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The Daily Beans

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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.
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Episodes

Refried Beans | A Dirty, Nasty Business (feat. Peter Strzok) | Nov 8, 2021

Nov 8, 2021 In the Hot Notes: A new round of indictments from the January 6th Committee; Ted Cruz lashes out at Big Bird; the 5th Circuit Court has stayed Biden’s vaccine mandate; Aaron Rodgers faces backlash for lying about his vaccination status; the DOJ seized $6M in ransomware payments; a Pennsylvania election official is suing Trump and his surrogates; plus Aimee Carrero is back to help Allison deliver your Good News and a verdict in Aimee’s Court. Our Guest: Peter Strzok https://twitter.co...

Nov 09, 202456 min

Where We’re At (feat. John Fugelsang)

Friday, November 8th, 2024 Today, Republicans admit they intend to implement Project 2025; Gavin Newsom calls a special session to protect liberal policies from the Trump Presidency; the Fed cut interest rates by another quarter percent; Republican Eric Hovde blames a third party candidate for his loss and refuses to concede; Wyoming moves ahead with selling land in the Grand Tetons to the federal government; and fish biologists collaborate to track the pioneering Klamath River salmon; and Allis...

Nov 08, 202442 minEp. 1500

The Fight Continues

Thursday, November 7th, 2024 Today, I wish I had better news but Kamala Harris has conceded the 2024 election; President Biden is preparing to rush last minute aid to Ukraine; Pennsylvania's Centre County officials say they are working with their ballot scanner vendor to figure out why the county's mail-in ballot data is "not being recognized when uploaded to the elections software"; Allison Greenfield, the law clerk disparaged by Donald Trump, has been elected as a judge in Manhattan; Democrats...

Nov 07, 202434 minEp. 1499

Rudy Shows His Assets

Wednesday, November 6th, 2024 Today, a judge has denied Missouri’s efforts to block Department of Justice poll monitors; Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss tell the court that Rudy is hiding assets as Rudy shows up to the polls in the Mercedes that he was supposed to hand over; a judge shreds the RNC’s attempt to invalidate Georgia votes; Donald Trump is already claiming widespread cheating in Philadelphia; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. Thank you, ZBiotics Go to ZBiotics.com/DAILYBEANS t...

Nov 06, 202431 minEp. 1498

Leave It All On The Field

Tuesday, November 5th, 2024 Today, it’s election day in America so make sure you get your ballot in the box; NBC aired Trump "equal time" message during NASCAR coverage after Harris’ "SNL" appearance because he’s a whiny baby; Trump Media outsourced jobs to Mexico even as Trump pushed “America First”; Elon Musk’s lawyer argued in a Philly courtroom that his illegal million dollar giveaways aren’t a lottery because they’re fraud; and a Trump supporter has been arrested after punching a 70 year ol...

Nov 05, 202438 minEp. 1497

Election Eve (feat. Jessica Denson)

Monday, November 4th, 2024 Today, with one day to go, Trump suggests people should shoot members of the press and says he shouldn’t have left the Whitehouse in 2021; the Arizona attorney general has opened a criminal investigation into Trump’s remarks about Liz Cheney; the Selzer Iowa poll puts Harris ahead of Trump by 3 points; Jeffrey Epstein tapes indicate Donald was his best friend for ten years; a federal judge immediately denies Elon Musk’s bid to move his voter lottery case out of state c...

Nov 04, 202457 minEp. 1496

Refried Beans | Erotic Election Fan Fiction (feat. Frank Figliuzzi) | Oct 26, 2020

Oct 26, 2020 Flynn’s lawyers have until midnight Monday to declare that none of their other documents have been falsified, two Democratic House Committee Chairs verify that Pompeo is under investigation for violations of the Hatch Act, how the Wall Street Journal killed the Russian disinformation attempt by Bannon and Trump, Kushner tells Fox News some racist stuff, how the arrest of one of the Boogaloo Bois shatters Trump’s “law & order” facade, one of Trump’s impeachment lawyers was involv...

