@altusaid.altgov.info @altusip.bsky.social @altcdc.altgov.info 81% reported stress related symptoms, physical issues. 24% of those diagnosed have PTSD. Depression and anxiety even more prevalent of the 74% not diagnosed, 73% report depression

Prof. Carl LeVan@democracyprofdc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Jaime Oberlander's survey w/U. Michigan: 43% of former #USAID have found no work. Much more unemployment for older cohorts. "Too young for retirement, too old to be competitive in a saturated job market". Survey reached 18% of former employees laid off. Asians more likely to have found work

The Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace declined to comment.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

Trump: "Oman will behave just like everyone else, or we'll have to blow them up"

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How Trump is Turning DC into Pyongyang

YouTube video by Zeteo

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!!! Trump appointees at Treasury push for $250 bill with his face on it. Director of Bureau of Printing & Engraving, who resisted the effort, said she was involuntarily reassigned last month. “The buck stopped here,” she wrote in her goodbye. wapo.st/4fM4Hei

Trump's name is on the Kennedy Center, the U.S. Institute of Peace, Navy warships, a fighter jet, dollar bills, park passes, and programs called "TrumpRx" and "Trump Accounts." His face hangs in enormous banners on the Departments of Justice, Labor, and Agriculture. @andycraig.bsky.social

From Res Publica to the United States of Trump

This president's vulgar self-glorification is revolting to a self-governing people and must not stand

theunpopulist.net

Thus far, Donald Trump’s admin has put his name and/or likeness on the following, all public, things: —US Institute of Peace —Kennedy Center —Battleships —“Gold card” —Coins —Passports —Dollar bills —National Park Pass —Banners on government bldgs —Retirement website —Savings account —Health website

12 places Trump's name or image is being added by the federal government

The Trump administration has made an aggressive push to add the president's name to buildings, battleships, money and government websites.

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Whether it’s the Rose Garden, East Wing, Kennedy Center, Arch, Reflecting Pool, Golf Course, Institute of Peace, etc. Trump is ripping up DC and putting his touch on it because he’s a weak, insecure man who is TERRIFIED of not being remembered. Dems need to run on DISMANTLING every change he’s made.

Live long enough to see every Federal and State property with his name on it replaced with a historical black or Hispanic woman’s name. Arc De Tubman has a nice ring to it. The Rosa Parks Institute of Peace. The Marian Anderson-John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

[1/2] After adding his face to U.S. passports and renaming the Kennedy Center and Institute of Peace after himself, Trump is now erecting banners around D.C. to "thank" himself.

The agencies come back too. USAID. The Institute of Peace. The CFPB. The Dept. of Ed. Every one was created by Congress, not the president. Trump’s people can hollow out the buildings. They can’t delete the laws. Statutes survive presidents. Day 1 is real. It’s not a fantasy. It’s one election away.

Reflections on a rough week--and why we have reason to be hopeful.

May 16, 2026

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I didn’t realize that agencies tRump has gutted or dismantled through EO like USAID, the Institute of Peace, the CFPB, the DOE, etc., can be reinstated once a new President is sworn in. These agencies were created by Congress, not the President. Can’t wait for him to be gone for good.

🛢️Venezuelan money 🕊️Institute of Peace money 📦Tariffs ⚕️Legally mandated state funds Why does he need his own treasury on top of his own bankers? When does Melanie go full Eva Peron, throwing cash to peasants.

Janet Dacal: Don't Cry For Me Argentina (Evita)

Alt: Janet Dacal: Don't Cry For Me Argentina (Evita)

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Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social · 3mo ago

It’s bullshit for the Washington Post to call this looting of the Treasury a “deal“ and an “agreement.” The Trump regime is self-dealing to create an agreement between Trump and Trump, with no judge allowed to weigh in. It’s a dictator stealing from the people.

Ali Velshi was doing so well for a while but now he’s squarely back into parroting Trump propaganda. Restating the lies about the “Board of Peace”, which is currently occupying - illegally - the US Institute of Peace. Also restating the lies about Witkoff and Kushner. @velshimsnow.bsky.social

They had *exceptional* power - the kind of lawlessness that usually you only see in mid-20th century counterintelligence and some foreign interference early in American hegemony - and used it...not to solve any of the very well-identified problems with government efficiency, but to break into USIP

Unclear why he's racing. Whenever a court tells him to stop doing something, he just ignores the order and keeps right on doing it. USAID, USIP, DOGE, ICE, deportations, East Wing, etc, etc, etc. Until some judge, someday, imposes some penalty on somebody: ♦️Why should he & his minions EVER stop?

Alt National Park Service@altnps.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Trump is still painting the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, racing to finish before a court can stop him. He skipped every legally required environmental and historic preservation review to get here.

Trump stole the Institute of Peace and the Republican members of Congress were complicit. Isn’t its status under active litigation? Shame on Ellison, Paramount, and CBS, they are complete traitors to the Constitution, both un-American and unpatriotic, and their position will not age well.

