The Democratic Party in Congress is starting to react, finally, to the Trump Coup, and Elon Musk’s involvement in attempting to destroy federal agencies and civil servants.
Among those being very loud and defiant are:
Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut
Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii
Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia
Senator Adam Schiff of California
Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
Congressman Jamie Raskin of Maryland
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett of Texas
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Congressman Maxwell Frost of Florida
These and other Democrats are showing up at various federal agencies, including today the Department of Education, which Donald Trump is, crazily, trying to destroy by executive order, which will not stand up!
Additionally, a large number of Democrats spoke vehemently at the Treasury Department, furious that Elon Musk and his hoodlums have gained access to federal records of tens of millions of American taxpayers!
When I was fighting environmental political battles, we had a saying. “They only win is when you guve up!”
People are starting to protest. There were several protests this weekend in major cities against Trump’s anti-immigration policies. Last night hundreds marched in New York against Trump’s anti-trans policies.
They’re also protesting outside of offices of Senators and House Representatives.
Now Trump and Musk are trying to purge the CIA.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/politics/cia-workforce-buyouts/index.html
Somebody had better do something fast. Trump now has this insane idea to turn Gaza into the “Riviera” of the Middle East.
What he’s proposing is ethnic cleansing, which is a war crime.
This is why it was essential during the campaign for everyone to vote for Kamala Harris, even if they were (justifiably) angry and upset about the situation in Gaza, because THIS was always going to be the result – it was glaringly obvious that Trump would be much, much worse than Kamala Harris if you care about the Palestinians, Arab or Muslim Americans, whatever. Not even close, really. Plus, Trump is a disaster on everything else, so this should have been a no-brainer to vote in droves for Kamala Harris, not to sit home or vote for Jill Stein or Trump. Now, it’s going to be a four-year (at least!) disaster for ALL OF US. Greeeaaaat.
BTW, Netanyahu can f*** himself as well.
Anyone who believed Trump was some sort of pacifist or whatever is too dumb for words.
‘Things Are Going to Get Intense:’ How a Musk Ally Plans to Push AI on the Government
https://www.404media.co/things-are-going-to-get-intense-how-a-musk-ally-plans-to-push-ai-on-the-government/
DOGE staffers enter NOAA headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/04/doge-noaa-headquarters
DOGE may be meddling at the VA now.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-doge-veterans-affairs-patty-murray_n_67a29d0de4b032cbd10ec92f
Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them at one point as “targets.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/federal-health-workers-terrified-dei-website-publishes-list-targets-rcna190711
Musk’s DOGE goons are accessing code in the computer systems.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/musk-cronies-dive-into-treasury-dept-payments-code-base
America’s constitutional crisis could come to a head in four months.
How Donald Trump and Elon Musk could use a debt ceiling breach to usurp Congress’s power.
https://www.vox.com/politics/398126/musk-trump-illegal-spending-freeze-debt-limit-constitutional-crisis
The acting U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., a former “Stop the Steal” lawyer who represented Jan. 6 defendants, is now effectively threatening prosecution against reporters who identify Musk’s DOGE goons.
The protesters in New York that Pragmatic mentioned about gathered outside NYU Langone Health on February 3 to protest against the hospital reportedly stopping treatment for trans kids after Trump’s executive order attempting to halt gender-affirming care for anyone under the age of 19.
https://ny1.com/nyc/manhattan/news/2025/02/04/hundreds-protest-nyu-langone-after-families-say-hospital-denied-their-children-care
Today there are anti-coup protests in all 50 states.
Trump’s crazy Gaza idea is probably really a distraction to get the focus off of Elon’s destruction of government agencies.