The Daily Beans

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  Refried Beans | An Unnecessary Obstacle (feat. Michael Fanone) | 10.06.2022 04.10.2026 49min

  Thursday, October 6th, 2022 The 11th Circuit has granted the DoJ’s motion for an expedited briefing schedule in the larger appeal of the special master ruling; Trump and the feds have finally secured a third party vendor to share documents; Trump said the GSA packed his boxes but newly released emails show otherwise; two of Elon Musk's funders back out of the twitter deal; the other man who posed as a DHS officer in DC has pled guilty; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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  Refried Beans | A Decade This Morning (feat. Adam Klasfeld) | 10.01.2025 03.10.2026 1h 9min

  Wednesday, October 1st, 2025 Secretary of Defense Pete Kegseth told a room full of flag officers to ignore the laws of engagement; Donald Trump says he wants a shutdown so he can “get rid of a lot of Democrat things;” Reagan appointed Judge Young issued an excoriating ruling against the Trump administration in a First Amendment case comparing ICE to the KKK; Oregon mayors condemn Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Portland; a judge rebukes Kari Lake in court alleging contempt; the Trump regime has deported a planeload of Iranians after a deal with Tehran; Kilmar Abrego’s lawyers file a reply to the government’s response to his Habeas petition before Judge Xinis; a judge orders Trump to preserve $233M in FEMA funding ahead of a potential shutdown; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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  News Mix Tape (feat. John Fugelsang) 02.10.2026 1h 4min

  Friday, October 2, 2026 Today, new details emerge about the Cornell 7 Title IX investigation; an unelected Republicans in Georgia are asking Todd Blanche to declare their voting machines illegal; Renée Good’s family has filed two lawsuits against the Trump administration for wrongful death and excessive force; the Supreme Court has said it will take up the Trump administration immigration bond hearing case; Eric Schmitt was warned about the bogus Atlanta Hawks text messages before embarrassing himself on national television in the hearing; the White House once again removed CNN from pool coverage while selling ad space for Trump’s taxpayer funded ads; the GOP hold on the Florida and Texas governors’ races is weakening; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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  Beans Talk | Georgia Republicans are Asking for the Feds to Interfere in this Election 02.10.2026 10min
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  SHOW ME THE MEMO! 01.10.2026 35min

  Thursday, October 1, 2026 Today, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has moved arguments over whether to release Volume II of Jack Smith’s final report from January to the day before the midterms; a new Federal Reserve Inspector General report shows no criminality in their renovation project; the Wisconsin Supreme Court agrees to hear a case on expanding voting hours; a court has ordered an in-camera review of the memo authorizing Caribbean boat strikes; an NCCU psychology professor says Black people don’t hang themselves in response to a rash of lynchings in the South; a federal appeals court has halted the execution of the lone woman on death row in Tennessee; Riley Gaines’ Title IX lawsuit against the NCAA has been thrown out; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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  Bland Conspiracy 30.09.2026 40min

  Wednesday, September 30, 2026 Today, the taxpayer money used to pay for the dystopian Trump political ads came from DHS Customs and Border Protection; the full panel of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments on Judge Boasberg’s contempt investigation; the very conservative 11th Circuit has unanimously refused to block the lower court’s sanctions against Donald’s DOJ in the slush fund case; Trump lackey Kurt Olsen has quit the Grand Conspiracy investigation; the Supreme Court has lifted a block on third-country deportations; the ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston has been identified; Jack Smith testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday morning; the White House app is full of invasive physical tracking systems; the man shot by ICE in the back in Austin has been charged with assault; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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  DA Reopens Cornell 7 Case 29.09.2026 1h 2min

  Tuesday, September 29, 2026 Today, the Tompkins County district attorney’s office has re-opened the criminal investigation into the Cornell 7; two babies in Pennsylvania have died from congenital measles; Trump has asked the Supreme Court to let him gut transgender care in prisons; ICE has purchased $1.3M in robot dogs; Donald offered to sell arms to China; the 5 men arrested in the alleged terror plot in the UK are out on bail; a whistleblower says the administration halted repairs on the Kennedy Center despite arguing that it's in desperate need of attention; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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  Cornell Jane Doe Files Suit (feat. Mark Hamill) 28.09.2026 35min

  Monday, September 28, 2026 Today, The US Supreme Court once again blocks Missouri Republicans from using their gerrymandered 2025 Congressional map; a Trump-appointed federal judge held the administration in contempt for twice deporting an asylum seeker; the White House is again blocking networks from certain press coverage; Kash Patel demoted two FBI agents for failure to investigate alleged threats against Steven and Katie Miller; a former Cornell student is suing the school and 7 of its students over rape allegations; Governor Mikie Sherrill is calling for the resignation of the Lieutenant Governor over sexual misconduct; the Supreme Court revived DHS’ flawed immigration database for voter purges; an error led to a backlog of tens of thousands of voter registration applications in Texas; AI systems went rogue again and meddled with federal government websites; Trump is using public money to run ads about how great he is; the UK arrested five people near a US base for a suspected terror plot; Trump has rejected a peace deal from Iran; the Pentagon quietly increased the number of injured troops; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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  Beans Talk | Netanyahu Addresses the UN 28.09.2026 15min
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  The Breakdown | Trump’s Midterm Panic Just Got Very Real 28.09.2026 24min

  The Breakdown is one year old! Join Allison as she chats with Mark Hamill and others about elections, press credentials, and accountability for the Trump regime
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  Refried Beans | Purpose Driven (feat. Jocelyn Benson) | 9.24.2025 27.09.2026 52min

