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It's no surprise that newsmakers try to manipulate the audience. They want you to believe that they are the one holding the line, and they'll use any trick they can to get you there. But don't let them fool you. Get Unspun I'm Amanda Sturgel. I've been a reporter, and today I teach future reporters to cut the spin and think critically about what newsmakers say. My podcast, Unspun, shows you how to know when you're being manipulated by the news, learn to spot the tricks, and how to make up your own mind about what's true. So if you're tired of being fooled by the news, subscribe to UNSPUN today. Unspun because you deserve the truth.
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MSW Media.
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News whispering
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daily beans daily beans.
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Daily beans.
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Daily beans. Hello and welcome to the Daily beans for Tuesday, May 5, 2026. Today, the Supreme Court has temporarily restored mifepristone access by mail. A judge says the alleged White House correspondence dinner shooter was mistreated in a D.C. jail. Trump has threatened to blow Iran off the face of the earth if it attacks US Vessels in the Gulf. Rudy Giuliani is in critical condition in a Florida hospital after having been put on a ventilator. And the Department of Justice has launched anti trans investigations into 36 Illinois school districts over bathrooms and books. I'm Alison Gill.
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And I'm Dana Goldberg.
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Dana, I can't wait until we reform the Supreme Court and we can overturn all this bullshit against the trans community.
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Seriously. And let's be honest, this is probably in retaliation to JB Pritzker and everything that Illinois did with ICE and getting them the out. Even though I know they're not completely out. But like this is, they're targeting Chicago and Illinois because of him and being a very blue safe space.
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Yeah, 100. That's all it is. And that, you know, they're just a bunch of. They are. And of course it's led up by Harmeet Dylan, in charge of the Civil Rights Division, as I call it. Anyway, we'll talk about that, but first I want to just to let patrons know that you're going to be getting a link to grab free tickets to our California Blue Wave event this Tuesday in a week, May 12th at the El Rey Theater at 7pm so check your inboxes because there's a very limited number of free tickets for our members and you'll be getting that link Today at noon Pacific, 3pm Eastern. They'll get gobbled up real quick. So if you want to come and see Dana and me and Andy Richter and Jean Smart and Lisa Loeb. I mean, the whole. The lineup is pretty amazing if you want to be able to get a ticket to that. You'd want to check your inbox if you're a patron.
