Texas’ Dishonorable Legislature

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🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Monday, August 4th, 2025 Today, party preference in the US has shifted back to the Democrats for the first time since 2023; Virginia Giuffre's family responds to Trump’s admission that she was trafficked from Mar a Lago; trump always chickens out - he pauses Mexico tariffs for another 90 days; the DC Bar’s Board of Professional Responsibility has recommended Jeffrey Clark be disbarred; the Navy reverses its decision to stop sharing weather data at the last minute; the Florida attorney general issued a subpoena to a bar to get the names of people who participated in a drag show; we have more details on California’s plan to redraw voting maps in response to Texas; and Allison and Dana deliver the good news.

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0:00.0	M SW Media
0:03.0	News
0:09.0	We're swearing
0:11.0	Daily Beans
0:15.0	Daily Beans
0:17.0	Daily Beans
0:19.0	Daily Beans Hello and welcome to the Daily Beans for Monday, August 4th, 2025.
0:28.6	Okay, deep breath.
0:30.1	Today, someone high up in the Trump administration waived Gailene Maxwell's status as a sex offender in order to move her to a minimum security facility in Texas.
0:38.8	I am suing the Department of Justice to get the training videos instructing FBI personnel to flag
0:43.9	Trump mentions in the Epstein files. Job growth tanked in July and May and June were revised
0:49.6	downward, leading Trump to fire the Labor Statistics Commissioner. The Smithsonian removed mention of Trump's
0:55.9	impeachment and then quickly said they'd reinstate it. I should say impeachments and reinstate them.
1:03.1	Trump allies once again rely on Russian disinformation as evidence against political enemies.
1:08.0	California Governor Gavin Newsom says he may call a special election in November
1:11.6	to redraw maps after a Texas House committee approved a redraw that eliminates five Democratic
1:17.3	House seats. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced it is winding down operations following
1:22.8	federal funding cuts. Florida concentration camp detainees have gone on a hunger strike over inhumane
1:28.2	conditions. The Supreme Court signals it will gut what's left of the Voting Rights Act. A federal
1:33.4	judge has blocked Trump from ending temporary protected status for nearly 60,000 people.
1:38.3	A leaked memo from Kegseth's brother calls for the military to assist with mass deportation
1:43.4	for years to come, the Senate has
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