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LAWFARE: Soros-backed NGO is teaching DC residents how to sneak onto juries and rig trials against President Trump and his administration. A newly formed Washington DC group called Free DC, tied to Community Change & Community Change Action, is training residents to act as “skeptical jurors” in federal cases involving President Trump. Co-founder Alex Dodds said jurors have “enormous power” to judge the administration itself. Critics report the sessions encourage rigging trials against the administration, conduct plainly barred under 8 USC §1503.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is the latest federal agency staring down significant cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Brian Bjelde, a top DOGE lieutenant, informed senior staff at OPM to plan for the loss of 70 percent of internal staff, according to CNN. OPM leaders were ordered to prepare for an initial 30 percent reduction, which would ultimately grow to 70 percent, according to reports. The order has significantly rattled government employees who did not expect to lose their jobs under the Trump administration. 'People around OPM look like they have seen ghost. People are shocked,'...