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Joel Lava
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Director, Creative Director, Imaginist, Politicist - #TelsaTakedown

My weekly political gems (short!):
https://www.youtube.com/@YeahISaidIt-r9p/shorts

My portfolio:
www.joellava.com

My anti-gun violence work:
https://tinyurl.com/5xje696y
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Joel Lava @joellava.bsky.social · Nov 5
INTERVIEW WITH MANAGER OF BUILDING THAT IS BLOCKED BY THE TESLA SCREEN
The screen blocks their view and the power supply is so loud, the tenants can no longer even open their windows.
It's another example of how Tesla is, at best, a bunch of douchebags.
#teslatakedown
youtube.com/shorts/GcYT4...
INTERVIEW WITH MANAGER OF BUILDING THAT IS BLOCKED BY THE TESLA SCREEN
YouTube video by Yeah I Said It
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joellava.bsky.social
gofund.me/ed7d28987
Donate to Support "ResistTheCoups" Activism, organized by Jacquie Dume
Hi! I am Jacquie (@WomenfortheResistance) and I am creating this fundraiser for a fello… Jacquie Dume needs your support for Support "ResistTheCoups" Activism
gofund.me
December 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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evansutton.bsky.social
Elon is trying to raise money for SpaceX at an $800 billion valuation. That would make it one of the most valuable companies in the world... but the math just doesn't math. It's all just a dick measuring contest between Musk and OpenAI's Sam Altman, where the rest of us all lose. #TeslaTakedown
December 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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ladymitopinion.bsky.social
I feel like, if the Muppets did a parody of the Trump administration, they wouldn’t need to use puppets
December 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
joellava.bsky.social
#teslatakedown #indivisible #musk #doge #coup @teslatakedown.com #tesla #boycotttesla
December 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
joellava.bsky.social
TESLA SALES ARE PLUNGING, AND WE ARE NOT STOPPING!
NO TRILLIONAIRES!
DEC 6, SATURDAY, BURBANK, 10am-12pm
actionnetwork.org/events/tesla...

