Summary

Hundreds of protesters, joined by Democratic lawmakers, rallied outside the Treasury Department, condemning Elon Musk’s “hostile takeover” of federal financial systems.

Lawmakers, including Maxine Waters and Ayanna Pressley, attempted to enter the building but were turned away.

Treasury officials later claimed that Musk’s team had “read-only” access to coded payment data, but concerns persist over security risks and misuse of taxpayer information.

Protesters fear Musk’s influence is part of a broader effort to dismantle government institutions and exploit federal systems for financial gain.

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    3 hours ago

    the democrats were enthusiastically supporting a genocide and calling protesters of that genocide “anti-semites”.
    myopic of anyone to think trump would be better, but hardly inspirational to say “we’re only doing genocide-lite!”.
    trump inspired his base, the democrats alienated theirs…