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Tuesday, October 20, 2026 Republican Andy Harris Crashes Out Protests at Republican Rallies Lifelong Republicans Voting for Democrats Some Elected Republicans Are Voting for Democrats Moxie Moment: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdOfp3Doo7G/?xtok=bW9wYXNoYm5zc2Rs https://www.instagram.com/wildwildwilli Blue Wave Nation | https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mswbluewave Patreon → https://www.patreon.com/thedailybeans We’ve Been Nominated for a Signal Award for best news podcast! Vote for The Daily Beans https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting#/2026/shows/genre/news-politics Dr. Allison Gill https://bsky.app/profile/muellershewrote.com https://muellershewrote.com Dana Goldberg http://patreon.com/cw/dgcomedy, https://bsky.app/profile/dgcomedy.bsky.social, https://www.instagram.com/dgcomedy, https://www.danagoldberg.com More From MSW Media https://mswmedia.com/shows http://patreon.com/aisle45pod https://muellershewrote.substack.com Beans Talk is the video companion to The Daily Beans with Allison Gill and Dana Goldberg. Subscribe now to stay informed and entertained! Lifelong Republican Ranchers and Farmers are Voting for Democrats | Beans Talk

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Monday, October 19, 2026 Today, orders to throttle Starlink and Starshield in Ukraine came from the White House after Elon Musk approached Donald Trump about it, the White House issued an executive order exempting Russia from the Lindsey O. Graham Russian sanctions act passed by Congress, Mark Zuckerberg's META took down the No Kings Instagram account for four hours during the largest early vote activation protests in history, Representative Ilhan Omar is demanding the immediate return of her property seized during the raid on her home arguing the DOJ circumvented a judge’s order regarding the warrant, a social media mob swatted the Cornell 7 Jane Doe, Zacharia was fired as press secretary after only five days on the job but not after she posted a photo that inadvertently included a photo of Trump’s golf course plans, a judge has tossed Trump’s lawsuit against New York’s sanctuary city policy, Trump invokes executive privilege in the Kennedy Center debacle, ICE is planning a $100M domestic spy program, and a judge threatens Trump with sanctions for delaying his deposition in his own lawsuit against the BBC; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. Get 15% off OneSkin with the code DAILYBEANS at https://www.oneskin.co/dailybeans #oneskinpod #ad Head to https://cozyearth.com and use my code DAILYBEANS for an exclusive 20% off home and sleepwear! Ezra Levin nokings.org Indivisible Ezra Levin | Indivisible @ezralevin - Bluesky Blue Wave Nation | secure.actblue.com/donate/mswbluewave https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-duping-trump-supporters-lawsuit_n_6ad11706e4b0a7bf79af6747 https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/order-limit-starshield-ukraine-came-inside-white-house-sources-say-2026-10-15/ https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-judge-tosses-trump-administration-lawsuit-over-new-york-city-sanctuary-laws-2026-10-15/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/10/16/musk-approached-trump-slow-down-starlink-help-ukraine/ https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/president-invokes-executive-privilege-kennedy-center-court-fight-rcna603701 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/us/politics/katie-zacharia-fired-press-secretary.html https://prospect.org/2026/10/14/ice-planning-nightmare-domestic-spy-program-ero-one/ https://www.abc10.com/article/news/nation-world/trump-russia-sanctions-package-executive-order/507-23b7c568-9e33-45d3-a4c4-fa812bcf93af https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-16/judge-threatens-trump-with-sanctions-to-testify-in-bbc-lawsuit https://www.ms.now/news/ilhan-omar-demands-doj-return-property https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/nyregion/cornell-jane-doe-internet-doxing.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/10/17/zacharia-posts-photos-obscuring-what-appears-be-map-east-potomac-park/ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/us/politics/graham-trump-russia-sanctions-law.html Fruit of the Poisonous Tree feat Ezra Levin | Daily Beans

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Friday, October 16, 2026 James Talarico is not Insane Talarico is a Uniter Moxie Moment: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DefKc_hppcY/?cplk=MThlMnU5Mmprb2JuZA%3D%3D https://www.instagram.com/elisabeth.donaldson/ Blue Wave Nation | https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mswbluewave Patreon → https://www.patreon.com/thedailybeans We’ve Been Nominated for a Signal Award for best news podcast! Vote for The Daily Beans https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting#/2026/shows/genre/news-politics Dr. Allison Gill https://bsky.app/profile/muellershewrote.com https://muellershewrote.com Dana Goldberg http://patreon.com/cw/dgcomedy, https://bsky.app/profile/dgcomedy.bsky.social, https://www.instagram.com/dgcomedy, https://www.danagoldberg.com More From MSW Media https://mswmedia.com/shows http://patreon.com/aisle45pod https://muellershewrote.substack.com Beans Talk is the video companion to The Daily Beans with Allison Gill and Dana Goldberg. Subscribe now to stay informed and entertained! Talarico Connects with Voters on a Personal Level | Beans Talk

