Monday, December 8th, 2025 Today, Brian Cole confessed to planting the pipe bombs the night before the insurrection and is a MAGA election denier; the developer of the ICE Block app is suing officials from DHS ICE DOJ and the White House; the DOJ is considering taking a third swipe at getting a grand jury to indict NYAG Letitia James; the Government Accountability Office is investigating Bill Pulte - the guy who made all the mortgage fraud referrals to DOJ; the Indiana House advances it’s 9-0 map to the Senate; the DOJ has already started stonewalling judge Boasberg in his contempt proceedings against against government officials; Rep Adelita Grijalva was pepper sprayed by ICE after identifying herself as a Congresswoman; Kash Patel ordered a tactical SWAT guy to give his girlfriend’s drunk pal a ride home; an internal BOP memo halts rape protections for trans inmates; the Department of Health and Human Services deadnamed an official on her portrait; a judge has ordered the unsealing of Epstein grand jury materials; and Allison and Dana deliver and your Good News. Guest: Joshua Aaron of ICEBlock app https://www.iceblock.app https://bsky.app/profile/joshua.stealingheather.com https://www.tixeconsulting.com Guest: Deirdre von Dornum Prominent federal criminal defense attorney - 23 years at Federal Defenders of New York - Attorney-in-Charge for the Eastern District; Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Specializing in complex federal cases, indigent defense, civil rights, and pro bono work. https://www.youtube.com/@MSWMediaPods Stories Drag queen Pattie Gonia completes 100-mile trek raising $1m to make outdoors more ‘equitable’ | California | The Guardian Rep. Adelita Grijalva says she was 'sprayed in the face' during ICE confrontation | NBC News Indiana House GOP advances 9-0 congressional map, sending contentious plan to state Senate | CBS News Pipe bomb suspect confesses and has expressed support for Trump, sources say | MS NOW Kash Patel ordered FBI detail to give girlfriend’s pal a lift home: sources | MS NOW DOJ won't say what it advised Noem amid contempt inquiry over El Salvador deportations | ABC News HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait | NPR News Government Accountability Office opens investigation into FHFA chief Bill Pulte | NBC News DOJ orders prison inspectors to stop considering LGBTQ safety standards | NPR Judge orders unsealing of grand jury transcripts from Epstein case in Florida | CBS News Good Trouble https://near.tl/sm/ik-ZushRa Ellen She/Her Rhode Island continues to fight ICE. Ice vehicles are routinely spotted parked near or circling the courthouse. A WhatsApp text goes out to be present and witness/ hopefully prevent ice kidnappings. If you are a RI local, please sign up. If not, your community likely has something similar. Ice Watch RI WhatsApp channel: Follow the Alerta de Migra / ICE Watch RI channel on WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbBK6Y229759BqNu3p2m PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR COMMUNICATIONS WHEN USING WHATSAPP: https://securityinabox.org/en/tools/whatsapp Front Line Defenders: https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en Join Dana and The Daily Beans and support on Giving Tuesday http://onecau.se/_ekes71 From The Good News https://www.aafront.org/fbklive https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/02/escalation-of-rhetoric-from-white-house-targeting-somalis-is-unhinged-says-somali-scholar https://www.summitdogrescue.org/meet-fressi--fresita.html →Please submit your own at https://DailyBeansPod.com - click on ‘Good News and Good Trouble’ Our Donation Links https://www.nationalsecuritylaw.org/donate , https://secure.actblue.com/donate/msw-bwc , http://WhistleblowerAid.org/beans Federal workers - email AG at
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