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Follow the money, part two. August 29, 2026 Documents posted by the Daily Caller News Foundation show an interagency agreement between Fauci’s NIAID and the CIA’s Biological Technology Center, under which unclassified civilian virus research was used to "augment and complement" classified work. On 29 August 2026, RedState reported on documents first posted by the Daily Caller News Foundation showing an interagency agreement between Dr. Anthony Fauci’s NIAID and the CIA’s

Including the emails asking people to delete the emails. August 29, 2026 On 29 August 2026 the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released its final hearing document package — CIA memoranda, a 2015 request on mutation rates and serial human passaging, and years of emails asking recipients to delete messages. On 29 August 2026, Senator Rand Paul’s office released the HSGAC Final Hearing Document Release Package, compiling materials from the 29 July

Comment closes 28 September 2026. This one is not a spectator sport. August 28, 2026 A proposed EEOC rule would end federal employees’ guaranteed right to a hearing before an administrative judge, eliminate discovery, and bar class complaints in the federal-sector EEO process entirely. Comments close 28 September 2026. Attention F4F friends, supporters, and members. Of everything in this two-month catch-up, this is the one that reaches into our own docket. On 26 August 20

You cannot audit what nobody is auditing. August 11, 2026 Cabinet-level OIG workforces are down an average of 19% since December 2024, investigative reports are down 25%, and a new House bill would disband CIGIE outright and hand its functions to OMB. Two items from the oversight lane, and they point the same direction. On 22 July 2026, Rep. Clay Higgins introduced H.R. 9725, the Restoring Integrity and Efficiency to Inspector General Oversight Act, which would disband th

Ninety-nine percent of the comments said don’t. They did. August 04, 2026 Four final rules published 03–04 August 2026 move RIF appeals, suitability actions, and probationary appeals out of the Merit Systems Protection Board and into OPM — with review by the OPM Director and no appeal to the Federal Circuit. Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF): the agency that writes the personnel rules now judges the appeals from them. OPM finalized four regulations published in the Federal Regi

Episode 138. Put it on for the drive home. August 04, 2026 The Feds, episode 138: Stephanie Weidle talks with C. Scott Duncan about the Pentagon’s COVID reckoning — the mandate, the separations, and what reinstatement has actually looked like. In case you haven’t heard, the podcast has been busy while the news page sat still. Episode 138 of The Feds — "Inside the Pentagon’s COVID Reckoning," posted 04 August 2026, 53 minutes — has Executive Director Stephanie Weidle in co

One hundred and eleven times, per the committee. July 29, 2026 Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on 29 July 2026. Eight days later the committee voted to hold him in contempt of Congress. Attention F4F friends, supporters, and members. Two dates to keep straight. 29 July 2026. Appearing under subpoena before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Dr. Anthony Fauci decl

"The agency is completely out of control." July 27, 2026 F4F co-founder Jim Erdman sat down with Tucker Carlson for a 92-minute conversation on CIA obstruction, secrecy, and what happens to people inside the building who ask questions. Good evening, F4F supporters. If you have ninety-two minutes, spend them here. On 27 July 2026, F4F co-founder Jim Erdman appeared on The Tucker Carlson Show. Carlson’s framing: "The one federal agency no one has even tried to reform is als

A 98% denial rate is not a process. It is a decision made in advance. July 27, 2026 Catherine Herridge published an exclusive interview with F4F co-founder Jim Erdman — on the "shadow government" inside the intelligence community, an alleged CIA effort to block his Senate testimony, destroyed directed-energy records, and where the Fauci money went. Good evening, F4F supporters. Two interviews landed in the same forty-eight hours. This is the other one. On 26 July 2026, Ca

A 98% denial rate is not a process. It is a decision made in advance. July 26, 2026 Children’s Health Defense amended its complaint against Secretary Hegseth to add three active-duty Air Force plaintiffs, alleging the Department denied religious accommodation requests at a rate of roughly 98 percent. Attention F4F friends, supporters, and members. We wrote this one up on 26 July 2026 because it is the same fight, in a different building. Children’s Health Defense amended

You only have to explain the conflict. Not defend the theology. July 24, 2026 In Weiss v. The Permanente Medical Group, the Ninth Circuit revived a fired remote worker’s religious accommodation claim and warned employers against delving into employees’ religious practices. Nine days after the Second Circuit raised the bar, the Ninth Circuit lowered a different one. In Weiss v. The Permanente Medical Group, Inc., No. 24-6609 (9th Cir. 24 July 2026), the panel reversed dism

"There was no pandemic exception." July 20, 2026 The EEOC announced a $5 million agreement with Battelle Energy Alliance, the contractor that runs Idaho National Laboratory, resolving religious and disability accommodation charges from more than 100 employees under its COVID-19 vaccine mandate. On 20 July 2026 the EEOC announced that Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC — the DOE contractor that manages Idaho National Laboratory — agreed to pay $5 million in back pay and compens

Read this one twice. July 15, 2026 In Bergin v. New York State Unified Court System, the Second Circuit threw out its own long-standing test for religious accommodation claims and replaced it with one that requires proving the employer’s intent. Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF): if you have a religious accommodation claim in the Second Circuit, the bar moved on 15 July 2026, and it moved against you. In Bergin v. New York State Unified Court System, No. 25-721 (2d Cir. 15 July

We could have told them that. July 02, 2026 The Intelligence Community Inspector General told Congress that CIA Director John Ratcliffe has not produced records needed to determine whether there was a COVID-19 origins cover-up — or whether analysts were illegally monitored. In case you haven’t heard: on 02 July 2026 it was reported that Intelligence Community Inspector General Christopher Fox informed Congress that the CIA has not been fully cooperating with his inquiry.

It took them two days. July 02, 2026 Within 48 hours of F4F announcing its support for the class action against the CIA, the story was in the Daily Caller, the Epoch Times, WND, and the Western Journal. The Agency declined to comment. It still has not explained under what authority it did this. Attention F4F friends, supporters, and members — the CIA story travelled. On 30 June 2026 we announced our support for a class action filed in the U.S. District Court for the Easte

Nine hours at the Willard. The whole thing is on tape. July 01, 2026 On 01 July 2026 F4F convened its National Security Summit at the Willard InterContinental, one block from the White House. Fifteen speakers, one question: what was actually done to the federal workforce, and by whom. The full livestream is posted. Washington, D.C. Attention F4F friends, supporters, and members — for those who could not be in the room, the room is on tape. On 01 July 2026, from 8:00am to

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 30, 2026 FEDS FOR FREEDOM SUPPORTS LAWSUIT AGAINST CIA FOR ILLEGALLY INVESTIGATING UNVACCINATED EMPLOYEES FOR ESPIONAGE Washington, D.C. – Feds For Freedom announced today that they are supporting a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) under the Administrative Procedure Act. Several CIA officers and contractors are filing a class action lawsu

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