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Summary
Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared himself acting head of USAID as employees were locked out and the White House confirmed plans to merge the agency into the State Department.
Elon Musk took control of USAID’s headquarters, email systems, and security access. Musk, with Trump’s approval, is pushing to dismantle the agency, calling it “beyond repair.”
Democrats condemned the move, warning it endangers global aid efforts and benefits U.S. adversaries.
Sen. Brian Schatz vowed to block Trump’s State Department nominees in protest.
That’ll show him.
This is what Tuberville did to the military promotions and it was quite effective (ly terrible). It forces formal votes on each candidate. I’m not certain it’ll slow things down for confirmations, but what else is there?
My guy. They’re cutting big pieces out of the building we all live in, and they have a handgun at the ready if anyone tries to stop them, and they’re drunk. And you’re talking about “Well we’re DEFINITELY going to talk about this at the next house meeting.”
What else is there, to me, is file a writ with a federal judge asking for permission to use some specific authorized type of physical force to stop it, since it is illegal. Where things go from there, I have no idea, but “please don’t, you can’t” is a massive waste of time right now.
Edit: Actually, a better analogy is “big pieces out of the boat we’re all on.” You can leave and get a new building to live in.
WHY WERE WE NOT DOING THIS BEFORE
Like literally every other senator, he voted to confirm Rubio, so I would agree with your sentiment…
Democrats are trying to change the system from the inside. If they just roll over and expose their bellies, then Republicans promise to only kill marginalized people, but leave their insider trading alone. #Resist!
Whoa buddy you left out the part where the move was condemned by the Democrats. Now you know they mean business.