The Daily Beans
By: MSW Media
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Categories: News, Daily, Politics, Comedy
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
Bessent Into Madness
Oct 27, 2025Monday, October 27th, 2025
Today, the New York Times reveals the $130M Pentagon donor is the heir to the Mellon banking fortune; the US is sending an aircraft carrier to waters off South America; Trump announces he will send election monitors to California and New Jersey; New York and California will fund Planned Parenthood in their respective states after Trump cuts; Trump plans to deport Kilmar Abrego to Liberia; Letitia James pled not guilty to mortgage fraud and has filed motions to dismiss the charges against her; Don Jr’s start up drone company just won a huge no...
Duration: 00:41:03The Breakdown for the Week Ending 10/26/2025
Oct 26, 2025Today, Allison reveals the $130M donor to pay the military is connected to Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking ring, Jack Smith calls Jim Jordan's bluff to testify but he wants to do it publicly, and Judge Ellis has ordered testimony from Gregory Bovino.
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6 universities reject White House funding deal with attached demands. Multiple other schools have yet to respond | CNN
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Duration: 00:22:15Refried Beans | Cooperative Freedom (feat. Timothy Snyder) 10.23.2024
Oct 26, 2025October 23rd, 2024
John Kelly confirms to the Atlantic that Trump called military and veterans suckers and losers; the Georgia Supreme Court unanimously upholds the block of the State Election Board’s last minute rule changes; US officials confirm the smear of Tim Walz was Russian propaganda; Rudy has been ordered to hand his property over to Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss; judges have rejected the RNC lawsuits challenging some overseas ballots in Michigan and North Carolina; the former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO has been charged with sex trafficking over a dozen victims; a Philadelphia man has been charged fo...
Duration: 01:07:31Refried Beans | Advice Of Counsel (feat. Anna Bower) | Oct 26, 2023
Oct 25, 2025Friday, October 27th, 2023
In the Hot Notes: at least 18 people are dead and another 13 injured after shootings in Lewiston Maine; New York Republicans push ahead with a resolution to expel George Santos from the House; NRA revenue is in free-fall after dues and membership plummet; A federal judge has struck down Georgia’s congressional and legislative maps ruling that they violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act; Ford and the United Auto Workers Union have reached a tentative deal that includes a record pay raise; Republicans delay more than $1B in HIV program funding; a former healthcare ex...
Duration: 00:47:33Help A Billionaire Foundation (feat. Adam Klasfeld; John Fugelsang)
Oct 24, 2025Friday, October 24th, 2025
Today, the Associated Press reports the entire East Wing of the White House has been completely demolished; Kilmar Abrego has subpoenaed Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and other senior DOJ officials to testify at the hearing on his motion to dismiss the indictment for vindictive prosecution; beleaguered fraud and bribery Mayor Eric Adams has endorsed sex pest Andrew Cuomo for Mayor of New York City; a DC man who played Darth Vader’s Imperial March at National Guardsman has been arrested and the ACLU is suing on his behalf; Reps Raskin and Garcia are in...
Duration: 00:54:48East Wing Down
Oct 23, 2025Thursday, October 23rd, 2025
Today, federal agents descend on Chinatown in New York in an apparent raid; an ICE agent fired shots hitting an alleged immigrant and a US Marshal during a traffic stop in Los Angeles; New York Attorney General Letitia James has launched a portal to collect evidence against federal agents; Illinois and Chicago urge the Supreme Court to uphold a block on National Guard deployment; Senator Jeff Merkley warns 'tyranny has arrived' in marathon floor speech protesting Trump; SNAP benefits are about to expire and California Governor Gavin Newsom is taking action; and a new...
Duration: 00:33:34Anger Translator (feat. Joyce Vance)
Oct 22, 2025Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025
Today, Donald Trump is demanding a $230M payout from his own Justice Department to compensate him for his legal troubles; Trump’s Office of Special Counsel nominee to replace the improperly fired Hampton Dellinger calls himself a Nazi; the Treasury tells employees to please not share images of Trump demolishing the White House; Pro Tempore Speaker of the House runs away when Raskin calls for unanimous consent to swear in Adelita Grijalva; a pardoned January 6th insurrectionist has been arrested for making death threats against Hakeem Jeffries; more than a third of people that ap...
Duration: 01:03:41The Breakdown for the Week Ending 10/19/2025
Oct 21, 2025This week on the breakdown, Allison shares court documents showing the government may be deleting evidence, plus updates on Trump’s weaponization of justice, and more restraining orders against the feds.
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On The Record
Oct 21, 2025Tuesday, October 21st, 2025
Today, a three judge panel on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rules that Trump can deploy the National Guard to Portland; Trump has begun demolishing the East Wing of the White House; Judge Ellis in Chicago permits the deposition of Border Patrol Czar Gregory Bovino; the Supreme Court will review a gun law prohibiting drug addicts from access to firearms; Jim Comey has filed his motions to dismiss based on vindictive and selective prosecution and the illegitimate appointment of Lindsay Halligan; a White House official said he thinks the government shutdown will end...
Duration: 00:36:41The Most Humblest
Oct 20, 2025Monday, October 20th, 2025
Today, over 7 million people came out to protest tyranny this weekend in the largest single protest in American history; more universities have rejected Trump’s compact; the head of the military’s Southern Command has stepped down amid concerns over the legality of the Venezuelan boat strikes; Marco Rubio sold out informants to El Salvador’s Bukele; the New York GOP has disbanded it’s Young Republicans group after the racists texts were leaked; the US is repatriating survivors of the latest Venezuelan boat strike; Trump has commuted the sentence of felony fraudster George Santos...
Duration: 00:45:30Refried Beans | Differently Victorious | 10/19/2023
Oct 19, 2025Thursday, October 19th, 2023
Jim Jordan loses AGAIN and by a LARGER MARGIN as some in the caucus complain about them and their spouses receiving threats; Senator Bob Menendez has been prohibited from receiving a classified briefing on Israel; Justice Amy Coney Barrett thinks ethics rules for SCOTUS sounds like a good idea; third party candidate Cornel West draws the maximum campaign donation from Harlan Crow; Twitter troll Douglass Mackey has been sentenced to seven months in prison; Trump lawyer John Lauro tried to lawyer in DC without being a member of the bar or having local counsel...
Duration: 00:33:20Refried Beans| Durham Is the Hoax | October 19, 2022
Oct 18, 2025Wednesday October 19th, 2022
In the Hot Notes: the special master Judge Dearie has some questions about Donald’s incomplete and contradictory privilege log; Bill Barr’s handpicked special counsel strikes out again; an ex Oath Keeper who has pled guilty testified at trial today that he was expecting to be charged with treason; and Nancy Pelosi tells MSNBC she was concerned about the Secret Service being a danger to Mike Pence during the Capitol attack.; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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Let’s Make History (feat. John Fugelsang)
Oct 17, 2025Friday, October 17th, 2025
Today, John Bolton has been indicted on 18 counts of transmission and retention of national defense information under the Espionage Act; a 7th Circuit panel unanimously upholds the order blocking the National Guard deployment to Chicago; a federal judge orders ICE in Chicago to have body worn cameras because they’re violating her previous court order; the House Oversight Committee demands Pam Bondi explain the transfer of Ghislaine Maxwell by October 30th; the new Oklahoma schools superintendent rescinds the mandate for Bible instruction in schools; Trump orders the IRS to go after Democratic non profits; a...
