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Tuesday, February 4th, 2025

Today, Congressional Democrats stormed the USAID building to protest its shutting down but they were stopped from entering and held a press conference outside saying they’ll block unanimous consent of all State Department nominees until USAID is opened; federal employee unions are suing to block Elon Musk’s access to Treasury payments; another lawsuit is filed by the ACLU over Trump’s invasion language saying it violates asylum laws; another judge signals a plan to further block Trump’s spending freeze; Trump has signed an executive order to create a sovereign wealth fund so the US government can buy TikTok; Mexico’s tariffs will be delayed one month; a union official says Education Department employees were placed on leave for taking a DEI training during Trump’s first term; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Stories:
Trump orders creation of US sovereign wealth fund, says it could buy TikTok - Trevor Hunnicutt and Pete Schroeder | Reuters

Trump and leaders of Canada and Mexico say tariffs will be delayed one month after talks - Shannon Pettypiece | NBC News

Union official says Education Department employees were placed on leave after taking diversity training during Trump’s first term - Yamiche Alcindor | NBC News

Democratic Senator Says He Will Stall Trump Nominees Until USAID Is Back - Alexander Ward | WSJ 

Judge puts another block on Trump spending freeze - KYLE CHENEY and JOSH GERSTEIN | POLITICO

Federal employee unions sue to block Elon Musk aides' access to personal information - Sarah K. Burris | Raw Story

Immigrant advocates file lawsuit challenging Trump asylum shutdown - Maria Sacchetti | The Washington Post

Good Trouble: 
An EEOC administrative judge sent an email to her leadership and cc'd all of her colleagues this morning - “...I will not cower to bullying and intimidation if upon reflection, you feel like now would be a good time to take a vacation and resign from your position. Please reply all to this email and put I'd like to occupy Mars in the subject line. We'll take this as notification that you're resigning your position as acting chair. P.S. Happy black History Month.”

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Jackie Boy And The Sea Folk - Larry Moore

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Monday, February 3rd, 2025

Today, the Trump administration is dismantling federal law enforcement through massive purges at the FBI and DoJ; Elon Musk’s OPM continues to seize government systems including the payment system at the Department of the Treasury; the pardoned insurrectionist recidivism rate grows as a rioter is wanted for soliciting a minor; Trump kicks off a trade war with our closest allies while giving a break to China; we have our new Democratic National Committee leaders; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Stories:
Senior FBI official forcefully resisted Trump administration firings | NBC News

Musk aides gain access to sensitive Treasury Department payment system - The Washington Post

Elon Musk’s Friends Have Infiltrated the General Services Administration | WIRED

Trump's trade war among allies triggers retaliation from Canada and Mexico | AP News

Texas man pardoned over Jan. 6 attack is wanted by prosecutors over 2016 charge | AP News

Criminal records of Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump include rape, domestic violence

Good Trouble: 
Dana Encourages you to round up and donate to HRC with Round Up & Donate - Lyft 
Allison is compiling a list - Companies Ditching DEI - by Allison Gill - The Breakdown

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5 Calls is the easiest and most effective way for U.S. constituents to make a political impact 
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Tik Tok on how each of us may file suit and invoke the 14th Amendment is here - threads

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Tuesday, January 31st, 2023

In the Hot Notes: the Manhattan DA has impaneled a special grand jury to return indictments on Donald Trump himself; a Mark Meadows ally is set to plead guilty to campaign finance charges; House Republicans are rebuffed again by the DoJ this time in the Biden documents investigation; a bi-partisan House panel has voted unanimously to intervene in the DoJ’s efforts to get access to Rep. Scott Perry’s phone; plus AG and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Feb 2, 2022

Trump considered blanket pardons for 1/6 insurrectionists before he left office; Colonel Alexander Vindman is suing Donald Trump Junior, Rudy Giuliani, and former White House staffers; Stewart Rhodes and Jeffrey Clark both testified to the 1/6 Committee today with public hearings likely to begin in April; Trump donated $1M to Mark Meadows’ non-profit weeks after the formation of the January 6th select committee; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Friday, January 31st, 2025

