{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthe-daily-beans.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F070126-TKejq5qA","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Hanging On By A Thread","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/5134725f-99f4-4fdb-989e-83722429d70d/4558f068-b50e-4722-9d67-9c342d54b82a/db_cover_spring_2026.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/ab75ab84-bc13-4b8e-ba9a-d6be30ef6d0b\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Hanging On By A Thread\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Wednesday, July 1, 2026\n\nToday, Today, Birthright Citizenship hangs on by a thread while transgender rights and campaign finance are gutted by the Supreme Court; the Justice Department is now zero for eleven in voter roll smash and grab; Donald gave a secret $500m no-bid contract to Clark Construction for his ballroom; Meta contractors posed as teenagers to prompt rival chatbots about suicide, sex, and drugs; a federal judge orders Donald to end his efforts to kill Hudson Tunnel funding; a judge rules that nursing is a professional degree for student loan purposes but drops theology; former North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper holds a 14-point lead over Republican Michael Whately in the state’s open US Senate race; the Alaska Supreme Court rules that Dan Sullivan can be on the state’s primary ballot; the New Jersey Rep that has been missing for months - Tom Kean - has reappeared; DC will pay $50k to a man detained while protesting the National Guard using the Star Wars Imperial March; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News."}