The Daily Beans

Wednesday, November 29th, 2023 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; Sen...

Friday, December 2nd, 2022 In the Hot Notes; the 11th circuit has vacated Judge Cannon’s ruling appointing a special master in the Mar-a-Lago documents case; Joel Greenberg is sentenced to 11 years in prison; Cochise County Arizona is ordered to certify their results as a judge orders Kari Lake’s lawyers to pay rule 11 sanctions fines; a federal judge has ordered the Pats to provide additional tes...

Friday, November 28th, 2025 Today, we have a very special Daily Beans for you. My mom found a joint in my math textbook, and we're going to have to talk about the consequences. No, I'm just kidding. It's Fugelsang Fridays here on the Daily Beans. So of course we're going to talk to John Fugelsang. After that, I'm going to interview a progressive Democratic candidate running for Nancy Pelosi's seat...

Thursday, November 27th, 2025 Today, Trump wants to put 500 more National Guard members on the streets of DC after two guardsmen - who shouldn't have been there - were shot; how an innocent woman was tied to the January 6th pipe bombs; Special Envoy to Ukraine Steve Witkoff coached the Kremlin on how to pitch the Ukraine surrender plan to Trump; the DOJ has thrown Kristi Noem under the bus for dis...

Wednesday, November 26th, 2025 Today, Trump is weighing replacing FBI Director Kash Patel; Democratic Senators have filed a Freedom of Information Act request in the Tom Homan $50K in a Cava bag incident; the White House is hedging on Trump’s curious claim about talking to Bolsonaro the night he tampered with his ankle monitor; the FBI is interviewing the six members of Congress who deigned to tel...

Tuesday, November 25th, 2025 Today, the indictments against Letitia James and Jim Comey have been dismissed after a judge ruled Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully appointed; a Turning Point USA and former Republican State Representative in Arizona has pled guilty to attempted election fraud; corporate media is finally acknowledging that the Republicans have a Nazi problem; multiple judges rebuke the...

Monday, November 24th, 2025 Today, Ghislaine Maxwell refuses to appear before Congress despite being totally agreeable to sit down with Todd Blanche earlier this year; Marjorie Taylor Greene is resigning from Congress a year before her term expires; the Coast Guard has reclassified nooses and swastikas as hate symbols after backlash; the FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists; R...

Today, Allison covers the government’s provable lies in multiple cases including Comey, Kilmer Abrego, deployment of the national guard, CBP use of force, and more. Plus the collapse of MAGA with the Epstein Files vote, the resignation of MTG, and the White House meeting with Mamdani. Check out the video: https://www.youtube.com/live/d5-PROgzc6A Reminder - you can see the pod pics if you become a...

The House Ethics Committee votes to block the release of the Gaetz report but they’ve agreed to keep working and will meet again in December; Texas is offering Trump thousands of acres of land for concentration camps; Speaker Johnson restricts use of Capitol bathrooms by transgender people; Biden locks in $6.6B for TSMC chip factories, ensuring Trump can’t rescind the CHIPS Act deal; a Trump appoi...

Monday, November 21st, 2022 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 Ju...

Friday, November 21st, 2025 Today, Donald Trump calls for the execution of members of Congress who served in the military after a public service announcement to the military; the government’s case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be falling apart after an evidentiary hearing; details about an investigation into the finances of Jeffrey Epstein expose JP Morgan Chase; the retailer Target may have...

Thursday, November 20th, 2025 Today, Pam Bondi says the DOJ will release the files but only certain ones; prosecutors in the Comey case admit in court that the grand jury didn’t vote on the indictment; Trump says he’s going to start dismantling the Department of Education; a federal judge denies to block the release of hundreds of detainees at the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago; a new Marist po...

Wednesday, November 19th, 2025 Today, the House has voted 427 to 1 to release the Epstein Files after the survivors held a press conference; a federal court has blocked Texas from using new congressional gerrymander in the 2026 midterms; an appeals court upholds tossing out Trump’s lawsuit against CNN; FEMA chief David Richardson resigned in disgrace; the Trump administration has deported Ukrainia...

