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Progressive Democrats accused Donald Trump and Elon Musk of orchestrating a ā€œconstitutional crisisā€ after Musk moved to shut down USAID and gained access to a federal payment system.

Lawmakers, blocked from entering USAIDā€™s headquarters, condemned Trump for granting Musk unchecked power over government functions.

Senator Elizabeth Warren warned that Muskā€™s involvement could trigger financial instability, while Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called it a ā€œplutocratic coup.ā€

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      19 days ago

      Itā€™s not exploitation. The system is designed this way. A handful of billionaires own the media, a billionaire bought the presidency and has been handed keys to the White House. This is the pinnacle of what their goals have been all along.