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The Daily Beans

MSW Media

News, Comedy, Daily News, Politics

4.8 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Friday, August 15th, 2025 Today, Governor Gavin Newsom announces a special election in California to fight back against Republican gerrymandering in Texas; a DC man who threw a sandwich at law enforcement was a Department of Justice employee; an inspector general report finds severe shortages at VA hospitals; Kari Lake defends her Voice of America cuts as lawmakers warn her she overstepped; the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals sides with Black Louisianians by striking down their racists state legislative map; Trump announces his Kennedy Center Honorees and says he might include himself among them; and Allison and Dana read your Good News.

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0:00.0	M SW Media
0:02.8	Media
0:02.8	Hello and welcome.
0:07.0	Hello and welcome to the Daily Beans for Friday, August 15th, 2025.
0:28.1	Today, Governor Gavin Newsom has announced a special election in California to fight back against Republican gerrymandering in Texas.
0:34.5	A D.C. man who threw sandwich at law enforcement was a Department of Justice
0:39.2	employee. An Inspector General report finds severe shortages at VA hospitals. Carrie Lake is defending
0:45.7	her voice of America cuts as lawmakers warn her that she's overstepped. The Fifth Circuit Court of
0:50.4	Appeals has sided with Black Louisianaans by striking down their racist state legislative map. And
0:55.9	Trump announces his Kennedy Center
0:57.4	honorees and says he might include himself
0:59.7	among them. I'm Alison Gill. And I'm
1:01.8	Dana Goldberg.
1:06.3	Oh, happy Friday. We made it
1:07.8	another week, my friend. Oh, we sure did.
1:09.9	What a fucking loser.
1:12.6	You all, he's a loser. I'm going to, I'm going to award myself. I'm going to give it to myself. I'm hosting the awards. So I'm going to introduce myself, give it to myself, accept it myself. But I might be too busy, but no, I'll accept it from myself. I did hear that Tom, unless it was a rumor,
1:09.8	they wouldn't, he was trying to order Tom Cruise,
1:11.7	um,
1:12.1	honor Tom Cruise.
1:12.9	This was, but no, I'll accept it from myself. I did hear that Tom, unless it was a rumor,
1:28.3	they would, he was trying to order Tom Cruise,
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