Sad State Of A Fair (feat. John Fugelsang)

Summary

The Daily Beans Podcast — July 3, 2026 Episode: Sad State Of A Fair (Feat. John Fugelsang)

Overview

This episode of The Daily Beans, hosted by Allison Gill (AG) and Dana Goldberg (DG), dives into a turbulent batch of news from around the U.S., blending political updates, legal drama, and a dose of signature snark. Key topics range from bizarre federal indictments and DOJ mishaps to political grifts, with special guest John Fugelsang joining for his weekly "Fugelsang Friday" segment, injecting humor and sharp insight into serious national issues. The episode wraps as always on a positive note with heartwarming community good news.

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Main Topics & Key Insights

1. News Rundown & Hot Notes

(01:04 – 18:47)

Federal Judge Blocks USPS Mail-in Ballot Changes

• A DC judge (Emmett Sullivan) has halted Trump-era USPS policies threatening timely delivery of mail-in ballots, citing a prior 2021 settlement with the NAACP.
  • AG: “The agency agreed to prioritize… timely delivery of election mail.” (03:22)

Underwhelming Jobs Report

• Only 57,000 jobs added in June; wage growth lags behind inflation.
  • DG: “A worrying sign for labor market stability.” (03:29)
• Quick plug: Dana’s "Southwest Funny Fest" for LGBTQ causes, tickets just released. (03:45)

Indictment of Olympic Canoeist David Hearn

• Hearn charged with destruction of property—pulled up loose sealant at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
  • AG: “Trying to put an Olympian behind bars because they can’t admit they fucked up, hired a bad company…” (06:10)
  • Notable: Damage caused by faulty materials, but blame pushed onto an individual.

FBI Resource Shift: 2020 Georgia Election

• FBI redeploying 250+ agents/analysts at Kash Patel’s direction to re-investigate Georgia’s 2020 election.
  • DG: “It’s highly unusual, trust me.” (07:47)

DOJ Accidentally Releases Jack Smith Report

• DOJ mistakenly sent "volume two" of Jack Smith’s Trump documents report to opposing counsel (disguised as “cake recipes”).
  • AG: “You cannot make this shit up.” (09:45)

Trump-tied Kennedy Center Nonprofit Maneuver

• DOJ, on behalf of Kennedy Center, is in court as an entity called the “Trump Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Foundation” has been created—sparking concern over donor money transfers and transparency.
  • DG: “Sounds like money’s getting fucking washed, by the way.” (10:55)

Colorado Governor Fires Clemency Board Members

• Gov. Polis fired two board members after they revealed internal votes against commuting the sentence of election denier Tina Peters—a commutation Polis pushed through under Trump pressure.
  • “They paid the price…dismissed for violating confidentiality.” (13:09)

Massive ICE Arrest Surge

• Over 10,000 immigrants detained in five days as ICE pursues White House-directed quotas.
  • AG: “They’re arresting nuns on their way to church just to meet a quota...” (15:06)

University of Tennessee Settles Firing Lawsuit

• University to pay $1.9M to Tamar Shirinian, fired after a social media post about Charlie Kirk’s assassination. She sued for wrongful termination and won.
  • AG: “She said…the world is better off without him in it.” (16:17)

Court Rules in Favor of Transgender Troops

• Federal court certifies a class action giving all transgender service members a legal path to serve, expanding on a June ruling that the military ban is unlawful.
  • DG (quoting): “‘The protection afforded to our plaintiffs should be available to all transgender service members and their families.’” (18:09)

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2. Fugelsang Friday: John Fugelsang Interview

(21:10 – 41:00)

Great American State Fair Flop & Reflecting Pool Metaphor

• Fugelsang riffs on the embarrassingly empty State Fair (a Trump event); the endless “war on pond scum.”
  • JF: “Amazing to see a Ferris wheel waiting for people rather than people waiting for a Ferris wheel. This is what Donald Trump has given us...” (21:57)
• Lincoln Reflecting Pool story as a metaphor for Trump-era government mismanagement:
  • “[It’s] everything: you break something, go over budget, ignore the experts, blame made-up enemies…” (23:24)

Rampant Trump Corruption & Coming Investigations

• Discussion of the grift culture permeating Trump events and nonprofits (“slush funds” like the Kennedy Center move).
  • JF: “No one’s there, Trump doesn’t care because he’s getting a taste.” (25:31)
• Anticipated Democratic investigations if Congress is flipped.
  • “Come January 2027, your hands are on a Bible, you’re sitting in front of a committee, [and] the Constitution is back in session.” (26:27)

Supreme Court Dysfunction

• Outrage at recent SCOTUS decisions: birthright citizenship barely upheld; expansion of Citizens United.
  • AG: “It shouldn’t have been 5–4, it should have been unanimous.” (31:05)
  • JF: “This country founded by aristocrats…now, billionaires are trying to end government so they can rule.” (33:21)
• Growing call among Democrats to expand (“unpack”) the court.
  • “Paul Krugman came out in favor of stacking the Supreme Court this week…” (29:07)

The Ongoing Threat to Rights

• Warning that right-wing justices gave a “roadmap” for anti–birthright citizenship policies.
• DOJ incompetence: Speculation that internal leaks (“DOJ accidentally sending Jack Smith report”) may signal internal sabotage or factional struggles.
  • JF: “I think Grandpa’s inner circle…is trying to find an off-ramp for Grandpa.” (35:33)
• Corruption’s resilience even when figureheads like Trump exit.
  • “Trump will go, take all the blame, but the infrastructure that built and enforced their crimes will stay.” (36:39)

How Lasting Reform Happens

• The cycle: hard times produce opportunity for true reformers.
  • JF: “Things have to get worse before they get better sometimes. We’re very slow-learning primates.” (37:41)
• Urging future leaders to “swing for the fences” with big ideas.
  • JF: “That’s what the voters want. They want someone with big ideas.” (38:25)

America’s Contradictions — Notable Closing Quote

• JF: “America is the best and worst of everything, turned up to 11…we get to choose which America we root for.” (39:32)

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3. Good News & Listener Submissions

(41:49 – End)

• Fundraiser Updates: Listeners have raised $14,698 (and counting) for the Trevor Project (plus $10,000 from host donation), with more coming.
  • AG: “Our listeners are truly incredible.” (44:00)
• Community victories:
  • House of Black Cat Magic wins USA Today’s “Best Cat Café”
  • Heartfelt listener tributes—poems, rescued animals, funny pet/cat stories.
• Uplifting closing: “We can do anything, as long as we do it together.” (54:26)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Indictment Metaphor:

  • “Trying to put an Olympian behind bars because they can’t admit they fucked up, hired a bad company.” — Dana Goldberg (06:10)

• On Trump Grift:

  • “No one’s there and Trump doesn’t care because he’s getting a taste.” — John Fugelsang (25:31)

