IG to launch investigation into FDIC’s leadership climate, harassment allegations

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is facing new scrutiny over allegations of a toxic work environment and sexual harassment at the highest levels. The agency’s office of inspector general and both House and Senate lawmakers are pushing FDIC leadership to address the issues that have come to light only recently. “We plan to initiate a new evaluation project to assess the FDIC’s sexual harassment prevention program, which will examine the changes made since our 2020 report titled Preventing and Addressing Sexual Harassment and the current effectiveness of the program,” a…

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Why the Fifth Circuit Keeps Making Such Outlandish Decisions

Where to even start in cataloging the most ridiculous—and alarming—recent rulings to come out of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit? There’s a case about whether a class action could go forward that boiled down to a dispute among three Fifth Circuit judges over the meaning of a Bible verse. There’s a case in which the Fifth Circuit allowed three doctors to sue the FDA over a tweet intended to discourage ivermectin use that read, “You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y’all.…

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EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a Look at How Reporters Push Transgender Ideology

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Some media outlets have come under fire in recent years for buying into activists’ framing and talking points on so-called gender-affirming care, attempted transgender sex-change operations, hormonal interventions, and social affirmations, even for minors. Emails obtained by the organization Do No Harm, which combats gender ideology in the medical profession, provide a look at how that type of story is crafted. The organization obtained a June 15 exchange between Capital Times reporter Erin McGroarty, who specializes in “investigating disinformation” for the newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin,…

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MoveOn: Unenforceable SCOTUS “Code of Ethics” Isn’t Enough

Washington, D.C. – Following the Supreme Court releasing updated ethics guidelines without a word on enforceability measures, MoveOn Political Action Executive Director Rahna Epting released the following statement:  “A code of conduct without any clear enforcement mechanisms might as well be a list of suggestions. We applaud the incredible work from advocates, congressional allies, and activists in pressuring the Court into finally adopting some semblance of an ethics code. But, they are a long ways away to fully addressing the abuse of power that has been uncovered. This long-overdue and too-weak ethics policy…

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Congress, Biden administration look for ways to boost federal recruitment, retention of military spouses

House lawmakers are looking to offer a little more help to military spouses who may be struggling to keep their jobs. Reps. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) and Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) introduced the READINESS Act on Nov. 21. If enacted, the bill would provide more job flexibility to the spouses of both active-duty military members and Foreign Service officers. The bipartisan legislation presents several options to military spouses working in government. Upon a military relocation, they would be able to seek an individual determination from their employing agency about whether they can…

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