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WATCH: AOC lays into “billionaire conman” Elon Musk in viral rant

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slammed Elon Musk as a “billionaire conman” at a Congressional committee meeting Tuesday that quickly went viral online. Ocasio-Cortez, a vocal critic of corporate influence in government, dismissed Musk’s role at DOGE, calling out his lack of experience in public service and government operations. WHY IT MATTERS: The appointment of billionaires like […]

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Democratic senator vows to block Trump nominees over USAid shutdown

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After a public outcry, Democrats are finally standing up to Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s attempted shutdown of the federal agency overseeing foreign aid, USAID. Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, announced Monday that he is placing a “blanket hold” on all of Trump’s nominees for the State Department. Schatz, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee,

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Trump and Musk have triggered a ‘constitutional crisis’ with USAid takeover

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Donald Trump and billionaire oligarch Elon Musk’s moves to shut down the foreign aid agency USAid and seize access to the Treasury Department’s federal payment system have triggered what progressive lawmakers are calling a “constitutional crisis.” After Musk publicly declared his intent to dismantle USAid, congressional Democrats attempted to enter the agency’s Washington headquarters on

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