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The Daily Beans

Making A Point (feat. Jim Acosta)

The Daily Beans

MSW Media

News, Daily News, Comedy, Politics

4.85.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Wednesday, May 27th, 2026 Today, South Carolina Senate Republicans reject Trump’s redistricting bid in the state; a federal court blocks Alabama's new Republican map; Governor Mikie Sherrill demanded access to an ICE facility amid an ongoing hunger strike; the Supreme Court shoots down Florida’s bid to stop other states from issuing driver’s licenses to immigrant truckers; France bans Israel’s Ben-Gvir after unspeakable treatment of flotilla detainees; Jim Acosta files a claim against the $1.8B slush fund; an American journalist is charged with failing to register as a foreign agent of China; a judicial panel upholds the reprimand of a federal judge caught having sex in chambers with a high ranking police officer; the Congressional Black Caucus urges companies to oppose Republican redistricting; CBS won’t limit access to Colbert's public access show; and Allison delivers your Good News.

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0:00.0

M.SW. Media.

0:08.1

News was wearing.

0:13.0

Daily beans, daily beans, daily beans, daily beans.

0:27.8

Hello and welcome to the Daily Beans for Wednesday, May 27th, 26.

0:32.9

Today, South Carolina Senate Republicans reject Trump's redistricting bid in the state.

0:36.4

A federal court has blocked Alabama's new Republican map.

0:41.7

Governor Mikey Cheryl demanded access to an ICE facility amid an ongoing hunger strike.

0:48.6

The Supreme Court has shot down Florida's bid to stop other states from issuing driver's licenses to immigrant truckers.

0:53.9

France has banned Israel's Ben Gavir after unspeakable treatment of flotilla detainees.

0:58.0

Jim Acosta has filed a claim against the $1.8 billion slush fund.

1:02.6

An American journalist has been charged with failing to register as a foreign agent of China.

1:08.7

A judicial panel has upheld the reprimand of a federal judge caught having sex in chambers with a high-ranking police officer.

1:12.1

The Congressional Black Caucus has urged companies to oppose Republican redistricting, and CBS says it will not

1:17.1

limit access to Colbert's public access show. I'm your host, Alison Gill.

1:26.4

Who, buddy, lots of news today. It is Wednesday. It's the middle of the week. It's hump day. It's the taint of the week, as Dana and I like to say. We'll see how it goes from here on out. There is currently, as we're recording this, polls are about to close in Texas. I don't think we're going to get any results by the time we finish recording this, but we may get them over on Bean's Talk, so make sure you watch Beanstalk today.

1:47.2

Later in the show today, here on The Daily Beans, I'm going to talk with Jim Acosta.

1:51.6

We're going to talk about his claim against the $1.8 billion theft, felon to felon slush fund.

1:58.9

So we're going to have a chat about that.

2:01.1

And his claim and my claim, both of us were victims of actual Department of Justice

2:06.8

weaponization and government weaponization back in Trump's first term.

2:11.1

So I look forward to that discussion with Jim Acosta.

2:14.3

And, you know, other than that, Dana will be back soon.

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