Duration: 01:00:07No Kings II (feat. Leah Greenberg)
Oct 16, 2025Thursday, October 16th, 2025
Today, dozens of Pentagon reporters have turned in their access badges and exited the Pentagon; Brown University rejects Trump’s extortion bid; a federal judge has blocked Trump’s federal layoffs; a different federal judge has issued a restraining order against Republican Rep Cory Mills; Los Angeles County declares a state of emergency over immigration raids; Young Republicans are losing their jobs over racist chat groups; one person is dead and another two are missing in devastating floods in Alaska; Mike Johnson and Hakeem Jeffries will debate on CSPAN; and Allison and Dana deliver your...
Duration: 00:59:43Precisely What’s Forbidden
Oct 15, 2025Wednesday, October 15th, 2025
Today, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes threatens legal action against Mike Johnson for refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva; Jack Smith speaks out about his investigations into Donald Trump with former Mueller prosecutor Andrew Weissmann; Stephen Miller has murdered another five people in a Caribbean boat strike; major airports are refusing to play Kristi Noem’s propaganda video wrongly blaming Democrats for the shutdown; Maine Governor Janet Mills enters the Senate race against Susan Collins; the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals shoots down a Republican request for a re-hearing of a Pennsylvania voter suppression ca...
Duration: 00:42:27Hunker Down
Oct 14, 2025Tuesday, October 14th, 2025
Today, major media outlets are refusing to sign the new Pentagon policy that requires pre-approval of news stories; Trump manages to screw up the ceasefire and hostage deal in the Middle East; Education Department layoffs hit the offices responsible for special education and civil rights; Ghislaine Maxwell met with anonymous high profile visitors in the chapel at club fed; there are more problems being reported with the investigation into the death of Jeffrey Epstein; ICE issued a $130 ticket to a US Citizen who didn’t have his papers on him; Republican Rep Kevin Kiley br...
Duration: 00:43:09Hold ICE Accountable (feat. Stephanie Telles)
Oct 13, 2025Monday, October 13th, 2025
Today, former national security advisor John Bolton could be indicted as early as this week; Trump robs Peter to pay Paul without Congressional authorization; Donald’s nominee for the Office of Special Counsel is a sex pest; a Republican has purchased Dominion voting machines; stocks tank as Trump extends China tariffs; Republicans want to gut a 50 year old law that protects sea life; Donald is scrambling to re-hire top CDC scientists he just fired; MIT rejects the regime’s shakedown of nine major universities; a librarian fired in a dispute of LGBTQ+ books gets a ma...
Duration: 01:00:32Refried Beans | One For The History Books | Oct 14, 2022
Oct 12, 2025Friday, October 14th, 2022
Former President Donald John Trump has been unanimously subpoenaed by the Congressional committee investigating a coup; the same former president lost his Supreme Court bid to review classified documents in an espionage investigation; the former Vice President’s counsel testified before a federal grand jury after having resolved privilege issues; and the NYAG has filed an injunction to prevent the former president from hiding business assets in her civil investigation; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
*Correction - AG says that Pelosi was speaking with Attorney General Bill Barr on Ja...
Duration: 00:33:11Refried Beans | The Fly Episode |
Oct 11, 2025Thursday, October 12th, 2023
In the Hot Notes: a group of 67 Twitter accounts spread coordinated disinformation about the Israel-Hamas war as Elon blocks community notes; after Trump’s endorsement and four former OSU students speak out against him, Jim Jordan loses the nomination for Speaker to David Duke without the baggage Steve Scalise; the 11th Circuit has denied Florida’s request to let its drag ban go into effect; House Democrat Pat Ryan will introduce a resolution demanding Tuberville lift his hold on military promotions; Donald Trump tells a court in Colorado that he had no obligation to supp...
Duration: 00:33:14Miranda's Rights (feat. John Fugelsang)
Oct 10, 2025Friday, October 10th, 2025
Today, a federal judge has issued a restraining order barring federal agents from using riot control weapons against journalists and protestors in Chicago; a different federal judge has granted a TRO in part against National Guard deployment in Chicago; a pastor shot in the head by ICE agents is suing over First Amendment threats; Trump’s message to Pam Bondi about indicting Comey and Tish James was supposed to be a DM; Oklahoma’s Republican governor is condemning the National Guard deployment in Chicago; ICE detains and threatens an Oregon man despite citizenship; Lindsay Hall...
Duration: 01:01:25Presumption Of Irregularity (feat. Rep. Dan Goldman)
Oct 09, 2025Thursday, October 9th, 2025
Today, Jim Comey pled not guilty, asked for and was granted a speedy trial and outlined which motions to dismiss he’s going to file; the 9th Circuit has temporarily stayed Judge Immergut’s order blocking National Guard deployment to Portland; Trump calls for the Illinois governor and the Chicago mayor to be jailed; a Florida man has been arrested for setting the Palisades fire in California; the IRS has furloughed nearly half its workforce; a Christian group has been accused of submitting falsified evidence in the conversion therapy Supreme Court case; a shocking win...
Duration: 01:11:13Kimmel Rankles Cankles (feat. Alder Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford)
Oct 08, 2025Wednesday, October 8th, 2025
Today, Jim Comey will be arraigned in the Eastern District of Virginia; members of Congress will hold a press conference with Epstein survivors about the discharge petition to release the Epstein Files; furloughed workers are being told they may not receive backpay; the Supreme Court shoots down a Republican challenge to Washington State’s Climate Commitment Act; Pritzker and Newsom threaten to withdraw from the National Governor’s Association; CIA Deputy Director Michael Ellis replaces the agency’s general counsel with himself; Pam Bondi refuses to answer key questions in a Senate Judiciary hearing; Texas...
Duration: 01:05:07Proudboys With Badges (feat. Adam Klasfeld; Anna Bower)
Oct 07, 2025Tuesday, October 7th, 2025
Today, President Trump vows to consider a pardon of convicted child sex offender and Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell; ABC News confirms that person 3 in the Comey indictment is NOT Andy McCabe; Trump appointed judge Immergut issues a second restraining order against deploying the National Guard to Portland; a prosecutor in the EDVA refused to bring mortgage fraud charges against NYAG Leticia James; the Supreme Court says no to Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal and Laura Loomer’s lawsuit barring her from social media; a judge has scheduled an emergency hearing in the Chicago National Guard depl...
Duration: 01:10:22ICEBlock Update (feat. Joshua Aaron)
Oct 06, 2025Monday, October 6th, 2025
Today, a Trump appointed judge has blocked the deployment of the National Guard in Portland; a woman is shot by a federal agent in Chicago; the administration is deporting a journalist here legally to El Salvador; a Texas megachurch pastor has pled guilty to sexually abusing a child; Portland police are fighting back against the invasion and are being investigated by the Department of Justice; Department of Education employees had their out of office replies changed without permission to blame Democrats for the shutdown; Apple takes the ICE Block app out of its App...
Duration: 00:56:11The Breakdown for the Week Ending 10/5/2025
Oct 06, 2025Trump and the Republicans have orchestrated the government shutdown that they are trying to blame on Democrats.
The military is being mobilized in American cities. Stephen Miller and Trump’s fascist advisors couldn’t be happier.
