By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on February 28, 2021 Former President Donald J. Trump is killing the National Republican Party. Since losing the election in November 2020, Trump has attacked every major Republican officeholder who refused to help him steal the election, which he lost by 7 million votes. Trump has savagely attacked Mike Pence, his hand-picked Vice President. He has thrown spitballs at Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell. Trump is angry at Governor Brian Kemp of Georgia and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger because they refused his demand to “find” the 11,780 votes Trump needed to win Georgia. Despite losing 60 straight court challenges to the election outcome – many of which were handed down by federal judges Trump appointed -- the former president bashed them, as well. Trump still has not provided any court with proof that 7 million votes were stolen from him. Trump is trying to oust Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming from her No. 3 leadership with House Republicans because she voted in favor of his impeachment following the January 6th riot at the U.S. Capitol by Trump “patriots” that left one police officer and four others dead. Trump won’t even meet with 2024 presidential hopeful Nikki Haley because she told Politico in February: “I think what we need to do is take the good that [Trump] built, leave the bad that he did, and get back to a place where we can be a good, valuable, effective party.” With Trump, you must be ALL IN with him, or get trashed the way he has done Pence, McConnell, and a litany of other prominent Republican political operatives. When House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy called Trump on January 6 and asked the former president to “call off the riot” by Trump’s “patriots”, Trump told McCarthy, “Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are.” This response stunned McCarthy. Trump’s response is not surprising in light of the fact that his 2020 campaign organization paid more than $3.5 million to the people and firms that organized the January 6th demonstration before a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol. Business Interests Distancing Themselves from Trump Several business groups are distancing themselves from Trump. For example, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has stepped away from Trump by embracing much of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill; cheering Biden’s decision to rejoin the Paris climate agreement; backing Neera Tanden’s appointment as Director of the Office of Management and Budget; and expressing openness to increasing the minimum wage, albeit not to $15 an hour. Trump’s business partner in two Class A commercial buildings – one on Sixth Avenue in New York City and the other in downtown San Francisco – is threatening to withhold the partnership’s cashflows from Trump. Trump owns a 30 percent stake in these properties, while Vornado Realty Trust owns 70 percent. Vornado’s possible disassociation from Trump arose after the January 6th riot at the U.S. Capitol and unsuccessful attempts in 2020 to sell the buildings or refinance them. Because Trump is toxic, some banks associated with Trump have simply cut their ties to him. His best two bankers were forced out at Germany-based DeutcheBank in December. In February, the Screen Actor’s Guild threatened Trump with expulsion, which prompted Trump to resign. After receiving Trump’s resignation, SAG issued a statement saying, “Thank You.” Even Trump’s neighbors in Palm Beach are trying to evict him from Mar-a-Lago. They want Trump gone. Trump’s Lawyers are In Danger of Being Disbarred After bringing frivolous lawsuits to invalidate the November 3rd election and prevent the Electoral College votes from being counted, Trump’s lawyers are facing disbarment and multibillion dollar lawsuits. In Washington, a federal judge formally referred Minnesota attorney Erick Kaardal to his state’s Bar Association for potential disciplinary proceedings in Wisconsin Voters Alliance vs. Pence, which alleged that the election procedures in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin were unconstitutional. In February, the State Bar of Georgia issued a 1677-page grievance against Georgia attorney, Lin Wood. The Bar Association’s complaint says Wood’s lawsuits challenging the 2020 election results were “frivolous”. The Bar Association had previously urged Wood to seek mental health treatment. Trump-affiliated lawyers Sidney Powell and Rudolph Giuliani are faring no better. Election technology Smartmatic has filed a nearly 300-page defamation lawsuit against both lawyers. The $2.7 billion lawsuit claims that the two lawyers (and others) made 100 false statements and implications when they claimed that Smartmatic helped to steal the November 3rd election from Donald Trump. Trump Still Popular with GOP Voters Despite Trump’s obvious toxicity, he remains popular with GOP voters. Six out of ten Republican voters want Trump to maintain a powerful role in the Party moving forward, according to a recent POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. It looks as if Trump plans to do so. His Save America PAC is flush with $31 million in cash, as of February 2021. Trump has already endorsed Arizona Party Chair Kelli Ward in her bid for re-election and former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who is running for governor of Arkansas. Rep. Paul Gosar, an Arizona Republican and Trump zealot, told a right-wing militia group (the Arizona chapter of Oath Keepers) that the U.S. was in a civil war and predicted it would become violent. Gosar’s exact words were, “We’re in it, we just haven’t started shooting yet.” When Trump’s “patriots” rioted in the U.S. Capitol on January 6, it was the first time that the Capitol had been ransacked since the War of 1812. These “patriots” attempted to disrupt a constitutionally mandated meeting of Congress, kidnap the Vice President, and somehow force Mike Pence to declare Trump the victor in an election he lost by 7 million votes. They left pipe bombs at the headquarters of both the Republican and Democratic National Committees. Investigators also discovered a vehicle fully loaded with weaponry and what federal prosecutors are calling “homemade napalm bombs”. It is obvious that Trump has the same kind of death grip on the Republican Party and its voters that Jim Jones and David Koresh had on their personality cult followers. This assures that the National Republican Party is doomed as long as Trump is alive. And Trump does not care about any of them. After all, Trump was a New York City Democrat who hijacked the Republican Party during his 2015-16 run for the presidency. All articles are shared on Facebook and Twitter. 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By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on February 24, 2021 The December 2020 edition of the National Geographic magazine featured the Georgetown University Institute for Women, Peace and Security’s 2020 U.S. Women, Peace and Security Index. The Index measures women’s inclusion in society, sense of security, and exposure to discrimination. It shows how obstacles and opportunities for U.S. women differ from state to state, driven by economic, racial, and ethnic disparities, among other factors. The Institute’s new benchmark of women’s well-being measures three categories, each of which is composed of four subcategories. The first category is “Inclusion”, which measures factors impacting employment, education, government representation, and the working poor. The second category is “Justice”, which measures legal protections, discriminatory norms, reproductive health care, and maternal mortality. The third category is “Security”, which measures gun violence, intimate partner violence, health care affordability and community safety. The Institute’s Index was developed by Jeni Klugman, Elena Ortiz, and Turkan Mukhtarova at Georgetown’s Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Based on overall rankings, all six New England states (i.e., Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Maine) ranked in the top 10. The five lowest states (i.e. Kentucky, Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana) are located in the Deep South. For the purposes of the Index, the District of Columbia was treated as a state and included in the rankings, where it placed third. Alabama, my home state was number 48 out of 51 ranked states (inclusive of the District of Columbia). I was not shocked by Alabama’s ranking. Instead, I was embarrassed. After all, Alabama has had a woman governor for nearly four years, but she has worked hard to perpetuate the status quo for women in the state. The primary reason Alabama ranks at the bottom of the Index has a lot to do with the complacency of most white women in the state, who are more than willing to serve as warm and fuzzy “housemates” for the white men who still run the state. While the 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s ushered in sweeping changes in Alabama’s landscape for African-Americans in terms of employment, education, government representation, legal protections, discriminatory norms, and healthcare affordability, white women in the state were largely dormant during this period of social activism. Black women like Rosa Parks, Aurelia Browder, Georgia Gilmore, Dorothy Jean Tillman, Coretta Scott King, Juanita Abernathy, Sheyann Christburg, Johnnie Carr, Maggie Bozemen, Julia Wilder, Rose Sanders, Rachel Arrington, Barbara Pitts, and hundreds of others served on the frontlines of the civil rights movement in Alabama from the 1950s through the 1980s. In contrast, I only know a small number of white women in Alabama who risked their lives to improve the plight of women in the state during this period. This group includes Virginia Durr, Lucy Baxley, Ellen Brooks, Becky Pittman, Susan Silvernail, Patricia Todd, Diane Derzis and the handful of brave women who formed the Birmingham Chapter of the National Organization of Women in the early 1980s. For the most part, white women in Alabama condoned the overt sexism and systemic sexual discrimination perpetrated by white men against women. This observation goes a long way towards explaining why Alabama is ranked 48th in the 2020 U.S. Women, Peace and Security Index. When will the situation for women in Alabama change for the better? Based upon the political support former president Donald J. Trump received from white women voters in Alabama in 2016 and 2020, things will not improve anytime soon. Trump, who made himself famous with his braggadocios “grab them by the pussy” comment during the 2016 campaign, was the standard bearer for proud sexism in America for the last 4 years. Yet, a majority of white women voters in Alabama loved him. The National Geographic magazine and Georgetown University’s Institute for Women, Peace and Security at its Institute for Women’s Policy Research are to be commended for enlightening the world about the state of U.S. women in 2020. We cannot improve the quality of life for all Americans in the absence of a credible way to measure these improvements. Now, we have this credible and objective benchmark for U.S. women. Going forward, I will do my part to close the gender gaps in Alabama. White women of Alabama, when will you do yours? All articles are shared on Facebook and Twitter. If you would like to follow Donald Watkins, please click on these links and hit the follow button: https://www.facebook.com/donald.v.watkins https://twitter.com/donaldvwatkins

By: Claudia R. Watkins, Guest Contributor, London, England Copyrighted and Published on February 21, 2021 A Los Angeles native, Amanda Gorman is an American poet and activist, whose work focuses on issues of oppression, feminism, marginalization, and race. The daughter of an English school teacher, Amanda began reading and writing from an early age. In 2015, Gorman published the poetry book, "The One for Whom Food is Not Enough". While studying at Harvard University in 2017, Amanda became the first ever person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate at nineteen years old. In 2020, Amanda graduated cum laude from Harvard University with a degree in Sociology. On January 20, 2021, at age twenty-two, Amanda became the youngest poet in U.S. history to deliver a poetry reading at a presidential inauguration. The powerful and provocative words in her inaugural poem entitled, “The Hill We Climb” were met with national acclaim. Amanda Gorman's "The Hill We Climb" When day comes, we ask ourselves, where can we find light in this never-ending shade? The loss we carry. A sea we must wade. We braved the belly of the beast. We’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace, and the norms and notions of what “just” is isn’t always justice. And yet the dawn is ours before we knew it. Somehow we do it. Somehow we weathered and witnessed a nation that isn’t broken, but simply unfinished. We, the successors of a country and a time where a skinny Black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother can dream of becoming president, only to find herself reciting for one. And, yes, we are far from polished, far from pristine, but that doesn’t mean we are striving to form a union that is perfect. We are striving to forge our union with purpose. To compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters and conditions of man. And so we lift our gaze, not to what stands between us, but what stands before us. We close the divide because we know to put our future first, we must first put our differences aside. We lay down our arms so we can reach out our arms to one another. We seek harm to none and harmony for all. Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true. That even as we grieved, we grew. That even as we hurt, we hoped. That even as we tired, we tried. That we’ll forever be tied together, victorious. Not because we will never again know defeat, but because we will never again sow division. Scripture tells us to envision that everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree, and no one shall make them afraid. If we’re to live up to our own time, then victory won’t lie in the blade, but in all the bridges we’ve made. That is the promise to glade, the hill we climb, if only we dare. It’s because being American is more than a pride we inherit. It’s the past we step into and how we repair it. We’ve seen a force that would shatter our nation, rather than share it. Would destroy our country if it meant delaying democracy. And this effort very nearly succeeded. But while democracy can be periodically delayed, it can never be permanently defeated. In this truth, in this faith we trust, for while we have our eyes on the future, history has its eyes on us. This is the era of just redemption. We feared at its inception. We did not feel prepared to be the heirs of such a terrifying hour. But within it we found the power to author a new chapter, to offer hope and laughter to ourselves. So, while once we asked, how could we possibly prevail over catastrophe, now we assert, how could catastrophe possibly prevail over us? We will not march back to what was, but move to what shall be: a country that is bruised but whole, benevolent but bold, fierce and free. We will not be turned around or interrupted by intimidation because we know our inaction and inertia will be the inheritance of the next generation, become the future. Our blunders become their burdens. But one thing is certain. If we merge mercy with might, and might with right, then love becomes our legacy and change our children’s birthright. So let us leave behind a country better than the one we were left. Every breath from my bronze-pounded chest, we will raise this wounded world into a wondrous one. We will rise from the golden hills of the West. We will rise from the windswept Northeast where our forefathers first realized revolution. We will rise from the lake-rimmed cities of the Midwestern states. We will rise from the sun-baked South. We will rebuild, reconcile, and recover. And every known nook of our nation and every corner called our country, our people diverse and beautiful, will emerge battered and beautiful. When day comes, we step out of the shade of flame and unafraid. The new dawn balloons as we free it. For there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it. 