By Joseph Rittenhouse
Sedona, AZ — Once heralded as the crown prince of Silicon Valley, Elon Musk is learning a brutal lesson in political physics: for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction—and in Washington, that reaction comes fast, loud, and with a side of betrayal.
Musk, the billionaire boy wonder who once charmed the public with electric dreams and Martian ambitions, has stumbled face-first into the bloodsport of American politics. And it turns out, for all his genius, he’s just another mark in the long con of power.
Let’s rewind the reel for a moment. There he was, chainsaw in hand, strutting around Twitter headquarters like some Bond villain meets Home Depot salesman. He fired employees with glee, gutted budgets with a smirk, and framed it all as the gospel of innovation. The media lapped it up. Conservatives cheered. “Finally,” they cried, “a tech CEO with the spine to fight the woke mob!” Fox News couldn’t get enough of him. He became the darling of the right, their golden goose with a rocket pack.
But if Musk thought he could dance with the devil and lead, he forgot one key lesson: Trump and his ilk don’t share the stage—they devour it. And when the show’s over, they don’t thank the stagehands. They throw them out the back door and deny they ever bought a ticket.
Now, as the MAGA machine hums back to life, Musk is finding himself outside the tent, shivering in the cold, clutching his dwindling stock value like a used Tesla charging cable. He gave them the megaphone, tore down the guardrails, and lit the fire. But power-hungry politicians don’t reward useful idiots—they discard them. Musk was never the kingmaker. He was the fool in the court, juggling flaming torches while the real players emptied his pockets.
Even his loyalists are beginning to mumble. Tesla, once a badge of honor among green-leaning progressives and cool-hunting tech bros, has become a cultural pariah. His toxic tweets, erratic behavior, and overt flirtations with conspiracy theorists have turned the brand into a symbol of arrogance. The parking lots once filled with Teslas are now peppered with Rivians and Fords. People don’t want to be seen driving a MuskMobile anymore. Not because the cars are bad—they’re not—but because Elon himself has become the most embarrassing accessory in the trunk.
It’s not that Musk didn’t know how to wield influence. He just didn’t know when to stop playing pretend and start acting like a grownup. Running a company is not the same as running a country. And in politics, there’s no delete button, no private Slack channel to manage the narrative. There are only enemies, frenemies, and fair-weather friends. Musk misread the room—thought he was the one holding the cards, when in fact, he was just the loudest chip on the table.
He backed Trump’s allies, blasted the very people who bought his cars, trashed public health officials during a global pandemic, and tried to reinvent Twitter as a free speech utopia while turning it into a second-rate 8chan. Now the GOP has what it wanted—another billionaire who broke the rules, helped them burn down the house of decency—and they no longer need the arsonist.
Elon Musk, the man who dreamed of Mars, now finds himself exiled from Earth’s main stage. He’s no longer the rebel genius disrupting tired institutions—he’s just another cautionary tale. A man who mistook trolling for strategy, who believed that money made him untouchable, who forgot that political alliances forged in chaos are as brittle as the egos that fuel them.
The Republican Party, under Trump’s looming shadow, doesn’t honor contributions—it demands loyalty. And once you’re not useful, you’re not just forgotten. You’re erased. Musk bet on being the exception. But the house always wins, and now he’s learning what all pawns eventually do: in this game, kings never save you. They use you. Then they sweep you off the board.
And Elon? He’s already halfway to the dustbin, clutching his saw, wondering what the hell just happened.
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Yea, pretty much sums it up!
Like I’ve been saying, “I’ve never known a Fascist Tyrant who lived a long happy life”.
His illegal Nazi Salute (Yes, Nazi salutes are illegal in Germany. This is due to a law known as Strafgesetzbuch section 86a (StGB) to Germany’s AfD Party is what has sealed his fate as a Failed Billionaire Elitist Entrepreneur. Nobody wants to do business with Nazi sympathizers or Fascist Billionaires who take “Chainsaws” to people’s lives and jobs for sadistic personal satisfaction. I predict his Tesla, Starlink, Space X and his other failing businesses will continue to fail and fail miserably. He will eventually sell out to new CEO’s and be spared from Bankruptcy but his reputation will never ever recover and he has nobody to blame for this except himself.
excellent Dave.. thanks do not for get the drugs… !!