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Sinclair Ends 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' Boycott, Says Its ABC Stations Will Resuming Airing Show Immediately
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Duration: 00:28:06Refried Beans | Maybe He’s Born With It, Maybe It’s Fascism | October 1st, 2024
Oct 05, 2025Tuesday, October 1st, 2024
Donald Trump lies about the federal response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene while tapping local resources for a political visit to Valdosta Georgia; CBS News says it will not be responsible to fact check the candidates in tonight's Vice Presidential Debate; the DNC and Georgia Dems have sued the Georgia State Election Board for their hand count rule on the eve of the bench trial for other potential election violations which is set to begin today; Fulton County Judge McBurney has overturned Georgia’s six week abortion ban; the Federal Reserve Chair Je...
Duration: 00:39:09Refried Beans | Crimes and Limes (feat. Malcolm Kenyatta) | 10/5/2022
Oct 04, 2025Wednesday, October 5th, 2022
In the Hot Notes: Donald files a motion with the Supreme Court to vacate the stay issued by the 11th circuit; pro-life Herschel Walker paid for a woman to get an abortion in 2009; Ron Johnson admits texting a Trump attorney during 1/6; a new recording played at the Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy trial outlines planning to overthrow the government; and Trump lawyer refused to certify to NARA that Donald had returned all the presidential records he stole; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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Duration: 00:45:50It's Not Gridlock, It's Sabotage (John Fugelsang)
Oct 03, 2025Friday, October 3rd, 2025
Today, Trump directs his Cabinet officials to ferret out criminal activity by domestic terror groups using National Security Presidential Memo 7, the white house has sent letters to universities threatening to withhold federal funding if they don’t sign a pledge to support the administration’s policies; Trump has declared the US is in a non-international armed conflict with drug cartels; Jane Fonda relaunches her father’s McCarthy era free speech initiative; at least 170 US hospitals face major flood risks; newly released documents show Jeffrey Epstein never got kicked out of Wall Street; and Allison and Da...
Duration: 00:59:48Shutdown Rundown
Oct 02, 2025Thursday, October 2nd, 2025
Today, Republicans and Trump have shut down the government but construction on the Trump White House Ballroom will continue; federal employees are sent propaganda about Democrats being at fault for the shutdown; YouTube pays Trump a giant bribe; the Pentagon is planning widespread polygraphs and non-disclosure agreements; the White House has withdrawn the nomination of the Bureau of Labor Statistics as the jobs numbers for August are revised downward; New York is suing the Department of Homeland Security for defunding the police; as we predicted the Supreme Court is allowing Lisa Cook to remain...
Duration: 00:41:38A Decade This Morning (feat. Adam Klasfeld)
Oct 01, 2025Wednesday, October 1st, 2025
Today, 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...
Duration: 01:09:48Winning The Fall (feat. Simon Rosenberg)
Sep 30, 2025Tuesday, September 30th, 2025
Today, the Republicans are poised to shut down the government at midnight as Trump and Kegseth meet with flag officers in Quantico after deploying the National Guard to war ravaged Portland; Portland threatens to evict ICE out of the detention facility over permit violations; the village of Broadview in Chicago has opened a criminal investigation into ICE attacks on a reporter; Obama appointee Judge Simon in Oregon has called for an emergency hearing to consider the restraining order filed to block Trump’s deployment of the National Guard; the ICE agent that slammed the wo...
Duration: 01:12:50Here, Now (feat. Simon Rosenberg)
Sep 29, 2025Monday, September 29th, 2025
Today, Donald Trump instructs the War Department to invade war torn Portland, Oregon; Mike Johnson delays the swearing in of Adelita Grijalva as he tries to delay the inevitable continued release of the Epstein Files; there’s a little more information about Kegseth’s meeting of flag officers tomorrow; ICE detained the Des Moines public schools superintendent; Trump suggests FBI agents that went to the Capitol on January 6 to help were actually there to foment violence; Sinclair and Nexstar cave and put Jimmy Kimmel back on the air; the Justice Department has subpoenaed the trav...
Duration: 01:03:29Refried Beans | Buckle In (feat. Lev Parnas) | Sep 23, 2024
Sep 28, 2025Tuesday, September 24th, 2024
A key Nebraska legislator will not vote to change the state’s electoral process to a winner take all system; pretty much the entire staff of North Carolina lt. Gov Mark Robinson has up and resigned; Kamala Harris campaign is going after Trump for chickening out of the debate; meanwhile, Trump runs ads in the state of Georgia with pictures from the country Georgia; Missouri might be about to execute an innocent man; Melania Trump was paid for a rare appearance at a Trump campaign event; and Allison talks with Lev Parnas.
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Refried Beans | Crimes On Crimes (feat. Ali Velshi)| Sep 28, 2023
Sep 27, 2025Thursday, 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 yo...
Duration: 00:41:37Thirsty, Sloppy, Small (feat.John Fugelsang)
Sep 26, 2025Friday, September 26th, 2025
Today, Trump’s US Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia has secured an indictment against Jim Comey for false statements and obstruction of justice; Hegseth summons top generals and admirals to an urgent in-person meeting on the eve of a looming shutdown with no explanation given; the White House is scrambling to quash the Epstein files discharge petition; porn addict and supreme bigot Ryan Walters is resigning as Oklahoma school superintendent, the Justice Department pushes for an investigation into the Soros Foundation; the White House tells government agencies to prepare for mass layoffs in...
Duration: 01:00:56Worthy Of The Moment (feat. Reality Winner)
Sep 25, 2025Thursday, September 25th, 2025
Today, Jimmy Kimmel returns to air with a fantastic monologue worthy of the moment; the US Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia is going to try to get a grand jury to indict jim Comey despite investigators saying there’s no probable cause; Adelita Grijalva wins the special election in Arizona - 7 to fill her late father’s seat and she is the final signature needed on the discharge petition to release the Epstein files; a judge warned that the DOJ may have violated Luigi Mangione’s right to a fair trial; a federa...
Duration: 00:50:55Purpose Driven (feat. Jocelyn Benson)
Sep 24, 2025Wednesday, September 24th, 2025
Today, 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 wi...
Duration: 00:56:37Pressure Prevails
Sep 23, 2025Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025
Today, Disney bucks ABC and says it will return Jimmy Kimmel to the air tonight; insurance attorney and Trump’s personal lawyer Lindsey Halligan has been installed as the interim US Attorney in the EDVA; Zohran Mamdani cancelled a local ABC town hall citing FCC censorship of Jimmy Kimmel; the Supreme Court allows Trump to fire a member of the Federal Trade Commission Board for the pendency of the litigation; in a win for voting rights, Arizona Republican voter suppression laws will stay blocked; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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Duration: 00:35:40Brand New Bagman (feat. Adam Klasfeld)
Sep 22, 2025Monday, September 22nd, 2025
Today, Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan took a $50K cash bribe for government contracts but Pam Bondi’s DOJ dropped the investigation; the US Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia resigns in protest after refusing to indict Leticia James and Jim Comey; Justice Department officials tell NBC Charlie Kirk's shooter has no connections to left wing groups; the UK, Australia, and Canada vote to recognize a Palestinian state; RFK Jr’s new vaccine skeptics panel votes against recommending vaccines for children; Democrats unveil an alternate government funding bill; a Phoenix man was arrest...