• On DOJ Blunder:

  • “You cannot make this shit up.” — Allison Gill (09:45)

• Supreme Court Expansion:

  • “Paul Krugman came out in favor of stacking the Supreme Court this week…” — John Fugelsang (29:07)

• America’s Contradictions:

  • “America is the best and worst of everything turned up to 11…we get to choose which America we root for.” — John Fugelsang (39:54)

• Call to Action:

  • “We can do anything, as long as we do it together.” — Allison Gill (54:26)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 01:04 — Main news rundown begins

• 03:22 — Federal judge blocks USPS ballot changes

• 06:10 — Canoeist David Hearn indicted (reflecting pool story)

• 07:47 — FBI shifts to GA 2020 election

• 09:45 — DOJ sends out Jack Smith report by mistake

• 10:55 — Kennedy Center “Trump” nonprofit exposé

• 13:09 — Gov. Polis fires clemency board members

• 15:06 — ICE arrests quota surge

• 16:17 — UT settles wrongful firing lawsuit

• 18:09 — Court greenlights class action for transgender troops

• 21:10 — John Fugelsang joins (“Fugelsang Friday”)

• 23:24 — Reflecting pool metaphor for Trumpian governance

• 25:31 — Trump event grifts, Pickles sponsor quits

• 26:27 — Future Democratic investigations & “hands on Bibles”

• 31:05 — Supreme Court dysfunction & court-packing debate

• 33:21 — Citizens United expansion; “billionaires now rule”

• 39:32 — “Best and worst of America” closing quote (Fugelsang)

• 41:49 — Good News/community submissions

• 44:00 — Trevor Project fundraiser update

• 54:26 — “We can do anything as long as we do it together.”

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Tone and Style

The episode is lively, sharp, and unflinchingly critical of political corruption and injustice—but always filtered through wit, camaraderie, and hope. Snark, catharsis, and calls for action anchor the conversation, with John Fugelsang providing longer-form satirical analysis and historical perspective.

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Summary for Non-listeners

This episode is a whirlwind of the week’s most jaw-dropping headlines, uncovering layers of government incompetence, political grifting, and ongoing fights for justice—especially for marginalized communities. Highlights include the absurd criminal charges against an Olympic athlete, farcical government mishaps, and court rulings with slow but meaningful progress. John Fugelsang’s guest segment adds gravitas and humor, driving home the broader themes: America’s foundational contradictions, the importance of holding power to account, and the urgency for real democratic reform. The beans community’s activism, resilience, and generosity shine through in the feel-good closing segment, embodying the podcast’s core message: persistence, hope, and solidarity.

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For listeners seeking political insight, a dose of comic relief, and a reminder of the power of community—this episode is a must.

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Daily beans. Hello and welcome to the Daily beans for Friday, July 3, 2026. Today, Olympic canoeist David Hearn has been federally charged for touching water. The Justice Department accidentally emailed volume two of Jack Smith's final report to outside lawyers. A court filing has unearthed a Kennedy center nonprofit taken over by the Trump administration. Transgender troops have been granted a class action lawsuit against the government. The June jobs report is out and it's underwhelming. Kash Patel is shifting massive resources to investigating the Georgia 2020 election. A federal judge has blocked the post office from withholding mail in ballots. Colorado Governor Jared Polis fired board members who disagreed with granting Clemenc to election denier Tina Peters. ICE arrests have surged to over 10,000 in five days. And the University of Tennessee has to pay $1.9 million in damages to someone they fired for their remarks about Charlie Kirk. I'm Alison Gill.

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And I'm Dana Goldberg.

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A veritable grab bag of news today, my friend.

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I was gonna say we've got everything. We got something for everybody.

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It's kind of all over the place today. So we have a lot that we have to get to later in the show. We're going to be talking about a lot of stuff with our friend John Fugelsang because it's Fuglsang Fridays here on the Daily Beans. And Dana, before we get to the hot notes, a federal judge in D.C. just blocked the United States Postal Service from carrying out changes to its delivery of mail in ballots. According to the Times, the judge wrote that recent policies directed by Trump run afoul of legal terms the agency accepted more than four years ago to ensure timely delivery of mail ballots. In a brief opinion, Judge Emmett Sullivan, that's the one who granted Katie Fang her Epstein files thing. And we still haven't heard from the DOJ, even though that's due today as we record this July 2nd. Still haven't heard from that. He's also the one who said who called Mike Flynn a traitor and asked the Mueller prosecutors if they had looked into treason. He pointed to a settlement agreement reached between the NAACP and the post office in December of 2021 after the group sued the government, arguing that postal delays threatened to disenfranchise voters. And at that time, the agency agreed to prioritize monitoring and timely delivery of election mail. So there you go.

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As we said in your introduction, the new jobs report is out. The US economy added just 57,000 jobs in June. That is a worrying sign for labor market stability. As wage growth tracked below inflation for a third consecutive month in June, hourly earnings increased by 3.5%, which remains far below the most recent inflation reading of 4.2. So bad on the jobs report. But good news, if you live in Albuquerque or around the surrounding area, guess what, everyone? Southwest Funny Fest tickets went on sale. I have not announced this on my social media. I have not announced this to the general public. But if you went to my website and got a alert me button that you emailed, that has been sent to you. So make sure you check your spam. And for all my beans listeners, if you're in Albuquerque or you want to go to Albuquerque for October 9th, Spunny Fest tickets are now on sale. You can go to my website, danagoldberg.com hit my tour schedule, go down to the albuquerque date on October 9th and go get them. It's going to help benefit Equality New Mexico, a fantastic organization that's helping to protect the LGBTQ community in the land of Enchantment. And that's all I have for you at the top. So I don't know. Alison, are you ready for the next step up?

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I'm ready for the next step. Let's hit the hot notes. Hot notes. All right, first up from NBC, U.S. olympic canoeist David Davey Hearn was indicted Thursday on a single count of destruction of property after he was accused of causing more than a thousand dollars worth of damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, not nearly as much as the $18 million in damage Trump did to it. Hearn was indicted in D.C. superior Court on the felony charge. And I think the fact that Jeanine Pirro went to Superior Court means she didn't go through a grand jury, but I'm going to have to double check on that. Janine Pirro, U.S. attorney for D.C. said National Park Service employees saw Hearn, quote, forcefully and violently pulling up and removing the bottom Liner of the pool with both hands during a June 19 incident. She alleged that he damaged about 2 square feet of the sealant from the bottom of the pool. Hearn's legal team, Norm Eisen, co founder and executive chair of Democracy Defenders Fund, and Mary Dorman, senior counsel at Washington Litigation Group, issued the following statement to NBC News. This guy's got an all star fucking

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legal team, which is awesome.

