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Friday, January 17th, 2025 Today, President Biden’s farewell speech included a stark warning about oligarchy; Speaker Johnson has ousted House intelligence chair Mike Turner; Rudy Giuliani was a no-show to his bench trial today but Reuters reports that he and Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss have reached a settlement; Minnesota state House Republicans are attempting a political coup; Mark Cuban is willing to fund a TikTok alternative piggybacking off Bluesky’s AT protocol; Trump is attempting to dismantle personnel protections at the State Department; Obama the Clintons and Bush have declined to attend the inaugural lunch; Ron DeSantis has appointed Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to fill Marco Rubio’s Senate seat; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. Guest: John Fugelsang Tell Me Everything — John Fugelsang The John Fugelsang Podcast The Sexy Liberal Save The World Comedy Tour : One Final Show SAVE THE WORLD INAUGURATION SPECIAL PAY PER VIEW LIVE FROM THE WARNER THEATRE (DC) Sexy Liberal Stories: Exclusive: Trump team asks three US senior career diplomats to resign, sources say (Humeyra Pamuk, Simon Lewis, Gram Slattery | Reuters) Speaker Johnson removes Mike Turner as House Intelligence Committee chairman (Scott Wong, Ryan Nobles, Kyle Stewart | NBC News) Minnesota Democrats ask state Supreme Court to resolve state House power struggle (Seteve Karnowski| AP News) Ron DeSantis picks Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to fill Marco Rubio's Senate seat (Matt Dixon | NBC News) Good Trouble - Keep writing those letters to urge Merrick Garland to dismiss the charges against Trump’s co-defendants and release Volume II of the report. Send Your message to the Department of Justice Watch Duty Watch Duty Fire Public Safety Information (App) Cal Fire Incidents | CAL FIRE Have some good news; a confession; or a correction to share? Good News & Confessions - The Daily Beans https://www.dailybeanspod.com/confessional/ From The Good News Medicaid Night Fever (YouTube) Peter Kay UK (YouTube) paul 77006.bskyb.social Rate The Daily Beans Podcast 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.