{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthe-daily-beans.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F101626-kCsB6oND","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Nauseously Optimistic (feat. John Fugelsang)","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":"","height":200,"description":"Friday, October 16, 2026\n\nToday, a backlog of 600K voter registration applications has Texas election workers scrambling to process them; according to sources, the investigation into Ilhan Omar aims to strip her of her citizenship and deport her; secret documents reveal the donors behind $330M for Trump’s Ballroom; there was a shooting at Silver Rail elementary school in Bend Oregon; the Justice Department’s demand for California voter information threatens warrant-based ballot seizure; Ukraine has run out of Patriot Interceptor missiles; Katie Zacharia admits that despite describing herself repeatedly as a lawyer and working as General Counsel for a non-profit she has never been licensed to practice law and failed the California bar; the White House is investigating claims of missing Kennedy Center donations; a group cheered as a woman was sexually assaulted at a frat house at the University of Chicago; Matt Gaetz is accused of rape and sex trafficking in a new lawsuit; Ukrainian president Zelenskyy resumes bombing Russian oil refineries in defiance of Donald Trump; the White House has canceled the livestream firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan; Senate Democrats will send 100 election observers to nine states in a first-of-its-kind election protection program; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News."}