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Fifth Column
‘Domestic terrorism' hits Tesla drivers, dealers as former FBI field boss warns it could get worse
2025-03-20
[FoxNews] Michael Tabman, former special agent in charge of the FBI's Minneapolis Field Office, fears 'more violence is on its way'.

A former high-level FBI special agent said he expects political violence in the United States to continue escalating amid the nationwide destruction of Tesla vehicles and dealerships aimed at intimidating Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk.

Michael Tabman is the former special agent in charge of the FBI's Minneapolis Field Office, and he said there is no doubt that recent violent attacks faced by Tesla owners and dealerships are clear cases of domestic terrorism.

"I do fear that more violence is on its way," Tabman told Fox News Digital. "Maybe not directly Teslas or DOGE, but just general political violence. I think it's already here. But I think there's more around the corner."

This week, a website called "DOGEQUEST" became active and purports to have compiled a list of Tesla owners, their addresses, phone numbers and email addresses in an apparent effort to dox ordinary Americans who drive Teslas. The site also contains a map of Tesla dealerships and charging stations.

"I think right now, given the tenor of society, given the rhetoric that we hear, the dogma that we hear and that a lot of what we hear is filled with violence or violent undertones, I say, yes, I think we are becoming a more reactionary country," Tabman said. "We're a more divided country, hatred for the other side is boiling over, and I'm putting this in on both sides."
“Yes, but…” It’s a good thing Mr. Tabman is no longer with the agency — he has the wrong attitude. All the FBI need do is trace the connections like they did for thr January 6-ers. Their computer experts could do it in minutes by starting with the IPs of those who accessed the DOGEQUEST site.
Asked about the prospects of de-escalating political violence, Tabman was pessimistic.

"It's not realistic. I just don't see it as realistic," he said. "And you know, there are some people who think in terms of, hey, this is working. Let's say they're anti-DOGE or anti-Trump, and they feel that, hey, [if] we keep doing this, eventually we'll sort of overthrow – not literally overthrow – but sort of dethrone the king."

Tabman did encourage people to tone down their rhetoric because inflammatory language can be interpreted by others as a justification to commit violent acts.
Golly. I’m really glad he chose to explore non-FBI endeavours. He sounds like a bad kindergarten teacher.
"Let's understand what we're angry at and what's the proper way of expressing your anger, and violence is not the proper way to do it," he said.

The latest act of anti-Musk violence was directed at a Tesla collision and sales center in Las Vegas early Tuesday morning, where at least five vehicles were damaged, and two were set ablaze.
Details of this and other attacks on Teslas at the link. There’s general access video, the text can only be read in the Reader format.
Another source for tracing the Black Blok terrorists offered to the FBI gratis, in the Rantburg tradition:

Soros funding professional anti-Tesla protesters

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Robby Starbuck
@robbystarbuck
Over the next few days you’re going to see an organized progressional protest effort at Tesla stores put together by a group called Indivisible.

George Soros foundation has given Indivisible nearly $8 million dollars for their "activism".

They’re calling these "Tesla takedown" events and they’re doing it in the midst of a domestic terror spree targeting Tesla and Tesla owners. They have these planned across the entire country. These images are just six examples.

How can this not be seen as encouraging more violence and terrorism? I personally think that any violence occurring near locations they’ve chosen should result in Soros, his foundation, Indivisible and their founders being held criminally accountable as co-conspirators.

The indivisible founders are Ezra Levin and his wife Leah Greenberg. They became "resistance" figures during Trump’s first term and their work is celebrated by elected Democrats. So yeah, it’s clear to me that the Democrats and their typical thugs are organizing this insanity.

There’s reportedly even a form protest leaders can fill out to receive "reimbursement" payments for their protests.

Update at 1:15 p.m. ET, another unembeddable tweet, this one about the Soros-financed Ezra Levin and Leah Greenberg, whose war chest stands at $11.7mil after the Soros donation:
@amuse
@amuse
The group was behind the fake outrage at GOP town halls. They got a lot of USAID money indirectly before the inauguration.
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