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Wednesday, February 12th, 2025 Today, the First Circuit Court of Appeals has denied Donald Trump’s bid to continue withholding federal grants; Donald fired the USAID inspector general one day after the IG released a report criticizing the dismantling of the agency; Judge Amy Berman Jackson has reinstated Hampton Dillinger as special counsel after Trump wrongfully terminated him; a federal judge in Boston expanded the restraining order against Trump cutting aid to the National Institute of Health; Trump has issued an order for a massive reduction in force of federal workers; Kash Patel lied to Congress when he said he didn’t have anything to do with the FBI and DoJ purge; a judge has ordered the CDC, HHS, and FDA to restore deleted web pages with health information; thousands of Danes have signed a petition to buy California from the United States; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. Thank You Naked Wines Head to NakedWines.com/DAILYBEANS , click ‘Enter Voucher’ and put in code DAILYBEANS for both the code AND password for 6 bottles of wine for JUST $39.99 with shipping included. That’s a discount of $100 off your first six bottles. Guest: Claudia Yoli Ferla MOVE Texas ®️ (@move_texas) • Instagram MOVE Texas (@move_texas) | TikTok MOVE Texas Stories: Appeals court rejects Trump administration bid to immediately reinstate funding freeze - Daniel Barnes, Chloe Atkins and Dareh Gregorian | NBC News USAID IG fired day after report critical of impacts of Trump administration’s dismantling of the agency - Jennifer Hansler | CNN Politics Judge orders HHS, CDC and FDA to restore deleted webpages with health information - Melissa Quinn | CBS News Thousands of Danes sign petition to buy California from U.S. - Travis Schlepp | KGET 17 News Why California? | denmarkification.com Good Trouble: Your mission should you choose to accept it is to sign up for the Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Election postcard party! Time: Thursday, March 6 4:30 – 6:30pm CST Location: 7 Vines Vineyard and Winery, 101 County Hwy 96 Dellwood, MN 55110 Volunteer in Minnesota · Mobilize Indivisible Endorses Susan Crawford in Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Federal workers - feel free to email me at fedoath@pm.me and let me know what you’re going to do, or just vent. I’m always here to listen. From The Good News BlueSky - @dailybeanspod.bsky.social Zeus' Rescues Milking Devon Cattle - The Livestock Conservancy 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! 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.