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Independent media and police accountability. Just call me David.

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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Had to beat back the YIMBY hoard with a few dozen blocks. Max Dubler from California YIMBY apparently was irked by my posts and replied and quote-posted me multiple times, and his flock took the cue that it was time to swarm. I guess that's how his days go, directing swarms toward non-believers.
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Like all well-trained cultists, YIMBYs think they have an answer for everything. But, like all brainwashed cultists too high on their own supply, their arguments are pretty easy to refute.
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
The real Mother Jones, a founder of the IWW, would roll in her grave if she saw her name on a piece promoting market fundamentalism, aka trickle-down economics, or "abundance" in modern liberal geek-speak. This 5,000-word hagiography of Scott Weiner by @jetjocko.bsky.social is just more YIMBY tripe.
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
If Trump's reign of terror isn't a thousand year reich, whoever comes into office next should make it one of their first orders of business to tear down Trump's gaudy White House ballroom.
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Imagine if Obama decided he wanted to destroy a third of the White House, and then just went ahead and did it, so he could build a palace for himself where zillionaire sycophants would bring him offerings.
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Remember when the US Supreme Court said Biden didn't have the authority to forgive student debt? Those were simpler times.
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Mean World Syndrome The theory describes a cognitive bias that arises from heavy exposure to violent mass media, including that which overemphasizes crime. The worst of it — local TV news, Fox News, and Nextdoor — cultivates support for mass incarceration and authoritarianism.
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Now, Google/YouTube has "settled" a bogus lawsuit with Trump, following Meta/Facebook and Twitter/X. And don't forget Paramount/CBS, ABC, and Univision. Not to mention the millions donated for Trump's inauguration. Giving up their lunch money, obeying in advance. apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com
YouTube to pay $24.5 million to settle lawsuit over Trump's account suspension after Jan. 6 attack
Google’s YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit by President Donald Trump over his 2021 account suspension following the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S.
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
In the confrontation between the Chinese state and its critics, American technology tipped the scales of power. China’s cities, roads and villages are now studded with more cameras than the rest of the world combined, analysts say — one for every two people. apnews.com/article/chin...
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US tech companies enabled the surveillance and detention of hundreds of thousands in China
U.S. technology firms such as IBM, Dell and Cisco largely designed and built China’s surveillance state, an AP investigation finds. The tech companies deny wrongdoing.
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Christianity has long been used to justify cruelty in the US, from slavery to genocide to Jim Crow and segregation. This is just the latest neo-fascist, Trump-friendly version. apnews.com/article/cons...
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Is empathy a sin? Some conservative Christians argue it can be
Some voices on the Christian right are arguing the virtue of empathy has become a vice. Those Christians claim empathy can manipulate people into accepting what they see as sins, like abortion access ...
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
"Para mis amigos, todo; a mis enemigos, la ley." "For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law."
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
"The president acts like he's a king. He ignores the Constitution. He arrogantly says, 'If Congress will not act, then I must.' These are not the words of a great leader. These are the words that sound more like the exclamations of an autocrat." newrepublic.com/article/1203...
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Obama Is a Dictator. And a Tyrant. And a...
He's anything but a president, apparently.
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Trump's next self-coup won't fail. He's making sure of that early on. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump's order to deploy troops in DC is his latest use of the National Guard in cities
President Donald Trump has ordered 800 National Guard members to help law enforcement fight crime in Washington.
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
“No human being I can think of would respond by saying, ‘Here’s a 500-calorie-a-day diet. Go for it, kiddo.’” apnews.com/article/chat...
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New study sheds light on ChatGPT's alarming interactions with teens
New research from a watchdog group reveals ChatGPT can provide harmful advice to teens. The Associated Press reviewed interactions where the chatbot gave detailed plans for drug use, eating disorders,...
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
More on the autocratic ramping-up-disinformation front. So depressing. A lot of PBS and NPR's audience is rural, who will now just have Fox, OAN, and NewsMax. And there will be a firesale of CPB's assets to corporate scumbags. No bringing it back, ever. apnews.com/article/publ...
apnews.com
Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down after being defunded by Congress, targeted by Trump
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been a cornerstone of American culture for three generations.
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Bring on a parade of lies from every US department. The sky is green, okay, sure. Climate change is a hoax, okay, whatever you say. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report
President Donald Trump on Friday had his team remove the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures, after a weak report showed hiring slowed and was much weaker in April and May than p...
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
3 in 10 say DEI increases discrimination against white people - Trump's core base A majority doesn't think Black folks face “a great deal” or “quite a bit” of discrimination in the United States - that includes at least a portion of democrats We're so fucked apnews.com/article/poll...
apnews.com
Fewer Americans see discrimination as anti-DEI push gains traction, AP-NORC poll shows
A poll finds less than half of U.S. adults believe Black people face “a great deal” or “quite a bit” of discrimination.
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
“After months of cowardly capitulation to this Administration, Paramount finally got what it wanted. Unfortunately, it is the American public who will ultimately pay the price for its actions.” #CancelParamount www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
politico.com
FCC green-lights Skydance/Paramount deal after CBS concessions
Skydance had agreed to address Trump administration concerns about alleged bias at CBS.
