Tuesday, January 28th, 2025

Today, our good trouble about spamming OPM’s DEIA snitch email address seems to be working; Trump’s plan to dismantle our institutions by targeting the federal workforce is taking shape; the US Air Force reinstates teaching about the Tuskegee Airmen after an initial ban; flights for Afghans approved for special US visas are being blocked; Colombia caves to Trump’s tariff threats and begins taking deportees; Trump resumes sending 2000 pound bombs to Israel and says he wants to clear out Gaza; a pardoned January 6th rioter has been shot dead by police for resisting arrest; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Stories:
Trump’s Gaza proposal rejected by allies and condemned as ethnic cleansing plan (Emma Graham-Harrison | The Guardian)

Flights canceled for refugees who were slated to travel to US | CNN Politics (Priscilla Alvarez and Haley Britzky | CNN)

Jan. 6 rioter recently pardoned by Trump shot, killed by Indiana sheriff’s deputy while resisting arrest (Matt Christy | Fox59)

U.S. Air Force resumes teaching about Tuskegee Airmen and WASP following outcry over DEI review (TPR Staff | Texas Public Radio)

Good Trouble 
Trump’s DEI Snitch Email Is Being Targeted by Spammers | The Bulwark
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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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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)

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

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

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Jan 23, 2022

Rep. Bennie Thompson tells New Day the committee has had conversations with Bill Barr, and hearings will begin in the spring; the committee has all the documents from the national archives and they include an executive order for the DoD to seize voting machines; Mike Flynn allegedly worked to extort election fraud cooperation out of Republican members of Congress from Pennsylvania; Giuliani associate Igor Fruman is sentenced to one year in prison; and the Arizona Dems censure Kyrsten Sinema; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Jan 25, 2021
Trump attempted to install an ally as Attorney General to overturn the results of the election; seven Senators have filed an ethics complaint against Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley; we learn the Trump campaign funded leaders of the insurrection; Majority Leader Chuck Schumer agrees to postpone the Senate impeachment trial to February 8th; the Biden Administration prepares to overturn Trump abortion rules and reinstate transgender people serving openly in the military; the House Ways and Means Committee re-ups the Trump tax subpoena; plus Dana Goldberg (@DGComedy) and AG hit the Hot Notes and deliver your Good News.

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Friday, January 24th, 2025

Today, the Trump Administration is running up against the bureaucracy they’re trying to dismantle; a federal judge has blocked Trump’s birthright citizenship nonsense; Virginia Dems advance reproductive, voting and marriage rights amendments; more than 50 Reddit communities are banning links to Musk’s Twitter; inauguration ratings were in the toilet this year; DHS has suspended all its advisory committees as the national health institute pulls all funding for medical research; an aide to Speaker Johnson advises him against subpoenaing Cassidy Hutchinson for fear it will expose sexually explicit text messages sent to her by congressmen; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Stories:
More than 50 Reddit communities ban X links to protest Musk (Kat Tenbarge | NBC News)

Virginia Dems Advance Reproductive, Voting and Marriage Rights Amendments (Chris Walker | Truthout)

TV viewing figures fall for Trump’s inauguration | Donald Trump (Alexi Duggins | The Guardian)

Aide to House Speaker Johnson advised against subpoena of Jan. 6 witness over concerns about ‘sexual texts’ from lawmakers - Jacqueline Alemany, The Washington Post - Anchorage Daily News

DHS terminates all its advisory committees, ending its investigation into the Chinese-linked telecom hack (Nicole Sganga | CBS News)

Judge blocks Trump’s ‘blatantly unconstitutional’ executive order that aims to end birthright citizenship(Tierney Sneed | CNN Politics)

Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring (MEREDITH WADMAN, JOCELYN KAISER | Science | AAAS

Good Trouble 
Today’s good trouble comes from an op ed in teen vogue that explains how to start an ICE Watch neighborhood program in your community.
ICE Watch Programs Can Protect Immigrants in Your Neighborhood — Here’s What to Know | Teen Vogue

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What Do We Mean By Sex and Gender? (Yale School Of Medicine)

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Thursday, January 23rd, 2025

Today, Trump asks health agencies to stop communicating with the public as he rolls back a civil rights era LBJ order; the administration is giving federal agencies until the end of this week to deliver lists of all their employees who are still within their probationary periods; Donald has pardoned the Silk Road guy Ross Ulbricht; new information surfaces about Tulsi Gabbard; The Pentagon has begun standing up the NORTHCOM plan to send our military to the border; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Stories:

Trump’s Pentagon to begin task of crafting NORTHCOM plan to 'seal' US borders (Ashley Roque, Theresa Hitchens | Breaking Defense)

Tulsi Gabbard’s Secret Meeting with Syrian Dictator Exposed (Edith Olmsted | The New Republic)

Trump administration asks agencies for lists of newly hired federal employees (Drew Friedman | Federal News Network)

Trump rolls back bedrock civil rights measure in sweeping anti-DEI push (Russell Contreras , Emily Peck | Axios)

Good Trouble 
The Trump Administration is directing federal employees: “If you are aware of a change in any contract description or personnel position description since November 5, 2024 to obscure the connection between the contract and DEIA or similar ideologies, please report all facts and circumstances to [email protected] within 10 days.”