I still remain astonished that despite it written into black letter law that the USIP was not an executive agency the judiciary just sort of let it be absorbed and gutted by the executive.

Particularly gross that this event occurred at the USIP which the administration previously commandeered and DOGE’d.

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 4mo ago

According to the New York Times, among the CBS News journalists who attended David Ellison's dinner "honoring" Trump were Norah O'Donnell and Jan Crawford. Also, Bari Weiss's spouse Nellie Bowles was seated at Trump's table. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/b...

Sickening: The Kennedy Center, the Institute of Peace, a 24k gold coin, signature on US banknotes contrary to federal law and convention, hideous ballrooms, statues… when does the sycophancy end? www.cnn.com/2026/03/30/p...

DeSantis clears renaming of Florida airport after Trump for takeoff | CNN Politics

Travelers in South Florida might soon find themselves transiting through Trump International Airport.

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Police footage of DOGE raid at the Institute of Peace March 2025. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgyE...

MPD BODY CAM FOOTAGE FROM DOGE RAID AT US INSTITUTE OF PEACE 3/17/25 - CLIP 2 VIA THEHANDBASKET.CO

YouTube video by Marisa Kabas

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Privately funding, Privately designing and Privately constructing a very very PUBLIC BUILDING, OF WHICH HE DOESN'T OWN OR HAVE ANY CLAIMS TO OR AUTHORITY OVER. Plus the Kennedy Center. Institute of Peace. Airports. Everything

ProPublica is attempting to document who is or was involved with DOGE, and what exactly they were doing. Many DOGE employees tried to scrub the internet of personal info and of what they did before DOGE. By now, ProPublica has identified over 100 employees! projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...

PBS, USAID, the institute of peace, the east wing, all are smoldering wreckages because all the people who could have defended them said to wait in the courts

The institute referred to here and the author of this 6-page note[ is the United States Institute of Peace](https://iranprimer.usip.org/resource/irans-military-doctrine) (USIP),... by RTBF in Belgium

Trump surprised by Iran's response: he should have read this note... written in 2010 and freely available

The institute referred to here and the author of this...

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"Symbols of public service, civil rights, science, and shared history have disappeared from U.S. government spaces — from the dismantling of USAID, USIP...to the National Park Service removing a photo of Harriet Tubman from its website...to the vanishing of climate science resources..."

National Security Archive@nsarchive.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Today, the Archive published a Disappearing Data Chronology--a timeline tracking changes in access to federal information under Trump, including major data losses and restorations, legal challenges to information takedowns, and threats to archival collections. nsarchive.gwu.edu/special-exhi...

“Russian lawmakers will meet members of US Congress during a 2-day trip to Washington, despite sanctions imposed by Washington on Russian legislators. So I don’t know how they’re going to square that circle. It will take place at the US Institute of Peace. You couldn’t make it up.”

Ukraine knocks out 40% of Moscow's oil export capacity in single attack & first ever successful strike on Russian military ship in Baltic Sea

Podcast Episode · Ukraine: The Latest · 26 March · 56min

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The State Department will begin moving some of its offices into the US "Institute of Peace" building as early as next week, despite the fact that the building’s ownership remains under pending litigation. Staff in those offices have been told verbally and in writing to pack up their belongings in...

State Dept. is moving into Institute of Peace building during ongoing litigation

After the 2025 DOGE raid, a court ruling on ownership of the building remains in limbo.

thehandbasket.co

“The State Department will begin moving some of its offices into the United States Institute of Peace building as early as next week, despite the fact that the building’s ownership remains under pending litigation” Whole thing is piracy. Plus they stole their trust fund. Where’s the money?

State Dept. is moving into Institute of Peace building during ongoing litigation

After the 2025 DOGE raid, a court ruling on ownership of the building remains in limbo.

thehandbasket.co

USIP is not part of the federal government. It is “an independent nonprofit” separate from the government, according to terms set by Congress. Rubio’s State Department isn’t misappropriating resources from another branch (bad enough). This is looting.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 5mo ago

SCOOP — Select State Department offices will start moving into the US Institute of Peace building as early as next week, The Handbasket is first to report, with Kristi Noem’s “Shield of the Americas” among them. This is despite ongoing litigation since the DOGE raid on the building last March.

Thanks to @marisakabas.bsky.social for covering a story the MSM has ignored. With #USIP, as with everything: ♦️Trump does something utterly lawless. ♦️Months later, a judge tells him to stop. ♦️He doesn't. ♦️And nobody makes him. ♦️News cycle has LONG moved on. ♦️So nobody cares.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 5mo ago

SCOOP — Select State Department offices will start moving into the US Institute of Peace building as early as next week, The Handbasket is first to report, with Kristi Noem’s “Shield of the Americas” among them. This is despite ongoing litigation since the DOGE raid on the building last March.