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By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on February 17, 2021 This single sheet of paper -- a May 12, 2020 "Chain of Custody Log" in Incident Report #3397708 -- will lead Congressional investigators to the heart of a multiyear, employee-driven, criminal racketeering enterprise at the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Talladega prison facility, and beyond. What is more, the BOP spent billions of dollars on national procurement contracts during the last 4 years that flooded each of its 122 prison facilities with poor quality, high-price, foreign-made products from countries that undermine American manufacturing industries and our national economic growth, while enriching a small cabal of politically connected "middlemen." On February 15, 2021, I formally asked Congress to enact new "whistleblower" protection legislation to protect inmate "whistleblowers" from BOP punishment and/or bodily harm for reporting suspected criminal activity and "fraud, waste, and abuse" to the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General (OIG). Nebraska native and California-based ethics advocate Lisa Swoboda has joined Mr. Watkins in this request. Ms. Swoboda, a professionally trained executive insurance underwriter and due diligence investigator, also serves as the managing editor for www.donaldwatkins.com. The text of our joint request to the Chairpersons and members of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees is reprinted below: Senator Dick Durbin Chairperson, Senate Judiciary Committee 711 Hart Senate Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Representative Jerrold Nadler Chairperson, House Judiciary Committee 2132 Rayburn HOB Washington, DC 20515 Re: New Protective Legislation for U.S. Department of Justice/Office of Inspector General “Whistleblowers” Reporting Fraud, Waste, Abuse, and Contraband Trafficking at U.S. Bureau of Prisons Correctional Institutions Dear Senator Durbin, Representative Nadler and other members of the Judiciary Committees, My name is Lisa R. Swoboda. I am a California-based political activist and freelance professional journalist. I am also a 1997 graduate of the University of Nebraska with an extensive background as an executive underwriter for several major U.S. insurance companies. Additionally, I am the managing editor for www.donaldwatkins.com, an online media platform owned by Mr. Donald V. Watkins that delivers news of political interest to independent voters nationwide. Mr. Watkins' bio appears here: https://www.donaldwatkins.com/ He is also profiled in “The HistoryMakers" series at https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/donald-v-watkins and is featured in a May 2020 NetFlix documentary series titled, "Trial by Media"; Episode 4, "King Richard". https://www.netflix.com/title/80198329 I. Introduction As citizens and longtime advocates for ethics and accountability in government, Mr. Watkins and I are requesting the House and Senate Judiciary Committees to draft, endorse, and sponsor new narrowly-tailored whistleblower protection legislation for persons/inmates making "fraud, waste, and abuse" complaints to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Inspector General (OIG), based upon the facts and abuses set forth below: II. Relevant Facts On January 27, 2020, U.S. Bureau of Prison’s (BOP) Donald V. Watkins (Reg. No. 36223-001) filed a confidential “whistleblower” complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Inspector General (OIG) in which he reported widespread fraud, waste, abuse, and contraband trafficking at FCI Talladega. A copy of the complaint can be viewed at hyperlink, Exhibit A. To the extent they are relevant, the facts and circumstances of Mr. Watkins' underlying criminal case are presented in an article titled, "Two Faces of the Department of Justice." Between April 27 and May 6, 2020, Talladega prison officials who were implicated in the complaint learned of its existence. Their retaliation against Watkins was immediate, harsh and unrelenting. A summary of the fraud, waste, and abuse at FCI Talladega and retaliation against Mr. Watkins is presented in a November 7, 2020 article published by him titled, “OIG Complaint Reports Widespread Corruption at the Talladega Federal Prison”. A copy of this article, Exhibit B, can be viewed here. In an article published on December 27, 2020 and titled “Contraband Trafficking Ring Operated from Warden’s Office, SIS Unit at FCI Talladega” (Exhibit C), Mr. Watkins summarized an ongoing contraband trafficking ring that meets the definition of a racketeering enterprise, as codified in 18 USC § 1961 (4), and a racketeering conspiracy within the meaning of 18 USC § 1962 (c). The racketeering enterprise involved: (a) the trafficking of contraband cellular phone devices, in violation of BOP regulations; (b) the trafficking of tobacco, in violation of BOP regulations; (c) drug trafficking, in violation of 21 USC § 841 and 846; (d) interstate travel in aid of racketeering, in violation of 18 USC § 1952; (e) witness tampering, in violation of 18 USC § 1512; and (f) retaliating against a DOJ/OIG whistleblower, in violation of 18 USC § 1513, among other offenses. To date, no DOJ, OIG, or BOP official has interviewed Mr. Watkins about the fraud, waste, abuse, and contraband trafficking at FCI Talladega. The BOP’s “see no evil, hear no evil” approach allowed public corruption and racketeering at FCI Talladega to flourish in 2019 and 2020. As explained in a December 13, 2020 article titled, “Biden Must Quickly Fire COINTELPRO Prosecutors” (Exhibit D), the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Northern District of Alabama was too compromised to address this corruption problem. Its “de facto” U.S. Attorney, FAUSA Lloyd Peeples, was busy in 2019 and 2020 resurrecting, implementing, and overseeing a modern-day version of COINTELPRO activities in the Northern District. On January 27, 2021, Mr. Watkins published a public “Notice to Preserve Agency Records Relating to the Public Corruption and Racketeering Activities at FCI Talladega” (Exhibit E),The Notice which was directed to the heads of the OIG and BOP, identified the pertinent records that must be preserved for a Congressional inquiry into this matter. III. Proposed New Legislation On January 29, 2021, Mr. Watkins published an article titled, “Proposed Legislation to Protect DOJ/OIG Whistleblowers from BOP Retaliation” . The article describes the new protective measures that are proposed and needed for BOP “whistleblowers”. A copy of the article is linked hereto as Exhibit F. These measures include the following six whistleblower protections: 1. All BOP Series 100 and 200 Incident Reports must be signed by the reporting officer under penalties of perjury and pursuant to a declaration under 28 U.S. Code § 1746. 2. Disciplinary hearings for “whistleblowers” must be conducted by licensed attorneys within seven days of the date of the Incident Report. The disciplinary hearing officer shall be prohibited from conducting ex parte communications with institutional BOP officials once the Incident Report is issued. 3. The standard of proof in a disciplinary hearing conducted for a DOJ/OIG “whistleblower” shall be “clear and convincing”, rather than “some evidence”. Furthermore, the “whistleblower” shall be entitled to a minimum of one hour to present his/her defense to the charges. 4. Adverse rulings from a “whistleblower's” disciplinary hearing officer shall be appealed by the affected inmate directly to the BOP’s Office of General Counsel (OGC), which must decide the appeal on the merits within fourteen days from receipt of the “whistleblower’s” appeal. The “whistleblower” shall have fourteen days from receipt of the hearing officer’s adverse ruling to appeal to the OGC. No further “exhaustion of administrative remedies” is required before the “whistleblower” may proceed with civil litigation against the BOP and offending officials in a federal court of competent jurisdiction. 5. No “whistleblower” shall be detained in a BOP correctional institution’s Special Housing Unit for longer than 30 days for any reason. There is no “operational security” or “business exception” to this prohibition. 