The Daily Beans
The Daily Beans is a women-owned and operated progressive news podcast for your morning commute. Hosted by Allison Gill, the Webby award-winning host of Mueller, She Wrote, and comedian Dana Goldberg, it delivers social justice and political news with a dose of snark.
Episodes
Sad State Of A Fair (feat. John Fugelsang)
Friday, July 3, 2026
Today, Olympic canoeist David Hearn has been federally charged for touching water; the Justice Department accidentally emailed Volume II of Jack Smith’s final report to outside lawyers; a court filing unearths a Kennedy Center non-profit taken over by the Trump administration; transgender troops have been granted a class action lawsuit against the government; the June jobs r
Beans Talk | Monumentally Flawed
Friday, July 3, 2026
Boxed Wine Weaponization
Jack Smith Speaks Out
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President For Sale (feat. Dan Friedman)
Thursday, July 2, 2026
Today, former CIA Chief John Brennan has sued the government asking the court to order administration officials to preserve records; a federal court tells the Hegseth he has to stop requiring escorts for journalists at the Pentagon; Donald made over $2bn in crypto and other investments in 2025 alone; ICE arrested a nun on her way to church and it’s creating pretty intense
Hanging On By A Thread
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Today, Today, Birthright Citizenship hangs on by a thread while transgender rights and campaign finance are gutted by the Supreme Court; the Justice Department is now zero for eleven in voter roll smash and grab; Donald gave a secret $500m no-bid contract to Clark Construction for his ballroom; Meta contractors posed as teenagers to prompt rival chatbots about suicide, sex,
For Every Woman In The World
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Today, Supreme Court rulings come down in E. Jean Carroll, the president’s ability to fire members of multi-member boards, geofence warrants, Dershowitz, and mail-in ballots being counted after election day as we await rulings in two transgender rights cases, campaign finance, and birthright citizenship; Trump says work will begin on the DC municipal golf course despite a ju
Zero For Ten
Monday, June 29, 2026
Today, Trump launches fresh attacks against Iran but doesn’t announce them until 30 minutes after the markets closed Friday; the Justice Department is now zero for ten in voter roll lawsuits as a federal court rejects Trump’s attempt to get Pennsylvania data; the Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to green-light its unprecedented immigration detention policy; th
The Breakdown | Trump DOJ in Crisis after Major Epstein Ruling
Allison talks to Katie Phang about her major legal win forcing the DOJ to turn over more Epstein files.
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Refried Beans | SCAN-DA-LOUS (feat. Martha Barnette) | 6.25.2025
Wednesday, June 25th, 2025
Today, former DoJ lawyer Erez Reuveni issues a bombshell whistleblower account of Emil Bove’s intentional defiance of court orders on the eve of his judicial confirmation hearing; US intelligence assessments indicate that Iran’s nuclear sites were not destroyed and they can be back up and running in a few months; Florida is paving over the Everglades to build its own con
Refried Beans | Every Crime In The Book (Feat. Randall Eliason) | 6.29.2022
Wednesday, June 29th, 2022
In the Hot Notes: explosive testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson during the last minute hearing on the 1/6 attack on the Capitol building; Ghislaine Maxwell is sentenced to 20 years in prison; There's no chance that Supreme Court justices could be charged with perjury during their confirmation hearings; Turkey has dropped its opposition of Finland and Sweden joining NATO; a
Cyano-Toxic Relationship (feat. John Fugelsang)
Friday, June 26, 2026
Today, another federal judge has permanently blocked Trump's order restricting mail-in voting; the Supreme Court has stripped temporary protected status from 350,000 Haitians and Syrians, and blocks asylum seekers at the border; vendors have been told to begin dismantling the Alligator Alcatraz concentration camp; massive earthquakes rocked Venezuela, Japan, and California; t
Courts Push Back
Thursday, June 25, 2026
Today, Mamdani’s endorsed candidates sweep the primaries in New York; mail-in voting is under attack as Democrats sound the alarm on Trump’s Postal Service; the first appeals court has rejected Trump’s bid to force states to hand over voter rolls; a federal judge has blocked Trump’s bid to require proof of citizenship to vote; Donald cancels the signing of a bipartisan hous
The Senate Rejects The War (feat. Johanna Silva Waki)
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Today, Iran’s foreign ministry has bucked JD Vance saying they haven’t agreed to nuclear inspectors; the ACLU is set to monitor election certification amid Trump’s efforts to interfere; the Senate has voted to adopt a War Powers Resolution to stop the Iran war; the Supreme Court sides with the Trump administration on green card holders; government documents show the Trump