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Quote, davey Hearn is innocent. These charges are outrageous and should be alarming to every American. This indictment reflects the administration's effort to shift blame for their own failures on the eve of our nation's Independence Day. America should be deeply concerned by the misuse of government power against an ordinary citizen based on a concocted narrative. The justice system exists to determine facts, not to provide political cover. So.

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And I would also say, I wouldn't call this a normal American ordinary citizen. They're literally trying to put an Olympian behind bars because they can't admit they fucked up, hired a bad company. All of this stuff, they use the wrong materials. We gotta blame someone. It is mind blowing.

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Use the wrong water. They use city water with phosphates in it, which feeds algae. And then they knew that. Government documents prove it. This is just. This is gonna. He might as well have thrown a sandwich at the pool.

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I know. It would have been better. He's an Olympic kayaker. If there was a photo of a video of him kayaking down the middle

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of the reflecting pool with a knife.

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With a knife. With a machete. All right, fuckers. We'll see what happens in that case. This is also from NBC. The FBI, speaking of fuckers, has issued a memo requesting all field offices surge a total of over 250 personnel into what it described as a priority effort for Director Kash Patel's office, which two sources familiar with the effort said centers on the investigation into the 2020 fucking election in Georgia. One of the sources said it's an effort to dig deeper into the 2020 election, focusing on individuals and records to support Donald Trump's election fraud theories that he continues to push. Their directive came directly from Patel's office and includes 260 personnel, apparently mostly analysts, who will join agents already working the Fulton county investigation. Each analyst is expected to review 708 records, the number of personnel being asked to work on the case, by the way, and the approval of its costs, including overtime for weekends and holidays. It's highly unusual, trust me.

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So, yeah, those, you know, sex, pedophile rings and drug traffickers and. No, no, no mafia stuff and other violent crimes. Terrorists?

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No, no, no, Allison, that is not important. We want to know if Joe Biden should have been president of the United States six years ago.

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Okay. All right, next up from tnr, the Department of Justice accidentally released volume two of Jack Smith's report on Trump's handling of classified documents in the legal case last month. According to a legal filing published Thursday, DOJ lawyers sent the report, three copies of it, to lawyers for Carmen Lineberger, who was charged for emailing copies of volume two to herself.

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Oh, my God.

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As disguised as cake recipes. On June 3, DOJ officials handed over discovery items on flash drives to Lineberger's lawyers, and included in those drives was three copies of volume two embedded electronic messages that were required to be disclosed. On June 9, the defendant's attorneys reported they found these three documents and contact the government immediately to confirm whether or not they were supposed to be part of the discovery materials. After they reviewed the documents, DOJ lawyers confirmed they were actually copies of volume two of Smith's report. Defense attorneys told the government they stopped reviewing the material immediately before examining the report itself. We didn't open it. We deleted it. The materials that we downloaded, we handed the flash drives back to the government. Thursday's legal filing was to notify Judge Eileen Cannon, the judge presiding over Trump's classified documents case, that we accidentally violated your court order to not send it to anyone, which is the same thing we indicted the lady for, whose lawyers we sent it to. You cannot make this shit up. Of course Annie McCabe and I are going to cover this on this weekend's episode of Unjustified. It's just insane.

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All right, my friend. Let's go to RAW Story. Lawyers representing Donald Trump in his battle to keep his name on the Kennedy Center, John F. Kennedy, specifically for the performing arts. They threw a new wrinkle at the court on Tuesday. According to a report from the Atlantic, Department of Justice lawyers representing the Kennedy center on Tuesday urged a federal appeals court to restore Donald Trump's name to the institution, warning it puts in jeopardy hundreds of millions of dollars in gifts and pledges belonging to an entity unheard of until this month called the Trump Kennedy center for the Performing Arts Foundation. Huh, that sounds like money's getting fucking washed, by the way. The foundation emerged suddenly, raising immediate red flags and catching many by surprise. Records show that on March 18, the Kennedy center amended the name of an existing nonprofit previously called the Kennedy Center Foundation. Originally established by Kennedy center leaders as an independent 501 in 2024, before Trump's reelection. The records filed with The District's Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection. It contains no details about the renamed foundation's governance structure or leadership. More critically, the filing, it did not identify which donors are allegedly at risk of withdrawing their pledges, nor do they specify how much money has actually been pledged or received through the foundation. This is all from the Atlantic's reporting.

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You know what I bet? I bet they went in, changed the name of the nonprofit from the Kennedy center to the Trump Kennedy center foundation, and now they can't withdraw all the money that they stole from the previous Kennedy center foundation thing because they had to change the name of the Kennedy Center.

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That seems valid, by the way. General Counsel Elliot Burke signed the document formalizing the name change. The sole identified figure, by the way, behind the restructuring, the strategy appears designed to create legal leverage. This is what the Atlantic reported. Simultaneously, the Kennedy Center's board voted on June 12 to establish a separate Trump Kennedy Center Fund to, and I quote, recognize the president's contributions. How this fund interacts with the foundation remains deliberately unclear so far.

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Weird. I mean, you could just change the name of the foundation back. Yeah, it's just odd. That's just really. I'm interested to see where that goes. All right, next up from the Times. Oh, man. Jared Polis of Colorado on Wednesday fired two members of his clemency board after they spoke out against his decision to commute the prison sentence of election den Tina Peters. The board members, Hannah Prof. And Azra Taslimi had objected to Polis decision in May to release Ms. Peters from prison after pressure from Trump. After the commutation, Ms. Poff and Ms. Taslimi revealed that the board appointed by Polis had twice voted unanimously to reject Peters application for a shortened sentence. Polis, a Democrat, had the final decision and overruled the board. The board normally operates in secret and doesn't disclose the pardon and commutation recommendations that it makes to the governor. Ms. Prof. And Ms. Teslimi said they had been compelled to pierce that veil of secrecy in Mrs. Peters case. On Wednesday, they said they had paid the price. They received a letter from Governor Polis saying they were being dismissed for violating the board's confidentiality standards. Quote, you breached the required duty of confidentiality by publicly divulging board members votes. That's what Polis wrote to each of the women who shared the letters with the New York Times. The board unanimously voted twice.

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Yeah.

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Against the commutation of Tina Peters. And Polis did it anyway. And then when two of the women spoke out, he fired them.

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I Don't love this because I actually like Governor Polis. I think he's done really good job in Colorado. I don't understand. I don't understand the story. Like, I really don't.

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I wish he would just explain it. Like, did Trump blackmail him? Did he say he was going to withhold funding for, I don't know, health care or, I know, fires or said, like, what?

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It just doesn't make sense.

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It makes.

