaged by gunshots in Salem, Oregon, on Wednesday.

From Berkeley to San Jose, hundreds of protesters mobilized outside Tesla showrooms to denounce Musk and call for a boycott