Trump’s War On Wind
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Today, a federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s database of Americans’ Social Security numbers and citizenship status; Kier Starmer has resigned as UK Prime Minister; the Trump administration has announced it will phase out HIV funding for South Africa; a federal court has rejected the Justice Department’s demand for Maryland voter rolls; Trump has paid another
Zombie Slush Fund
Monday, June 22, 2026
Today, Todd Blanche tells the court that he refuses to rescind the $1.8b Slush Fund in writing; Immigration and Customs Enforcement is having a fire sale on concentration camps; video contradicts an FBI agent's account of a shooting during an undercover sting in Country Club Hills; the Italian prime minister is calling Donald out for his lies; Trump claims the problem with th
Beans Talk | Did Trump Turn the Reflecting Pool into a Toxic Mess?
Monday, June 22, 2026
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Most Toxic Administration Ever
You Can’t Do That on Television
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The Breakdown | Trump And Trillionaires’ Secret Plan To Destroy America
A Swedish hacktivist exposed Peter Thiel's secret club Dialog. Allison talks with Corbin Trent about the implications of Elon Musk becoming the world's first trillionaire on the widening gap between the elites and we the people.
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Refried Beans | In Sadness, I Dissent (feat. Molly Jong-Fast) | 6/19/2025
Thursday, June 19th, 2025
The Supreme Court deals a stunning setback to trans rights as it upholds Tennessee’s ban on transgender healthcare for minors; cuts to FEMA are hammering communities that voted for Trump; the fed refuse to cut interest rates despite pressure from Trump to do so; the Small Business Administration is flying the far right appeal to heaven flag; the President is really mad a
Refried Beans | Baker's Dozen (feat. Hugo Lowell) | 6.21.2022
Tuesday, June 21st, 2022
In the Hot Notes: the fourth committee hearing on the attempted coup is today at 1 PM ET; a DeSantis judge committed a crime by lying on her state Supreme Court application; a federal judge rejects a Proud Boys motion for pretrial release; and the fascist Texas Republican platform has been released; plus Dana and Allison deliver your Good News.
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Aim High (Feat. John Fugelsang)
Friday, June 19, 2026
Today, scores fall ill at an Air Force base after Hegseth makes the flu vaccine optional; the Supreme Court says habitual cannabis users can’t be barred from owning firearms; Donald’s lead Supreme Court lawyer against E. Jean Carroll is now a federal judge; Donald mocked Zuckerberg and Bezos’ bootlicking texts; Republicans block a Pentagon investment ban aimed at the Trump fa
A Big Club You’re Not In
Thursday, June 18th, 2026
Today, Trump’s Ballroom is up to $600m with half coming from taxpayer dollars; MAGA election denier Mike Collins will face John Ossoff in the Georgia Senate race this November; a hacktivist has exposed members of Peter Theil’s secretive Dialog Society; New Mexico’s Justice Department has ordered JP Morgan and Google to preserve records tied to Jeffrey Epstein and his asso
Allegedly Antifa (feat. Barbara McQuade)
Wednesday, June 17th, 2026
Today, the feds charge 15 Minnesotans for being part of an Antifa conspiracy to impede ICE officers; CIA Director John Ratcliffe casts doubt on the Iran Memorandum of Understanding; Senate Republicans block a bill to end Trump’s $1.8B Slush Fund and tax immunity; a federal court denies Judge Hannah Dugan's bid for a new trial; six preservation groups in DC sue to stop wo
Deeply Held Bigotry
Tuesday, June 16th, 2026
Today, Donald Trump weighed suspending Habeas Corpus and invoking the Insurrection Act; Governor Gavin Newsom says the Justice Department is investigating him and his wife; A B-52 bomber crashed after takeoff in the Mojave desert; UFC fighter Josh Hokit called First Lady Michelle Obama “a man” at Trump’s gladiator games; the Justice Department’s decision to approve the Par
USPS BS
Monday, June 15th, 2026
Today, the United States Postal Service is seeking to block mail in ballots to any state that doesn’t hand over its voter rolls; the United States struck civilian drinking-water facilities in last week’s strikes; ICE agents detained two people at a preschool graduation in Baltimore; the bystander shot near the White House was hit by Secret Service; the Justice Department
Beans Talk | The Parties Have Very Different Priorities
Monday, June 15, 2026
Congratulations New York
Democratic Messengers Are Emerging
The Idiocracy of it All
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The Breakdown | Caught in a Cover-up
Jay Clayton, the nominee for Director of National Intelligence, was part of Blanche’s plot to manipulate the courts in order to protect Trump from the Epstein fallout.
