Wednesday, December 13th, 2023 Today, a huge win for Democrats in New York as the state Supreme Court allows Dems to redraw congressional maps; the FBI has arrested an internet porn personality for his role in the attack on the capitol; Jack Smith continues to file pleadings in the DC coup case upsetting Trump’s lawyers who insist everything should be on hold while his immunity appeal is considered; German far right extremists are charged with planning a coup; Biden warns Netanyahu that his gove...
Dec 13, 2023•37 min•Ep. 1262
Tuesday, December 12th, 2023 Today, A Very Special Daily Beans. I know everyone is a little tired of living through history, but today was a historic day in the news. Special Counsel Jack Smith filed for an expedited briefing schedule in the DC coup case in both the Appeals court and the Supreme Court, and both his motions were granted - mirroring history and what happened in Watergate 50 years ago. We will discuss those filings, the historical parallels, and the headlines of the day including K...
Dec 12, 2023•39 min•Ep. 1261
Monday, December 11th, 2023 Today, the Texas Supreme Court blocks a woman’s hard-fought battle to receive life-saving healthcare; President Zelenskyy is set to meet with Senators and President Biden on Tuesday to discuss Ukraine funding; Donald Trump chickens out and will not testify today in the NYAG’s $250M civil fraud trial; Kevin McCarthy is caught spending PAC money on personal expenditures; Dominion wins access to Newsmax journalists’ text messages in their defamation suit; the police are ...
Dec 11, 2023•38 min•Ep. 1260
Original Air Date: Nov 30, 2020 More cabinet picks loom for the Biden administration, the Felix Sater money laundering case is moving forward, Rudy Giuliani holds a “hearing” in Arizona as they certify their results today for Biden, Trump claims the FBI and DoJ rigged the election against him, and the second half of my interview with my former boss the former Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin, plus AG and Dana deliver your Good News. Follow our guests on twitter: Stev...
Dec 10, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Original Air Date: Friday, December 9th, 2022 In the Hot Notes: the DoJ asks Judge Beryl Howell to hold the Trump team in contempt of court in the documents case; Brittney Griner is on her way home from a Russian penal colony; Donald will not appeal the 11th Circuit Special Master ruling to SCOTUS; the same-sex marriage bill has passed the House and on it’s way to President Biden’s desk for signature; Congressional Democrats have launched a probe into the Qatari bail out of Jared’s 666 5th avenu...
Dec 09, 2023•44 min
Friday, December 8th, 2023 Today, Trump files a weird motion to halt all proceedings in his DC case while his appeal for total immunity is adjudicated; Ken Chesebro is on his way to Arizona to cooperate with the fraudulent elector investigation there; Biden will distribute tax payer funded pharmaceutical patents to the public to increase competition and lower drug prices; an ex-police chief has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for his role in January 6th; President Biden calls Senators back ...
Dec 08, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 1259
Thursday, December 7th, 2023 Today, the parties in the case to keep Trump off the Ballot in Colorado under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment argued in front of the Colorado Supreme Court; Pence shows up on the Fulton County DA’s witness list along with other prominent names; the six Trump electors in Nevada have been indicted after Chesebro cooperated in that investigation; an active shooter is found deceased in Nevada; Trump says he will be a dictator on day one if re-elected; four Russians have ...
Dec 07, 2023•46 min•Ep. 1258
Wednesday, December 6th, 2023 Today, in the Hot Notes: Jack Smith lays out some evidence and reveals a potential new unindicted coconspirator in a new filing; Tuberville relents and more than 400 high level military promotions have been confirmed; the gold bars at issue in Menendez’ indictment are tied to the business man who bribed him in an earlier robbery; a former Harvard disinformation scholar says she was pushed out of her job after the college faced pressure from Facebook; David Weiss’ of...
Dec 06, 2023•55 min•Ep. 1257
Tuesday, December 5th, 2023 Today, in the Hot Notes: someone named Doug Burgum has dropped out of the Republican race for president; Venezuelans vote to take over a large portion of Guyana; a former career diplomat is charged with spying for Cuba for decades; a new filing in the case of Taylor Taranto shows the government’s opposition to his motion to suppress evidence; a Remington gun factory in New York is scheduled to shut down; the economy is remarkably strong; plus Allison delivers your Goo...
Dec 05, 2023•51 min•Ep. 1256
Monday, December 4th, 2023 Today, in the Hot Notes: Trump loses his immunity claims in two major cases; Trevion Kutti goes on Instagram Live and threatens a witness in the case against her; a search warrant reveals more details about Moms For Liberty founder’s husband’s sexual battery case; Gavin Newsom wipes the floor with Ron DeSantis in a Fox News debate; the Houthis attack ships in the Red Sea and a US warship shoots down their drone; and an olympic swimmer is sentenced to home confinement f...