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Doesn't make sense. This one's from the Times. Federal immigration officials have detained more than 10,000 people in the last five days. This is a major surge that has stemmed from a push within Immigration and Customs Enforcement to increase arrest rates. Great. Agency leaders in recent days ordered top ICE officials to focus more of their officers efforts on picking up immigrants, and they want to deport, according to documents obtained to the New York Times and interviews with federal officials. What the fuck were they doing before that? ICE officers have arrested people at check ins, with immigration authorities, during traffic stops and on the street. The push has apparently yielded results, with recent arrest numbers roughly doubling from the thousand picked up each day. Earlier this year, ICE officials were told that White House wanted an increase in arrests, according to three officials with knowledge of the conversations. One of the officials said that it was unclear how long the pace could continue, but that ICE officials had been told that 2,000 arrests a day was the new standard for enforcement.

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But they're trying this kinder, gentler.

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Oh, yeah, yeah.

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Approach where they are only going to. Not killing them immediately, violent criminals or whatever. Now they're arresting nuns on their way to church so that they can meet a quota, even though, I mean, they're just scooping people up, brown people. And even if they're sitting and just be like, well, we'll sort it out after as long as we make our 2000 arrest.

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Quote, because an arrest is an arrest probably for them, even if they're released.

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Mm, yeah. Yeah, for sure. All right, next up from the Knox News, University of Tennessee Systems Board of Trustees approved a settlement with former Assistant Professor Tamar Shirinian, and that's agreeing to pay the fired faculty member $1.9 million. Shirinian will not be reinstated at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, according to state officials, including the Attorney General and the governor, Bill Lee. They need to approve the settlement, by the way, quote, my client is pleased that the party's reached a solution. That's Shirinian's attorney, Rob Bigelow, in a statement to Knox News, went on to say, litigation is always difficult. We're grateful to everyone on both sides who worked diligently to bring this matter to a close, and went on to say, we believe the resolution reflects the seriousness of the issue while allowing everyone to move forward. We wish the university nothing but success, success in the future. So what did Ms. Shrinian do? The situation began September 12, 2025, two days after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated in a school shooting. Sherinian made a crass Facebook comment on a friend's private post, saying in part that the world is better off without him in it. A social media provocateur found it and spread Shirinian's comment online, sparking public outrage and urging the university to fire her. UT Assistant President Randy Boyd announced an investigation on September 15, and Chancellor Donde Plowman suspended Sherinian and begun the firing process against her. The former professor sued in federal court in October, and Plowman finalized her decision to fire Sheridan in February of 2026. And now they have to settle for $1.9 million.

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Good. I'm so glad. All right, this one's from the Military Times. The federal court issued a ruling Tuesday that paves the way for all transgender service continue serving in the military despite a Trump administration policy that ordered their removal. The U.S. district Court of the District of Columbia granted a motion to certify Talbot vs. USA as a class action lawsuit several weeks after the U.S. court of Appeals for the D.C. circuit said in a June 1 ruling that the Pentagon's transgender military ban was unlawful. The June ruling only allowed the plaintiffs in that specific case to continue serving, meaning all other transgender service members are currently still banned from the military. But if the class action lawsuit goes into effect in two weeks along with the June ruling, the protections won in Talbot v. Usa. Those would extend to all transgender service members currently serving, and I quote, the protection afforded to our plaintiffs should be available to all transgender service members and their families, said national center for LGBTQ Rights Legal Director Shannon Minter and went on to say, we know that this ban is discriminatory, rooted in animus, and irrationally excludes highly decorated service members who have deployed around the world and given everything to our country.

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Fingers crossed this goes forward and they approve. I mean, they've approved the class, so we'll see what happens in two weeks.

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But it'd be amazing.

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I mean, amazing because like you said, that other previous ruling only covered transgender people serving in the military in that district. But this would be nationwide.

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Yeah.

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All right, everybody, we've got more to get to with John Fugelsang and some good news, but we're going to take a quick break. Stick around, we'll be right back after these messages.

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Hey everybody, welcome back. It's Friday on the Daily Beans. That means it's Fugal saying Friday. So joining me is my good friend, New York Times best selling author of the New York Times bestselling book Separation of Church and Hate. You can also catch him on Tell me everything on SiriusXM progress. That's channel 127 weeknights at 9pm Eastern, 6 Pacific. He also has a substack and a podcast. You can find him everywhere.

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Please welcome John Fugal saying thank you so much, Alison. I want you to know I left the Great American State Fair to be here today, so. Oh, thank you.

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Came in out of the 102 degree heat to.

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Oh yeah, but it's great. I mean you should see the, the charging station, really popular. And the shade, very popular. A lot of attractions. The folks like at the.

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Yeah.

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Adam Classfeld and I did a substack live earlier and there were more people there listening to us than there were at the Great American State Fair debacle.

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It's amazing to see a Ferris wheel waiting for people rather than people waiting for a Ferris wheel. This is what Donald Trump has given us with the reflecting pool to remind us that, that we've lost the war on pond scum. But happy 250America. Yeah.

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Speaking of the pond scum, Jeanine Pirro came out, gave a press conference a minute ago indicting Hearn who was the, you know, former Olympian canoeist guy. Yeah.

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Indicting him.

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And she said he came in and he reached in and violently ripped out part of the bottom of the like.

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Just.

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Absolutely. We have witnesses. Just ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. So that's how we're celebrating is by arresting former Olympians for doing nothing. But however, we're going to pardon everybody who shit on the capitol malls on January 6 and stole lecterns and tried to hang my pence. Totally fine.

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Now listen, I just want in fairness to Jeanine Pirro, she's they've only gone after this 67 year old Olympic athlete because they haven't caught the suspected geese and mallards yet for this. Okay. So you know, this guy won two world championships in whitewater racing and he's going by and he notices a chunk of paint was hanging off, which is a health hazard for ducks. And that was his crime. He touched a thing that was already peeling off, touching the government's failed paint job is a criminal act of this. The January 6th terrorists who beat cops are walking free. The child rapists of the Epstein list walk free, their names protected by an administration that signed a law promising transparency. But Olympians touching loose paint flaps. That's what we've got, and it's beautiful. I'm never going to get tired of this reflecting pool story because the metaphor keeps piling up and piling up, and I mean, it's everything. You break something really simple, you go way over budget, no one takes responsibility. Ignore all the experts, hurt wildlife, blame made up enemies, they're still blaming. Like this. This, I guess, aquatic antifa. Algae squad. Like. Like. Like George Soros is pouring algae in while Hunter Biden's distracting the cops. And this is the government's official story. We're still being given that radical leftist operatives are sneaking in to not attack the Capitol or the White House, but to make the reflecting pool look like it's a bowl of matcha. And this is the. This is where we're at in the free world. Allison, how are you?

[B]

Well, I was thinking about heading down there to check out the. The World Fair or this. What is it? The Great American State Fair, I think.

[A]

What did you say? You said it was a sad state of affair, which I think.

[B]

Sad state of affair.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Thank you. Thank you for that. That, and I was thinking about going down there and throwing a sandwich at the reflecting pool to see if maybe I could get picked up by Jeanine Pirro.

