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Hillary Clinton’s social media post commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day drew strong backlash from conservatives on Thursday.

“Eighty years ago today, thousands of brave Americans fought to protect democracy on the shores of Normandy. This November, all we have to do is vote,” the former secretary of state posted to her X account.

The D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, is one of the most famous moments in U.S. military history.

It was a turning point in World War II and the beginning of American and Allied forces liberation of Europe from Nazi Germany’s control.

Conservatives criticized Clinton, a Democrat who ran against Trump for president in 2016, for a post they considered disrespectful to America’s heroes.

“Just pure evil. Comparing the sacrifices of those who died to defeat Hitler and retake Europe to Democrats voting against Donald Trump. Sick and disgusting,” RedState writer Bonchie posted on X. 3 Hillary Clinton’s social media post commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day drew strong backlash from conservatives on Thursday. Getty Images for Vital Voices Global Partnership

Radio host Dana Loesch also was weighed in.

“In 2016 you attempted to undo everything they fought for by partnering with Fusion GPS to launder discredited oppo in the press, and merchandise it into surveillance warrants on enemies through FISA,” she wrote.

“Were my WWII vet grandparents alive today theyd slam this.”

“Ruthless” podcast host “Comfortably Smug“ wrote, “What kind of shameless, broken, lizard person do you have to be to tweet out some nonsense like this?” 3 Reinforcements disembarking from a landing barge at Normandy during the Allied Invasion of France on D-Day. Getty Images 3 Former President Trump speaks to the press before departing for the day at his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on May 6, 2024. POOL/AFP via Getty Images

“‘Yes I know what it was like for those soldiers on Omaha beach ducking machine gun fire, I went to vote. I am braver than the troops,’” the conservative account added.

“She has never recovered from Trump’s win.”

“Holy s*** I despise these people,” combat veteran and author Sean Parnell posted.

“Its impossible to capture just how loathsome a comment this is. To cheapen what WWII heroes did to BS garbage politics makes me sick. Again, WWII veterans deserve so much better than this.”

Fox News Digital reached out to Clinton for comment.

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Tesla can’t buy land in Australia because CEO Elon Musk is so ‘[redacted]’ 

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Tesla is trying to use a piece of property in Australia, near Adelaide, in order to build a battery factory and Tesla showroom. But it’s facing steep opposition from locals, most of whom cite dissatisfaction with Tesla CEO Elon Musk as their reason to oppose the project.

The plans center on Marion, a small city of population 4,101, a suburb of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia.

Last month, a developer submitted plans to use a piece of land referred to as Chestnut Court Reserve, which has been inaccessible to the public since 2016 due to contamination concerns. Plans to develop the location would involve a requirement to clean up the contamination on the site.

They would also involve the cutting of several trees on the site, some of which have been deemed as “dead or ill health,” with a plan to plant trees at another site to make up for any removals.

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The developer said it would use this land to build a new fit-for-purpose factory facility that would be used by Tesla both as a showroom and service center for Tesla vehicles, and also a facility that could be used for “repurposing of Tesla batteries.”

The plan doesn’t go too deep into the specifics of how said repurposing would happen, but it could involve using Tesla vehicle batteries in Powerwalls, or in Tesla’s Powerpack grid storage projects, which are quite popular in South Australia, where they have helped to solve some of the region’s significant power stability problems.

The developer makes the case that Tesla already has a presence in the area in neighboring Tonsley, that Tesla’s mission (and the specific mission of a battery recycling center) supports the environmental goals of the community, and that the facility would create around 100 full-time jobs in the local community, including highly skilled jobs like battery researchers.

All in all, the developer thinks it would inject $56 million into the local community, quite a nice chunk of change for the small town.

And the city council also supports the plan, thinking that the job and economic benefits are worth it, particularly given that the land is not being used for anything else.

The plans were submitted, the residents were consulted, and now that all the chips are on the table… the residents aren’t having it.

Residents respond with a lot of language we shouldn’t say here

The local community gave significant pushback to this idea, with some ~95% of residents disapproving the plan. The city received 948 comments on the plan, which sounds like quite a lot for a city of 4,101 people. However, half of those comments came from outside the city’s area.

But among those comments from the immediate area of the development, only 11 comments favored the plans, with 121 opposing them (that’s 92% opposition).

Among the comments (quoted by The Guardian) come these gems, which wonderfully showcase the stereotypical Australian predilection for colorful language:

  • “Because Elon Musk is a [redacted] human being and a [redacted]!”
  • “Elon Musk and Tesla are a [redacted] on humanity”
  • “Elon Musk is a full blown [redacted]”
  • “Destroying trees to build a factory for a company owned by a [redacted] would be a vile choice”
  • “We should not support and put money in the pockets of a [redacted] who openly [redacted] salutes, is [redacted] human”

We’ll let you try to fill in some of those words, though we’re pretty sure what some of them are (and, honestly, while I somewhat understand the point of redacting profanity in public records, I’d say it is a little absurd to redact “nazi”).

