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Tuesday, March 4th, 2025 Today, federal workers are being asked again to provide five things they did last week and it’s going about as well as a Cybertruck strapped to a SpaceX rocket on Twitter; DOGE is pressing to check benefit payments against IRS tax records; the National Institute of Health’s ban on renewing senior scientists adds to the assault on it’s in-house research; Trump firings at NOAA will impact how we get weather reports; JD Vance is being rebuked by NATO allies and the Pope; a USAID official has been placed on leave after saying Trump’s barriers to programs will cause preventable death; a top HHS spokesperson has resigned after clashing with RFK Jr.; the Trump regime is bribing SEC employees to resign because they know it’s legally difficult to fire them; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. Thank You Naked Wines To get 6 bottles of wine for $39.99, head to nakedwines.com/DAILYBEANS (https://nakedwines.com/DAILYBEANS) and use code DAILYBEANS for both the code and password. Thank You Helix 20% Off Sitewide when you go to HelixSleep.com/dailybeans (https://helixsleep.com/dailybeans) . Stories: USAID official placed on leave after saying barriers to lifesaving programs will cause ‘preventable death’ | NBC News (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/usaid-official-leave-barriers-life-saving-programs-preventable-death-rcna194455) Top HHS spokesperson quits after clashing with RFK Jr. | POLITICO (https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/03/top-hhs-spokesperson-quits-00207000) Some Federal Agencies Offer Staff $25,000 Or More To Quit—As Trump Aims To Cut Workforce | Forbes (https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/03/03/some-federal-agencies-offer-staff-25000-or-more-to-quit-as-trump-aims-to-cut-workforce/) Trump fired hundreds at NOAA, Weather Service. Here’s what that means for forecasts.- Kasha Patel | The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/03/01/trump-firings-noaa-nws-weather-forecast-impacts/) NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research | Science (https://www.science.org/content/article/nih-ban-renewing-senior-scientists-adds-assaults-its-house-research) DOGE presses to check federal benefits payments against IRS tax records | The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/03/01/doge-irs-tax-records-benefits/) Ohio's J.D. Vance rebuked by the Pope, denounced by NATO allies, ridiculed for bizarre rant - Marilou Johanek | Ohio Capital Journal (https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/02/25/ohios-j-d-vance-rebuked-by-the-pope-denounced-by-nato-allies-ridiculed-for-bizarre-rant/) Good Trouble: The Heritage Foundation DOGE Survey (https://secured.heritage.org/the-heritage-doge-survey/)   From The Good News Letters From An American | Heather Cox Richardson | Substack (https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/) Cassidy Huff - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq8HBp7LJuBQmcgBTWfKoVA?view_as=subscriber) AI video of Zelensky doing to Trump (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sQeAeQ42EtDvK2SrRycAQKXP7gDpBR4J/view?usp=sharing) IG|dgcomedy (https://www.instagram.com/dgcomedy) 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! Check out other MSW Media podcasts https://mswmedia.com/shows/ Subscribe for free to MuellerSheWrote on Substack https://muellershewrote.substack.com Follow AG and Dana on Social Media Dr. Allison Gill  Substack|Muellershewrote (https://muellershewrote.substack.com/) , Twitter|@MuellerSheWrote (https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote) , Threads|@muellershewrote (https://www.threads.net/@muellershewrote) , TikTok|@muellershewrote (https://www.tiktok.com/@muellershewrote) , IG|muellershewrote (https://instagram.com/muellershewrote) , BlueSky|@muellershewrote (https://bsky.app/profile/muellershewrote.bsky.social) Dana Goldberg Twitter|@DGComedy (https://twitter.com/DGComedy) , IG|dgcomedy (https://www.instagram.com/dgcomedy) , facebook|dgcomedy (https://www.facebook.com/dgcomedy) , IG|dgcomedy (https://www.instagram.com/dgcomedy) , danagoldberg.com (https://danagoldberg.com/) , BlueSky|@dgcomedy (https://bsky.app/profile/dgcomedy.bsky.social) Have some good news; a confession; or a correction to share? Good News & Confessions - The Daily Beans (https://www.dailybeanspod.com/confessional/) https://www.dailybeanspod.com/confessional/   Listener Survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short Follow the Podcast on Apple: The Daily Beans on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3XNx7ck) Want to support the show and get it ad-free and early? Supercast https://dailybeans.supercast.com/ Patreon  https://patreon.com/thedailybeans Or subscribe on Apple Podcasts with our affiliate link The Daily Beans on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3UKzKt0)