{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthe-daily-beans.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fa-wrench-in-the-fork-in-the-road-UVDk_fEg","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"A Wrench In The Fork In The Road","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/5134725f-99f4-4fdb-989e-83722429d70d/4558f068-b50e-4722-9d67-9c342d54b82a/db_cover_spring_2026.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/5d7e1f88-8f12-4596-9746-f0af9feb1d7c\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"A Wrench In The Fork In The Road\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Monday, February 10th, 2025\n\nToday, the Treasury claimed dogebag Marko Elez didn’t have write access to our federal payment system when he actually did; the National Institutes of Health cuts billions of dollars in biomedical research funding effective immediately; a federal judge has paused Trump’s effort to gut USAID citing irreparable harm; another federal judge temporarily shut down Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship; yet another judge paused the fork in the road resignation deadline; yet another judge orders sweeping restrictions on DOGE access to Treasury payment systems; the White House is preparing an executive order to fire thousands of Health and Human Services employees; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News."}