Allison breaks down explosive reports detailing how top Trump allies, including Todd Blanche and J.D. Vance, manipulated the courts to shield Donald Trump from fallout over the Epstein files.
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Refried Beans | Miscarriages Of Justice (feat. Jena Friedman) | 6/09/2025
Monday, June 9th, 2025
Trump and Kegseth mobilize the National Guard against peaceful protesters in Los Angeles County; Abrego Garcia is back on US soil after being hit with trumped up criminal charges over a 2022 traffic stop in Tennessee; San Antonio police walk back their statements about the murder of Jonathan Joss not being a hate crime; the Trump regime scrambles to rehire wrongfully termina
Refried Beans | 1776 Returns (feat. Adam Klasfeld) | 6/16/2022
Thursday, June 16th, 2022
In the Hot Notes: Barry Loudermilk continues to obfuscate the tour he gave as video evidence is released that the group was taking photos of tunnels and staircases and at least one of them marched on the Capitol the next day; Trump appointed judge Trevor McFadden finds the Seafrieds guilty of obstructing an official proceeding and four other counts in a BENCH trial; Banno
Epstein Sit Room (feat. John Fugelsang)
Friday, June 12th, 2026
Today, Donald Trump has nominated Epstein coverup lawyer Jay Clayton to be the next Director of National Intelligence; Brad Lander has been found not guilty in a New York City detention center incident; Democrats have blocked a short-term FISA renewal measure; women who fled Iran are to be removed to Africa; Donald has once again canceled plans to attack Iran; the Knicks pu
Beans Talk | Knicks Beat Trump's Curse to Make a Huge Comeback
Friday, June 12, 2026
Sports Talk
Breaking Trump’s Curse
What a Comeback
Worst Airline Ever
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Trump Loves The Inflation
Thursday, June 11th, 2026
Today, inflation spikes to 4.2% as oil prices climb; Maine, South Carolina and Nevada held their state primary elections; the government admits it lied about events at Cities Church in a new filing in the criminal case against Don Lemon and other journalists, a judge refused to issue a restraining order against the $1.8B Slush Fund but gave a stern warning to Justice Depa
FISA Reform Leverage (feat. Sean Vitka)
Wednesday, June 10th, 2026
Today, Epstein's assistant for over 20 years Lesley Groff denied any knowledge of his crimes during her House Oversight Committee testimony; a U.S. Apache helicopter was shot down over the Gulf according to Trump; Republicans in the House have passed the $70B ICE funding bill; ICE has detained over 500 babies and toddlers under this administration; a new report out from
Trump Ruins Everything (feat. Chandra Taylor-Sawyer)
Tuesday, June 9th, 2026
Today, Donald Trump has formally nominated his personal lawyer Todd Blanche to be the Attorney General; the IRS failed to match taxpayer records with ICE data accurately; a federal judge has blocked Donald’s $100,000 visa fee; the lawsuit to stop the UFC fight at the White House has been assigned to Judge Amit Mehta; Mayor Mamdani adds a free Bryant Park watch party for the
Trump DOJ CORNERED by Judge in Jan 6 Cover-Up | The Breakdown
Jeanine Pirro can't come up with a reason to dismiss the Oath Keeper's case. Allison discusses the latest filing by the DOJ asking for more time.
