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Refried Beans | Get In Loser, We’re Going Bribing (feat. Jason Kander) | 2/02/2022 Feb 01, 2025

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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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Citizen Saboteurs (feat. John Fugelsang) Jan 31, 2025

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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.

Guest: John Fugelsang
Tell Me Everything — John Fugelsang
The John Fugelsang Podcast
SiriusXM Progress
The Sexy Liberal Save The World Comedy Tour
Sexy Liberal

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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
The Simple Sabotage Field Manua

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@SkinnerPm - Twitter

The Spy Who Came Home | The New Yorker

American Federation of Government Employees

The Simple Sabotage Field Manual

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FOIA That Jerk’s Shiz (feat. Leigh McGowan) Jan 30, 2025

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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Today, the White House has rescinded its illegal impoundment order for federal spending; the AFGE and NTEU have recommended against federal employees accepting the deferred resignation sent out to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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Guest: Leigh McGowan
The PoliticsGirl Podcast
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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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A Coup By Any Other Name (feat. Steve Vladeck) Jan 29, 2025

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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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Guest: Steve Vladeck
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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.

You can volunteer for Judge crawford’s campaign a
Susan Crawford - JUDGE CRAWFORD FOR WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT

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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Loud In Opposition Jan 28, 2025

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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
DEIATruth@opm.gov

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Name And Shame (feat. Justin Gill) Jan 27, 2025

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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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Guest: Justin Gill
Share and sign the petition at nursesforamerica.net
Direct Link to sign the Statement NFA is ALARMED by RFK Jr (google doc)
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
Share and sign the petition at nursesforamerica.net
Direct Link to sign the Statement NFA is ALARMED by RFK Jr (google doc)

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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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Refried Beans | FLOOF BOOP (feat. Mary Trump) | Jan 23, 2022 Jan 26, 2025

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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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Refried Beans | Can’t Cotton To Misrepresentation (feat. Charlotte Clymer) | Jan 25, 2021 Jan 25, 2025

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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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Not All Chads (feat. John Fugelsang) Jan 24, 2025

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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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Guest: John Fugelsang
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The John Fugelsang Podcast
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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

Watch Duty
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Cal Fire
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From The Good News
What Do We Mean By Sex and Gender? (Yale School Of Medicine)

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You Dirty Rat (feat. Rep. Sara Jacobs) Jan 23, 2025

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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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Guest: Sara Jacobs

U.S. Congresswoman Sara Jacobs | CA 51st District
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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 DEIAtruth@opm.gov within 10 days.”

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