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Dave | NortheastKingdom | He/Him/His @nek.blue-ocean.social · 2d

I'm suing DC Metro Police for body cam footage of US Institute of Peace raid

The Handbasket is represented pro bono by lawyers from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

I'm suing DC Metro Police for body cam footage of US Institute of Peace raid

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Tucker Jones @tuckerjones.bsky.social · 1d

Will CM @cmbrookepinto.bsky.social demand that DC Police turn over footage from their raid on USIP at the behest of DOGE? She chairs DC Council's Committee on Public Safety, which oversees MPD.

If Pinto won't defend DC from Trump while she's on Council, why would she as DC's Delegate to Congress?

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

NEW — I'm suing DC Metro Police for the full body cam footage from the DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace back in March.

The public deserves to know why MPD chose to sell out the people they’re tasked with protecting in order to bend to Trump's will. I'm repped pro bono by @rcfp.org.

Details:

The Handbasket is represented pro bono by lawyers from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

I'm suing DC Metro Police for body cam footage of US Institute of Peace raid

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Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press @rcfp.org · 2d

“The public has a right to know what MPD officers did when called to the United States Institute of Peace earlier this year,” @rcfp.org's Adam Marshall said.

More about our attorneys' efforts supporting @marisakabas.bsky.social's fight to access body-worn camera footage of a DOGE raid on USIP 👇

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

NEW — I'm suing DC Metro Police for the full body cam footage from the DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace back in March.

The public deserves to know why MPD chose to sell out the people they’re tasked with protecting in order to bend to Trump's will. I'm repped pro bono by @rcfp.org.

Details:

The Handbasket is represented pro bono by lawyers from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

On @usip.org @altusip.bsky.social

www.thehandbasket.co/p/dc-metro-p...

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Steven Heydemann @stevenhyde.bsky.social · 2d

I'm suing DC Metro Police for body cam footage of US Institute of Peace raid

The Handbasket is represented pro bono by lawyers from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

I'm suing DC Metro Police for body cam footage of US Institute of Peace raid

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Alt U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) @altusip.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 Release the body cam footage. 🚨

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

NEW — I'm suing DC Metro Police for the full body cam footage from the DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace back in March.

The public deserves to know why MPD chose to sell out the people they’re tasked with protecting in order to bend to Trump's will. I'm repped pro bono by @rcfp.org.

Details:

The Handbasket is represented pro bono by lawyers from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

www.thehandbasket.co/p/dc-metro-p...

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Phillip Forsyth @pforsyth.bsky.social · 2d

I'm suing DC Metro Police for body cam footage of US Institute of Peace raid

The Handbasket is represented pro bono by lawyers from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

Not Just a Punchline: Humor and Nonviolent Action

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haunted beeswax 🪷 🇺🇸 🪦 @missbeeswax.bsky.social · 5d

Hey, Bliss Bee, ever heard the expression, "Don't bend the knee"? How about, "Don't obey in advance"?

George Orwell said, "each joke is a tiny revolution," and I say each moment you spend trying to please Fox News is a moment wasted

United States Institute of Peace share.google/5Oqp8UWo9cTz...

In the span of a few weeks in April, two longtime North African dictators—Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Algeria and Omar al-Bashir in Sudan—were toppled by nonviolent movements. These successes further bols...

Russell Vought: The Shadow President

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Keith Fitzgerald @keithfitzgerald.bsky.social · 5d

Trump is the Clownface of AmeriKKKan fascism.

Russell Vought is its "architect." I put the word architect in quotes, because real architects build

Russell Vought destroys

He drove the elimination of USAID, USIP, and so many other institutions. And he is far from done

youtube.com/watch?v=w1Lu...

YouTube video by ProPublica

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 7d

JUST IN: Judge Mehta threatens contempt and bar sanctions for attorney Carolyn Stewart — who has repped numerous Jan. 6 defendants and pardon recipients — over filing a motion with “fabricated” citations to local rules and refusing to correct it.

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petra de asis @petradeasis.bsky.social · 6d

I always wondered at how efficiently DOGE/Musk dismantled institutions. Turns out, he had Vought's guidance.

“Honestly, a lot of what Elon began pinpointing ... was at the direction of Russ.”

www.propublica.org/article/russ...