Nov 03, 20241 hr 15 min

Refried Beans | Historical Precedent (feat. Ruth Ben-Ghiat ) | 11/3/2024

Nov 3, 2021 In the Hot Notes: Republican Glenn Youngkin wins Virginia, but Dems do well pretty much everywhere else; House Democrats are putting Paid Family Leave BACK into the budget reconciliation; Senate Republicans filibuster voting rights for the fourth time ; Merrick Garland drops a pair of Trump legal challenges that blocked federal benefits for same-sex couples; plus Dana and Allison deliver your Good News. Our Guest: Ruth Ben-Ghiat https://twitter.com/ruthbenghiat https://lucid.substack...

Nov 02, 202453 min

Whine Kampf (feat. John Fugelsang)

Today, Elon is a no show at his mandatory court hearing after filing to remove his case to federal court; Clark County replaces 500 ballots after a drop box was set on fire; Twitter is boosting fascists and throttling Democrats; Trump has filed a bogus lawsuit in Pennsylvania claiming voter fraud; Mark Paoletta is helping Trump map out his future Justice Department’s policy playbook; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. Thank you, HomeChef For a limited time, HomeChef is offering you 18 ...

Nov 01, 202455 minEp. 1495

Overtly and Secretly Garbage (feat. Daria Dawson)

Thursday, October 31st, 2024 Today, Trump and Johnson’s secret plan to steal the election; the corrupt Supreme Court is actually allowing Virginia to violate the law by purging voters from their roll within 90 days of an election; Workers Say They Were Tricked and Threatened as Part of Elon Musk’s Get-Out-the-Vote Effort , early voters in Georgia are setting another new record; Speaker Mike Johnson is caught admitting on tape that he and Trump intend to repeal Obamacare; a man who threatened Ful...

Oct 31, 202457 minEp. 1494

Apology Not Accepted (feat. Dave Aronberg)

Today, a MAGA bigot has been banned from CNN for suggesting Mehdi Hasan is a terrorist; Republicans lose back to back lawsuits in swing state lawsuits; the man who attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole; an Indianapolis Republican candidate has been charged with stealing ballots; Virginia asks US Supreme Court to reinstate the removal of 1,600 voter registrations; the Supreme Court rejects RFK Jr. plea to be removed from ballot i...

Oct 30, 202450 minEp. 1493

Quid Pro WaPo

Tuesday, October 29th, 2024 Today, over 200,000 people have canceled their subscriptions to The Washington Post after their failure to endorse Kamala Harris; The Philadelphia DA is suing Elon Musk and his super pac to stop his million dollar giveaway; Trump’s fascist rally shock comic was set to call Kamala Harris the c word; the FBI is investigating another ballot box arson - this one in Vancouver; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. Events, Petitions, and Volunteer Opportunities | Mob...

Oct 29, 202440 minEp. 1492

A Garden Of Deplorables

Monday, October 28th, 2024 Today, Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Vladimir Putin since 2022; Musk continues to award money to voters even after receiving a letter from the DoJ that it’s illegal; Washington Post staff members resign after Bezos refuses to endorse Harris after a Trump meeting with the Bezos space program; the Republican Freedom Caucus leaders suggests North Carolina should ignore the will of the voters and anoint Trump president; the Army has released a redacted version...

Oct 28, 202441 minEp. 1491

Refried Beans | Refried Beans | Shame Shirt (feat. Matthew Miller) | 10/21/2020

Oct 21, 2020 Trump failed to disclose a Chinese bank account, lawyers say they can’t find the parents of 545 migrant children, Pope Francis voices support for same-sex civil unions, Ghislaine Maxwell communications are set to be released today in the Epstein case after she failed to block them, the White House looks at cutting covid funding in democratic cities, and Sacha Baron Cohen’s new movie depicts Rudy Giuliani with his hands down his pants, Lynnette Grey Bull for Congress joins us to talk...

