#Trump’s #budget calls for an elimination of the federal agency known as #AmeriCorps, whose funding for nationwide #CommunityService programs had already been slashed & its staff sent home.
Also on the list of agencies to be eliminated, which the admin said will “reduce *waste* & reduce unnecessary governmental entities,” are several small govt institutions that have been effectively gutted by #Musk’s #DOGE, including the US Institute of #Peace [#USIP] & the #Smithsonian’s Woodrow Wilson Center.
#USIP
"First they came for USAID & USIP
And I didn't speak out
Bc I wasn't part of #USAID or #USIP
Then they came for the #immigrants
And I didn't speak out
Bc I wasn't an immigrant
Then they came for our #universities
And I didn't speak out
Bc I wasn't an educator or a student
Then they came for the queer community
And I didn't speak out
Bc I didn't identify as #LGBTQ+
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me
My take💙on the poem by M Niemöller."
-K Kennedy
Audio 22 minutes: "GUEST: South East Asian Expert and former employee of United States Institute of Peace" Brian Harding www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... #USIP #DOGe #coup #frauds #law
Elon Musk's DOGE raids United ...
"public continues to ask: is DOGE allowed to do that? This analysis aims to answer that question, evaluating the legality (or lack thereof) of many of DOGE’s highest-profile actions." www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve... #coup #frauds #law #SSA #NLRB #USIP #CFPB #NRC #DOJ #NSA #NOAA #NASA
What you need to know about DO...
Acc/to a transcript of the call provided by #Vera, Cavanaugh referenced the US Institute of Peace as an example of #DOGE assigning a team to an independent nonprofit. Last month DOGE took over & shut down #USIP, a 40-yr-old institution founded & funded by Congress that employs ~600 people in DC & abroad. USIP operates differently than Vera & other #nonprofits, which were NOT established by Congress & receive their funding from grants & #private donors.
What the fuck is this? [Wired]: Federal Judge Allows DOGE to Take Over $500 Million Office Building for Free
It’s the culmination of a weeks-long standoff between Elon Musk’s DOGE team and the United States Institute of Peace.
https://www.wired.com/story/judge-approves-doge-usip-office-building/
#doge #usip #wtf #corruption #musk #trump #russVought #russellvought
#DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building, Court Filings Show
Documents show DOGE is attempting to transfer headquarters of an independent #thinktank, #UnitedStates Institute of Peace, to gov at no cost.
Tensions at #USIP have been escalating for weeks, starting when Trump administration fired agency’s 10 voting board members and USIP staffers denied DOGE representatives access. As of Friday, most USIP staffers have been terminated.
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-takes-control-usip-office-building/
https://archive.ph/8GaWL
#DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building, Court Filings Show
The documents reveal a DOGE affiliate is attempting to transfer the headquarters of an #independent think tank, the United States Institute of Peace, to the government at no cost.
#takeover #usip #thinktank #Musk
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-takes-control-usip-office-building/
Documents reveal a DOGE affiliate is attempting to transfer the headquarters of an independent think tank, the United States Institute of Peace, to the government at no cost.
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-takes-control-usip-office-building/ #DOGE #Trump #Musk #USIP #Government #Politics
The #DOGE-affiliated acting pres. of the USIP, a Congress. funded, indep think tank, has moved to transfer the agency’s $500M HQs bldg to the GSA free of chg.
Tensions at #USIP: escalating -Trump admin fired the agency’s 10 voting board mems on Mar 14 & staffers denied DOGE reps access. Mar 31: most staffers were term.
DOGE forced out the directors/staff of a nonexec agency, installed a GSA staffer as pres. -now attempting to hand the inst's HQs to GSA.
#USPol #Fascism https://www.wired.com/story/doge-takes-control-usip-office-building/
#TheGremlinZoo #USPol #DOGE #USIP
From Wired: DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building, Court Filings Show
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-takes-control-usip-office-building/
Remember when #DOGE broke into the US Institute of Peace (#USIP), which is actually a nonprofit, not a government agency? It turns out that they wanted to steal the building for themselves https://www.wired.com/story/doge-takes-control-usip-office-building/
“Trump administration shakes up the U.S. Institute of Peace with mass firings, continuing its trend of reshaping key organizations. A move that raises questions about the future of U.S. diplomacy and peace efforts. #TrumpWatch #USIP #PoliticalMoves” www.cnn.com/2025/03/29/p...
Trump administration targets U...
#USIP’s building is privately owned by the institute & paid for through the institute’s endowment, 2 employees said, unlike its overseas programs & staff salaries, which are paid through federal funds appropriated by #Congress. “So to me this seems like the most egregious violation of the #law,” said one employee.
[Prior to this] A federal judge had condemned the process through which the #Trump admin seized control of USIP but declined a motion for a #TRO.
The termination emails were riddled w/mistakes — w/employees’ names, the month of April & even the institute’s title misspelled in places — a telling sign of the rushed & haphazard nature of the operation….
By Saturday morning, the terminated #USIP headquarters staff were already discussing filing a class-action lawsuit & were debating whether to sign their termination documents.
#extortion #MafiaState #law #labor #USpol #TrumpCoup #TrumpPurge #Trump #Musk #DOGE #democracy #fascism #tyranny
In the latest action, employees were instructed to sign a 4-pg letter ordering them to return all #USIP property while agreeing to forgo all future claims against the institute. It ordered them not to disclose any terms of the agreement in exchange for 1 month of #HealthInsurance & a monthly stipend paid for an unspecified period. Those who refuse to sign, the letter said, will lose all #benefits as of Monday.
#extortion #MafiaState #law #labor #USpol #TrumpCoup #TrumpPurge #Trump #Musk #DOGE
…#USIP & members of its fired board filed a lawsuit, naming #DOGE & its reps, #Trump & members of his Cabinet. The suit claims the #ExecutiveBranch had no authority to dismiss the leadership & staff of the institute because it was created by the #LegislativeBranch [#Congress], nor could it take over USIP’s privately owned HQ building. Briefs in the case are scheduled during April, with a hearing near the end of the month.
#law #USpol #TrumpCoup #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #democracy
The #USIP has a total staff of about 600 people in offices worldwide. It is actively involved in negotiating #peace deals & helping #war-torn countries & regions to implement peace settlements & rebuild, including in the #Philippines, sub-Saharan #Africa & #Ukraine.
“We put mediators in place to help stitch these communities back together,” said one employee. “So it does have a dramatic effect on #violence on the ground immediately by just pulling these assets out.”
The “Friday night massacre,” as #USIP’s employees were terming the sweeping terminations, is the latest action in what has become a rapid fire of sudden cuts & hostile takeovers across govt & quasi-govt agencies over the past 2 months, implemented by #Musk & #DOGE.
#law #USpol #TrumpCoup #TrumpPurge #Trump #democracy #diplomacy #fascism #tyranny
#USIP employees told WaPo that 200–300 people — nearly the entirety of USIP’s HQ staff — had been fired. The employees, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of #retribution from the #Trump admin, said some employees were offered severance & one additional month of health insurance, in exchange for their signatures to WAIVE their RIGHTS to sue.
#law #USpol #TrumpCoup #TrumpPurge #Musk #DOGE #democracy #diplomacy #fascism #tyranny
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