NEWS: The courts have decided against DOGE and the US government in their legal battle to take full control of the United States Institute of Peace, including a headquarters building with an estimated value of $500 million. www.wired.com/story/usip-d... - ThreadSky

wired.com • 4 days ago

NEWS: The courts have decided against DOGE and the US government in their legal battle to take full control of the United States Institute of Peace, including a headquarters building with an estimated value of $500 million. https://www.wired.com/story/usip-doge-headquarters-building-ruling/

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baddog64.bsky.social•4 days ago

Never trust this right wing SCOTUS‼️

pamjoy67.bsky.social•4 days ago

“Not only that but the USIP's $25 million endowment—comprising private donations and appropriations—was transferred along with the building. The plaintiffs have no idea where that money went” Gee 🤔

mone1.bsky.social•4 days ago

@docgaby.bsky.social

toadlily.bsky.social•4 days ago

Good news. The bad news is that at least several staff in this small agency were snapped up by higher-paying private firms immediately. A real loss of talent in the public sector.

lauraclemens.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yeah, and the judgment mentions that harm of losing staff and having a damaged reputation

toadlily.bsky.social•4 days ago

I know one of those staffers. Their parents are relieved they landed on their feet (at a job 2x the federal pay grade) but this is a family with a long tradition of public service, so they're sad too. It's all so needless.

lauraclemens.bsky.social•4 days ago

I am glad they managed to sort something out that they hopefully will enjoy, but it really is such a waste and I was not surprised that the judgment mentions this type of harm, losing staff and institutional knowledge

vickiecarey.bsky.social•4 days ago

Good!

goodgeorge.bsky.social•4 days ago

Now claw back all the other illegal moves they did. It’s too late to protect our information and privacy though. Damage is done.

tweetkim.bsky.social•4 days ago

Meanwhile, where is that 25 million.

lilmudda.bsky.social•4 days ago

Hallelujah

neeeceee.bsky.social•2 days ago

Fantastic!

g4tv.net•4 days ago

DOGE's very existence is illegal.

steelrat.bsky.social•4 days ago

Does that also mean the people who carried out the "unlawful action" will be indicted?

toffph.bsky.social•4 days ago

How does one get them to undo all the alterations and removals they did, return things they stole, discarded, or had burnt or shredded? Seems like they need to be charged for damages on top of being ruled against. Still a lot to go on this.

5ftoh.bsky.social•3 days ago

Deport doge

cjmcg1966.bsky.social•4 days ago

Thank God. This "administration" is out of control, and not in a good way.

frozzbot.bsky.social•4 days ago

What's to keep them from doing it all over again tho?

jaconian.bsky.social•4 days ago

Good. To hell with DOGE.

fckgw-rhqq2.bsky.social•4 days ago

Elon already cloned all the data, and Russians likely also got it via accessing Kyle Schutt's system. Plausible deniability?

skimlines.bsky.social•4 days ago

send the doge ppl to jail next

shelbyb28.bsky.social•3 days ago

I'm loving most of the courts lately. The felon had his eye on hundreds of buildings where they fired everyone. He loves to pick up a bargain, as in FREE, and then put up more of his God awful towers with his name all over it.

How many of his branded bldgs will have his name torn down off asap?

jmeyer24.bsky.social•2 days ago

👏👏👏👏

jbatterson7.bsky.social•3 days ago

Let’s get some more of Doge losing.

hittielove2.bsky.social•2 days ago

Not only would it be a travesty of outrageous proportions for DOGE to run anything that has to do with peace, but Trump would probably turn the building into a hotel.

nyc118.bsky.social•4 days ago

Can’t help but wonder which of the MAGA billionaires thought they would get that beautiful building at a fire-sale price from Trump.

wired.com•4 days ago

In a memorandum opinion, US district court judge Beryl Howell ruled in favor of the former institute board and staff who had sued to be reinstalled at the agency after DOGE affiliates forcibly removed them in March. https://www.wired.com/story/usip-doge-headquarters-building-ruling/

wired.com•4 days ago

“The purported removal of members of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace (“USIP”) … was unlawful,” Howell wrote in the order, “and therefore null, void, and without legal effect.”

The order states that the USIP board members who had been forced out must be reinstated.

tpo-asd.bsky.social•4 days ago

📌

blue-eyedsamurai01.bsky.social•4 days ago

Ah ha ! That's good news.

Now was this the same institution whereby DOGE created a massive hole in the metaphorical teabag, lost a few gigs of tealeaf, and then cleaned the kitchen sideboard so no one found out?

wired.com•4 days ago

The ruling caps off one of the most dramatic chapters in DOGE’s government takeover so far. It’s also one of the fullest repudiations yet of DOGE overreach.