6. Any BOP official who retaliates against a DOJ/OIG “whistleblower” for any reason shall forfeit his/her immunity from damages in a civil lawsuit initiated by the “whistleblower”. If the “whistleblower” is the “prevailing party” in such litigation, he/she shall be entitled to recover a reasonable attorney’s fee and reimbursement of litigation cost. When viewed as a whole, Exhibits A through F, demonstrate why existing “whistleblower” protections are wholly inadequate for federal inmates who file DOJ/OIG complaints against the BOP. Mr. Watkins’ case is a glaring example of how a career BOP executive can manipulate existing BOP regulations to punish and/or exterminate “whistleblowers” who report widespread public corruption and racketeering activities at BOP correctional institutions. The proposed legislation is narrowly tailored to prevent a DOJ/OIG “whistleblower” in a BOP facility from being unobtrusively placed in harm’s way for substantial risk of bodily harm and/or death at the hands of crooked prison executives who are implicated in his/her OIG complaint. Finally, Mr. Watkins requests the Senate and House Judiciary Committees to draft and sponsor a proposed constitutional amendment that abolishes penal "slavery," which is expressly authorized in the Thirteenth Amendment. Presently, inmates incarcerated in state and federal correctional facilities have no "personal rights except those which the law in its humanity accords to .... a slave." Ruffin v. Commonwealth, 62 Va. 790, 796 (Virginia Sup. Ct., 1871). To our knowledge, America is the only civilized nation in the Western Hemisphere where this form of "slavery" is enshrined in our national constitution. For more detailed information on this subject please read “America’s Only Legal Institution of Slavery”. A copy of this joint request was emailed to the OIG, the Director of the BOP, and a number of national reporters and advocacy groups. Stay tuned! All articles are shared on Facebook and Twitter. If you would like to follow Donald Watkins, please click on these links and hit the follow button: https://www.facebook.com/donald.v.watkins https://twitter.com/donaldvwatkins

An Expression of Personal Opinion By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on February 14, 2021 In September 2020, new-wave COINTELPRO federal prosecutors in Birmingham, Alabama wrote in a court filing that my published articles on corruption in the federal criminal justice system showed a “disdain” for the system. My “disdain”, to the extent that I have any, is not with the system; it is with white supremacists who have infiltrated the system and now use this powerful platform to target and prosecute Americans of color who have committed no crimes. Professional Federal Prosecutors in New Jersey In my case, professional and highly competent federal prosecutors in New Jersey reviewed allegations of wire and mail fraud in connection with investors in my companies. This grand jury review occurred during a six-month period during late 2015 and early 2016. I was the “subject” of the investigation, but not a “target”. I submitted a pre-indictment memo to prosecutors that refuted the allegations of wrongdoing. In January 2016, the New Jersey federal prosecutors cleared me of all wrongdoing and wished me well in business. COINTELPRO Federal Prosecutions in Birmingham, AL Indignant with the outcome in New Jersey, Birmingham federal prosecutors working for Donald Trump and Senator Richard Shelby (R – Al) begged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to send its investigation to them in 2017. They quickly empaneled a grand jury of 20 members that included only 3 black jurors. The lead prosecutor – Lloyd Peeples – did not disclose his documented history of racism with the grand jurors. Peeples labeled me a “target” of the investigation at the outset. The evidence presented to the Peeples grand jury was “twisted” to support novel legal theories. Peeples secured an indictment on the same allegations of investor fraud on which I had been cleared by New Jersey federal prosecutors. Peeples added two “fig leaf” bank fraud charges for loan transactions to a business partner that were expressly authorized by banking regulations. Unlike the New Jersey prosecutors. Peeples ignored a comparable pre-indictment memo that was prepared by my legal team for the grand jury and the Trump Department of Justice. To make it personal, Peeples added my son as a defendant. Then, Peeples forum-shopped the case to a sympathetic judge who saw my case as an opportunity for redemption in Birmingham’s white community after she was vilified in that community for my stunning 2005 courtroom victory in the Government’s criminal case against scorned former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy – a victory that occurred in this judge’s courtroom. I was tried in predominantly black Birmingham/Jefferson County in front of a jury that had only 4 Blacks. In contrast, Scrushy’s jury in the same courtroom had 7 Blacks. What is more, I have never discussed a couple of motions that prosecutors filed “under seal” early in the case. The Magistrate Judge and trial judge granted these motions. After the case was over, the trial judge agreed to unseal these motions. I agreed to their unsealing, but Peeples did not. They remain sealed. I understand why. The content of these motions would shock the conscience of modern-day free speech advocates. They evidence a throwback to classic COINTELPRO activities. To my knowledge, what was done to me in these motions (and orders granting them) has never been done to any defendant in any civil or criminal case. I cannot comment further until the orders are unsealed. Poisoning the Well A well-known and highly successful former federal prosecutor in the Northern District of Alabama confirmed to me privately how the U.S. Attorney’s Office in BIrminham uses AL.com columnists John Archibald and Kyle Whitmire to generate negative stories about criminal defendents. This is a classic COINTELPRO tactic that dates back to the 1950s. Local reporters use their media platforms to “poison the well” of people from which potential jurors are drawn. In my case, Archibald actually made up a racist quote which he attributed to me. This fake quote was published twice after my indictment. Archibald’s publishers retracted the false quote and apologized months later, but the damage had already been done. Epilogue I have tremendous respect for the professional federal prosecutors who reviewed my case objectively in New Jersey. I did not know them and they did not know me. Their career resumes were vastly superior to the political hacks who masqueraded as federal prosecutors in Birmingham. Lloyd Peeples was running a struggling pizza restaurant before he was hired to target and persecute me and my son. Peeples’ published college newspaper articles define his views on race and gender equality. I do not respect self-professed bigots, especially those who are cloaked with a badge of law enforcement authority. The judges of the Northern District of Alabama may be fond of Lloyd Peeples, but I do not romanticize racists. All articles are shared on Facebook and Twitter. If you would like to follow Donald Watkins, please click on these links and hit the follow button: https://www.facebook.com/donald.v.watkins https://twitter.com/donaldvwatkins

