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As a former USAID policy analyst, I've been a signatory to a letter to the Speaker of the House protesting the illegal closure of USAID by a band of misfits who don't have the faintest idea what USAID is and does, and never had any interest in learning. I'm under no illusions that Speaker Squirrelface will do anything, but it was important not to remain silent. Former colleagues of mine are trying to find housing for staff who've been ordered to leave their overseas posts -- their lives upended, their careers abrogated by the stroke of a pen. They are using encrypted apps to communicate with one another -- the same channels that ISIS and terrorists use -- because they all know they're under surveillance.

These people want our silence and acquiescence to illegality. We will not cooperate, will not be intimidated, will not be cowed. Thugs and bullies NEVER deserve to own the playground. I will be looking for lawsuits to help support fund, and demand Congress stop cooperating with an unconstitutional coup through shutdowns. Restraining injunctions, cease and desist orders -- anything to gum up the works. We are not powerless and they are incompetent. Wishing others well in their own acts of resistance.

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Those of us who have been paying attention will not be surprised when Musk’s chainsaw gang’s work causes disaster, but it will be a shocking moment for the price of eggs voters. More plane crashes, perhaps many more? Economic disaster? Health disaster? The same if Trump does something equally stupid and acts out one of his threats to Panama, Gaza or Greenland. Jen is right, too—put the pressure on the GOP by urging Democratic politicians to use every tool in their legislative tool chest to oppose the GOP. The GOP owns this but we cannot and must not stand idle. We can’t wait for the mid-terms to rectify things—we must do so now.

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