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Monday, March 16th, 2026 Today, Judge Boasberg has thrown out Jeanine Pirro’s subpoenas of Jerome Powell - effectively killing her investigation; the Pentagon is sending ground troops and three Navy vessels to Iran; military leaders warned Hegseth against shuttering the Civilian Protection Unit and warned Trump about the Strait of Hormuz but they were ignored and then fired; the oil tankers Trump seized are costing taxpayers tens of millions of dollars to maintain; 8 people accused of Antifa ties have been convicted on terrorism charges in Texas; DOGE boy deposition videos were ordered removed from the internet by a judge; Ric Grenell is out at the Kennedy Center; a Democrat just flipped the mayor’s race in Boca Raton for the first time in 30 years; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

The Daily Beans · Allison Gill, Dana Goldberg

March 16, 202638m 44sExplicit

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Monday, March 16th, 2026

Today, Judge Boasberg has thrown out Jeanine Pirro’s subpoenas of Jerome Powell - effectively killing her investigation; the Pentagon is sending ground troops and three Navy vessels to Iran; military leaders warned Hegseth against shuttering the Civilian Protection Unit and warned Trump about the Strait of Hormuz but they were ignored and then fired; the oil tankers Trump seized are costing taxpayers tens of millions of dollars to maintain; 8 people accused of Antifa ties have been convicted on terrorism charges in Texas; DOGE boy deposition videos were ordered removed from the internet by a judge; Ric Grenell is out at the Kennedy Center; a Democrat just flipped the mayor’s race in Boca Raton for the first time in 30 years; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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