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on February 8, 2021 I am not a book reviewer, but I have plenty of time to read a wide array of interesting books. I recently read Kristin Hannah’s “Home Again”, Ballantine Books (1996). It’s a memorable story of love and redemption. Make sure you get a box of tissues when you start reading this book. Here’s the storyline: Madelaine Hillyard is a world-famous heart surgeon at the top of her game. Her personal life is less successful. A loving but overworked single mom, Madelaine is constantly at odds with her teenage daughter. At sixteen, Lina is confused, angry, and fast becoming a stranger to her mother – a rebel desperate to find the father who walked away before she was born. Complicating matters for Madelaine are the vastly different DeMarco brothers. While priest Francis DeMarco is always ready to lend a helping hand, his brother, Angel, long ago took on the role of bad boy. Years earlier, Angel got Madelaine pregnant as a teenager. He abandoned Madelaine – and fatherhood – to go in search of fame and fortune. His departure left Madelaine devastated, but now Angel reappears and seeks help from the very people he betrayed – as a heart patient in need. Kristen Hannah has written a moving, powerful novel about the fragile threads that bind together our lives and the astonishing possibility of second chances. I cried over and over again while reading this book. I thought about the thousands of patients my heart surgeon brother saved in the early 1980s with his innovative automatic implantable defibrillator. During the early years, many of Levi, Jr.’s white heart patients expressly stated to Johns Hopkins Hospital executives and nurses that they did not want a “nigger doctor” operating on their hearts. They had no choice – it was either Levi, Jr.’s implantation of his defibrillator or death. Because Levi, Jr. loved his patients – even the ones who hated him – he saved their lives and gave them a second chance at becoming a better human being. Years later, at a reunion of Levi Jr.’s patients, I met scores of these patients who regretted their earlier racist views and who were finally able to return Levi, Jr.’s unconditional love. There is no force on earth more powerful than unconditional love for humanity. Maybe this is why Kristin Hannah’s “Home Again” was so moving to me. Anyway, if you enjoy GP-rated tearjerkers, this is the book for you. Enjoy it!! All articles are shared on Facebook and Twitter. If you would like to follow Donald Watkins, please click on these links and hit the follow button: https://www.facebook.com/donald.v.watkins https://twitter.com/donaldvwatkins

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published by January 29, 2021 In the aftermath of the documented retaliation I suffered at the hands of FCI Talladega prison officials as punishment for filing a January 27, 2020 U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) “whistleblower” complaint with the Department’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) regarding widespread public corruption at the prison and disclosing the existence of a contraband trafficking ring that operated from the Warden’s office and the Special Investigative Services (SIS) Unit, I am preparing a formal request to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees in the U.S. Congress to draft and sponsor new “whistleblower” protection legislation designed to protect DOJ/OIG “whistleblowers” from the risk of retaliation, psychological abuse, physical harm, and/or death at the hands of vindictive U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) officials. The proposed legislation would apply to any BOP inmate who has (a) submitted a DOJ/OIG “fraud, waste, or abuse” complaint pending with the OIG, (b) been subsequently charged with a Series 100 and/or 200 level infraction, and (c) been subjected to a detention segregation order and/or Incident Report. The “whistleblower” must invoke these rights in writing on a BOP form that acknowledges the charges against him/her and disputes them. The proposed new protections are as follows: 1. All BOP Series 100 and 200 Incident Reports must be signed by the reporting officer under penalties of perjury and pursuant to a declaration under 28 U.S. Code § 1746. 2. Disciplinary hearings for “whistleblowers” must be conducted by licensed attorneys within seven days of the date of the Incident Report. The disciplinary hearing officer shall be prohibited from conducting ex parte communications with institutional BOP officials once the Incident Report is issued. 3. The standard of proof in a disciplinary hearing conducted for a DOJ/OIG “whistleblower” shall be “clear and convincing”, rather than “some evidence”. Furthermore, the “whistleblower” shall be entitled to a minimum of one hour to present his/her defense to the charges. 4. Adverse rulings from a “whistleblower's” disciplinary hearing officer shall be appealed by the affected inmate directly to the BOP’s Office of General Counsel (OGC), which must decide the appeal on the merits within fourteen days from receipt of the “whistleblower’s” appeal. The “whistleblower” shall have fourteen days from receipt of the hearing officer’s adverse ruling to appeal to the OGC. No further “exhaustion of administrative remedies” is required before the “whistleblower” may proceed with civil litigation against the BOP and offending officials in a federal court of competent jurisdiction. 5. No “whistleblower” shall be detained in a BOP correctional institution’s Special Housing Unit for longer than 30 days for any reason. There is no “operational security” or “business exception” to this prohibition. 6. Any BOP official who retaliates against a DOJ/OIG “whistleblower” for any reason shall forfeit his/her immunity from damages in a civil lawsuit initiated by the “whistleblower”. If the “whistleblower” is the “prevailing party” in such litigation, he/she shall be entitled to recover a reasonable attorney’s fee and reimbursement of litigation cost. These protective measures are warranted in federal correctional institutions where public corruption, contraband trafficking, and BOP retaliation against DOJ/OIG “whistleblowers” are systemic. All articles are shared on Facebook and Twitter. If you would like to follow Donald Watkins, please click on these links and hit the follow button: https://www.facebook.com/donald.v.watkins https://twitter.com/donaldvwatkins

To: Director, U.S. Bureau of Prisons and Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice From: Donald V. Watkins (Reg. No. 36223-001) Date: January 27, 2021 The undersigned is an inmate in the custody of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP). My inmate number is 36223-001. I entered the BOP system on August 28, 2019 at FCI Talladega’s camp on a self-surrender basis. On January 27, 2020, I filed a confidential U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) “whistleblower” complaint with the DOJ’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG). The complaint reported widespread public corruption and contraband trafficking at the prison camp. [Click here to read the complaint.] The complaint warned OIG officials that Talladega prison officials would subject me to retaliation if my complaint was revealed to them. Between April 27 and May 6, 2020, Talladega BOP officials learned of the complaint’s existence. As predicted, their retaliation was swift, harsh, and unrelenting. The ringleaders of the retaliation are Warden Cheron Y. Nash and Camp Unit Manager Destiney Lassiter . Summary of Racketeering Enterprise at FCI Talladega The contraband trafficking ring I observed at FCI Talladega operated as an ongoing criminal enterprise and RICO conspiracy, as defined in 18 USC § 1961 (4). It involved prison senior management executives, SIS Unit officers, correctional officers, trusted inmates, and other participants. The RICO enterprise sold the following items of contraband to camp inmates: (a) cellphones and cellular devices, in violation of BOP rules and regulations; (b) tobacco, in violation of BOP rules and regulations; (c) marijuana, in violation of state of Alabama criminal laws; and (d) illegal drugs, as defined in 21 USC § 841 and 846. The Talladega RICO conspirators were aided and abetted by BOP employees in the Southeast Regional Office (SERO) in Atlanta and Central Office in Washington, D.C. in furthering the objectives of the RICO conspiracy, namely: (a) intimidating potential OIG witnesses, in violation of 18 USC § 1512, and (b) retaliating against the OIG “whistleblower” in violation of 18 USC § 1513. These acts affected interstate and foreign commerce and aided the RICO enterprise, in violation of 18 § 1952. Each conspirator in the racketeering enterprise agreed that another conspirator would commit at least two acts of racketeering in the conduct of the affairs of the enterprise. As a group, the conspirators committed a litany of overt acts from September 2019 to the present in furtherance of the objectives of the criminal enterprise. Finally, the RICO conspirators enriched themselves by selling contraband items to inmates, and they protected the enterprise by tampering with potential witnesses and retaliating against this “whistleblower”. Petitioning Congress for New “Whistleblower” Protection Legislation The undersigned is in the process of petitioning Congress for new “whistleblower” protection legislation that is designed to protect BOP “whistleblowers” from acts of retaliation by DOJ/BOP employees who engage in racketeering at BOP correctional institutions. Because Talladega RICO participants were aided and abetted by BOP officials in the SERO and Central Office, I have addressed this pre-filing “Notice to Preserve Agency Records” directly to the heads of the BOP and OIG. Agency Records Covered by the Notice 1. BOP Incident Report #3397708 against George Dunn (Reg. No. 61181-019) and Donald Watkins (Reg. No. 36223-001), dated May 12, 2020. 