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Thursday, July 9, 2026 Today, Judge Kaplan has ordered the release of $5M plus interest to E. Jean Carroll over Donald’s objections; Trump unexpectedly sidelines the Qatari Bribe Force One jet; a court orders Donald’s name to stay off the Kennedy Center as the case proceeds; Judge Hanna Dugan was sentenced to no jail time and a $5,000 fine; Texas Senate candidate and state Attorney General Ken Paxton probably committed voter fraud; Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear demands proof of life from Senator McConnell; a mother who claims vaccines killed her children has been charged with their murders; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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Hello and welcome to the Daily beans for Thursday, July 9, 2026. Today, Judge Kaplan has ordered the release of the $5 million plus interest to Eugene Carroll over Donald's objections. Trump unexpectedly sidelined the Cuttery bribe Force one jet. A court has ordered Donald's name to stay off the Kennedy center as the case proceeds. Judge Hannah Dugan was sentenced to no jail time and a $5,000 fine. Texas Senate candidate and state Attorney General Ken Paxton probably committed voter fraud. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear is demanding proof of life from Senator McConnell. And a mother who claimed vaccines killed her children has been charged with their murders. I'm Alison Gill.
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And I'm Dana Goldberg.
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Lots of different kinds of news going on today.
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I was gonna say some of it sounds like a tabloid and some of it's obviously not. It is wild news day. Ken Paxton, I mean, that's just the start of it. I don't know if you saw this, but some people saw him in London with what appears to be his mistress.
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Yeah. On the Fourth of July, celebrating the Independence Day, Right?
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Am I right? Independence Day.
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Great look. Great look. Almost. Almost as great as when a ton of senators went to Russia for the Fourth of July in 2017.
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Yeah. Yep, yep, yep, yep.
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Yeah, for sure. All right, so the latest in Maine is that they're having a ton of meetings and zoom calls. Platner is supposed to give a video statement on his disposition Wednesday night, and it hasn't happened yet. It's after 4pm it's after 7pm Eastern time right now, and I still haven't seen that video. I'll keep periodically checking throughout the recording, but Devin Murphy Anderson, the executive director of the Maine Democratic Party, said the party's frustrated with Platner's continued efforts to manipulate the process. He keeps trying to inject himself into this situation, saying he's contacted them multiple times. Now, as we reported yesterday, the two top scenarios they're considering because the main Democratic Party is doing this. I know a lot of people think the DNC is doing it or the DSCC or the dccc. No, it's first of all, the DCCC doesn't have anything to do with the Senate. But regardless of that, it's the main Democratic Party that's doing this. And there are two things that they're considering right now are a pop up convention of hundreds of party delegates or a statewide caucus. But those two options would actually exclude the unenrolled voters that got to vote in this primary. There are about 19,000 of them. 75% of them asked for Democratic ballots, which accounts for about 9% of the votes for Democrats. Andre LaFlamme, who we've had on this show, has suggested maybe they just run the ranked choice. Voting again without platinum seems like the most democratic process. But that would leave out candidates that didn't run. Like there's a couple of failed gubernatorial primary candidates that want to try to run for this seat. But when I talked to Andrea, she was like, yeah, but they didn't run for the Senate because they chose to run for governor, so why should they get to run for the Senate now?
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Yeah, I guess.
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I mean, I don't know. It's just, I know it's a clusterfuck. Some not. There's no way to make everybody happy here.
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I know. And if you just would stop assaulting women, I think maybe we wouldn't be in this mess in the first place. It ledges.
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That would be the best course forward.
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Yeah, that would be the, that'd be a place to start a little bit of good news. This is from the Times. The Times is reporting that in Milwaukee courtroom last year, Judge Hannah Dugan drew the ire of the Trump administration when she was accused of helping an undocumented immigrant evade federal agents by letting him out the door next to the exit that was right next to the door. In a Milwaukee courtroom on Wednesday, Ms. Dugan, a judge no longer, unfortunately, was fined $5,000 but spared prison time months after a federal jury convicted her of obstructing those agents.
