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minus-squaresik0fewllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 days agoMusk and Rubio didn’t need to be confirmed to start wreaking havoc on USAID, which is supposedly out of reach of the federal cabinets, so I think this will only be notable for historic purposes.
minus-squareeldavi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 days agoit’s the only lever legally available to them and the only notable thing about it is that it took them 3 weeks to pull it.
Musk and Rubio didn’t need to be confirmed to start wreaking havoc on USAID, which is supposedly out of reach of the federal cabinets, so I think this will only be notable for historic purposes.
it’s the only lever legally available to them and the only notable thing about it is that it took them 3 weeks to pull it.