Duration: 01:15:52Refried Beans | Kise Tries (feat. Norm Eisen) | 9/21/2022
Sep 21, 2025Wednesday, September 21st, 2022
In the Hot Notes: former Trump lawyer Eric Herschmann warned Donald last year 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...
Duration: 00:40:35Refried Beans | Court Pants (feat. Michael Harriot) | Sep 18, 2023
Sep 20, 2025Tuesday, 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...
Duration: 00:48:53House Of Cards (feat. John Fugelsang)
Sep 19, 2025Friday, September 19th, 2025
Today, Donald suggests TV licenses should be pulled following the FCC chair Brendan Carr’s successful push to pull Jimmy Kimmel off the air; House Democrats call for an investigation of ABC and Sinclair as Chuck Schumer calls for Brendan Carr to resign; 11 Democratic lawmakers were arrested by the Department of Homeland Security for demanding access to detention rooms at 26 Federal Plaza in New York; a Trump appointed judge tears into the administration and blocks the removal of Guatemalan children; a Texas man has been indicted for making credible threats to Zohran Mamdani; House Ov...
Duration: 00:56:00The National Conversation (feat. Monica Hopkins)
Sep 18, 2025Thursday, September 18th, 2025
Today, alleged text messages in court documents between Charlie Kirk’s shooter and his roommate face public scrutiny; Disney pulls Jimmy Kimmel off the air indefinitely for his remarks about Charlie Kirk; Kash Patel and the fired head of the CDC testify in separate hearing before congressional committees; the Trump administration has been pressuring prosecutors to indict Tish James for mortgage fraud but there’s no evidence; an immigration judge has ordered the deportation of Mahmoud Khalil; Republicans have blocked Jamie Raskin’s bid to subpoena banks for Epstein records; the Republican ex candidate who fi...
Duration: 01:19:3115 Billion Zillion
Sep 17, 2025Wednesday, September 17th, 2025
Today, Kash Patel was questioned by the Senate Judiciary Committee and was just as unserious as you’d suspect; Mississippi communities are shaken by two hanging deaths; the UN’s commission of inquiry has officially designated what’s happening in Gaza as genocide; the Georgia Supreme Court officially disqualified Fani Willis from the 2020 election RICO case; Judge Chutkan ruled that she doesn’t have jurisdiction to stop the deportees being sent to Ghana; Trump and some billionaires are taking over TikTok in the United States; Donald has sued the New York Times for $15B for alleg...
Duration: 00:41:06Ever In Your Favor
Sep 16, 2025Tuesday, September 16th, 2025
Today, the White House has announced plans to crack down on Democrats by declaring liberal groups domestic terror organizations; the Washington Post fired a columnist for quoting Charlie Kirk on social media; the US has attacked another boat in the Caribbean; fired Epstein prosecutor Maureen Comey is suing the administration for wrongful termination; longterm unemployment has hit a post pandemic high; the rural healthcare hunger games are underway; as judge Chutkan feared, immigrants that Trump deported to Ghana have been sent to their home countries and could face torture; the FDA is seeking to...
Duration: 00:34:12Misinform, Retract, Repeat
Sep 15, 2025Monday, September 15th, 2025
Today, a judge worries that the Trump administration is sidestepping torture protections for deported Africans; another judge stops Trump from defunding homelessness programs based on transgender inclusivity; the abject failures of corporate media in the wake of the Charlie Kirk shooting put us all in danger; an animal shelter is evacuated after Kash Patel incinerates two pounds of meth nearby; private health insurance companies are set to hike premiums; Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade says the government should murder unhoused people; Target continues to languish as it fails to see a back to school bump in...
Duration: 00:51:08The Breakdown for the Week Ending 9/14/2025
Sep 15, 2025Today, Allison covers E Jean Carroll’s victory at the 2nd Circuit, more SCOTUS shadow docket rulings, and the abject failure of corporate media and Kash Patel’s FBI in the wake of Charlie Kirk.
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Refried | Servants of The Damned (feat. David Enrich) | 9/15/2025
Sep 14, 2025Thursday, September 15th, 2022
Today, in the Hot Notes: John Durham appears to be wrapping up his investigation into the oranges of the Trump/Russia investigation, his report is expected by the end of the year; the FBI served a warrant on pillowman, Cyber Symposium organizer, and conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell in connection to the charges Tina Peters, the Mesa County, Colorado is facing regarding a scheme that allegedly allowed an unauthorized person to access voting machines; plus an interview with journalist and author David Enrich.
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Refried | Underestimate At Your Own Peril (feat. Leigh McGowan) | 9/11/2024
Sep 14, 2025Wednesday, September 11th, 2024
The Missouri Supreme Court overturns Republicans and rules that the abortion initiative WILL be on the ballot; the US is discussing allowing Ukraine to use ATACMS against Russia; the FBI says Americans lost $5.6B last year in cryptocurrency fraud scams; Republicans threaten to shut down the government adding cuts to veterans benefits to their continuing resolution; Symone Sanders says underestimate Kamala Harris’ debating skills at your own peril; the North Carolina Supreme Court upholds a ruling to keep RFK Jr off the ballot; and Allison and Dana deliver your good news.
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Spin Is Not Grief (feat. John Fugelsang)
Sep 12, 2025Friday, September 12th, 2025
Today, right wing activists and now federal authorities are targeting people who appeared to celebrate the death of Charlie Kirk on social media; potential threats trigger lockdowns at several HBCUs across the South; some appeals court judges have publicly admonished the Supreme Court’s run on the shadow docket; we’re getting more information on the shooter at the Colorado high school; a judge in Arizona has blocked the removal of dozens of immigrant children; the First Circuit Court of Appeals allows Medicaid cuts to Planned Parenthood; Senate Republicans on Thursday triggered a nuclear opti...
Duration: 00:58:50Tensions Ratcheted
Sep 11, 2025Thursday, September 11th, 2025
Today, three students, including a suspected shooter, were shot and critically injured at a suburban high school in Colorado on Wednesday afternoon; NATO shot down Russian drones in Polish airspace; Chuck Schumer moved to force a Senate vote on the release of the Epstein files but Republicans blocked it; Charlie Kirk was shot at an event in Utah; another hearing was held on the Guatemalan children that Trump tried to disappear in the middle of the night on labor day weekend; Brian Driscoll and others are suing the FBI, Pam Bondi, and Kash Patel...
Duration: 00:33:34ICE Witness Standout (feat. Mark Pinsley)
Sep 10, 2025Wednesday, September 10th, 2025
Today, a judge tosses out the criminal case against the Michigan fraudulent electors; the Supreme Court has agreed to expedite the case against Trump’s tariffs and will hear arguments in November; a court ruled that Eric Adams’ move to allow ICE into Rikers is illegal; South Korea is outraged over the raid of the Hyundai battery factory in Georgia; the Trump administration has returned Russian dissidents to Putin; Republicans in the Missouri House have advanced their vote stealing bills; video footage sheds light on an incident in which Republican Tim Burchett shoved a prot...
