https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1jn0xl3/most_employees_at_us_institute_of_peace_massfired/
Most employees at the US Institute of Peace, a congressionally created and funded thinktank now taken over by Elon Musk's unofficial "department of government efficiency", received email notices of their mass firing late Friday, the latest step in the Trump administration's government downsizing.
Glantz studied how Russia has fomented conflicts around the world and analyzed options for resolving them. She hoped her research could be continued and used elsewhere. She said the institute plays a unique role because of its narrow focus on conflict resolution.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/us-institute-of-peace-mass-firings
Has a think tank ever produced anything of relevance?
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Is this another CIA front?
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Yes. Yes, of course it is. If there's an organization with "Peace" in the name, it must be a CIA front organization.
Jesus Fricking Christ. I'm starting to realize that I'm not in the top whatever percentile of SAT scores because I'm smart, it's because I'm surrounded by an entire species of literal fricking r-slurs.
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Wow, that makes zero sense. If you were smart it wouldn't be so easy to selectively quote you to make you look dumb.
It's more of the fact that this org is funded by the government, hardly anyone knows about it, and it's studying ways to make Russia be 'peaceful' without a hot war. If you can't read between the lines maybe you got someone elses SAT results.
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