{"id":487,"date":"2025-03-20T11:52:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T11:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/?p=487"},"modified":"2025-03-20T11:54:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T11:54:54","slug":"deep-state-holdovers-sabotage-dodge-by-vandalizing-the-entry-locks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/deep-state-holdovers-sabotage-dodge-by-vandalizing-the-entry-locks\/","title":{"rendered":"DEEP STATE HOLDOVERS SABOTAGE DODGE BY VANDALIZING THE ENTRY LOCKS!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"node__title\">\n<h1 class=\"h1\">Congressionally funded institute sabotaged its building to keep out DOGE:<\/h1>\n<p class=\"summary__paragraph\">Federal judge refuses to issue temporary restraining order against DOGE despite saying she&#8217;s &#8220;very offended&#8221; by how it operated at the U.S. Institute of Peace.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-651-1024x614.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-651-1024x614.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-651-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-651-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-651-624x374.png 624w, https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-651.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"node__meta\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"node__main_content\">\n<div class=\"node__text node__text--long node__text--full-article\">\n<div class=\"text-long\">\n<p>Sttaff of the U.S. Institute of Peace, ANOTHER CASH SUCKING UNACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT ENTITY, physically removed locks from exterior doors, &#8220;effectively destroying entry mechanisms,&#8221; before the Department of Government Efficiency could enter its building at the far west end of the National Mall, according to photos obtained by the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/03\/19\/doge-institute-of-peace-usip-trump\/\">Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The congressionally funded organization, whose board is appointed by the president and must include the secretaries of state and defense and president of National Defense University, allegedly flouted President Trump&#8217;s downsizing executive order, leading to the removal of its President George Moose on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Much of USIP\u2019s leadership, including Moose, barricaded themselves on the building\u2019s fifth floor, closing window shades and blocking access points in a last-ditch effort to resist DOGE\u2019s entry,&#8221; DCNF reported, citing a &#8220;Trump administration official involved in the USIP leadership transition who requested anonymity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The official also said USIP leaders disconnected information technology infrastructure including phonelines and internet connections, &#8220;forcing communication among staff through walkie-talkies,&#8221; in DCNF&#8217;s paraphrase. Another photo shows a flyer distributed throughout the building with the names and pictures of &#8220;anticipated DOGE officials,&#8221; and told staff to &#8220;immediately notify the on-duty lieutenant&#8221; if they came to the building.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell refused to issue a temporary restraining order Wednesday against DOGE&#8217;s takeover, saying its removed board members likely don&#8217;t have legal standing to sue, even though Howell said she was &#8220;very offended by how DOGE has operated at the institute,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/regulation\/court-battles\/5204061-federal-judge-blocks-usip-takeover\/\"><em>The Hill<\/em><\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr. Moose denied lawful access to Kenneth Jackson, the Acting USIP President (as approved by the USIP Board),&#8221; and D.C. police escorted Jackson into the building,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DOGE\/status\/1901810390323048756?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">DOGE said Monday night<\/a> after the standoff. It said Moose &#8220;even tried to fire USIP\u2019s private security team when said security team went to give access to Mr. Jackson.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congressionally funded institute sabotaged its building to keep out DOGE: Federal judge refuses to issue temporary restraining order against DOGE despite saying she&#8217;s &#8220;very offended&#8221; by how it operated at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Sttaff of the U.S. Institute of Peace, ANOTHER CASH SUCKING UNACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT ENTITY, physically removed locks from exterior doors, &#8220;effectively [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dodge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":491,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487\/revisions\/491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}