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Monday, March 17th, 2025

Today, Chuck Schumer caves on the continuing resolution and leaves House Democrats in the lurch; Trump and Marco Rubio have defied Judge Boasberg’s temporary restraining order barring the administration from deporting people under the Alien Enemies Act; a second judge orders thousand of probationary employees to be reinstated; classified U.S. intelligence reports cast doubt on Vladimir Putin’s willingness to end the war against Ukraine; Newsmax has settled with Smartmatic for $40M; Trump has asked the Supreme Court to allow him to end birthright citizenship; Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed links about black and female veterans; Trump and Netanyahu look to move Palestinians to Africa; Trump has shut down 7 agencies including Voice of America; a Long Island man is the first to be cured of sickle cell anemia; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Guest: Felipe Torres Medina
America, Let Me In – Abrams Books
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Stories:
AP Exclusive: US and Israel look to Africa for moving Palestinians uprooted from Gaza | AP News

Putin still intends Ukraine domination, U.S. intelligence reports say - The Washington Post

Newsmax reveals it agreed to pay Smartmatic $40M in settlement with the voting machine company | NBC News

Second judge orders thousands of probationary employees fired by Trump to be reinstated | NBC News

Trump asks Supreme Court to curb judges’ power to block policies nationwide - POLITICO

Long Island man is first in New York history to be cured of sickle cell anemia | CBS News

Chuck Schumer’s stumbles leave Democrats without a message | NBC News

Arlington Cemetery website removes links about Black, female veterans - The Washington Post

US deports hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members despite court order | BBC

Trump Orders Gutting of 7 Agencies, Including Voice of America’s Parent - The New York Times

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DOGE Privacy Act Requests - Jamie Raskin for Congress

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Thursday, March 17th, 2022

In the Hot Notes: Biden identifies 50 Russian elites as targets in a global hunt to seize assets after Zelensky addresses a joint session of Congress; a judge orders the DoJ to produce documents in the Steve Bannon contempt case; the 1/6 Committee obtains the Proud Boys’ documentary crew footage; the DoJ charges five people for targeting US residents critical of Beijing; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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March 17, 2021

Biden’s ODNI has confirmed that Russia tried to interfere in the 2020 election; Trump Org CFO Allen Weisselberg’s former daughter in law is cooperating with prosecutors in the Manhattan DA’s office; the Biden administration is racing to blunt a potential fourth surge of COVID cases; the Arizona GOP has been ordered to pay the legal fees for their frivolous election lawsuit against the Secretary of State; Yevgeny Vindman is set for a promotion to full colonel despite bad evals from Trump appointees; corporations in Georgia have voiced opposition to Republican-led voter suppression laws; Senator Whitehouse is alleging the FBI investigation into Kavanaugh was fake; plus AG and Dana Goldberg (@DGComedy) deliver and your Good News.

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Director of Democracy Policy at Indivisible.org,  Founder UnrigtheCourts.org

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Friday, March 14th, 2025

Today, Judge Alsup has reinstated all probationary employees fired across the government on February 13th and 14th and demands testimony from an Office of Personnel Management official; Trump has ordered the Pentagon to draw up options for troop deployment to Panama; Texas pastor Robert Morris has finally been indicted for sex crimes; a new CNN poll shows Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of the economy; Tim Walz is launching a tour of town hall rallies in Republican districts; new voter ID requirements send voters home to get their birth certificates only to turn them down for not having their married name on them; Trump is expected to invoke wartime emergency powers to speed up mass deportation; Judge Chutkin demands DOGE and Musk hand over documents and answer written questions about exactly who is in charge; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Stories:
Trump White House has asked U.S. military to develop options for the Panama Canal, officials say | NBC News

Judge orders DOGE and Elon Musk to turn over documents, answer written questions - JOSH GERSTEIN and KYLE CHENEY | POLITICO

Robert Morris, former Texas megachurch pastor and Trump adviser, indicted for child sex crimes | Texas Tribune

