Democrats demand answers from Rubio on DOGE reps’ visit to USAID

https://www.axios.com/2025/02/03/usaid-doge-trump-musk-democrats-rubio

44 comments

  2. Did they send him a strongly worded letter?!

    Get a fucking court injunction already. Wtf are Democrats waiting for… 

  3. Are you guys ok with a non elected billionaire from South Africa having access to all of your financial information via the US government payment system and unilaterally and without checks deciding what federal payment will be issued? It might interest you to know that a human services organization associated with the Lutheran church funding notably nursing homes came up as being on the chopping block in musk’s social media today. Are you aware that USAID (also compromised by musk yesterday) operates in the state department and that breaching its computers means breaching the state department intelligence agency? Are you ok with a non elected billionaire from South Africa having access and control over us intelligence? Do you not see a conflict of interest between musk making billions in china and from federal contracts and having access to the US payment system and the state department intelligence agency?

    Conservatives, people who voted for trump, people in red states who will suffer more than anyone else, time to call your representatives.

  4. Oh, they demanded answers. Yah, that will definitely do it.

  5. “Musk said on X Sunday: “USAID is a criminal organization. Time for it to die.” ”

    What the ever loving hell is going on over there? Why is the government calling itself a criminal organization?

  6. We need to take this fight to our congressman. Straight to their house. Camp out in the street so they can se the anger. They need to feel fear. They did the FA, now it’s time for the FO.

  7. Musk just cut payments to US contractors.

    We are so done. The market is going to tank tomorrow.

  9. Musk is everything conservatives rage baited and accused Soros of and worse

  11. USAID has links to (sometimes questionable) foreign political policy, but those should be dealt with at a higher level rather than at the agency itself, which is just a distribution tool. 

    There is no known lawful access granted to these people. 

  12. Oh, I am certain his answer will be informative and in good faith.

  13. This comment might get buried but I thought I saw a tweet from Mike Flynn on another sub where he said “now it’s the “Lutheran” faith blah blah blah…”

    And I thought it was interesting he put Lutheran in quotes. Maybe he just doesn’t understand grammar. But if he’s questioning the validity of the Lutheran faith, the Protestants turning on each other is happening faster than I thought.

  14. He is not a US citizen. We are watching a foreign national and his corporation seize total control of our nation. We literally let him in the front fucking door. Where is Congress?

  16. WTF:

    >Democrats told Rubio they’ve received reports that individuals who identified themselves as working for DOGE accessed classified spaces during their visit and it’s unclear whether they had proper security clearances.

    >”We understand that the security guards present at the facility were threatened when they raised questions,” per the Democrats, who said they hadn’t been notified of such a visit.
    “Following this incident, the senior management of the Office of Security, which secures USAID personnel and facilities and safeguards national security information, were placed on administrative leave,” they added.

    >”The potential access of sensitive, even classified, files which may include the personally identifiable information (PII) of Americans working with USAID, and this incident as a whole raises deep concerns about the protection and safeguarding of matters related to U.S. national security.”

  18. Awww. That’s so cute. Demanding accountability will totally work.

  19. Rubio is a bit busy trying to steal the Panama Canal…

  22. Elon Musk and his tech brother cohorts along with project 2025 are creating chaos to disrupt the normal function of our democracy to establish a tech-christo-fascist regime in the United States to create a new world order of their design. These people are rich beyond the dream of avarice. California Forever – tech billionaire Jan Sramek, Solano County, California – secretive company called Flannery Associates, Praxis – Dryden Brown, Telosa – American billionaire Marc Lore. Tech utopian cities are being proposed around the globe.

  23. Is Rubio a “real” Trump supporter or had he been just going with the flow?

  24. Lil Marco will just give you Bible quotes, because he wants you to know he’s a good American Christian.

  25. Jesus Christ this just gets more and more frightening. how can an unelected unconfirmed immigrant be wielding this much power, esp under the administration of the “I hate immigrants” party.

    at least make him go through the Senate vetting and interview process, if for no other reason than it will be hilarious to see him act like a complete tool and disrespect even the Republican senators and then see them confirm him unanimously.

  26. An actual coup is taking place, and Democrats are all like, “Leave a concerned voicemail for your congressman.”

  27. https://youtu.be/5RpPTRcz1no?si=6pQYHqDA3_Jk5mpT

    Please watch this video. These people want us and everybody that isn’t them completely out of the picture. They have given up on democracy and consider the US a failed nation. They are trying to quicken the process o of what they believe is the downfall of the US. IF THIS SOUNDS INSANE, IT’S BECAUSE IT IS.

  28. Trump: “run by the radical left; we’re getting them out”

    It is not a crime to be in a political party that is not Trump’s party. There has to be some kind of law preventing Trump from arbitrarily terminating employement contracts based on his perception of their political status.

    And why aren’t Democrats recognizing this and raising a whole bunch of questions?

  30. I thought Rubio was one of the more normal ones. Are ANY of these guys ever going stop sucking Trump’s cock?

  31. “b-b-but it’s illegal!!” they cry. Illegal doesn’t mean shit, anymore. The power is with the people doing the illegal things. Law is what they decide. Period. Whining about legality is pointless. People with whatever modicum of power they have need to actually do something.

  33. China should come get their damn pandas before Musk fucking kills them too!!

  34. None of this will matter until Republicans have to answer to Lockhead Martin and Raytheon. But honestly though, small tune government contractors that live in Republican districts will be the make or break of this nonsense.

    Also, Elon’s notable drug use not being brought up by corporate media in this whole fiasco is curious.

  35. I honestly think Musk is functionally the US president right now because half the things Trump says in the media have appeared on [Elon’s Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gizx-o5XAAAqp6s?format=jpg&name=medium) at some point.

    > When asked for comment on USAID, President Trump told reporters Sunday evening: “It’s been run by a bunch of radical lunatics, and we’re getting them out. USAID, run by radical lunatics, and we’re getting them out, and then we’ll make a decision” on its future.

    Another example is Trump’s [sudden interest](https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/trump-cut-off-all-future-funding-south-africa-2025-02-02/) in the plight of white South Africans.

    Trump is dumb and is the kind of person to believe the last thing someone told him.

  36. i’m glad they’re demanding answers. they will not get them and nothing will be done about anything. good job everyone.

  38. Dems are going to have to start doing a hell of a lot more than just demanding answers…

  39. USAID official website is down, as stated in the article.

    # Hmm. We’re having trouble finding that site.

    We can’t connect to the server at http://www.usaid.gov.

    Hmm. We’re having trouble finding that site.

    We can’t connect to the server at http://www.usaid.gov.

    **If you entered the right address, you can:**

    * Try again later
    * Check your network connection
    * Check that Firefox has permission to access the web (you might be connected but behind a firewall)

  41. I will never not roll my eyes every time I see that entity referred to as “DOGE.”

    Of course, that’s what the Edgelord-in-Chief was aiming for, so, mission accomplished.

  43. It’s time for American influence in the world to die off

    You can’t be trusted. I don’t care who comes around in 4 years happy clapping the rest of the globe, what happens in 8?

    The world will wean off American influence the same way they’re weaning off Russians as we speak. 

  44. Bruh. Musk is doing illegal shit and is just gutting the government by passing Congress and the Legislative branch. WTF. Democrats… GO FUCKING NUTS and lock these guys up.

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