Today; Democrats have passed the American Rescue Plan propping up the middle class with $1.9T; a Trump campaign aide and State Department appointee is arrested for his role in the insurrection; the FBI finds a contact between a member of the Proud Boys and the White House before the attack on the Capitol; Rep. Zoe Lofgren catalogs GOP members spreading the big lie leading up to the siege; Eric Swalwell sues Trump for his role in the insurrection; the Fulton County Georgia DA hires a top RICO pro...
Mar 08, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 514
Today: an ethics probe into Elaine Chao led to the Department of Transportation IG to make a criminal referral in December; Georgia impanels two Grand Juries into Trump’s possible election fraud; the House passes HR-1 and The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act; CPAC threatened their stage design company with legal action if they didn’t take the heat for using a Nazi symbol; the House is closed due to terror threats from Trump supporters; Charles Flynn was offered a promotion after the insurrec...
Mar 05, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 513
Today: FBI, DHS, and National Guard leadership testify before a Joint Senate Committee; Mike Pence published an op-ed pushing the big lie; South Dakota Republicans changed the rules at the last minute making it nearly impossible to impeach Attorney General Ravnsborg who killed a man during a hit and run; the House Oversight Committee has re-issued its subpoena to Mazars; Trump’s White House Doctor, Ronny Jackson, allegedly made sexual comments, drank booze, and took Ambien at work; plus Dana Gol...
Mar 04, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 512
Today: FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before the Joint Senate Committee about his agency’s role in insurrection intelligence; the Manhattan DA drills down on CFO Allen Weisselberg in his investigation into the Trump Org.; Governor Cuomo faces allegations from a third person; the Pentagon announces security aide to Ukraine; Texas lifts COVID restrictions and the mask mandate; Biden makes a major announcement regarding COVID vaccines; we have an update on Mary Trump’s lawsuit; plus Dana G...
Mar 03, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 511
Today: the Biden administration is prepping sanctions for Russia over the Navalny poisoning; Now that CPAC is over, Hyatt calls the shape of the stage abhorrent as CPAC responds; the Senate judiciary votes 15-7 to advance the confirmation of Judge Merrick Garland as attorney general to the full Senate; Biden says immigrants should be able to get the COVID vaccine; the DoJ files charges against the man who used bear spray against Capitol Police; France’s former President Sarkozy is sentenced to t...
Mar 02, 2021•50 min•Ep. 510
Today; Twitter exploded this weekend with images of the CPAC stage which is the shape of a common Nazi symbol; sexual misconduct allegations emerge about both Madison Cawthorn and Governor Cuomo; the FBI has singled out a suspect in the death of Capitol officer Sicknick; lawyers for an 18-year-old insurrectionist push to have him released to his parents; NASA officially names its DC headquarters after Hidden Figure Mary W. Jackson; plus Dana Goldberg (@DGComedy) and AG deliver Hot Notes and your...
Mar 01, 2021•58 min•Ep. 509
Today: the House Appropriations Committee questioned law enforcement about Capitol security; Cy Vance has Trump’s financial documents from Mazars and there are over a million pages; Mitch McConnell pushes back on the Insurrection Commission rules proposed by Pelosi; Illinois is ending cash bail; Costco raises its minimum wage to $16 an hour; plus Aimee Carrero (@aimeecarrero) is here to deliver your Good News and her rulings. Follow our guest on Twitter: Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) Author...
Feb 26, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 508
Today: Donald Trump, Jr. is in hot water over the Manhattan District Attorney’s investigation into the Trump Org; Donald could soon face deposition in the E. Jean Carroll case; Kushner’s Times Square property moves toward foreclosure; the Georgia Senate passes voter restrictions; Steve Mnuchin is expected to launch an investment fund that could profit off his decisions as Treasury Secretary; we are expecting the imminent release of the intelligence report on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi; there ...
Feb 25, 2021•56 min•Ep. 507
Today: 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 arrested; we’re getting more information on the makeup of the insurrection commission; Purdue announces he will NOT run against Warnock in 2022; Andrew Cuomo’s approval rating drops six points amidst the nursing home scandal; plus Dana Goldberg (@DGComedy) and AG deliver Hot Notes and your Good News. Follow our guest on Twitter: Kyle Cheney (@ky...
Feb 24, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 506
Today: The Supreme Court refuses to hear the Mazars case clearing the way for the New York Grand Jury to get Trump’s tax returns; Dominion sues the My Pillow Guy for $1.3B; the Merrick Garland hearings are underway in the Senate Judiciary Committee; the House Budget Committee passes the $1.9T COVID relief bill; Zuckerberg changed the rules to benefit Alex Jones and other right-wing figures; Biden announces protections for small businesses who want to use the Paycheck Protection Program; Virginia...