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Breaking Ranks
Monday, June 8th, 2026
Today, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement is going to stop reporting deaths of newly released detainees; massive protests break out in Albania over Jared and Ivanka’s planned resort; the House bucks Trump and passes Ukraine aid and Russian sanctions, but they’re rolling back food and health care to pregnant women and children; the Senate has blocked extending FISA section
Beans Talk | Trump Storms Out of Interview After Being Gently Pressed About Jan 6
Monday, June 8th, 2026
Trump Is A Giant Man Baby
Lawsuit To Stop The UFC Fight On The White House Lawn
BOO Him Into Outer Space
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Refried Beans | Server Room Pool Party | Jun 5, 2023
June 6, 2023
In the Hot Notes: Trump’s lawyers met Monday with special counsel Jack Smith and other DoJ officials to discuss the documents case; CNN reports that the maintenance worker who asked the Mar-a-Lago IT guy about the surveillance footage accidentally flooded the server room where they were kept; Jared Kushner’s $2 Billion Saudi check appears even more comically corrupt than previously th
Refried Beans | Tax on. Tax Off. (feat. Miles Taylor) | 6/5/2025
Thursday, June 5th, 2025
Judge Xinis grants a motion to unseal Abrego Garcia documents and grants his lawyers their motion to file for sanctions against Trump’s stonewalling; economists are raising questions about the validity of US inflation data; the President has enacted 50% steel tariffs and then quickly TACOed them for the UK; a federal judge has tossed the Democratic Party lawsuit challengin
Kennedy Center It Is (feat. John Fugelsang)
Friday, June 5th, 2026
Today, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes says she’ll be seeking new indictments in the 2020 election interference case against Trump's allies; John Bolton is set to plead guilty to illegal retention of national security information; Trump says he’ll nominate Todd Blanche to be the next Attorney General; an internal memo instructs staff to remove Trump’s name from the Kenne
Beans Talk | Hunter Biden Really Has the Hang of this Twitter Thing
Friday, June 5th, 2026
Hunter Biden Takes to Twitter
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SCOTUS Sanctioned Racism (feat. Ericka Kopp)
Thursday, June 4th, 2026
Today, the Supreme Court is allowing Alabama to use the racist map the they outlawed just three years ago; votes are still being counted in California with races too close to call; Markwayne Mullin refused to commit to following court orders in Congressional testimony; blue states are suing the Trump administration for paying a French company a billion dollars to kill offs
Bring Back Shame (feat. Ophira Eisenberg)
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026
Today, Todd Blanche says DOJ isn’t moving forward with the $1.8B Slush Fund BUT that the “settlement” giving Trump and his family immunity from tax audits and investigations; Donald Trump is going to appoint Bill Pulte to replace Tulsi Gabbard as the Director of National Intelligence; the Pentagon bans journalists - this time by classifying the press room; the President h
8647 Flag Flies High (feat. Brandon Brockmyer)
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026
Today, Californian, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota head to the polls in the 2026 primaries; a federal appeals court rules that Hegseth’s order to boot transgender service members is unconstitutional; Donald Trump may be about to drop his $1.8B Slush Fund; Iran suspends talks over Israeli attacks on Lebanon sending gas prices soaring again, Hegseth St
In The Interest Of Justice
Monday, June 1st, 2026
Today, a federal judge temporarily blocks the $1.8B Slush Fund; a court orders Trump to take his name off the Kennedy Center; the Trump IRS case has been reopened so the court can examine whether there was collusion and fraud; Judge Mehta has ordered the government to explain why they want to dismiss the Oath Keepers sedition charges; Vietnam veterans are suing to block Trum
Beans Talk | Artists Keep Dropping Out of Trump's Concert
Monday, June 1st 2026
Happy Pride Month
Freedom 250 Concert Lineup Cancels
A+ Spelling Bee
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Trump's $1.8B Scheme Faces Imminent Collapse | The Breakdown
Allison discusses the serious legal and political trouble facing Trump’s slush fund with Katie Phang.