2. BOP Detention Order for Donald Watkins, dated April 27, 2020 and all release of detention documents, including personal property receipts, dated May 6, 2020. 3. “Chain of Custody Log” and “Evidence Photos” in Incident Report #3397708, dated May 12, 2020. 4. DHO Report of Incident Report #3397708, dated May 20, 2020 5. Any and all records of telephone calls and emails between FCI Talladega officials and DHO S.D. Sawyer (Atlanta) from May 12, 2020 to the present relating to Incident Report #3397708. 6. Video of May 20, 2020 DHO hearing conducted by S. D. Sawyer for George Dunn and Donald Watkins in connection with Incident Report #3397708. 7. Any and all records of telephone calls and emails between FCI Talladega officials, SERO officials, and Central Office officials and First Assistant U. S. Attorney Lloyd Peeples (Birmingham, Alabama) relating to Donald Watkins from April 14, 2020 to present. 8. Any and all records of telephone calls, “management variable” requests, and emails between FCI Talladega officials, SERO officials, and Central Office officials from May 12, 2020 to the present regarding Incident Report #3397708, George Dunn, and Donald Watkins. 9. Any and all records of telephone calls and emails between FCI Talladega officials and other BOP officials/employees regarding a transfer of inmates George Dunn, Kenya Wright (now at FCI La Tuna, Texas) and Donald Watkins from FCI Talladega to another BOP facility, from May 12, 2020 to the present. 10. BOP “in-transit” records for former FCI Talladega camp inmate Kenya Wright’s transfer from Talladega to FCI La Tuna, from May 1, 2020 through October 2020. 11. The SERO Administrative Remedies file relating to appeals taken by George Dunn and Donald Watkins from DHO S.D. Sawyer’s May 20, 2020 adverse ruling in Incident Report #3397708 12. The BOP Office of General Counsel/Litigation Branch’s file and notes regarding its December 4, 2020 receipt, review, and same-day summary rejection of Donald Watkins' 47-page Administrative Remedies Appeal from the adverse SERO ruling in Incident Report ##3397708. 13. A copy of the BOP’s Health Services/Pharmacy procedure for the confiscation of prescription medication for inmates who are “packed out” by BOP employees when they are removed from the general inmate population and placed in detention, effective as of April 27, 2020. 14. Any and all written disclosures to BOP by FCI Talladega officer Russell Overton’s regarding his 7/10/2014 bankruptcy petition in federal court in Birmingham. 15. The electronic record of “Account Transactions” for each and every inmate at FCI Talladega’s camp, from September 1, 2019 to November 23, 2020. 16. FCI Talladega’s Inmate Handbooks in effect from September 1, 2020 to November 23, 2020. 17. Any and all reports, memos, and/or notes regarding the complete lack of inmate searches for camp inmates who exited and re-entered the camp as they went to and from their work assignments in the Warden’s office and warehouse facilities at FCI Talladega. 18. Any and all records submitted by FCI Talladega employees that disclosed a familial relationship with FCI Talladega inmates, from September 1, 2019 to November 23, 2020. 19. Any and all BOP files and records on inmates in Det. Unit 2, Holdover Unit, J-section, USP Atlanta, from November 25, 2020 to the date of this Notice, including state inmates in the custody of USP Atlanta who are awaiting trial on federal changes. 20. Any and all emails from FCI Talladega inmates to the DOJ/BOP “COVID-19 Hotline” in May 2020. 21. Any and all correspondence, emails, and phone call records evidencing communications between FAUSA Lloyd Peeples (Birmingham) and Warden Cheron Y. Nash, SERO officials, and OGC officials, from April 14, 2020 to the present. 22. Any and all records of disclosure made by FCI Talladega Camp Unit Manager Lassiter regarding her receipt of free inmate labor for personal items made at her request, from September 1, 2020 to the date of this notice. 23. The PATTERN risk assessment score and custody classification sheet for Donald Watkins as of April 14, 2020. 24. Any and all documents relating to the “Home Confinement Agreement” executed between inmate Donald Watkins and FCI Talladega Camp Case Manager Nelson on April 14, 2020. 25. The FCI Talladega “Property Room Log” for each item of contraband cellular phones and devices held as evidence by the prison’s SIS Unit, as of Friday, May 8, 2020. 26. Security video of entrance to FCI Talladega’s Special Housing Unit (SHU), from noon to 4 p.m CST on April 27, 2020. 27. Security videos inside FCI Talladega’s SHU, from 2 p.m to 5 p.m. CST on April 30, 2020. 28. Any and all records of FCI Talladega inmate releases, from September 1, 2019 to November 13, 2020. 29. Any and all emails (with attachments) between Warden Cheron Y. Nash and SIS Unit Captain Sutton in March 2020. 30. Any and all records of FCI Talladega’s internal investigation into a May 3, 2020 report by inmate Donald Watkins that SIS Unit Lt. E. Vaughan proclaimed him a “POW” on April 27, 2020 and SHU officers chanted “Dead man walking, Dead man walking, Dead man walking” to Watkins as he exited the SHU on April 30, 2020. This Notice should NOT be construed as a request to preserve agency records as part of the BOP’s Administrative Remedy’s process. Preservation of these records is sought to aid Congress in its legislative role. Inmate Watkins is exercising his First Amendment right to petition Congress for new “whistleblower” protection legislation. These agency records are relevant to the legislative process. A courtesy copy of this pre-filing “Notice to Preserve Agency Records” will be transmitted to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees by Donald Watkins, along with his request for the enactment of new “whistleblower” protection legislation. This Notice is published on www.donaldwatkins.com, an online, independent, non-commercial, media publication of nationwide circulation. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Authorized by: Donald V. Watkins Inmate Reg. No. 36223-001 OIG “Whistleblower”, as of January 27, 2020 Date: 1/27/2021 All articles are shared on Facebook and Twitter. If you would like to follow Donald Watkins, please click on these links and hit the follow button: https://www.facebook.com/donald.v.watkins https://twitter.com/donaldvwatkins