New CNN poll: Americans are negative on Trump’s handling of economy | CNN Politics

Judge orders thousands of federal workers reinstated; slams 'sham' government declaration | ABC News

NH’s new ID requirements send some would-be voters home to grab passports, birth certificates | New Hampshire Public Radio

Trump expected to invoke wartime authority to speed up mass deportation effort in coming days | CNN Politics

Tim Walz to launch national tour of town halls in Republican House districts | CNN Politics

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Thursday, March 13th, 2025

Today, Judge Beryl Howell has granted the law firm Perkins Coie a temporary restraining order blocking challenge sections of Trump's executive order; MSW media has partnered with national security counselors to file a FOIA request for the USAID destroyed document logs; House Republicans have passed a bill to fund the government, but Senate Democrats are divided; the Trump administration is still refusing to produce the head of OPM to testify under oath in court; a judge has blocked Trump's efforts to defund teacher training; Trump's OPM spokesperson posted fashion influencer videos from her government office; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Stories:
Senate Democrats insist on voting on 30-day government funding bill | The Hill

USAID order to delete classified records sparks flurry of litigation | The Hill

US judge temporarily halts Trump plan to cut hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training | AP News

Legal profession 'watching in horror,' judge says in blocking Trump order against Perkins Coie | Reuters

Trump official tasked with defending DOGE cuts posted fashion influencer videos from her office | CNN Politics

Good Trouble:
DOGE Privacy Act Requests - Jamie Raskin for Congress
 

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Wednesday, March 12th, 2025

Today, Judge Alsup has denied Trump's request to block the under oath testimony of the head of the Office of Personnel Management in court; Republicans in Congress are cobbling together a terrible resolution to fund the government; a Justice Department official was fired when she refused to restore Mel Gibson's gun rights; Ukraine and Russia have agreed to a 30 day ceasefire; a Texas man has been accused of violent assault on an American Airlines flight from Wichita to D.C.; Trump is threatened to double the tariffs on Canadian aluminum and steel in response to their tax hike on our electricity; a court hands Trump his third appellate loss on birthright citizenship; a judge has ordered the urgent release of DOGE records in a FOIA lawsuit; ProPublica has obtained an email from USAID's acting executive secretary directing employees to empty safes and shred documents; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Guest: Rep. Jake Auchincloss (MA-4)
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Judge orders urgent release of DOGE records, citing ‘unprecedented’ power and ‘unusual secrecy’ | POLITICO

Ukraine willing to accept 30-day ceasefire with Russia as U.S. lifts freeze on aid and intelligence | CBS News

Canada backs down from 25% electricity surcharge after Trump threats | NBC News

DOGE mischaracterizes a study as transgender, and USDA cancels it | CBS News

Texas man accused of violent assault on American Airlines flight from Wichita to D.C. — same route as recent crash | CBS News

Good Trouble:
Hands Off Our Passports: Stop Attacking Transgender Americans | ACLU.org

 

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Tuesday, March 11th, 2025

Today, a damning affidavit is filed in the lawsuit against Musk gaining access to the Social Security Administration systems; the Department of Homeland Security has begun polygraph tests to determine who is leaking to the press; the Trump administration is backtracking on forcing Maine parents to visit Social Security offices to register newborns; Trump's Department of Justice is allowing the assassination attempt rifle to be shipped to Florida for inspection by the alleged shooter's lawyers; the Trump administration begs the court to vacate the order forcing the head of OPM to testify under oath in open court; the Supreme Court takes up a challenge to Colorado's conversion therapy ban; Ontario, Canada has slapped a 25% tax increase on electricity exports to the United States; protests erupt after ICE illegally detains a Columbia University Palestinian protester; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Stories:
Supreme Court takes up challenge to Colorado conversion therapy ban | NBC News

Judge says Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil can't be deported from U.S. as protesters call for his release | NBC News

