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NonilexAcc/to a transcript of the call provided by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vera</a>, Cavanaugh referenced the US Institute of Peace as an example of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> assigning a team to an independent nonprofit. Last month DOGE took over & shut down <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USIP</a>, a 40-yr-old institution founded & funded by Congress that employs ~600 people in DC & abroad. USIP operates differently than Vera & other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nonprofits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonprofits</a>, which were NOT established by Congress & receive their funding from grants & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/private" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#private</a> donors.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#idiocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a>

PrivacyDigest<a href="https://mas.to/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> 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 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#independent</a> think tank, the United States Institute of Peace, to the government at no cost. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/takeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#takeover</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/usip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usip</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/thinktank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thinktank</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/doge-takes-control-usip-office-building/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/story/doge-takes-control-usip-office-building/</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USIP</a>’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 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Congress</a>. “So to me this seems like the most egregious violation of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>,” said one employee.[Prior to this] A federal judge had condemned the process through which the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin seized control of USIP but declined a motion for a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TRO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TRO</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a>

NonilexThe 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 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USIP</a> headquarters staff were already discussing filing a class-action lawsuit & were debating whether to sign their termination documents.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#labor</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tyranny</a>

NonilexIn the latest action, employees were instructed to sign a 4-pg letter ordering them to return all <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USIP</a> 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 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HealthInsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HealthInsurance</a> & a monthly stipend paid for an unspecified period. Those who refuse to sign, the letter said, will lose all <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#benefits</a> as of Monday.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#labor</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a>

Nonilex…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USIP</a> & members of its fired board filed a lawsuit, naming <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> & its reps, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> & members of his Cabinet. The suit claims the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ExecutiveBranch</a> had no authority to dismiss the leadership & staff of the institute because it was created by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LegislativeBranch</a> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Congress</a>], 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.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USIP</a> has a total staff of about 600 people in offices worldwide. It is actively involved in negotiating <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#peace</a> deals & helping <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#war</a>-torn countries & regions to implement peace settlements & rebuild, including in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Philippines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Philippines</a>, sub-Saharan <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Africa</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a>.  “We put mediators in place to help stitch these communities back together,” said one employee. “So it does have a dramatic effect on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#violence</a> on the ground immediately by just pulling these assets out.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>

NonilexThe “Friday night massacre,” as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USIP</a>’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 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a>. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/diplomacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#diplomacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tyranny</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USIP</a> 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 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retribution</a> from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin, said some employees were offered severance & one additional month of health insurance, in exchange for their signatures to WAIVE their RIGHTS to sue.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/diplomacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#diplomacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tyranny</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> / <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> fires nearly all staff at US Institute of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Peace</a> HQThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin summarily fired the staff of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USIP</a> late Friday night, <2wks after forcibly removing the congressionally funded org’s president & installing in his place an agent of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> billionaire <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a>’s DOGE….  <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/diplomacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#diplomacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tyranny</a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/03/29/doge-usip-peace-institute-fired/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/03/29/doge-usip-peace-institute-fired/</a>

Alexander KarnNobody home this morning at the United States Institute of Peace web site. Sabotage masquerading as patriotism. Exhibit #12,273,493<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/usip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usip</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️"USIP filed a motion for a temporary restraining order...But the most telling moment of the hearing...She pointed out how eagerly law enforcement has been to aid in DOGE’s hostile takeover, implying <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USIP</a> would be outgunned. It was a stunning admission in a court of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>, & revealed the palpable fear that enforcing the law would lead directly to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#violence</a>."<a href="https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/us-institute-of-peace-break-in" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/us-institute-of-peace-break-in</a><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coup</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corruption</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️The Trump administration's 'assault' on Peace <a href="https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/us-institute-of-peace-break-in" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/us-institute-of-peace-break-in</a>"Members of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Doge</a> broke into the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WashingtonDC</a> HQ of the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> Institute of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Peace</a> (USIP) on Monday in a foreboding act of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#violence</a>.The independent nonprofit institute is not a federal agency...<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USIP</a> owns their building... but that didn’t stop DOGE...<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> has no jurisdiction over this organization, but he sicced his goons on them anyway."<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coup</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corruption</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️Zoom In On This <a href="https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/zoom-in-on-this" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/zoom-in-on-this</a>"DOGE went to the private <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#security</a> contractor working for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USIP</a> ...said, you don’t have a clear <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#legal</a> or ethical ability to do this. But if you don’t want to lose all your federal contracts, you have to. And they did...There are a lot of very large federal security contractors who wield <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#violence</a> & force on behalf of the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> govt... those contractors are also extremely vulnerable to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> because DOGE can make contracts disappear"<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️DOGE Strong-Armed USIP Security Contractors to Switch Sides <a href="https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/breaking-doge-strong-armed-usip-security-contractors-to-switch-sides" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/breaking-doge-strong-armed-usip-security-contractors-to-switch-sides</a>"“DOGE threatened to cancel every federal contract Inter-Con [USIP's security] held if they did not... let Kenneth Jackson [the purported new head of the Institute] inside.”How big a threat was that? According to USASpending, Inter-Con has $209 million in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a> contractors currently. So it sounds like <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> made them an offer they couldn’t refuse."<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coup</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corruption</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USIP</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a>

NonilexThose officials are Jeremy Lewin, who has been working for the cost-cutting task force led by the billionaire <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a>, & Kenneth Jackson, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#State</a> Dept official who was named the acting president of the U.S. Institute of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Peace</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USIP</a> this week [another independent agency under assault by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> & subsequently embroiled in federal lawsuits].<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ForeignPolicy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoftPower</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a>

NonilexJudge Howell added she was particularly concerned about the success of the plaintiff’s likelihood of success, particularly because they had sued in their official capacities even though they had been removed.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USIP</a> sued the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin after members of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> effectively executed a physical takeover of USIP HQ earlier this week.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#independent</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalAgencies</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonprofit</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup</a>

NonilexSummary: Judge Beryl Howell denied the US' Institute of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Peace</a>'s request for a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TRO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TRO</a> that would have barred the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin from trespassing at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USIP</a> & would have ensured USIP retained control of their computer systems, accounts & records. “I am very offended by how <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> has operated at the institute & treated American citizens trying to do a job that they were statutorily tasked to do. But that concern about how this has gone down is not one that can sway me in the factors of a TRO.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>

NonilexThroughout the hearing, Judge Howell repeatedly emphasized the appalling treatment of the people who worked at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USIP</a>. But she ultimately said there are serious questions about USIP's structure that suggest <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> may have authority to do what he did. She will expedite case.Judge Howell said she is unclear whether the USIP is an executive branch agency, & has requested a briefing on the matter.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#independent</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonprofit</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a>

NonilexJudge Howell denied the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USIP</a> TRO. She says she's "very offended by how <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> has operated" but the jurisprudence isn't clear enough about how it applies to this type of entity.Howell is concerned about the likelihood of success because they've sued in their official capacity for personal relief.Howell said it's undisputed that they were removed in violation of the statute, but the DC Circuit's Dellinger decision says they can't have irreparable harm.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#independent</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonprofit</a>

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