Bye Bye Bongino

The Daily Beans

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🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Thursday, December 18th, 2025 Today, Jack Smith testified behind closed doors before the House Judiciary Committee; House Republicans jam through their stupid health care plan without extending ACA subsidies, but Hakeem Jeffries got 218 members to sign a discharge petition for a clean 3 year extension of subsidies; Dan Bongino is gonna quit the FBI on the same day the Epstein Files are due; the Coast Guard goes back to designating nooses and swastikas as divisive rather than symbols of hate; a judge has blocked Trump’s limits on lawmakers access to inspect ICE facilities; measles outbreaks worsen in multiple states; the Department of Veterans Affairs plans to abruptly fire tens of thousands of health care jobs; Warner Bros. plans to reject the Paramount bid backed by Saudi money; an appeals court clears the way for Trump to keep National Guard troops on the streets in DC; DHS fast tracked a one billion dollar contract to a Trump donor; the Senate passes the National Defense Authorization Act that pushes Kegseth to release the boat strike video; Ghislaine Maxwell files a habeas petition challenging her incarceration; and Allison delivers and your Good News.

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0:00.0	M.SW. Media.
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0:07.0	News
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0:10.0	Daily beans,
0:14.0	daily beans,
0:15.0	Daily beans,
0:18.0	Daily beans,
0:19.0	Daily beans,
0:20.0	Beans. Daily Beans.
0:21.6	Hello and welcome to the Daily Beans for Thursday, December 18th, 2025.
0:28.4	Today, former counsel Jack Smith testified behind closed doors before the House Judiciary Committee.
0:33.4	House Republicans jammed through their stupid health care plan without extending the Affordable Care Act subsidies.
0:39.4	But Hakeem Jeffries got 218 members to sign a discharge petition for a clean three-year extension of subsidies.
0:48.1	Dan Bongino is going to quit the FBI on the same day the Epstein files are due.
0:52.0	The Coast Guard goes back to designating nooses and swastikas as divisive rather than hate symbols.
0:58.9	A judge has blocked Trump limits on lawmakers' access to inspect ice facilities.
1:03.7	Measel's outbreaks worsen in multiple states.
1:06.5	The Department of Veterans Affairs is going to abruptly fire tens of thousands of health care employees.
1:11.5	Warner Brothers plans to reject the paramount bid backed by Saudi money.
1:15.7	An appeals court clears the way for Trump to keep National Guard troops on the streets in the
1:20.3	District of Columbia. The Department of Homeland Security fast-tracked a $1 billion contract to a Trump
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