Elon Musk now owns Twitter

Little Timmy is approached by his older brother who has a group of friends with him. "Hey Timmy, would you rather have this big bright shiny nickle or this dirty little old dime?", his brother asks loudly. "The nickle, the nickle!" Timmy shouts and his big brother and his friends laugh and give Timmy the nickle. Timmy's mother over hears this conversation. A day later big brother is back again with other friends. The same question is posed again and Timmy shouts "The nickle, the nickle!". Everyone laughs and Timmy gets the nickle. Mother hears this interaction again.
On the third day big brother is back and it happens all over again. After they pay Timmy and leave laughing, Timmy's mother, who has once again heard the conversation comes over to ask Timmy if he know the difference between a nickle and dime. "Sure do" he says. "Then why do you take the nickle every day?" his mother questions.
Timmy looks her in the eye and say "Ma, if I took the dime they wouldn't come back."
 
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And the hits just keep on coming:


Several members of Tesla’s lobbying and public policy team — including its top federal lobbyist — are departing the company, leaving the office responsible for influencing U.S. and global policy in flux as the electric vehicle giant faces increasing international competition.​
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Hasan Nazar — who led federal U.S. policy for Tesla — is departing, along with other policy staffers including Patrick Bean and Brooke Kintz, according to two people familiar with the situation granted anonymity to discuss sensitive personnel issues. Bean oversaw global charging and energy policy, and Kintz led state-level policy in the U.S. and oversaw work in North America.​
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It’s unclear who now leads the company’s federal lobbying arm in Washington at a critical time for the electric vehicle maker. Its Washington office is tasked with shaping US attitudes on a host of acute policy fights, including trade, EV tax credits, infrastructure and emerging regulations of autonomous vehicles.​
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The news of the departures comes shortly after the company’s vice president for policy and business development, Obama administration alumnus Rohan Patel, left Tesla. Patel announced his exit last month on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter (in which Musk became the largest shareholder in 2022).​
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The company has spent more than $2.7 million lobbying the federal government since the start of 2021, according to federal lobbying disclosures.​
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The departures among Tesla’s policy team extend beyond those seeking to influence key government players in Washington. Chris Reilly, who led Tesla’s business development for major Nevada investments, is also leaving the company, he announced on LinkedIn earlier this month. Eugenio Grandio, who led government affairs in Mexico, is also departing, according to one of the people familiar with the situation.​
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It's like a fire sale at Tesla. There's pretty much nobody left to move the company forward. From here on out, they're on cruise control to the bitter end.
 
Zeedox said:
I think the real question is "did someone poach them". Of course there's always the possibility that Musk figures he can lay off 50 million worth of employee salaries and take it himself...
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That's exactly what he's doing. He's going broke and just shitcanning people hand over fist under the assumption that he's such a genius he and he alone will save the company.

"I and I alone can fix it." - Donald J. Trump
 
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