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ReproductiveRights.gov | Internet Archive

Episcopal Diocese of Washington - Give

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Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025

Today, Trump rescinds Biden orders and signs a slew of new executive orders; 24 states and cities have sued over Trump ending birthright citizenship; Trump’s interim chief overseeing Capitol riot cases has begun dropping cases; Trump has pardoned just about all of the January 6th insurrectionists; Senators have received an affidavit from Pete Hegseth’s sister in law warning about his volatile and abusive nature; the Supreme Court declines to hear a Republican voter suppression request from Montana; Trump has removed the first woman Coast Guard commandant without cause; the Episcopal Bishop of Washington urged Donald Trump to show mercy to marginalized communities at the inaugural prayer service; and Allison delivers your Good News.

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Stories:
WATCH: Episcopal bishop asks Trump 'to have mercy' on LGBTQ+ communities and immigrants (PBS | YouTube)

Senators receive affidavit containing new allegations against Pete Hegseth, who denies the claims (Julie Tsirkin, Sarah Fitzpatrick, Courtney Kube | NBC News)

'We don't have a statement': Massive pro-Trump police union ducks comment after J6 pardons - Raw Story (Matthew Chapman | Raw Story)

24 Democratic states and cities sue over Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship (Devan Cole, Kara Scannell, Priscilla Alvarez, Tierney Sneed | CNN Politics)

UPDATED: Adm. Linda Fagan Removed as Coast Guard Commandant (Heather Mongilio | USNI News)

SCOTUS Declines to Hear GOP Request in Montana Voter Suppression Lawsuit  (Democracy Docket)

Good Trouble
Urge President Trump and Congress to Prevent Cuts to SNAP and Protect Nutrition Security Programs! | SF Marin Food Bank

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Tuesday, January 21st, 2025

Today, four lawsuits were filed against DOGE within minutes of Donald’s inauguration; the German ambassador gives a stark warning of Trump’s plans to redefine the constitutional order; President Biden issues preemptive pardons and commutations on his way out the door; Trump has prepared a list of January 6th insurrectionists to pardon; NBC gets some day one immigration executive orders from a policy call; former planned parenthood president and activist Cecile Richards has died at age 67; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Stories:
First lawsuits against Trump admin target DOGE (Josh Gerstein, Kyle Cheney | POLITICO) 

Exclusive: German ambassador warns of Trump plan to redefine constitutional order, document shows (Sabine Siebold and Friederike Heine | Reuters)

Trump signs the first executive orders of his new administration (Dareh Gregorian, Julia Ainsley, Syedah Asghar and Carol E. Lee | NBC News)

Biden commutes sentence for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in killing of FBI agents(Colleen Long, Zeke Miller, John Hanna, Steve Karnowski | AP News)

Good Trouble
Write to the Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry, and file a complaint regarding Trump’s recent remarks about Elon Musk saying “He knows those computers better than anybody. Those vote counting computers. And we won Pennsylvania like in a landslide. It was pretty good. Thank you to Elon.” - Submit a Complaint – PA Office of Attorney General

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From The Good News
National School Lunch Program | Food and Nutrition Service
Indiana Department of Workforce Development

21st Century Scholars | Learn More Indiana
Helping Responsible Homeowners | The White House

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Monday, January 20th, 2025

Today, Americans celebrate Martin Luther King Jr’s legacy and the struggle for freedom, equality, and justice. A prominent leader in the modern civil rights movement, Dr. King was a tireless advocate for racial equality, working class, and the oppressed around the world. TikTok is back online after a farce rescue from the man who originally wanted to ban it; Trump launches a crypto rug pull scam; Elon Musk is dispatching agents across government agencies; the SCOTUSblog publisher has been indicted on tax charges; CNN is moving Jim Acosta’s show to the middle of the night; President Biden makes a statement on the Equal Rights Amendment and commutes the sentences of 2,500 non violent drug offenders; the US grounds SpaceX Starship after another explosion; Vivek Ramaswamy will announce a run for Ohio governor; CBS kisses the ring by discussing a settlement with Trump in their defamation suit; Chicago and San Diego brace for immigration enforcement operations; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Stories:
Supreme Court blog publisher Tom Goldstein, a high-stakes poker player, indicted on tax charges (Politico)

Vivek Ramaswamy will announce run for Ohio governor 'shortly' (Cincinnati Enquirer)

ICE planning major enforcement operation in Chicago after Trump inauguration (Julia Ainsley | NBC News)

Musk and Ramaswamy sending agents across US government to seek cuts | Trump administration (Robert Tait  | The Guardian)

Trump’s Latest, and Most Questionable, Crypto Launch, Explained (Ruth Murai |  Mother Jones)

Good Trouble
I am launching a new social media platform, wholly owned and funded by YOU, our contributing listeners, and not by a billionaire that’s going to be sitting on the dais today with a would-be dictator. The Daily Beans & Mueller, She Wrote | Creating podcasts | Patreon

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Underdog Rescue - MN

The Movement and the “Madman” | American Experience | PBS

Furball Farm Cat Sanctuary - MN

Obergefell v. Hodges | Oyez

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Wednesday, January 17th, 2024

Jury selection and opening statements kicked off day one of the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial in New York; Trump won the GOP Iowa caucus with embarrassingly low turnout; Capitol Police and the FBI have opened an investigation into Roger Stone’s comments about assassinating Rep. Swalwell and Rep. Nadler; President Biden invites the top four congressional leaders to the White House to discuss Ukraine funding; the US will re-list Yemen’s Houthis as global terrorists; Trump loses a string of appeals in court; the House Republicans are backing down on holding Hunter Biden in contempt. Plus Allison and Dana deliver your good news.

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