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Thursday, May 7th, 2026 Today, the FBI raided the office of Democratic Virginia state Senator Louise Lucas who played a key role in the state’s redistricting efforts; Republicans unveil a map to carve up Tennessee’s majority black house district; satellite images show that Iran has hit far more US military assets than previously reported; ICE reports the 18th detainee death in its concentration ca...

Wednesday, May 6th, 2026 Today, Republicans have released their budget reconciliation bill and it contains a billion dollars for Trump's ballroom and funds ICE at five times capacity through 2028; the DOJ is demanding poll workers names in Georgia; White House lawyers prepping staff for dealing with a Democratic Congress; soil at the DC golf course where East Wing demolition debris was dumped cont...

Tuesday, May 5th, 2026 Today, the Supreme Court has temporarily restored mifepristone access by mail; a judge says the alleged WHCD shooter was mistreated in a DC jail; Trump threatens to blow Iran off the face of the earth if it attacks US vessels in the gulf; Rudy Giuliani is in critical condition in a Florida hospital; the DOJ has launched anti-trans investigations Into 36 Illinois school distr...

Monday, May 4th, 2026 Today, a federal appeals court has approved sweeping abortion pill restrictions teeing up a Supreme Court showdown; Trump withdraws thousands of US troops from Germany just hours after speaking with Vladimir Putin; the administration’s border wall expansion just bulldozed an ancient tribal site; Senators have banned themselves from betting on prediction markets; an alleged Ep...

Monday, May 4th, 2026 Excelsior!...Ex-shell-sior? Bug Story A Plan   The Daily beans is donating $10,000 and invites you to give what you can to support their life-affirming work at https://itgetsbetter.org/dailybeansdonate   Subscribe to the MSW YouTube Channel - MSW Media - YouTube Dr. Allison Gill - The Breakdown | Allison Gill , Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) — Bluesky , MSW & The D...

Today, Allison talks with Katie Phang about her first-of-its-kind lawsuit against Todd Blanche asking the court to appoint a special master to review the release and redactions in the Epstein files.  Reminder - you can see the pod pics if you become a Patron. The good news pics are at the bottom of the show notes of each Patreon episode! That’s just one of the perks of subscribing! patreon.com/mue...

Monday, May 2nd, 2022 In the Hot Notes: A New York judge denied Donald’s request to end his $10K dollar a day contempt fine; new Hannity texts to Meadows are leaked, the Justice Department has officially challenged Alabama’s law criminalizing transgender health care for minors; Trump allies illegally breached voting systems in 8 states; and Eastman will hand over another 10K pages of evidence to t...

Wednesday, April 30th, 2025 Another mystery filing under seal from the government in the Abrego Garcia case hits the docket; Trump signs a new executive order ramping up the police state; Amazon was going to add tariff tax costs to their products until the White House talked Bezos out of it; DHS ran 1.3M foreign student names through a database to track criminal charges in order to target their vi...

Friday, May 1st, 2026 Today, Republicans cave and pass a bill funding DHS without ICE and CBP; Louisiana has suspended its House primary elections saying the Supreme Court said their map isn’t racist enough; Kegseth got caught lying to Congress - but don’t worry i’m sure nothing will happen; an appeals court has refused to re-hear the $83.3M E. Jean Carroll verdict; Trump’s illegal war of choice i...

Friday, May 1st 2026 THE CASE OF THE KILLER SEASHELLS   The Daily beans is donating $10,000 and invites you to give what you can to support their life-affirming work at https://itgetsbetter.org/dailybeansdonate Subscribe to the MSW YouTube Channel - MSW Media - YouTube Dr. Allison Gill - The Breakdown | Allison Gill , Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) — Bluesky , MSW & The Daily Beans Podc...

Thursday, April 30th, 2026 Today, the Supreme Court gutted what was left of the Voting Rights Act in a 6-3 ruling over Louisiana maps; Trump’s FCC ordered a review of ABC’s broadcasting license because Jimmy Kimmel makes jokes; the DOJ is dismissing conspiracy charges against the Broadview six including Kat Abughazaleh; a Pentagon official tells Congress the war in Iran has cost $25B so far; right...

Wednesday, April 29th, 2026 Today, the Justice Department has indicted Jim Comey for spelling out 8647 with seashells; the FBI has been unable to locate the bullet fragment that hit the vest of the Secret Service agent outside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner; Todd Blanche has filed a midnight batshit crazy motion to vacate the injunction against ballroom construction; the 2nd Circuit Court...