Duration: 00:55:51E. Jean Wins Again
Sep 09, 2025Tuesday, September 9th, 2025
Today, House Oversight is now in possession of the Epstein birthday book and other documents from the Epstein estate and they have released the Trump letter; the Supreme Court continues its assault on the rule of law with more shadow docket rulings; the January 6th rioter who wore the “Camp Auschwitz” shirt has been arrested for animal abuse; Missouri Democrats are fighting back against the Republican effort to further gerrymander the state ahead of the midterms; several new whistleblowers have come forward to speak out against Meta and how it suppressed child safety; Speaker John...
Duration: 00:35:33Donald Protects [Redacted] (feat. Ammar Campa-Najjar)
Sep 08, 2025Monday, September 8th, 2025
Today, the Department of Justice says the names of two associates Epstein wired $100k and $250k to should stay secret to honor their privacy; Trump claims the power to summarily kill suspected drug smugglers; hundreds of South Korean nationals are detained in the largest single site ICE raid in history; the Pentagon approves the use of Great Lakes Navy base for Chicago ICE operations; a court panel stops the shutdown of the Florida concentration camp; a federal judge blocks Trump’s efforts to end protections for 1.1M Venezuelans and Haitians; CBS bends the knee and...
Duration: 01:04:37Refried Beans | Down Ballot Money (feat. Aimee Carrero; Steve Benen) | 9/4/2024
Sep 07, 2025Wednesday, September 4th, 2024
Donald Trump has lost another bid to delay his September 18th sentencing; RFK Jr. is being forced to remain on the ballot in Michigan; John McCain’s youngest son has condemned Trump’s behavior at Arlington and has said he will vote for Kamala Harris; a judge has issued an injunction against Donald Trump barring him from playing Isaac Hayes song at his rallies; the Harris campaign has announced unprecedented down ballot spending; a murderer who was pardoned by Donald Trump has been convicted domestic violence; the Justice Department has filed criminal charges agai...
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Sep 05, 2025Friday, September 5th, 2025
Today, ten federal judges criticize the Supreme Court’s use of the emergency docket in rare interviews with NBC; the District of Columbia has filed suit against the government over Trump’s National Guard deployment to the capitol; the Justice Department has issued subpoenas in its investigation into Fed Reserve Governor Lisa Cook; Republican discontent with RFK Jr is growing after embarrassing testimony on capitol hill; Florida moves to end vaccine mandates for school children; Trump is looking to ban guns for transgender people; Republican leader John Thune keeps the door open to extending Obam...
Duration: 00:52:32Texas v Illinois (feat. Steve Vladeck; David Janovsky)
Sep 04, 2025Thursday, September 4th, 2025
Today, Donald tried to interrupt the Epstein survivors press conference with a military flyover but they persisted and announced they’re compiling a client lists of their own; the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals rules that Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act was unlawful; key Republican senators kicked the can in response to Trump’s attempt to fire members of the Federal Reserve; Donald has a falling out with Prime Minister Modi of India over his refusal to nominate him for a Nobel and Trump’s lies about solving the India - Pakistan...
Duration: 01:24:22Generational Shift (feat. Howard Rosenblum)
Sep 03, 2025Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025
Today, survivors of Jeffrey Epstein will speak in a press conference at 10:30 AM Eastern time as Rep Thomas Massie takes the first step to force a House vote to release the Epstein files; DC Mayor Muriel Bowser signed an executive order allowing federal law enforcement occupation indefinitely; a federal judge rules that Trump’s use of the National Guard in California violates the Posse Comitatus Act; Hegseth has approved 600 military lawyers to serve as immigration judges; nine former CDC directors slam RFK Jr in an op ed; scientists find multiple errors in the latest De...
Duration: 00:51:33Hedging Against Trump’s Tariffs
Sep 02, 2025Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025
Today, Donald Trump is now posting photos of himself playing golf from August 23rd and telling people without prompting that he’s in excellent health; all 76 children the administration tried to kidnap and disappear to Guatemala this weekend are back at their refugee and resettlement facilities; Robert Mueller has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s and will be unable to testify in the Epstein matter; Trump’s commerce secretary’s former investment bank is taking bets against tariffs; preliminary data shows 1.2M migrants are missing from the workforce - but those numbers may not be accurate...
Duration: 00:37:58The Sooknanan Monologue (feat. Randi Weingarten)
Sep 01, 2025Monday, September 1st, 2025
Today, the Trump administration attempted to remove 600 terrified unaccompanied minors to Guatemala in the middle of the night until a federal judge entered an order to stop them; speculation about Trump’s whereabouts explodes on social media as he continues to hide from the public; the government is going to deploy AI software to deny Medicare claims; Governor Greg Abbott has signed into law redistricting maps that reduce Black voters in Texas to one-fifth of a person and Hispanic voters to one-third of a person; a federal appeals court has struck down Trump's tariffs as...
Duration: 00:56:16Refried Beans | Smoking Out The Kush (feat. Prof. Anthony Michael Kreis) | 9/1/2023
Aug 31, 2025Friday, September 1st, 2023
In the Hot Notes: the first Proud Boys’ sentences come in at HALF the recommended time by sentencing guidelines; Representative Jamie Raskin asks Rep Comer to subpoena Jared Kushner after failed attempts to retrieve documents regarding his $2B Saudi payout; several filings are made in Fulton County about the speedy trial considerations and removal of Meadows’ case to federal court; the jury in 1/6 fugitive Brandon Fellows’ case reaches a guilty verdict after submitting a note asking whether the defendant has their personal information; the Biden Administration seeks to close the gun show loophole; conservatives draw u...
Duration: 00:49:45Refried Beans | More on Arlington (feat. John Fugelsang) | 8/30/2024
Aug 30, 2025Friday, August 30th, 2024
More sickening details of Trump’s campaign stunt at Arlington National Cemetery are revealed; 2nd quarter GDP growth has been adjusted to 3% exceeding all expectations; Donald is putting all his attention on winning the debate and courting QAnon because he doesn’t know how else to run against Kamala; another SpaceX rocket bursts into flames; Trump’s campaign advisors are telling ABC to ignore Trump and mute the mics for the debate; the DoJ IG says the FBI still falling short in child sex abuse cases; and RFK Jr. is forced to carry his candid...
Duration: 01:07:26Misdemeanor Sandwich (feat. John Fugelsang)
Aug 29, 2025Friday, August 29th, 2025
Today, mayors of blue cities are assembling a united front against the Trump regime; late Wednesday there was a showdown at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as the director refuses to leave her post amid pressure from the President; Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook has sued the Trump government over his unlawful attempt to fire her; ICE deportation flights hit record highs as airlines paint over their logos to hide their participation; the MAGA Republican running against Jon Ossoff was caught on a hot mic saying Trump is in the Epstein files...
Duration: 00:54:44Provide For The Common Defense (feat. Naveed Shah)
Aug 28, 2025Thursday, August 28th, 2025
Today, two children have died and 14 other people have been injured in a shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis; some FEMA staff have been placed on administrative leave after penning a letter of dissent; the FDA has approved the COVID booster but with huge restrictions; Big Balls and DOGE put your social security number on a nonsecure server in June; a Utah judge orders new congressional maps for 2026 in a victory for voting rights; Senator Susan Collins is heckled during a ribbon cutting; a license plate camera company halts cooperation with federal agencies...
