The DOGE days have just begun

DOGE flag

I erstwhile wondered whether instrumentality enforcement mightiness halt Elon Musk's powerfulness grab. About a period ago, I got my answer: no.

On March 17th, the Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency broke into the nonprofit, congressionally funded US Institute for Peace, according to court documents filed by the USIP's committee of directors. By allegedly threatening to "cancel each national contract" of a backstage information steadfast that had worked with USIP until a time earlier, they convinced it to fto them into the gathering - where, told by institute unit they were trespassing, the fired information steadfast headed for the USIP weapon safe. That's erstwhile the USIP called the cops. The DC constabulary arrived to escort DOGE into the building. USIP caput of information Colin O'Brien, on with 2 of USIP's lawyers, was detained.

Any tenable speechmaking of these tribunal documents shows that a fired information steadfast broke into the offices of a nonprofit agency, nether a dubiously ineligible enforcement bid and what, arsenic described, sounds similar straightforward extortion. Police officers elected to assistance the radical who were breaking and entering. USIP's committee of directors has sued DOGE and assorted different parties successful Trump's administration, but …

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