The Daily Beans
The Daily Beans is a women-owned and operated progressive news podcast for your morning commute brought to you by the Webby award-winning host of Mueller, She Wrote, Allison Gill, and comedian/fund-raiser/activist Dana Goldberg. Get your social justice and political news with just the right amount of snark.
Stonewall Pride
Tuesday, April 14th, 2026
Today, Eric Swalwell has resigned from Congress as the Congressional Ethics Committee has opened an investigation into him; a federal judge has dismissed Trump’s $10B defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal; Republican Mike Lawler is dragged by voters at a Republican town hall in New York; Pope Leo pushes back on Trump’s threats over his response to the war in Iran; Minnesota is investigating the arrest of a Hmong American man as a possible kidnapping; the Pride flag can fly at Stonewall after a Trump regime reversal; and Allison and Dana deli...
What Melania is Afraid Of | The Breakdown
Allison posits that Melania’s bizarre press conference is about getting out ahead of something.
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One Down, Three To Go
Monday, April 13th, 2026
Today, Congressman Eric Swalwell is under criminal investigation in Manhattan after allegations of sexual assault were reported by the San Francisco Chronicle and CNN; authoritarian Victor Orban has conceded after a stunning election loss after 16 years of rule in Hungary; a federal judge is forcing the Trump administration to answer for Renee Good’s killing; Trump has promised mass pardons to staff when he leaves office; a surprise inspection finds ICE stuffing migrants ‘like sardines’ into a facility with no beds or showers; Rep Jamie Raskin is seeking to assemble a legislative commission to remove...
Beans Talk | I'll Have What Hungary's Having
Monday, April 13th 2026
You Can't Take JD Vance Anywhere
Peace Talks Collapse
Clown Administration
Orban Loses in Landslide
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Refried Beans | Reconciliation (feat. Bobby Kogan) | 4/8/2025
Tuesday, April 8th, 2025
Stocks take another dive as the Trump regime plays fast and loose with tariffs; the en banc panel for the DC Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated Cathy Harris and Gwynne Wilcox to their jobs at the NLRB and MSRP; the North Carolina Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court ruling requiring 65,000 people to cure their ballots; NIH researchers have made a cancer breakthrough but layoffs are delaying it; a second unvaccinated child has died of measles and RFK Jr uses it as an opportunity for a photo op; the Trump administration is...
Refried Beans | Victorian Standard Time (feat. Chris Geidner) | 4/10/2024
Wednesday, April 10th, 2024
The Arizona Supreme Court has lifted a stay on an 1864 law making abortion illegal in nearly all circumstances; Jack Smith files his immunity brief to the the Supreme Court; Trump Media stock has erased all of its gains since going public; the courts deny another Trump motion to delay the election interference trial; the parents of a school shooter James and Jennifer Crumbley are sentenced to over 10 years in prison; Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman are in more trouble; the DoJ is refusing to give the audio of special counsel Hur’s interview with Pr...
Apropos Of Nothing (feat. John Fugelsang)
Friday, April 10th, 2026
Today, Melania Trump holds a bizarre press conference denying ties to Epstein and Maxwell; House Republicans block Democrats’ War Powers Resolution; dissension in the ranks as US military members contradict Hegseth about the deadly attack in Kuwait; the Pentagon threatened the Pope and the Vatican causing the cancellation of a papal visit to the US in 2026; the White House is using foreign steel to build Trump’s ballroom; Victor Orban told Putin in a leaked call that he would help Russia win the war against Ukraine; Melania Trump has been given the keys to Noem...
Beans Talk | Sure Thing, Melania
Friday, April 10th, 2026
Melania’s Bizarre Presser
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Throw It On The Pile
Thursday, April 9th, 2026
Today, Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz after Israeli ceasefire violations; FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatens CNN after they read a statement from Iran; as expected, Pam Bondi is refusing to comply with her subpoena to be deposed by House Oversight next week; Wisconsinites secure a liberal state Supreme Court until at least 2030 while Shawn Harris makes massive gains in MTG’s old district; a man is in critical condition after another ICE shooting in California; the Trump administration is demanding federal workers’ medical records; a federal judge has reinstated a Harvard scientist’s visa...
