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dates of birth, Social Security numbers, performance appraisals, home addresses, pay grades, and length of service for government employees. In response to employees speaking out, Musk’s aides locked civil servants out of computer systems and offices, with reports of personal items being searched.

USAID, founded in 1961 as the primary U.S. foreign aid agency, is now under threat of being dismantled by President Trump. Signs outside the USAID building have been removed, the agency’s website went offline, and its X account disappeared.

Hundreds of USAID employees have been fired or furloughed, and foreign aid operations were suspended after Trump issued a freeze on aid. The agency’s public affairs team has also been placed on leave and locked out of their systems.

This situation is escalating quickly. More details to come.

We need that energy. Let your righteous indignation and holy anger fuel your work. And remember to breathe. We're going to need stamina for this fight. And snacks. Don't give up. If you need me, let me know. If I need you, I will do the same. We need each other to survive. And we will. Together.

We are sailing in rough waters through a violent storm. Hold on. Hold on to each other. Cry when you need to cry. Laugh when you can laugh. Find ways to keep creating, building, sheltering, protecting, uplifting, singing, listening, learning, teaching, nurturing, giving, imagining, caring, loving.

There ARE a lot of humans committed to doing good in their communities and in the world. There ARE a million little things we can do to care for each other, support those who are doing the hard work, do what we can when we can & step back & rest when we need to, because that's just as important.

It is clear they intend to throw everything they possibly can in our faces until they beat us down. We have to stand tall, and when we fall, help each other up. There's no panacea for this insipid sickness.

by the dangerous and destructive policies this administration is implementing. What's happening is heartbreaking and gut-wrenching. We cannot let this man or his enablers break us. We cannot let them win.

People's lives will be irrevocably changed. People are going to suffer. People are going to die. Not just liberals or immigrants or queer people, but millions of innocent people across the United States and around the world who are (in many cases unknowingly) being targeted...

Nevertheless, not only my family and friends and many people I know, but millions more who I don't know are being or will soon be directly and egregiously harmed by the likely illegal actions of the administration in its first two weeks alone.