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The Daily Beans
The Daily Beans is a women-owned and operated progressive news podcast for your morning commute brought to you by the Webby award-winning host of Mueller, She Wrote, Allison Gill, and comedian/fund-raiser/activist Dana Goldberg. Get your social justice and political news with just the right amount of snark.
Episodes
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Smart Mouths (feat. E. Jean Carroll; John Fugelsang)
Friday, July 4th, 2025 Today, the Billionaire Bailout Bill has passed the House after the Trump regime turns the Republican holdouts and Minority Leader Hakeem…
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The Big Ugly (feat. Randi Weingarten)
Thursday, July 3rd, 2025 Today, an insurrectionist has been given a cushy job at the Department of Justice in the weaponization task force; the Justice…
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ICEBlock (feat. Joshua Aaron; John Moses)
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025 Today, JD Vance cast the tie breaking vote to pass the billionaire bailout bill which now heads back to the House for another vote…
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As We Feared
Tuesday, July 1st, 2025 Today, as we feared, the Trump administration is building a national citizenship database; two firefighters are dead after a Coeur…
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Church Of Democracy (feat. Noah Widmann)
Monday, June 30th, 2025 Today, Republicans advance the Billionaire Bailout Bill in the Senate after promising hold-outs they could gut a provision of the…
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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…
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Refried Beans | Police Indicted For Uvalde (feat. John Fugelsang) | Jun 27, 2024
Friday, June 28th, 2024 Still no ruling on immunity from the Supreme Court, and the decisions are now rolling over into next week; Felix Sater lost his money…
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Limited Intelligence (feat. Adam Klasfeld; John Fugelsang)
Friday, June 27th, 2025 Today, Judge Xinis orders an expedited briefing schedule in both the government’s motion to dismiss the Abrego case and Mr. Abrego’s…
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People Power Beats Money (feat. Nick Schwellenbach)
Thursday, June 26th, 2025 Today, Republicans capitulated to the lies that spewed forth from the mouth of Emil Bove in his confirmation hearing before the…
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SCAN-DA-LOUS (feat. Martha Barnette)
Wednesday, June 25th, 2025 Today, former DoJ lawyer Erez Reuveni issues a bombshell whistleblower account of Emil Bove’s intentional defiance of court orders…
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Byrd Droppings (feat. Anna Bower; Bobby Kogan)
Tuesday, June 24th, 2025 Today, Iran fires missiles at US bases in Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Iraq in what is seen as a performative retaliation to Trump’s…
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Threat Level Orange
Monday, June 23rd, 2025 Today, the US dropped twelve 30,000 pound bombs on Iran’s nuclear enrichment sites, the 9th Circuit allows Trump to maintain control of…
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Refried Beans | A 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…
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Refried Beans | States’ Rights to do What (feat. Moji Alawode-El) | Jun 23, 2023
Friday, June 23rd, 2023 In the Hot Notes: another Trump aide who helped coordinate the fraudulent elector scheme was seen headed into Jack Smith’s 1/6 grand…
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Projectile Dysfunction (feat. John Fugelsang)
Friday, June 20th, 2025 Today, Trump privately approved attack plans for Iran but has withheld the final order; the State Department is requiring students with…
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In Sadness, I Dissent (feat. Molly Jong-Fast)
Thursday, June 19th, 2025 Today, the Supreme Court deals a stunning setback to trans rights as it upholds Tennessee’s ban on transgender healthcare for minors…
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Low Fidelity (feat. Phil Williams; Rep. Sara Jacobs)
Wednesday, June 18th, 2025 Today, the 9th Circuit heard arguments over Trump’s National Guard deployment to California; a federal judge has blocked Trump’s…
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State And Federal
Tuesday, June 17th, 2025 Today, Vance Boelter is hit with six federal felonies and the Hennepin County DA says they will seek first degree murder charges; new…
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We Showed Up (feat. Christine Ahn)
Monday, June 16th, 2025 Today, a MAGA extremist posing as law enforcement shot two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses Saturday morning; millions of…
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Refried Beans | Trump Arraignment Tuesday | Jun 12, 2023
June 13, 2023 In the Hot Notes: Donald Trump and Walt Nauta will be arraigned on 38 federal felony charges in Miami at 3 PM; a press coalition has petitioned…