mobilize.us/s/jjuiCF

#teslatakedown #indivisible #musk #doge #coup @teslatakedown.com #tesla #boycotttesla
December 6, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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deardean22.bsky.social
Every word gets crazier …
December 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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kackbro.bsky.social
Typical CEO In Chumplandia......
December 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM
joellava.bsky.social
There's a freedom to not having to watch Vikings games anymore
December 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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bubbaprog.xyz
ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:
Photo shared by Christina Nguyen on December 04, 2025 tagging @naomi.marie__, @nathanmiller612, @rubyscher, @holaarepa, @birksg, @chefjholig, and @haihaimpls. May be an image of text that says 'AS SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, I.C.E. PAID US A VISIT AT AREPA YESTERDAY. OUR GM NAOMI & TEAM MEMBERS FOLLOWED OUR ICE PROTOCOL PERFECTLY, THE AGENTS LEFT & NO ONE WAS DETAINED. tO WHOEVER NEEDS THIS: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS WHEN IT COMES TO I.C.E. (1/5)'. christinanguyenmpls 11h We had an ICE scare yesterday and even though we’re afraid of the repercussions of being vocal, we feel that it’s also important to inform people that this is right at our front door. ICE is not some far away boogeyman. They are here right now, spreading fear in our community. We’re so grateful to our entire staff and their bravery. They did the right things and couldn’t have dealt with this situation in a better way. We are grateful to our community activists that came to support us from @miracmn @litosonlake and Monarcha. We hope that if you find yourself in the same situation, that you find these resources helpful. Peace and take care of each other ❤️ Photo by Christina Nguyen on December 04, 2025. May be an image of text that says 'IF I.C.E. COMES TO YOUR RESTAURANT: UNLESS THE AGENTS HAVE A SIGNED JUDICIAL WARRANT, THEY CANNOT ENTER A PRIVATE AREA LIKE THE KITCHEN WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION EVEN IF THEY LIE AND SAY THY DON'T NEED A WARRANT, STAND YOUR GROUND AND INSIST THAT YOU NEED PAPERWORK (2/5)'. Photo by Christina Nguyen on December 04, 2025. May be an image of text that says 'IF I.C.E. COMES TO YOUR RESTAURANT: HAVE OTHER STAFF OR PEOPLE PRESENT RECORD THEM AND EVERYTHING THEY ARE SAYING. (PEOPLE DOING UNLAWFUL THINGS HATE BEING CAUGHT IN TH ACT) YOU HAVE THE RIGHT to REFUSE SERVICE & YOU CAN ASK M tO LEAVE YOUR PRIVATE PROPERTY IF THY DON'T HAVE A WARRANT. (3/5)'. WE ARE HEARTBROKEN THAT OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN THE TWIN CITIES ARE BEING TARGETED AND TERRORIZED BY THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION. THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING USED AS POLITICAL PAWNS AND IT'S APPALLING. REGARDLESS OF THEIR LEGAL STATUS, THERE ARE SO MANY LATINOS & SOMALIANS WHO ARE AFRAID OF BEING DETAINED DUE TO MISTAKEN IDENTITY BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY MIGHT NOT GET DUE PROCESS & A FAIR TRIAL. THEY WILL JUST END UP IN DETENTION CENTERS & A LEGAL PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A BLACK HOLE. WE STAND IN SUPPORT OF OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, WHO ARE THE BACKBONE OF THIS COUNTRY. WITHOUT IMMIGRANTS, AMERICA IS NOT THE SAME PLACE. STAY SAFE OUT THERE & TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS. LOVE, HOLA AREPA & HAI HAI (5/5)
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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bronsonland.bsky.social
The LAPD has tried to shut us down
The Tesla Diner has tried to shut us down
Elon Musk has tried to shut us down
Mark Zuckerberg shut down my Instagram account
Screw them all…this weekend we are BACK ✊🏽
Come join us at the Tesla Diner Takedown Protest this weekend
It’s going to be 🔥
December 4, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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tacomentarian.bsky.social
Ho ho ho, holigarchs have got to go 📣🥁🧑🏾‍🎄
#LosAngeles, join our #TeslaTakedown at the tesler diner this FRI & SAT 5-8 PM.

We've been fighting Musk for months. Then META came for us, disabled our accounts, but we #RESIST ✊🏽
Exercise your 1A rights before they're taken away.
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Now for the sing-along:
Flyer promoting the recurring protest at the Tesla Diner. Illustration is protesters in holiday outfits waving signs in front of the Tesla Diner, whose sign reads "Tyrant Din". Caption reads "This Friday and Saturday 5-8 PM. 7001 W Santa Monica Blvd, LA. T'was the N@zi before Christmas and all through the diner / The LAPD came and told us to be quieter / But our protests were still stirring all through the house / While billionaires shut down our Instagram accounts. We need you now more than ever. Please join us this weekend. A Resist The Coup and Tesla Takedown production."
December 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
joellava.bsky.social
I used to think "A.I." was a cute kid that saw dead people and just wanted to be loved.
December 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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astrokatie.com
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
“There is a risk that the focus on the second strike and specifically the talk of ‘war crimes’ feeds into the administration’s false wartime framing and veils the fact that the entire boat-strikes campaign is murder, full stop.”
December 5, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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joellava.bsky.social
DOGE IS A CORRUPT FAILURE
NO TRILLIONAIRES!
DEC 6, SATURDAY, BURBANK, 10am-12pm
actionnetwork.org/events/tesla...?