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Yeah, and she is still appealing this and we'll see how that goes. But Judge Edelman, no time in jail, they said, sentenced her to zero time. So at least there's that. And she's also working on keeping her pension. I think she gets to keep her pension. So not a total loss here. But again, she's still appealing this all right, we have a ton of news to get to today. Let's hit the hot notes. Hot notes. All right, first up from the Associated Press, the writer Eugene Carroll can collect $5.8 million held in escrow since a jury found that Trump sexually abused and defamed her, according to a federal judge on Wednesday. Trump's lawyers immediately asked the court to block the payment while they appeal. The president has already deposited the money into an account. It's in escrow. The judge is releasing it. The US Supreme Court recently let the 2023 civil verdict stand, clearing the way for Judge Lewis Kaplan, no relation to Eugene's lawyer Robbie Kaplan, to release the money. The initial $5 million award has grown with interest, the jury found. Trump attacked Carol in 96 in the dressing room of a luxury Manhattan department store called a Bergdorf Goodman and then defamed her, as she described it publicly in a 2019 memoir. During his first term as president, Trump called her allegations false and said, she's not my type. In an interview, Trump's attorney said Wednesday they would continue to appeal and accused his political opponents of using the legal system against him. The Supreme Court shut you down, dude.
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Yep.
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You appointed three of those people.
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Those are not your opponents. Those are literally your allies. Yes.
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Now they want the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals to stop this payment. Carol's lawyers did not immediately respond to requests for comment. I don't think he's going to have a choice here. I think the money's going to go out of the escrow account and right over to our friend Ean. And I'm very happy for her.
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I am, too. I think so as well. All right, this is from the Post. A federal appeals court held on Wednesday that Trump's name will stay off of the Kennedy Center's branding and building while litigation continues. A three judge panel for the U.S. court of Appeals for the D.C. circuit Den denied a motion to stay from a Justice Department lawyer who has argued that removing Trump's name would hurt the center's fundraising efforts and further its financial decline.
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You're really going to hurt our slush fund fraud efforts.
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Your Honor, this is a quote. Appellants, however, have failed to support this assertion with any specific facts or evidence. That's what the judge said. You can't just say and not back it up. They also cast doubt on the center's novel argument about the Trump Kennedy center for the Performance Arts foundation, which is a new entity, and that's in quotes that the center says would have to return millions in raised funds if Trump's name were removed. Hmm. And I quote, appellants never raised that factual contention in District Court, and they have given no explanation for failing to do so. Again, this is from the judge. The panel, by the way, consisted of Judges Patricia Millett and Robert Wilkins, appointed by President Barack Obama, and Gregory Katzis, appointed by Trump. The decision follows an order by U.S. district Judge Christopher Cooper that Trump's name be removed from the building and marketing materials. Now, the center's board, led by Trump, had voted in December to add his name to the center. But Cooper wrote that federal law is, and I quote, crystal clear that the center is named for Kennedy and that only Congress can change it. Cooper also temporarily halted plans to close the building for two years of renovations while allowing the repairs to proceed. After the courts declined to immediately pause the ruling, the Kennedy center removed Trump's name and covered it with a tarp so no one could see it with. Just ridiculous. The center has remained open, by the way, but sparsely attended as staffers await news from the board about its potential closure.
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Who puts their name on someone else's memorial?
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You know who does that?
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Oh, my God. That's just so skeevy.
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It is. He's gross.
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He's gross. All right, next up from the Texas Tribune, two weeks before this year's primary election, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the creation of a tip line for the public to report people or groups suspected of voter fraud. They look like they're voter frauding. Like what? Anyway, quote, free and fair elections are a cornerstone of a thriving Republican. And with the authority granted to my office by the legislature, we will stop at nothing to uncover and stop any illegal voting activity. That's what Paxton said in a February news release announcing the tip line. Have a look in the mirror, buddy.
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Yep. Calls coming from inside the House.
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The announcement linked to guidance from his office about election laws in Texas, which included a requirement to be a U.S. citizen, a prohibition on collecting mail ballots on behalf of others, and a warning that it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records or to establish a residence for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an election. That seems like clear verbiage to me. I would agree that Ken Paxton sent out, you must register to vote using the address where you reside. The guidance also said that that despite his own warnings, Paxton appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years, including in May's runoff that made him the Republican nominee for senator. That's according to records obtained by ProPublica and the Texas Tribune. State Senator Angela Paxton said in a 2025 divorce filing that Paxton, whom she accuses of adultery. Biblical shit. Moved out of their Collin county home a year earlier. This is why he didn't want the divorce records released.
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Uh huh.