  Wednesday, September 24th, 2025 ABC affiliates are keeping Jimmy Kimmel off the air; Trump goes off the rails in a speech to the United Nations; a jury finds Ryan Routh guilty on all counts for the attempted assassination of Trump; ICE held a five year old autistic girl in Massachusetts to pressure her father to surrender; the Arizona fake electors prosecution hits a roadblock in appeals court; two thirds of the migrants held at the Florida concentration camp are missing; Mike Johnson’s Epstein files delay tactic might be about to blow up in his face; Texas will become the 20th state with a transgender bathroom law; Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $70 million to the UNCF; and Allison delivers your Good News. Dana is out and about.
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  Refried Beans | Crimes On Crimes (Feat. Ali Velshi) | 9/28/2023 26.09.2026 41min

  Thursday, September 28th, 2023 In the Hot Notes: Judge Tanya Chutkan has denied Donald’s motion for her to recuse herself from his case; Jared Kushner pressured The Washington Post to fire its editor over Russia reporting; the FBI is investigating Senator Bob Menendez canoodling with Egyptian intelligence; Senator Tommy Tuberville has said that the military is not an equal opportunity employer; Congressman Goldman demands Justice Clarence Thomas recuse himself from an upcoming case involving the Koch Network; the DoJ has indicted a four-time Republican candidate for congress on 43 counts of campaign fraud; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. Our Guest: Ali Velshi The Trump Indictments The 91 Criminal Counts Against the Former President of the United States
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  Pew Pew Pew (feat. John Fugelsang) 25.09.2026 58min

  Friday, September 25, 2026 Today, Judge Kelly issued a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration restoring press access to CNN, MSNOW, and Politico but Donald just barred CNN and MSNOW from covering the arrival of President Xi to the White House for a state dinner; five fired FBI agents’ lawyers filed a motion with Judge Cannon asking how they’re supposed to testify about Volume II of Jack Smith’s final report if she’s blocking it from being discussed with anyone outside the DOJ; Maine Republican and mass deportation fan Paul LePage says his family member shouldn’t be deported; the Republican sheriff who confiscated 650K ballots in California did so illegally; Trump’s claims of illegal voting in Nevada just fell apart; a judge has thrown out a stupid Trump lawsuit I nearly forgot about; Kid Rock had a big sad because they had to cancel the Freedom Fest for poor ticket sales; plus Allison delivers your Good News.
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  Beans Talk | Cannon Gets Tripped Up in The "Grand Conspiracy" Case 25.09.2026 13min
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  October Surprises (feat. Cliff Cash) 24.09.2026 55min

  Thursday, September 24, 2026 Today, Judge Kelly was very skeptical of the government’s arguments in the CNN/MSNOW/Politico hearing over revoked press passes on Wednesday; Trump’s push to raise fears of election fraud have zeroed in on a Utah mail carrier; Missouri Republicans have made a final plea to the Supreme Court to use their gerrymandered map; Trump clashed with the ballroom architect over safety code issues claiming “I am the code;” the White House cited anonymous sources in the Politico press pass ban but the source was the White House; 8 sailors assigned to the Lincoln carrier group attempted suicide according to a letter from the Secretary of the Navy to Congress; Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 15 years in prison; plus Allison delivers your Good News.
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  Concerning Collins' Corruption (feat. Missy McGinnis and Katie Paris of Red, Wine & Blue) 23.09.2026 57min

  Wednesday, September 23, 2026 Today, the FBI was investigating Susan Collins for pay for play government contracts but Trump ended the probe, Trump officials just kicked hundreds of thousands of people off their health plans using AI, the man shot and detained by ICE in Austin is now partly paralyzed, the looksmaxxing influencer Clavicular has been charged with rape in Massachusetts, and a judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by Cassidy Hutchinson’s crooked lawyer against Andrew Weissmann; plus Dana delivers your Good News.
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  National Security 22.09.2026 32min

  Tuesday, September 22, 2026 Today, Judge Kelly has set a hearing for Wednesday for arguments in the CNN/MSNOW/Politico temporary restraining order motion and complaint filed Monday; ICE agents in Evanston Illinois beat a US citizen and left him in the street; we have more information on the ICE shooting in Austin; Trump says his arch will be a military complex as pretext to argue national security considerations; the pool networks boycotted the Trump White House; ICE is now hiding the locations of thousands of detainees; the White House is moving to take control of National Institutes of Health grants; RFK Jr got free flights to Fiji and Greece from a top donor; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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  Hegseth Is Hiding Troop Deaths (feat. Tamryn Spruill) 21.09.2026 55min

  Monday, September 21, 2026 Today, MSNOW, CNN, and Politico journalists were denied entry to the White House after Trump promised to ban them; an ICE agent has shot a man trying to flee in Austin; the Pentagon hid the actual number of troops killed in the Iran war; Congress has launched an investigation into missing F-35 parts that ended up in Hong Kong; US Intelligence finds that Russia is once again interfering in our elections; a judge says the $1.776B slush fund is alive and kicking; Civil Rights groups have sued to keep armed federal agents away from the polls; an Appeals Court has rejected Trump’s third-country deportation policy; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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  Beans Talk | Big Protests in Europe and DC Over the Weekend 21.09.2026 7min
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  The Breakdown | Judge Just Gave Trump DOJ an Ultimatum 21.09.2026 31min

  Judge Emmet Sullivan orders Todd Blanche to produce unredacted Epstein files for review under the threat of contempt. Allison discusses two major rulings in the case with plaintiff Katie Phang.