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DOGE attempted to assign team to US nonprofit group Vera Institute of Justice
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
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This is positively Soviet. Vera is a nonprofit organization that funds lawyers for indigent people. The government sought to embed people there like political commissars, and only pulled back when they found out Vera's federal grants had already been cut. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
DOGE sought to assign a team to an independent nonprofit group
A representative of DOGE met with leaders of the Vera Institute of Justice, a nonprofit organization that advocates for lower incarceration rates.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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This is positively Soviet. Vera is a nonprofit organization that funds lawyers for indigent people. The government sought to embed people there like political commissars, and only pulled back when they found out Vera's federal grants had already been cut. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
DOGE sought to assign a team to an independent nonprofit group
A representative of DOGE met with leaders of the Vera Institute of Justice, a nonprofit organization that advocates for lower incarceration rates.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This is positively Soviet. Vera is a nonprofit organization that funds lawyers for indigent people. The government sought to embed people there like political commissars, and only pulled back when they found out Vera's federal grants had already been cut. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) 2025-04-16T01:30:12.093Z
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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-attempted-assign-team-us-nonprofit-group-vera-institute-justice-2025-04-16/
No paywall ver.
That's fucking alarming
DOGE attempted to assign team to US nonprofit group Vera Institute of Justice
Billionaire Elon Musk's U.S. Department of Government Efficiency attempted to place a team with independent nonprofit Vera Institute of Justice, the nonprofit said, marking a further expansion of the cost-cutting agency's move to exercise control over non-governmental groups.
www.reuters.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-attempted-assign-team-us-nonprofit-group-vera-institute-justice-2025-04-16/
No paywall ver.
That's fucking alarming
DOGE attempted to assign team to US nonprofit group Vera Institute of Justice
Billionaire Elon Musk's U.S. Department of Government Efficiency attempted to place a team with independent nonprofit Vera Institute of Justice, the nonprofit said, marking a further expansion of the cost-cutting agency's move to exercise control over non-governmental groups.
www.reuters.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
— CC (@cauliflower346.bsky.social) 2025-04-16T12:16:49.677Z
No paywall ver.
That's fucking alarming