Exposed: The Radicals Coordinating the $460 Billion Tesla Terror Attacks

Over the past two months, more than 60 coordinated attacks—believed to be carried out by domestic extremists targeting Tesla and its owner Elon Musk—have resulted in an estimated $20 million in personal property damage and over $460 billion in market cap.

While many of the groups involved insist they support only "peaceful protests," their actions and partisan affiliations tell a different story. Many are backed by high-profile leftist donors such as Reid Hoffman, George Soros, and several dark money advocacy organizations that obscure donor identities through layered nonprofits.

This is not a new strategy. Advocacy networks funded by wealthy progressive benefactors have a history of mobilizing against conservatives, companies, and policies they oppose—often distancing themselves from the violence and vandalism that follow. Tesla is simply the latest target, owing to Musk's heroic support for President Donald Trump in the 2024 election and powerful work rooting out waste through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

The 2020 Black Lives Matter protests marked a turning point in how modern political movements are deployed. What began as calls for supposed "racial justice" led to over $1 billion in damages nationwide by violent rioters. The organization behind the protests was later found to have embezzled millions, with only 33 percent of donations reportedly used for charitable purposes.

Now, a new crop of activist groups—including Disruption Project, Rise & Resist, Indivisible Project, and Troublemakers—have emerged with campaigns to vilify Musk, disrupt Tesla operations and terrorize Tesla owners—while numerous domestic terrorists have resorted to property destruction and arson. 

We've exposed the groups orchestrating this coordinated chaos, and it goes right to the heart of the radical Left.

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The Disruption Project: Behind the Facade of Grassroots Activism

The Disruption Project would love for Americans to think they are a grassroots movement of concerned citizens— community-powered, independent, and focused on justice—but that couldn’t be further from the truth.

A surface level investigation shows that behind the branding lies a network of institutional support, shielded funding from large donors, and connections to other groups that all unjustly call themselves "grassroots." 

At first glance, their website gives them away. Instead of a simple, possibly quickly built website that would characterize a grassroots movement, it’s clean, highly produced, and suspiciously over legalized. Instead of a rag tag collective, disruption-project.org is layered with legal disclaimers and a privacy policy more fit for a tech startup than a street-level movement. 

The only available contact is a sterile "info@" email. No staff. No organizers. No accountability.

Its puzzling to see a "grassroots" group so entrenched in the professional gloss of the corporate world—but when the curtains are removed, and the unsurprising backers are revealed, it all starts to make sense. A deeper dive shows the group is almost 100 percent backed by Tides Advocacy, a powerful wing of the Tides Network, which specializes in funneling anonymous, high-dollar donations into progressive causes.

The Tides network creates "grassroots" groups out of thin air, often sponsoring them until they can receive their own nonprofit status from the IRS. Almost every dollar tied to the Disruption Project—$80,000—came directly from Tides. 

That’s not grassroots fundraising. That’s institutional backing.

If the Disruption Project's dark money backing and corporate website wasn’t enough of a giveaway, the organizations that share the same floor in the same building (924 Cherry St., 5th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107) further show how entrenched this group is in the behemoth of "progressive" advocacy.

The Disruption Project shares office space with The Organizing Center, a consultancy that charges $100–$400 an hour to grow "people-powered movements" focused on racial and gender liberation, domestic worker rights, and broader social justice causes. The group is led by Christi Clark and Clarise McCants who built their careers on "progressive" causes. 

Co-founder McCants has "mobilized" campaign against police violence and "cut her teeth" as a national campaign director to end cash bail and free inmates from prison. Before co-founding The Organizing Center, Clark built "strong" unions, worked toward policy changes to "decriminalize black and brown youth” (whatever that means), and led a campaign that won $100 million for affordable housing.

In the same building is the Movement Alliance Project (MAP), a heavyweight in Philadelphia’s progressive organizing scene. The organization credits the inspiration for its founding to the Zapatistas Army of National Liberation, an anarcho-socialist militia that controls territory in southern Mexico.

IRS filings from 2021, 2022, and 2023 show that Tides Advocacy explicitly listed "c/o Movement Alliance Project" on the address line for annual $20,000 grants to The Disruption Project. That’s not a coincidence.

