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Tuesday, December 16th, 2025 Today, prolific actor, writer director and producer Rob Reiner and his incredible wife Michelle were found murdered in their home in Brentwood California; authorities are releasing the suspect they had in custody for the shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island; a national preservation group is suing to stop Trump’s construction of the now demolished East Wing of the White House; a jet blue plane avoided a near mid air collision with a military plane near Venezuela; and Allison and Dana deliver and your Good News. Thank You, Helix 20% Off Sitewide, when you go to http://HelixSleep.com/dailybeans Guest: Brian Wenke Executive Director of It Gets Better https://itgetsbetter.org https://www.instagram.com/itgetsbetter , https://bsky.app/profile/itgetsbetter.bsky.social https://www.tiktok.com/@itgetsbetter , https://www.tumblr.com/itgetsbetter https://www.twitch.tv/itgetsbetter/ ItGetsBetter | Twitch JOIN IT GETS BETTER FOR QUEER-A-THON live on Twitch - their year-end fundraising stream and safe celebration space for LGBTQ+ youth! On Wednesday, December 17th starting 2:15pm ET/11:15am PT - ItGetsBetter - Twitch Allison is donating $20K to It Gets Better and inviting you to help match her donations. Your support makes this work possible, Daily Beans fam. http://itgetsbetter.org/dailybeansdonate Subscribe to the MSW YouTube Channel - MSW Media - YouTube Stories Rob Reiner's Son Nick Arrested in Deaths of Director and His Wife: Live Updates | NYT https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12/15/us/rob-michele-reiner-dead Authorities will release person detained in Brown University shooting | AP News https://apnews.com/article/brown-university-shooting-suspect-search-1da03b12b2eac2b530172667d3df30c4 JetBlue plane near Venezuela avoids ‘midair collision’ with US Air Force aircraft | CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/14/politics/jetblue-venezuela-us-air-force National preservation group sues to halt East Wing ballroom construction | POLITICO https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/12/trump-east-wing-ballroom-lawsuit-00689260 Good Trouble - https://near.tl/sm/ik-ZushRa Our Good Trouble Today Comes From Jess Craven over at Chop Wood Carry Water In the wake of yet another Mass Shooting at a School - Call your Senators and House Reps and call to reopen the Gun Violence Prevention Office which Trump Shut down in his first week of office. She provides a handy script to follow: Hi, I’m a constituent calling from [zip]. My name is ______. I’m calling to demand that Congress act on gun violence NOW. Australia saw a horrific mass shooting this weekend and their government is already in action, preparing a special session in which they will tighten their gun laws. What are we doing here? 46,000 people die from gun violence every year in our country and Congress keeps refusing to act. It’s unconscionable. We want an assault weapons ban. We want universal background checks. We want safe storage laws. And we want the office of Gun Violence Prevention, which Trump shut down in his first week in office, to be reopened immediately. Nothing less will do.” More at Chop Wood, Carry Water 12/15 - by Jess Craven Contacting U.S. Senators , Find Your Representative | house.gov From The Good News https://www.wirth4congress.com http://ssa.gov https://www.queermunitymn.com twitch.tv/miss_serenity13 →Go To https://DailyBeansPod.com Click on ‘Good News and Good Trouble’ to Share Yours Our Donation Links https://www.nationalsecuritylaw.org/donate , https://secure.actblue.com/donate/msw-bwc , http://WhistleblowerAid.org/beans Join Dana and The Daily Beans and support on Giving Tuesday http://onecau.se/_ekes71 Federal workers - email AG at fedoath@pm.me and let me know what you’re going to do, or just vent. I’m always here to listen. Dr. Allison Gill - https://www.muellershewrote.com , https://bsky.app/profile/muellershewrote.com , https://instagram.com/muellershewrote , https://www.youtube.com/@MSWMediaPods Dana Goldberg - https://bsky.app/profile/dgcomedy.bsky.social , https://www.instagram.com/dgcomedy , https://www.facebook.com/dgcomedy , https://danagoldberg.com More from MSW Media - https://mswmedia.com/shows , Cleanup On Aisle 45 pod , https://www.muellershewrote.com 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.