[A]

You should do that because pouring peroxide in this is acceptable. Actually. Killing the ducks is fine, but trying to remove evidence before it can kill a duck will get you locked up. This guy, he's 67. He must feel like a cop who went to jail for criticizing Charlie Kirk on Facebook. This guy just knows his payday is waiting. I mean, you put cuffs on this guy, you put cuffs on a nun in Texas walking to church. Like we're going to be paying. We? You and I and the taxpayers and your very attractive audience will be paying for Donald Trump's stupidity and the stupidity of his brown shirts for decades in class action suits. That. This guy, he. They just bought him 10 new bikes, this guy.

[B]

Yeah. And a couple new canoes and, yeah, you know, pretty much whatever he needs for the rest of his fun outdoor water sport activities.

[A]

And how do you. How do you screw up a state fair, Allison? I mean, the whole thing's just grift, right? The whole thing. Like Trump.

[B]

Trump doesn't care fund. It's A slush, just like the inaugural.

[A]

No one's there. He's getting a taste of it. He doesn't care that that Vanilla Ice canceled. Like he even the Pickles. The Pickle sponsor a bad. Pickles sponsor everything. They have no standards. But Pickles walked away. No one's there. And Trump doesn't care because he's getting a taste.

[B]

Oh, yeah, it's just a giant grift. And there was a expose on that in, in some congressional reporting and they're going to be looking into it as soon as we flip Congress. And so looking forward to that. I mean, how do you even pick thousands and thousands of what the fucks that have been going on with these scandals and this corruption and the crypto at a $2.2 billion enrichment and that's a good one. Lewandowski's slush fund and, you know, shake down his mob style shakedown of contractors and the ballroom. Like how, where do you even start if you're going to be a Democratic Congress ready to investigate stuff?

[A]

How do you, like, run on accountability in two levels, one of which is hands on Bibles for testimony right now, you know, you run saying you rat bastards enjoy all your crimes and grift as much as you can because come January of 2027, your hands are on a Bible, you're sitting in front of a committee, you're on camera, and the Constitution is back in session. That's how you do it. And you also do it by promising not just accountability on a level of going after people for their wrongdoings, but preventing future ones by having the legislation ready and already written to use your incredible presidential immunity, since you can't eventually break a law, break everything Donald Trump broke to put it back together. And if government policies got us into this mess, then presidential policies can get us back out of it. What, what they did this week with birthright citizenship was three, really four, but technically three Supreme Court justices came out and said that it's totally cool for the president to overturn the Constitution with a random executive order, as long as that president's a Republican. 3. 30% of the Supreme Court, like 30% of the country think that King Donald Trump should not be constrained by pieces of paper like the Constitution and should be allowed with, with his own auto pen to put something out that Stephen Miller wrote. And now the Constitution doesn't apply to him anymore. One third of them came out for this this week. Paul Krugman. Paul Krugman came out in favor of stacking the Supreme Court this week like when you're seeing this many Democratic socialists getting elected all over the place, what have we said for so long? It's gonna have to get worse before it gets better? And it's been getting worse and worse and it's already beginning to get better. We're beginning to see the moral and intellectual backlash against this. And I want to be a part of continuing that backlash for the rest of my life. I think millennials and Gen Z are going to be so disgusted by this 20th century shitty white supremacy that just hung around like the last scene in a horror movie that they're gonna want to just make sure this kind of crap never. So I can't wait. You know, Joe Biden, really, if only, if only he'd known, if only someone had told him the kind of man Donald Trump was, he could have used that presidential immunity that last year to burn a lot of things down. But who knew? So now you're going to have to have a president who is willing to be not just an incremental improver, but a radical reformer. And it seems like the voters are ready for that right now. The next FDR is waiting and the

[B]

dam is breaking the list of people elected Democrats who are now four adding seats to the Supreme Court or if

[A]

you call it show Runani the kingmaker

[B]

unpacking the Supreme Court. Yeah, but you know, even some old guard Dems are like, yeah, no, it's time. And I, I think that the, the recent, the last round of decisions over this last week and a half or two or that's it, month and a half or two have really, really shown that if not going all the way back to when they overturned Roe and you can even take it a little bit back further and when they gutted the Voting Rights act and then did it again recently, that's it. And so now's the time. Time it is. And, and it's long past due. And there's nothing that says that you can't write a law to add justices to the Supreme Court.

[A]

That's correct.

[B]

Or to get, put them in senior status after 18 years and appoint them in two years.

[A]

Appellate courts now. So we should have 13 Supreme Court justices. Right, Dr. Gill?

[B]

Yep. And have appointments every two years on a staggered basis so that no single president can completely take over the Supreme Court, pack it themselves. And that I think has to happen. And I think I'm see, like, you know, people like my friend Ellie Mustall started talking about, has been talking about Supreme Court adding seats to the Supreme Court for years and years and Years and years.

[A]

Well, FDR threatened to do it. I mean, FDR saved the New Deal because he had three judges that were trying to dismantle the New Deal. And so all FDR did was he, he threatened to pack the court. And he threatened. He never actually did it. We say FDR is a monster. He tried to pack the car. No, he threatened. He floated the idea of taking every justice over 70 and consolidating them all into one vote so they would all vote together for one seats vote. And that scared them so much that those three justices backed down. So FDR never tried to sack the court. He just talked about it and look how that backed them down. We've learned time and time again through this never ending reality show that if you do punch the bully back in the face, the bully does in fact back down. We've seen it so many times as, and I mean, there is so much to be grateful for in the last week of Supreme Court rulings, but there's just, there's just so much there that's going to hurt so many people for such a long time.

[B]

Yeah. And I've said I'm glad they upheld birthright citizenship, but it shouldn't, it should have been unanimous.

[A]

Should have been unanimous that it was 5, 4.

[B]

Because Kavanaugh said, well, yeah, no, the 14th Amendment doesn't say what you think it says and a law can be written and it's not over. The fight isn't over. A lot of people think, oh, good, that birthright citizenship is safe now. No, this, those, those four conservative justices hinted at, oh, there's a way around this. Republicans. And I think that's why they took the case, so they could explain it and give a roadmap to future heritage and Federalists to make that happen. So we got to keep an eye on it. We got to keep fighting. It doesn't end. I know a lot of people think, oh, we elected Joe Biden, we're done. We saved democracy. Yeah, I know that's not how it works.

[A]

That's what kills us is you get these Democrats into office and that's lovely. And then we think that, oh, the good guys won what's on Channel 2. And the reality is the only system that seems to work is electing Democrats and then kicking their asses every single day. I don't really know what else, what else can help us at this point. You know, Chuck Schumer, God bless. I think Chuck Schumer's appendix does more than Chuck Schumer does at this point. And you Know, I do think that Schumer is going to step down as leader after the midterms. And I. There's a very credible chance they could get into the midterms. Lord knows they're trying to cheat as hard as they can. But. But the birthright citizenship ruling was. Was great. And watching the administration's whole case fall apart, watching Donald Trump refer to these judges as my judges, like, I mean,

[B]

it's just my generals, my judges.

