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Monday, May 18th, 2026 He Still Doesn’t Care leavingmaga.org  The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact California Rising - It was a powerful night to launch the fight to win back the House! The show is over but you can still help us reach our fundraising goal! bluewavecalifornia.org/concert The Daily beans is donating $10,000 and invites you to give what you can to support their life-affirming...

No, the president cannot sue himself to establish a slush fund to reward his criminal co-conspirators. Allison breaks down a brief filed by outside parties arguing that the courts don't have jurisdiction to consider the case because you can't sue yourself. 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! Tha...

Wednesday, May 18th, 2022 In the Hot Notes: The DoJ has asked the 1/6 committee for transcripts of their depositions; Tom Barrack is hit with superseding indictments; former RNC finance chair Steve Wynn has been sued to compel him to register as a foreign agent to China for Donald Trump; the 1/6 committee is unlikely to call Donald Trump to testify; Matt Gaetz went ballistic on FBI agents in his h...

Tuesday, May 13th, 2025 The US accepts the first planeload of white Afrikaners while still somehow unable to get the people back from El Salvador; the ICE detention facility in Newark has been served with violations by the city after the mayor’s arrest; Andrew Cuomo loses $622,000 over concerns of improper super PAC coordination; Republicans in the Senate push back against Trump’s takeover of the...

Friday, May 15th, 2026 Today, Donald Trump is poised to steal $1.7B from the Treasury to pay his allies prosecuted under Biden including the January 6th insurrectionists; the Supreme Court restores mail access to mifepristone pending appeal with Thomas and Alito dissenting; Trump Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks has abruptly quit amid reports that he traveled abroad to solicit sex workers; emails sh...

Friday, May 15th, 2026 Farewell Colbert “Mr. Wonderful” is a total Douche @elevate_Utah on Instagram California Rising - It was a powerful night to launch the fight to win back the House! The show is over but you can still help us reach our fundraising goal! bluewavecalifornia.org/concert The Daily beans is donating $10,000 and invites you to give what you can to support their life-affirming work...

Thursday, May 14th, 2026 Today, Kash Patel is lying about his success stats at the FBI; the Pentagon is considering changing the name of the war in Iran if the ceasefire fails which is a weird headline given there was an active naval blockade this whole time meaning there can’t have been a ceasefire; a bill to end the war in the Senate failed because Fetterman voted against it; Cindy Burbank won t...

Wednesday, May 13th, 2026 Today, the Department of Homeland Security is closing Alligator Alcatraz citing costs; Trump’s complaints about leaks regarding the Iran war has prompted aggressive investigations into journalists by the Justice Department; a federal grand jury has subpoenaed New York University’s hospital system for the health records of transgender minors; Democrats on House Oversight h...

Tuesday, May 12th, 2026 Today, the Supreme Court green-lights an 11th-hour Alabama redistricting plan for the 2026 election; Virginia Democrats back off plans to circumvent the state Supreme Court ruling on redistricting, instead filing an appeal to the US Supreme Court; Samuel Alito cited fake data in his Voting Rights Act opinion; a third federal appeals court rejects the Trump administration's...

Monday, May 11th, 2026 Today, the Virginia Supreme Court has struck down redistricting voted on by the people; the NAACP is suing Tennessee Republicans over the gerrymander that eliminated the sole Black congressional district; ABC has accused the Trump administration of violating their First Amendment rights; Donald is planning on firing FDA Commissioner Marty Makary; the Trump administration is...

Monday, May11th, 2026 Jim Crow 2.0 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 (@muellershewrote...

Allison talks with Epstein Survivor Annie Farmer who reveals there's another Jane Doe accusing the DOJ of withholding her documents, and the upcoming shadow hearing with survivors in Palm Beach Tuesday, May 12th. 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! pa...

Tuesday, May 6th, 2025 Governor Katie Hobbs has vetoed three anti-trans bills in Arizona; 20 cops raided a drag show at an LGBTQ bar in Pittsburgh; the Trump administration has dismantled a gun violence victim memorial at ATF; 20 state attorneys general are suing the Trump regime to restore health agencies; Brian Kemp says he will NOT run for Senate in 2026; the third party messaging app used by M...

Thursday, May 9th, 2024 Marjorie Taylor Greene is beginning her effort to remove Speaker Johnson; the Georgia court of appeals has granted Trump’s motion to reconsider the removal of DA Fani Willis; Judge Aileen Cannon indefinitely postpones the Trump espionage case; Nikki Haley nets 22% of the vote in the Indiana Republican primary; Biden takes aim at Trump for failed Foxconn project with a visit...

Friday, May 8th, 2026 Today, Trump’s latest Taco Tuesday came after a sharp rebuke from Saudi Arabia telling him he can’t use their military bases to launch his attacks; the federal government has finally turned over some evidence to Minnesota authorities in the murder of Renee Good; US intelligence says Iran can outlast Trump’s Hormuz blockade for months; Tennessee and Alabama pass maps shutting...

Friday, May 8th, 2026 Roberts is a Lying Baby The Gerrymander Arms Race is on See You at the El Rey on Tuesday The Fight Continues 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 , Muell...

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...