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But Paxton continues to list the home's address in northern Dallas suburb on his voter registration. Angela Paxton declined to be interviewed. A source close to the Paxtons said the Attorney general has not moved back into the home since leaving and he's probably not gonna be welcome there anymore either. And it's unclear where Paxton has been living for the past two years. What do you want to bet it's
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with, yeah, the lady he was in London with,
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but he's using his old ex wife's address. Well, I mean they're still going through a divorce for voting purposes so he could vote for himself. That's even extra up, by the way. Angela Paxton declined to be interviewed like I said. But reporting by ProPublica and the Tribune has linked him to a home in a neighboring Denton County. Huh. Since February, three election lawyers told the news organizations that Paxton may have violated the same Texas laws his office cautioned about in its news release. ProPublica and the Tribune reached out to Paxton's campaign on June 3rd, 15th and the 25th, asking why he remained registered to vote in Collin county where he appeared to no longer live, and about his connections to Denton County. Who's that? Who lives in Denton county that you're staying at? A reporter also left a voicemail on his personal cell phone. On June 25th. The news organization sent his government office and campaign staff email both emails on Monday with a detailed list of questions, including a request for Paxton's response to election lawyers belief that he may be violating the law. Paxton in his office, did not reply until Monday's email. Campaign spokesperson Madison Searcy did not answer the questions. His spokesperson's name is Searcy.
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I put it.
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Yeah, that's a little Game of Thrones intrigue for me. Did not answer the questions of the news organizations. Instead, she issued a statement saying that the Attorney General has been a national leader on election integrity with a long record of defending Texas elections. Attempting to insinuate otherwise and tear him down with a baseless lie filled tabloid story is not real reporting.
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I love the report. She's saying that like he hasn't already been in trouble for shit and impeached by his own party and like he's a fine upstanding citizen cited for this is insane. This is a good, honest man. Except all of those times he was not an honest man.
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Now, asked twice to provide specifics about what they believed was inaccurate in their lie filled tabloid story, they didn't respond. Now, voting in an election where the voter is ineligible is a second degree felony under Texas law. It's punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000. But prosecutors rarely bring cases challenging individual voters residency claims because they're really hard to prove, according to election lawyers.
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Please do not elect this man governor of Texas. Just don't, just don't do a senator. Governor. What is he running for?
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Senate?
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Senate? Senate? Please do not. I mean, it's him against fucking Talarico. Are we kidding here? Okay, this is from the Times. Speaking of very good governors. Governor Andy Beshear of Kentucky sent a letter to Senator Mitch McConnell on Wednesday demanding that he update his constituents on his health as rumors swirl about the Republican senator's condition after his hospitalization last month. Mr. McConnell, 84, has been in the hospital since June 14, when medics were called to his Washington address to respond to a report of an unconscious individual. A worker later informed his supervisor over emergency radio that CPR was in progress. Mr. McConnell's staff members have not disclosed what prompted his hospitalization or what treatment he's receiving. On Tuesday, several Republicans said that they had spoken to Mr. McConnell for exactly 20 minutes, every single one of them. In the letter to Mr. McConnell, who is planning to retire at the end of the term in January, Mr. Beshear, an amazing Democrat, wrote that Kentucky residents, and I quote, had grown increasingly concerned over the state of your health and well being and the ability to hold office. I mean, I think they were probably concerned about that before he was hospitalized, but whatever, he continued in the letter, as public office holders, we have made a commitment to our constituents to represent them and to always be transparent. I believe this requires clear communication about one's ability to serve. Mr. Beshear is a second term governor in a state largely loyal to President Trump. He has been an ascendant in the Democratic Party and is widely expected to run for president in 2028. This decision I happen to support. Mr. McConnell's absence has also renewed scrutiny over a 2021 Kentucky law that changed how a U.S. senate vacancy can be filled. Rather than allow the governor free reign to choose a successor, the law says a temporary appointee must be chosen from A list of 3 people selected by the state Executive Committee of the absent Senators political party. Okay. A special election would be held to Fill the seat only for the remainder of the year if the vacancy happened more than three months before the next election. When's the cutoff date for that?
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That's the kicker right there, isn't it?
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Yeah.
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Where they're, they're sitting on a dead man until three months before this election. I swear to God, I would not
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be shocked if the day after the deadline, all of a sudden they'll do
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like four days later to make it not so weird. They'll do it as maybe as long as they can.
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Yeah.
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Till things start to sm. Smell.
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I don't know, to literally start to smell. Mr. Beshear vetoed that change, saying it and I quote, improperly and unconstitutionally restricts the governor's power to fill vacancies. But the Republican led legislature overrode the veto and there has not yet been a test of that change. It is a very interesting state to watch that Andy Brashear continues to win as governor. But it's red.