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Refried Beans | Fit For History (feat. Adam Klasfeld) | June 13, 2022
June 13,2022 Hot Notes: a Daily Beans exclusive about Enrique Tarrio’s phones; the 1/6 Committee releases the witness list for this morning’s hearing; more…
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NO KINGS (feat. Sarah Parker; John Fugelsang)
Friday, June 13th, 2025 Today, California Senator Alex Padilla was tacked and handcuffed after identifying himself to ask Kristi Noem during a press…
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Allow Me To Retort (feat. Mayor Karen Bass; Adam Klasfeld)
Thursday, June 12th, 2025 Today, Trump’s new lawyers argue at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to move his 34 felony count appeal to federal court; Trump’s…
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Let’s Make Noise (feat. Justin Gill)
Wednesday, June 11th, 2025 Today, Trump is in court to try and move his 34 felony convictions appeal to federal court; Governor Newsom asks the court for an…
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World Class Haters
Tuesday, June 10th, 2025 Today, Pete Hegseth has mobilized the United States Marines against American citizens in Los Angeles County; Attorney General Bonta is…
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Miscarriages Of Justice (feat. Jena Friedman)
Monday, June 9th, 2025 Today, Trump and Kegseth mobilize the National Guard against peaceful protesters in Los Angeles County; Abrego Garcia is back on US soil…
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Refried Beans | Navarro, Scavino, and Meadows, Oh My (feat. Glenn Kirschner) | Jun 6, 2022
Monday, June 6th, 2022 In the Hot Notes: Trump advisor Pete Navarro has been indicted and arrested for criminal contempt of congress; simultaneously, the DoJ…
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Refried Beans | Server Room Pool Party | Jun 5, 2023
Tuesday, June 6th, 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…
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Holy Majoly (feat. John Fugelsang; Rep. Julie Johnson)
Friday, June 6th, 2025 Today, the Trump-Musk feud explodes on their social media platforms as Musk calls for Trump’s impeachment and threatens to release…
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Tax on. Tax Off. (feat. Miles Taylor)
Thursday, June 5th, 2025 Today, Judge Xinis grants a motion to unseal Abrego Garcia documents and grants his lawyers their motion to file for sanctions against…
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Muzzle Experts, Elevate Idiots (feat. Daniel Knowles)
Wednesday, June 4th, 2025 Today, a federal judge rules that prisons must continue to provide gender affirming care to transgender inmates; FEMA staff was left…
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The Reckoning (feat. Cliff Cash)
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2025 Today, the cost to repair the roads after Trump rolls his birthday tanks out on June 14 will be upwards of $16M; the Mayor of Tulsa has…
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We Fight. We Dance (feat. Paul Kiesel)
Monday, June 2nd, 2025 Today, Ukraine destroyed more than 40 military aircraft in a drone attack deep inside Russia; the new Office of Personnel Management…
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Refried Beans | The Precinct Strategy (feat. Adam Klasfeld) | 6/02/2025
Thursday, June 2nd, 2022 In the Hot Notes: John Eastman reveals in a court filing which email was subject to the crime fraud exception; Lin Wood loses his…
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Refried Beans | GUILTY (feat. John Fugelsang) | May 31, 2024
Refried Beans | GUILTY (feat. John Fugelsang) | May 31, 2024 Friday, May 31st, 2024 Donald Trump has been found GUILTY on all 34 felony counts in the election…
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Rigorously False (feat. John Fugelsang)
Friday, May 30th, 2025 Today, the international trade court paused Trump’s tariffs but the Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily stopped the pause; Paramount…
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TACOs And Gumbo (feat. Adam Klasfeld)
Thursday, May 29th, 2025 Today, a federal judge STRIKES DOWN Trump's entire executive order targeting the Wilmer Hale law firm for political retribution; Judge…
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The Billionaire Bailout Bill (feat. Governor Matt Meyer)
Wednesday, May 28th, 2025 Today, Judge Xinis fires back at the Trump administration for asking for another unwarranted 30 day delay; NPR is suing the Trump…
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Rain On His Parade
Tuesday, May 27th, 2025 Today, documents reveal disarray at the Department of Veterans Affairs imperiling patient care; veterans balk at Trump’s plans to end…
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Trump Stacks Loss After Loss (feat. Ian Murray)
Monday, May 26th, 2025 Today, federal judges weigh taking control of the US Marshals amid threats from the Trump administration; President Zelensky condemns US…
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Refried Beans | The Committee Goes Prime Time (feat. Hugo Lowell) | May 24, 2022
