Friday, December 6th, 2024

Today, the Biden Whitehouse is weighing preemptive pardons for potential Trump targets; a reporter finds that GOP led states are hiding their abortion ban death tolls; Ric Grenell paid influencers five figures to boost him for the Secretary of State job; Republicans in the House blocked a Democratic effort to release the Gaetz ethics report Thursday night; Chelsea Manning and others have been arrested for staging a transgender rights protest outside Speaker Mike Johnson’s office; and Allison delivers your Good News.

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Stories:
House votes against releasing Matt Gaetz ethics report for now (Scott Wong and Kyle Stewart | NBC News)

'Bodies are piling up': Reporter finds GOP-led states are hiding abortion ban death toll (Matthew Chapman | Raw Story)

In the case of Trump loyalist Ric Grenell, loyalty did not trump all (Natalie Allison and Meridith McGraw | Politico)

Biden considering preemptive pardons for officials Trump might target: Source (Mary Bruce, Jonathan Karl, and Rachel Scott | ABC News)

Guest: John Fugelsang
Tell Me Everything | johnfugelsang.com
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The Sexy Liberal Save The World Comedy Tour | sexyliberal.com 

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From The Good News
Forever 14 (forever14.org)

Physicians for Human Rights (phr.org)

leucistic-axolotl (axoplanet.com)

LGBTQ+ teens won a grant for their school. Adults sent the money back. (Washington Post)

Unitarian Universalist Association (uua.org)

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