Morning Roundup: A lot of love for undaunted federal employees
February 14: Featuring Jen Rubin, Mimi Rocah, Kelsi Brown Corkran, Ruben Bolling and more.
In today’s morning column, Jen Rubin looks at the undaunted heroes of the federal government in her weekly spotlight on people who are doing remarkable things.
Undaunted
Until recently many Americans had heard little, if anything, about inspectors general. After the Musk-Trump regime swooped in to fire seventeen of them (and one more IG after he filed a critical report about the freeze on USAID funding), however, they have been much in the news. It turns out these are the unsung heroes in the federal government, now sid…
Listen to Jen and Mimi Rocah examine the extraordinary resignations this week in the Southern District of New York’s U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Jen Rubin and Mimi Rocah explain the SDNY resignations
Yesterday, the acting Manhattan US attorney, Danielle Sassoon, resigned after being directed by Emil Bove to drop the corruption charges against NYC mayor Eric Adams. Jen Rubin and Mimi Rocah take a moment to explain what it all means and why individual acts of courage and integrity are vital to preserving our democracy.
Jen and Kelsi Brown Corkran talk about religious liberty and the impact of immigration raids in churches.
Jen Rubin and Kelsi Brown Corkran on ICE raids in churches
Jen Rubin and Kelsi Brown Corkran discuss the religious freedom lawsuit challenging ICE enforcement actions in churches. The lawsuit was brought against the Department of Homeland Security by the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP) at Georgetown Law, which Kelsi is the Supreme Court Director of.
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Doctors, patients, workers at federal agencies. local farmers, anyone who's life and livelihood have been upended.
Please do a segment on Stephen Miller. He successfully flies under the radar, but I feel his malign influence in everything that is going on,
Jen is truly a force of nature! Thank you for highlighting the unsung heroes.