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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(135,697 posts)
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 07:36 PM Jun 2025

Musk's DOGE took control of the U.S. Institute of Peace. It brought roaches and rats to D.C. headquarters

court docs say

The head of the United States Institute of Peace says its Washington, D.C. headquarters near the Lincoln Memorial was left to rot after billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency took it over in March, resulting in water damage, graffiti – and, worse yet, an infestation of roaches and rats.

After DOGE replaced the independent, fully government-funded nonprofit’s board with MAGA loyalists and fired the entire staff, Musk’s crew left it with a “level of staffing… woefully insufficient to properly protect and maintain” the $500 million Moshe Safdie-designed concrete-and-glass structure, according to a May 23 affidavit filed in D.C. federal court by USIP President and CEO George Moose.

“Vermin were not a problem prior to March 17, 2025, when USIP was actively using and maintaining the building,” Moose’s affidavit states.

The filing, which is part of a broader legal action by USIP in an attempt to regain full control of the organization, was first reported on Friday in the weekly Court Watch newsletter.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/musk-doge-takeover-institute-peace-212244789.html

Did one of Musk's DOGE bros leave his pets behind?
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Musk's DOGE took control of the U.S. Institute of Peace. It brought roaches and rats to D.C. headquarters (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2025 OP
This happened in a building I worked in during COVID. Everyone sent to work from home.. CousinIT Jun 2025 #1
DOGE Dorks probably left ThoughtCriminal Jun 2025 #2
Sue the doge bros, make them pay for the destruction-clean up MagickMuffin Jun 2025 #3

CousinIT

(12,533 posts)
1. This happened in a building I worked in during COVID. Everyone sent to work from home..
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 07:49 PM
Jun 2025

……few people in the building for weeks/a year or more. The mice took over. They made a HUGE mess of the place.

MagickMuffin

(18,318 posts)
3. Sue the doge bros, make them pay for the destruction-clean up
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 11:32 PM
Jun 2025


The doge bros created this mess they should be expected to pay for the damages.


And while I’m at it the doge bros should pay for all the damages they caused our government and economy. It was senseless, destructive and inhumane.





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