Duration: 00:48:14Too Slow Chicken Marengo (feat. Mrs. Frazzled)
Aug 27, 2025Wednesday, August 27th, 2025
Today, a Trump appointed judge has thrown out Trump’s case against the entire Maryland bench; leading election denier Cleta Mitchell has been appointed to the DHS election integrity unit; Judge Lamberth orders Kari Lake to sit for a deposition about whether she is operating Voice of America up to legal minimum standards; Trump says he’s firing Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook; an appeals court says Pennsylvania mail in ballots cannot be thrown out over misdated envelopes; the US says it will resume neighborhood checks for immigration applications; FEMA officials warn that Trum...
Duration: 00:56:29How’s Your Eight Friends?
Aug 26, 2025Tuesday, August 26th, 2025
Today, Donald Trump has signed an executive order making flag burning illegal with a mandatory minimum of one year in prison; the general who led the assessment that Trump’s bombing of Iran didn’t destroy anything has been fired; Epstein survivor Virginia Giuffre wrote a memoir before she died and it will be posthumously released; Trump and Netanyahu are moving forward with an all out assault on Gaza; Judge Xinis has blocked the government from moving Kilmar Abrego for now; Nancy Mace canceled a speech after just 8 people showed up; and Allison and Dana...
Duration: 00:46:25Repainting The Rainbow (feat. Joyce Vance)
Aug 25, 2025Monday, August 25th, 2025
Today, the DOJ has released the audio and transcripts of the witness tampering meeting between Todd Blanche and Ghislaine Maxwell; the government has threatened to deport Kilmar Abrego to Uganda if he doesn’t plead guilty to the two charges against him; John Bolton's house has been raided in search of classified emails sent on a private server; a federal judge orders the dismantling of the Florida concentration camp; Fort Bliss - where the Japanese were interned during WWII - is operating as an internment camp again; the White House lists Smithsonian exhibits it wa...
Duration: 01:15:58Refried Beans | Zero Malarkeys Left to Give (feat. Andrew Weissmann) | Aug 26, 2022
Aug 24, 2025Friday, August 26th, 2022
In the Hot Notes: Mark Meadows, Sidney Powell, and James Waldron have been beckoned by the Fulton County DA for testimony; two individuals have pled guilty to stealing Ashley Biden’s journal and selling it to Project Veritas; eight sources say the feds aren’t done with Matt Gaetz; Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton has been advising Trump on his dealings with the National Archives; Kenneth Chesebro is resisting a subpoena from the Fulton County DA; a judge rebukes Georgia fraudulent electors trying to wiggle out of prosecution; Judge Reinhart has ordered the release of a...
Duration: 00:44:02Refried Beans | Bear Witness (feat Harry Dunn; John Fugelsang) | Aug 23, 2024
Aug 23, 2025Friday, August 23rd 2024
We have the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago; Elon Musk’s Twitter has revealed its investors in a court filing; a Tennessee man was indicted for threatening to kill President Biden, Vice President Harris, and former President Obama on Twitter; the DoJ says it will move ahead with an obstruction charge despite the Supreme Court ruling; RFJ Jr is set to drop out of the race and endorse Donald Trump; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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Aug 22, 2025Friday, August 22nd, 2025
Today, the California Assembly has passed the redistricting resolutions and will have a special election this November for voters to approve the new maps; an appeals court has thrown out the $450M civil fraud fine against Trump; the Supreme Court says the NIH grants case must be filed in the Court of Federal Claims; a federal judge just has ruled that Alina Habba’s appointment as US Attorney in New Jersey is unlawful; an Eric Adams campaign advisor has been fired after slipping a potato chip bag full of cash to a reporter; an app...
Duration: 00:56:31A First Time For Everything (feat. Kyle Krahel)
Aug 21, 2025Thursday, August 21st, 2025
Today, Texas State Rep Nicole Collier has filed a writ of habeas corpus with the Travis County district court; Judge Berman rejects Trump’s motion to release Epstein grand jury material calling it a diversion from the real Epstein files; Representative LaMonica Mciver has filed a flurry of motions in the federal case against her; New York Mayor Eric Adams former top aid is set to face new charges; a federal judge in Illinois has dismissed Trump’s lawsuit against the state; unsealed court records show Judge Box of Wine bragged about helping Trump and...
Duration: 00:53:33Fascist Permission Slip (feat. Martha Barnette)
Aug 20, 2025Wednesday, August 20th, 2025
Today, Texas State Representative Nicole Collier has been locked inside the state house by Republicans; California Republicans have petitioned the state Supreme Court to stop redistricting effort; Donald called Vladimir Putin in the middle of the Zelensky summit; doctors attempting to inspect ICE holding cells at 26 Federal Plaza have been denied entry; the Texas measles outbreak is over according to Texas health officials; the Trump administration has revoked the security clearances of 37 current and former government officials; Bill Barr didn’t clear Trump of wrongdoing in a behind closed doors deposition with House Oversight; an...
Duration: 00:58:50Bucket Theory
Aug 19, 2025Tuesday, August 19th, 2025
Today, Zelensky meets with Trump and other world leaders in DC as Trump calls for an end to mail in voting; the fifth IRS commissioner Bessent has ousted three top IRS executives so he can consolidate power; a federal judge blocks Trump’s FTC retaliation against Media Matters; the Republican governor of Vermont has rejected Trump’s request to send National Guard troops to DC; Newsmax settles with Dominion Voting for $67M for the lies it told about the 2020 election; Texas Democrats have ended their two week walkout to prevent a quorum; Sherrod Brown has...
Duration: 00:32:52A Swing District Near You (feat. Tomás Kloosterman)
Aug 18, 2025Monday, August 18th, 2025
Today, Trump staff left sensitive papers on a printer at the hotel hosting the Trump Putin summit; Attorney General Pam Bondi was forced to re-write her order that gave Trump control of the DC Metropolitan Police - but the military presence in DC will go forward; ‘Sandwich Guy’ has been released from custody after a judge benchslapped the DOJ; the California maps are out giving Democrats five more seats; Trump blocks medical visas from Gaza after a Laura Loomer meltdown; the Trump administration reverses course allowing some troops to carry firearms in the District of C...
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Aug 17, 2025Follow along with visuals here
This week FBK brings you Operation Save Abortion! It’s a Podcast! It’s a Workshop! It’s a combination podcast workshop! A Podshop if you will! Your Feminist Buzzkills took some big patriarchy-smashing heat to The Big Easy and recorded a live episode that dropped some knowledge and trains you up to keep fighting against the anti-abortion machine. Lizz and Moji joined forces with AAF’s Head Writer Alyssa Al-Dookhi, Programs Manager Sherill Dingle, and Programs Director Kristin Hady to drop their knowledge. They give you the scoop on abortion doulas, how to ho...
Duration: 00:27:50Refried Beans | Sliding Into Donald's DMs | Aug 16, 2023
Aug 17, 2025Thursday, August 17th, 2023
In the Hot Notes: a former fundraiser for George Santos has been indicted for impersonating Kevin McCarthy’s chief of staff; a transcript of the hearing about the Trump Twitter account search warrant has been unsealed; Fulton County DA sets arraignment for September 5th and requests a March 4th trial date; the judge who approved the raid on a Kansas newspaper has a history of DUI arrests; President Biden will visit Maui next week; the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals puts a hold on mailing mifepristone; abortion rights have won in every election since Ro...