Tuesday, November 18th, 2025 Today, an ICE agent has been arrested for pulling a gun on teenager in Southern California; a judge issues a scathing ruling laying bare Linsdey Halligan’s misconduct in the Comey case; Emil Bove told top Justice Department officials to just sink boats in the Caribbean; an ex Justice Department prosecutor has been elected to serve as the Seattle city attorney; an appea...

Monday, November 17th, 2025 Today, Epstein survivors confirm that Trump killed a Biden-era investigation into the Epstein files; the Comey case is on thin ice as a judge demands missing grand jury tapes; Mike Flynn is in talks with Trump’s DOJ for a $50M settlement as the regime continues to loot the Treasury; the Trump administration is killing Biden’s cash payments for delayed and canceled fligh...

Today, Trump killed a Biden investigation into the Epstein coconspirators, the criminal contempt proceedings against the DOJ are back on track, and over two hours of Halligan’s grand jury proceedings are missing. Check out the video here: https://youtu.be/49HUqKI6bAg 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 e...

Tuesday, November 14th, 2023 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...

Monday, November 11th, 2024 Montana state Democrats see legislative gains after redistricting; US retailers dependent on foreign goods are preparing to raise prices on American consumers; Trump allies and the private sector are quietly preparing for the mass deportation of immigrants; voters reject Initiative 2117 in Washington state; Elon Musk joined Donald Trump’s call with President Zelensky; a...

Friday, November 14th, 2025 Today, new details emerge about the young girl Matt Gaetz exploited that led to the criminal investigation into him for sex trafficking a minor; a judge in the Comey case says a chunk of the grand jury transcripts is missing; Catholic bishops condemn US immigration operations in a rare public statement; a judge in Chicago has ordered the release of hundreds of non high-...

Thursday, November 13th, 2025 Today, House Democrats have released a new trove of Epstein files from the Epstein estate and Republicans are panicking; Adelita Grijalva was sworn in and signed the discharge petition; Trump himself called Mace and Boebert to pressure them to take their names off the discharge petition for the Epstein Files; Blanche, Bondi, and Patel met with Lauren Boebert in the si...

Wednesday, November 12th, 2025 Today, Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials; Republicans added a provision to the continuing resolution to allow the Republican Senators whose call logs were subpoenaed by Jack Smith to each collect $500K in taxpayer money; Greg Bovino...

Tuesday, November 11th, 2025 Today, 8 Democratic Senators voted yes to proceed on a government funding bill that doesn’t include an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies; the Trump administration moves to lift the ban on Abrego Garcia’s removal so they can deport him to Liberia; the First Circuit Court of Appeals denies Trump’s stay to block the payment of SNAP benefits; two top executives at...

Monday, November 10th, 2025 Today, House Democrats want to interview the Andrew formerly known as Prince about the Epstein Files; Elon Musk gets a one trillion dollar Tesla pay package; Trump pardons the former Tennessee House speaker and his aide; a judge issues a permanent injunction against the Department of Education for usurping furloughed employee email accounts; Todd Blanche declares war ag...

This week on the Breakdown, sources confirm what’s in the Epstein files is worse than previously known, plus court rulings barring the deployment of the National Guard and restricting ICE and CBP use of force.   LIVE: Trump COVER UP of DARK PAST BACKFIRES…GOP PANICS!!   Links From the Week Ending 11/09/2025  Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally Venezuela seeks Russi...

November 8th, 2023 In the Hot Notes: incredible results for Democrats in elections across several states this week; the Biden Campaign pens a memo to the media asserting disparity in polling coverage; Hinds County Mississippi precincts faced ballot shortages on election day; a suspect is in custody in connection with the murder of synagogue president Samantha Woll; a former CIA officer has pled gu...