Blue States Sue Over School Funds, Penguins Fight Tariffs & Utah Workers Rebel – Good News For Democracy!

Strap in, progressives! Good News For Lefties is back with your weekly dose of resistance, resilience, and righteous wins. Host Beowulf Rochlen (weird name, great politics) serves up today’s juiciest lefty victories. In this episode: 16 states + D.C. sue Trump for yanking pandemic school funds (because starving education is totally a winning strategy). New Mexico goes full based with semi-open primaries and medical psilocybin (eat your heart out, DeSantis). Penguins declare trade war on Trump by selling pebbles to fight his Antarctic tariffs (yes, really). Illinois faculty avert a strike after standing firm against merit-pay nonsense. A Trump-voting beekeeper gets stung by his own side’s policies. And Utah unions rally to overturn a union-busting law because workers do in fact want rights accorded them in a democracy. Plus: Listener stories! Rate/review us on Apple Podcasts, share with your favorite lefty, and find us @GoodNewsForLefties on socials. Solidarity forever! Positive, daily news for democracy lovers! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try and get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/Lefties Listen to our friends Jennifer and Dan of the Banned Camp podcast at BannedCampPodcast.com Listen to This Week Again with Susanne Posel . If you have thoughts, ideas, or more good news to share, we’d love to hear from you! Call or message us at 202-656-6271, or drop us a line at beowulf@twosquaredmediaproductions.com You can find out more about GNFL 's daily news stories here: https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/bernie-sanders-aoc-rally-los-angeles-20273031.php https://apnews.com/article/trump-pandemic-relief-funding-states-lawsuit-e8b22caf1f2463085235d25af1d1b11b https://www.yahoo.com/news/semi-open-primaries-medical-magic-035900053.html https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-economic-policies-2671751464 https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2025/04/10/utah-labor-leaders-make-final-push/ More good daily news for democracy on Facebook , Bluesky , and Instagram . If you like Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner, IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson, The MeidasTouch Podcast, and Pod Save America, you'll LOVE Good News For Lefties! Thanks to Rosabelle Heine and Aaron Watson for production assistance. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy--6256627/support .