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They love him, but it's so red they have overturning. They can overturn vetoes. That's how red that legislature is.
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Yep.
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Because every other state the governor picks somebody. But once a Democrat won, the legislature passed a law that says, no, the governor can't do it now. Now it's got to be a, you know, a special group of Republicans and
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not for no reason. They knew Mitch McConnell was getting up there in age. They knew he was getting up there in age. Of course they passed this law. By the way, if we lose that guy, you don't get to, you don't get to replace him.
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We got a blue governor. We got an old ass senator. We need to make sure to change the law and take power away from the governor. Anyway, I'm very interested to see what happens right around 90 days before the election.
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Yeah, no kidding.
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Which is that cutoff time. All right, next up from NBC, an Idaho woman. Get this Idaho woman claimed that vaccines killed her 18 month old twins.
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Dana, this story infuriated me on so many levels.
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I know. Well, she was charged last week with two counts of first degree murder. According to an indictment obtained by NBC, the toddler's mother, Andrea Shaw is accused of suffocating them. In May of 2025, a grand jury in Payette county determined that there is sufficient evidence to charge her. Anti vaccine groups have held up the deaths of Shah's twins as an example of what they see as the harms of vaccines. Shaw is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit that Children's Health Defense, an anti vaccine organization that RFK Jr. Founded before becoming health secretary. I can't believe that sentence exists.
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I know.
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She's the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit brought against the American Academy of Pediatrics challenging its vaccine recommendations. Shaw appeared in a video on the Children's Health Defense website last year to discuss her twins deaths. The conversation was recorded less than a week after the children had died, after she had murdered them, allegedly suffocated them. Children's Health Defense didn't respond to requests for comment, but its president, Mary Holland, said in a video released Sunday that the group stands by Shaw and her family. Quote, the state is absolutely acting, I believe, recklessly by indicting this woman. That's what she said. Kennedy ceased his work with Children's Health Defense before joining the Trump administration. The Department of Health and Human Services did not respond to a request for comment. Shah's criminal defense lawyer, Joe Filicetti, I hope I'm pronouncing that properly, told NBC News she plans to plead not guilty, saying there's zero evidence to support the charges. There is actually some evidence because a grand jury indicted her. Shaw was arrested five days after she gave birth to a new baby. Oh, my God. And has not been able to breastfeed her newborn. Oh, she shouldn't be anywhere near that newborn. No, just a bizarre. What?
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Infuriating. But I hate that. I'm not surprised.
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What's the motive? Did she. That all this is alleged? Obviously, right. She hasn't gone to trial yet, but like, did she murder her babies for a totally different reason? If she did and then say it was vaccines or did she do it so she could say it was a vaccine? I mean, clearly if she did this, there's something not right in her head, obviously. But like, I'm really interested to see when this trial starts what these details are.
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Yeah. All right, thank you, Alison from Reuters. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he was leaving Turkey aboard an older Air Force One aircraft rather than a recently renovated Qatari donated jet. This is an unexpected switch that renewed scrutiny of the costly, fast tracked retrofit.
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I put on, put on social media,
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hit my ride episode that he wasn't able to actually film.
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I was like, is it full of algae? What happened?
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Maybe the trip to Turkey, the first international travel for the new plane, took place as hostilities escalated with Iran in a country, as we know, that borders Turkey. The switch follows months of scrutiny over the luxury gift intended to serve as a temporary replacement while Boeing struggles to deliver long delayed next generation Air Force One planes. You guys can rush those if you want to. I mean, it's. You know what I mean? Like, give him his planes now. Critics question the cost.
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Have Boeing put the doors on.
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That's it. I mean, come on, get some duct tape. Let's go. Critics question the cost, security, and pace of the retrofit. Trump said on True Social that he would use an older Air Force One plane for old time's sake to fly to RAF Milden hall in Britain while the new plane stops at the same base so US Service members stationed there can tour the aircraft. Trump said the plane was traveling to two or three big bases in Europe before returning to the United States. In a quote, so the soldiers can see it because it's truly magnificent.
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Sure.
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Sure, bud.
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Yeah. That's why he switched planes. And not because it doesn't have the proper retrofit.
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Yeah, exactly. Democratic lawmakers estimated the conversion cost more than a billion dollars in race security risk. The upgrades were completed so quickly that some experts expressed concern that the plane may not be secure as the existing Air Force One aircraft again. Okay, the Air Force fast track of effort to ready the jet. Skip some planned modifications originally env for the next generation presidential aircraft in order to deliver an interim version sooner. I want it now. All right, Veruca Salt. Calm the fuck down. You'll get your jet in a little while.