Marv & Liberty Lincoln,
You mean not everyone does ketamine on a regular basis while bouncing off the wallls swinging chainsaws around shouting “Chainsaaawww”? I thought after Don Jr’s and his ex’s “The Best has yet to come” sniffle fests that this was standard MAGA behavior? How about that mysterious shiner? Gotta love it!
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‘Abomination’: Musk targets Trump’s massive spending bill, as it faces hurdles in Senate
Elon Musk attacked President Trump’s sweeping tax and spending measure as a ‘disgusting abominaton.’ The bill would add $3.8 trillion to the national debt, according to a nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimate.
https://apple.news/A_rvHisBNRZaP79pirbMUZg
Say it isn’t so, the Billionaire Elitist “Chainsaw” guy thinks his Billionaire Elitist Bro Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is an “Abomination”!
If Elonia had done his homework he’d have heard similar stories of betrayal from each and every former Trump staffer he has problems remembering because he “hardly knew” them. Tesla is out billions and has billions in unwanted vehicles filling up lot after lot around the country. He’s also out the millions he “raffled off” at Trump rallies during the election.
In essence he found out that Trump is indeed a TACO when it comes to his word.
Lawsuit: DOGE, HHS used “hopelessly error-ridden” data to fire 10,000 workers
Firing spree allegedly based on incorrect employee scores and other basic errors.
https://apple.news/AV87XE1tHQWu9adp9cA43iw
No wonder Space X rockets keep exploding upon launch. Must be what Elonia would call “rocket science” he somehow manages to get wrong quite frequently especially on the backs of others.
‘Very disappointed in Elon’: Trump, Musk spar amid continued criticism of ‘big beautiful’ megabill
Musk has been on a three-day rampage against Republicans’ reconcilliation package.
https://apple.news/AImvg8spbReOGSOnEu4URDA
A-holes don’t like A-holes who don’t play their A-hole games. Musk has never been a Trump fan. He’s a fan of making fast easy money like Trump. Two would be King money grubbers will never see eye to eye because one of them will always want more than the other is willing to give. Trump never gives anything away for free especially $ which is his life’s blood mixed with buckets of KFC grease. Musk wants to sell his Tesler’s and make money off of over priced EV’s. Trump wants to kill EV, Green Energy and go back to chocolate milk colored water ways and skies in order to profit off of dirty antiquated fossil fuels .
Perhaps they can do a coal/solar hybrid collaboration where the engine runs unregulated off of dirty nasty coal and the stereo and guidance system works off of solar? Or perhaps a diesel powered Space X rocket with wind powered propulsion systems. Sure hate to see two fascist A-holes have such a bromantic falling out after promoting such hatred together. At least we got a couple plane loads of Afrikaner Boer Fascist (fast tracked on their way to citizenship) out of it all.
The sad thing on this thread is that it is always the same people who chime in and are all in agreement. Called passive aggressive censorship. There are people who would like to engage in the conversation with different views but they are hounded out. Sedona.biz is not about Sedona Speaks they are the problem here in Sedona. This is an echo chamber of group-think which is destroying the culture of free speech in our small town. A waste land of rhetoric with no solutions. I agree that the Musk agenda is speculative and I think this administration knows that. The liberal agenda is also a front that has been a front for grift also understood by the present admin and that is what DOGE is about. Musk agreed with Trump that the gov subsidies didn’t effects his company. If you can’t get a handle on various views you will perpetuate the problem. Government and business is not black and white in a cognitive sense not racial.
And yet here you are free to speak your mind. It’s not like you’ve been tossed out of the Oval Office for calling the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of Mexico now is it? Amazing how free speech works for most even when you disagree with the message and messenger.
This time. You don’t know what comments I and others have made here that didn’t appear on this platform. You can say what you want on this platform but others can’t. So this group lives in confirmation bias.
Actually Susan, Tommy has posted only half of what I have submitted because he found the language to harsh or borderline liable despite every word being 100% true. I understand that I cannot say whatever I want to on here or anywhere else unless I am a MAGA sycophant on NextDoor than anything goes so long as it’s pro MAGA. If not you get very biased censorship and booted for using free speech. On here you can pretty much say anything you want so long as it doesn’t violate laws surrounding freedom of speech or freedom of the press. Sorry not every word spoken by anyone gets on here despite your accusations to the contrary. You will note that I cannot use certain labels or tropes I was previously using despite having used them in direct response to hate filled labels and tropes used by our current POTUS against the people he was elected to SERVE (to include our veterans and military heroes) not Master over them. That is not my doing but I abide by the rules. So enjoy having the Freedom to say what does get posted because it’s a Freedom EVERYONE should have not just you.
