About this episode
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. Thank You AG1 AG1 is offering new subscribers a FREE $76 gift when you sign up. You’ll get a Welcome Kit, a bottle of D3K2 AND 5 free travel packs in your first box. Go to DrinkAG1.com/dailybeans to get this offer! 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.” 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. Check out muellershewrote.com for my interview with a systems security expert about the massive breach at opm.gov caused by Elon Musk 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 Oregon Food Bank Jackie Boy And The Sea Folk - Larry Moore S.815 - Hello Girls Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2024 118th Congress (2023-2024) 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.