The plans haven’t received their final vote yet, and the council still seems like it wants to convince the local community to go forward with them. But some residents suggest that the site could be better used by other companies, and that alternate uses could help to preserve that land and also avoid potential image concerns for the area as protests against Tesla continue globally.

Some other comments, perhaps wrongly, called the possible building “a noisy, ugly, planet-destroying temple to billionaires.”

While it’s disappointing to see a proposed recycling facility referred to thusly (although Tesla does have a questionable history when it comes to following local environmental rules), it’s just another sign of how Tesla CEO Elon Musk is drastically affecting the brand, and holding it back from its stated mission to advance sustainable transport.

Response shows once again that Musk is harming Tesla

The responses show just how damaging Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been to the company with his recent public advocacy, which has included performing back-to-back unambiguous Nazi salutes in front of a large crowd, agreeing with a defense of Hitler’s actions in the Holocaust, and many other white supremacist statements.

His advocacy hasn’t been limited just to the United States, where he is currently working to balloon the US deficit and is the largest funder of the republican party who are trying to tax EVs and send US jobs to China. He’s also meddled in other countries’ politics, including support for German neo-Nazis.

These actions have driven protests against the companyembarrassed owners and pushed many customers away, and even resulted in a hack that doxxed many Tesla owners.

The backlash, like Musk’s advocacy, has been global. Tesla sales are dropping in most regions, even as EV sales rise as a whole. Specifically in Australia, Tesla sales saw a big drop year-over-year. And this has applied to corporate customers too, with Tesla losing corporate sales as multiple companies have cited their distaste with the CEO.

While Musk has tried to brush these falling sales numbers off, it’s clear that he personally is doing incredible brand damage to the company.


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Nasdaq has filed for crypto asset manager 21Shares to list a spot Sui exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the US, initiating the Securities and Exchange Commission’s review process.

The stock market’s May 23 19b-4 filing, which asks the SEC to list the 21Shares SUI ETF, follows 21Shares’ April 30 submission of its S-1 registration statement to the SEC, which asked the regulator to approve trading of the proposed fund.

Both regulatory filings are needed for the Sui (SUI) tracking fund to gi live, with the 19b-4 filing kicking off the SEC’s review process. The agency must decide whether to accept, reject or delay the application within 45 days and it can delay its decision multiple times, for a maximum review period of 240 days.

The SEC must decide on 21Shares’ application by Jan. 18, 2026, at the latest.

Nasdaq files for 21Shares Sui ETF, kicking off SEC review
Source: Cointelegraph

21Shares proposed BitGo and Coinbase Custody as the custodians to hold SUI on behalf of the trust, however, the filing did not include details on a management fee or ticker.

Canary Capital is the only other asset manager that has submitted 19b-4 and S-1 filings to list a spot Sui ETF, filing the forms on April 8.

21Shares said in its 19b-4 filing that the SUI token powers the Sui network and serves four main purposes: it can be staked to earn rewards, used to pay gas fees, function as a liquid asset for Sui applications and serve as a governance token.

Related: SharpLink launches Ethereum treasury, taps Joe Lubin as board chair

The Sui ecosystem is largely focused on decentralized applications and has been dubbed a potential Solana killer.

SUI is the 13th-largest cryptocurrency, but its $12.3 billion market cap remains a fraction of Solana (SOL)’s $92 billion market cap, according to CoinGecko.

21Shares aims to add to SUI offerings

21Shares already lists a Sui exchange-traded product in Europe, on the Euronext Paris and Euronext Amsterdam stock exchanges.

Those listings have contributed to SUI-based exchange-traded products having $317.2 million in assets under management (AUM), according to a May 26 report from CoinShares.

Flows into SUI ETPs increased by $2.9 million between May 16 and May 24, and only trails Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Solana and XRP (XRP) in terms of net assets.

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For years, Tesla has been the go-to EV recommendation for “normals” looking for a painless, low-effort experience from their first electric cars, but Elon Musk’s political antics are causing people to shop elsewhere. On today’s episode of Quick Charge, we’ll discuss some options … and how you might be able to pay for them!

Speaking of Tesla alternatives, the Ford F-150 Lightning is the electric truck sales king once again, while the E-Transit van is now selling for the same (or less) than the gas version and Ford Pro launches a new incentive consulting service to help you pay for them.

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