Dec 04, 2023•38 min•Ep. 1255
Original Air Date: 12/01/2021 In the Hot Notes: Merrick Garland impaneled a grand jury and has been criminally investigating Sidney Powell for at least three months; Mark Meadows has not been referred for criminal contempt of Congress because he’s cooperating with the 1/6 committee; California insurrectionists are hit with a superseding indictment for conspiracy against the United States; and a US labor board official has ordered Amazon to redo the union vote in Alabama plus Allison and Dana del...
Dec 03, 2023•47 min
Original Air Date: November 23, 2020 The Michigan State Board of Canvassers meets to certify (or not) the Michigan results after two top GOP lawmakers met with Trump Friday and the MI GOP decided to write a letter asking to delay the certification in favor of an audit of Wayne County, Georgia Senate candidate Purdue profited from a Navy contractor’s stock while overseeing the Naval fleet, Trump has asked for ANOTHER recount in Georgia, Trump’s “elite strike force” legal team bumps Sidney Powell ...
Dec 02, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Friday, December 1st, 2023 Today, in the Hot Notes: the House debates on whether to expel George Santos as a vote is schedule this afternoon; the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division has reinstated Judge Engoron’s dual gag orders on Donald Trump; Rep. Scott Perry’s texts are mistakenly unsealed by the DC court; Elon Musk tells Disney’s Bob Iger to go fuck himself; the Florida GOP chair and husband of Moms for Liberty founder is accused of sexual battery by a person they had a threeso...
Dec 01, 2023•59 min•Ep. 1254
Thursday, November 30th, 2023 Today, in the Hot Notes: Students for Trump cofounder Ryan Fournier has been arrested for assaulting a woman with a gun; Donald Trump is now attacking the wife of Judge Engoron who presides over the NYAG $250M civil fraud trial as the New York appeals court weighs the currently suspended gag orders; Judge Beryl Howell warns about authoritarian creep at a gala this past weekend; and two Republican officials in Arizona have been indicted for their attempts to delay th...
Nov 30, 2023•29 min•Ep. 1253
Wednesday, November 29th, 2023 Today, in the Hot Notes: Hunter Biden agrees to appear before the House Oversight Committee but only publicly; the conservative Ohio Supreme Court dismisses challenges to the Republican gerrymandered maps; the Trump appointed judge assigned to Elon Musk’s lawsuit has recused himself from the case; Mike Pence told special counsel some harrowing details about January 6th; Senate Democrats meet with the IDF on Capitol Hill; another resolution to expel George Santos is...
Nov 29, 2023•48 min•Ep. 1252
Tuesday, November 28th, 2023 Today, in the Hot Notes: 11 more hostages are released as President Biden secures a tentative two day extension of the ceasefire; the shooter of three Palestinian students in Burlington Vermont has been arrested and Attorney General Merrick Garland is investigating the incident to determine if it was a hate crime; the Supreme Court rules that Arizona Republicans must testify about voter suppression laws; Republican Speaker Johnson makes remarks about Ukraine aid and ...
Nov 28, 2023•26 min•Ep. 1251
Monday, November 27th, 2023 Today, in the Hot Notes: hostages and prisoners are being released in Biden’s brokered ceasefire; the Ohio Walmart shooter may have been inspired by racist ideology; abortion rights groups seek ballot measures in nine more states in 2024; three Palestinian students have been shot in Burlington Vermont; Derek Chauvin was stabbed in prison over the weekend; Elon Musk’s lawsuit offers a glimpse into the Musk-MAGA alliance; plus Allison delivers your Good News. Dana is ou...
Nov 27, 2023•26 min•Ep. 1250
Original Date: November 21st, 2022 Today, in the Hot Notes; Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed Jack Smith special counsel to investigate Donald Trump; a shooting at an LGBTQ+ club in Colorado Springs with an assault weapon leaves five dead and 18 injured; a GOP operative is convicted of funneling money to Donald Trump; a Florida judge blocks Desantis anti woke law for colleges; and evidence shows Justice Alito leaked the Hobby Lobby decision before it was released; plus Allison deliv...
Nov 26, 2023•45 min
Today, Biden’s cabinet nominees are officially announced and made public; Youtube has temporarily suspended and demonetized OAN; the Georgia Election Commission won’t change rules ahead of the Senate run-offs on January 5th, the computer repairman at the center of the Hunter Biden laptop scandal skips town and closes shop, Kash Patel is leading the Pentagon transition, Trump’s conspiracy theories could lose Republicans the Georgia run-offs; following the money behind two apparent spoiler candida...
Nov 25, 2023•40 min
Friday, November 24th, 2023 Today, in the Hot Notes: there’s a new Stop the Steal movement happening in Bucks County, PA; another Republican is convicted of voter fraud; a Moms for Liberty organizer is a convicted sex offender; Fox News completely messes up reporting a car crash in Niagara Falls; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. Promo Codes Thanks, Aura Frames. To get up to $40 off the perfect holiday gift, go to https://auraframes.com/dailybeans and use promo code DAILYBEANS. John ...
