Monday, January 27th, 2025

Today, in what I’m calling the Friday Night Massacre, Donald Trump illegally fired 17 inspectors general; Senate Democrats are preparing a formal resolution to condemn the pardons of January 6th insurrectionists; after Colombia refuses to allow planes with deportees from the US to land, Trump imposes tariffs and closed the visa section at the US Embassy in Bogota; Secretary of State Marco Rubio has halted all foreign aid; a US meteorologist was fired after calling out Elon Musk's nazi salute on her private social media account; Mexico has also refused to accept a US deportation flight; Trump’s hiring freeze is creating chaos across federal agencies as he declares he wants to eliminate FEMA altogether; after Trump axed DEIA programs across the government - many private corporations are falling in line - we will name and shame them; Trump demands an interest rate cut from the Fed; and a Mississippi lawmaker has introduced the Contraception Begins at Erection Act; and Allison delivers your Good News.

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Guest: Justin Gill
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Stories:
Trump fires 17 independent watchdogs at multiple agencies in late-night move (Katherine Faulders, Benjamin Siegel, Alexander Mallin, and Allison Pecorin | ABC News)

Senate Democrats ready formal resolution to condemn Trump's pardons of Jan. 6 defendants (Scott MacFarlane | CBS News)

Mexico refuses to accept a U.S. deportation flight (Courtney Kube and Jonathan Allen | CBS News)

Trump floats overhauling or eliminating FEMA while touring hurricane damage in North Carolina (Elyse Perlmutter-Gumbiner, Vaughn Hillyard and Alexandra Marquez | NBC News)

US meteorologist fired from TV station after criticizing Elon Musk salute (Maya Yang | The Guardian)

Which US companies are pulling back on diversity initiatives? (AP News)

**HRC | Corporate Equality Index 2025

Mississippi lawmaker introduces 'Contraception Begins at Erection Act' (Alexandra Marquez | MyNBC15 Alabama)

Good Trouble 
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From The Good News
What Do We Mean By Sex and Gender? (Yale School Of Medicine)

Deuterostome - Wikipedia

Women across Iceland, including the prime minister, go on strike for equal pay and no more violence | AP News

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