Here's the basis for the urgency behind the takeover of US Institute of Peace. An EO from February 19 saying the heads of these agencies had to self-deport within 14 days.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/commencing-the-reduction-of-the-federal-bureaucracy/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/commencing-the-reduction-of-the-federal-bureaucracy/
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Self-deport.
Are you a white cis male?
Self-report.
Or were these not real agencies to begin with?
They were legitimately established by Congressional statue and have operated under Administrations of both parties as they have been continually funded in budgets of Congresses controlled by both parties.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/17/politics/doge-us-institute-of-peace-trump-administration-overhaul-board/index.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/doge-musk-institute-of-peace.html?unlocked_article_code=1.404.VJUi.OUJKJHibnbkE&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
the Presidio Trust appears incongruent to the end goal of building “freedom cities”
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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/more-on-dc-metro-police-and-the-us-institute-of-peace
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278118/gov.uscourts.dcd.278118.1.0.pdf
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278118/gov.uscourts.dcd.278118.7.3.pdf
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/more-on-dc-metro-police-and-the-us-institute-of-peace
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278118/gov.uscourts.dcd.278118.12.1.pdf