Adam Howard
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What do you think is motivating these people who are getting on the streets for the first time?
I'm sure you've seen the reports about Tesla stock taking a hit. The sales apparently are down 9% this year in the U.S., even though the EV market is growing. What do you make of the impact that these protests are having? Do you feel like these protests deserve some of the credit for the hit that Tesla's taking?
I'm sure you've seen the reports about Tesla stock taking a hit. The sales apparently are down 9% this year in the U.S., even though the EV market is growing. What do you make of the impact that these protests are having? Do you feel like these protests deserve some of the credit for the hit that Tesla's taking?
I'm sure you've seen the reports about Tesla stock taking a hit. The sales apparently are down 9% this year in the U.S., even though the EV market is growing. What do you make of the impact that these protests are having? Do you feel like these protests deserve some of the credit for the hit that Tesla's taking?
Right. I'm sure you've seen the same videos I have of Teslas being smashed. There's Teslas being set on fire a little bit more extreme. How worried are you about Tesla takedown being associated with more maybe violent action or vandalism, that sort of thing?
Right. I'm sure you've seen the same videos I have of Teslas being smashed. There's Teslas being set on fire a little bit more extreme. How worried are you about Tesla takedown being associated with more maybe violent action or vandalism, that sort of thing?
Right. I'm sure you've seen the same videos I have of Teslas being smashed. There's Teslas being set on fire a little bit more extreme. How worried are you about Tesla takedown being associated with more maybe violent action or vandalism, that sort of thing?
The president of the United States is making some pretty extreme threats to protesters, talking about domestic terrorism. Among the folks that you are doing these protests with, are there fears about reprisals coming from the government or are they basically tuning that stuff out?
The president of the United States is making some pretty extreme threats to protesters, talking about domestic terrorism. Among the folks that you are doing these protests with, are there fears about reprisals coming from the government or are they basically tuning that stuff out?
The president of the United States is making some pretty extreme threats to protesters, talking about domestic terrorism. Among the folks that you are doing these protests with, are there fears about reprisals coming from the government or are they basically tuning that stuff out?
There have been at least rumors that Elon Musk might be stepping away from all of his Doge activity. We spoke about the financial impact that this has had on his business. I'm curious, where do you see this all ending in terms of Musk's role in the federal government and this Tesla takedown movement? Yeah.
There have been at least rumors that Elon Musk might be stepping away from all of his Doge activity. We spoke about the financial impact that this has had on his business. I'm curious, where do you see this all ending in terms of Musk's role in the federal government and this Tesla takedown movement? Yeah.
There have been at least rumors that Elon Musk might be stepping away from all of his Doge activity. We spoke about the financial impact that this has had on his business. I'm curious, where do you see this all ending in terms of Musk's role in the federal government and this Tesla takedown movement? Yeah.
Patty, thank you so much for taking time to speak to me. I really appreciate it.
Patty, thank you so much for taking time to speak to me. I really appreciate it.
Patty, thank you so much for taking time to speak to me. I really appreciate it.
So I think initially the mandate was to just go in and fix healthcare.gov because that was when it was created. And there was this kind of notion that USDS was digital firefighters, or you'll sometimes hear people say like digital SWAT team. The idea being that if a project was in trouble, if there was some kind of thing that needed immediate attention from healthcare,
So I think initially the mandate was to just go in and fix healthcare.gov because that was when it was created. And there was this kind of notion that USDS was digital firefighters, or you'll sometimes hear people say like digital SWAT team. The idea being that if a project was in trouble, if there was some kind of thing that needed immediate attention from healthcare,
So I think initially the mandate was to just go in and fix healthcare.gov because that was when it was created. And there was this kind of notion that USDS was digital firefighters, or you'll sometimes hear people say like digital SWAT team. The idea being that if a project was in trouble, if there was some kind of thing that needed immediate attention from healthcare,
people with a lot of experience in Silicon Valley or in the world of IT outside of government. They could parachute in, work on solving those immediate problems, getting the project back on track. And so like VA, for example, is one of my favorites. When USDS kind of initially started working with them, there was some real challenges with veterans getting the benefits that they're entitled to.