An Expression of Personal Opinions By: Donald Watkins Copyrighted and Published on January 24, 2021 On November 7, 2020, I published an article about a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Inspector General (OIG) “whistleblower” complaint that detailed widespread public corruption at the Talladega federal prison. On December 27, 2020, I published an exclusive, investigative report on a contraband trafficking ring that operated from the Warden’s office and Special Investigative Services (SIS) Unit at the prison. Cheron Y. Nash was the prison’s warden at the time. The participants in the contraband trafficking ring included prison executives, SIS officers, correctional officers, and trusted inmates. The items of contraband included cellular phone devices, tobacco, marijuana, and illegal drugs that were sold to inmate customers. The contraband trafficking ring operated as an ongoing criminal enterprise. It was in full swing when I arrived at FCI Talladega on August 28, 2019 and still ongoing when I left the prison on November 23, 2020 FCI Talladega’s Racketeering Enterprise The FCI Talladega criminal enterprise participants committed a litany of overt criminal acts in furtherance of the goals and objectives of the RICO conspiracy including: (a) possession of contraband items with the intent to distribute them for profit within the inmate population, (b) distribution of contraband items for profit within the inmate population, (c) money laundering, (d) income tax evasion, e) obstruction of justice, (f) witness tampering, (g) retaliation against a DOJ OIG “whistleblower”, (h) "planting" evidence to support a bogus disciplinary charge against a DOJ OIG "whistleblower", (i) rigging the outcome of a disciplinary hearing involving the bogus charge against the DOJ OIG “whistleblower”, and (j) utilizing personal and professional relationships within the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to place the DOJ OIG “whistleblower” in harm’s way for serious bodily injury and/or death. The racketeering enterprise enriched its participants, preserved and promoted their power and dominion over inmates, and instilled fear in potential witnesses and future “whistleblowers”. It was successful because Talladega prison officials elicited the aid of BOP officials in Texas, Georgia, and Washington, D.C to assist them in “fixing” a disciplinary hearing case that served as a pretext for retaliating against a targeted DOJ OIG “whistleblower”. They used “management variable" requests and ex parte communications with cooperating BOP officials to further the goals of their criminal enterprise. They also gave favorable and preferential treatment to inmates who participated in a contraband trafficking scheme and/or helped prison officials conceal the racketeering activities. An inmate DOJ OIC “whistleblower” was labeled a “POW” and declared by the RICO participants to be a “dead man walking”. This intimidation and retaliation had a “chilling effect” on other “whistleblowers”/potential cooperating law enforcement witnesses coming forward. Trump’s DOJ Exhibited Disdain for OIG Complaints Former president Donald J. Trump’s DOJ exhibited considerable disdain for OIG “whistleblower” complaints. Trump, himself, openly castigated and retaliated against “whistleblowers”. No Trump DOJ official interviewed me about the public corruption and racketeering enterprise at FCI Talladega. The same is true with respect to Trump's BOP officials. Furthermore, on May 11, 2020, I emailed a separate “whistleblower” complaint to a DOJ OIG “Hotline” established for COVID-19 reports. The next day, I was taken to the maximum security Special Housing Unit (SHU) or the “Hole” on a bogus cellphone charger possession infraction that resulted from an officer “planting” a contraband charger in my locker. The “Hotline” was shut down shortly thereafter. Trump’s local U.S. Attorney’s office was too compromised to conduct a criminal investigation into this matter for two reasons. First, the office interacted with one of the principal RICO participants in 2019 and inadvertently acted in a way that actually furthered the racketeering enterprise, rather than shutting it down. Second, the office’s “de facto” U.S. Attorney in 2019 and 2020 was Lloyd Peeples, a new-wave COINTELPRO prosecutor who targeted social justice activists who were unpopular in the Northern District’s white communities, as opposed to targeting crimes. Moving Forward Moving forward, I intend to make my evidence of public corruption and criminal RICO activities available to the staffs of the U.S. House and Senate Judicial Committees in the new session of Congress. They can refer this body of evidence to the DOJ once President Biden’s designated Attorney General and U.S. Attorneys are confirmed. I have focused on the Congressional Oversight committees because there are operational problems within the BOP with much larger ramifications than the public corruption and racketeering at FCI Talladega. These problems involve the BOP’s national contracts for the procurement of goods and commodities for its 122 federal correctional institutions. The BOP spends more than $39,000 per year to incarcerate each prisoner. It spends billions of tax dollars each year just to supply federal inmates with personal hygiene items, clothing, medicines, sheets & blankets, shoes, towels & face clothes, pens, pencils, & paper, products on its published commissary lists, and other commodities for inmates. The vast majority of these items are manufactured in China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Bulgaria, Indonesia, Ghana, Moldova, Tunisia, Canada, and other foreign countries. In reality, the BOP is helping foreign manufacturers complete with U.S. manufacturers that produce the same products for comparable prices. This form of U.S.-subsidized foreign trade is adversely impacting American manufacturers while allowing a few U.S. “distributors” or “middlemen”, who never touch the products sold, to reap unconscionable profits at the expense of the U.S. taxpayers. The political rhetoric in Washington is “America First”, but the BOP’s spending on these foreign-made goods and commodities for 122 federal correctional facilities constitutes market development for foreign businesses that are in direct competition with U.S. manufacturers for the same goods and commodities. I believe that foreign aid to other countries should be channeled through the U.S. Department of State, not the BOP. The two Congressional Judicial Committees, which oversee the DOJ and BOP, need to probe the BOP’s insatiable desire to enrich a a handful of U.S. "distributors". These distributors enjoy exclusive national concession contracts that flood BOP facilities nationwide with poor quality, high-priced, foreign-made products from countries that undermine America’s economic growth and stability. To me, this Congressional probe is way more important than rounding up and prosecuting a bunch of RICO participants in Talladega, Atlanta, Grand Praire, and Washington, D.C. Both matters deserve the special attention of the appropriate federal bodies and agencies. Both may eventually morph into criminal prosecutions. At the end of the day, however, the American taxpayer’s interest in these matters must trump everyone else’s political agenda. All articles are shared on Facebook and Twitter. If you would like to follow Donald Watkins, please click on these links and hit the follow button: https://www.facebook.com/donald.v.watkins https://twitter.com/donaldvwatkins All articles are shared on Facebook and Twitter. 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By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on January 22, 2021 After publishing my December 27, 2020 article about the contraband trafficking ring that operated from Warden Cheron Y. Nash’s office and the Special Investigative Services (SIS) Unit at FCI Talladega, a lot of people outside of the prison system expressed concern for my physical safety. This concern is sincerely appreciated. I fully understood when I filed my January 27, 2020 confidential Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Inspector General (OIG) complaint about fraud, waste, abuse, and contraband trafficking at FCI Talladega that I could be subjected to retaliation and elimination if my complaint was revealed. I made the following statement in the last paragraph of the complaint “I have been warned that I will be subjected to retaliatory measures by the Camp officials for exposing the fraud, waste and abuse reported in this letter. The retaliation may likely come in the form of my segregation in the special housing unit on trumped up disciplinary charges, or an involuntary transfer to a distant prison camp. Presently, I have never been written up or disciplined for any violation of prison rules. I do not use cell phones, tobacco products, recreational drugs, alcoholic beverages, or other contraband items. I am also presently not a subject in any current investigative procedure. Therefore, if I suffer a disciplinary action in the not too distant future, it will not be unrelated to the submission of this letter to the Inspector General. For this reason, I request anonymity in the reporting of this fraud, waste and abuse.”