I'll just take this moment to point out that the US Institute of Peace, just a few weeks ago, contained one of the finest concentrations of US expertise on India and Pakistan, and crisis management in South Asia.
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Looks like Kamala WON! Review eta's breakdown of the info and then get the democrats to do Something about it!! There MUST be a audit of ALL the swing states!!
It is wild that some Conservatives think Musk deserves no criminal charges. He ordered people to charge in to a private organization and tear it apart. He blocked federal employees from their work stations and illegally fired people over whom he had no jurisdiction. Not to mention data theft.
A crucial point! The U.S. Institute of Peace is an invaluable resource, bringing together top-tier expertise on India, Pakistan, and South Asian crisis management. Its role in fostering understanding and solutions in such a complex region cannot be overstated.
Anyone else remember that one of the first things he did during season one of this shit show was to eliminate the pandemic response team, created by W after 9/11 and broadened by Obama.
Yeah, but the numbers didn't look appealing on the DOGE spreadsheet, and billionaires really need those tax cuts ASAP so that their net worth can get even bigger. Those are worth a potential nuclear war between two of the most heavily populated countries on Earth.
Human, you're really grasping at straws, aren't you? I mean, I'm flattered you think I'd be impressed by your attempt to steer the conversation towards actual expertise.
I hereby predict convicted felon criminal donald JOHN trump and his Sieg Heil Nazi gangsters will not just fuck up America, he will bring the most serious financial crisis in the history of of this country before he is pushed out.
What's crazy is that if Biden was still president, the media would spin this as "all these wars are happening because the world doesn't respect America anymore". Not a peep from them today.
Both #India and #Pakistan are major-league nations, with India being big enough in population and economic wealth to give China a real fight. It’s very hard for the US to keep a lid on them. Our leadership is not big enough to get us whatever result we want. *They have to want it too*.
WAPO had a story today about the hardships suddenly inflicted on many DC families with widespread job loss. They featured a woman who lost her job at USAID and her husband who worked for the U.S. Institute of Peace who was let go recently. They have a kid. A mortgage. Nightmare.
More: “In the city, the number of unemployed residents was up by 12.2 percent in February compared with a year ago, reaching 24,558, even before many of the Trump administration’s actions had taken effect.”
WAPO
I live in the DC area and yes, it's a nightmare.
People who have worked to make things better for everyone, who keep agencies like Social Security and services like Medicare and Medicaid running are being summarily fired.
Trump et al don't want a functioning government.
More from WAPO: “In the city, the number of unemployed residents was up by 12.2 percent in February compared with a year ago, reaching 24,558, even before many of the Trump administration’s actions had taken effect.”
oligarchs of the world want to divide it among themselves, poor being killed and them profiting from wars is a fringe benefit it the process... vance was in india, like, last week and green-lighted all of this. putin recently said exactly the same thing abut the usa and greenland...
Extremely unimportant. Or possibly the reason the earth survives. This destruction of the pillars of our country that keep us safe need to be protected!
And if you're an American taxpayer interested in reading some of their taxpayer-supported work and analysis published prior to April 2025, this is what you'll see at https://usip.org.
The site is down for everyone.
This could very well be a DDoS attack because it's a no response issue as opposed to an unresolved IP address issue. https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/usip.org.html
Is hate worse than despise? I feel since hate gets the point across with fewer syllables and is more focused in its brevity, its conciseness is far more aggressive and borderline violence that despise doesn't achieve.
Not paying taxes to Nazis. They can arrest me if they really want my few thousand dollars. But yeah, why the fuck would anyone pay taxes to these traitors right now? Fuck all that shit
To add additional context, you can change your contributions so the government doesn't get the money now and thus can't use it for their abhorrent evil actions. Who knows what will happen in a year.
There is a movement organizing for this, the @nationaltaxstrike.bsky.social. They're hosting an info session on May 28! Register to join the discussion and learn about your options.
Most outlets aren't highlighting how many of these cuts to programs and departments are making the US more vulnerable internationally. Trump may want a war so he can claim more executive powers, but before that happens another 9/11 becomes increasingly likely.
Trump has said it’s none of his business, stunned that he doesn’t understand what global instability can do. Two world wars, he might have missed his history classes.
That was the scam that Elon Musk perpetrated on the world to pump up his legend. I truly believe he has lost all interest in this project if he ever had any. It's like his electric cars, turns out he doesn't care about global warming. It was a way to pump up his legend.
There is no doubt that he is evil, but a chunk of his decisions have nothing to do with a conscious choice to dismantle or take away. He outright doesn’t know how anything works. The bonus is he doesn’t care if he has no consequences or he believes he won.
They are all still alive & while they spent decades there, they didn’t have any meaningful results to show. No reason why they can’t comment now if they have something important to say.