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Friday, October 16, 2026 Today, a backlog of 600K voter registration applications has Texas election workers scrambling to process them; according to sources, the investigation into Ilhan Omar aims to strip her of her citizenship and deport her; secret documents reveal the donors behind $330M for Trump’s Ballroom; there was a shooting at Silver Rail elementary school in Bend Oregon; the Justice Department’s demand for California voter information threatens warrant-based ballot seizure; Ukraine has run out of Patriot Interceptor missiles; Katie Zacharia admits that despite describing herself repeatedly as a lawyer and working as General Counsel for a non-profit she has never been licensed to practice law and failed the California bar; the White House is investigating claims of missing Kennedy Center donations; a group cheered as a woman was sexually assaulted at a frat house at the University of Chicago; Matt Gaetz is accused of rape and sex trafficking in a new lawsuit; Ukrainian president Zelenskyy resumes bombing Russian oil refineries in defiance of Donald Trump; the White House has canceled the livestream firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan; Senate Democrats will send 100 election observers to nine states in a first-of-its-kind election protection program; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. 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Thursday, October 15, 2026 Today, Musk once again throttles Starlink disrupting Ukrainian missions; Ken Paxton partied in Dubai with US fugitives and a woman who wasn’t his wife; Trump shut down an investigation into suspicious oil stock trades ahead of calling off an attack on Iran; the Harris County District Attorney says ICE intentionally hit an immigrant with their vehicle and then lied about it; Trump asks the court to postpone his deposition in his own lawsuit against the BBC; the administration weighs cancelling their firing squad livestream claiming Trump didn’t know Hasan was paralyzed and in a wheelchair; inflation jumps to 3.7% as wages continue to fall; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. Thank You, Helix | 20% off Sitewide when you go to http://HelixSleep.com/dailybeans Thank You, Smalls | For a limited time, get 60% off your first order, plus free shipping and free treats for life, when you head to http://Smalls.com/DAILYBEANS Last Day To Vote! We’ve Been Nominated for a Signal Award for best news podcast! Vote for The Daily Beans https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting#/2026/shows/genre/news-politics Blue Wave Nation | https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mswbluewave On behalf of RAICES, we're fundraising critical funds to ensure immigrant families have access to legal aid| https://donor.raicestexas.org/page/justice4allp2p?fundraiser=NQWAZDSK&member=SKEELTDN https://trumpepsteinbookmobile.com/ The Daily Beans is proud to partner with Miles Taylor and our friends at DEFIANCE.org For a limited time, members of the Daily Beans community can receive a FREE 3-month full membership to DEFIANCE.org and gain access to one of the fastest-growing pro-democracy movements in America. Join here: https://www.defiance.org/beans Guests:Rep. Justin J. Pearson Democratic Nominee for U.S. House of Representatives TN-09 https://www.votejustinj.com https://www.instagram.com/Justinjpearson The Latest Breakdown →https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2SsfhIgfRE New Unjustified →https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkll99KbXZY Diamond Dames →https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdw5wpZniLeg https://diamond-dames.simplecast.com Patreon → https://www.patreon.com/thedailybeans Stories https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-da-says-ice-intentionally-hit-immigrant-car-may-withheld-evidenc-rcna603243 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/14/ukraine-soldiers-combat-access-starlink-satellite-internet-restricted https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-10-13/cftc-staff-told-to-retract-analysis-of-suspicious-oil-trades-on-iran https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/13/politics/trump-fort-hood-shooter-livestream-execution https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/ken-paxton-texas-senate-dubai-trip-b54292c3 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/13/Trump-deposition-BBC-lawsuit Good Trouble https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/05/2026-20328/decennial-census-of-the-population-of-americans-proposed-residence-criteria-and-proposed-regulations https://2026.indivisible.org/#action https://www.mobilize.us/events/voter-registration-volunteer-opportunities/ →October 17 - No Kings: Vote Early National Day Of Action|https://nokings.org →https://susanrogan.substack.com/p/beat-voter-suppression-staff-a-voter →http://2026.indivisible.org/target-races →https://bluevoterguide.org →Battleground Support Hub - https://democrats.org/battlegroundhub Get Out The Vote: Volunteer Info Session: https://platform.winnable.app/events/get-out-the-vote-volunteer-5fcdm29n →Check your voter registration status and deadlines https://www.vote.org/voter-registration-deadlines/ →Hands Off Our Vote 2026 Toolkit https://indivisible.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Hands-Off-Our-Vote-2026-Toolkit.pdf →Spanish Language Volunteers Needed - https://www.mobilize.us/voteriders/event/483780 Help staff your local polling place -https://www.powerthepolls.org →https://nohateinwastate.org →http://www.standwithminnesota.com →http://iceout.org From The Good News https://www.alpineeatery.com/ https://www.instagram.com/alpineeateryfoodtruck/ https://6000moms.org/ https://sccrescue.org/ →Share your https://www.dailybeanspod.com/good/ →Beans Talk audio -https://beans-talk.simplecast.com Subscribe to the MSW on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@MSWMediaPods Our Donation Links →https://www.dailybeanspod.com/giving Dr. Allison Gill - https://www.muellershewrote.com →Federal workers - email AG - fedoath@pm.me Dana Goldberg - http://patreon.com/cw/dgcomedy, https://bsky.app/profile/dgcomedy.bsky.social, https://www.instagram.com/dgcomedy, https://www.facebook.com/dgcomedy, https://www.danagoldberg.com for Tour Dates More from MSW Media - https://mswmedia.com/shows, https://patreon.com/aisle45pod, https://www.muellershewrote.com Paint It Blue (feat. Rep. Justin J. Pearson)

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