Ontario slaps 25% tax increase on electricity exports to US in response to Trump's trade war | AP News

Trump Administration Backtracks On Forcing Maine Parents To Visit Social Security Offices To Register Newborns - Arthur Delaney | HuffPost

DHS has begun performing polygraph tests on employees to find leakers - Julia Ainsley and Jonathan Allen | NBC News

Defense lawyers in Trump assassination attempt case tour Trump golf course, examine rifle from FBI evidence - Scott MacFarlane | CBS News
 

Good Trouble: Members of the House of Representatives AND the Senate will be back on your home turf beginning Saturday, March 15 through Sunday, March 23. Below is everything you need to know about why recess matters, our demands, and the top actions we’re recommending to get their attention. If you’re ready to join the fight, sign up for updates and ways to take action against the Trump-Musk coup and the Republican tax scam. https://indivisible.org/muskorus
 

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Monday, March 10th, 2025

Today, a multi-state lawsuit seeks to reverse the purge of federal workers; Trump walks back his idiotic tariffs, but probably not after he dumped all of his stock in Canadian aluminum; Republicans joined Democrats in Montana to defeat anti-trans legislation; the Trump administration has said it will not comply with a court order to produce agency heads to testify; a federal judge rules that firing a member of the NLRB was illegal; another federal judge orders the Trump administration to pay our foreign aid bills; Trump is considering revoking the legal status of Ukrainians in the United States; the newly minted Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has filed his response to the Eric Adams case and repeats that the Department of Justice is asking to dismiss the bribery charges without prejudice; Trump's DEI purge at the Pentagon included a photo of the Enola Gay; the DHS announced that it's ending the TSA collective bargaining agreement; trans women are being transferred to men's prisons despite multiple court orders; Trump has ordered swaths of U.S. forests cut down for timber; the USDA has eliminated two food safety advisory committees; and Allison delivers your Good News.

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Trump weighs revoking legal status of Ukrainians as US steps up deportations | Reuters

Judge orders Trump administration to pay some foreign-aid bills by Monday - JOSH GERSTEIN | POLITICO

Trans women transferred to men’s prisons despite rulings against Trump’s order | US news | The Guardian

Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber | Donald Trump | The Guardian

‘Stop these crazy bills’: Republicans join Democrats to defeat anti-trans legislation in Montana | Reuters

USDA eliminates two food safety advisory committees | Reuters

Multistate lawsuit seeks to reverse Trump administration purge of federal workers

War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon’s DEI purge | AP News

Homeland Security ends TSA collective bargaining agreement, in effort to dismantle union protections | AP News

Judge finds Trump's firing of member of National Labor Relations Board was illegal | CBS News

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Mar 7, 2021

Democrats have passed the American Rescue Plan propping up the middle class with $1.9T; a Trump campaign aide and State Department appointee is arrested for his role in the insurrection; the FBI finds a contact between a member of the Proud Boys and the White House before the attack on the Capitol; Rep. Zoe Lofgren catalogs GOP members spreading the big lie leading up to the siege; Eric Swalwell sues Trump for his role in the insurrection; the Fulton County Georgia DA hires a top RICO prosecutor for her investigation into Donald; Manchin signals that he’s amenable to amending the filibuster; plus AG and Dana Goldberg (@DGComedy) deliver the Hot Notes and your Good News.

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JFK & Nixon - Video Killed the Radio Star
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March 10th, 2022

The judge in the John Eastman Chapman University emails case has ruled in favor of the January 6th committee; Stephen Miller’s MOM files a lawsuit for him against the 1/6 committee to block a phone records subpoena; Mesa County Colorado clerk Tina Peters and deputy Belina Kinsley have been indicted on a combined 17 counts for breaching their own county’s voter database and leaking it to the pillow man; and the Texas Bar Association has decided to refer Sidney Powell for disbarment or suspension. Plus, Allison and Dana deliver your good news.

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