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OPM defends rule to hamper Schedule F’s return, backs telework amid return to office push

May 23, 2024 Push, defends, backs, Office, 'Return, hamper, rule, schedule, telework, F’s, Amid0 comment

The Office of Personnel Management is defending a recently finalized rule meant to prevent the return of Schedule F — a Trump-era policy that made it easier to fire career federal employees in policymaking positions. OPM’s acting director told the House Oversight and Accountability Committee that the re-emergence of such a policy would undermine civil service protections, and return the federal workforce to a 19th-century “spoils system” with major turnover. Acting OPM Director Rob Shriver told lawmakers on Wednesday that the return of Schedule F would have a “chilling effect”…

MoveOn Calls on Kennedy Jr. to Fire Jan 6 Insurrectionist and Return MAGA Money

May 19, 2024 calls, money, Kennedy, Fire, 'Return, MAGA, Insurrectionist, MoveOn0 comment

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, NBC News reported that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hired a right-wing influencer who was at the Capitol during the deadly insurrection. The news follows previous reporting that this latest hire also believes January 6 was a “Democrat misdirection.” In response to Kennedy Jr. running a shadow MAGA campaign, MoveOn Political Action Chief Communications Officer Joel Payne release the following statement: “Why is an insurrectionist on the Kennedy Jr.’s campaign payroll? MoveOn is still waiting for Kennedy Jr. to denounce and publicly call on all of his…

NEW MoveOn Billboard Awaits Trump Upon Return to Mar-a-Lago After Arraignment

April 15, 2023 after, Awaits, 'Return, Trump, upon, MaraLago, MoveOn, Billboard, Arraignment0 comment

West Palm Beach, FL – MoveOn Political Action launched a new billboard with the message “Trump Is Not Above the Law,” this afternoon to greet former President Trump and his acolytes after returning home from his arraignment. The billboard, located 1.9 miles away from Mar-a-Lago, directly on the route Trump will take home from the Palm Beach International Airport, is in plain view of aerial crews covering Trump’s return. The billboard will be up for the next month. PALM BEACH, FLORIDA – APRIL 03: On the heels of Donald Trump’s…

Supreme Court Hands Short-Term Win to Pride Group, but Encourages Yeshiva University to Return

September 15, 2022 Court, Supreme, group, shortterm, 'Return, University, pride, hands, encourages, Yeshiva0 comment

Another conflict is brewing between the constitutional right to freely exercise religion and the civil right to be free from discrimination. Like several such cases in recent years, the Supreme Court is likely—or so we hope—to decide this one favorably in the end. Yeshiva University, located in New York City, includes America’s largest Jewish undergraduate institution. Yeshiva advocates living in accordance with “Torah values,” including opposition to sexual relations between members of the same sex. Yeshiva denied the application of the YU Pride Alliance, a group opposed to and hoping…

Lawmakers raise concerns about EEOC return to office plans

March 27, 2022 raise, about, Lawmakers, Office, 'Return, plans, concerns, EEOC0 comment

As some agencies start to reenter office spaces, lawmakers are raising concerns about return-to-office plans for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Reps. Virginia Foxx (R-Va.), ranking member on the Committee on Education and Labor, and James Comer (R-Ky.), ranking member on the Committee on Oversight and Reform, said the lag on reentry would delay the commission’s ability to efficiently review and resolve discrimination charges. “We are unaware of any plan for the commission to return the remainder of its workforce of approximately 2,000 employees to in-person service,” the authors said…

Will New York Times, Washington Post Return Pulitzers for Misleading ‘Russia Collusion’ Stories?

December 12, 2021 Pulitzers, York, Times, Post, Washington, Russia, 'Return, stories, Misleading, collusion0 comment

In 2018, journalists from The New York Times and The Washington Post won a Pulitzer Prize in national reporting for their biased and inaccurate coverage of Russia’s alleged collaboration with the Trump campaign to interfere with the 2016 election, a claim we now know was a hoax. So, when are they going to return the prize? If this sounds familiar, it should. This is not the first time the prize—which is supposed to recognize outstanding achievement and public service in journalism—was awarded for misleading and discredited coverage. In 1931, The New York Times published…