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Refried Beans | TACOs And Gumbo (feat. Adam Klasfeld) | 5.29.2025 Thursday, May 29th, 2025
Thursday, May 29th, 2025
A federal judge STRIKES DOWN Trump's entire executive order targeting the Wilmer Hale law firm for political retribution; Judge Chutkan allows a lawsuit seeking to enjoin Elon Musk and DOGE's operations to proceed; another federal judge has ordered the release of the Russian scientist that brought inert frog embryos into the US; yet another judge blocks Trump’s attempt to
Refried Beans | GUILTY (feat John Fugelsang) | 5.31.2024 Friday, May 31st, 2024
Friday, May 31st, 2024
Donald Trump has been found GUILTY on all 34 felony counts in the election interference trial; John Roberts rejects Senators Whitehouse and Durbin’s request for a meeting over the Alito flags; a former Apprentice producer says Trump used the N word during production and it’s on tape; the New Republic has gotten it’s hands on an Erik Prince group chat; a Republican has blocke
Fighting The Slush Fund (feat. John Fugelsang)
Friday, May 29th, 2026
Today, Trump has re-filed his $10B libel suit against the Wall Street Journal for publishing his birthday book drawing; a company tied to Don Jr. gets a $620M contract after the White House intervened; Trump visited soldiers at Walter Reed but not the 14 wounded in his war; a federal judge denies an attempt to stop Trump’s mail-in voting and citizenship order; Governors News
Beans Talk | I'm Suing Over The Slush Fund
Friday, May 29th, 2026
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Trump Goes After Carroll (feat. Emma Davidson, Sarah Higginbotham)
Thursday, May 28th, 2026
Today, the Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into E Jean Carroll; 35 former federal judges file a brief to reopen the Trump/IRS case to allow the court to determine whether or not it was duped by Blanche’s slush fund; the Southern Poverty Law Center files a motion to dismiss for vindictive prosecution; Ken Paxton wins the Texas Senate runoff and will
Making A Point (feat. Jim Acosta)
Wednesday, May 27th, 2026
Today, South Carolina Senate Republicans reject Trump’s redistricting bid in the state; a federal court blocks Alabama's new Republican map; Governor Mikie Sherrill demanded access to an ICE facility amid an ongoing hunger strike; the Supreme Court shoots down Florida’s bid to stop other states from issuing driver’s licenses to immigrant truckers; France bans Israel’s Ben
Memorandum Of Misunderstanding (feat. Joshua Kendall)
Tuesday, May 26th, 2026
Today, Iran talks break down over nuclear material; Donald uses another shooting that happened nowhere near him to justify his ballroom; authorities say the risk of a catastrophic explosion at a chemical plant in Southern California has been eliminated; Ugandan health officials report more cases of Ebola virus infections; there have been over 10K court rulings against the T
Lutnick’s Bribe
Monday, May 25th, 2026
Today, a tank with toxic chemicals has developed a crack forcing 40K Southern California residents to evacuate; Trump’s latest Iran deal is a total disaster; green card seekers must leave the US to apply according to a new policy; Howard Lutnick gave House Republicans $5M before he testified about Epstein; a Trump official tried to ban half of US voting machines; the FBI was
Beans Talk | Is Blanche In Trouble?
Monday, May 25th 2026
Blanche's Mistakes Lead To Case Dismissal
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MAJOR LAWSUIT UNLEASHED against Trump…by J6 Officers! | The Breakdown
Allison speaks with former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn and his lawyer Brendan Ballou about their lawsuit to dissolve the $1.8B slush fund for insurrectionists.