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Somebody take him out back and have him juiced, please. Oh, my God. Like, whatever. Okay. I'm actually a little disappointed that he didn't talk. Somebody talked him out of taking that jet for safety reasons. Yeah, and I'm kind of sad that he didn't win that argument. But anyway. All right, everybody, we've got more news. It's just good news, and we're gonna get to it right after this break. Stick around. We'll be right back after these messages.
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We'll be right back.
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All right, thank you so much Ag. Now this is from Tracy Pronoun she and her My shout out is to my husband Roy for posting each day on Facebook, usually with swearing. Something that shows what Trump is up to and how much he's frustrated and mad at the current administration. Now I took the more cowardly way by leaving Facebook last year when there was so much political crap being posted. I was so sick of the politics at the time, scared and disappointed at the election results, and no one seemed to be fighting back at Trump. Well then I found Blue sky and then Substack and you guys, I love your interview with Miles Taylor and the fact that you're partnering up with defiance.org, i joined Defiance right about the time I joined the Daily Beans as well as the Grounded podcast with former Senator John Tester and journalist Marissa Giorgio. I had read Miles's book Blowback, which confirmed so much of what I believed about Trump. In Montana, where we live, John Tester was our guy for the U.S. senate. He did so much for our state and especially the veterans. So shouts out to Roy, Miles, John and Marissa and wonderful ladies of the Daily Beans. So sweet and all the Other folks that are out there bravely giving us the truth and ways to fight back. You are so inspiring. Thank you. A pickup my of a baby deer and mama left in our yard so she could go eat for the day and know that baby was safe. Oh my goodness. She came back and got her that evening. Also our old dog Rosie with her baby giraffe that she sleeps with and loves so much. Look at that baby.
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You are the dear daycare.
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Look at that tiny deer. How sweet.
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Tracy.
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I love that mom Joss. Mom be like be back tonight.
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Yeah. Bye. All right, go get some food. Oh, this sweet baby dog. Look at that. Chompers little sausage.
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Love it.
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Thank you so much, Tracy. All right. From Lori. No pronouns given. Hello, AG and DG I'm a part of the Pittsburgh Overpass project. Awesome. And my good friends and I put up banners on the Tripoli overpass every week. I thought you might like our Independence Day banner. The MAGA cult members who passed under it did not. My pet tax is my rescue dog, Buddy. His rough start in life has given him all the bravery of Mike Johnson when he finds out that Trump is angry about the SAVE act. So we work hard to love and protect Buddy from all the things that scare him. He's amazingly adorable. And look at this overpass sign. Worst prez in 250 years. Beautiful. Beautiful.
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Love it. Have.
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Have a good day. Beans Queens. Thank you so much, Lori.
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It's awesome. All right, up next, Kathy pronoun. She and her. Hey, AG and dg. Your show today was awesome. And I really like the idea of partnering with Defiance to multiply the force. Then you asked her book recommendations immediately this one came to mind. The man who Planted Trees, an allegorical tale by French author John Giorno. Who? Gingiorno. Pardon me. Published in 1953, it tells the story of one shepherd's long and successful single handed effort to reforest a desolate valley in the foothills of the alps throughout the first half of the 20th century. It was on my bookshelf for years and I would read it to my children who are all grown up now. By determination and perseverance, he transformed his world. Imagine how many more trees he could have planted if he had recruited more. Help help with him. Keep up the good work. You all are an inspiration to all of us. I'm including a picture of my 10 grandkids gathered around the world for the 4th of July. Look at these sweet little cherubs.
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Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness. Kathy. What a proud, proud grandma. I know this beautiful family I love all their tie dye, red, white and blue shirts that they got going on as well.
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So good.
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And look at the baby. I know that baby's skeptical of me, I can tell. Kathy, thank you so much for that. All right, got a couple short ones here. Shelly, she her said we have so much fun every year at the pride parade. We wanted to share our bird watching that we did after the parade. So this is lovely. Thank you so much for this, this beautiful group of people. And from Otter Lover, here is the axolotl I met at the zoo who was not excited to meet me back. And here's one of the otters rolling around playing with his toes. And both brought me delight and made me think of the daily beans. Look how beautiful.
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Oh, I love this.
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We got an otter and an axolotl in one submission.