Read the full article: https://www.wired.com/story/usip-doge-headquarters-building-ruling/

pnwtrekking.bsky.social•4 days ago

Does it just get litigated up to SCOTUS, though? Anyone have any insight?

haveyouanywool.bsky.social•4 days ago

Someone should make sure the DC police leadership receive a copy of this tuling, so they can be skeptical of DGE the next time they pull this stunt and a victim independent agency calls them for help in repelling intruders invading their premises.

pnwtrekking.bsky.social•4 days ago

It's extremely concerning the DC police and FBI were involved in the occupation of the premises and harassment of workers. Weaponization of government resources. Remember, every Republican accusation is a confession.

indylu.bsky.social•4 days ago

Did congress vote to give DOGE all of the power it has grabbed

wired.com•4 days ago

And oh, if you want more context about what this was all about: DOGE was trying to gift itself a $500 million building, court filings show.

handi817.bsky.social•4 days ago

Jeez Louise

indylu.bsky.social•4 days ago

Trump and musk too vile grifters

shelbyb28.bsky.social•3 days ago

Elon majorly fucked up when he took on DOGE. He and his teeny bopper terrorists had eyes too big for the Constitution.

He's paying for his greed now. He's even more hated than Trump and that's almost impossible, but true.

tygator.bsky.social•4 days ago

It was an illegal Data Grab had nothing to do with fraud etc. it was all Bullshit and Elon Musk should have all his government contracts canceled

badlittlegirl.bsky.social•4 days ago

Well then.....

bellyrubrub.bsky.social•4 days ago

lauraclemens.bsky.social•4 days ago

Horrific that people were actually threatened by law enforcement

celiaiscricket.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yep

artshealinghearts.bsky.social•4 days ago

DOGE IS CRIMINAL! THEY MUST BE ARRESTED AND DEPORTED TO EL SALVADOR WITH THEIR GANG LEADER!

medicareboy.bsky.social•4 days ago

Sooooo, is someone going to jail for being unlawful?

rebeccalynn2025.bsky.social•4 days ago

By the time the courts are done the DOGE boys will be bankrupt, which will be even worse for them.

All the people who were illegally fired will be using this in their lawsuits against DOGE

johnbroussel.bsky.social•4 days ago

Chase Musk out of here

mollybmoon.bsky.social•4 days ago

Thank you for reporting on this.

alaskabluebird.bsky.social•4 days ago

Here's to things changing for the better!

terrifiedstill2024.bsky.social•4 days ago

Good. Now arrest them

jaytheostrich.bsky.social•3 days ago

"Not only that but the USIP's $25 million endowment—comprising private donations and appropriations—was transferred along with the building. The plaintiffs have no idea where that money went." Right into Elon's pockets, that's where.

bradbradshaw.bsky.social•4 days ago

OK then - this is really great news. I participated in the early formation of the Institute for Peace in round tables held at Columbia University perhaps in the seventies.

rollerdiscopsyop.bsky.social•3 days ago

there’s going to be bugs and other spy shit in there

mikethemadbiol.bsky.social•4 days ago

📌

lioness77.bsky.social•4 days ago

Good‼️💙🦋

sorrykb.bsky.social•4 days ago

“the USIP's $25 million endowment—comprising private donations and appropriations—was transferred along with the building. The plaintiffs have no idea where that money went.”

Trump and Musk’s little goons are stealing from us.

capecodcountry.bsky.social•3 days ago

Good news, but tRump caused harm & disruption to the US Institute of Peace anyway.

michael01085.bsky.social•4 days ago

I've never heard of this place

helchose.bsky.social•4 days ago

USIP should fucking sue Musk so hard they'll own Tesla and SpaceX by the end of it.

shelbyb28.bsky.social•3 days ago

Wait for it. That suit is probably in process already.

Between Trump and Elon, they're gonna run right thru that almost $million of free legal time from all those sell out law firms. And then what?

johnbroussel.bsky.social•4 days ago

Nationalize SpaceX, Starlink, X, Grok, and Optimus

keepitbluedems.bsky.social•4 days ago

Excellent.

lauraclemens.bsky.social•4 days ago

I want to know if the five doves in the foyer inscribed with the names of five members who died while working for USIP are still there or are at the very least stored respectfully

Someone needs to release interior photos but I suspect as a non-partisan organisation that might not happen

dabiggestboyeva.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yet, never any punishment for those involved ordered, not even a fine

betsy-cazden.bsky.social•4 days ago

This is an important precedent also for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Library of Congress, GAO, and other non-executive-branch entities that DOGE has attempted to penetrate and take control of.

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