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Alt U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) @altusip.bsky.social · 6h

🚨 Release the body cam footage. 🚨

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 7h

NEW — I'm suing DC Metro Police for the full body cam footage from the DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace back in March.

The public deserves to know why MPD chose to sell out the people they’re tasked with protecting in order to bend to Trump's will. I'm repped pro bono by @rcfp.org.

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I'm suing DC Metro Police for body cam footage of US Institute of Peace raid

The Handbasket is represented pro bono by lawyers from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

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Phillip Forsyth @pforsyth.bsky.social · 7h

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I'm suing DC Metro Police for body cam footage of US Institute of Peace raid

The Handbasket is represented pro bono by lawyers from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

www.thehandbasket.co

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haunted beeswax 🪷 🇺🇸 🪦 @missbeeswax.bsky.social · 3d

Hey, Bliss Bee, ever heard the expression, "Don't bend the knee"? How about, "Don't obey in advance"?

George Orwell said, "each joke is a tiny revolution," and I say each moment you spend trying to please Fox News is a moment wasted

United States Institute of Peace share.google/5Oqp8UWo9cTz...

Not Just a Punchline: Humor and Nonviolent Action

In the span of a few weeks in April, two longtime North African dictators—Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Algeria and Omar al-Bashir in Sudan—were toppled by nonviolent movements. These successes further bols...

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Keith Fitzgerald @keithfitzgerald.bsky.social · 3d

Trump is the Clownface of AmeriKKKan fascism.

Russell Vought is its "architect." I put the word architect in quotes, because real architects build

Russell Vought destroys

He drove the elimination of USAID, USIP, and so many other institutions. And he is far from done

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Russell Vought: The Shadow President

YouTube video by ProPublica

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 4d

JUST IN: Judge Mehta threatens contempt and bar sanctions for attorney Carolyn Stewart — who has repped numerous Jan. 6 defendants and pardon recipients — over filing a motion with “fabricated” citations to local rules and refusing to correct it.

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petra de asis @petradeasis.bsky.social · 4d

I always wondered at how efficiently DOGE/Musk dismantled institutions. Turns out, he had Vought's guidance.

“Honestly, a lot of what Elon began pinpointing ... was at the direction of Russ.”

www.propublica.org/article/russ...

But, according to court records, interviews and other accounts from people close to Vought, DOGE's efforts were guided, more than was previously known, by the OMB director. Musk bragged about "feeding USAID into the wood chipper," but the details of the agency's downsizing were ironed out by Vought's office.
When DOGE took aim at obscure quasi-government nonprofits, such as the United States Institute of Peace, OMB veterans saw Vought's influence at work. "I can't imagine that the DOGE team knew to target all these little parts of the government without Russ pointing them there," the former OMB branch chief told me. Vought also orchestrated DOGE's hostile takeover of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, crippling a regulator that Republicans had hoped to shutter during Trump's first term. "DOGE is underneath the OMB," Michelle Martin, an official with Citizens for Renewing America, a grassroots group founded by Vought, said in May, according to a video of her remarks.
"Honestly, a lot of what Elon began pinpointing ... was at the direction of Russ."

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Annie M @dovetails.bsky.social · 7d

As is dismantling the US Institute of Peace, holding a birthday parade to show off military strength (well, that was the aim!), increasing the Pentagon budget and declaring war on your own cities.

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Dr. Samantha Landau📚 @broomsticknpen.bsky.social · 6d

I say this with all sincerity, do not stop speaking about USAID. But also do not stop speaking about USIP, IRI, HIAS, KIND, IFES, and others.

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Steven Heydemann @stevenhyde.bsky.social · 5d

Amicus brief challenging the dismantling of @usip.org @altusip.bsky.social

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Rule of Law Clinic Files Amicus Brief on Dismantling of U.S. Institute of Peace

The clinic represents a bipartisan group of more than 100 former senior military and foreign policy officials.

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mebeforr.bsky.social @mebeforr.bsky.social · 11d

North Korea | United States Institute of Peace share.google/2y369rQzyz4u...

North Korea

For decades, North Korea’s provocative behavior and pursuit of nuclear weapons have threatened peace and stability in Northeast Asia. Various strategies to address the problem have delayed, but not en...

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Tom Busiahn @tombusiahn.bsky.social · 11d

A president who *dismantled* the US Institute of Peace …

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Andrew J. Cohen @andrewjcohen.bsky.social · 9d

I mean if you’re the guy who DOGE-ed the U.S. Institute of Peace, you don’t get the Prize.

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 8d

IIRC they are also giving VIP treatment at ICE recruiting stations to applicants who have done recent prison time for alleged crimes committed between January 5, 2021, and January 7, 2021.

