What’s the point of having and paying for security then? Do these dumb fucks think they’re ever going to get another contract again by rolling over on this client so easily? Stupid cowards. Pathetic.
DOGE had no right nor cause to be there. It’s an independent agency, not part of the executive branch, funded in part by federal grants through a process that thoroughly screens all applicants before making awards.
Stop beating around the proverbial bush. ICE will soon be wearing brown shirts with a Nazi swastika overlaid by a Trump “T”. And, of course, they will be wearing dark hoods because, after all, who would want family and friends knowing what part you are playing in the death of America.
I haven't given up. I'm just saying, that's why they don't care about the laws. There's currently no one to enforce them. I'm sure they'll see their day in court. Eventually.
Not surprising as this is how a dictatorship works. Everyone needs to wakeup, stop questioning why and start planning on how to remove Trump and his cronies from office.
We have entered new territory that is both frightening and chilling. If DOGE can threaten to terminate government security contracts for providing security to an independent non-governmental agency because they want access, where and how will it end?
With all private info govt divisions held INTENTIONALLY in isolated silos, now unified & Big Data mined, the J Edgar Hoover files are like a handful of recipe cards.
Expect more illicit leverage.
Don't be surprised,
Don't condone it,
Don't fold quietly,
Support targets.
There's something on the USIP wikipedia page about USIP deciding to post the 2018 National Defense Strategy on its website, which I guess caused a kerfuffle. Is this takeover settling an old score about that?
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"According to the sworn declaration of the USIP head of security Colin O’Brien, Derick Hanna, Vice President of Inter-Con, told O’Brien that “DOGE threatened to cancel every federal contract Inter-Con held...
Trump has done things which have been ruled illegal or violating the Constitution. So where's the enforcement? Why hasn't he been arrested? Why hasn't Musk been arrested? He's not under oath & has no transparency (like we expect from most freedom-loving democracies). The rule of Law has broken down.
“Cloudflare” sounds like such a friendly Company. Cute name. Cloudflare says I’m not authorized to access this site I visited many times. Guess they had the contract to turn off the US Institute of Peace Website? I wonder how much money DOGE pays Cloudflare to turn off a Non- Profit’s Website?
This isn’t a federal agency. It’s a nonprofit. Trump has crashed through another “norm”, the 4th Amendment. If I lived in DC I’d be protesting every day. Phoenix feels far away from the only people who can put an end to the Republican crime wave.
To Inter-Con Security? No visit needed--simply a phone call to say, "Play ball with us or we will cancel $200 million+ of contracts with you." When your biggest customer says "Jump," you simply ask, "How high?" On the way up.
Essentially, they brandished firearms to intimidate the lawfully-there staff into exiting. And the MPD, whose officers were brutally beaten in the Jan 6 coup attempt, aided and abetted the trespassing DOGe-boys? WTF kind of banana republic is the US now?
We are seeing gangster blackmail all over.
Blackmailing schools or billions in essential federal funding is removed.
Our own mayor is being manipulated because they are telling the doj to withhold prosecution unless he gets out of line.
Ukrainians are fighting against Russian contest while Americans are cheering about it. I used to laugh at the movies of Chuck Norris about invasions to USA; who could have imagined that conquering USA would be that easy.
That is straight out of the fascist playbook: deputise the weaknesses of institutions to realise your own goals.
In this case, act so quickly, and in such volume, as to make it impossible for the courts to respond adequately, allowing significant damage to be done, with no real corrective recourse.
Hmm 🤔 … seems like I should remember who else launched a blitzkrieg. I feel like there’s some sort of correlation here. If I could just reach out and grab that memory…
Musk tactic, he is training his army of thugs to use threats and intimidation because otherwise those assholes would get nowhere
The root of all evil is $ look how fast people are swayed to hail the Nazis when dollar bills are threatened
Sadistic, rejects
How long until somebody decides to suicide bomb these fucks when they show up at their office to force them out at gunpoint, in an attempt to save democracy?