Today, an American Airlines flight and a Black Hawk helicopter collided midair near Reagan National Airport leaving no survivors; the Office of Personnel Management has issued yet another fascist memo - this time about gender ideology; a declassified CIA memo about sabotaging fascism is going viral; Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard among others sat for their confirmation hearings; probationary federal employees have been targeted for a mass purge; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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The Sexy Liberal Save The World Comedy Tour
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Stories:
Scoop: US government issues guidelines on ‘defending women’ - Elissa Miolene | Devex

Probationary Federal Employees Targeted for Mass Purge - David Dayen | The American Prospect

What we know about the American Airlines plane and Army helicopter crash over D.C.'s Potomac River - Faris Tanyos, Emily Mae Czachor, Jordan Freiman | CBS News

Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral - Jason Koebler | 404 Media

Good Trouble 
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The Spy Who Came Home | The New Yorker

American Federation of Government Employees

The Simple Sabotage Field Manual

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Thursday, January 30th, 2025

Today, the White House has rescinded its illegal impoundment order for federal spending; the AFGE and NTEU have recommended against federal employees accepting the deferred resignation sent out to all federal employees until they can gather additional information; Elon Musk lackeys have taken over the office of personnel management; the administration has been hit with yet another lawsuit this time over Schedule F implementation; Democrats have flipped a deep red Iowa state senate seat; the USDA Inspector General that was investigating Musk has been physically escorted out of her office; Trump has signed an executive order creating a concentration camp on Guantanamo; US Senator Bob Menendez has been sentenced to 11 years in prison; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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The Breakdown - Allison Gill | Substack

Stories:
Trump White House rescinds order freezing federal spending, reversing course - Jeff Stein and Tony Romm | The Washington Post

Exclusive: USDA inspector general escorted out of her office after defying White House - Rachael Levy | Reuters

Elon Musk Lackeys Have Taken Over the Office of Personnel Management | WIRED

Trump Administration Hit With Another Lawsuit Over Schedule F Order - Matt Cohen | Democracy Docket

Good Trouble 
Call Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Mitch McConnell, and Bill Cassidy and tell them to vote NO NO NO on RFK Jr. Also, it might be a good idea to remind fetterman to vote no. Call all five of them, then please ask a friend to call all five of them. 
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Wednesday, January 29th, 2025

Today, in the middle of the night Monday night, Trump tried to seize the power of Congress by halting all appropriations - and a Biden appointed judge blocked it hours later; Trump has asked two million federal workers to voluntarily resign; the CDC has been ordered to stop working with the World Health Organization; top USAID staff have been put on administrative leave; federal employees have filed a lawsuit over the HR at OPM government wide email for privacy concerns; Republican state attorneys general are pressuring Costco to drop their DEI programs; Jim Acosta announces he’s leaving CNN; Trump has moved to fire Dem members of the EEOC and NLRB; six transgender service members are suing Trump and Pete Hegseth over the ban on trans people serving in the military; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Stories:
Republican attorneys general call out Costco for maintaining DEI policies - Kate Gibson | CBS News

More than 50 career civil servants at USAID are placed on administrative leave - Abigail Williams, Vaughn Hillyard and Raquel Coronell Uribe | NBC News

CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately, upending expectations of an extended withdrawal - MIKE STOBBE | AP News

Trump administration will offer the roughly 2 million federal workers a buyout to resign - Garrett Haake and Amanda Terkel | NBC News

Lawsuit alleges new Trump administration email system for federal employees raises privacy concerns - Tierney Sneed | CNN Politics

D.C. federal judge temporarily blocks Trump plan to pause federal aid spending - Daniel Barnes | NBC News

Dem AGs set to challenge Trump’s ‘clearly unlawful’ federal aid freeze - KYLE CHENEY | POLITICO

Six active duty service members file first lawsuit challenging Trump's transgender troop ban - TARA COPP | AP News

Good Trouble 
Determine whether Wisconsin’s highest court remains controlled by liberals — as it has since 2023 — or flips to conservatives, who had the majority for 15 years before then.

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From The Good News
Contributors - TRANS MILITARY VOICES

Twin Cities Pride Parade

Twin Cities Pride raises more than $70,000 to fill gap after dropping Target sponsorship

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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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HRC Telephone Town Hall

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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A nurse’s perspective: RFK Jr.’s confirmation would be irresponsible (OP ED - JustinGill | The Seattle Times)

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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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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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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