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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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Alito’s Thin Baloney
Thursday, March 6th, 2025 Today, the Supreme Court rules that the Trump administration must unfreeze foreign aid; a US district judge has blocked Trump’s cuts…
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Them’s The RIF Rules
Wednesday, March 5th, 2025 Today, Senate Judiciary Democrats are asking the bar association to launch an investigation into acting Deputy Attorney General Emil…
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Fort Annette Bening
Tuesday, March 4th, 2025 Today, federal workers are being asked again to provide five things they did last week and it’s going about as well as a Cybertruck…
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Disgraceful Capitulation
Monday, March 3rd, 2025 Today, Trump and Vance capitulate to Russia during the Zelensky visit as Marco Rubio sinks into the couch; the Democratic Party has…
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Refried Beans | Propaganda Panda (feat. Glenn Kirschner) | Originally Published 2/28/2023
Originally Published 2/28/2023 In the Hot Notes; a new filing in the Dominion defamation case reveals that Rupert Murdoch knew the election fraud claims were…
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Refried Beans | Bluebonnet Plague (feat. Andrew Hamilton) | 3/01/2021
March 1, 2021 Twitter exploded this weekend with images of the CPAC stage which is the shape of a common Nazi symbol; sexual misconduct allegations emerge…
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Happy Blackout Day (feat. John Fugelsang)
Friday, February 28th, 2025 Today, a judge has ordered Trump administration officials to give sworn testimony about DOGE; a judge has dismissed Ric Grenell’s…
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I’m Allison Gill?
Thursday, February 27th, 2025 Today, the Office of Personnel Management sent out a memo directing massive reductions in force; the Trump administration…
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DOGE Fall Girl
Wednesday, February 26th, 2025 Today, the VA has laid off another 1400 workers and over 6,000 veterans have been laid off government wide; a federal judge has…
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Kiss The Feet
Tuesday, February 25th, 2025 Today, a CDA woman was assaulted at a Republican town hall by two unmarked private security guards; the OPM walks back it’s five…
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Justice Advocates General
Monday, February 24th, 2025 Today, a bomb threat that was emailed into the Principles First Summit is being investigated by authorities in DC a day after…
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Refried Beans | No Pants Party (feat. Kyle Cheney) | 2/24/2021
Feb 24, 2021 We get the first Senate hearing about the insurrection; a judge bench slaps Jacob Wohl; the man who gouged out a cops eye in the Capitol riots is…
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Refried Beans | Putin’s War of Choice (feat. Rachel Vindman) | Originally Posted 2/24/2022
Friday, February 25th, 2022 Biden and NATO impose additional sanctions on Russia as Putin initiates a full-scale invasion of Ukraine; we have additional…
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Low Road Dems (feat. John Fugelsang)
Friday, February 21st, 2025 Today, the Senate confirms Kash Patel as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Trump administration plans for…
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Taint Of The Week (feat. Dr. Carlton, Dangilo)
Thursday, February 20th, 2025 Today, Judge Dale Ho held a hearing with Emil Bove and Eric Adams lawyers about the DOJ motion to dismiss the charges against the…
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Pumpkin Spice Palpatine
Wednesday, February 19th, 2025 Today, another line prosecutor has resigned from the DoJ in protest to being asked to open a grand jury investigation into an…
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Injunction Junction
Tuesday, February 18th, 2025 Today, Elon Musk is seeking access to personal taxpayer data raising alarms at the Internal Revenue Service; The Washington Post…
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Casa del Idiota
Monday, February 17th, 2025 Today, Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s nuclear weapons stockpile so now he’s trying to…
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Refried Beans | Any Last Words (feat. Mary L. Trump) | Feb 15, 2021
Feb 15, 2021 The impeachment trial of Donald Trump concludes with the largest majority in history voting to convict; Mitch McConnell says Trump is guilty of…
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Too Little, Too Late, Mitch (feat. John Fugelsang)
Friday, February 14th, 2025 Today, the federal prosecutor handling Eric Adams’ case has offered her resignation in protest of Emil Bove ordering her to drop…
