Friday, April 25th, 2025
Today, Pete Hegseth downloaded Signal on his Pentagon desktop to circumvent classified spaces; President Volodimyr Zalensky rejects Trump’s tired Ukraine peace deal; the Trump administration moved a Venezuelan man to Texas despite a federal judge’s order; the Pentagon resumes medical care for transgender troops; Trump tells Pam Bondi to launch a criminal investigation into ActBlue; Leland Dudek calls for all SSA offices employees to be converted to Schedule F; Trump’s approval rating is in the toilet; the DoJ accidentally files an internal document outlining how much their case against congestion pricing sucks; and Allison delivers your Good News.
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Guest: John Fugelsang
Tell Me Everything — John Fugelsang (https://www.johnfugelsang.com/tme)
The John Fugelsang Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-john-fugelsang-podcast/id1464094232)
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Pre-order Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person’s Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds by John Fugelsang (https://a.co/d/bp1JkMM)
Stories:
Hegseth had Signal messaging app installed on an office computer | The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/23/hegseth-signal-pentagon-computer/)
NIH guts its first and largest study centered on women | Science | AAAS (https://www.science.org/content/article/nih-cancels-its-first-and-largest-study-centered-women)
Trump slams Zelenskyy for rejecting Ukraine-Russia negotiations, saying a deal was ‘very close’ | NBC News (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ukraine-talks-rubio-witkoff-london-putin-zelenskyy-trump-russia-war-rcna202525)
Exclusive: Trump administration moved Venezuelan to Texas for possible deportation despite judge’s order | Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-moved-venezuelan-texas-possible-deportation-despite-judges-2025-04-24/)
Trump targets Democratic fundraising powerhouse ActBlue with DOJ probe | CNN Politics (https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/24/politics/actblue-trump-memo-doj-probe/index.html)
Dudek calls for entire SSA offices to be converted to new Schedule F | Government Executive (https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/04/dudek-calls-entire-ssa-offices-be-converted-new-schedule-f/404755/)
DOJ accidentally files document outlining flaws with Trump administration’s plan to kill NYC congestion pricing | ABC News (https://abcnews.go.com/US/doj-accidentally-files-document-nyc-congestion-pricing/story?id=121129852)
Trump’s Approval Rating Has Been Falling Steadily, Polling Average Shows | The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/us/politics/trump-approval-rating.html)
Good Trouble:
ACTION ITEM Implementation of Schedule F – Jeremy Berg | Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/jeremymberg.bsky.social/post/3lnirplx57k2c)
Federal Register :: Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/23/2025-06904/improving-performance-accountability-and-responsiveness-in-the-civil-service)
Also, you can contact Noah Peters, Senior Advisor to the Director, by email at employeeaccountability@opm.gov (mailto:employeeaccountability@opm.gov)
From The Good News
Signs of Justice (@signsofjustice) | IG (https://www.instagram.com/signsofjustice/) and MSW Media (@mswmediapods) | IG (https://www.instagram.com/mswmediapods/)
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Shared Umbrellas – BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/sharedumbrellas.bsky.social)
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