David Colapinto ⚖️⚾️☕️🦋

Same guy who fired his staff because they became whistleblowers to report his illegal activities.

"Today’s decision strikes a blow at the fragile infrastructure of our democracy. It casts aside the precious & noble actions undertaken by countless generations of activists, lawyers, & legislators, who worked to bring [U.S.] closer to becoming a true multi-racial democracy." - @sifill.bsky.social 🧵

#tdih 1975 end of U.S. war against Vietnam. It began in 1945 when US refused to recognize Vietnam’s independence. Pentagon Papers reveal that every president lied about the war. The human suffering & ecological devastation are impossible to calculate. Lessons ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/lessons...

#tdih 1862, DC Compensated Emancipation Act. Was the compensation for the people who suffered torture & other human rights abuses & whose labor, knowledge, skills, & families were stolen for generations?💔 NO. Read ⬇️ 🧵#Reparations #DCEmancipationDay www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/co...

SEC’s Misuse of TCR System Has Consequences for SEC Whistleblowers whistleblowersblog.org/corporate-wh...

BU alum @dcolapinto.bsky.social said: "[national] labor leaders would come to say a few words in solidarity with striking workers. The librarian union and clerical & staff unions joined the faculty strike." Strike photos ⬇️ by Spencer Grant 📷via @bpl.boston.gov www.flickr.com/photos/24029...

A new article published by the UK think tank RUSI argues that the implementation of whistleblower awards in the UK would transform the country’s sanctions enforcement regime. whistleblowersblog.org/global-whist...

Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Sentenced to Life in Assassination Plot www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/u...

Aaron Sorkin’s ‘Social Network’ Sequel Will Center on Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen — World of Reel url:https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2025/7/1/aaron-sorkins-social-network-sequel-will-center-on-facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen

DOJ Whistleblower Alleges that Justice Department Planned to Defy Court Orders whistleblowersblog.org/government-w...

No longer a special government employee but a burning question remains: Did “Big Balls” discover fraud or did he commit fraud? www.wired.com/story/big-ba...

What does Trump think about whistleblowers? He just nominated a right wing partisan, who lacks any experience & has been an attorney for less than a year, to lead the agency that is supposed to protect federal employee whistleblowers.

On May 12, the DOJ's Criminal Division announced that the DOJ Whistleblower Program has added a number of priority areas for tips including procurement fraud, tariff and customs fraud, violations of federal immigration law and sanctions violations. kkc.com/blog/doj-add...

A bill moving through the New York State legislature addressing the training and use of artificial intelligence frontier models contains anti-retaliation protections for whistleblowers who report activities which pose “substantial risk of critical harm.” whistleblowersblog.org/corporate-wh...

President Trump's assertion of powers to remove appointees despite Congressional protections has wreaked havoc on federal whistleblower protection laws. KKC's Stephen M. Kohn details concerns raised by the Founding Fathers about Presidential powers. natlawreview.com/article/foun...

Whistleblower revelations show that Trump admin defied court order on NIH cuts and lied to court about it. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Oh good. A new terrible thing that could kill us all. bsky.app/profile/npr....

The “database of ruin” is almost here. Congress can stop it from happening. Will they just cede control of Americans’ privacy to Musk? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/o...

Here’s an oldie but a goodie. 🤡

Scary, if true. DOGE’s AI surveillance risks silencing whistleblowers and weakening democracy Reminder: Trump dismantled the offices created by Congress to protect whistleblowers in the federal government. theconversation.com/doges-ai-sur...

Time for an almond milk latte. ☕️

A whistleblower takes on DOGE www.npr.org/2025/04/27/1...

The Draft, the 2026 payroll, and buying your way out of this! The Nationals are teetering on a sharp edge. www.talknats.com/2025/04/18/t...

How many tariff pauses will there be?

According to whistleblower advocates, by implementing whistleblower awards the UK could bolster global anti-corruption enforcement in a period where the U.S. is retreating on the issue. whistleblowersblog.org/global-whist...

