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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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Democracy Sausages (feat. Adam Klasfeld)
Monday, May 5th, 2025 Today, Donald Trump tells Kristen Welker that he doesn’t know if he has an obligation to uphold the constitution; Trump’s approval rating…
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Refried Beans | Completely Devoid of Any Useful Detail (feat. Hugo Lowell) | May 2, 2022
Monday, May 2nd, 2022 In the Hot Notes: A New York judge denied Donald’s request to end his $10K dollar a day contempt fine; new Hannity texts to Meadows are…
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Refried Beans | Will Be Lit (feat. Norm Eisen) May 2, 2024
Thursday, May 2nd, 2024 The Arizona Senate has voted to repeal the 1864 abortion ban which now heads to Katie Hobbs’ desk for signature; Florida’s six week…
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Tariff-ied Trump (feat. John Fugelsang)
Friday, May 2nd, 2025 Today, for the first time, a federal judge rules that Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act is unlawful; the guy who put the Atlantic…
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It’s Gonna Be May
Thursday, May 1st, 2025 Today, A judge has ordered the immediate release of Mohsen Mahdawi - the Columbia student detained amid Trump administration crackdown…
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Blue And Rural (feat. Jess Piper)
Wednesday, April 30th, 2025 Today, another mystery filing under seal from the government in the Abrego Garcia case hits the docket; Trump signs a new executive…
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And Your Privileged Dog Too
Tuesday, April 29th, 2025 Today, we’re one day away from maybe finding out how the Trump administration got Judge Xinis and Abrego Garcia’s lawyers to agree to…
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We Absolutely Can (feat. Steve Pierson, Jessica Craven)
Monday, April 28th, 2025 Today, ICE arrests a Milwaukee county judge to bolster the regime’s anti-judiciary propaganda machine; a two year old baby has been…
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Refried Beans | Incompetent And Untrustworthy | Apr 22, 2024
Monday, April 22nd, 2024 Opening statements in the first criminal trial of a former president; a Turning Point Action resigns after accusations of election…
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Refried Beans | Bordered on the Risible (feat. Adam Klasfeld) | originally 4/27/2022
Apr 27, 2022 In the Hot Notes: another Proud Boy has flipped for the DoJ; Trump admits something relevant to the Manhattan DA’s criminal probe whose grand jury…
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Women At Risk (feat. John Fugelsang)
Friday, April 25th, 2025 Today, Pete Hegseth downloaded Signal on his Pentagon desktop to circumvent classified spaces; President Volodimyr Zalensky rejects…
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Doxxer In Chief (feat. Ofirah Yheskel)
Thursday, April 24th, 2025 Today, Judge Xinis obliterates Trump’s Justice Department stonewalling in the Abrego Garcia case; the producer of 60 Minutes quits…
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Pope-Pourri (feat. Andi McNew)
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025 Today, turns out the intel that Pete Hegseth shared on at least two unsecure Signal chats came from a classified system; three…
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My Other SCIF Is A Signal Chat (feat. Adam Klasfeld)
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025 Today, Pete Hegseth participated in another Signal chat from his private phone and sent war plans to his wife and brother; the…
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People Who Eat Food
Monday, April 21st, 2025 Today, the Supreme Court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from flying another group of Venezuelan nationals to El…
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Refried Beans | Sleepy Don Snoreleone (feat. Rep. Dan Goldman) | 4/16/2024
Tuesday, April 16th, 2024 Jury selection is underway in the first criminal trial of a former president and current candidate in history; expelled Congressman…
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Refried Beans | Put Men In Rice (feat. Garrett Graff) | Apr 21, 2023
Friday, April 21st, 2023 In the Hot Notes; Boris Epshteyn talks to investigators in the Special Counsel’s office, Mike Lindell loses a $5M arbitration; the…
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Marjorie Taser Greene (feat. John Fugelsang)
Friday, April 18th, 2025 Today, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals rejects Trump’s bid to vacate Judge Xinis’ order to facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia…
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No Take Backsies
Thursday, April 17th, 2025 Today, Judge Boasberg issued an opinion that probable cause exists to find the government in criminal contempt when they refused to…
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Maine Governor Energy
