The Daily Beans Poop Sand Money (feat. Emily Slatkow)
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025
Today, Mike Johnson has shut down Congress to avoid demands to release the Epstein files; former Louisville Metro Police (LMPD) detective Brett Hankison has been sentenced to 33 months in prison after he was convicted of violating Breonna Taylor's civil rights; the FEMA search and rescue chief has resigned after frustration with the Texas flood response; the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has lifted the block on removing temporary protected status for Afghans and Cameroonians; Judge Emmet Sullivan has ruled that the Trump administration has to stop violating public disclosure laws and publish Congressional apportionments; a new report alleges that migrants at an ICE jail in Miami were made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’; and Allison delivers the good news.
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