[A]

It's nice to see you get grounded by your own flight crew. But as wonderful as that was, I mean, the corruption was worse. You know, they. They just made Citizens United ten times stronger. Yeah, the. The only thing this court thinks is unconstitutional is pretending anymore that bribery is not legal. And this week, I mean, I think to affect our lives much more beyond birthright citizenship, that we have officially gone from government of the people to government of the Platinum rewards members, and money is speech. Billionaires don't have to buy influence anymore. They can buy the whole government. And. And I mean, it's coordinated spending between political organizations and candidates, which used to be called.

[B]

They bought the Supreme Court that made the decision that they could buy the

[A]

rest of Leonard Leo's dream. This is a country founded by aristocrats, wealthy white landowning men who believed only their class should be allowed vote. And as we've discussed, every bit of rights any group has achieved since then has been fought for. And this is that same group of aristocrats who think that they should decide everything and run everything. Because look at us and look at you, you dregs. Come on now, who's got, like, better? I mean, the aristocracy is raised in this entitlement. This is what we're up against. The billionaires are trying to end government so they can rule. That is what we are dealing with right now. That's not a sci fi movie anymore. So this ruling did not get half the ink that birthright citizenship got. And it's much more scary. I mean, Citizens United started this thing and McCutcheon opened the floodgates. But, I mean, the aristocrats say money is speech, and some people can afford more speech. Cause I'm trying to pay my mortgage with opinions, but this bank is committed to cash, Alison. So I guess it's just for them.

[B]

Yeah, and they were hoping that the birthright citizenship decision would sort of drown out the expansion of Citizens United. I think it did. The anti trans decisions that came out that are gonna make so much more difficult for trans people, especially trans kids.

[A]

But. But in fairness, that's Going to make your life better, Allison. Right. How many we're going to. Our lives will be better because of this. I mean, making life harder for trans kids who already have a hard life. I feel like I don't mind that housing is expensive or that my paycheck has gone down or that health care is too bad. Like, I, I've. I'm so proud I stopped someone I never met from competing in Junior Farsity cross country. And I just feel like what a victory I've made for the American middle class class. I'm so proud of me for finding a person weaker than me and beating up on them for years and years.

[B]

You feel freer, don't you? You feel freer. I really just more freedom.

[A]

It's healing after everything I lost when marriage equality happened and we lost so much.

[B]

And, you know, again, part of our saving grace may be just the sheer incompetence of some of the people in this government. We had the DOJ accidentally mail out copies of Jack Smith's Volume two in the case, by the way, in which they indicted somebody for mailing themselves copies of Jack Smith's Volume two. So that is just.

[A]

It's like jazz, man. It's beautiful. These guys, by the way, I don't think that was accidental at all. I think, I think that Grandpa's inner circle, you know, the ones who are talking very specifically to John Swan and Maggie Haberman, I think they're trying to find an off ramp for Grandpa. I think there is a cabal that is ready to have Babyman take over from man Baby. And I think this Caesar, like story struggle has already begun.

[B]

I think so, too.

[A]

Although I will say they're giving, they're giving Grandpa enough rope every day and letting him do things that Susie Weil should not be letting him do. And I think a lot of them are doing it so they can claim their heroes later.

[B]

Yeah, but the prosecutors who broke the law by sending out the Volume two, they're not good people.

[A]

They're not good. No, not at all. Not good people at all. But again, these people are all selfish people. That's what unites this entire movement, right? Donald Trump's entire gospel, this form of Christianity, this form of trickle down economics, this kind of, of conservativism that John Kenneth Galbraith warned us about in 1967, that it's all about making greed look like a virtue, making selfishness look like

[B]

patriotism, and make any empathy a sin.

[A]

Empathy is a sin. Empathy is weakness. Everything Jesus says is, is, is weakness. And Wokeness and being better than other people means you've won. It's faithless, it's godless, it's stupid. It doesn't work in the real world. But this is what they've hitched their entire wagon to. This is the movement. It's a movement of profound certainty and profound stupidity. They're going to be fine, because when this is all over, Donald Trump's going to go away one way or another and take all the blame, just like Bush and Cheney went away and took all the blame. And the infrastructure that built them and enforced their crimes will stay in place in our government.

[B]

I'm sorry, I think it's Mike Pence's fault. I think it's all Mike Pence's fault.

[A]

But again, this is going to be the great chance. Right? Like you look at what Bill Clinton. I mean, I remember being young and just being astonished at how much Clinton was trying to do when he came in. After 12 years of trickle down finally collapsing, collapsed. Barack Obama was able to have the lowest uninsured health care rate in this country because Bush and Cheney trashed our entire country. Things have to get worse before they get better sometime. We're very slow learning primates.

[B]

We're reactive and not proactive in this country.

[A]

Yeah, I wish Obama had fought harder. I mean, we now. Oh, you were going to use reconciliation anyway. Well, we could have had a public option. Dope. But again, Joe Biden came in and I will always say the first two years of his administration are the greatest president of my life, lifetime. The amount of reform, the amount of help he gave to people on the bottom. Astonishing to me, not since lbj. And again, he was only able to do it because Trump trashed things last time. So I'm not worried so much about talking about 2028. I don't let anyone talk about it on my SiriusXM show until after the midterms are over. I don't wanna hear dick about 2028 right now. I'm excited because the next president, whoever he or she is, is gonna have an incredible chance to be a true reformer. If they swing for the fences. That's what the voters want. They want someone with big ideas. That's what Trump did, and it was all full of crap. That's what Bernie did, and it scared people. But they want practical politicians with grandiose ideas. And we've learned, even if it fails, fight for it. Let us see you fight for it, and that's how you build and strengthen movements.

[B]

I agree. Agreed, my friend. Thank you. So much.

[A]

Sorry, I'm getting all preachy. I'm so inspired by the state Fair

[B]

for spending this holiday weekend with us here on the Daily Beans. I know we're going to see you next week, everybody, if you want more, which I know you do.

[A]

How could you? What's wrong with you people?

[B]

Tell me everything on SiriusXM progress Catholic,

[A]

and I think you're masochist.

[B]

Channel 127. It's weeknights, 9pm Eastern, 6 Pacific. You can also, if you don't already have it, which would very much surprise me, your copy of Separation of Church and Hate. You can get that wherever you get your books. Yes, it is a New York Times bestseller and I'm looking forward to the second book also.

[A]

Second book got turned in last Friday. Got turned into Simon and Schuster last Friday.

[B]

Fantastic.

[A]

Yes, they revived me in time for

[B]

your show, the Reanimator. We'll see you.