Feb 23, 2021•55 min•Ep. 505
Today: the hits keep coming for Roger Stone as the DOJ eyes a full-blown criminal investigation into his role in the siege on the Capitol; the confirmation hearings for Merrick Garland start today; Trump Inaugural donor Zuberi gets 12 years in prison for campaign finance, FARA, and obstruction charges; Erik Prince faces scrutiny for violating the arms embargo against Libya; plus Dana Goldberg (@DGComedy) and AG deliver Hot Notes and your Good News. Follow our guest on Twitter: Elie Honig (@elieh...
Feb 22, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 504
Today: Senator Ted Cruz messed with Texas; Ron DeSantis gets caught sending vaccines to an affluent and mostly white part of Manatee County while excluding the rest of the residents; House Democrats say they’re on track to pass the COVID relief plan by next weekend; Biden introduces a sweeping immigration reform bill; the Feds investigated Roger Stone’s ties to the Proud Boys as part of the inquiry into his threats against Judge Amy Berman Jackson; AG hits the Hot Notes; plus Aimee Carrero (@aim...
Feb 19, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 503
Today; Georgia Republicans are trying to change the rules for the Fulton County DA investigation into Trump election interference; Dominion says a lawsuit against Mike Lindell, the My Pillow Guy, is imminent; a Texas mayor resigns after a horrible Facebook post; 3 million Texans are still without power or water for over 50 hours; a county chairman of the GOP is asking McConnell to step down over his comments about Trump being responsible for the insurrection; promotions for female generals were ...
Feb 18, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 502
Today; the NAACP has filed suit on behalf of representative Bennie Thompson against Trump and Giuliani under the Ku Klux Klan Act for conspiring with the Proud Boys to prevent the certification of the election; South Dakota Republican Governor Kristi Noem is under scrutiny for using a taxpayer-funded plane to campaign; 57 republican officials are found to have participated in the insurrection; the Senate Homeland Security Committee scheduled the first hearing investigating the insurrection for F...
Feb 17, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 501
Today; US Lawmakers call for a 9/11 style commission to investigate the insurrection; President Biden approved an emergency declaration for Texas amid severe winter storms; COVID cases are on the decline in all 50 states, amid the pandemic and nearly half a million deaths, Jim Jordan declares cancel culture is the number one issue facing Americans; Biden has yet to have a call with Bibi Netanyahu; Parler is back online; plus Dana Goldberg (@DGComedy) and AG hit the Hot Notes and deliver your Goo...
Feb 16, 2021•55 min•Ep. 500
Today; the impeachment trial of Donald Trump concludes with the largest majority in history voting to convict; Mitch McConnell says Trump is guilty of inciting insurrection despite having voted to acquit on a technicality; more information tying Roger Stone to the attack on the capitol; five Proud Boys charged with conspiracy in the insurrection; Biden asks all US Attorneys but two to resign; Georgia expands its criminal investigation to include Lindsey Graham; inside the impeachment managers’ d...
Feb 15, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 499
Today: the Democrats wrap up their impeachment arguments; Trump’s Justice Department sought to block an investigation into Giuliani; Republicans are leaving the GOP; dozens of anti-Trump Republicans are in talks to form a new party; Justice Department says that a leader of The Oathkeepers waited for Trump’s signal to attack; President Biden terminates Trump’s emergency declaration at the Southern border, and seeks to defund the wall; plus AG and Aimee Carrero (@aimeecarrero) deliver your Good Ne...
Feb 12, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 498
Today: the Fulton County, Georgia DA opens a criminal investigation into former President Donald; Twitter announces Trump’s ban is permanent even if he runs for office in 2024; Biden announces the US is sanctioning the military leaders who directed the coup in Myanmar; the impeachment trial begins with Democratic arguments; plus Dana Goldberg (@DGComedy) and AG hit the Hot Notes and deliver your Good News. Follow our guest on Twitter: Margaret Cho (@margaretcho) Https://rushtix.com/events/after-...
Feb 11, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 497
Today: impeachment trial coverage; Biden prepares to ask almost all of Trump’s US Attorneys to resign; a Parnas and Fruman associate is sentenced to one year in prison; plus Dana Goldberg (@DGComedy) and AG hit the Hot Notes and deliver your Good News. Follow our guest on Twitter: Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) Host of the On Topic Podcast, Former Federal Prosecutor Have some good news, a confession, a correction, or a case for Beans Court? https://www.dailybeanspod.com/confessional/ Want to...
Feb 10, 2021•56 min•Ep. 496
Today: the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump is underway in the Senate; Republican Minority Leader in the House Kevin McCarthy pressured Liz Cheney to apologize for her impeachment vote; what the UN Secretary General says about Myanmar; a prominent Republican lawyer says Trump can stand trial; Democrats unveil a new part of the COVID relief plan that includes an expanded child tax credit; coronavirus claims its first member of Congress; plus Dana Goldberg (@DGComedy) and AG hit the Hot No...
