{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthe-daily-beans.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F081226-GB5_xbZJ","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Catering Cart One","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/490ad43c-8fe4-4dab-b3d0-7970cc91b2b7\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Catering Cart One\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Wednesday, August 12, 2026\n\nToday, Trump doesn’t rule out using emergency executive power to interfere with the midterm elections; the transparency president has expanded the definition of executive privilege so his private advisors can’t be questioned by Congress; the White House is asking the Justice Department to consider new Reflecting Pool charges; Trump was stuffed into a catering cart and spirited to a secret plane after he ditched the Qatari Air Force One in Turkey; weeks after Belgium’s diamond industry gave Trump a ring with 321 diamonds, 56 sapphires, 13 emeralds and six rubies, it was exempted from paying a U.S. tariff; Judge Talwani has expanded her block on the Postal Service tampering with mail ballots; the government has awarded a $150M contract for migrant children’s lawyers to a Trump-linked Texas law firm; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News."}