Wednesday, April 16th, 2025 Today, Judge Xinis orders expedited discovery in the contempt proceedings for the Abrego Garcia case; a whistleblower's disclosure…
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Star 67
Tuesday, April 15th, 2025 Today, Trump told Bukele he needs him to build more prisons in El Salvador to house US Citizens as both men refuse to bring Abrego…
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Stand For Immigrant Rights (feat. Michael Lukens)
Monday, April 14th, 2025 Today, the Trump administration once again defies court orders - this time in the Abrego Garcia case; a disgraced former cop is found…
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Refried Beans | Fox Sanctions (feat. Michelle Eisen) | Apr 12, 2023
Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 In the Hot Notes; a judge has imposed sanctions on Fox News for withholding evidence; an appellate court rules Pete Navarro STILL…
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Refried Beans |Chicago Golden Goats (feat. Rick Smith) | 4/13/2022
Wednesday, April 13, 2022 In the Hot Notes: a manhunt is underway for a Brooklyn subway shooter; the DoJ confirms in a letter to the House Oversight Committee…
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Raccoon With A Blowtorch (feat. John Fugelsang)
Friday, April 11th, 2025 Today, the Supreme Court has ruled that the government must facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia from El Salvador to the United…
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Whiplash (feat. Paula Poundstone)
Thursday, April 10th, 2025 Today, in a move that only everyone could have predicted; Trump has paused the tariffs for 90 days but says he’s raising tariffs on…
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The Supreme Court Strikes Again
Wednesday, April 9th, 2025 Today, Judge James Boasberg has canceled a Tuesday afternoon hearing on the Trump administration's use of the Alien Enemies Act to…
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Reconciliation (feat. Bobby Kogan)
Tuesday, April 8th, 2025 Today, stocks take another dive as the Trump regime plays fast and loose with tariffs; the en banc panel for the DC Circuit Court of…
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What Plants Crave (feat. Wajahat Ali)
Monday, April 7th, 2025 Today, millions protested Musk and Trump in over 1300 Hands Off rallies in all 50 states, DC and abroad; a court orders North Carolina…
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Refried Beans | The Squirmish Doctor Biscuits (feat. Frank Figliuzzi) | Apr 8, 2022
Friday, April 8, 2022 In the Hot Notes: the Department of Justice is investigating the 15 boxes of classified material Donald stole from the White House; the…
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Refried Beans | Lowering The Price Of Dissent (feat.Miles Taylor) | 4/4/2024
Thursday, April 4th, 2024 Today, we have more information about the man who rammed his vehicle into a barrier at the Atlanta FBI Field office; Jack Smith files…
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Liquidation Day (feat. Mayor Karen Bass; John Fugelsang)
Friday, April 4th, 2025 Today, the acting Inspector General for the Department of Defense has launched an investigation into Pete Hegseth’s Signal chat…
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Shadow Hearings (feat. Dr. Perry Halkitis; Yasmin Radjy)
Thursday, April 3rd, 2025 Today, Susan Crawford has defeated Brad Schimel in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race while Democrats ate into Republican leads in two…
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Wisconsin Victory (feat. Joyce Vance)
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025 Today, possible results in the Wisconsin and Florida elections; Senator Cory Booker takes to the Senate floor to disrupt business as…
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Je Suis Jaloux (feat. Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes)
Tuesday, April 1st, 2025 Today, Wisconsinites are hitting the polls and casting votes in the state Supreme Court election between Brad Schimel and Jennifer…
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Deny, Attack, Reverse*
Monday, March 31st, 2025 Today, we’re just hours away from the Wisconsin Supreme Court election which will decide the balance of the highest court in the…
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Refried Beans | Spiritual Camouflage (feat. John Fugelsang, Dahlia Lithwick) | 3/29/2024
Friday, March 29th, 2024 Judge McAfee seems skeptical of Trump’s arguments in Fulton County today; the Republican Vice Chair in Georgia has been found guilty…
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Refried Beans | Tax the Rich | 3/28/2022
Monday, March 28th, 2022 In the Hot Notes: The Manhattan DA has begun returning evidence in the stalled case against Trump; depositions have been scheduled for…
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DARVO In Chief (feat. John Fugelsang)
Friday, March 28th, 2025 Today, a Tufts University grad student was snatched off the street by unmarked cops wearing masks; Judge Reyes rejects the Pentagon’s…
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Alito’s Omelet (feat. Mark Cuban)