Nov 24, 2023•46 min•Ep. 1249
Thursday, November 23rd, 2023 Today, in the Hot Notes: the Plaintiff’s appeal application in Colorado in the case to keep Trump off the ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment has been accepted by the Colorado Supreme Court; the Georgia Supreme Court strikes a legal blow to the GOP law that would oust prosecutors they don’t like; the FBI is investigating an explosion on the US side of the Rainbow Bridge at Niagara Falls; a ceasefire has been brokered by the Biden Administration in the Hamas...
Nov 23, 2023•55 min•Ep. 1248
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023 Today, in the Hot Notes: the judge in the Fulton County case denies the DA’s motion to jail Harrison Floyd for violating bond conditions; an aide for Mayor Eric Adams told colleagues to delete text messages hours after the FBI executed a search warrant on a campaign fundraiser; a new Florida bill seeks to restrict the use of pronouns; details about the US brokered hostage deal between Hamas and Israel come into focus; the plaintiffs have filed their appeal to the C...
Nov 22, 2023•48 min•Ep. 1247
Tuesday, November 21st, 2023 Today, in the Hot Notes: the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals deals a devastating blow to the Voting Rights Act; the Supreme Court rejects former officer Derek Chauvin’s appeal in the murder of George Floyd; Senator Mike Lee promotes a debunked conspiracy theory about a January 6th rioter; the appeals court hears arguments over Trump’s limited gag order in the DC special counsel case; Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin makes a surprise trip to Kyiv; plus Allison and Dana ...
Nov 21, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 1246
Monday, November 20th, 2023 Today, in the Hot Notes: a Colorado judge declares Trump engaged in insurrection on January 6th; the DC Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments in the Trump DC limited gag order case; a judge declares a mistrial for an ex-officer involved in the murder of Breonna Taylor; Ukraine charges three Rudy Giuliani associates with treason; Trump tries to seize Michael Cohen’s phones; special counsel Robert Hur will not bring charges in the investigation into Biden’s handl...
Nov 20, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 1245
Originally published on Tuesday, November 15th, 2022 Today, in the Hot Notes; Donald wanted his political enemies to be audited by the IRS; the Supreme Court says the 1/6 Committee can get Kelli Ward’s phone records with two notable dissents; an oversight report reveals Donald violated the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution; Trump tries to claim that stealing documents makes them personal records; a suspect is in custody in the UVA shooting; plus Allison delivers your Good News. Steve Pierson...
Nov 19, 2023•43 min
Original Publication Date - 11/08/2020 Today, the United States has a new president-elect and vice president-elect, two armed men were apprehended while heading to the Philadelphia Convention Center in a plot to “straighten out the counting,” Donald refuses to concede, Steve Bannon loses his lawyer after suggesting the beheading of Fauci, Biden plans a flurry of executive orders to undo Trump policies, the world reacts to the election results, and Fox News suspends Jeanine Pirro’s show after air...
Nov 18, 2023•1 hr
Friday, November 17th, 2023 Today, in the Hot Notes: President Biden meets with Xi Jinping and reaches agreements on military communications and fentanyl; Israel seizes the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza; George Santos says he will not seek re-election after the release of a scathing House Ethics report; the man who attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer has been found guilty on both counts; Judge McAfee issues a protective order over discovery in the Fulton County racketeering case; a YouGov poll with o...
Nov 17, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 1244
Thursday, November 16th, 2023 Today, in the Hot Notes: Nevada has opened an investigation into that state’s fraudulent electors; Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss are seeking 15 to 43 million dollars from Rudy Giuliani in their defamation suit against him; Misty Hampton’s lawyer admits he was the person who leaked the Fulton County DA proffer videos to the press; DA Fani Willis has filed a motion to revoke Harrison Floyd’s bail; Hunter Biden asks a judge to subpoena Donald Trump and ex DoJ officials i...
Nov 16, 2023•44 min•Ep. 1243
Wednesday, November 15th, 2023 Today, in the Hot Notes: chaos in the Republican Conference in Congress as Senator Markwayne Mullins challenges a witness to a fist fight, McCarthy sucker punches Burchette, and comer flips out when Moskowitz raises the land swaps with his brother; meanwhile, the Senate Rules Committee advances a resolution to promote the military nominees blocked by Tuberville; and House Democrats to the rescue as they pass a clean CR to keep the government open; an ex Fox News re...
Nov 15, 2023•54 min•Ep. 1242
Tuesday, November 14th, 2023 Today, in the Hot Notes: ABC News gets a hold of videotapes of Sidney Powell’s and Jenna Ellis’ proffer sessions with the Fulton County DA; the Supreme Court adopts some ethics rules…kind of; the Secret Service opens fire on people attempting to break into a car outside Naomi Biden’s home; Trump allies are pre-screening loyalists for civil service; Tim Scott drops out of the presidential race; Democrats signal support for Speaker Johnson’s plan to avert a government ...
Nov 14, 2023•49 min•Ep. 1241