I work in the security industry and this is pure unadulterated cowardice by Inter-Con. The correct response is "Go f*ck yourselves, you have no governmental authority" then calling local police with whom you've already built a good professional relationship and tossing the d-bags out.
So there's this police statement where they talk about an "acting USIP President". Who was that, and what were the circumstances around them (allegedly) being appointed?
More on that bit here. Looks like Trump et al replaced the board, but USIP don't accept that that process was legal. The supposed new board appointed a new president, who police accepted as authoriatative.
They called the police when the FBI arrived with the dogebags telling them that this group was trying to break in. The police turned on them when they arrived, believing instead the dogebags who told them the staff was in the building illegally. The police forced the staff to leave.
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Do not obey in advance.
Guard your thoughts, avoid making it easier for them to trample more.
They will have their day in court.
Not well if history is any guide.
With all private info govt divisions held INTENTIONALLY in isolated silos, now unified & Big Data mined, the J Edgar Hoover files are like a handful of recipe cards.
Expect more illicit leverage.
Don't be surprised,
Don't condone it,
Don't fold quietly,
Support targets.
So they basically broke into the building and told staff to leave?
Do the staff actually HAVE to leave? I don't think DOGE has that authority.
If they actually shot someone though I wonder if there'd be any repurcussions at all.
The president of the United States vacating the research staff of a DC think tank using armed force.
Let that sink in.
"Now, why did Inter-Con switch sides? Why did they continue acting as security contractors after their contract had been terminated?"
"According to the sworn declaration of the USIP head of security Colin O’Brien, Derick Hanna, Vice President of Inter-Con, told O’Brien that “DOGE threatened to cancel every federal contract Inter-Con held...
"... if they did not come to the USIP building and let Kenneth Jackson [the purported new head of the Institute] inside."
Consider firing your security firm better they get co-opted...
And which judge? Def not SCROTUS.
On a scale heretofore unheard of.
This was the stakes last year.
And it was obvious.
And yet…
The Regime has moved onto dismantling the Courts
Jokes on them- they are ALL irrelevant now
…their precious jobs are meaningless. Fascism is here now. Future elections are no longer required.
You would reach more people, when you add a good description into the Alt-text field.
That is pretty easy, especially, when your image just contain text.
This way, you support visually impaired people and everyone else, who rely on a good filled Alt-text.
#accessibility
https://5calls.org/
I'll be here pointing that out until the end of time.
FINANCIALLY THREATENED is the more accurate term.
Clearly
Blackmailing schools or billions in essential federal funding is removed.
Our own mayor is being manipulated because they are telling the doj to withhold prosecution unless he gets out of line.
Disgusting.
This one “DOGE” is the equivalent of Watergate.
Let that sink in (pardon the regrettable pun).
President Nixon was forced to resign because of that action.
But this one is just a drop in the bucket.
https://bsky.app/profile/thatsthefactjack.bsky.social/post/3lkqgko2vrk2c
In this case, act so quickly, and in such volume, as to make it impossible for the courts to respond adequately, allowing significant damage to be done, with no real corrective recourse.
Hmm 🤔 … seems like I should remember who else launched a blitzkrieg. I feel like there’s some sort of correlation here. If I could just reach out and grab that memory…
The root of all evil is $ look how fast people are swayed to hail the Nazis when dollar bills are threatened
Sadistic, rejects
Support the courts.
Support the lawyers bringing the cases.
Because they too are being targeted. Bigly.
wth??? i have more questions
He who saves his country commits no crimes.
They should try asking “good” Germans how just following orders works out . . .
And the Mump Goons giving Americans the choice between doing the right thing or feeding their families is SICK.
Let that sink in...
There really is no recourse outside of the courts. This privately owned building was taken over by criminals with the blessing of MPD and the DC AG.
https://mpdc.dc.gov/release/mpd-statement-response-call-service-united-states-institute-peace
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/17/politics/doge-us-institute-of-peace-trump-administration-overhaul-board/index.html