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Literally pulling the ladder up behind themselves... “Just if we’re sitting here watching the border, it’s helping our country,” said Harker-Molina, an immigrant herself who came from Panama at age 12 and became a U.S. citizen two years ago while serving in the Army. apnews.com/article/mexi...
apnews.com
A man is halted climbing the US-Mexico border wall. Under new Trump rules, US troops sound the alarm
U.S. troops are sharing command stations and vehicles with civilian immigration authorities at the southern U.S. border under an emergency declaration from President Donald Trump.
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
"Wednesday’s agreement — which does not include an admission of wrongdoing — codifies those reforms while preserving the university’s autonomy, Shipman said." This preserves Columbia's autonomy? What a joke. They're just saying, "Thank you, sir, may I have another." apnews.com/article/colu...
apnews.com
Columbia University agrees to pay more than $220M in deal with Trump to restore federal funding
Columbia University has reached a deal with the Trump administration to pay more than $220 million to the federal government.
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
"FBI was pressured to put approximately 1,000 personnel in its Information Management Division… on 24-hour shifts to review approximately 100,000 Epstein-related records... these personnel were instructed to 'flag' any records in which President Trump was mentioned." www.cnbc.com/2025/07/18/t...
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FBI agents were told to 'flag' any Epstein records that mentioned Trump, Sen. Durbin says
President Donald Trump, bowing to days of pressure, asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to get grand jury testimony about Jeffrey Epstein unsealed.
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
The Nazi Jurist Who Haunts Our Broken Politics A contempt for compromise. An expansive vision of executive power. Both owe much to Carl Schmitt. archive.ph/bEdVR
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
These idiots are bent on destroying science, which will hurt everyone. "they believe weather radars control the weather" The NWS has received threats, too. www.news9.com/story/686de4...
news9.com
'Anti-government militia' says it’s targeting Oklahoma weather radars
An “anti-government militia” called ‘Veterans on Patrol’ told News 9 on Tuesday that it is “targeting” Oklahoma weather radars, days after an individual vandalized News 9’s weather radar.
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
What's the full story behind this? Doesn't seem like these people had a good getaway plan. apnews.com/article/texa...
apnews.com
10 held in Texas immigration detention center shooting that was 'planned ambush,' US attorney says
Ten people face attempted murder charges after a shooting outside a Texas immigration detention center. Acting U.S.
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
My favorite photo in a while
Ball of flame in the air with lake as background
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Now that the US is directly at war with Iran, I'm reminded of the Millennium Challenge war games... "Red... destroyed sixteen warships: one aircraft carrier, ten cruisers and five of Blue's six amphibious ships... the deaths of over 20,000 service personnel." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millenn...
Screenshot of text: Red launched a massive salvo of cruise missiles that overwhelmed the Blue forces' electronic sensors and destroyed sixteen warships: one aircraft carrier, ten cruisers and five of Blue's six amphibious ships. An equivalent success in a real conflict would have resulted in the deaths of over 20,000 service personnel.
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
The US officially joined Israel's latest war today by bombing Iran. (Of course, it's been unofficially supporting the war in multiple ways.) apnews.com/article/isra...
apnews.com
US has struck three Iranian nuclear sites, Trump says, joining Israeli air campaign
President Donald Trump says the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel’s effort to decapitate the country’s nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe amid T...
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Uprising and escape at GEO Group's Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey. Uprising reportedly sparked by inadequate food and inhumane conditions. All detainees being evacuated due to security concerns. gothamist.com/news/4-migra...
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Official says ICE facility in Newark evacuating detainees after 4 escape, may face closure
U.S. Sen. Andy Kim and Rep. Rob Menendez completed a tour of the facility Friday and said the escapees were able to push over some drywall to manage an escape.
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Yep. They pretty much announced it was coming.
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Will the tanks ever leave DC after Trump's jingoistic birthday bash? Maybe, maybe not. He clearly likes the idea of troops in US cities (Los Angeles). He wanted them to shoot George Floyd protesters in the legs during his first term. Plus, never forget the J6 attack on the Capitol.
Stryker armored fighting vehicles, which were parked in Potomac Park Tuesday, are among the armor being brought in to D.C. at a cost of millions. Kevin Lamarque/REUTERS
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Are they getting ready to bomb Iran? This story doesn't make sense. What suddenly rising tensions? apnews.com/article/stat...
apnews.com
US reduces the presence of staffers not deemed essential in the Middle East as tensions rise
The United States is drawing down the presence of staffers who are not deemed essential to operations in the Middle East and their loved ones due to the potential for regional unrest.
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
We all enjoy a little schadenfreude as Musk and Trump go at it. Trump's threat to cancel Musk's lucrative government contracts reminds me of the time Russia's wealthiest man was sent to prison and lost most of his money for daring to cross Putin. #MikhailKhodorkovsky www.bbc.com/news/world-e...
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Profile: Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once Russia's richest man as head of oil giant Yukos, spent 10 years in custody for tax evasion and theft after funding opposition parties.