Pentagon orders ‘white glove’ treatment for those returning to military service after Covid-19 vaccine refusal | CNN Politics

The changes follow criticism from some social media influencers about how returning troops have been treated at military intake facilities.

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mebeforr.bsky.social @mebeforr.bsky.social · 13d

China’s Rhetoric on Myanmar Doesn’t Match Reality | United States Institute of Peace share.google/Gh3zPXBUk6de...

China’s Rhetoric on Myanmar Doesn’t Match Reality

As Myanmar’s civil war grinds on and increasingly threatens China’s interests, Beijing has stepped up its engagement with all sides, especially Myanmar’s junta. The announcement that China and the jun...

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mebeforr.bsky.social @mebeforr.bsky.social · 13d

In Myanmar’s Conflict, Don’t Mistake Complex for Intractable | United States Institute of Peace share.google/XU7mcg8RStU1...
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In Myanmar’s Conflict, Don’t Mistake Complex for Intractable

Conversations about Myanmar these days tend to unfold predictably. They begin with agreement that the country’s military junta is a vile institution — illegitimate, hated by virtually the entire popul...

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MayoVersusTheWorld @mayoversustheworld.bsky.social · 12d

The guy who destroyed the U.S. Institute of Peace earlier this year, in addition to cutting funding from the U.S. Peace Corps wants a peace prize? Ya don’t say. 😂

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Caged birds should howl unrepentantly, no I haven't read the boo @terragonoverlord.bsky.social · 15d

One would wonder what exactly Mayor Thompson is so desperate for the protestors not to see.

Reeks the same as the judge in the USIP case saying the law doesn't matter because Elon had guns.

Perhaps the Mayor doesn't want anyone to know she intends to welcome confederate soldiers into the city?

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Michael @knilon.bsky.social · 22d

The Institute of Peace is shutdown and replaced by the Board of Peace, chaired by the person who renamed the Department of Defense to the Department of War....

My fingers can't believe they are typing this......

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Amber Love (she/her) @amberunmasked.bsky.social · 22d

Trump literally just invented a Board of Peace that he's in charge of because all of Congress is weak and has forgotten that his puppet destroyed the Institute of Peace. He changed DoD to War. He's saying AI generated (aka made up bullshit) MedBed is real & people will be "registered" to use.

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Kazoo2ir @kazoo2.bsky.social · 21d

We had an Institute of Peace that they let Muskrat destroy. So sick of this ignoramus

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 20d

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The federal government is spending more, even with DOGE
Trump and other DOGE backers say the effort is needed to cut federal spending and decrease the deficit.

Treasury data shows the federal government collected $4.69 trillion in revenue from Oct. 1, 2024 through the end of August, a 7% increase over the same period the prior fiscal year. But during the same time, the government spent $6.66 trillion, an increase of $376 billion, or about 6%. Looking at monthly expenditures published by the U.S. Treasury, spending is down compared to last year at some agencies and programs that the Trump administration has sought to cut back or eliminate, like the Department of Education, the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Others have seen an increase, like the Office of the Secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services. Overall, however, HHS has undertaken massive layoffs, claiming they are necessary to reorganize the department to align with Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s goal to "Make America Healthy Again."

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iseminole.bsky.social @iseminole.bsky.social · 20d

“THE FIRST MEETING with DOGE—really the only meeting with DOGE… In typical DOGE fashion, the government organization that we were promised unbelievable transparency on, they don't turn the cameras on…” - Colin O’Brien, former head of security at the United States Institute of Peace

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TurningTexasBlue @tigerfan519.bsky.social · 18d

Let's call her on the "bullshit". In Washington, once persons @ Institute of Peace tried to remain independent, Trump Admin seized their building & took over an independently owned building.
So call it what it is, being prudent to prevent invasion by force if allowed to enter the building.

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timetostandupnow.bsky.social @timetostandupnow.bsky.social · 16d

Trump, with drunk Hegseth, is MAKING the MILITARY his insurance for 2028 to avoid the SLAMMER for his CORRUPTION.

On July 11, the countering violent extremism team at the U.S. Institute of Peace, a nonpartisan organization established by Congress, was laid off.

www.dcreport.org/2025/08/22/t...

Trump Administration Cuts to Terrorism Prevention Departments Could Leave Americans Exposed

Trump’s 2025 cuts to U.S. terrorism prevention programs dismantle decades of expertise, risking a return to costly, ineffective military-only counterterrorism.

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MLS1 @mls1.bsky.social · 23d

WIRED revealed how Trump’s DOGE, launched with Musk operatives, hollowed out civil service—OPM projects 300,000 fewer federal workers by year’s end. SSA, CDC, GSA,USIP saw hiring freezes, chaotic purges, and intimidation as tech loyalists gained sweeping access to systems and seized personnel files.

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