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We're killing it, killing it, killing it. All right, next up from Anonymous pronoun she and her hello fearless leaders and fellow Leguminati. I'm feeling grateful that I am in a position in life to offer sanctuary to my best friend of over 20 years. We moved in together last fall and we've been having a blast. She needed a place to land and I can afford to rent a two bedroom apartment after being promoted at work. It wasn't that long ago that I was at my lowest after my husband and my mom died a year apart. Oh my God. Anonymous. I'm so sorry. My bestie held the rope while I climbed out of that hole. What a great fucking sentence. Now we're both thriving and striding forward attaches a selfie of us at Farmer's Market near our apartment for podpet tax. Here's Cutie I met a few years ago while out bluebonnet hunting in central Texas. He tried to run off with the lid to my iced tea when I didn't have any snacks for him. Oh, I love this photo. I'm sending you guys the best. And oh my God, this frickin donkey. Oh my goodness, what an ass.
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You went to Dairy Queen? I love Dairy Queen. My favorite ass. Nice ass. My favorite is the butterscotch dip vanilla cone.
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Oh, Dairy Queen. I used to like the little. I don't even know if it was actually strawberry, but the hard shell dip cone.
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Mm, yeah, right, the red one.
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Yep. Yeah, I don't know what flavor that was.
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Mine was the butter. I think the red one was cherry and the yellow one was butterscotch. The butterscotch was my favorite.
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There you go.
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And you could get Dilly Bars in the freezer. To take home. Like the same thing. Delicious. Just walking down Dairy Queen memory lane. Sorry. Next up, Proud mom pronoun she and her I'm so totally in awe of my daughter and I want to share her substack and blog. Yes, I'm old slash newsletter. She's taken on a project to parse out the Declaration of Independence as only a paralegal linguistic can. She started out her substack just writing about legal issues of the day, but along came Jay Taj who did 31 days of putting the oh the PI back into AAPI Month on Instagram, and Dr. Joanne Freeman talking to Preet Bharara on his podcast where she exhorted people to read the Declaration beyond the preamble. So here we are. Love it. 31 Days of Independence is looking hard at our founding document and it's on her sub stack. Legally Strange. I cannot recommend her work enough. It's thought provoking and challenging. Sort of like the Daily Beans. Thanks for all you do to keep us engaged. You keep me sort of sane. My pet is my daughter's beloved cat Smokey who left us to cross the Rainbow Bridge last month. Oh, she left a cat sized hole in my heart. I may have to change my Instagram name as a result. Proud Mom. We're gonna a link to Legally Strange in the show notes.
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Yes we will.
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Beautiful smoky kitty.
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Beautiful indeed. All right. From cat pronouns, she and her participant in successful we the people banner carry July 4th in Washington D.C. on P Pennsylvania Avenue and from George Me statue to Archives Metro Severe heat required Shorter March for Healthy for Health safety organized by backbone and 250March was like civil disobedience since not permit authorized police very helpful and blocked streets. No media coverage anywhere except as shared by participants on social media. Note Patriots Front got huge media exposure.
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Oh that's right, Patriot Front did get huge media exposure. But the we the People sign that Kat helped Carrie, who listens to the Daily Beans, not so much, right? Yeah man, Kat, thank you for doing that and wonderful little civil disobedience. I'm glad the cops were helpful because sometimes they aren't. So I appreciate you. Thank you everybody for sending in your good news and I look forward to reading it all again tomorrow. It always puts me in a better mood. You can send it to us dailybeanspod.com click on contact. Any final thoughts before we get out
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of here for today, just another reminder. Southwest Funny Fest tickets are going and if you are a business owner, it's small, big, medium and you want to become a sponsor of the Southwest Funnyfest in Albuquerque, New Mexico. You can do that. Just send me an email danagoldberg.com and let me know you'd like some information on how to support this event because your support maximizes the donation to Equality New Mexico. So if you own a business, big, large or little, whatever you want, just let me know and I'll get you the little PDF to decide if you want to join us. That's it. Otherwise, if you're in the Albuquerque area, get your tickets. It's October 9th, it's a Friday night, and they're going quickly.
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Yeah. And you can get everything and all the information that you need@danagoldberg.com thank you. All right, everybody, we'll be back on your ears tomorrow with Fugal sang for Fugal saying Fridays. Until then, please take care of yourselves, take care of each other, take care of the planet, take care of your mental health, and take care of your family. I've been ag.
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I've been dg.
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