Duration: 00:31:17Refried Beans | Secretary Of Brain Worms (feat. John Fugelsang) | Aug 15, 2024
Aug 16, 2025Friday, August 16th 2024
Donald Trump asks Judge Merchan to postpone his sentencing until after the election; RFK Jr told Kamala Harris that he would drop out and endorse her if she’d give him a job in her administration; Governor Phil Murphy is set to appoint his former chief of staff George Helmy as outgoing Senator Bob Mendendez’ replacement; five people have been charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s death; Democrats are trying to block the Green Party from the ballot in Wisconsin citing legal issues; Kamala Harris is set to announce a federal ban on corpor...
Duration: 00:59:22Don’t Poke The Bear (feat. John Fugelsang)
Aug 15, 2025Friday, August 15th, 2025
Today, Governor Gavin Newsom announces a special election in California to fight back against Republican gerrymandering in Texas; a DC man who threw a sandwich at law enforcement was a Department of Justice employee; an inspector general report finds severe shortages at VA hospitals; Kari Lake defends her Voice of America cuts as lawmakers warn her she overstepped; the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals sides with Black Louisianians by striking down their racists state legislative map; Trump announces his Kennedy Center Honorees and says he might include himself among them; and Allison and Dana...
Duration: 00:58:45Safe Passage
Aug 14, 2025Thursday, August 14th, 2025
Today, it appears that Russia is responsible for the hack of the federal court system; the US deficit has increased to $291B despite Trump's tariff promises; immigration agents on Monday detained a disabled 15-year-old student at gunpoint outside a Los Angeles high school; the bench trial in the case brought by Gavin Newsom alleging the Trump administration has violated the Posse Comitatus Act has ended and Judge Breyer should issue a ruling soon; the president says he will ask Congress for a long term extension of the federal occupation of the District of Columbia...
Duration: 00:37:22Behind The Eight Ball (feat. Adam Klasfeld; Tara Setmayer)
Aug 13, 2025Wednesday, August 13th, 2025
Today, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds the Arkansas ban on gender affirming care; bigot Kim Davis has asked the Supreme Court to overturn marriage equality; a federal judge has ordered improved conditions for immigrants detained at 26 Federal Plaza; how the State Department grappled with the release of a triple murderer in the CECOT prisoner exchange; Trump’s new jobs numbers guy suggests suspending monthly job reports; Putin visits Alaska as talks swirl about a new Trump Tower Moscow; core inflation continues to rise in the United States; Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ur...
Duration: 01:20:35The Dictatorship Amps Up
Aug 12, 2025Tuesday, August 12th, 2025
Today, Trump has federalized the Metropolitan Police Department and deployed the National Guard in the District of Columbia; Governor Gavin Newsom’s lawsuit against Trump’s deployment of the military in Los Angeles as a violation of the Posse Comitatus Act is underway in California; Senator Whitehouse has written to the Bureau of Prisons asking for documents regarding Ghislaine Maxwell’s transfer to a minimum security facility; Judge Engelmayer denies Trump's motion to unseal the Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury transcripts; the Trump administration is going to put FBI agents on night patrol in Washington; and Al...
Duration: 00:35:23Cats Against Fascism (feat. Brittlestar)
Aug 11, 2025Monday, August 11th, 2025
Today, Trump and Putin are going to meet in Alaska this week for talks about Ukraine as Zelensky rejects Trump’s proposal to cede territory; a class action lawsuit has been filed against the Trump administration for inhumane conditions at 26 Federal Plaza in New York; Trump is delaying millions of dollars in already approved disaster relief funds for North Carolina; Gregg Abbot claims he’s sending the FBI after Texas Democrats; a gunman who hates the Covid vaccine opened fire at the CDC; we now have our sixth IRS Commissioner after the fifth one refu...
Duration: 00:59:17Refried Beans | Weird (feat. Ben Folds) 8/08/2024
Aug 10, 2025Thursday, August 8th 2024
The Georgia Election Board gives local officials new powers to investigate election results; the Trump judge in Alaska that resigned over sexual assault allegations is impacting at least 21 cases; despite new criticism; Trump told Walz in 2020 he was 'very happy' with his handling of George Floyd protests; we will fact check Vance’s attack on Tim Walz’s military record; how Lahaina’s 150 year old banyan tree is coming back to life; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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Aug 09, 2025Tuesday, August 9th, 2022
In the Hot Notes: the FBI has executed a raid on Trump’s residence at Mar-a-lago in Florida; the Department of Justice alludes to possible criminal conspiracy indictments in their latest filing in the Eastman case; Ahmaud Arbery’s murderers have been sentenced to life in prison by the DoJ under hate crimes statutes; the Trump real estate firm Cushman and Wakefield has handed over 36,000 documents to the NYAG; Alex Jones’ text messages have been handed over to the 1/6 committee; the Michigan Attorney General is calling for a criminal investigation in a case involving a Trum...
Duration: 00:57:09Dinner For Schmucks (feat. John Fugelsang)
Aug 08, 2025Friday, August 8th, 2025
Today, nearly 2M are on unemployment - the highest number since the pandemic; the Air Force is denying retirement pay to transgender service members being separated from service; the US plans to ease human rights criticism of El Aalvador, Israel, and Russia; the VA just terminated union contracts including nursing; top Trump officials planned their Epstein cover up at the White House Wednesday night; Trump delayed a Medicare change after a private health company donation; the federal court filing system has been hit with a sweeping hack; immigrants who are crime victims awaiting visas...
Duration: 00:57:22Red Pill Mill (feat. Garrett Graff)
Aug 07, 2025Thursday, August 7th, 2025
Today, Sections 9 and 10 of Article One of the Constitution were removed from the Library of Congress website in what the Trump Administration called a “glitch”; a bomb threat prompted an evacuation of the hotel where Texas Democrats are staying in Chicago; top Trump officials are meeting Wednesday night to discuss how to move forward with the Epstein cover up; Putin puppet Tulsi Gabbard ignored warnings from the CIA about releasing the Russia files; a former worker at the Florida concentration camp describes inhumane conditions; DHS removes the age cap on ICE agent applications; a pers...
Duration: 00:58:07Hot Tips For Loomer (feat. Samantha Michaels)
Aug 06, 2025Wednesday, August 6th, 2025
Today, survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell file letters with the court over the possible release of grand jury transcripts; ICE floated the idea of paying bounties for deportations but rescinded the idea after journalists reached out for comment; FEMA floated the idea of denying emergency preparedness grants to states that boycott Israeli companies but quickly rescinded that as well; the White House is preparing an order to punish banks that refuse to work with fascist;, Texas Republicans fail again to move forward with redistricting after Democrats protest by denying them a quorum...
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Aug 05, 2025Tuesday, August 5th, 2025
Today, Texas Governor Greg Abbott orders police to find and arrest Democrats who fled over redistricting; the White House has no plans to protect IVF breaking yet another campaign promise; the US may require visa applicants to post a $15,000 bond pricing many out of the process; the New Hampshire Republican governor has signed a law banning gender affirming care for minors; the president of Harvard says the school is NOT considering a $500M settlement with the Trump administration; and Allison and Dana deliver the good news.
