The Sooknanan Monologue (feat. Randi Weingarten)

The Daily Beans

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🗓️ 1 September 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Monday, September 1st, 2025 Today, the Trump administration attempted to remove 600 terrified unaccompanied minors to Guatemala in the middle of the night until a federal judge entered an order to stop them; speculation about Trump’s whereabouts explodes on social media as he continues to hide from the public; the government is going to deploy AI software to deny Medicare claims; Governor Greg Abbott has signed into law redistricting maps that reduce Black voters in Texas to one-fifth of a person and Hispanic voters to one-third of a person; a federal appeals court has struck down Trump's tariffs as unlawful; Joni Ernst - who infamously claimed we’re all going to die anyways about Medicaid cuts - says she won’t run for Senate again in 2026; Riley Gaines' dad is entering the race in Tennessee's 6th congressional district; the Epstein estate has agreed to hand over the birthday book and other documents to Congress; the mayor of Chicago has signed an order to resist Trump’s planned occupation of the city; Trump says he will sign an executive order mandating voter ID; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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0:00.0	M.SW. Media.
0:08.1	News was wearing.
0:13.0	Daily beans,
0:14.1	daily beans, daily beans,
0:16.9	daily beans, daily beans.
0:27.6	Hello and welcome to the Daily Beans for Monday, September 1st, 2025. Today, the Trump administration attempted to remove 600 terrified unaccompanied minors to Guatemala in the middle of the night until a federal judge entered in order to stop it.
0:38.2	Speculation about Trump's whereabouts exploded on social media this weekend as he continued to hide from the public.
0:43.8	The government is going to deploy artificial intelligence software to deny Medicare claims.
0:49.5	Governor Greg Abbott has signed into law redistricting maps that reduce black voters in Texas to one-fifth of a person and Hispanic voters to one-third of a person.
0:58.1	A federal appeals court has struck down Trump's tariffs as unlawful.
1:01.7	Joni Ernst, who infamously claimed, we're all going to die anyway when asked about Medicaid cuts, says she will not seek her Senate seat again in 2026.
1:11.1	Riley Gaines' dad is entering the race in Tennessee's 6th Congressional District.
1:15.8	The Epstein's estate has agreed to hand over the birthday book and other documents to Congress.
1:20.5	The mayor of Chicago is signed in order to resist Trump's planned occupation of the city,
1:24.7	and Donald Trump says he will sign an executive order mandating voter ID.
1:28.6	I'm Alison Gill. And I'm Dana Goldberg.
1:34.4	Hey, everybody. Happy Monday. Happy September 1st. Happy Labor Day. Rabbit, Rabbit. Thank a Democrat.
1:40.3	How are you, Dana? I am doing well. You know, actually, a little bit of good news, which I realize I'm jumping the gun. I'll get to that after we talk about our weekend. I'm doing well. It is a lot of news. There's a lot of shitty things going on still, but some good stuff that we always try and cover here on the pod. What about you? I'm all right considering, right, everything that's going on.
2:02.0	Yeah. I had a great discussion with Randy Weingarten. Amazing. She has a new book coming out called
2:07.6	Why Fascists Fear Teachers. We're going to talk to her later in the show. And the Liguminati
2:13.9	delivered, right? They contacted out 100 and you're in the top 10 for consideration
2:20.4	of being out 100? Which is awesome. Laguminati, everyone who wrote in, I know there was other people
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