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Go Gulf Yourself (feat. Kelsey Turner)
Thursday, February 13th, 2025 Today, the Army issues guidance that it will not stop gender affirming care for trans active duty service members; the US…
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TRO-lapalooza (feat. Claudia Yoli Ferla)
Wednesday, February 12th, 2025 Today, the First Circuit Court of Appeals has denied Donald Trump’s bid to continue withholding federal grants; Donald fired the…
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This Ain’t It
Tuesday, February 11th, 2025 Today, the Trump defendants win a ruling in the Arizona fraudulent elector scheme; California approves $50M to protect immigrants…
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A Wrench In The Fork In The Road
Monday, February 10th, 2025 Today, the Treasury claimed dogebag Marko Elez didn’t have write access to our federal payment system when he actually did; the…
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Refried Beans | A Snivel of Republicans (feat. Harry Litman) | Feb 12, 2021
February 12, 2021 The Democrats wrap up their impeachment arguments; Trump’s Justice Department sought to block an investigation into Giuliani; Republicans are…
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Refried Beans | With a Cord of Steel (feat. Rep Adam Schiff) | 2/09/2022
Feb 9, 2022 In the Hot Notes: a witness list from federal prosecutors gives us an inside look at the upcoming trial of a Three Percenters affiliate; the FBI…
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The Shallow State
Friday, February 7th, 2025 Today, the Trump administration evicted a former Coast Guard leader from her house with a three-hour notice; the FAA reverses course…
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Cruel And Unusual
Thursday, February 6th, 2025 Today, Elon Musk's Children of the Corn are examining Medicare and Medicaid services; judge has blocked Trump's…
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Pushing Back
Wednesday, February 5th, 2025 Today, Trump has plans to withdraw the US from the UN Human Rights Council; Elon Musk has created more confusion this time about…
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Unanimous Dissent
Tuesday, February 4th, 2025 Today, Congressional Democrats stormed the USAID building to protest its shutting down but they were stopped from entering and held…
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Six Alarm
Monday, February 3rd, 2025 Today, the Trump administration is dismantling federal law enforcement through massive purges at the FBI and DoJ; Elon Musk’s OPM…
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Refried Beans | Carb Onesie (feat. Andrew McCabe) | 1/31/2023
Tuesday, January 31st, 2023 In the Hot Notes: the Manhattan DA has impaneled a special grand jury to return indictments on Donald Trump himself; a Mark Meadows…
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Refried Beans | Get In Loser, We’re Going Bribing (feat. Jason Kander) | 2/02/2022
Feb 2, 2022 Trump considered blanket pardons for 1/6 insurrectionists before he left office; Colonel Alexander Vindman is suing Donald Trump Junior, Rudy…
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Citizen Saboteurs (feat. John Fugelsang)
Friday, January 31st, 2025 Today, an American Airlines flight and a Black Hawk helicopter collided midair near Reagan National Airport leaving no survivors…
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FOIA That Jerk’s Shiz (feat. Leigh McGowan)
Thursday, January 30th, 2025 Today, the White House has rescinded its illegal impoundment order for federal spending; the AFGE and NTEU have recommended…
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A Coup By Any Other Name (feat. Steve Vladeck)
Wednesday, January 29th, 2025 Today, in the middle of the night Monday night, Trump tried to seize the power of Congress by halting all appropriations - and a…
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Loud In Opposition
Tuesday, January 28th, 2025 Today, our good trouble about spamming OPM’s DEIA snitch email address seems to be working; Trump’s plan to dismantle our…
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Name And Shame (feat. Justin Gill)
Monday, January 27th, 2025 Today, in what I’m calling the Friday Night Massacre, Donald Trump illegally fired 17 inspectors general; Senate Democrats are…
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Refried Beans | FLOOF BOOP (feat. Mary Trump) | Jan 23, 2022
Jan 23, 2022 Rep. Bennie Thompson tells New Day the committee has had conversations with Bill Barr, and hearings will begin in the spring; the committee has…
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Refried Beans | Can’t Cotton To Misrepresentation (feat. Charlotte Clymer) | Jan 25, 2021
Jan 25, 2021 Trump attempted to install an ally as Attorney General to overturn the results of the election; seven Senators have filed an ethics complaint…