A Far Worse Position
Wednesday, April 8th, 2026
Today, Donald Trump says a whole civilization will die tonight at 8 PM ET unless a deal is struck; the US is weighing a deadline extension as Tehran considers Pakistan’s ceasefire request; Bibi Netanyahu pitched the war plan in the sit-room on February 11th and Rubio, Vance, Caine, Ratcliffe, Wiles and Cheung were against it; the Pentagon’s new plan attempts to justify war crimes in Iran; Olympians Rapinoe and Bird slam the International Olympic Committee’s trans ban; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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ICE Lied Again
Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
Today, new video from the Times shows that the ICE agents who shot Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis lied about being attacked with a shovel; the Supreme Court is poised to allow the DOJ to dismiss the charges against Steve Bannon; the Trump administration is ending civil rights settlements for trans students; a child immigrant suffered sexual abuse in federal custody; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Monday, April 6th, 2026
Today, Donald Trump calls for war crimes in a profanity laden Easter Sunday threat to Iran sayinig “open the fuckin’ strait you crazy bastards”; the Department of Homeland Security inspector general has launched an investigation into Corey Lewandowski’s bribe scheme; Trump’s new budget proposal includes privatizing the TSA; the Iranian strike on the US Embassy in Saudi Arabia caused more damage than previously reported; the Department of Homeland Security pauses plans to buy warehouses to convert to concentrations camps; US planes were shot down over Iran this past weekend; a Tennessee library director w...
Beans Talk | Madman
Monday, April 6th, 2026
Sane Washing
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DOJ Makes HUMILIATING ERROR in Key Election Case | The Breakdown
Today, Allison talks with Anna Bower at Lawfare about an embarrassing error by a top DOJ official that could impact the outcome of the motion Fulton County officials filed to retrieve the ballots seized in the FBI raid.
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Refried Beans | Unseal You Next Tuesday (feat. Joan Biskupic) | 4/3/2023
Monday, April 3rd, 2023
In the Hot Notes; Jack Smith has amassed a mountain of new evidence in the documents obstruction case; founding member of Fugees Pras Michel is on trial for his crimes related to the Jho Low 1MDB case; preparations are underway for Donald’s Arraignment in Manhattan this Tuesday; the Manhattan DA’s office sends another heated letter to House Republicans; plus AG delivers your Good News.
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Beans Talk | C U Next Tuesday
Friday, April 3rd, 2026
Bondi Is Out
Still at War in Iran
Trump Tries More Voter Suppression
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Refried Beans | The Squirmish Doctor Biscuits (feat. Frank Figliuzzi) | Apr 8, 2022
Friday, April 8, 2022
In the Hot Notes: the Department of Justice is investigating the 15 boxes of classified material Donald stole from the White House; the New York Attorney General asks the court to hold Donald in civil contempt; the Manhattan DA says he’s continuing Cy Vance’s investigation into Trump despite the resignations of Pomerantz and Dunne; two men were arrested in DC For impersonating federal officers and giving gifts to Secret Service agents including an agent protecting the First Lady; and the effort to keep seditionists off the ballot under the 14th amendment grows; plus Allison and...
Bye Bye Bondi (feat. John Fugelsang)
Friday, April 3rd, 2026
Today, Trump has fired Attorney General Pam Bondi with eyes on Lee Zeldin as her replacement; the Senate sends their partial government funding package back to the House to give them a second chance to pass it; veterans are losing their homes after Trump killed a VA home loan program; DOJ Office of Legal Counsel has written a memo saying presidents don’t have to turn their records over to the government; Trump’s address to the nation tanked stocks and sent oil prices higher by failing to give any clear answers about his war...
Historic Funny Business (feat. Yasmin Radjy)
Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
Today, the Supreme court heard oral arguments on birthright citizenship and most of the Justices seem skeptical of Trump’s side; Donald Trump requested commando style plans for troops to seize Iran’s uranium but he appears poised to surrender in a public address tonight; Donald’s approval rating on the economy has hit an all time low; the administration plans to move the U.S. Forest Service from DC to Utah in an effort to cull employees; mass student loan discharge notices have been sent out to over 170K borrowers after a Trump Depart...
I Wish We Were Kidding
Wednesday, April 1st, 2026
Today, the Supreme Court Rules against conversion therapy bans on Transgender Day Of Visibility; Trump has signed an illegal executive order restricting vote by mail; Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers vetoes five anti-trans bills; Trump says he’s willing to end the war without re-opening the Strait of Hormuz; Stephen Miller told ICE to force confrontations and vanquish Minnesota protestors by any force necessary; ICE agents will be stationed outside Marine Corps graduation events in South Carolina; Senate Democrats demand an investigation into the double-tap strike on Iranian school girls; Italy refuses US aircraft use of...
