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‘Fork off’: DC protesters condemn ‘puppet’ Elon Musk

Armed with slogans like, “We don’t want your tech solutions, give us back our constitution,” and “Elon, Elon, have you heard? You're a nasty, fascist turd” protesters showed up to challenge the unprecedented access to department data that Musk and his associates at DOGE have gained control of over the last 24 hours..

"Musk can fork off," Free D.C. Executive Director Keya Chatterjee said.

Chatterjee, a former federal employee who now heads up the social justice nonprofit, was referring to a memo the world’s richest man sent to 2.3 million government employees last week with the subject line, “fork in the road” offering them a resignation buyout package.

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Trump Proposes the U.S. Take Over Gaza, Says Palestinians Have 'No Alternative' but to Leave Gaza

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/04/us/trump-administration-rfk-jr-gabbard
 

President Trump declared Tuesday that all Palestinians in Gaza — some two million people — should leave, describing a permanent relocation to one or more sites funded by “countries of interest with humanitarian hearts.” As he hosted Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, for a joint news conference in the White House, Mr. Trump proposed that the United States “take over the Gaza Strip.” Read more ›

Trump Says Palestinians Have ‘No Alternative’ but to Leave Gaza

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/04/us/trump-administration-rfk-jr-gabbard/trump-netanyahu-meeting-israel-gaza

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President Trump declared on Tuesday that Palestinians had no choice but to leave Gaza because of the devastation wrought by Israel’s war with Hamas after the terrorist attack of Oct. 7, 2023, suggesting that they be given a new homeland. Mr. Trump made the comments to reporters shortly before hosting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel at the White House to talk about the next stage of a cease-fire in the Gaza war. Speaking in the Oval Office while signing executive orders, Mr. Trump said he wanted Jordan and Egypt to take in the Palestinians.

“They have no alternative right now” but to leave, Mr. Trump said of Gazans. “I mean, they’re there because they have no alternative. What do they have? It is a big pile of rubble right now.” He added: “I don’t know how they could want to stay. It’s a demolition site. It’s a pure demolition site.”

Mr. Trump seemed to indicate that he wanted to find a permanent new homeland for the Palestinians rather than reconstruct Gaza. “If we could find the right piece of land, or numerous pieces of land, and build them some really nice places with plenty of money in the area, that’s for sure,” he said. “I think that would be a lot better than going back to Gaza.”

While the president framed the matter as a humanitarian imperative, the notion of clearing Palestinians out of Gaza is an explosive one in a region that has endured generations of warfare over questions of homelands and forced migration. Neither Egypt nor Jordan want large numbers of Palestinians, given the burden and fears of instability, nor is it clear that Gazans would willingly abandon the enclave they have spent years defending, even with the destruction.

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