As I have stated previously, you are always free to not post anything here, not read anything on here and go to NextDoor where you can better live in your own biases.
“The liberal agenda is also a front that has been a front for grift also understood by the present admin and that is what DOGE is about.“
Never saw another POTUS hocking his personal wares to his constituents while in office. Never saw a POTUS make deals with our historic enemies while making irrational threats to our historic allies. Never saw a POTUS refuse to disclose their Taxes. Never saw a POTUS making personal Resort deals while acting as POTUS. Never saw a POTUS making personal Memes and Bitcoin deals with foreign governments with allegiances hostile to the US.
That is, I never saw a POTUS do those criminal things and more until Trump came along. Wonder why that is? Could it be that a corrupt SCOTUS gave him the green light to do so since declaring him the first President King Immune from any and all prosecution for CRIMES committed while serving as POTUS? And why would any Public SERVANT be exempt from their Crimes? Because there are people in this country who are willing to sell our nation’s soul to make itself a “Pure White Nationalist” country run by criminal billionaire elites rather than abiding by our long standing laws and Constitution that have long semi leveled the playing field. Which is exactly what MAGA despises-equality for all! Not a select wealthy few.
I know money is powerful in politics. Which is why we are where we are- a Nation Divided. Our government has been bought and sold by the highest bidders who care nothing about governing and everything about making profits off of everyone else. Guess what though? Money doesn’t mean squat when a country is in Civil War with itself. What does matter are things money cannot buy you or will cost you very dearly. Ask anyone whose been on a battlefield in the last 50 years or even more what was considered of value to the locals and not one of them will tell you it was money.
So money may buy you a lobby or 5 minutes with someone in politics but it sure won’t save your life when it matters most. So choose your investments wisely if you are foolish enough to invest in criminals who are supposed to be our Servants not our Lord and Masters living high on OUR hog!
You seem confused as to where Trump and Musk’s allegiances lie. First and foremost to each it is $, secondly it is $ and lastly it is $. And when anyone tries to take that bone from any greedy dog they get snapped at. But one does have to ask themselves, just where is that pesky un redacted Epstein file? Seems to be the bone that caused the most snapping and snipping during the billionaire bromance break-up or BBB as I shall call it henceforth.
And if you don’t like what people have to say on here you’re quite welcome not to read or reply to any of it. That’s how Freedom of Speech works. When you oppress it, it is no longer a Freedom but rather is Oppression. You don’t believe in oppression or suppression of speech now do you my Constitutionalist “Don’t Tread On Me” MAGA friend?
This applies to you as much as anyone else. Your desire to prohibit others from speaking freely makes it quite clear that you feel that they are rights only YOU are entitled too. Both scenarios show how the Constitution is used as a crutch to do wrong by some by misinterpretation and how some people feel they are above all others. Both very sad self centered conclusions far too often made by the privileged.
Key aspects of freedom of speech:
Broad Protection:
The First Amendment protects a wide range of speech, including spoken and written words, symbolic expression, and even offensive or unpopular ideas.
No Absolute Right:
While highly protected, freedom of speech is not unlimited. Certain types of speech, such as incitement to violence or threats, can be restricted.
Government Limitations:
The government cannot restrict speech simply because it is unpopular or offensive. Limitations must be narrowly tailored and based on a compelling government interest.
Private vs. Public:
Freedom of speech applies to individuals and is a check on government power. Private entities, like employers or social media companies, can have their own policies regarding speech, which may not be subject to the same constitutional protections.
Beyond Spoken Words:
Freedom of speech extends to other forms of expression, including art, music, and symbols.
Limitations on Freedom of Speech:
Incitement to Violence: Speech that directly incites imminent lawless action is not protected.
Defamation: False and malicious statements that harm an individual’s reputation are not protected.
True Threats: Speech that conveys a serious expression of an intent to cause harm is not protected.
Obscenity: Speech that is considered obscene under legal standards is not protected.
Commercial Speech: Some limitations may apply to commercial speech, such as false or misleading advertising.
Fighting Words: Words that are likely to incite violence or immediate retaliation are not protected.
Examples of Protected vs. Unprotected Speech:
Protected:
Protesting a government policy, expressing an unpopular opinion, artistic expression, political satire.
Unprotected:
Making a specific threat to harm someone, making a false statement about someone with the intent to harm their reputation, inciting violence.