2023 Current Events

National Labor Relations Board Finds Amazon Unlawfully Retaliated Against Workers For Their Union Activity

On November 21, 2023, Administrative Law Judge Lauren Esposito issued a decision finding that Amazon.com Services LLC (Amazon) violated the National Labor Relations Act by dismissing employees early, altering employees’ work assignments, and subjecting employees to closer supervision in retaliation for the employees...

U.S. Army Attempts To Re-Hire Those Terminated For Refusing Vaccination With the COVID Vaccine

While the struggling U.S. Army continues to fail to retain and recruit service members, it has a new tactic: Extend an olive branch to the same uniformed personnel who were punished for refusing the COVID-19 shot. That supposed olive branch, however, is being mocked and scorned.

Mahmoud et al v. McKnight: Parents From a Variety of Faiths Are Denied Right To Be Notified of and Opt Their Children Out of Instruction On Family Life and Human Sexuality

Parents in Maryland are fighting back against the Montgomery County Board of Education for forcing pre-K and elementary-aged children to read controversial books that promote a one-sided transgender ideology, encourage gender transitioning, and focus excessively on romance—with no parental notification or opportunit...

Principal Heather Jansen and Her Student Rat Pack

Heather Jansen was appointed principal of PS 46 in Staten Island, NY in September 2021. When she started working there she held a staff meeting where she told staff that the school was “racist” because all of the staff were white folk. She enlisted a group of students in 2nd-4th grades to report on teachers and thes...

Douglass Mackey, Aka @RickyVaughn99, Indicted in New York For Spreading Misinformation Relevant To The 2016 Presidential Election

On March 31, 2023 Douglass Mackey was convicted by a federal jury in Brooklyn of the charge of Conspiracy Against Rights. The origin of this charge occurred on January 22, 2021, two days after Joe Biden was inaugurated. Douglass Mackey was indicted under 18 USC 241, for conspiracy to violate civil rights. Mackey’s ...