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Friday, July 11th, 2025 Today, oh look! The witness the government provided in the Abrego case didn’t have knowledge of Abrego’s situation; Mahmoud Khalil is suing the government for $20M for false imprisonment - malicious prosecution - and defamation; the Texas flood response was slowed by DHS secretary Kristi Noem’s cost controls; Kerr County officials waited 90 minutes to send emergency alerts to the people; Judge Breyer has set an August 11 trial date for whether the government violated the Posse Comitatus Act when it deployed troops to Los Angeles; a judge has blocked Trump’s birthright citizenship order in a new class action lawsuit; the documents and emails proving protected whistleblower Erez Reuveni’s account of Emil Bove instructing the DoJ to tell the court to fuck off have been released; Minnesota Senator John Hoffman is back at home recovering after being shot nine times by a political assassin; Ken Paxton’s wife is leaving him after 38 years for biblical reasons. Dana is out and about! Thank You, Pique Life Get 10% off for life with link piquelife.com/dailybeans Guest: John Fugelsang Tell Me Everything - John Fugelsang , The John Fugelsang Podcast John Fugelsang - Substack @johnfugelsang.bsky.social - Bluesky , @JohnFugelsang -Twitter Separation of Church and Hate by John Fugelsang - Pre-order Stories Anna Bower (@annabower.bsky.social) — Bluesky Lawfare Media Whistleblower's texts suggest Trump judicial nominee Emil Bove urged lawyer to defy court order | CBS News In Texas flood response, FEMA slowed by Noem’s cost controls | CNN Politics Kerr County officials waited 90 minutes to send emergency alert after requested, dispatch audio shows | ABC News Federal Judge Sets Trial Over Trump’s Use of Military in Los Angeles | Democracy Docket Judge Blocks Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order in Class-Action Challenge | The New York Times Mahmoud Khalil files $20 million claim against Trump admin, says he'd also accept apology for ICE detention | NBC News Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman, shot 9 times by a man posing as an officer, leaves the hospital | AP News Good Trouble Thank you to all the veterans working with Afghan Evac and Battle Buddies for being there for our friends and allies. Battle Buddies — #AfghanEvac Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America Hundreds of veterans volunteer to attend asylum hearings with Afghans | KPBS Public Media From The Good News NENC Alliance for Change League of Women Voters Life in the Stupid Times: A Pro-Democracy Podcast Eastern Michigan University Gray Paws Sanctuary , Rabbit Wranglers , Street Dog Care Reminder - you can see the pod pics if you become a Patron. The good news pics are at the bottom of the show notes of each Patreon episode! That’s just one of the perks of subscribing! patreon.com/muellershewrote Listener Survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short Follow the Podcast on Apple: https://apple.co/3XNx7ck Want to support the show and get it ad-free and early? https://patreon.com/thedailybeans https://dailybeans.supercast.com/ https://apple.co/3UKzKt0 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.