Tuesday, May 24th, 2022 In the Hot Notes: the 1/6 committee has announced its hearing schedule for June; an ashamed Russian diplomat resigns his post in…
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Refried Beans | Lightning Vest (feat. Greg Olear) | 5/20/2024
Monday, May 20th, 2024 David DePape was sentenced to 30 years in prison for attacking Paul Pelosi with a hammer, but there’s a flag on the play; Brent Bozell…
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Billionaires Against Medicare (feat. John Fugelsang)
Friday, May 23rd, 2025 Today, House Republicans voted to pass the Billionaire Bailout Bill gutting Medicaid, Medicare, food assistance and climate tax credits…
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Beware Of Leopard (feat. Adam Klasfeld)
Thursday, May 22nd, 2025 Today, the Pentagon has officially accepted the illegal $400M emolument plane from Qatar; a federal judge held a hearing on the men…
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Habeas Clueless
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 Today, Trump prosecutors have dropped the charges against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, but have arrested and charged Congresswoman…
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DOGE From The Inside (feat. Merici Vinton)
Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 Today, the Supreme Court allows DHS to reinstate secretary Kristi Noem’s order ending temporary status for Venezuelans resulting in the…
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Fringe Theories And Bad Vibes (feat. Leah Litman)
Monday, May 19th, 2025 Today, the supreme court extends its temporary block on the removal of detainees in the Northern District of Texas under the Alien…
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Refried Beans | The One With Ben Folds (feat. Ben Folds) | 5/15/2023
Monday, May 15th, 2023 In the Hot Notes: Rep. George Santos has admitted to his fraud in Brazil to avoid prosecution in absentia; former Marine Daniel Penny…
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Refried Beans | Wrapped in a Flag, Carrying a Cross (feat. Peter Strzok) | 5/16/2022
Monday, May 16th, 2022 Ten people are dead after a white supremacist domestic terrorist opened fire in a Buffalo supermarket; John Eastman loses again; the 1/6…
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Project 2026 (feat. John Fugelsang; Jon ‘Bowzer’ Bauman)
Friday, May 16th, 2025 Today, the Supreme Court hears arguments on birthright citizenship and whether district judges can issue nationwide injunctions; turns…
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (feat. Rep. Dan Goldman; Dr. Joanna Cohen)
Thursday, May 15th, 2025 Today, Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan has been indicted by a federal grand jury; a tiny company with ties to China has spent $300M on…
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Donald’s Insufficient Log (feat. Claudia Bracho)
Wednesday, May 14th, 2025 Today, the government failed to file its privilege log on time in the Abrego Garcia case prompting Judge Xinis to order them to file…
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The Lawfare Frontlines (feat. Mark Zaid)
Tuesday, May 13th, 2025 Today, the US accepts the first planeload of white Afrikaners while still somehow unable to get the people back from El Salvador; the…
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Hope In Dark Places (feat. Brandy Schillace PhD)
Monday, May 12th, 2025 Today, Nosferatu Stephen Miller announces the White House is considering suspending habeas corpus, Qatar gives Trump a $400M luxury…
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Refried Beans | Re-defamation (feat. Stephen Vladeck) | May 12, 2023
Friday, May 12th, 2023 Today, in the Hot Notes: E. Jean Carroll is weighing suing Donald Trump for defamation again after his appearance on the CNN Town Hall…
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Refried Beans | Subpoena Fingers (feat. Hugo Lowell) | originally 5/13/2022
May 13th, 2022 Donald Trump is under federal investigation for those 15 boxes of classified documents he stole; five Republican members of Congress have been…
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Woke Pope; MAGA Cope (feat. Rachel Feldman; John Fugelsang)
Friday, May 9th, 2025 Today, Dr Robert Prevost of Chicago becomes the first American Pope in history; three former Memphis police officers have been acquitted…
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A Coequal Branch (feat. Rep. Mike Levin)
Thursday, May 8th, 2025 Today, Republican Jefferson Griffin has conceded the North Carolina Supreme Court race to Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs; a second…
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From Outlier To Bellwether (feat. Nina Martin)
Wednesday, May 7th, 2025 Today, Judge Hellerstein in the Southern District of New York takes his temporary restraining order to a preliminary injunction saying…
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Urgent Profanity (feat. Katie Phang)
Tuesday, May 6th, 2025 Today, Governor Katie Hobbs has vetoed three anti-trans bills in Arizona; 20 cops raided a drag show at an LGBTQ bar in Pittsburgh; the…