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Trump's War on Christmas... "Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, you know? And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/u...
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Trump, on Tariffs, Says ‘Maybe the Children Will Have 2 Dolls Instead of 30’
At the end of a cabinet meeting, the president allowed for the possibility that trade war could disrupt supply chains.
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Perfectly captures the farce of it all. And a good skewering of most democrats as well, including Carville. radleybalko.substack.com/p/trumps-mod...
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Trump's modest proposal
Republicans scramble to defend a humiliating new executive order
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Thank God. #BarbaraLee is pulling ahead of #LorenTaylor in the special election for Oakland mayor. She's over 50%, which means RCV doesn't even matter, but she's even further ahead there. alamedacountyca.gov/rovresults/2...
First choice votes show Barbara Lee over 50% at this point in the counting. Barbara Lee is at 52% in ranked choice votes
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Goodbye actual health information. Hello conspiracy theories. Coming soon to a neighborhood near you, measles and other easily preventable contagious diseases. They truly do want to drag us back to the 19th Century. covid.gov
Screenshot of a federal website that used to feature information on vaccines, testing and treatment for COVID-19, now transformed into a page supporting the theory that the pandemic originated with a lab leak.

The covid.gov website shows a photo of President Donald Trump walking between the words “lab” and “leak” under a White House heading.
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
DOGE has installed Musk Starlink terminals at government buildings, for God knows what. To siphon data? To use AI to enable their schemes? To avoid scrutiny as they coordinate the destruction of agencies and the firesale of public properties? All of the above? apnews.com/article/doge...
Wires are seen leading from a top floor corner window to the roof of the headquarters of the General Services Administration (GSA) Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
I knew DOGE must be doing shit like this with the access they bullied their way into, downloading massive amounts of data from government servers. Surely, this is just the tip of the iceberg. This is Musk extracting payback for that $300M he donated to Trump's campaign www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
npr.org
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
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Cat Brooks @realcatbrooks.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
“She moves with grace and dignity and principle” Barbara Lee’s MAGA opponent, Loren Taylor, does not Full breakdown, with CTA: www.instagram.com/reel/DHeOlcf...
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Corporate media obsequience to Trump continues... “Bravo, @JeffBezos!” posted fellow billionaire Elon Musk. Added conservative commentator Charlie Kirk: “Good! The culture is changing rapidly for the better.” apnews.com/article/wash...
apnews.com
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos says opinion pages will defend free market and 'personal liberties'
The billionaire owner of The Washington Post is directing its opinion section to defend personal liberties and the free market in a shift that prompted the editor of that page to resign.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source. Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Musk is creating a situation ripe for phishing scams with these intimidating and confusing deadline emails. "Is it authentically Musk?", "Is it even legal or constitutional?", employees are forced to wonder about rando high-pressure emails now. apnews.com/article/elon...
apnews.com
Musk gives all federal workers 48 hours to explain what they did last week or face consequences
Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have until just before Tuesday to explain what they accomplished over the last week.
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
“I'm rubber, you're glue, whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you.” "The real constitutional crisis is taking place within our judicial branch." apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com
White House says it's the judges — not Trump — causing a 'constitutional crisis'
The White House says court rulings going against President Donald Trump's administration are coming from “judicial activists” on the bench whose decisions amount to a “constitutional crisis.”
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Kiss Trump's ass, get legal immunity for corruption. This is just the beginning apnews.com/article/eric...
apnews.com
Top Justice Department official orders prosecutors to drop charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams
The Trump administration has ordered federal prosecutors to drop corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams and halt the ongoing investigation.
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
If the courts fall, that's it for the country institutionally. apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com
Vance and Musk question the authority of the courts as Trump's agenda faces legal pushback
Top Trump administration officials are openly questioning the judiciary’s authority to serve as a check on executive power as the new president’s sweeping agenda faces growing pushback from the courts...
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Minor bit of good news, the Proud Boys have to find a new name apnews.com/article/prou...
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Black church in DC that was vandalized by the Proud Boys gains control over the group's trademark
The Proud Boys has lost the trademark to their name and logos after a judge gave the rights to an historic Black church in Washington that was vandalized by the far-right group's members in 2020.
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
"I won’t leave. Put that in your brain." #FreePalestine apnews.com/article/gaza...
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'I won't leave. Put that in your brain.' Palestinians reject Trump's call to expel them from Gaza
Stunned Palestinians rejected President Donald Trump's proposal to expel them from the Gaza Strip so that the U.S. could take over the territory and rebuild it for others.
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Dave Id @daveid.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Here we go, Musk/Trump dictatorially shutting down a government agency by fiat, with federal LEOs ready and willing to enforce it "uniformed DHS officers and security officers blocked the lobby of the USAID’s headquarters using yellow tape with the words 'do not cross.'" apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com
Democrats push back after Musk says Trump agrees to close USAID and workers are kept out
The developments come after Elon Musk said that he had spoken with President Donald Trump about the aid and development agency and “he agreed we should shut it down.”
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