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Institute of Peace asks Court to halt Trump administration takeover
Roll Calll ^ | March 19 | By Michael Macagnone

Posted on 03/19/2025 11:33:54 AM PDT by RandFan

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To: isthisnickcool

Lisa Grande... another nomenklatura grifter making money with a lifetime of “work” going to conferences, chattering around DC, WEF, giving each other awards and putting out meaningless policy papers.

She’s never worked a day in her life.


21 posted on 03/19/2025 12:14:44 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI...)
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To: albie

She makes almost as much as the President. Non-profit indeed. There is a profit alright, just depends who GETS that profit.


22 posted on 03/19/2025 12:16:22 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI...)
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To: Lurker

Exactly


23 posted on 03/19/2025 12:28:07 PM PDT by Fai Mao (All Democrats need to go to prison.)
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24 posted on 03/19/2025 12:29:24 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Whoever said "out of sight, out of mind" never had a snake disappear in their bedroom.)
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To: RandFan

Here it is in the code:

https://law.justia.com/codes/us/title-22/chapter-56/


25 posted on 03/19/2025 12:29:27 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630

“The USIP is not part of the federal government.”

Excuse me? It is funded by the Federal Government. This smells like a way to buy off politicians from foreign countries. This is a useless organization. Close it down.


26 posted on 03/19/2025 12:44:36 PM PDT by Bryan24
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To: Bryan24

Where does it say that in the Code?


27 posted on 03/19/2025 12:48:36 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Bryan24

That was how it was described in the wiki page. The link you gave says that it is funded by Congressional expenditure.


28 posted on 03/19/2025 12:57:36 PM PDT by Bryan24
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"No such thing as a non profit"

Huh? You may want to check the IRS website. Non-Profits is one of many IRS tax designations for a company, such as Sole Proprietorship, C Corporations, S Corps, 501's, LLC, Partnerships, etc.

The "non-profit" designation doesn't mean profits may not be accrued. It is not allowed to share profits with investors, owners, or share holders, IIRC. Profits must remain with the company's holdings. The non-profit can re-invest those profits in further development.

It's been awhile since I owned a C Corp, a S Corp, a Sole Proprietorship, and a LLC Partnership. They all had different tax designations and were subject to how profits were distributed to the principles. Of course, things could have changed since my last company.

29 posted on 03/19/2025 1:01:20 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021? )
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

Reading further, it appears that 12 members of the board are appointed by the President and approved by Congress.

The Secretaries of Defense and State, as well as the president of the National Defense University, are automatic members by virtue of their positions; and no more than 8 members can be of the same political party. (WIKI).


30 posted on 03/19/2025 1:01:33 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Bryan24

I see. Well it certainly does seem to be a part of the Federal Government.


31 posted on 03/19/2025 1:03:51 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Texas Eagle

P.J. O’Rourke’s book :

https://www.amazon.com/Give-War-Chance-Eyewitness-Alcohol-Free-ebook/dp/B008UX2IWM/


32 posted on 03/19/2025 2:12:30 PM PDT by JeemBeau
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To: Jamestown1630
Jamestown1630 :"Reading further, it appears that 12 members of the board are appointed by the President and approved by Congress."

Your response is much appreciated and verifies what I have learned.
Thank you
I wonder if there there are other NGO's that are bi-partisan and are established and funded by the government.

33 posted on 03/19/2025 2:29:39 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

I don’t see how we can call this an ‘NGO’.

It seems more like a sort of quasi governmental ‘think tank’.


34 posted on 03/19/2025 2:34:48 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: BipolarBob

The Institute for Peace gets hostile.


35 posted on 03/19/2025 2:48:14 PM PDT by unlearner (Still not tired of winning.)
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To: Jamestown1630

Correction: The chair of the board is now an out of work Republican.


36 posted on 03/19/2025 2:56:53 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: Bryan24

Section Name §4610. Dissolution or liquidation
Section Text

Upon dissolution or final liquidation of the Institute or of any legal entity created pursuant to this chapter, all income and assets of the Institute or other legal entity shall revert to the United States Treasury.


37 posted on 03/19/2025 5:45:26 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: RandFan

If it’s a private entity created by congress then doc congress’s pay and bill all those no longer in congress for every single penny the Institue of Peace ever received.

otherwise if Congress doesn’t want to make right and foot the bill for it’s private entity then the institute of Peace needs to repay every penny.

otherwise we the tax payers never approved it and trump has every right to shut it down.


38 posted on 03/19/2025 5:46:27 PM PDT by b4me (Pray, and let God change you. He knows better than you or anyone else, who He made you to be.)
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To: Jamestown1630

“It seems more like a sort of quasi governmental ‘think tank’.”

Yeah, and like the rest of the government it hasn’t had much success if its purpose is bringing peace.


39 posted on 03/20/2025 3:21:12 AM PDT by rxh4n1
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