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The Daily Beans

Minnesota Lawfare

The Daily Beans

MSW Media

News, Comedy, Daily News, Politics

4.85.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Wednesday, January 21st, 2026 Today, a Trump appointed judge strikes “US Attorney” from Lindsey Halligan’s title; DOJ prosecutors subpoena more Minnesota officials in an ongoing criminal investigation for impeding ICE as a pretext to invoke the Insurrection Act; Judge Kacsmaryk compares drag to blackface and allows college campus drag ban in Texas; Congress releases its massive funding bill ahead of a looming shutdown; the stock market takes a dive after Trump announced EU tariffs; the DOJ concedes DOGE misused Social Security data; Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney rips Trump during his Davos speech; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Hello and

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News

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Daily Beans, Daily Beans for Wednesday, January 21st, 2026. Today, a Trump-appointed judge has stricken U.S.

0:31.2

attorney from Lindsay Halligan's title. Department of Justice prosecutors have subpoenaed

0:35.7

more Minnesota officials in an ongoing criminal

0:37.9

investigation for impeding ICE as probably a pretext to invoke the Insurrection Act.

0:43.1

Judge Casmeric has compared drag to blackface and allows college campus drag bans in Texas.

0:50.6

Congress has released its massive funding bill ahead of a looming shutdown.

0:54.5

The stock market took a dive today after Trump announced EU tariffs over the weekend.

0:58.6

The Department of Justice concedes that Doge misused social security data.

1:04.5

And Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney ripped Trump in the United States during his Davos speech.

1:09.3

I'm Alison Gill.

1:10.4

And I'm Dana Goldberg.

1:14.8

Hello, my friend. How are you? I'm good. And I'm just going to keep doing this until this no longer

1:20.7

replies, but we're recording this on January 20th. And it is Alison Gill's birthday. I know we keep saying

1:26.5

this. I know we're in a time machine,

1:28.4

but I'm still celebrating you. What did you do to celebrate this auspicious occasion?

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