Dana is Back! Headlines for July 31, 2026
The Daily Beans podcast headlines sourced and cited
Friday, July 31, 2026
Today, Tillis and Cornyn met again with the DOJ to try to hammer out a deal on the slush fund and Trump tax immunity, Todd Blanche has handed over several unredacted Epstein documents for review in chambers by Judge Emmet Sullivan, the 7th and 9th Circuit Courts of Appeal have weighed in against Trump’s mass deportation policy, Mandela Barnes has dropped out of the Democratic primary election for Wisconsin governor, and speaking of Wisconsin, the Minocqua Brewery has been stripped of it’s alcohol permit after promising free beer when Trump dies.
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Sources:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.291779/gov.uscourts.dcd.291779.25.0_1.pdf
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/30/ninth-circuit-ice-detention




Thank you for the update Allison, it seems that perhaps Cornyn is using his lawyer skills to hold the nomination, I hope so.
Question: since the sham settlement is a binding contact between DOJ and Trump, wouldn’t both Blanche and Trump have to sign an agreement before the settlement was rendered moot.