Refried | Biden’s Farewell (feat. John Fugelsang) | 1/17/2025

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🗓️ 18 January 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Friday, January 17th, 2025 President Biden’s farewell speech included a stark warning about oligarchy; Speaker Johnson has ousted House intelligence chair Mike Turner; Rudy Giuliani was a no-show to his bench trial today but Reuters reports that he and Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss have reached a settlement; Minnesota state House Republicans are attempting a political coup; Mark Cuban is willing to fund a TikTok alternative piggybacking off Bluesky’s AT protocol; Trump is attempting to dismantle personnel protections at the State Department; Obama the Clintons and Bush have declined to attend the inaugural lunch; Ron DeSantis has appointed Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to fill Marco Rubio’s Senate seat; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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0:00.0	M.SW. Media.
0:05.8	Hey, everybody, it's A.G. And welcome to refried Beans, where we play an episode of the Daily
0:11.2	Beans podcast from the same week, either one, two, or three years ago. So we can see how
0:17.1	far we've come. So please enjoy this episode from Days Gone By and note the date in the
0:22.7	intro. Refried beans. I like refried beans. That's why I want to try fried beans because maybe they're
0:26.5	just as good and we're wasting time.
0:29.6	News with swearing, daily beans, daily beans, daily beans.
0:40.3	Daily beans, daily beans.
0:49.1	Hello, and welcome to the Daily Beans for Friday, January 17th, 2025.
0:54.3	Today, President Biden's farewell speech included a stark warning about oligarchies.
0:58.2	Speaker Johnson has ousted the House Intelligence Chair Mike Turner.
1:02.9	Rudy Giuliani was a no-show to his bench trial today, but Reuters reports that he and and Ruby Freeman and Che Moss have reached a settlement.
1:05.7	Minnesota State House Republicans are attempting a political coup.
1:09.2	Mark Cuban is willing to fund a TikTok alternative
1:11.5	piggybacking off of Blue Sky's AT protocol. Trump is attempting to dismantle the personnel protections
1:17.2	at the State Department. Obama and the Clintons and G.W. Bush have declined to attend the inaugural
1:22.2	lunch. And Ron DeSantis has appointed Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to fill Marco Rubio's
1:28.7	Senate seat.
1:29.5	I'm Alison Gill.
1:30.3	And I'm Dana Goldberg.
1:34.2	Dana, happy Friday.
1:35.5	We made it.
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