Thursday, March 27th, 2025 Today, Jeffrey Goldberg from the Atlantic has released the entire Signal chat except for the name of the CIA agent; the Republican…
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National Embarrassment (feat. Evan Sutton; Jon Cryer)
Wednesday, March 26th, 2025 Today, one of the Venezuelan men deported to CECOT in El Salvador was a legal refugee; Trump has signed an executive order that…
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What Do You Do With A Drunken SECDEF
Tuesday, March 25th, 2025 Today, Judge Boasberg denies Trump’s motion to vacate his orders to turn the planes around in the Alien Enemies Act case; top…
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Worth The Hassle (feat. Lizz Winstead)
Monday, March 24th, 2025 Today, the Pentagon set up a briefing with Elon Musk on Chinese war plans; Trump rescinds an executive order attacking the Paul Weiss…
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Refried Beans | Fight On And You Will Prevail (feat. Marie Yovanovitch) | Mar 21, 2022
March 22nd, 2022 In the Hot Notes: Confirmation hearings begin for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson; the US Secret Service takes the stand in the…
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Refried Beans | Barbecue Sauce (feat. Charlotte Clymer) | Friday, March 24th, 2023
Friday, March 24th, 2023 In the Hot Notes; more delays for the Manhattan DA Grand Jury as Alvin Bragg claps back at Jim Jordan; a judge rules that E. Jean…
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Woefully Insufficient (feat. John Fugelsang)
Friday, March 21st, 2025 Today, a judge had ordered Musk and DOGE to get out of the Social Security systems and to uninstall all their software; Judge Boasberg…
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Soaked In Animus (feat. Rep. Sara Jacobs)
Thursday, March 20th, 2025 Today, Judge Chutkan has blocked Trump and Musk from cancelling $20B in climate grants; Judge Ana Reyes has blocked the Trump…
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Leopards Ate My Judiciary
Wednesday, March 19th, 2025 Today, A federal judge found on Tuesday that efforts by Elon Musk and his team to permanently shutter the United States Agency for…
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Manic Tuesday
Tuesday, March 18th, 2025 Today, Judge Boasberg holds another emergency hearing over whether Trump defied his order to turn the deportation planes around; a…
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Radio Free Nowhere (feat. Felipe Torres Medina)
Monday, March 17th, 2025 Today, Chuck Schumer caves on the continuing resolution and leaves House Democrats in the lurch; Trump and Marco Rubio have defied…
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Refried Beans | Operation REPO (feat. Hugo Lowell) | 3/17/2022
Thursday, March 17th, 2022 In the Hot Notes: Biden identifies 50 Russian elites as targets in a global hunt to seize assets after Zelensky addresses a joint…
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Refried Beans | The State of DC Statehood (feat. Meagan Hatcher-Mays) | 3/17/2021
March 17, 2021 Biden’s ODNI has confirmed that Russia tried to interfere in the 2020 election; Trump Org CFO Allen Weisselberg’s former daughter in law is…
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Walz To The Halls
Friday, March 14th, 2025 Today, Judge Alsup has reinstated all probationary employees fired across the government on February 13th and 14th and demands…
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Woke Math
Thursday, March 13th, 2025 Today, Judge Beryl Howell has granted the law firm Perkins Coie a temporary restraining order blocking challenge sections of Trump's…
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Junior Varsity (feat. Rep. Jake Auchincloss)
Wednesday, March 12th, 2025 Today, Judge Alsup has denied Trump's request to block the under oath testimony of the head of the Office of Personnel Management…
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Musk Or Us
Tuesday, March 11th, 2025 Today, a damning affidavit is filed in the lawsuit against Musk gaining access to the Social Security Administration systems; the…
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Out Of Thin Air (feat. David Enrich)
Monday, March 10th, 2025 Today, a multi-state lawsuit seeks to reverse the purge of federal workers; Trump walks back his idiotic tariffs, but probably not…
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Refried Beans | Janelle Meownae (feat. Adrian Fontes)
Mar 7, 2021 Democrats have passed the American Rescue Plan propping up the middle class with $1.9T; a Trump campaign aide and State Department appointee is…
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Refried Beans | Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board (feat. Glenn Kirschner) | 3/10/2022
March 10th, 2022 The judge in the John Eastman Chapman University emails case has ruled in favor of the January 6th committee; Stephen Miller’s MOM files a…
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The Art Of The Kneel (feat. John Fugelsang)
Friday, March 7th, 2025 Today, Governor Gavin Newsom opposes trans athletes in women’s sports; Trump held a Cabinet meeting today to clarify to his agency…