Headlines for November 12, 2026

The Daily Beans podcast headlines sourced and cited

Nov 12, 2026

Thursday, November 12, 2026

Today, Democrat Scott Colom has won his race in mississippi for united states senate, the White House sent a letter to Rep Robert Garcia threatening criminal investigations for oversight, the sentinel at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier verbally reprimanded Pete Hegseth today for his group talking and laughing at the memorial, Trump lawyer Alina Habba has lost her $50M job, the ICE officer who shot a man in Biddeford Maine is a hateful bigot, the tech bros are panicking and pivoting left, a Somali bodyguard was indicted in a bid to incriminate Representative Ilhan Omar, Trump’s anti-trans Justice Department Civil Division Chief has resigned, Montana State House Democrats have elected two trans people to lead them, and the Seattle Public Schools board has given the district the authority to hire lawyers and pursue legal action over the transgender sports initiative.

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Sources:

https://komonews.com/news/local/seattle-public-schools-board-legal-action-initiative-638-privacy-equal-treatment-student-privaacy-september-privacy-checks-inclusive-state-laws

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/11/us/ilhan-omar-ex-bodyguard-indicted-abdullahi-mohamed.html