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Aug 04, 2025Monday, August 4th, 2025
Today, party preference in the US has shifted back to the Democrats for the first time since 2023; Virginia Giuffre's family responds to Trump’s admission that she was trafficked from Mar a Lago; trump always chickens out - he pauses Mexico tariffs for another 90 days; the DC Bar’s Board of Professional Responsibility has recommended Jeffrey Clark be disbarred; the Navy reverses its decision to stop sharing weather data at the last minute; the Florida attorney general issued a subpoena to a bar to get the names of people who participated in a drag show...
Duration: 00:44:11Refried Beans | INSERT EPIC JUSTICE TITLE HERE | 8/2/2023
Aug 03, 2025Wednesday, August 2nd, 2023
In the Hot Notes: Donald Trump has been charged with four counts in his plot to overthrow the government in 2020; two Republicans have been indicted in Michigan for illegally accessing voting machines; after paying legal fees the Trump Super PAC is nearly broke; it appears that Rudy Giuliani’s discovery bill in the Ruby Freeman lawsuit has been paid by Donald Trump; plus AG and Dana deliver your Good News.
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Refried Beans | An Epic Day For Justice (feat. Amanda Litman) | 8/4/2022
Aug 02, 2025Thursday, August 4th, 2022
In the Hot Notes: Alex Jones’ attorney accidentally hands over the entire contents of his phone to the Sandy Hook lawyer; the January 6th committee is prepping to subpoena the Sandy Hook lawyers for the phone; the Department of Justice has subpoenaed White House counsel Pat Cippollone and deputy White House counsel Pat Philbin; the Department of Justice has sued Peter Navarro to hand over all communications he sent and received using a private email account; and President Biden signs an executive order for Medicaid to pay for out of state abortions; plus Allison de...
Duration: 00:50:38Moms Against Fun (feat. John Fugelsang)
Aug 01, 2025Friday, August 1st, 2025
Today, party preference in the US has shifted back to the Democrats for the first time since 2023; Virginia Giuffre's family responds to Trump’s admission that she was trafficked from Mar a Lago; trump always chickens out - he pauses Mexico tariffs for another 90 days; the DC Bar’s Board of Professional Responsibility has recommended Jeffrey Clark be disbarred; the Navy reverses its decision to stop sharing weather data at the last minute; the Florida attorney general issued a subpoena to a bar to get the names of people who participated in a drag show...
Duration: 00:55:28Social Studies (feat. Ben Sheehan)
Jul 31, 2025Thursday, July 31st, 2025
Today, Emil Bove is confirmed to the Third Circuit after it’s revealed the DoJ IG lost whistleblower complaints; CBS unveils new inconsistencies with the Epstein jail video; the House Oversight Committee has rejected Ghislaine Maxwell's demand for immunity in exchange for her testimony; the Trump regime has scrapped its plan to impound health and research funding; a new Texas district map adds five safe Republican House seats; Kamala Harris announces she is not running for governor of California; 12 Democratic members of Congress are suing ICE for access to internment camps; the DOJ has fi...
Duration: 01:04:20Missing Minute Found (feat. Aya Ibrahim)
Jul 30, 2025Wednesday, July 29th, 2025
Today, Trump told the press that the real reason he ghosted Epstein is because Epstein stole Virginia Giuffre from him; the FBI and DOJ have the missing minutes from the Epstein jail video; Chuck Schumer calls on the FBI to complete a threat assessment of the Epstein files; the Trump administration will rescind the 2009 finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health; the former Ohio police officer who shot Andre Hill has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison; as i feared - federal data has been disappearing under Trump; Harvard is said to...
Duration: 01:06:00Charlotte’s Angels (feat. Charlotte Clymer)
Jul 29, 2025Tuesday, July 29th, 2025
Today, Senators Durbin and Whitehouse demand tapes of Todd Blanche’s witness tampering meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell; a Texas man sues a California doctor testing a new angle to crack down on abortion pills; another federal judge blocks the Trump administrations attempts to defund Planned Parenthood; Democrat Roy Cooper launches a bid for the North Carolina Senate seat while Republican Mike Collins throws his hat in the ring to challenge Ossoff in Georgi;, Lauren Boebert’s son has been charged with child abuse; Doctor Phil’s anti-woke network files for bankruptcy; in a landmark ruling...
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Jul 28, 2025Monday, July 28th, 2025
Today, House Democrats asked the Epstein estate to hand over the Epstein birthday book;. New York's Kathy Hochul opens the door to redrawing house lines; one of the 10 Americans Trump traded Venezuela for the men in CECOT is a convicted murderer; a Vermont school superintendent was detained and held by ICE for hours; a judge throws out Trump's sanctuary city lawsuit against Illinois; Bible guy, an anti-porn guy, Oklahoma School Superintendent Ryan Walters was caught with porn on screen during a meeting; Elon Musk did, in fact, order Starlink to shut down during a...
Duration: 00:36:14Refried Beans | A Brazen Scheme (feat. Rep. Jamie Raskin) | Jul 26, 2022
Jul 27, 2025Tuesday, July 26th, 2022
In the Hot Notes: the DoJ has broadened its investigation again by putting Pence’s chief of staff Mark Short and legal counsel Greg Jacob in front of a federal grand jury; the committee releases new evidence about what Trump didn’t want to say during his January 7th address; Fulton County DA Fani Willis is disqualified from investigating one Georgia state senator because of conflicts of interest; Rep. Jamie Raskin answers questions about coordination between the DoJ and the 1/6 committee; and the Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against some of the biggest poul...
Duration: 00:41:24Refried Beans | Smear Factory Fact Check (feat. Rep. Gloria Johnson) | Jul 24, 2024
Jul 26, 2025Wednesday, July 24th 2024
Fact checking claims and combating misinformation about Kamala Harris; the Trump Campaign has filed a complaint with the FEC over Harris taking over the Biden war chest; the Harris Campaign has requested VP vetting materials for a short list of potential candidates; the Trump Campaign is second guessing their choice of JD Vance; Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has resigned her position in the wake of the assassination attempt; President Biden is COVID negative and will address the nation tonight at 8 PM ET; Senator Menendez says his last day in the Senate is August 20...
Duration: 01:00:53In Bed With Satan (feat. John Fugelsang)
Jul 25, 2025Friday, July 25th, 2025
Today, two days after signing a $1.5B deal with Paramount; South Park torches Trump and the network in the season 27 premiere; attorney for Epstein survivors Bradley Edwards tells Lawrence O'Donnell that the Epstein birthday book is with Epstein’s estate and can be easily subpoenaed; Columbia University bends the knee to the Trump administration; an appeals court finds that Donald’s birthright citizenship order is unconstitutional; the US quietly drafts a plan to end PEPFAR; the White House has denied Maryland's request for disaster assistance; Amy Sherald cancels her Smithsonian show citing censorship; Trump’s appr...
Duration: 00:56:44Squishy Republicans (feat. Yasmin Radjy)
Jul 24, 2025Thursday, July 24th, 2025
Today, Judge Xinis bars ICE from detaining Mr. Abrego in Tennessee and Judge Crenshaw orders Mr. Abrego’s release on bond; The Wall Street Journal drops another bombshell reporting that Pam Bondi told Trump he was in the Epstein files two months ago; a DoD watchdog reports that Kegseth’s Signal chat messages came from an email marked classified; 140 members of the National Science Foundation have penned a letter of dissent amid fear of retaliation; Louisville Kentucky is changing its jail policy to get off the “sanctuary city list”; The Pentagon withdraws the Marines from Los...
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