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Rhiannon12866

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Mon May 19, 2025, 07:06 PM May 2025

Judge in USIP Case Delivers Trump/Musk/DOGE CRUSHING REBUKE of their Lawlessness & Abuse of Power - Glenn Kirschner



District of Columbia Federal District Court Judge Beryl Howell just issued a 102-page legal opinion and ruling, announcing that Trump/Musk/DOGE's takeover and decimation of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) was "unlawful" and "null and void."

This video reviews what the Trump administration did to USIP - an independent, non-profit organization - and discusses the new reporting on this important legal development and Judge Howell's new opinion and order. - Glenn Kirschner - 05/19/2025.



Link to The Hill article and Judge Howell's opinion: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5307665-judge-nullifies-doge-takeover-usip/
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Judge in USIP Case Delivers Trump/Musk/DOGE CRUSHING REBUKE of their Lawlessness & Abuse of Power - Glenn Kirschner (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 May 2025 OP
"rump organization" shouldn't be a typo, it's an accurate description both literally and figuratively Uncle Joe May 2025 #1
Thanks, Uncle Joe! Rhiannon12866 May 2025 #2

Uncle Joe

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1. "rump organization" shouldn't be a typo, it's an accurate description both literally and figuratively
Mon May 19, 2025, 07:37 PM
May 2025

"rump" - a small or unimportant remnant of something originally larger.
"once the profitable enterprises have been sold the unprofitable rump will be left"

That's what the USIP became after Doge it took over, this also happens be a cosmic coincidence to be labeled as a *rump organization because if DOGE hadn't been empowered to do so by the nation's anal orifice, all this shit wouldn't have happened.

It's all cosmic poetry.

Thanks for the thread Rhiannon

Rhiannon12866

(258,910 posts)
2. Thanks, Uncle Joe!
Mon May 19, 2025, 07:51 PM
May 2025

And whats going on in this country after the election of a convicted criminal and failed businessman is truly surreal and his unhinged and self-serving decisions get worse every single day.

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