MAP works as a center point for a large collection of leftist initiatives including Philly We Rise, The Shift the Narrative Project, and Mapping Pretrial Injustice. They also provide backing to groups like Black Lives Matter Philly, the 215 People’s Alliance, and the Philadelphia Community Bail Fund.

MAP’s funding network is equally as deep. They’ve received grants from some of the most influential "progressive" institutions in the country: the Open Society Foundations, MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation, the Arabella-backed New Venture Fund, and the Ben and Jerry’s Foundation. 

Under their former name, Media Mobilizing Project, they received $140,000 by the Open Philanthropy Project to back a campaign known as the “Coalition for a Just District Attorney.” Just one more group promoting lawlessness with George Soros's money.

The Disruption Project is clearly embedded in a network of well-funded, tightly aligned organizations, and their operations are strategic, professional, and flush with institutional money—but their end goal is even more terrifying than their backers' deep pockets.

On the homepage for the Disruption Project, it immediately becomes clear that the Tesla riots make up just one small aspect of the "grassroots" group. The openly Marxist organization actively supports a litany of leftist causes, but they take things to a new level.

Beyond political rhetoric, the site offers materials that encourage direct confrontation, surveillance of perceived opponents, and guidance for handling arrests—complete with "jail support packets" prepared for followers who inevitably will be arrested under the group's guidance.

The website even includes a webpage that links to a Google documents titled "Finding a Target's Home Address."

The image of The Disruption Project as a spontaneous, community-driven movement doesn’t hold up under scrutiny. It is not organic, and it does not support what the people want.

The Disruption Project is simply another front of the establishment Left, strategically designed to cause civil unrest while convincing its own followers they represent the "grassroots" of America. 

Indivisible

If the Left does one thing well, it's to convince everyone that all of their movements are seemingly grassroots—but don't let that image stick.

Instead of a lovingly curated yard think instead a pristine golf course strategically engineered, backed by millions of dollars, and maintained by a crew of professionals that hide behind the curtain.

Indivisible is no exception.

The group launched in 2016 with an initial mission to resist the election of President Donald Trump and marketed itself as a spontaneous uprising of everyday Americans. But it couldn’t be further from that image.

The so-called "grassroots" group was created in Washington, D.C., by career activists Ezra Levin and Leah Greenberg. After launch, the group released a 26-page organizing guide titled “A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda.” 

It was a polished playbook for progressive protest handed down from the top.

In 2017, Indivisible was fiscally sponsored by the Tides Foundation and its associated Advocacy Fund until it gained 501(c)(4) status from the IRS in that same tax year. Its unsurprising that both Indivisible and The Disruption Project are fighting Tesla side by side—after all, the same foundation helped launch their "grassroots" efforts.

From the very beginning, Indivisible had the backing of the professional Left, including Democratic Socialists of America, the ACLU, MoveOn.org, Planned Parenthood, the Working Families Party, and of course, the Tides Foundation.

In 2017 alone, the group raised $7.5 million, with a mere 35% coming from small-dollar donations. The other 65% originated from "progressive" millionaires. The group has only continued to become a "progressive" juggernaut with its related Political Action Committee (PAC) Indivisible Action raising more than $9 million in 2024, according to public records.

In 2023, the group reported a revenue of $12.5 million.

Indivisible shares links to the Democracy Alliance (DA), a powerful network of liberal billionaires and institutions including George Soros and Reid Hoffman. In 2017, Politico confirmed that Indivisible’s founders actively networked with DA members, and even admitted they would “gladly accept” funding from Soros or his foundation. 

In 2021, Hoffman pledged an unknown amount of funding to Indivisible's "Truth Brigade" project—a surveillance project designed to “monitor” and “counter” right-wing “disinformation."

Indivisible, like the Disruption Project, isn’t an uprising of concerned citizens. It’s a carefully curated political machine run out of D.C., bankrolled by billionaires, and operated by professionals with one goal—control the narrative, manipulate public opinion, and reinforce the Left's agenda.

But they do their best to make it feel like a community of those who wish to rise against the "fascism" of law-abiding Americans. They even have a merchandise page for their dedicated followers.

It's unlikely many people are buying anti-American, anti-Musk, and anti-Christian material from a DC establishment group, but it does make their website feel more "grassroots."

