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.
And this fucker was UNANIMOUSLY confirmed!
Just in case you thought anyone in the Senate were serious about using their powers to halt the encroachment of fascism 🤬
And this is all based on the dude who isn’t elected that has so far turned everything to shit that he’s touched?
And he delegated the role immediately to musk (his own words is that he delegated it to ‘an individual’ but he won’t say who. Look up the interview video)
Lil’ Marco, once the guy accusing donvict of a small penis, is now a total supplicant.
Did he have a big drink of water before he declared it?
So is USAID taken over by President Musk and shut down, or is Rubio the head of the department? Do they know which it is?
I’m pretty sure he doesn’t have the authority to do that.
Then again, rules don’t mean shit anymore. So fuck it, I declare myself The Burger King while we’re at it.
I once got busy in one of your bathrooms
Clean your restaurants!
Oooh can you bring back the original Whopper?
Double burger triple whopper
Lose the state and watch them prosper
Best we got is Impossible Whopper
I tried that once. I think I still may be hallucinating from the vast amount of salt I ingested.
With Trump/Musk, no whopper is impossible.
You’re gonna eat your cyberburder and you’re going to LIKE IT
Burger proceeds to accelerate off the table, killing everyone inside
Somehow… Rubio returned.
With the unanimous consent of the Senate, even 🤬
Unbelievable
awkward sip
Sen. Brian Schatz vowed to block Trump’s State Department nominees in protest.
That’ll show him.
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.
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?
WHY WERE WE NOT DOING THIS BEFORE
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.
If you don’t have bug out plans I suggest you start. For everybody else I would recommend getting your shit together because this is going to be a team effort to sabotage the Nazi movement.
Is it pronounced US aid or U-S-A-I-D?
Speaking from one of the countries that get said aid. It’s US aid.
Probably “us aid” (as in we/us) from now on
US Aid, that is how it’s word mark is stylized as well (and well, it’s Aid from the US so the branding works)
U said?
USA ID?
And I declare myself God of the Senate. Bow down to me, Marco.
