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highplainsdem

(55,910 posts)
Mon Mar 17, 2025, 07:41 PM Mar 17

US Institute of Peace says DOGE has broken into its building [View all]

Source: Politico

WASHINGTON (AP) — Employees of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have entered the U.S. Institute of Peace despite protests from the nonprofit that it is not part of the executive branch and is instead an independent agency.

The organization’s CEO, George Moose, said, “DOGE has broken into our building.” Police cars were outside the Washington building Monday evening.

The DOGE workers gained access to the building after several unsuccessful attempts Monday and after having been turned away on Friday, a senior U.S. Institute of Peace official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter.

It was not immediately clear what the DOGE staffers were doing or looking for in the nonprofit’s building, which is across the street from the State Department in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood.

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Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/17/us-institute-of-peace-says-doge-has-broken-into-its-building-00234639



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Ron Filipkowski
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The USIP is a non-profit that does work exposing threats posed by China to neighboring countries like Taiwan and many others. The Chinese Communist Party is a major business partner of Elon Musk. They have information the CCP would like to have. This is not good.
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Some of those mfr's are going to get shot. paleotn Mar 17 #1
Musk's kid hackers are stealing info for China. Irish_Dem Mar 17 #2
why haven't their lawyers gone to court for a TRO? hlthe2b Mar 17 #3
Ohhh, wish they could have *tossed them out*!!! 😬 electric_blue68 Mar 17 #4
All members of DOGE should be prosecuted for criminal trespassing sakabatou Mar 17 #5
Can they charge them by state law for breaking and entering? Baitball Blogger Mar 17 #6
Washington DC is a city Wicked Blue Mar 17 #7
This administration is not interested in peace IronLionZion Mar 17 #8
This is criminal. FFS, these people need to be prosecuted... if only the DOJ wasn't run by the LymphocyteLover Mar 17 #9
GOOD GOOD GOOD orangecrush Mar 17 #10
Police let them SSJVegeta Mar 17 #13
Well fuck orangecrush Mar 17 #44
Rachel has done a story about this on her show tonight radical noodle Mar 17 #11
The police let them?! SSJVegeta Mar 17 #12
NOT Entirely sure.... bc verybusy day, and feeling sleepy....I THOT I heard her say ... electric_blue68 Mar 17 #16
Rachel Maddow said on her show that DC Police let them AND kicked out Institute staff!! SunSeeker Mar 17 #17
Maybe the DENVERPOPS Mar 17 #21
Ohhh yeah, I think I remember some vid of DC LOE opening a door for some insurectionists electric_blue68 Mar 17 #24
Have you ever noticed DENVERPOPS Mar 17 #38
Ohhhh, boy. Woah! And does it feel surreal as in .... electric_blue68 Mar 17 #39
Fauci and his crowd of DENVERPOPS Mar 17 #40
For what drumphf did he has blood on his hands for all his misinformation, trying to lessen PPE to Blue States etc for.. electric_blue68 Mar 17 #43
Actually DENVERPOPS Mar 17 #46
I wouldn't be surprised. electric_blue68 Mar 17 #47
Yikes, TY (sorta) for confirmation 😞 🤬 electric_blue68 Mar 17 #22
Yes, they let them, and Rachel said it -- people with guns let DOGERS break and enter a building that's not even a ancianita Mar 17 #18
Whats next? Library of Congress? GAO? SSJVegeta Mar 17 #23
Very good questions, and exactly the ones she's raising. ancianita Mar 17 #27
I wonder if states can offer their national guards to protect the agencies SSJVegeta Mar 17 #28
They not federal agencies. Not federal. One is an independent agency, the other is a foundation in its own building. ancianita Mar 17 #32
Ah right. I think i was thinking protect all of the federal agencies... SSJVegeta Mar 17 #34
I hear ya; you're not alone; everyone's worn out. Thing is, this is even worse BECAUSE these are not federal. ancianita Mar 17 #35
I just dontbhave the brain power to comprehend and process just how bad everything is all at once... SSJVegeta Mar 18 #48
Understood. Right now, no one can know everything about this. The main thing is to keep informed but stay calm. ancianita Mar 19 #52
Somewhere DENVERPOPS Mar 17 #26
That's the way things used to work. But this is the non-state site of Axis of Evil people. ancianita Mar 17 #29
Either way DENVERPOPS Mar 17 #36
Super illegal SSJVegeta Mar 17 #30
The DOGE guys showed up with gun-toting FBI agents. The Institute called DC police. SunSeeker Mar 17 #41
TY. Horrible! electric_blue68 Mar 17 #45
And then changed the locks Bayard Mar 18 #49
I'm sure this behavior won't evolve into breaking into individual homes. jalan48 Mar 17 #14
Or individual businesses SSJVegeta Mar 17 #15
That sure seems to be coming down slightlv Mar 17 #19
Thinking it might be time to organize some militias to protect the rest of our agencies. SSJVegeta Mar 17 #25
Regretfully DENVERPOPS Mar 17 #31
... SSJVegeta Mar 17 #33
I suspect that the day after the election DENVERPOPS Mar 17 #37
A major downside to bluesky and our media... SleeplessinSoCal Mar 17 #20
Who is authorizing this sh*t?! LaRaven Mar 17 #42
So is it a government agency or not? HereForTheParty Mar 18 #50
How about this.... Blue Owl Mar 18 #51
Wait, wait -- the story just got even crazier. Peep this from Josh Marshall of TPM. Efilroft Sul Mar 19 #53
Every gov't agency in Washington needs to change their locks immediately FakeNoose Mar 19 #54
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