It’s not grassroots. It’s not democratic. It’s Indivisible.

Rise and Resist + Tesla Troublemakers

Rise and Resist is a New York Based nonprofit that formed as a response to the election of President Donald Trump in 2016. The group claims to be a "nonviolent" direct action group that opposes threats to democracy.

Despite having an updated 2025 mission statement, the group last filed their taxes in 2017. Additionally, donations through Democrat fundraising organization ActBlue go to New York community organizer Andy Ratto—who does not appear on their tax forms.

Andy Ratto is a "progressive" organizer based in Brooklyn, New York, affiliated with other activist groups such as the Reclaim Pride Coalition, United Against Racism and Fascism NYC, and the Democratic Socialists of America.

Troublemakers might be the only grassroots organization from the whole bunch. The group only has 56 contributions on donation website Action Network. The group mainly focuses on businesses polluting the planet but hopped in on the #TeslaTakedown movement in February. 

"Everywhere around me, I see people who understand the danger, and fascism and other history scholars call it what it is: a coup," Troublmemakers member Margie Bone, a retired psychiatrist, said on their website. "But our members of Congress are failing us utterly, and the judicial branch is being ignored."

Despite claims from Musk that Troublemakers was receiving donations from ActBlue, they are not listed on the site. Following Musk's comment, Troublemakers co-founder Valerie Costa responded.

"I was like, uh, we’re not Act Blue funded. We don’t use Act Blue. We have no connection to Act Blue. We have like $3,000 in our bank account. I could tell you every single person who donated," she said.

The group may not be heavily funded, but they are pushing a spree of vandalism across the country. In a recent interview, Costa admitted that the campaign draws inspiration from Luigi Mangione.

Valerie Costa, the far-left activist behind the so-called "Tesla Takedown" fueling a spree of vandalism nationwide, proudly admits her campaign draws inspiration from Luigi Mangione.

She labels Elon Musk's DOGE initiative as "criminal," even though Trump won both the popular… pic.twitter.com/Ec7LCkVBd9

— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) March 9, 2025

Domestic Terror

Musk, once a darling of the Democratic Party, earned the Left's hatred after spending $250 million to help elect Trump in 2024, causing Democrats to howl about buying influence. As head of DOGE, he's reportedly recommended over $140 billion in government waste to slash, most famously the USAID foreign aid arm that really served as Democrats' slush fund for political groups. And after buying Twitter (now X), he reinstated countless conservative accounts—infuriating authoritarians on the Left. So they're fighting back by going after Musk's bottom line.

"Elon Musk is destroying democracy around the world, and he's using the fortune he built at Tesla to do it. We are taking action at Tesla to stop Musk's illegal coup," said #TeslaTakedown. "The stakes couldn’t be higher. No one is coming to save us. Not politicians, not the media, not the courts."

It started with a boycott campaign against Tesla, but quickly ramped up to $20 million in personal property damage in attacks the FBI and Justice Department consider domestic terrorism organized by these far-left groups in a "global day of action" on March 29, targeting 200 Tesla dealerships worldwide.

So far, it's cost $460 billion in losses for Tesla, Musk, and Tesla shareholders. Three individuals have been arrested by the DOJ and charged with domestic terrorism.

On March 4, seven Tesla charging stations were set on fire by an unidentified arsonist in Massachusetts. According to Max de Zegher, Tesla's Director of Charging for North America, deploying a single Supercharger stall in the U.S. costs between $40,000 and $45,000, while a full EV charging system with 4 to 10 stalls can range from $300,000 to $1.5 million.

Later that month, two Cybertrucks were torched at a Tesla service center in Kansas City, Missouri. Cybertrucks retail for $80,000 to $100,000 each.

In the same month, 24-year-old Daniel Clarke-Pounder of South Carolina vandalized a Tesla charging station, spray-painting "F*ck Trump" and "Long Live Ukraine" in red paint. He then threw five incendiary explosive devices (Molotov cocktails) at the chargers, causing extensive damage. The total cost of the incident is estimated to be between $300,000 and $1.5 million.

He was later indicted by a federal grand jury for arson.

