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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.
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  Refried Beans | Court Pants (feat. Michael Harriot) | Sep 18, 2023 20.09.2026 48min

  Tuesday, September 19th, 2023 In the Hot Notes: More obstruction of justice in the Mar-a-Lago documents case; Jeffrey Clark didn’t show up to his hearing today in his bid to remove his Fulton County case to federal court; House Democrats press for cameras in federal courts; Hunter Biden has filed a lawsuit against the IRS; Kenneth Chesebro has filed a motion to quash one of the Fulton County charges against him arguing that the fraudulent electors were duly elected and certified; Jann Wenner has been removed from his position on the board of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for racist and sexist statements; 7 Americans have returned home from being wrongfully imprisoned in Iran; Trump attacks liberal Jews on Rosh Hashanah; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. Our Guest Michael Harriot
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  Refried Beans | Kise Tries (feat. Norm Eisen) | Sep 21, 2022 19.09.2026 40min

  Wednesday, September 21st, 2022 In the Hot Notes: former Trump lawyer Eric Herschmann warned Donald in 2021 about the illegality of stealing government documents; Trump lawyers respond to the special master Judge Dearie’s demands ahead of their Tuesday hearing; another associate of Matt Gaetz’s co-conspirator Joel Greenberg, Michael Shirley has been indicted on federal bribery charges; Donald’s lawyers respond to the DoJ’s appeal to the 11th circuit; the asylum seekers flown to Martha’s Vineyard have filed suit against governor Ron DeSantis and his Transportation Secretary; Judge Dearie takes Trump’s lawyers to school during their first hearing in Brooklyn; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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  ICE Agent Arrested (feat. John Fugelsang) 18.09.2026 55min

  Friday, September 18, 2026 Today, a federal judge blocks Trump from making any major changes to the Kennedy Center - including demolition - without a 30 day notice to the court; Turkiye detains dozens in a crackdown on the LGBTQ+ community; Trump officials admit the triumphal arch will harm historic sites but is pushing ahead anyhow; United Nations human rights experts have found reasonable grounds to believe the US committed war crimes in Iran; the Department of Health and Human Services wants to relax the rules for informed consent on human research subjects; Minnesota state authorities have arrested ICE agent Christian Castro for shooting a Venezuelan man and lying about it; the man who threw vinegar at Rep. Ilhan Omar has been sentenced to 14 months in prison; the White House withdraws their nominee for ICE director; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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  Beans Talk | Turkish Police Arrest Dozens of LGBTQ+ Protesters 18.09.2026 8min
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  Batten Down The Ketchup (feat. Scott Greytak) 17.09.2026 48min

  Thursday, September 17, 2026 Today, Judge Emmet Sullivan has ordered Todd Blanche to produce handwritten FBI interview notes from the Epstein investigation; Congress might be about to hand Trump sweeping tariff authority; House Republicans flee Washington again to avoid a vote on impeaching Pete Hegseth; a Pentagon watchdog releases a scathing report on US losses in the Iran war; Trump has announced a deal to send thousands of one-ton bombs to Israel paid for by our tax dollars; all supporting acts in Ed Sheeran’s tour have withdrawn in solidarity with Macklemore; Canada becomes the first associate member of the European Union; the Fed has raised interest rates for the first time since 2023 as inflation mounts; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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  Kennedy Center Dishonors (feat. Kristen Clarke) 16.09.2026 56min

  Wednesday, September 16, 2026 Today, the House Oversight Committee has voted to hold Epstein associate Leon Black in contempt for failing to appear pursuant to a subpoena; Trump lashes out at the Supreme Court after they shut down the USPS mail ballot portal scheme; a deal has been reached to sell Chicago’s parking meters to an outside firm but only after they sell the ICE deportation fleet Omni Air; Senate Democrats block a cryptocurrency bill because it lacked safeguards against Trump enriching himself while in office; Trump is lashing out after a judge rules his name can’t be put back on the Kennedy Center; Bari Weiss’ 60 Minutes debut episode clocks the show’s lowest ratings; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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  Lazarus Mitch (feat. Adam Klasfeld) 15.09.2026 58min

  Tuesday, September 15, 2026 Today, Donald Trump Jr's Bahamian wedding was bankrolled by the Kremlin; a whistleblower says federal agents may have broken the law in search of voter fraud; an IG report details abhorrent conditions at the Alligator Alcatraz concentration camp; the President is holding the Kennedy Center hostage threatening to close it if he can’t put his name on it again; a Trump-appointed judge has issued a second block on the Postal Service’s mail ballot rule and the DOJ has appealed it to the Supreme Court; Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Ireland held rare talks Monday to break away from the United Kingdom; the EPA has revoked the rule limiting greenhouse gas emissions; staffers say Mitch McConnell will return to the Senate this week; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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  Two Straits And A Pipeline 14.09.2026 28min

  Monday, September 14, 2026 Today, Todd Blanche’s deputy has filed an appeal to resurrect the $1.776B Slush Fund and Trump tax immunity agreement; Iran-backed Houthis have attacked the East West Saudi oil pipeline and have seized a key island in the Bab al-Mandab Strait; the Pentagon pushed two airmen shot down over Iran to appear on 60 Minutes; Chinese satellite imagery has been linked to an Iranian strike that killed three US troops; Donald Trump pushes back against Anthropic’s Amodei and OpenAI’s Sam Altman called for an artificial intelligence slowdown; a federal judge has ruled that Trump’s plan to cut FEMA by 50% is illegal; plus Allison delivers your Good News.
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  Beans Talk | Mike Johnson Shows he Has Moral Center as He Backs Herrera 14.09.2026 8min
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  The Breakdown | Trump’s DOJ Just Blew Up Its Own Story In My Lawsuit 14.09.2026 14min

  The DOJ called my slush fund lawsuit moot and claimed the "fund is dead" one hour after appealing the nullification of the underlying "settlement" agreement to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.
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  Refried Beans | Buried The Lede | 9.12.2023 13.09.2026 32min

  Tuesday, September 12th, 2023 In the Hot Notes: new updates on the draining of the pool into the server room that housed surveillance video at Mar-a-Lago, the DoJ has dropped their case against Mike Flynn business partner Bijan Rafiekian; Luis Rubiales has resigned as president of the Spanish football federation after kissing Spain forward Jenny Hermoso without consent; Donald Trump has filed a motion to disqualify Judge Tanya Chutkan and recuse her from his case; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.