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Refried Beans | The Upside Down (feat. John Fugelsang) | 5.24.2024
Friday, May 24th, 2024
The Supreme Court rules that the racially gerrymandered South Carolina map is fine; Louisiana has passed a bill making the abortion pill a controlled substance; the Biden campaign is quietly meeting with Haley supporters after she endorsed Trump; Ohio Governor DeWine calls for the state legislature to pass a bill ensuring Biden appears on the ballot; Governor Gavin Newsom si
Refried Beans | Fringe Theories And Bad Vibes (feat. Leah Litman) | 5.19.2025
Monday, May 19th, 2025
The supreme court extends its temporary block on the removal of detainees in the Northern District of Texas under the Alien Enemies Act proclamation; the Republican bill for billionaires is killed in committee; Trump’s FEMA admits it has no plan for hurricane season; DHS asks for 20K National Guard troops to assist ICE; HHS reinstates hundreds of health care workers; an ap
The Broadview Six (feat. John Fugelsang)
Friday, May 22nd, 2026
Today, the Republican ICE funding bill has been delayed by the $1.8B IRS slush fund for terrorists; Colorado Democrats have censured Governor Jared Polis over his commutation of Tina Peters’ sentence; Trump’s handpicked commission approves his ridiculous arch; Jamie Raskin introduces a bill to block Trump’s slush fund; the DOJ loses voter roll cases in Maine and Wisconsin; t
Stupid On Stilts | Beans Talk
Friday, May 22nd, 2026
Dems Were ICE Cold
May Be Too Corrupt for Republicans
Mitch, You Were Complicit
2028?
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Expand The Court (feat. Mike Sacks)
Thursday, May 21st, 2026
Today, the billion dollar ballroom provision has been officially stripped from the Republican budget bill; former weaponization czar Ed Martin told a friend in February that January sixers were going to get a government payout; the judge in the Broadview 6 case calls for a closed door briefing; an early goal of the Iran war was to install hardline leader Mahmoud Ahmadineja
Crime Of The Century Of The Month (feat. Oliver Larkin)
Wednesday, May 20th, 2026
Today, The Senate finally advances a War Powers Resolution after eight tries; Todd Blanche refuses to block slush fund payouts for convicted sex offenders and rioters that assaulted police on January 6th; the DOJ adds a stipulation to the slush fund that ends the IRS audits into Trump’s taxes; Donald has endorsed Ken Paxton for Senate and Republicans are livid; Trump is p
Book A Rage Room (feat. Adam Klasfeld)
Tuesday, May 19th, 2026
Today, Trump has unilaterally dropped his $10B lawsuit against the IRS and has set up a $1.7B slush fund to pay his criminal co-conspirators; the district attorney in Hennepin County Minnesota has charged ICE officer Christian Castro with assault and lying in the shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis; a jury has dismissed Elon Musk’s claims against Open AI CEO Sam Altman; the
Ballroom Byrd Bath
Monday, May 18th, 2026
Today, a former judge weighs in on Trump's $1.7B slush fund for January 6th rioters in a court filing; the Senate parliamentarian has stripped the $1B ballroom provision from Republican’s budget reconciliation bill; Colorado Governor Jared Polis has commuted the sentence of voter data thief Tina Peters; the Federal Aviation Administration is going to sharply cut the number o
Beans Talk | Angry And Frustrated
Monday, May 18th, 2026
He Still Doesn’t Care
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The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact
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Trump $1.7B Scam is Instantly Gutted | The Breakdown
No, the president cannot sue himself to establish a slush fund to reward his criminal co-conspirators. Allison breaks down a brief filed by outside parties arguing that the courts don't have jurisdiction to consider the case because you can't sue yourself.