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Not All Chads (feat. John Fugelsang)
Friday, January 24th, 2025 Today, the Trump Administration is running up against the bureaucracy they’re trying to dismantle; a federal judge has blocked…
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You Dirty Rat (feat. Rep. Sara Jacobs)
Thursday, January 23rd, 2025 Today, Trump asks health agencies to stop communicating with the public as he rolls back a civil rights era LBJ order; the…
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Reservoir Of Trust (feat. Jen Rubin)
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025 Today, Trump rescinds Biden orders and signs a slew of new executive orders; 24 states and cities have sued over Trump ending…
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We Fight On
Tuesday, January 21st, 2025Today, four lawsuits were filed against DOGE within minutes of Donald’s inauguration; the German ambassador gives a stark warning of…
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Things To Do In DC When You’re Misled
Monday, January 20th, 2025Today, Americans celebrate Martin Luther King Jr’s legacy and the struggle for freedom, equality, and justice. A prominent leader in…
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Refried Beans | Inside The Perfect Phone Call (feat. Simon Shuster) | 1/17/2024
Wednesday, January 17th, 2024Jury selection and opening statements kicked off day one of the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial in New York; Trump won the GOP…
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Refried Beans | Hub & Spoke Conspiracy (feat. Glenn Kirschner) | 1/18/2022
Originally Jan 18, 2022In the Hot Notes: The Select Committee on 1/6 has subpoenaed Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, and Boris Epshteyn; the 1/6…
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Biden’s Farewell (feat. John Fugelsang)
Friday, January 17th, 2025Today, President Biden’s farewell speech included a stark warning about oligarchy; Speaker Johnson has ousted House intelligence…
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Butter For Bones (feat. Simon Shuster)
Thursday, January 16th, 2025Today, Biden’s ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is official; there were a handful of confirmation hearings in the Senate; Biden…
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Strings Attached (feat. Stephanie Ruhle)
Wednesday, January 15th, 2025Today, Merrick Garland has released volume one of Jack Smith’s final report; Pete Hegseth faced off with Democrats during the…
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Moist Girthy Chungus
Tuesday, January 14th, 2025Today, Judge Cannon has denied Nauta and DeOliveira’s motion to block the January 6th volume of Jack Smith’s final report; President…
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The GOP Chopping Block
Monday, January 13th, 2025Today, more Judge Cannon shenanigans, or cannanigans; in the fight to release the final Jack Smith report; the pizzagate gunman has…
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Refried Beans | Pnut Gingrich (feat. Hugo Lowell) | Jan 9, 2023
Jan 9, 2023In the Hot Notes: we have breaking news from Hugo Lowell about the independent private investigators the Trump team hired to search his other…
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Refried Beans | Seditious Conspiracy (feat. Meidas Touch) 1/13/22
Originally 1/13/22In the Hot Notes: the Department of Justice charges Oath Keeper Stuart Rhodes and 10 others with seditious conspiracy; the Supreme Court…
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Be Ready, Be Safe
Friday, January 10th, 2025Today, Rudy Giuliani will appear in person before Judge Beryl Howell in one of his many contempt hearings; Supreme Court Justice Sam…
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Squirrel Hurdle
Thursday, January 9th, 2025Today, Jack Smith bites back against Judge Cannon’s injunction blocking the release of his report in a filing to the 11th Circuit…
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A Message To You, AG
Wednesday, January 8th, 2025Today, Judge Aileen Cannon has blocked the release of Jack Smith’s final report; the Republican controlled North Carolina Supreme…
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Defamed And Slandered (feat. Erin Beute)
Tuesday, January 7th, 2025Today, Congress has certified the 2024 election results; Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces his resignation; Rudy…
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The Broligarchy
Monday, January 6th, 2025Today, Congress will certify the 2024 election; Mike Johnson was elected speaker of the House; Trump is complaining about the flags…
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Refried Beans | Hate Is a Powerful Drug (feat. Barbara Res) | Jan 8, 2021
Jan 8, 2021Congress certifies the electoral votes for Biden and Harris; multiple high-level resignations in the Trump Administration; Biden officially…