In a new article for the Oxford Business Law Blog, KKC's Benjamin Calitri and Kate Reeves examine the need for whistleblower reform in the UK and outline how an enhanced whistleblower system offering monetary awards could bolster global anti-corruption efforts. blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/oblb/blog-po...

How many days has it been since the Merit Systems Protection Board lost a quorum because Trump fired Chair Cathy Harris without cause in violation of the statute?

Are these weekly 5 accomplishments emails still required?

In a new article for the The CLS Blue Sky Blog, KKC founding partner Stephen M. Kohn explains how other countries can fill the void left by the United States' retreat from FCPA enforcement. clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu/2025/04/18/o...

Fraud and corruption is the name of the game. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

It will take many years, but Elon Musk and his hackers must be held accountable. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

Boston University has banned their @ydsa.org chapter, ostensibly because of posting unauthorized flyers and holding a sit in *outside* of the Dean of Students Office. (per statement from YDSAatBU on IG, 1/3)

Once again, the Merit Systems Protection Board lacks a quorum to decide any federal employee or whistleblower retaliation cases.

“What did they know and when did they know it?”

Breaking News: The IRS agreed to share information with ICE to help locate people for deportation, court records show. This is a fundamental change in the IRS, which had gained the trust of migrants and encouraged them to file their taxes.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has officially announced that he is running for Senate. So here's everything you need to know about him—if you care about reality. Let's start with the fact that he had to take literal ethics classes after he was indicted for securities fraud. (1/5)

#tdih 1947, first freedom ride left D.C. to test 1946 "Irene Morgan v. Commonwealth of Virginia" ruling. This "Journey of Reconciliation" was organized by CORE with leadership of FOR staff Bayard Rustin and George Houser. Read & watch @pbs.org clip ⬇️ 🧵. www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/fi...

BREAKING: The federal appeals court in DC has *unfired* members of the NLRB and MSPB that Donald Trump has been trying to remove despite laws protecting them from removal without cause. Panel was divided 7-4. Supreme Court could be next. Details TK www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

Putting aside the constitutional law dispute as to whether the President can fire a MSPB member without cause (which conflicts with the statute) Trump’s removal of the MSPB Chair and OSC head is bad policy and an attack on whistleblowers.

Did DEI traders cause the stock crash?

In years to come, the people who did this will be the ones who will go to jail.

#tdih 1712, enslaved Africans launched a rebellion in Manhattan. Teach the centuries long, daily, brave, creative, strategic, & varied resistance to slavery. (Lesson: "Poetry of Defiance.") Read ⬇️by Brian Gilmore in @theprogressivemag.bsky.social excerpt. 🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/re...

#tdih 1979, the Boston University faculty union called a strike. Howard Zinn was one of the strike committee co-chairs. Read ⬇️ about the strike from Zinn's autobiography, "You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train." 🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/bo...

On the latest episode of #WhistlebloweroftheWeek, Jane Turner speaks with anti-corruption advocate and attorney Estefania Medina, co-founder of TOJIL and Vice President of the Anti-Corruption Commission at the International Chamber of Commerce-México. whistleblowersblog.org/whistleblowe...

Whistleblower Andrés Olarte Peña has exposed massive environmental and human rights violations by the Colombia state-owned oil company Ecopetrol. KKC is proud to represent Olarte in a #whistleblower filing with the SEC.

Interchangeable labels. 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

People flooded the Mall for the #HandsOff rally in Washington DC

A whistleblower is set to receive $1.2 million after filing a qui tam lawsuit alleging that a flooring importer knowingly and improperly evaded customs duties on imports of multilayered wood flooring from the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

On the latest episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, Jane Turner speaks with leading tax whistleblower expert Dean Zerbe about the successes and flaws of the IRS Whistleblower Program. Listen to this highly informational episode today!