Tuesday, April 28th, 2026 Today, it turns out the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was not given top security status ahead of the event; a Virginia court declines to block Democrats from using the new voter approved redistricting map; many executive branch deportation judges are unqualified conspiracy theorists; Thom Tillis drops his blockade of Trump Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh; Donald and Me...

Monday, April 27th, 2026 Today, Unite the Right extremists mock the DOJ’s spin on the Southern Poverty Law Center; Trump’s EEOC chair violated ethics rules halting LGBTQ cases; the Arizona attorney general is suing the government over a concentration camp in Surprise AZ; Kegseth has fired the Stars and Stripes Press ombudsman; the DOJ has arrested a soldier that placed a Polymarket bet on Maduro’s...

Monday, April 27th, 2026 Incredible   The Daily beans is donating $10,000 and invites you to give what you can to support their life-affirming work at https://itgetsbetter.org/dailybeansdonate   Subscribe to the MSW YouTube Channel - MSW Media - YouTube Dr. Allison Gill - The Breakdown | Allison Gill , Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) — Bluesky , MSW & The Daily Beans Podcast (@muellershe...

Live on MeidasTouch at noon Pacific Allison discusses how just two weeks after Melania Trump's bizarre press conference, anonymous republicans in congress are pushing for a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell. Reminder - you can see the pod pics if you become a Patron. The good news pics are at the bottom of the show notes of each Patreon episode! That’s just one of the perks of subscribing! patreon.com/...

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Apr 27, 2022 In the Hot Notes: another Proud Boy has flipped for the DoJ; Trump admits something relevant to the Manhattan DA’s criminal probe whose grand jury is about to expire; the DeSantis v Disney battle isn’t going the way Ron wants; a MAGA candidate for Pennsylvania lieutenant governor is homeless after his wife files a protective order; a judge says Trump’s appraisers violated their own po...

Friday, April 24th, 2026 Today, the Department of Justice inspector general is investigating compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act; the Trump administration is targeting hundreds of citizens for denaturalization; a federal judge has ordered ICE to release the family of the Colorado fire bombing suspect; the White House tells the court that it’s preserving presidential records despite...

Friday, April 24, 2026 Kudos to Rep. Madeleine Dean Kudos to Senator Elizabeth Warren Boot + Tongue The New Secretary of the Navy Witch Supremacists Have a Great Weekend!   The Daily beans is donating $10,000 and invites you to give what you can to support their life-affirming work at https://itgetsbetter.org/dailybeansdonate   Subscribe to the MSW YouTube Channel - MSW Media - YouTube Dr. Allison...

Thursday, April 23rd, 2026 Today, Republicans decry Virginia’s passage of the redistricting referendum despite being the ones who started it in Texas; Congressional Democrats demand Kash Patel submit to an alcohol abuse screening; Trump’s DoJ files an 11 count indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center; a federal appeals court blocks a California law requiring federal agents to wear identi...

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026 Today, it’s TACO Tuesday as Trump announces an indefinite ceasefire in Iran hours ahead of the expiration of the last two week ceasefire; Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigned from Congress just minutes before a hearing on whether she should be expelled; the Southern Poverty Law Center says it’s under criminal investigation by Trump’s Justice Department; D...

Tuesday, April 21st, 2026 Today, Kash Patel is suing the Atlantic for $250M over excessive drinking claims; a man facing divorce kills 8 children in a shooting rampage including 7 of his own; surveillance tech giant Palantir posts a dystopian manifesto on Twitter; a Pennsylvania court rules a Medicaid abortion ban is unconstitutional; the Supreme Court will hear a case about Catholic preschools al...

Monday, April 20th, 2026 Today, FBI director Kash Patel says he’s suing the Atlantic after Sarah Fitzpatrick reported sources told her Kash Patel repeatedly drinks to excess; Congress passes a stop-gap to fund warrantless surveillance for ten days while deliberations continue; Donald Trump is in talks with himself to award himself $10B of our money; the Department of Justice is now demanding ballo...

Monday, April 20th, 2026 Stronger Together   The Daily beans is donating $10,000 and invites you to give what you can to support their life-affirming work at https://itgetsbetter.org/dailybeansdonate   Subscribe to the MSW YouTube Channel - MSW Media - YouTube Dr. Allison Gill - The Breakdown | Allison Gill , Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) — Bluesky , MSW & The Daily Beans Podcast (@mue...