Congressional Democrats were barred from entering the Department of Education’s headquarters on Friday morning as they tried investigate billionaire Elon Musk’s “DOGE” takeover of sensitive data within.

“They’ve called armed federal officers to the scene. We aren’t dangerous. We are here to represent our people. To defend public education,” Frost wrote in another post to Bluesky. “This is an authoritarian regime.”

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    4 hours ago

    All I’m saying is that if they’re already at the point of whining about it right now, they are going to be completely and totally unprepared when it actually becomes a full-on authoritarian regime.

    The only thing that bullies understand is raw power. If they don’t flex their raw power, it will be taken away from them.

    They are the people literally appointed by us to do this. They need to get going.

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    6 hours ago

    So let me get this right, a CEO and like twelve 20ish year old nerds - unstoppable. Democratic politicians denied and unaccessible?

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    Not sure how it’s legal to bar a congressmember from most government buildings. Perhaps they should bring an armed military person or two with them the next time they come for a visit.

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    Sensitive student data. They now have our financial and student data.