But, according to court records, interviews and other accounts from people close to Vought, DOGE's efforts were guided, more than was previously known, by the OMB director. Musk bragged about "feeding USAID into the wood chipper," but the details of the agency's downsizing were ironed out by Vought's office.
When DOGE took aim at obscure quasi-government nonprofits, such as the United States Institute of Peace, OMB veterans saw Vought's influence at work. "I can't imagine that the DOGE team knew to target all these little parts of the government without Russ pointing them there," the former OMB branch chief told me. Vought also orchestrated DOGE's hostile takeover of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, crippling a regulator that Republicans had hoped to shutter during Trump's first term. "DOGE is underneath the OMB," Michelle Martin, an official with Citizens for Renewing America, a grassroots group founded by Vought, said in May, according to a video of her remarks.
"Honestly, a lot of what Elon began pinpointing ... was at the direction of Russ."

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Annie M @dovetails.bsky.social · 9d

As is dismantling the US Institute of Peace, holding a birthday parade to show off military strength (well, that was the aim!), increasing the Pentagon budget and declaring war on your own cities.

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Dr. Samantha Landau📚 @broomsticknpen.bsky.social · 8d

I say this with all sincerity, do not stop speaking about USAID. But also do not stop speaking about USIP, IRI, HIAS, KIND, IFES, and others.

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Steven Heydemann @stevenhyde.bsky.social · 7d

Amicus brief challenging the dismantling of @usip.org @altusip.bsky.social

law.yale.edu/yls-today/ne...

Rule of Law Clinic Files Amicus Brief on Dismantling of U.S. Institute of Peace

The clinic represents a bipartisan group of more than 100 former senior military and foreign policy officials.

law.yale.edu

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mebeforr.bsky.social @mebeforr.bsky.social · 13d

North Korea | United States Institute of Peace share.google/2y369rQzyz4u...

North Korea

For decades, North Korea’s provocative behavior and pursuit of nuclear weapons have threatened peace and stability in Northeast Asia. Various strategies to address the problem have delayed, but not en...

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Tom Busiahn @tombusiahn.bsky.social · 13d

A president who *dismantled* the US Institute of Peace …

Pentagon orders ‘white glove’ treatment for those returning to military service after Covid-19 vaccine refusal | CNN Politics

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Andrew J. Cohen @andrewjcohen.bsky.social · 12d

I mean if you’re the guy who DOGE-ed the U.S. Institute of Peace, you don’t get the Prize.

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 10d

IIRC they are also giving VIP treatment at ICE recruiting stations to applicants who have done recent prison time for alleged crimes committed between January 5, 2021, and January 7, 2021.

The changes follow criticism from some social media influencers about how returning troops have been treated at military intake facilities.

www.cnn.com

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mebeforr.bsky.social @mebeforr.bsky.social · 16d

China’s Rhetoric on Myanmar Doesn’t Match Reality | United States Institute of Peace share.google/Gh3zPXBUk6de...

China’s Rhetoric on Myanmar Doesn’t Match Reality

As Myanmar’s civil war grinds on and increasingly threatens China’s interests, Beijing has stepped up its engagement with all sides, especially Myanmar’s junta. The announcement that China and the jun...

In Myanmar’s Conflict, Don’t Mistake Complex for Intractable

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mebeforr.bsky.social @mebeforr.bsky.social · 15d

In Myanmar’s Conflict, Don’t Mistake Complex for Intractable | United States Institute of Peace share.google/XU7mcg8RStU1...
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Conversations about Myanmar these days tend to unfold predictably. They begin with agreement that the country’s military junta is a vile institution — illegitimate, hated by virtually the entire popul...

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MayoVersusTheWorld @mayoversustheworld.bsky.social · 15d

The guy who destroyed the U.S. Institute of Peace earlier this year, in addition to cutting funding from the U.S. Peace Corps wants a peace prize? Ya don’t say. 😂

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Caged birds should howl unrepentantly, no I haven't read the boo @terragonoverlord.bsky.social · 17d

One would wonder what exactly Mayor Thompson is so desperate for the protestors not to see.

Reeks the same as the judge in the USIP case saying the law doesn't matter because Elon had guns.

Perhaps the Mayor doesn't want anyone to know she intends to welcome confederate soldiers into the city?

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Michael @knilon.bsky.social · 24d

The Institute of Peace is shutdown and replaced by the Board of Peace, chaired by the person who renamed the Department of Defense to the Department of War....

My fingers can't believe they are typing this......