In January, a 41-year-old man was arrested after attacking a Tesla dealership in Salem, Oregon. He threw Molotov cocktails at the building, shattered a window with a rock, and brandished an "AR-15 style" weapon at witnesses. The attack damaged seven vehicles—one of which was completely destroyed—with Tesla estimating the total loss at $500,000.

The following month, the same man returned and fired a silenced weapon through the dealership windows. The cost of the damage remains unknown.

In Seattle, Washington, a Tesla Model S was set ablaze in the Capitol Hill district. Eyewitnesses reported seeing a man ignite the vehicle before fleeing the scene.

That same week in Seattle, four Tesla Cybertrucks were set on fire on Fourth Avenue. The day before, six Cybertrucks had been defaced with spray-painted swastikas and profanity targeting Elon Musk.

Based on the cost of a Cybertruck and the estimated damages reported from Tesla in other cases, the event could have caused over $400,000 in damages.

On April 1, a Northern Colorado man was arrested for firebombing a Tesla dealership. In Las Vegas, Paul Hyon Kim was charged in connection with 6 Teslas that were burned. The damages could approach $400,000.

⚠️ And just like that the LEFT Hates EV's and Climate Change No Longer Matters to them

@elonmuskhas changed the trajectory of electric vehicles for the better and now the Marxists on the LEFT want to Destroy him and Burn it all DOWN#Tesla #TeslaTerrorism $TSLA pic.twitter.com/cl30cgyKRd

— World On Fire Media (@CultureWar2020) April 1, 2025

Internationally, eight Teslas were firebombed and an additional four were badly damaged after a "not at all accidental" terrorist event took place in France. The attack is estimated to have cost over $760,000 in damages.

In Rome, Italy, domestic terrorists set a Tesla dealership on fire and 17 vehicles burned. The estimated damage is over $1 million.

Alongside more major crimes, hundreds of Teslas across the country and the world have been vandalized by those who are rioting against Musk's involvement in DOGE.

The damage has reached such extreme heights that Democrats who own Teslas are disguising their own cars to prevent vandals from firebombing their property.

BREAKING: Tesla owners have been stripping the badges off their cars and replacing them with different brands pic.twitter.com/LgRi5l6dSK

— PoliticsVideoChannel (@politvidchannel) March 7, 2025

"Imagine being so ashamed of driving a Tesla, you just have to do a brand change?" said one Reddit user.

Fighting Domestic Terrorism

As domestic terrorism continues against Tesla and its owners, the FBI is launching a task force to further investigate those organizing protests and fueling anti-Musk sentiment.

"[FBI] Director [Kash] Patel has been unequivocally clear: The FBI will be relentless in its mission to protect the American people," said an FBI representative. "Acts of violence, vandalism, and domestic terrorism—like the recent Tesla attacks—will be pursued with the full force of the law."

The FBI received reports of at least 48 instances of vandalism against Teslas in March alone, and the agency has formed a 10-person task force to work alongside ATF personnel. The ATF is also embedding agents in FBI field offices, starting with San Antonio, Texas, where several Molotov cocktail attacks have occurred.

Currently, the Justice Department has charged three domestic terrorists responsible for attacks in Colorado, Oregon, and South Carolina. President Trump has vowed to be tough on the individuals involved and has suggested 20-year jail sentences in El Salvador.

America Has No Room for Terrorists

The Tesla riots, much like the millions in damages caused by the BLM riots, highlights an ongoing trend within America's Left—they are willing to burn the country to the ground to hold onto power. Thankfully, President Donald Trump and his administration, with tough-on-crime leaders, are determined not to let that happen.

The establishment Left is using a network of strategically designed "grassroots" groups to cause civil unrest while doing its absolute best to convince everyday Americans that the "protestors" represent American ideals. But in reality, these groups only represent the billion-dollar interests of "progressive" donors who wish to unravel the fabric of America for their own gain.

Elon Musk has sacrificed his time, wealth, and even his health to ensure DOGE reveals the truth about America's wasteful spending and ever-growing national debt, which topped $36 trillion earlier this year. Leftists' message is clear: The country will burn until Social Security fraud for 150-year-olds and 9-month-olds is restored. 

Attacks against fraud and waste are attacks on Democrats' power. That kind of violence and corruption has no place in our nation, and voters must make Democrats pay a political price in 2026 for inciting violence.

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