Lawmakers point to shutting of USAid and accessing federal payment system as markings of ‘constitutional crisis’

Summary

Progressive Democrats accused Donald Trump and Elon Musk of orchestrating a “constitutional crisis” after Musk moved to shut down USAID and gained access to a federal payment system.

Lawmakers, blocked from entering USAID’s headquarters, condemned Trump for granting Musk unchecked power over government functions.

Senator Elizabeth Warren warned that Musk’s involvement could trigger financial instability, while Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called it a “plutocratic coup.”

  • lnxtx (xe/xem/xyr)English
    45•9 hours ago

    Please, Progressive Democrats, try to make a new progressive party. Cut ties with the Democrats.

    Bipartisan succ.

    • Tiefling IRL
      11•6 hours ago

      Problem is that if the DNC splits, both parties will be even weaker than they are now

      • @Ensign_CrabEnglish
        2•3 hours ago

        The Democrats don’t have to field a candidate if they’re that worried about splitting the vote.

        It’s not like they try to win anyway.

      • @dejected_warp_core
        3•4 hours ago

        A valid concern.

        I strongly recommend looking at what the Polish did. We can have multiple movements all trying to influence outcomes. They don’t even need their own candidates, they just have to endorse ones that party elsewhere or have a chance of being picked up by a major coalition (e.g. Sanders, AOC). Over time, that movement gains traction and notoriety, further influencing elections.

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Initiative

      • @[email protected]
        2•5 hours ago

        Yeah, but that won’t last forever. Give progressive dems a chance to campaign in earnest for their platform, without the chains of establishment pro-corporate policies around their necks, and you might be surprised how quickly the 90-million non-voters come around.

        • @dejected_warp_core
          1•4 hours ago

          you might be surprised how quickly the 90-million non-voters come around.

          Good. I’d rather know what the score is with the actual, entire, electorate than left to yet another situation where a huge number of people just stood by.

    • @DarkCloud
      7•7 hours ago

      I’m not from America, so I don’t really get why you’re not all forming militias into battalions and organizating command structures and overt/covert lines of communication and national plans.

      A counter coup if you will. Aka trying to find a majority based path to a bloodless civil war. Ideally a series of stand offs where fed forces have been prearranged to stand down.

      Of course if that fails Trump would declare marshall law which is part of his agenda as it legitimizes the executive having more power so…

      Death by 1000 grifters I guess is the alternative.

      • @dejected_warp_core
        4•4 hours ago

        Not sure where you’re from, but we have some problems that stand in the way of coordinating any kind of resistance. At least, not proactively.

        In short: we have no living memory of domestic war, famine, epidemic, or wholesale financial hardship lasting longer than a few years. We’ve had tastes of those things, but they always effect people disproportionately, usually along class lines. So being proactive by taking up arms, or preparing for economic catastrophe, is literally unthinkable for most.

        Meanwhile, the usual kind of political corruption that we’re accustomed to just came to an end, and is changing shape before our very eyes. Nobody knows what to do with that, yet.

      • TimmyDeanSausage
        2•4 hours ago

        Most of us are in denial. You probably would be too if it was your way of living and life on the line. Most people aren’t mentally prepared for shit to get that kind of real…