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Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich suggests threatening Elon Musk with arrest, boycotting Tesla, boycotting X, terminating contracts with SpaceX and more

Former Bill Clinton administration Secretary of Labor Robert Reich opened an editorial on The Guardian that criticizes Elon Musk because Musk has endorsed Trump, and that is the introductory reason Musk needs to be reined in. Reich also accuses Musk of spreading lies about a deadly attack on schoolgirls on July 29, 2024, but doesn't indicate any of the details of the mass stabbing incident, also known at the Southport Stabbing. Reich doesn't mention that suspect Axel Rudakubana, a 17-year-old British citizen born in Cardiff to parents from Rwanda, was arrested at the scene and was charged with three counts of murder, ten counts of attempted murder, and possession of a bladed article. Reich doesn't mention that anti-migrant rioters and the general public doubted that they were being told the truth by authorities about the suspect.  Instead Reich defines the rioters as  Reform UK leader Nigel Farage posted video of “machete fights in Southend tonight” and claimed: “Our coun...