Trump/Musk/DOGE Inflict Direct, Lasting Harm On Public Servants At The US Institute of Peace - Glenn Kirschner

[Rhiannon12866]

Donald Trump and Elon Musk have inflicted enormous damage on thousands of public servants by firing them without cause, locking them out of the personal files and records they need to apply for jobs, canceling their health insurance on just 24-hours notice, forcing them to apply for unemployment, etc. It's hard not to conclude that cruelty is the point and the goal.

One organization Musk and Trump decimated is the Unites States Institute of Peace (USIP). In this video, four former employees of USIP relate their experiences being terminated without cause, without reason, and without advance notice.

Here is a description of whatTrump and Musk did to USIP and its employees from the website Friends of USIP:

"Over the last two weeks of March, the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) illegally took over the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) and began brazenly dismantling the organization. Through a concerted campaign of coercion, deception, and force, DOGE first fired the Institute's Board of Directors and president and seized USIP's privately owned building.

DOGE then took over the Institute's computer systems, preventing employees from accessing critical communications platforms, sensitive documents related to their work, and even their own employee records. Nate Cavanaugh — a 28-year-old DOGE employee with no foreign policy experience who was appointed president of USIP by a rump Board of Directors — then transferred ownership of USIP's $500 million privately owned building to the U.S. General Services Administration for free.

On Friday, March 28, DOGE fired over 95% of the Institute's domestic employees via email in the dead of night. These employees were provided no severance pay and told that their health insurance would expire in one business day. DOGE's actions have left terminated USIP staff at risk of severe health consequences from an unreasonable and inhumane recission of insurance. While the situation is dire for domestic employees, USIP's overseas staff are left with immense uncertainty, stranded in active conflict zones with no support staff in the U.S. to help navigate the complex and dangerous challenges they face." - Glenn Kirschner - 05/14/2025.

For more information, please go to: https://www.friendsofusip.org/

[Karadeniz]

1. The govt doesnt own the bldg......theft......

[Hieronymus Phact]

2. How was there no pushback at all?

Does anyone have agency at all?
Did people just say ok, no problem, I'll hand over our private building to some random dudes with no statutory authority?