Role Models (feat. Jay of It Gets Better)
Tuesday, March 31st, 2026
Today, Republicans plan to cut federal health funding to give more money to ICE and the Iran war; Trump threatens war crimes in a deranged Truth Social post; the U.S. Army opens investigation into attack helicopter activities at Kid Rock's home and No Kings protests; a federal judge pauses a massive corporate media merger between Nexstar and Tegna; Spain says its airspace is off-limits to US planes involved in the Iran war; Democrat Brian Nathan has officially won the state senate special election in Florida; a deal has been struck to increase WNBA...
Momentum (feat. Scott MacFarlane)
Monday, March 30th, 2026
Today, over 8 million people across 3,400 events hit the streets Saturday for No Kings 3 in the largest single day protest in American history; Donald Trump says he will sign an executive order to pay TSA after Republicans in the House blocked a Senate bill to do the same; Hegseth illegally strikes two black and two female officers from the promotions list; Anthropic wins a preliminary injunction against the Department of Defense; American service members were injured in an Iranian strike on a Saudi air base; the Pentagon prepares for weeks of ground operations in Iran...
Beans Talk | What Opposition Looks Like
Monday, March 30th, 2026
L.A. HRC Gala
No Kings III
CPAC is a Ghost Town
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I Just SUED TRUMP’S ICE –EXCLUSIVE DETAILS! | The Breakdown
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Refried Beans | National Embarrassment (feat. Evan Sutton; Jon Cryer) | 3/26/2025
Wednesday, March 26th, 2025
Wednesday, March 26th, 2025
One of the Venezuelan men deported to CECOT in El Salvador was a legal refugee; Trump has signed an executive order that will upend voter registration; members of Congress react to the Signal chat Yemeni war plans leak; a judge has enjoined Kari Lake from shuttering Radio Free Europe; American Oversight is suing members of the Signal chat for violations of the Federal Records Act; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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Friday, March 29th, 2024
Judge McAfee seems skeptical of Trump’s arguments in Fulton County today; the Republican Vice Chair in Georgia has been found guilty of voter fraud; Matt Maddock posts photos of NCAA Gonzaga busses and tells his followers the busses are full of “illegal invaders”; crypto chode Sam Bankman-Fried has been sentenced to 25 years in prison; two bodies have been recovered from a vehicle underwater at the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse site; Matt Schlapp’s accuser was paid to drop his lawsuit; the Supreme Court stalled on South Carolina voting maps for so long that the...
Trump’s Losing Streak (feat. John Fugelsang)
Friday, March 27th, 2026
Today, the Pentagon is considering diverting Ukraine military aid to the Middle East; after failing to indict her on mortgage fraud - Bill Pulte has referred Letitia James for insurance fraud; Rep DeLauro says DHS is choosing not to pay TSA workers as the shutdown continues; the stock market saw its worst day since Trump’s Iran war began; a Trump backed Utah redistricting repeal fails to make the ballot; a judge has thrown out Twitter’s lawsuit against advertisers; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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Beans Talk | Complete and Total Embarrassment
Friday, March 27th 2026
No Kings III
Complete and Total Embarrassment
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Thursday, March 26th, 2026
Today, Democrat Emily Gregory has flipped the deep-red Florida House district that includes Mar-a-Lago; North Carolina MAGA leader Phil Berger redistricted himself out of power; a Republican election denier in Wisconsin was just convicted of election fraud; Zukerberg’s Meta has been ordered to pay $375 million in a New Mexico trial over child exploitation and user safety claims; a federal judge has blocked the administration from detaining thousands of refugees; Republicans accidentally gave Congress a memo that reveals Trump’s motive for hoarding classified documents; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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All Roads (feat. Michael Isikoff)
Wednesday, March 25th, 2026
Today, Minnesota has sued the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice for access to the evidence in the Pretti, Good and Sosa-Celis cases; the Pentagon is sending another 3,000 troops to the Middle East as Gulf States edge toward joining the fight; Trump is now open to a deal to fund TSA without funding ICE; the Senate has confirmed Markwayne Mullin as Secretary of DHS; the Trump administration is paying France $1B to kill wind farms; Bill Cosby has lost a civil trial and faces a $59M judgment; and Allison and Dana...
