Summary
Congressional Democrats were blocked from entering USAID headquarters as they protested its planned shutdown by Trump and Elon Musk.
Lawmakers called the move illegal and harmful to national security, emphasizing USAID’s role in humanitarian aid, counterterrorism, and disease prevention.
Sen. Brian Schatz vowed to delay all State Department nominations until the issue is resolved.
The confrontation marks a growing standoff between Democrats and the Trump administration as they resist efforts to dismantle federal agencies.
there are going to be places within the united states that are somewhat less at risk from fascist incursion, such as the pacific northwest/cascadian area, a good bit of california, and especially new england. if you can get to those spots for a while, you might be able to collect yourself and contact the neighboring country either to the north or south and actually coordinate your passage instead of just trying to walk across the border unannounced. I don’t think they’re going to take too kindly to unauthorized refugees flooding in
The Pacific Northwest is only liberal in the cities. Eastern Oregon and Washington are scary conservative.