Feb 09, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 495
Today: Fox News joins the cancel culture by booting Lou Dobbs off the air; the pink hat bullhorn lady is arrested for her role in the January 6th attack on the Capitol; Biden tells CNN that Trump shouldn’t continue to get intelligence briefings; Micheal Flynn re-emerges; ICE threatened detainees with quarantining them with people known to be infected with COVID; Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman files paperwork to run for Senate; two Republican reps are fined for skirting the metal...
Feb 08, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 494
Today: Senate impeachment managers invite Trump to testify under oath; the House votes to remove Marjorie Greene from committee assignments; Liz Cheney keeps her leadership role; Smartmatic files $2.7 billion defamation suit in New York against Fox News, Bartiromo, Dobbs, Pirro, Giuliani, and Powell; Biden goes pretty hard on Russia; Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin issues a stand down order to address extremism in the military; and Trump quits SAG-AFTRA; plus Aimee Carrero (@aimeecarrero) helps A...
Feb 05, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 493
Today, Steny Hoyer has announced that the House will vote Thursday on the removal of Marjory Taylor Greene from her committee assignment; pro-Trump attorney Lin Wood is under investigation for voter fraud in Georgia; the House has approved a measure to levy fines of up to 10K to anyone who flouts security screenings; the House has also passed the budget resolution needed to move the COVID relief bill forward; the Senate has signed the power sharing agreement finally giving Dems the gavels; the M...
Feb 04, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 492
Today: the House impeachment managers and Donald’s defense team have filed pre-trial briefings; Ginni Thomas apologized to Clarence Thomas’ law clerks in the fallout of the attack on the Capitol; Biden will sign an executive order to reunite families at the border; Donald pocketed the cash he raised peddling the big lie; Alexei Navalny has been sentenced to 3 and a half years in a Russian penal colony; Lindsey Graham delays Merrick Garland’s confirmation hearing; two FBI agents are killed in a r...
Feb 03, 2021•59 min•Ep. 491
Today: Schumer and Pelosi have filed a joint budget resolution to pass the $1.9T American rescue plan as Biden agrees to meet with the ten Republicans that want to gut the relief bill; Stacey Abrams is nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize; Steny Hoyer has given an ultimatum to Kevin McCarthy about Marjory Taylor Greene, Scottish Parliament will vote on a measure to investigate the source of financing for Trump properties there; plus Dana Goldberg (@DGComedy) and AG hit the Hot Notes and deliver y...
Feb 02, 2021•44 min•Ep. 490
Today: all five of Trump’s impeachment lawyers abandon ship; a new memo from Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller disarming the DC National Guard 2 days before the insurrection comes to light; impeachment manager Val Demmings demands an investigation into the January 5th meeting; Oklahoma tries to return $2M worth of hydroxychloroquine; First Lady Dr. Jill Biden has a new project; Susan Collins and Tim Kaine draft a censure resolution; plus Dana Goldberg (@DGComedy) and AG hit the Hot Notes and...
Feb 01, 2021•59 min•Ep. 489
Today: President Biden signs executive orders expanding health care; GameStop and Reddit short sale explained; Biden pauses to assess Trump’s arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates; Pelosi says the enemy is within the House of Representatives; Jim Jordan will not run for Senate; the Pentagon halts Trump appointments to advisory boards; the Capitol Police Chief calls for permanent fencing around the Capitol; the balance of power in the Senate for 2022; AG goes through the Hot Not...
Jan 29, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 488
Today: the Department of Homeland Security National Terrorism Advisory System has issued a warning about domestic violent extremism; President Biden signs executive orders on the climate crisis; Tony Blinken gives his first press conference as Secretary of State; Kevin McCarthy sneaked down to Florida to meet with the former president at his self-styled Office of the Former President; Mitch McConnell bristles in a mean tweet about Senate rules; Marjorie Taylor Greene goes largely unpunished; a m...
Jan 28, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 487
Today, the US Attorney in the District of Columbia is moving forward with sedition charges for those who attacked the Capitol January 6th; Senate Republicans try to stop the impeachment trial from moving forward, but the vote failed; Joe Biden signs new executive orders addressing racial inequity; a federal judge puts a temporary restraining order on one of Biden’s executive orders; Biden has his first call with Putin; the Pentagon is blaming the BLM protests for the slow National Guard response...
Jan 27, 2021•54 min•Ep. 486
Today: the Inspector General of the Department of Justice has opened an investigation into any efforts to overturn the election (and can make criminal referrals); the House has delivered the article of impeachment against 45 for inciting the insurrection; SCOTUS drops emoluments cases; Biden continues to undo many of the last administration’s policies; Dominion Voting Systems is suing Rudy Giuliani for defamation; Sarah Huckabee Sanders announces her run for Governor of Arkansas; plus Dana Goldb...
Jan 26, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 485
