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The Art of Value host JJ reports on how the Chinese EV automaker giant BYD is starting to leave Tesla in its wake. It is selling at least as many EVs as Tesla worldwide, often at much lower prices points, and its innovations are starting to outpace Tesla, which by comparison appears to be stagnating in terms of vehicle innovation. 

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Referenced video:

All The Ways BYD Is Leaving Tesla In The Dust | CNBC https://youtu.be/_tCIVEfCdGM

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The Art of Value host JJ discusses a recent New York Times article that details how Elon Musk’s X platform has allegedly been shadow-banning and suppressing some of Elon’s critics, severely impacting their freedom of speech and freedom of reach on the platform, including financially. 

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 Referenced article:

They Criticized Musk on X. Then Their Reach Collapsed. | New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/23/business/elon-musk-x-suppression-laura-loomer.html

The Art of Value host JJ reports that as Elon Musk is ramping up his Tesla robotaxi rhetoric, The Verge is questioning whether Elon’s Tesla robotaxi near future is still a fantasy. Additionally, Motortrend, after testing Tesla’s FSD (Supervised) for a full year, including very recent software updates, has quit using it, after it still make a basic and dangerous error, labelling the FSD software “sketchy”.

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Referenced articles:

Why I Had to Quit Using Tesla Full Self-Driving | Motortrend

https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2023-tesla-model-y-long-range-yearlong-review-full-self-driving-danger

Elon Musk’s robotaxi fantasy is starting to unravel | The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/tesla/654253/tesla-robotaxi-elon-musk-earnings-promise-fantasy

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The Art of Value host JJ breaks down how it’s looking like Elon Musk, along with his company Tesla and vast wealth along with it, could be in real trouble. It was revealed in the latest Tesla earnings that the company’s profits are plummeting, and it could well be because of the anti-Tesla and anti-DOGE protests that have been raging around the world. It  remains to be seen whether or not Elon pulling back from DOGE could help, or whether there has been too much Tesla brand damage.

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How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them by Jason Stanley (referral link): https://amzn.to/4jJLWH9

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder (referral link) https://amzn.to/3RsU178

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The Art of Value host JJ reacts to various investors who break down the much anticipated Tesla earnings results, which were awful, but Tesla stock still jumped after earnings. 

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Referenced videos:

Elon Musk needs to recommit to Tesla and say he's leaving Trump administration: Wedbush's Dan Ives | CNBC https://youtu.be/8h08VWiJ9tE

Elon Musk Makes Huge DOGE & Tesla Updates | Farzad https://youtu.be/Aq0ksMUFPRY

ELON MUSK'S ATOMIC BOMBSHELL‼️ TESLA INVESTORS FLIP | Jeremy Lefebvre https://youtu.be/M5LbTb8ODIg

Tesla Had an AWFUL Report and Is INSANELY Expensive | Long Term Mindset https://youtu.be/nUqNZiNvnEQ

Tesla Earnings Toxic Dung Heap Nuclear Irradiated Sludge Trash | Strongman Personal Finance https://www.youtube.com/live/_2kwHC_GOs0

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The Art of Value host JJ breaks down how one of Wall Street’s most bullish Tesla analysts says that it’s now a “code red situation” for Tesla earnings, and says Musk needs to leave DOGE and focus back on Tesla. We also preview what Elon Musk might say and do to revive Tesla’s outlook, or at least the perception of the company, amid the major brand damage Elon has inflicted.

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The Art of Value: Politics host JJ breaks down how influential Trump-supporting podcasters Joe Rogan and Candice Owens are both starting to turn against the Trump regime, specifically on the issue of sending people to the super-max prison in El Salvador (CECOT) without due process of the low. 

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The Art of Value host JJ responds to a new Times Radio interview of a Tesla Whistleblower, engineer Christina Balan, who has won a lawsuit against Tesla, and is now able to reveal much about the inner corporate culture and operations at Tesla. Christina reveals how CEO Elon Musk treated her and other employees when they tried to raise multiple, serious safety and defect concerns with the vehicles.

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Referenced interview:

‘Pure evil’ Musk doesn’t allow free speech | Tesla whistleblower | Times Radio https://youtu.be/dD56KlWShs4 

The Art of Value host JJ breaks down how the Tesla Cybertruck, Elon Musk’s longtime pet project, is not selling at anywhere near the rate Elon predicted. In fact, at present it’s selling at around a tenth of his projected sales for 2025. We also look at Tesla’s overall sales rate over the past few months, which has not been great for Tesla. 

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Referenced video clip:

Tesla hits bump in the road as sales slip: Steve Rattner | MSNBC https://youtu.be/jbt72ZfoyGU

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The Art of Value host JJ breaks down how a whistleblower has revealed how he discovered a huge data breach at the government agency he works for, while Elon Musk’s DOGE team was working there. He describes what he found out and also how he was surveilled and threatened outside of work because of his imminent whistleblowing. 

Mentioned video:DOGE Whistleblower Reveals Massive Govt Data Breach | The Art of Value: Poltics https://youtu.be/MTqZ05hPdNk

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https://youtu.be/UnFNSR6lPGA

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https://youtu.be/Wmivylie4oU

Elon Musk's DOGE Axes Tesla Safety Regulator's Staff

https://youtu.be/jjRh5m1nviQ

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Referenced content:

Whistleblower claims DOGE took sensitive data - now he’s being hounded by threatening notes |

CNN https://youtu.be/TsqgXfrSksI

Amber | Elon’s Spies Ep3 https://www.tortoisemedia.com/listen/elons-spies/amber

A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data | NPR https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355896/doge-nlrb-elon-musk-spacex-security