. After studying Warden Nash’s behavior from August 28, 2019 to January 27, 2020, it was my sincere belief Nash is sadistic and bipolar. She also represents a classic example of affirmative action gone wrong. From December 2019 to April 2020, I watched Nash deny camp inmate Mack Smith access to the medical care he needed for his chronic fevers, non-stop coughing, shortness of breath, and immobility until it was too late. Smith, who was an elderly, white, first-time, non-violent offender, applied to Warden Nash for a compassionate release in the Fall of 2019, Nash denied his request. Smith died from his illness on April 24, 2020 in a Birmingham hospital. Weeks later, during legal proceedings the government moved to seal Smith’s medical records and autopsy report in another inmate’s compassionate release case in Connecticut so that the public would not know Smith’s cause of death. I also watched Nash publicly humiliate former Camp Administrator Benton in front of the inmates in T-Dorm in April 2020. Ms. Benton, who is white and who was one of the most competent and respected executives at the Camp, broke down in tears in front of these inmates after Nash’s tongue-lashing. She later transferred from FCI Talladega to another federal prison. Based upon these behavioral observations and many other things, I know what Warden Nash and her sidekick, Unit Manager Destiney Lassiter/Brooks, are capable of. After officer R. Overton planted a phone charger in my dormitory locker on May 12, 2020 as instructed by one of his supervisors, Lt. E. Vaughan, Lassiter, and Nash joined Overton at my dorm. When Nash saw that Overton had completed his assigned mission, she clapped her hands in excitement and gleefully said, “We’ve got him now.”. Thereafter, I was snatched out of the Camp and placed in the maximum security Special Housing Unit (SHU) at Talladega’s medium security prison where I was locked down 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. I was handcuffed whenever I was allowed to shower. This detention was two custody levels above my Camp-level incarceration. Interestingly, Lt. Vaughan had previously told SHU officers on April 27, 2020 that I was a “POW”, whatever that means. Nash and Lassiter, both of whom are implicated in the OIG complaint, used a “management variable” technique to override my objective points for a return to custody at the Camp-level. They claimed that I possessed an item of contraband (i.e. the cellphone charger that was “planted” by Overton) and that I exhibited the greatest threat to the safety and operation of the prison. This technique allowed Nash and Lassiter to keep me in the SHU from May 12, 2020 to November 23, 2020. I was transferred to the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta on November 23, where I remain. The Atlanta facility is three custody levels above my Camp-level custody classification points. Even with the bogus cellphone charger infraction, my custody classification points are 8 points better than the number required for custody in a prison camp. What is more, my Bureau of Prisons’ PATTERN risk assessment score is a minus 16 for “general risk” and a minus 5 for “risk of violence” as of April 22, 2020. Yet, I am housed in a prison unit with convicted murderers, drug dealers, and armed robbers who are serving lifetime sentences. These inmates co-mingle with me on a regular basis, in violation of Bureau of Prison regulations. Fortunately for me, I know how to stay safe in very hostile environments. I also have a gift for making new friends from diverse backgrounds. Finally, I also have the kind of evidence of contraband trafficking at FCI Talladega that would support a U.S. Senate/House Judiciary Committee investigation, as well as a federal grand jury probe into this misconduct. Obviously, Nash’s and Lassiter’s efforts to place me in harms way have not produced the results they desired. I survived. The only question remaining for me is whether President Joe Biden’s DOJ will root out the cesspool of corruption at FCI Talladega. 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By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published January 20, 2021 He’s finally gone! It took a Biblical plague called COVID-19 and 400,000 American lives lost to purge him from office, but he’s gone now. He thought America wanted an imperial presidency, but she did not. He also thought he was bigger than the U.S. Constitution but he was not. After he lost the November 3, 2020 election and the Electoral College Vote, he still thought that America would allow him to implement a “minority rule” form of government. He considered imposing martial law and suspending the Constitution to remain in office. He abandoned these irrational thoughts after his handpicked Attorney General and Secretary of Defense balked at these treasonous ideas. He claimed massive voter fraud cost him the election in 2020, but he never produced any proof of such fraud. His own Attorney General and top Homeland Security cyber-security expert dismissed his claims of massive voter fraud. He was a con artist who bullshitted his way into the White House in 2016. Once he arrived, he diminished the stature and prestige of the presidency through his moronic, non-stop acts of buffoonery. He tweeted and watched TV all week and played golf on the weekends. He was a Vietnam War draft dodger who berated true war heroes and disparaged Gold Star families. He “drained the swamp” in Washington so that he could place his bigger and more greedy swamp creatures in it. He bailed out his Wall Street pals during the pandemic while Main Street languished in economic misery. He hijacked the Republican Party in 2016 and successfully converted it into the “White Party” for the next 4 years. He declared cultural war upon Americans of color, the elderly, gay Americans, women, the poor, Muslims, and physically impaired Americans. He ordered American law enforcement agencies to commit crimes against humanity against men, women, and children migrants who gathered at our Southern border. He was totally devoid of character and a moral compass. He never loved anyone but himself. He’s gone now. Banished to the dustbin of history. A despot whose reign has ended. The Antichrist has been purged from our midst. All articles are shared on Facebook and Twitter. If you would like to follow Donald Watkins, please click on these links and hit the follow button: https://www.facebook.com/donald.v.watkins https://twitter.com/donaldvwatkins

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on January 1, 2021 After a dreadful 2020, most Americans are looking forward to brighter days in 2021. Here are my top five predictions for 2021: Shortly after President Donald Trump leaves office, Americans will learn of crimes against humanity and other atrocities committed by the Trump administration against innocent men, women, and children migrants from South and Central America at our Southern border on direct orders from Trump and White House advisor Stephen Miller. Even Trump's most zealous supporters will be shocked by the nature and scope of these crimes. Democrats will win the two U.S. Senate races in Georgia on January 5, 2021. The "Peach State" will remain "Blue" for decades. Trump will turn against state and national Republican leaders, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court. He will call them "cowards" and "traitors". COVID-19 was God's Biblical wrath against America for surrendering the greatest democracy in world history to an evil despot like Donald Trump. In 2021, God's wrath will be targeted toward Americans who occupied the "Pharaoh" positions, within the meaning of Exodus 12:29, and who used their positions to persecute innocent people. Within the spirit of Romans 12:19, God will extract his revenge against these purveyors of evil. Their pleas for mercy will fall upon deaf ears. God will touch each of these "Pharaohs" in a very public way, and each one will know why he/she is experiencing God's wrath. After the November 3rd elections, the Trump administration cleared the way for Boeing 737 Max airplanes to resume flying commercial flights. The planes are still unsafe. One of them will crash in America in 2021, killing all passengers and crew aboard. They will remain grounded forever. All articles are shared on Facebook and Twitter. If you would like to follow Donald Watkins, please click on these links and hit the follow button: https://www.facebook.com/donald.v.watkins https://twitter.com/donaldvwatkins