#teslatakedown #indivisible #musk #doge #coup @teslatakedown.com #tesla #boycotttesla
December 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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joellava.bsky.social
TESLA DINER PROTEST PARTY!
TESLA DINER @ W HOLLYWOOD
Fri/Sat 5-8pm - December

#teslatakedown #indivisible #musk #doge #coup @teslatakedown.com #tesla #boycotttesla
This Friday and Saturday 5-8 PM. 7001 W Santa Monica Blvd, LA. T'was the N@zi before Christmas and all through the diner / The LAPD came and told us to be quieter / But our protests were still stirring all through the house / While billionaires shut down our Instagram accounts. We need you now more than ever. Please join us this weekend. A Resist The Coup and Tesla Takedown production.
December 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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teslatakedownla.bsky.social
Elon Musk and the Silicon Valley technofascist coup are an active danger to democracy everywhere ❌👑

Join Tesla Takedown in Burbank this weekend to make your voice heard!⚡️🙌

#TeslaTakedown #BoycottTesla #BoycottMusk
December 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
joellava.bsky.social
TESLA DINER PROTEST PARTY!
TESLA DINER @ W HOLLYWOOD
Fri/Sat 5-8pm - December

#teslatakedown #indivisible #musk #doge #coup @teslatakedown.com #tesla #boycotttesla
This Friday and Saturday 5-8 PM. 7001 W Santa Monica Blvd, LA. T'was the N@zi before Christmas and all through the diner / The LAPD came and told us to be quieter / But our protests were still stirring all through the house / While billionaires shut down our Instagram accounts. We need you now more than ever. Please join us this weekend. A Resist The Coup and Tesla Takedown production.
December 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
joellava.bsky.social
DOGE IS A CORRUPT FAILURE
NO TRILLIONAIRES!
DEC 6, SATURDAY, BURBANK, 10am-12pm
actionnetwork.org/events/tesla...?

#teslatakedown #indivisible #musk #doge #coup @teslatakedown.com #tesla #boycotttesla
December 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
joellava.bsky.social
There's 250 years of American History that I believe will push back against these un-American acts. Trump/Project 2025 came in hard and fast, but the dust is settling, and every action has an opposite and equal reaction.
No Kings. No Tyrants.
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · 3d
President Donald Trump’s name has been installed on the building and signage around the US Institute of Peace – an independent agency that the administration gutted earlier this year.
US Institute of Peace renamed for Trump after his administration gutted it earlier this year | CNN Politics
www.cnn.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
joellava.bsky.social
Admiral Bradley is looking a lot less like a scapegoat and much more like an accomplice.
nicholasgrossman.bsky.social Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3d
Wow, Adm. Holsey didn't leave of his own accord, Hegseth pushed him out. What looked like the SOCOM head resigning rather than do war crimes now looks like SecDef canning him to facilitate war crimes.

Congress should have him testify, and would've already if war-crime-sympathetic GOP didn't run it.
Exclusive | Hegseth Asked Top Admiral to Resign After Months of Discord
The relationship between the Pentagon chief and Adm. Alvin Holsey had been rocky since Trump’s inauguration.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
joellava.bsky.social
If Trump's FBI is arresting someone, then the theory it was a GOP bomber is reduced, unless this is a performative arrest because Trump will pardon the bomber after an anonymous donation to Trumpcoin.
December 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
joellava.bsky.social
I think Kalshi does have some inherent,visible, and quantifiable value. But it will be an ephemeral fad, like DealDash or NFT's.

Also, the societal toxicity of Kalshi is already becoming apparent.

Would anyone like to bet that I'm wrong?
moreperfectunion.bsky.social More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 3d
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 4, 2025 at 7:31 AM
joellava.bsky.social
Thank gawd the axing of Hegseth will end all the extra-judicial killings and purging of the DoD and the Christian White Nationalism in the ranks.
December 4, 2025 at 5:52 AM
joellava.bsky.social
Trump literally naming UBI after himself. How is this man a Republican?

The initiative will cost an estimated $15 billion through 2034, at a time when the U.S. government faces a $37 trillion national debt.

www.usatoday.com/story/money/... via @usatoday
'Trump Accounts' for kids just got a $6B boost. How can you claim one?
'Trump Accounts' are free money for your baby. Think of it as 'an IRA for kids,' some tax experts say.
www.usatoday.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:15 AM