[A]

I hope you have a terrific Fourth of July, and I hope everyone does. And you know what? If. If you're not feeling it to your friends, I get it. If you've just. If the contradiction, the hypocrisy is too much for you, I get it. Just remember, America is the best and worst of everything. Turned up to 11. Right. We are civil rights and we are segregation. We are slavery, and we are the abolitionists.

[D]

Us.

[A]

We. We are Bob Dylan and we are Kid Rock. We are the best and worst of everything. And we get to choose which America we root for. So if you're not feeling patriotic, God bless, I get it. But force yourself to have a great time this weekend anyway. And I will party with all Y' all in 2029.

[B]

Amazing. My friend, always good to see you. I really appreciate you stopping by every week. And that's one of the things I'm grateful for. And I'm glad that we'll get to see you again next week here on the Bean.

[A]

Thank you so much. Oh, one last shameless plug. I think I mentioned it last week. I have a piece in the new Nation magazine, the double issue for America's 250th, and it's amazing. They're like Premier Jayapal and Jane Fonda and Zoran Mamdani and Reverend Barber, all these great people. Bernie Sanders. And somehow the chimp threw a dart and it landed on my headshot. So I got to write a piece as well.

[B]

Yeah. Who wants to hear from a New York Times bestselling author?

[A]

Well, it's about how the separation of church and state was America's greatest idea. And I hope you'll pick up the new or see it online, the new issue of the Nation for America's birthday. And thank you again, Dr. Gill, for all you do. And thank you for making me proud to be an American in a very tricky time.

[B]

You're welcome, my friend. Everybody, thanks so much. We're going to be right back. We have to take a quick break and we'll be back with the good news. Stick around. We'll be right back.

[D]

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[B]

But don't let them fool you.

[D]

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[B]

Everybody, welcome back. It's time for the good news.

[A]

Good news everyone. Then good news everyone.

[B]

And if you have any good news at all, big or small, recent or in the distant past, maybe you have a funny joke you want to share with us or some misheard song lyrics, anything at all. A shout out to a loved one or a non profit that you want us to know about. Maybe a small business in your area that could use a boost or a government program that's helped you or a loved one. We especially love self shout outs because everyone who listens to this show is incredibly awesome and we would like for you to tell us what you can. Send it all to [e-mail] and click on contact along with any good trouble suggestions you might have. And all you gotta do to get your stuff on the air is attach a photo. It can be your pet. It can be an adoptable pet in your area. It can be you flipping the bird to Trump buildings. Those are fun. It can be something that you're painting or knitting or crocheting. Something you're growing in your garden, maybe a nice sunset, a funny meme, baby pictures, family photos, any random animal, random animal on the Internet is fine. Whatever the picture is, as long as it brings a smile to our face, send it to us dailybeanspot.com and click on contact. First up is your good trouble. Good trouble today. Just a reminder, there are 122 days until the midterms. So let's take this weekend to rest and recharge. And let's be sure that you let us know how you spent your holiday by sending us your good news. Everybody, have a wonderful Independence Day. Let's celebrate for what America could be, not what it is right now.

[C]

I love that.

[B]

Spend some time with some family and friends and be cognizant of veterans and pets in your area if you're going to light off fireworks.

[C]

Yeah, please.

[B]

And fire hazards, too.

[C]

Allison, you have a good update, though, for the Trevor Project thing. What's going on with it?

[B]

You all have raised. So we made a $10,000 donation and y' all have so far, just at the last week of Pride Month in June, raised $14,698 for the amazing.

[C]

Our listeners are am truly incredible.

[B]

We're going to keep it going through July because July is Pride Month in San Diego. So I've decided. I've just made the decision. We're going to keep it going. Trevorproject.org beans to make your tax deductible donation. And thanks to the Trevor Project for partnering with us on this.

[C]

Yes, absolutely. Now, right from Beth pronoun. She and her beanies. Could you hear my hand slapping my head this morning? It's pronounced por chulaka.

[B]

Oh, oh, oh, the plant.

[C]

I'm sorry. I know. I'm sorry. I made you forehead slap on a flower. I've never heard of. Portulaca. Also known as moss roses. Succulents from Dusty.

[B]

Portulaca, I think.

[C]

Oh, portulaca, Portulaca. Portulaca. Poor. Oh, we're gonna keep moving. Apparently, those are also known as moss roses. Succulents from Dusty's garden picture yesterday. We know that the subm. How in heaven's name did you come up with your interpretation? Because I'd never seen the word before.

[B]

Portaluca. I mean, what did we call it? Weird. I think we called it Portulaca. Yeah, Portulaca.

[C]

Yeah. I mean, okay, you know, I feel really, really.

[B]

Excuse me.

[C]

I know. I didn't know we were gonna make someone grasp that. Pearls. And Beth goes on to say, I love you both for doing what you do and bringing us news and all this turmoil. You both are truly blessings for this corrupt time in our government. Beth, you have made up for the haranguing we just got. Is that a word for my pronunciation? You all should know I can't pronounce. Most words I've never seen before. My picture is my beloved Tiffany. I didn't name her, but it was so appropriate. Are we sure it's not Tiffany? It might be Tifanny.

[B]

Tiffany.

[C]

Tiffany. Beth, don't get mad at us. I put her. I had to put her. Oh no. Now I'm an. I had to put her down a few years ago, but I swear she's still staring at me. Look at this beautiful face.

[B]

Look at that mug. She looks very. I don't know. This is like my girl cat just continually resting, disappointed in you face.

[C]

I know, but I love that this cat has three colors and they're also complementary. It's gray, blue and white. White.

[B]

Yes. And it's like gradient, like a. Yeah, ombre. It's fantastic.

[C]

So beautiful.

[B]

Tiffany.

[C]

It's not a Portulaca, but it's beautiful.

[B]

S Pochulaca. Beth, thank you so much for that correction and your beautiful, beautiful kitty. Next up from Anonymous. I have to thank some saviors that rescued me today. My tire hit a pothole in the i5 going over the Teton Pass. This is a very dangerous place to drive, let alone to have an accident or a blowout. I was able to pull over and as I was attempting to change the tire myself because why pay? I was near tears. I was in my court clothes, which included the dreaded high heels. But then a family of Colombians came to my rescue. My Spanglish was just good enough to get by. They changed my tire within minutes and I felt bad. I had nothing to offer them in return. Their only request was for me to cheer for Colombia in this world World Cup. In gratitude, I'm asking those without a team to consider supporting Colombia. Colombia has a match with Ghana on Friday evening, 6:30pm Pacific Time. Trump ice my pod tax is my husband flipping ice the bird on a hike that we took through the old San Francisco road that was wiped out in the flood.