Oct 27, 20241 hr 9 min

Refried Beans | PB&J (feat. Chris Jones and Ariel Elias) | Oct 23, 2022

Monday, October 24th, 2022 Mar-a-Lago documents contained secrets about Iran and China; Donald Trump is formally subpoenaed by the 1/6 committee; Steve Bannon is sentenced to four months for criminal contempt of Congress; a federal court has cleared the way for the 1/6 committee to get Kelli Ward’s phone records; Eric Herschmann warned against Donald signing inaccurate voter fraud numbers in a lawsuit in Georgia; President Biden is reviewing Elon Musk’s Twitter deal; Kash Patel has appeared befo...

Oct 26, 202445 min

Are We There Yet? (feat. John Fugelsang)

Friday, October 25th, 2024 Today, Trump says he would fire Jack Smith in under two minutes if he wins the election; Mike Flynn admits under oath that there was no fraud with Dominion voting machines; Arizona ballots have been damaged after a mailbox was set on fire in a Dem leaning county; at least a dozen mail-in ballots were intercepted and cast in Mesa County Colorado; Beyonce is set to perform tonight with Kamala Harris at a rally in Houston; the DoJ has announced four criminal cases against...

Oct 25, 202458 minEp. 1490

Grit And Consistency (feat. Nina Martin)

Thursday, October 24th, 2024 Today, the DoJ is investigating Elon Musk’s voter lottery and has sent a letter warning him that he’s violating the law; Judge Aileen Cannon is on a list of candidates for Trump’s attorney general; Georgia’s Republican secretary of state finds just 20 noncitizens registered to vote out of 8.2 million; Donald Trump’s campaign manager shared posts in 2021 saying Trump’s lies caused the violence on January 6; a Suspect has been arrested in the shootings of the Democrati...

Oct 24, 202450 minEp. 1489

Cooperative Freedom (feat. Timothy Snyder)

Today, 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...

Oct 23, 20241 hr 10 minEp. 1487

1-800-BIG-MACS

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024 Today, the employee from the Florida Department of Health that sent letters to television stations to stop airing Amendment 4 ads says Ron DeSantis directed him to do so and he resigned in protest before sending more; the Central Park Exonerated Five have filed a defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump; Donald stages a photo op at McDonalds; an analysis finds that Trump’s plan would render Social Security insolvent in six short years; more fact checking on Trump’s FEM...

Oct 22, 202441 minEp. 1486

Technical Difficulties - Complicated Business (feat. Laura Packard)

Monday, October 21st, 2024 Today, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro says law enforcement should investigate Elon Musk’s $1M voter lottery scam; Democrats in Congress are working to prevent another January 6th; questions surround Montana Republican Senate candidate Sheehy’s bullet wound story; the Trump ground game in key swing states has been flagged as potentially faked; and a failed mic leaves Trump in awkward silence for over 20 minutes; and Allison delivers your Good News. Guest: Laura Pack...

Oct 21, 202455 minEp. 1485

Refried Beans | Lady Gaga County (Feat. Barb McQuade) | Oct 6, 2020

Oct 6, 2020 The DOW takes a dive as Trump tweets that he won’t consider a COVID relief bill until after the election, the vice presidential debate is tonight but there seems to be some disagreement on the format, General Milley and other members of the Joint Chiefs are now in quarantine after the Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard tests positive, FBI Director Chris Wray issues a video about election interference, a Texas police officer has been arrested on the suspicion of murder in the fatal sh...

Oct 20, 20241 hr 1 min

OPERATION SAVE ABORTION | A Feminist Buzzkills Podcast Special Episode

WE DID A THING! Get your ear holes ready for our must-listen training sesh, Operation Save Abortion: Ballot Initiatives! November's election is creeping up, and we want to make sure YOU are geared up to protect abortion wherever you are. We’ve rallied together an all-star trifecta of folks who put in the WORK for pro-abortion ballot initiative campaigns from two of the TEN states that have abortion on their ballot, PLUS a guest from a state whose abortion amendment won last year! You're about to...

Oct 19, 202442 min

Refried Beans | Bullish on the Impossible (feat. Adam Klasfeld) | Oct 14, 2021

Oct 14, 2021 The January 6th Committee has begun proceedings on criminal contempt for Steve Bannon; Donald will be required to sit for a deposition in the Trump Tower protest case; conservative lawyers are steering clear of Donald in the January 6 investigation; Lev Parnas had his hearing; a Biden council will tell federal agencies to put gender front and center when making policy; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. Our Guest: Adam Klasfeld https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports Reminder...

