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Zhi Zhu 🕸️
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DOGE Seizes Control of Independent Org Dedicated to Peace

Following a #police standoff, Elon Musk’s lackeys took over the nonprofit’s HQ in what its former leader referred to as an “illegal takeover.”
vanityfair.com/news/story/doge

"More than 40 years ago, #Congress established the #US Institute of #Peace (USIP) as an “independent, nonprofit, national institute” to “promote #international peace & the resolution of conflicts.”

#Doge just took it over."

Headline from Vanity Fair: Politics DOGE Seizes Control of Independent Org Dedicated to Peace Following a police standoff, Elon Musk’s lackeys took over the nonprofit’s headquarters in what its former leader referred to as an “illegal takeover.” By Issie Lapowsky March 18, 2025
#Musk#Coup#Corruption
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
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Elon Musk’s DOGE Uses Police to Seize Independent Nonprofit

The US Institute of #Peace is not a federal agency nor located in a federal building. That didn’t stop DOGE from taking over.
newrepublic.com/post/192854/el

"The #USIP, an independent #nonprofit founded by #Congress...

“What has happened here today is an illegal takeover by elements of the executive branch of a private nonprofit,” Moose told reporters."

Headline and text from article: Headline: Elon Musk’s DOGE Uses Police to Seize Independent Nonprofit The U.S. Institute of Peace is not a federal agency or located in a federal building. That didn’t stop DOGE from taking over. by Malcolm Ferguson March 18, 2025 / 10:11 a.m. ET Text: Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency staffers used police and private security to forcefully take over the U.S. Institute of Peace on Monday. The USIP, an independent nonprofit founded by Congress, had its president, Greg Moose, and its board fired last week by the Trump administration. The Associated Press reported that DOGE workers on Monday had law enforcement escort them into USIP, which is not located in a federal building, after previously being denied access.
#ElonMusk#Musk#Doge
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
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Musk’s Role in Dismantling Aid Agency Likely Violated Constitution, Judge Finds

It appears to be the first time a federal #judge has acted to constrain Elon Musk, a top adviser to #Trump...
nytimes.com/2025/03/18/us/poli

"Efforts by #ElonMusk & his team to permanently shutter #USAID likely violated the #Constitution “in multiple ways” & robbed #Congress of its authority to oversee the dissolution of an agency it created"

Headline: Musk’s Role in Dismantling Aid Agency Likely Violated Constitution, Judge Finds It appears to be the first time a federal judge has acted to constrain Elon Musk, a top adviser to President Trump. The judge also ordered agency functions be partially restored, though that relief could be temporary.
#Musk#Coup#Corruption
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
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" #Republicans in #Congress are not being told that their appropriations will be ignored: they are being told that appropriations will be selectively ignored, and they will be protected.

#DOGE is accepting requests from Republican officials to reverse cuts in their jurisdictions. It is a form of #spoils system in reverse: your pet projects will be spared from elimination."
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/tru

Text from article(edited for length): No member of Congress should support an illegal theory of governing that strips them of their power. No member of Congress should vote for a bill unless they are promised that the bill will be implemented as written. Breaking such promises should trigger Congress to use its oversight powers, all the way to impeachment. This is all pretty straightforward checks-&-balances stuff. You protect your institutional power, or you become irrelevant, as does the US model for governing... So why are Republicans going along with Trump’s promises to ignore their appropriations. Many genuinely want to cut government, and don’t care about the means. But they also... want to claim credit & minimize blame. Recall all of the Republicans who opposed Biden’s infrastructure bill, and then touted spending in their jurisdiction. So what gives? Republicans in Congress are not being told that their appropriations will be ignored: they are being told that appropriations will be selectively ignored, and they will be protected. DOGE is accepting requests from Republican officials to reverse cuts in their jurisdictions. It is a form of spoils system in reverse: your pet projects will be spared from elimination. CNN describes the pattern: "Republican lawmakers are enjoying more access – and having more success – in their attempts to convince the White House to reverse cuts to certain programs and workers, while Democrats are largely striking out..."
#ElonMusk#DonaldTrump#Corruption
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
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Trump and Musk are building a new spoils system

When ideological targeting becomes cronyism
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/tru

"Trump, via #Musk, is engaged in #impoundment, which is #illegal & #unconstitutional. It also vastly weakens #Congress. & yet, the #Trump pitch to get Congress to pass appropriations is that he will ignore what they actually pass! Impoundment is a feature, not a bug, in their model for governing."

Headline and illustration with credit. Headline: Trump and Musk are building a new spoils system When ideological targeting becomes cronyism by Don Moynihan Mar 12, 2025 Illustration: Elon Musk is depicted as a robber baron during the gilded age. Credit: Boing Boing/Midjourney
#ElonMusk#DonaldTrump#Coup
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