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Sheryl Crow says goodbye to her Tesla and donates to NPR: 'You have to decide who you are willing to align with' (www.businessinsider.com)

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Summary

Sheryl Crow announced on Instagram that she is selling her Tesla and donating the proceeds to NPR, citing concerns over Elon Musk’s leadership.

NPR is under political scrutiny, with Republican lawmakers and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr launching investigations.

Crow’s move is a protest against Musk’s influence in government and Trump’s efforts to defund public media.

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[-] tiefling 156 points 5 months ago

More Tesla owners need to follow suit. Get rid of those Swasticars.

[-] P1nkman@lemmy.world 70 points 5 months ago

So i should sell mine with a loss (still have a loan on it), and if I want a car with the same distance, I'll have to take out another loan? No, thank you. I'll stick with my FUCK ELON MUSK sticker I got made.

[-] hddsx@lemmy.ca 18 points 5 months ago

Sooo question. Can you leverage your car as a trade in? Or is it not worth it because you still have a loan? I’m no longer looking for a car, but there was a time where you could basically get out for about the same price you got in for

[-] Gerudo@lemm.ee 23 points 5 months ago

You absolutely can. It's whether your upside down on the loan or not if it's worth it to trade in.

I'm in a position to trade in my current vehicle for more than I bought it for, but I can't get anything similar to it for a decent price to make it worthwhile to me.

[-] P1nkman@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

Great question, I've which I cannot answer, as I honestly haven't thought about that. However, the demand of Tesla's are decreasing really fast here in Denmark, so I'm not sure if I could get a good deal. However, I will check it out next week! Thank you 🙂

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[-] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 12 points 5 months ago

I've been seeing people advocating ruining random Teslas and it's pissing me off. Do people think rightoids make up the majority of EV early adopters? Fucking think about it before you go off spray painting swastikas onto innocent people's cars holy shit.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

I’ve been seeing people advocating ruining random Teslas and it’s pissing me off.

All Teslas? No. But if someone's driving a cybertruck, they know who they were buying into.

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[-] BadmanDan@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

I really appreciate the fight. But please don’t put yourself in the red or anymore in the negative over Adolf Musk.

[-] Anegro_Montoya@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago

Americans shit all over Japanese cars and their drives for decades after Pearl Harbor...so, sell it or deal. I'm sorry about the stress and financial part but Emerald Elmo is not someone you want to directly support if at all possible.

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[-] otto@sh.itjust.works 32 points 5 months ago

[-] urandom@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago

Why though? Is the buffoon going to magically lose money when you sell your car?

This won’t hurt his billionaire ass at all, just the poor schmuck that owns the car

[-] chilicheeselies@lemmy.world 25 points 5 months ago

Its one less tesla someone else is buying fron them. Flood the market with preownes teslas

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[-] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Are you going to help me and others pay for a new vehicle them?

Nice to say but not all of us have the cash to just buy a new vehicle for political protest.

[-] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 5 months ago

political protest.

You say potato, I say "not visually signaling support for a guy who gives nazi salutes, provides monetary aid to literal nazis, and is currently engaged in an active attempt to permanently end democracy in the US".

[-] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Spoken like a Internet blowhard.

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[-] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 69 points 5 months ago

Word. I donated to my local NPR stations. Will do so again.

Fuck musk. Fuck trump. Fuck the republican traitor filth.

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[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 66 points 5 months ago

And delete xitter. Might want to think about getting off Instagram, too. Cuckerberg is no better.

[-] aeternum 11 points 5 months ago

Cuckerberg is a new one. I call him fuckerberg.

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[-] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 45 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I don't know her, but good for her. NPR is a valuable resource, but we should also do better in demanding their reporting quality to improve. They've been doing a lot of sanewashing, too.

[-] Cataphract@lemmy.ml 15 points 5 months ago

She was a singer who got famous when she was featured on Kid Rock's song Picture.

[-] TheLastOfHisName@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

She was famous way before that.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheryl_Crow

[-] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 12 points 5 months ago

You're kidding right?

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[-] iamanurd@midwest.social 9 points 5 months ago

lol, people downvoting but that’s top notch.

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[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 34 points 5 months ago

Who would buy a Tesla now, especially a used one.

For the MAGA heads who still like Musk, a Tesla does not roll coal enough. For those who would buy an EV, Tesla is a burned brand.

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[-] Kalkarino@lemmy.world 27 points 5 months ago

I used to want a Tesla so bad. Now it just doesn’t seem right.

[-] telllos@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Now, every time I see a tesla, I assume it's a white supremacist driving it.

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[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago

It’s sad because there are a lot of good people who work at Tesla. Elon is going to end up putting them all out of work at this rate.

[-] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 46 points 5 months ago

Elon's putting a lot more people than that out of work.

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago

[-] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

There's 9 people sitting at a table, a nazi joins them. Now there's 10 nazis at the table.

That they're "good people" might have been true. But if when the situation changes, and you don't act, then you're complicit. Good people would have quit, even at a loss.

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[-] Pentacle5@lemm.ee 21 points 5 months ago

Sold my Tesla and don’t miss it at all. I can’t imagine still driving it now. Just wish I never purchased it in the first place but I honestly didn’t know what I was supporting at the time.

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[-] ehpolitical@lemmy.ca 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I always liked her, now I know why.

[-] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 17 points 5 months ago

Never a good idea to partner with nazis over the long term.

[-] RejZoR@lemmy.ml 16 points 5 months ago

I wouldn't want a Tesla even if someone gave me one for free.

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[-] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

I just want an electric car :( but the Tesla's are too expensive.

I might end up buying Chinese cars

[-] ctkatz@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 months ago

domestically you can get a base 2025 chevy ev blazer for around $27k while the ev rebate lasts. 300+ mile range with decent fast charging. I was really looking forward to getting one in the next 2-3 years but then dondi mcshytegibbon got elected and is killing not just the ev tax credit but the grant money to build out a dc fast charging infrastructure too. I might have to look at the plugin hybrid market instead when I really want to go fully electric.

[-] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Domestically? But my country does not make cars :(

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[-] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Hyundais are very good EVs

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[-] badcommandorfilename@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

Yeah, but what will impress Jodie Foster?

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[-] I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Starlink terminals next...

[-] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Kudos to Cheryl and I know several other Tesla that want to trade-in their cars because of Leon Hitler.

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[-] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Swasticar drivers = Nazis.

I'm very glad I changed my mind about putting down a $3K(USD) deposit on the yet to be made 3 series.

Fuck Musk the Nazi.

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