[C]

Oh man. I'm just going to tag on to this. Anonymous. I'm sure most soccer lovers, and I'm sure Anonymous as well, watch the US Men's World cup yesterday. That red card was, I understand, in slow motion. It looked like. It looked like it should have deserved a red card in full speed. That was an accidental hit. It was not malicious. It was should have been a yellow card. It should not have been a red card. I give it up for the men's US national team to play. I think 36 minutes down a player and end up winning that match. It was pretty impressive. So well Done. Well done, men. Well done.

[B]

I put just a quick brief post up on Blue sky. That red card was bullshit or something. I got attacked by so many people who were very, very mad that, you know, I was weighing in out of my lane on soccer. Shut up and dribble. Like, literally.

[C]

But it's wild. I played soccer. I know the rules. That was not. That was. That was not a deserved red card.

[B]

And as someone who went through a dissertation project, I know never ever formulate my own opinions without checking with experts.

[C]

Right.

[B]

And Andy Davies, who was a former Select Group referee with over 12 seasons on the elite list, working across the Premier League and the Championship League, that guy said that the red card was bullshit. So I have an expert backing me. And Merriam Webster, the dictionary was like, that is not the definition of a red card.

[C]

That's fair. I love when Merriam Webster jumps in on these things. It makes. Makes me so happy.

[B]

I know. Me too. Anyway, good piggyback on that one.

[C]

By the way, moving on with Alex pronoun. She and her. I love the name Alex, by the way. For someone who identifies as she, her. Makes me happy. All right. Hey, AG and dg. I died after yesterday's submission from the teacher with the duplicate student names. And I wanted to share my own experience. The one who had a cj, cj,

[B]

bj, jc, a jj, D, a TJ and just a J.

[C]

So funny. This submitter says, when I was in college, I had an art history class that was an administrator's nightmare. In one class, we had four Alexes. One Alexander, one Alexis, and two Lexus. My poor professor just about walked out of the classroom after reading the attendance sheet on the first day. We were all art majors, so we continued having classes together throughout our time at school. School. Although it was never quite that extreme again. And to top it off, I even ended up living with one of the other Alex's after we graduated. So the shenanigans continued with our roommates. For Podpet tacks, I give you photos of the duck family I see every morning on my walks, along with a clover to bring you a little luck. Thanks for everything you do, Alex. Thank you for this. And I love. I look for four leaf clovers every time I pass a clover patch. And I have found them from time to time.

[B]

Me too. Ever since I was a little girl.

[C]

Yep.

[B]

Oh, and that's beautiful, by the way. That pond or whatever you got going on there. I don't see any algae or anything. It's really nice. All right, next up, this is a great cat photo. I love when cats sit like people. From Stephanie Pronoun she and her thanks for all you do. I've been enjoying your podcast Trump and the Sick Sycophants of scotus. I thought I'd share a few pics of my cat Clouse as an orange Orange. He is a total goofball. He was born in a litter of four tailless cats. He and his sister Giuseppe have spinal issues and they hop like bunnies. They're amazing. And look at this liquid squanch just sitting there looking like a spaghetti squash.

[C]

Oh my gosh, that was so. That does look like a spaghetti squash. That was so short. Do you want to take the next one?

[B]

Sure. From Brian Pronouns he and him hello you lovely ladies at the lagoon. I just wanted to send a shout out to my wonderful wife. I love these spouse shout outs. By the way Megan pronounced just like it's spelled. We've been married for 10 great years and I honestly think I won the lottery with her. She is simply the best person I know. And I know you three would get along like old friends. It's her birthday and to make sure she knows she's loved, I wrote a prose poem about her. I have posted a picture of the framed image below, but here's an excerpt from the text for easy reading. The Light through the Trees There is a bug eating in our garden. I'm told it's a caterpillar. I could kill it, but she moves it to the milkweed plant, the one I didn't want in our garden. To me it's only a bug, but she sees more. She sees what it will become, and she's already fallen in love with it. As I walk through the world, I take part and I see the beauty. She experiences the beauty and propagates it. She's well acquainted with the things of value in life and wants everyone to have a little more of it. When there's work to be done, she is the helper. When there's loneliness, she is the friend. When there are dark times, she is a comforting voice and a calm in conversation. She is the selfless, benevolent friend and stranger. She is the light coming through the trees. She is more than I deserve. Oh, and somehow she is mine. Brian and look, there's a beautiful photo of the light coming through the trees. I've also posted my podpet text below of our cat cats Minnie and Sammy, all their adorable babies. Thank you so much.

[C]

Thank you Brian from House of Black Cat Magic. No pronouns given. Greetings to the beans queens and their listeners. Well, with support from you both and from your listeners, we did it. We won USA Today's 10 Best Cat Cafe, House of Black Magic. It came in at number one. We're overwhelmed with gratitude and want to thank everyone who believed in us and took the time to vote for us. Our mission is to help find forever homes for as many black cats as we can, educate folks on both cat behavior and magical practices, and generally make the world a little bit kinder and safer for everyone. To know that so many people support us, we simply are beside ourselves. Thanks again and keep up the good work. Together we all can make the world a better place. Place Star and Hannah House of Black Cat Magic. The first picture is of Zoe and Zach in the lounge with graphics from USA Today's 10 Best Graphic. The second is of Magic, the shop cat, who, according to her, is the real owner of House of Black Cat Magic. Allegedly doing laundry. Though the last time we checked, sleeping on clean towels and getting cat hair all over them is more like creating more dirty laundry. Cats have weird ideas about what it means to do laundry that they do.

[B]

Congratulations.

[C]

Congratulations indeed. I love to end good news with even more good news.

[B]

Way to go, community. See, we can do anything as long as we do it together.

[C]

Yeah, absolutely.

[B]

That's so cool. And you all raised 14,698 and counting dollars for the Trevor project. And that's on top of the tens thousands of dollars you've raised for other organizations we've donated to. Y' all are amazing. Yeah, really. And that's. I'm thankful for all of you as we go into this holiday weekend. Do you have any final thoughts today, my friend?

[C]

No, I think I covered them.

[B]

I think we covered it all. Everybody, please send us all your good news. Please, please, please. Dailybeanspod.com and click on contact. We just want to hear from you. We love this community so much and we love interacting with you. So send us a Note Again, that's DailyBeansPod.com and click on contact. We'll be back in your ears on Monday. We'll see you over on the Beans Talk video podcast on the MSW Media YouTube channel where you you can subscribe for free. 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, I've been dg. And them's the Beans. The Daily Beans is written and executive produced by Alison Gill with additional research and reporting by Dana Goldberg. Sound design and editing is by Desiree McFarlane with art and web design by Joelle Reader with Moxie Design Studios. Music for the Daily Beans is written and performed by they Might Be Giants and the show is a proud member of the MSW Media Network, a collection of creator owned podcast podcasts dedicated to news, politics and justice. For more information Please visit msw media.com MSW Media.

[D]

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[B]

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[D]

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