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Finally, I always look for experienced attorneys who are talented and enjoy mentoring: they’re impactful. And be wary of any poor performers who are excited about mentoring: that’s usually where problems develop.
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And personally it’s about trying to be as transparent as you can be with them. They’ll understand you can’t tell them everything, but want to believe there’s some logic to your decisions and that, in the right cases, you’ll listen to their input.
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A red line has to be honesty. I’ve pulled someone off all cases when I caught them lying about something non-trivial. Decency to paralegals/court staff isn’t red line for young attorneys, it’s more yellow until I’ve ensured they’ve been mentored and haven’t changed.
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I’ve never supervised more than five prosecutors, but I’ve tried to find/encourage people who have shown willingness to say “no” at least once to a boss. I ask in interviews about a time they disagreed with a leader: I want to understand whether they used it to start conversation about “why.”
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My grandfather died of black lung before I was born. I’m told he was drunk almost every day of his life to deal with coal mines. All he wanted was his kids to go to college and get away.
Great grandfather died in a coal mine “paying back” the company for bringing him to America.
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Feldman has never lived or worked in what most Americans would recognize as the “real world.”
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Wow
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District 1 is filled with Vets and military bases. Which means:
- high demand for VA services;
- schools that rely on payments for students of federal employees;
- massive local economic boost from defense industry.
By November, District 1 could be looking at $1B in economic impact lost.
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Sorry “everyone” not “anyone.” The limitations on locations took out people serving in places most Americans didn’t know we were, but where the burn pit risks were just as severe.
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The hard part about the PACT Act is that it didn’t capture anyone from the era who served near a burn pit. I spent 6 months within a mile of one and the VA hands me the info every time I go and I have to say “Yes, I know. But it doesn’t include me.”
Which goes to broader point about legislating.
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This should be a reality show:
“Alive” but you’re put in a situation like this. Call it “Drive.”
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The 1st has one of highest concentrations of military and veteran populations anywhere with multiple military installations. VA funding is big deal as is economic impact of threatened DOD cuts.
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They seem like the people who join the military because they want the chance to kill someone without consequence or perhaps for glory, honor and praise.
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It’s one of the scariest things I’ve seen because it drives home in a very real way that we’re dealing with people who truly cannot even feign empathy or compassion.
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Makes you wonder if the TJAGs and Gen Brown opposed (or were expected to oppose) the invocation of the Alien Enemies Act… the Feb 21 firings put them at the point in timeline where they go from detaining to preparing deportations.
I’m confident none of them would’ve concurred with Act’s invocation.
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But the corners of hell that can be manipulated to look like heaven in pictures will be very popular.
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I’ve thought about that. I’m sure they’ll tell themselves that they’ve agreed to nothing new (like Canada and Mexico in first round of tariffs), so what’s the big deal.
But they must know it won’t end here. His unquenchable thirst for submission will be whetted only a moment.
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It feels like an acknowledgment from them that they don’t believe either political party has any real interest in standing up to him.
And also, I suppose, that the “moral” leap from what they’ve been doing behind closed doors isn’t all that different from what they’re doing now.
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It certainly wasn’t making the point she thought it was.
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Wow.
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Not just alright: he’s probably survived longer than most people who fall off buildings, so maybe this time will be different.
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Restricting travel and programs that aren’t directly tied to warfighting but sending inspection teams out of cycle to monitor compliance with restrictions on words… huh.
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To answer his age-old question, “No they is not learning.”
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You can learn a lot about an organization by watching where “action” occurs on these EOs. Some senior leaders have been doing a lot of the dirty work to protect their subordinates.
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And a trick I learned from an FBI agent: no matter how bleak, try to imagine a good outcome. Learned that lesson a little late and admit it’s hard for me when logically it seems implausible, but man it does wonders once you do it.
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Right now, you try and keep up on the treatment. Whether that’s therapy (which I strongly recommend) or self care, lawyers are bad about taking a knee and tend to push through even when the work piles up.
If you stay, find a way to make it matter and have some control. Any amt of control can help
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It isn’t that nobody can go back to the same level after scarring like this, it’s just very rare in my experience. And there are so many hidden triggers that undermine recovery.
Doesn’t mean to leave now, just give yourself grace and be prepared to change scenery for your long-term health.
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As someone who’s been through this, here’s a couple tips I wish someone had shared with me:
- Find a therapist soon, even if you don’t feel like you need one. Easier to mitigate scarring than repair it.
- Think about a new public service job after this. Your mind/body may need to take a break.
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And they’re prepped with a “course” provided by NORSKK to say the right things.
I’d rather DOD allowed beards than keep status quo, where soldiers are going to NORSKK for the beard waivers and then staying for the racist, sexist, homophobic stuff they’ve become better about hiding on social media.
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It actually is. They all use a template/course either direct or lifted from NORSKK. Not clear whether they believe what NORSKK is selling, but it doesn’t take a very deep dive into them to see who they are.
They’ve cleaned up some of the public-facing stuff to be generic Norse imagery.
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Do they use fountain pens as well? Perhaps you can surmount this hurdle conceptualizing this as a touch of vintage in a modern world?
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What strikes me about all this is that without real discussions, so much of our success and resilience as a military and as military professionals depends upon having good, empathetic people around us. If we only knew what we learned, our orgs would never work… our people couldn’t last.
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And does that point come after a deliberate process of scaling back?
Ever read anything on how leaders handle that? It wasn’t captured in any PME I’ve attended. (2/2)
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I’m struggling with this. For example, when (if ever) does a leader decide “I know this team needs me, but I cannot maintain any longer.” Whether it’s for professional security or more personal reasons. Particularly where, as now, you know there’s no hiring behind you. (1/2)
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Until today, that would’ve been …
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And they don’t really care about the civilian employees until the DRP, probationary terminations, RIF, and assorted indignities leave them without anyone who knows how to make a recalcitrant system actually pay/reimburse them.
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I would’ve thought all these guys would’ve been familiar with Patton’s prayer. Seems right up their claimed alley.
www.wwiimemorialfriends.org/blog/pattons...