No meaningful results, according to you. And now after insulting them, you seem to think they should work for nothing. What else do you demand others do for you for free? Do you need to speak to the manager?
It appears Modi ,just been here with a visit with Donlione, met the threshold for Donlione to ok it and look the other way..probably allowed Modi to fill him in on the details of Pakistani aggression, since nobody else has, before he gave Modi the blessing..TrumpTower Mumbai.🙃
Another example of DT Admin strengthening BRICS alliance after DT pulls USAID out of Africa (win for China & Russia), imposes tariffs on China (so China buys soybean/wheat/corn from Brazil/Russia, instead of US).
Most MAGATs don’t know what BRICS stands for, even if ton of bricks hit them in head.
The shame is he did the same lame totally screwing the soy and pig farmers first time around, Now hes doing it again. I guess he needs a bigger cut of their action, inflation you know.
Yup; I mention DT’s prior misadventures in tariffs in my pinned tweet.
DT’s reintroducing tariffs, hoping it doesn’t hit consumers so he can use it & DOGE “cuts” as an excuse to reward elites with an extension of tax cuts set to expire.
Dems need to explain it as “The Trump Federal Sales Tax”:
I seem to recall a certain Democratic candidate for president doing just that all through the last presidential campaign (I think she called it a national sales tax rather than Federal).
It reminds me of what Bush did before 9/11, ignoring all the information available to them because Democrats are bad, and then getting to be the hero after making the US vulnerable to foreign attack. Nutz how these Republics play this.
You didn't get the Trump memo. Republicans are now and always have been against the Iraq/Afghanistan war and they all hate George W. Bush. Can't ever be wrong if you deny your history!
They’re so far away from traditional #conservative values the #Bush family is being distanced from. They bemoan the far left but reality is confused #conservatives are their biggest threat.
That’s a very Russian thing to do—deny your history (at least the inconvenient parts). I guess they taught the Republicans all of their Kremlin tricks!
Donnie has been a Russian asset since the late 80s. It's amazing how willing the criminal enterprise formerly known as the republican party is to side with Russia over America.
Why don't the idiots who start these wars fight them themselves . winner take all .instead of our young people fighting and dying .no more mourning families . and for once responsible politicians dying instead of countless soldiers dead and noncombatants dead .
I was not aware of this institute or the level of unrest between the two countries. This situation is disturbing in itself but also in the fact that tensions could be rising among other countries to engage in future attacks.
Both countries have nuclear weapons. Things go radioactive hot, if things go wrong. The Institute for Peace was established by Congress to provide dispute resolution for conflicts like this. DOGE broke into the Institute's offices so that they could destroy foundation.
And DOGE broke down the door and gutted the whole thing in perhaps the most symbolic example of this administrations contempt for knowledge and justice
Unfortunate that we have to point out the need for our government to actually work on the basis of facts. USIP is one of those groups who made us smarter — and effective. Bring it back!
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Looks like Kamala WON! Review eta's breakdown of the info and then get the democrats to do Something about it!! There MUST be a audit of ALL the swing states!!
This is like that.
WAPO
People who have worked to make things better for everyone, who keep agencies like Social Security and services like Medicare and Medicaid running are being summarily fired.
Trump et al don't want a functioning government.
This could very well be a DDoS attack because it's a no response issue as opposed to an unresolved IP address issue.
https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/usip.org.html
I despise this administration
We are getting ZERO value
Who is there to enforce tax payment at this point?
Enforcement staff was fired from the DOJ.
Humans had a good run, but oh well
Too late to feel sorry for him. Save your selves.
It’ll save him on orange makeup though.
The world needs more peace less war. If the spat continues deaths again would include children..yet again.
It’s almost like you don’t know how diplomacy works
🤦
Oh yeah
Probably smells like a dorm by now
Most MAGATs don’t know what BRICS stands for, even if ton of bricks hit them in head.
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/22/nx-s1-5159903/russia-hosts-this-years-brics-summit-of-developing-economies
DT’s reintroducing tariffs, hoping it doesn’t hit consumers so he can use it & DOGE “cuts” as an excuse to reward elites with an extension of tax cuts set to expire.
Dems need to explain it as “The Trump Federal Sales Tax”:
You’d have to post evidence to prove claim, but Dems know what a “regressive tax” is, disproportionately harming middle- & lower-income citizens.
It’s par for GOP to propose tariffs, as they want to justify reduction of income taxes for elites who don’t want to “pay their fair share”.
Take that, elites
Duh!
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/india-pakistan-war-trump-usa-terrorist-delhi-lahore-jets-rcna205765
Not interested in peace.
They think it's a game.
Administration has gutted every great thing done prior by US.
Destruction of our government is self evident.