Federal reports, including three this month, document a crisis in U.S. prisons, with solitary confinement, violence and shoddy record keeping. bit.ly/3wwzV4M ACLU Federal Bureau of Prisons U.S. GAO NRCAT

Trump’s plan to gut civil service protections was harsher than estimated. Documents obtained by federal union shows a blocked Trump exec. order gutting federal job protections would have gone deeper into the workforce than previously estimated. NTEU News bit.ly/3IiXq3M

A colonel promoted diversity. So a GOP senator is blocking his promotion. via Joe Davidson washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

The Navy demoted Rep. Ronny Jackson after investigation into his White House behavior, via @DDiamond Alex Horton washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/03…

Unions, Democrats blast Biden over proposed 2 percent raise for federal workers, via Joe Davidson washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Social Security program failed to properly notify disabled, elderly people of huge fines, investigators find, via @ReinLWapo washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Feds protest arrest of firefighter near site of anti-government standoff. U.S. forest firefighter busted when “prescribed fire” used to prevent extreme burns jumped to private land in area with some anti-government. wapo.st/4cvNfqC nffe.org

Sen. Van Hollen pushes Israel for more #Gaza aid and against ‘war crimes.’ He pushes #Biden to withhold offensive arms if #Israel continues blocking aid to Gaza. bit.ly/3TF6jd3

Gag orders are still hampering federal whistleblowers, agency warns, via Joe Davidson washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Stormy's other court battle: A multimillion dollar feud inside the rarefied world of competitive horse riding, via Peter Jamison washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/04…

House bill would shine light on federal prisons’ dark problems. Bill would provide more accountability and oversight on long troubled federal prisons. bit.ly/3JvwhLs @aclu Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth FAMM Foundation @cpac

Employees rank Social Security, Export-Import Bank among the worst federal workplaces, report finds. Via Joe Davidson washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Gender equity in college sports hampered by sluggish, underfunded oversight of Title IX by U.S. agency. bit.ly/455I4Kw U.S. GAO AAUW National Women's Law Center NCAA

Feds well-positioned to provide #slavery #reparations, #Harvard study finds. There is “a moral case, societal norm, and governmental precedent for paying reparations.” bit.ly/3XxuUUK

AG Garland says rising threats against civil servants endanger democracy. “This must stop.” bit.ly/3XxuUUK #Trump #Biden

IRS apology in #Trump -related case reveals agency’s shoddy tax security. Lawsuit by billionaire Kenneth Griffin, whose tax records were leaked, led to an #IRS apology to more than 80,000 people and businesses who also were affected. bit.ly/3XSBxRH

Tax-funded youth treatment centers are ‘warehouses of neglect,’ Senate report finds. Youth in residential treatment too often suffer physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, while operators profit from tax dollars. bit.ly/4f1gSB9

Congress passes bill to impose strict scrutiny on embattled prison agency, creating ombudsman to field complaints. bit.ly/3LwjcTa ACLU The Sentencing Project AFGE FAMM Foundation Federal Bureau of Prisons

#Trump agenda plans a purge of the federal workforce, calls for firing “rogue bureaucrats.” #Vance once urged firing civil servants, then "replace them with our people." bit.ly/3yeuqbU

The electoral college is undemocratic. This plan aims to fix that. Via Joe Davidson washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…