Oct 19, 202441 min

It's The First Amendment, Stupid (feat. John Fugelsang)

Friday, October 18th, 2024 Today, I got to appear on Fox5DC with Jim Lokay and discuss Kamala Harris’ appearance on Fox News; Donald Trump has asked for yet another delay in the Jack Smith DC case; The department of Justice has secured the first guilty verdict at trial for violence against a transgender person; Biden has approved another million Americans for student debt relief, Mitch McConnell called Trump stupid and despicable at an event in 2020; new records show a Texas judge failed to sell...

Oct 18, 202453 minEp. 1484

Schedule F’d (feat. Rep. Dan Goldman)

Thursday, October 17th, 2024 Today, Kamala Harris sits down with Brett Baier at Fox News; a bench slap and a clap back as Judge Chutkan and Jack Smith tag team Donald Trump in two separate filings; Rep Dan Goldman releases a series about Project 2025; Republicans are facing backlash for trying to undermine military mail in ballots; the Georgia State Election Board’s hand count rule is blocked by Judge McBurney; Alabama Republicans must stop removing voters from rolls ahead of the election; John ...

Oct 17, 202457 minEp. 1483

Vote Early. Vote Hard (feat. Daria Dawson)

Wednesday, October 16th, 2024 Today, Trump spends 39 minutes swaying to unlicensed music and jerking off sky dicks in a bizarre town hall with dog killer Kristi Noem; JD Vance lies about Trump going after political opponents while president; Georgia voters shatter the day one in-person early voting record; the House Ethics Committee has subpoenaed records from the Matt Gaetz lawsuit; the DoJ says it will monitor voting in Portage County Ohio where the sheriff threatened to keep lists of the name...

Oct 16, 202448 minEp. 1482

The Middle Of Nowhere

Tuesday, October 15th, 2024 Today, Trump strands thousands of supporters in the middle of nowhere after his Coachella rally; California is suing a Eureka hospital for failing to provide life saving abortion care; the Trump campaign’s app keeps crashing in rural counties; a man accused of threatening FEMA workers has been arrested in North Carolina; JD Vance talked about his mom getting private health insurance - and she did - through Obamacare; more than 230 medical professionals call on Donald ...

Oct 15, 202441 minEp. 1481

The Real Twitter Files

Monday, October 14th, 2024 Today, Donald Trump secretly sent our covid testing machines to Vladimir Putin and has spoken to him at least seven times since he left the White House; House Dems call for the removal of Secret Service IG Cuffari; the Supreme Court denies Biden’s appeal in the Texas emergency abortion case; the Kavanaugh rape investigation was tightly controlled by the Trump White House; Kamala Harris has announced a plan for Medicare to cover in home health care for seniors; Bob Wood...

Oct 14, 202459 minEp. 1480

Refried Beans | You Know...For Kids (feat. Tim Robbins) | Oct 8, 2020

Oct 8, 2020 The FBI has thwarted a plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, former GOP Campaign Finance Chair Elliott Broidy is charged with conspiracy to act as a foreign agent, Trump pulls out of the next debate, Sidney Powell files a motion for Judge Sullivan to recuse in the Flynn case, Kamala destroys Pence in the VP debate, Trump asked Walter Reed Doctors to sign NDAs last November, and Nancy Pelosi announces a press conference to possibly discuss the 25th amendment for Friday at...

Oct 13, 20241 hr 8 min

Refried Beans | There Is Nothing for You Here (feat. Fiona Hill) | Oct 12, 2021

October 12, 2021 Jamie Raskin and Adam Schiff say criminal referrals WILL happen for those who defy subpoenas from the January 6th Committee; Main Justice files a response to the 5th circuit on SB8; Pelosi says the House will have to lower their expectations on the budget reconciliation bill; the Governor Abbott of Texas is trying to ban vaccine mandates; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.This week: Jamie Raskin and Adam Schiff say criminal referrals WILL happen for those who defy sub...

Oct 12, 20241 hr 11 min
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