The Daily Beans Behind The Eight Ball (feat. Adam Klasfeld; Tara Setmayer)
Wednesday, August 13th, 2025
Today, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds the Arkansas ban on gender affirming care; bigot Kim Davis has asked the Supreme Court to overturn marriage equality; a federal judge has ordered improved conditions for immigrants detained at 26 Federal Plaza; how the State Department grappled with the release of a triple murderer in the CECOT prisoner exchange; Trump’s new jobs numbers guy suggests suspending monthly job reports; Putin visits Alaska as talks swirl about a new Trump Tower Moscow; core inflation continues to rise in the United States; Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton urges prosecutors to jail Beto O'Rourke; Sherrod Brown announces his bid for Senate in 2026; and Allison and Dana read your Good News.
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Guest: Adam Klasfeld
All Rise News
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General commanding troops in LA delivers, then revises, damaging testimony to Trump | All Rise News
Guest: Tara Setmayer
The Seneca Project, @senecaproject.us - Bluesky, @senecaprojectus - Twitter
The Seneca Project - YouTube, The Stakes with Tara Setmayer and Michelle Kinney - YouTube
Tara Setmayer, @tarasetmayer.bsky.social - Bluesky, @TaraSetmayer - Twitter, @thetarasetmayer - Instagram
Stories
Supreme Court formally asked to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling | ABC News
V Spehar (@underthedesknews) - Instagram
Russia Has High Hopes for Trump-Putin Summit. Peace With Ukraine Isn’t One of Them. | WSJ
CPI rose in July by 2.7% on an annual basis. Here's what that means. | CBS News
Good Trouble
Protest Putin in Alaska! Thursday, August 14 - 5:00 p.m. Valdez, AK, Small Boat Harbor Boardwalk. Putin will be traveling to Alaska to meet with Trump. They will discuss a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. Putin is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Join Alaskans all over the state and rally to show that we oppose rolling out the red carpet for Putin and Trump and to show our solidarity with Ukraine. Bring Ukrainian Flags if you have them.
From The Good News
Republican Rep. LaMalfa hammered in profanity-laced town hall - ABC News
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