{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthe-daily-beans.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F093026-Fp5EpZv_","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Bland Conspiracy","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/31ccf9e6-9d4f-47ae-9fa1-cb60e4d3b1f0\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Bland Conspiracy\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Wednesday, September 30, 2026\n\nToday, the taxpayer money used to pay for the dystopian Trump political ads came from DHS Customs and Border Protection; the full panel of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments on Judge Boasberg’s contempt investigation; the very conservative 11th Circuit has unanimously refused to block the lower court’s sanctions against Donald’s DOJ in the slush fund case; Trump lackey Kurt Olsen has quit the Grand Conspiracy investigation; the Supreme Court has lifted a block on third-country deportations; the ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston has been identified; Jack Smith testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday morning; the White House app is full of invasive physical tracking systems; the man shot by ICE in the back in Austin has been charged with assault; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News."}