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Tuesday, January 7th, 2025 Today, Congress has certified the 2024 election results; Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces his resignation; Rudy Giuliani has been held in contempt for failing to hand all his property over to Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss; Biden permanently bans offshore drilling in 625 million acres of ocean ahead of the Trump transition; America’s first human death from b...

Monday, January 6th, 2025 Today, Congress will certify the 2024 election; Mike Johnson was elected speaker of the House; Trump is complaining about the flags being flown at half staff during his inauguration; Apple CEO Tim Cook has donated a million dollars to Trump’s inaugural; Rudy took the stand last Friday in one of his many contempt hearings and it didn’t go well; the judicial conference has...

Jan 8, 2021 Congress certifies the electoral votes for Biden and Harris; multiple high-level resignations in the Trump Administration; Biden officially nominates his Department of Justice picks, Pelosi calls for the 25th Amendment or she may proceed with impeachment; the House Sergeant at Arms tenders his resignation as Pelosi awaits the Capitol Police Chief to do the same; Trump withdraws his nom...

1/4/2023 In the Hot Notes: Kevin McCarthy loses three more House Speaker votes bringing his loss total to 6; Ukraine offers Russian soldiers a hotline to surrender; the FBI has raised the reward for info leading to the arrest of the 1/6 pipe bomber to half a million dollars; and Fanone visits the Speaker’s Office; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. Reminder - you can see the pod pics if...

Friday,  January 3rd, 2025 Today, Rudy Giuliani will Zoom in remotely to one of several contempt hearings; we have more information on both the New Orleans and Las Vegas Cybertruck attacks; a US appeals court has blocked the Biden Administration’s effort to restore net neutrality rules; Mike Johnson is feverishly working to shore up the votes he needs to remain speaker of the House; Biden will awa...

Thursday,  January 2nd, 2025 Today, a Tesla truck exploded and caught fire outside of the Trump hotel in Vegas and lightning struck the US Capitol - signaling what we have in store for 2025; a Virginia man has been arrested after the feds found more explosive devices in his home than have ever been found in the history of the FB; 10 people are dead after a driver rammed into New Years Eve revelers...

Wednesday, January 1st, 2025 Today, the US Departments of Treasury and State have slapped sanctions on Russia and Iran for interfering in the 2024 election; the son of a Republican Senator has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for killing a police officer in a car crash; the Connecticut attorney general says he will be among the first to sue if Trump tries to end birthright citizenship; Donald...

Tuesday, December 31st, 2024 Today, President Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100; the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a $5 million New York civil trial jury verdict that found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll; the US Treasury has been hacked by China; special counsel Jack Smith has handed off the Trump documents appeal to the US Attorney’...

Monday, December 30th, 2024 Today, Florida authorities say there’ll be no criminal charges against Matt Gaetz for statutory rape because the statute of limitations has expired; the Freedom From Religion Foundation published an anti-trans blog post and received swift backlash; former head of the FBI and CIA has penned a letter to senators asking them to block the nominations of Tulsi Gabbard and Ka...

Gubernatorial candidate Toni Atkins discusses her historic political journey and vision for California, and Brian Cuban shares his recovery story and new book 'The Body Brokers'.  Toni Atkins Toni Atkins (toniatkins.org) Brian Cuban The Body Brokers by Brian Cuban (bookcandystudios.com) briancuban.com Reminder - you can see the pod pics if you become a Patron. The good news pics are at the bottom...

Monica Hopkins is the executive director of the ACLU of the District of Columbia, she joins Allison to the ACLU's strategies to combat mass deportations, protect First Amendment rights, and uphold D.C. statehood and autonomy. Monica Hopkins - executive director of the ACLU of the District of Columbia (ACLU-DC) ACLU of DC (acludc.org) HOW TO TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY FROM OTHER STATES ABOUT D...

Take it to the states! Ballot initiatives can be a very useful tool to counteract and mitigate much of what Trump plans to do. Chris Melody Fields Figueredo - Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Thank you, Beam! Beam Dream is clinically shown to improve sleep. Go to shopbeam.com/dailybeans and use code DAILYBEANS to shop our exclusive discount and get up to 40% off....

The House Ethics Repot on Matt Gaetz is finally here. Part 2 https://ethics.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Committee-Report.pdf 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/muellershewrote Listener Survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-surv...

Shannon Lynch is the producer and host of The Alley: DC's 8th and H Case Podcast. Shannon tells the story of the men who were wrongfully convicted of a heinous crime. They served their time and are now fighting for a presidential pardon to pet the convictions behind them. Subscribe to The Alley: DC's 8th and H Case Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-alley-dcs-8th-and-h-case/id16924...

The House Ethics Report on Matt Gaetz is finally here. https://ethics.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Committee-Report.pdf 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/muellershewrote Listener Survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.asp...