NoKings 3k (feat. Ezra Levin)
Tuesday, March 24rd, 2026
Today, a Republican sheriff who is running for governor of California recently seized more than 650,000 ballots cast in a 2025 statewide election; Steve Bannon recommended Trump send ICE to airports as a test run for sending them to polling places during the midterms; the Supreme Court heard arguments today about whether we should count mail-in ballots received after election day but postmarked in time; Donald Trump TACOs on his Strait of Hormuz ultimatum as Iran denies they talked about it; prosecutors seek to dismiss the charges against the police who falsified a warrant to enter...
Dreamer’s Nightmare
Monday, March 23rd, 2026
Today, the Trump administration is making heavy preparations for the use of ground troops in Iran; the father of a fallen servicemember speaks out against Pete Hegseth’s claims; ICE detained a DACA recipient on his way to the NICU; Tom Homan confirms he’s sending ICE agents to airports today; thousands are evacuated in Hawaii due to heavy flooding; GOP and hardliners are wavering on support for Pam Bondi’s subpoena in the Epstein matter; and Dana delivers your Good News.
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Beans Talk | Dirty Money
Monday March 23rd
Boot On The Ground
Trump Coin
When He’s Right
Where Else Would You Teleport?
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Epstein Scandal EXPLODES with SHREDDED DOCS?! | The Breakdown Audio
Allison discusses a bombshell exclusive from the Miami Herald that government employees tasked with investigating the death of Jeffrey Epstein were reported to the FBI for shredding massive amounts of documents at the prison within a week of Epstein's death.
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Refried Beans | Soaked In Animus (feat. Rep. Sara Jacobs) | 3/20/2025
Thursday, March 20th, 2025
Judge Chutkan has blocked Trump and Musk from cancelling $20B in climate grants; Judge Ana Reyes has blocked the Trump administration’s ban on transgender people serving in the military; Trump has fired the Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission; Judge Beryl Howell has denied the temporary restraining order for the US Institute of Peace; Republican members of the Senate and House armed services committee are pushing back on Trump’s plan to abandon a NATO command that has been exclusively American since Eisenhower; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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Refried BeansFight On And You Will Prevail (feat. Marie Yovanovitch) | 3/22/2022
March 22nd, 2022
In the Hot Notes: Confirmation hearings begin for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson; the US Secret Service takes the stand in the Couy Griffin bench trial; a witness tells the 1/6 committee that Meadows helped organize the march on the Capitol; and some Reuters reporters tell Politico they’re over the Reuters partnership with Russian media partner TASS; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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Lewandowski's Pay-To-Play (feat. John Fugelsang)
Friday, March 20th, 2026
Today, Corey Lewandowski is taking millions of dollars in bribes for government contracts; California renames Ceasar Chavez day amid a backlash from sex abuse allegations; the Pentagon is seeking $200B more from Congress for Trump’s war in Iran; Joe Kent is being investigated by the FBI for leaking classified information; ICE is taking DNA samples from arrested protestors; Bank of America settles an Epstein victim’s lawsuit for an undisclosed amount; and Allison delivers your Good News. Dana is out and about.
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Beans Talk | Imminent Isn't Subjective
Friday March 20th 2026
Lewandowski Pay To Play
F*ck Fetterman
The Executive Ranch
Hidden Villain Ranch
Pam Bondi
Comer Helping Bondi Coverup
The Monetary Cost of War
Where is the Anti-War MAGA
Was Iran An Imminent Threat To USA?
JD Vance 2028 Hopes Getting Bombed
Bigly Numbers
Come On Midterms!
Crab on Keytar Could Have Saved $$$
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Protect Your Vote (feat. Daria Dawson)
Thursday, March 19th, 2026
Today, multiple NATO allies refuse Trump's demands to secure the Strait of Hormuz; Temu Himmler Gregory Bovino is set to retire this month; the Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in the Haitian Temporary Protected Status case; Florida sheriffs rebel against Trump and Desantis’ mass deportation agendas; a Georgia federal judge says mediation over the FBI raid of Fulton County election offices has been unsuccessful; a federal judge has struck down RFK Jr’s vaccination policies; and Allison delivers your Good News. Dana is out and about.
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Bondi Gets A Date (feat. Ed FitzGerald)
Wednesday, March 18th, 2026
Today, multiple NATO allies refuse Trump's demands to secure the Strait of Hormuz; Temu Himmler Gregory Bovino is set to retire this month; the Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in the Haitian Temporary Protected Status case; Florida sheriffs rebel against Trump and Desantis’ mass deportation agendas; a Georgia federal judge says mediation over the FBI raid of Fulton County election offices has been unsuccessful; a federal judge has struck down RFK Jr’s vaccination policies; and Allison delivers your Good News. Dana is out and about.
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