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Refried Beans | Huffing My Woobies (feat. Elie Mystal) | 5.18.2022
Wednesday, May 18th, 2022
In the Hot Notes: The DoJ has asked the 1/6 committee for transcripts of their depositions; Tom Barrack is hit with superseding indictments; former RNC finance chair Steve Wynn has been sued to compel him to register as a foreign agent to China for Donald Trump; the 1/6 committee is unlikely to call Donald Trump to testify; Matt Gaetz went ballistic on FBI agents in his h
Refried Beans | The Lawfare Frontlines (feat. Mark Zaid) | 5/13/2026
Tuesday, May 13th, 2025
The US accepts the first planeload of white Afrikaners while still somehow unable to get the people back from El Salvador; the ICE detention facility in Newark has been served with violations by the city after the mayor’s arrest; Andrew Cuomo loses $622,000 over concerns of improper super PAC coordination; Republicans in the Senate push back against Trump’s takeover of the
Sense Of Urgency (feat. Ezra Levin; John Fugelsang)
Friday, May 15th, 2026
Today, Donald Trump is poised to steal $1.7B from the Treasury to pay his allies prosecuted under Biden including the January 6th insurrectionists; the Supreme Court restores mail access to mifepristone pending appeal with Thomas and Alito dissenting; Trump Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks has abruptly quit amid reports that he traveled abroad to solicit sex workers; emails sh
Beans Talk | Strike Force Five
Friday, May 15th, 2026
Farewell Colbert
“Mr. Wonderful” is a total Douche
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Kash Cooks The Books
Thursday, May 14th, 2026
Today, Kash Patel is lying about his success stats at the FBI; the Pentagon is considering changing the name of the war in Iran if the ceasefire fails which is a weird headline given there was an active naval blockade this whole time meaning there can’t have been a ceasefire; a bill to end the war in the Senate failed because Fetterman voted against it; Cindy Burbank won t
Jurisdiction Stripping (feat. Elie Mystal)
Wednesday, May 13th, 2026
Today, the Department of Homeland Security is closing Alligator Alcatraz citing costs; Trump’s complaints about leaks regarding the Iran war has prompted aggressive investigations into journalists by the Justice Department; a federal grand jury has subpoenaed New York University’s hospital system for the health records of transgender minors; Democrats on House Oversight h
Reforming The Bench (feat. Rep. Johnny Olszewski)
Tuesday, May 12th, 2026
Today, the Supreme Court green-lights an 11th-hour Alabama redistricting plan for the 2026 election; Virginia Democrats back off plans to circumvent the state Supreme Court ruling on redistricting, instead filing an appeal to the US Supreme Court; Samuel Alito cited fake data in his Voting Rights Act opinion; a third federal appeals court rejects the Trump administration's
Hondurasgate
Monday, May 11th, 2026
Today, the Virginia Supreme Court has struck down redistricting voted on by the people; the NAACP is suing Tennessee Republicans over the gerrymander that eliminated the sole Black congressional district; ABC has accused the Trump administration of violating their First Amendment rights; Donald is planning on firing FDA Commissioner Marty Makary; the Trump administration is
Beans Talk | F*ck Those Dudes
Monday, May11th, 2026
Jim Crow 2.0
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Epstein Survivor Reveals More Docs Hidden by Trump DOJ | The Breakdown
Allison talks with Epstein Survivor Annie Farmer who reveals there's another Jane Doe accusing the DOJ of withholding her documents, and the upcoming shadow hearing with survivors in Palm Beach Tuesday, May 12th.
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Refried Beans | Urgent Profanity (feat. Katie Phang) | 5/6/2025
Tuesday, May 6th, 2025
Governor Katie Hobbs has vetoed three anti-trans bills in Arizona; 20 cops raided a drag show at an LGBTQ bar in Pittsburgh; the Trump administration has dismantled a gun violence victim memorial at ATF; 20 state attorneys general are suing the Trump regime to restore health agencies; Brian Kemp says he will NOT run for Senate in 2026; the third party messaging app used by M
Refried Beans | Literal Brain Worms (feat. Jena Friedman)| 5/9/2024
Thursday, May 9th, 2024
Marjorie Taylor Greene is beginning her effort to remove Speaker Johnson; the Georgia court of appeals has granted Trump’s motion to reconsider the removal of DA Fani Willis; Judge Aileen Cannon indefinitely postpones the Trump espionage case; Nikki Haley nets 22% of the vote in the Indiana Republican primary; Biden takes aim at Trump for failed Foxconn project with a visit
Jim Crow 2.0 (feat. John Fugelsang)
Friday, May 8th, 2026
Today, Trump’s latest Taco Tuesday came after a sharp rebuke from Saudi Arabia telling him he can’t use their military bases to launch his attacks; the federal government has finally turned over some evidence to Minnesota authorities in the murder of Renee Good; US intelligence says Iran can outlast Trump’s Hormuz blockade for months; Tennessee and Alabama pass maps shutting
Beans Talk | Drawing A Line
Friday, May 8th, 2026
Roberts is a Lying Baby
The Gerrymander Arms Race is on
See You at the El Rey on Tuesday
The Fight Continues
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