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05/29/2026

5.29.3 The 9-0 ruling in Margolin v. NAIJ is being reported as a clean loss for federal workers. It isn't. The Court reversed on a narrow procedural ground — party presentation — and refused to decide whether the MSPB still provides a real forum when it's been stripped of a quorum. That question wasn't killed. It was sent back to the Fourth Circuit, which has the power to order briefing and decide it properly. The MSPB-first rule held for now; the deeper fight is alive. With Trump v. Slaughter pending this term, the stakes are about to get concrete. Know your forum. Know your clock.

05/29/2026

5.29.3 AFGE Local 3403 says NSF is stripping reasonable accommodations from disabled employees and telling them to "test" the new building without support first. If that's accurate, it runs straight into the Rehabilitation Act — which requires an individualized, interactive accommodation process, not a blanket "prove it by failing" rule. Reasonable accommodation denials are among the most common and most winnable federal-sector cases when the record is built right. If your accommodation was revoked or denied, document everything and reach out fast — the deadlines in the federal system move quickly. Know your rights.

05/29/2026

5.29.26-1 The DOJ has issued grand jury subpoenas to Reddit and X seeking the identities of anonymous users who criticized ICE. No charges have been filed, the targets haven't been told what's being investigated, and their lawyers are fighting right now to quash the subpoenas before the chief judge of the DC federal court. Here's why it matters for everyone: a grand jury subpoena is nearly impossible to fight, so the cost lands whether or not a charge ever comes. Criticizing an agency is protected speech; threatening an officer or posting their address is not — and the danger is that the government decides which side of that line you're on. My read, plus how to protect yourself, is in the video.

05/28/2026

5.28.26-2 The Department of Labor sent its employees an email last Friday urging them to file whistleblower complaints reporting DEI-related discrimination — and explicitly noting the three-year statute of limitations, which reaches back into the prior administration. One DOL employee called it "a reminder to narc on your coworkers." Three legal points federal employees should know: (1) Title VII prohibits intentional discrimination — following a prior administration's lawful directive isn't itself a violation; (2) under Bouie v. City of Columbia, retroactive punishment for conduct that complied with then-current rules raises serious due process concerns; (3) under 5 U.S.C. § 2302(b)(9), pressure to file a complaint you don't believe in can itself be a prohibited personnel practice. Document everything. Know your file. Call a lawyer before you have a problem.

05/28/2026

5.28.26 Breaking — 35 former federal judges, bipartisan, including conservative Judge Michael Luttig, filed a motion in federal court calling the President's IRS settlement "collusive," "a corruption of the judicial process," and "a fraud on the Court." The case was almost certainly time-barred. Wrong defendant. Inflated damages former IRS officials called "legally and factually unsupported." Two days before the President had to answer the judge's questions about self-dealing, the suit was dropped — only for DOJ to announce a $1.776 billion fund from the Treasury hours later, with family immunity added the next day. Over 450 January 6 defendants, including pardoned Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, are already preparing claims. Same pattern federal employees have lived for 18 months. Different beneficiary.

05/27/2026

5.27.26 The legal breakdown was at noon. Tonight, why I oppose this NDA as a citizen — not as a lawyer. Over the past 18 months, EPA employees who signed a dissent letter were suspended and some fired; FEMA whistleblowers who reported through protected channels were placed on indefinite leave and pushed to sign NDAs before interviews; 17 inspectors general were fired in violation of the 2022 statute requiring notice to Congress; and whistleblower-retaliation cases at DOE OIG rose 9x year over year. This NDA is not landing in a vacuum. The candid internal conversation of government is what makes government work — and I think every American should care about losing it.

05/27/2026

5.27.26 Full legal breakdown of the proposed federal employee NDA — five concerns as I read the document. As drafted, the form may not satisfy the anti-gag statute at 5 U.S.C. § 2302(b)(13); it raises First Amendment questions under United States v. NTEU; its Privacy Act Statement contradicts itself on whether signing is voluntary; it imposes a five-year post-employment restriction with a written-permission requirement; and it sits next to two other proposed OPM rules that, taken together, could change how refusal to sign is treated. These are concerns, not conclusions — we're early in this. Full written analysis with citations at fedlegalhelp.com/ndalegalthoughts. Beyond-the-legal-frame concerns coming tonight.

05/27/2026

5.27.26 I read the draft federal employee NDA the administration filed yesterday — the actual four-page form, not the summaries. Three initial concerns: the form's own Privacy Act Statement calls signing "voluntary" while warning that refusal "may result in removal from federal service and potential debarment"; the obligations extend five years past federal service with written permission required to disclose; and the whistleblower-protection language appears to be missing a piece 5 U.S.C. § 2302(b)(13) specifically requires. Full legal breakdown at noon. And why I have concerns beyond the legal arguments, later tonight. Read the form yourself — you handle harder documents than this every day.

05/26/2026

5.26.26 The Trump administration has been sued more than 750 times since January 2025, according to the New York Times litigation tracker. Courts have halted administration policies — through TROs or preliminary injunctions — in more than 150 cases. Of cases with final merits decisions, plaintiffs have won 62 times. The administration has won 7. The narrative that this administration wins everything in court is wrong. In this two-and-a-half-minute breakdown — the actual data, plus three lawsuits every federal employee should be following that most do not know about. Slaughter v. Trump (independent agency firings, SCOTUS pending). USIP v. Jackson (DOGE agency takeover reversed). AFGE v. FMCS (the federal arbitration pipeline). General information, not legal advice. Save this. Send it to the coworker who thinks it is hopeless.

05/26/2026

5.26.26 Gas hit $4.56 a gallon last week — up from $2.81 in January. The Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz closure have blocked roughly 14 million barrels of oil per day. The IEA called it the greatest global energy security challenge in history. And 90% of the federal workforce is now back in the office five days a week, paying $20/day for parking, $10/day for Metro, and $50/week for food — about $2,600 a year just to commute to a job most of them did from home for years. NTEU just asked OPM and the IRS to do two simple things — bring back telework until gas drops below $3, and raise the federal mileage reimbursement rate mid-year. The IRS has done it three times since 2000. In this two-minute breakdown — the gas math, the commute math, and one honest question. Do you think the administration will say yes? General information, not legal advice. If your agency was ordered to restore telework via arbitration and your supervisor isn't implementing it, save every email. That is a contract violation we handle.

05/26/2026

5.26.26 Government Executive broke the story Friday. The White House ordered every federal agency to force-install the official White House app on your government-issued phone. The same app has a button that signs you up for political alerts when you tap "Greatest President Ever." Cybersecurity researchers at NOTUS found it shares user data with third parties and uses a widget kit founded in Russia. A developer who decompiled the Android build this week posted findings of GPS tracking every 4.5 minutes — contradicting the White House's claim that GPS was removed — plus JavaScript loaded from a personal GitHub Pages account. The FAA started this week. State Department iPhones already have it. In this 2-and-a-half-minute breakdown — the Hatch Act problem, the FISMA problem, the Anti-Lobbying Act problem, and what to do if you are in IT and being told to push the install. General information, not legal advice. Save this. Send it to a coworker. Do not tap the button.

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