The Eagle Has Landed

Summary

The Daily Beans

Episode: The Eagle Has Landed

Host: Allison Gill (AG) and Dana Goldberg (DG)
Date: July 15, 2026
Podcast Description: Progressive news with a dose of snark from Allison Gill and Dana Goldberg.

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Episode Overview

This episode covers a busy day in U.S. politics, legal developments, and progressive victories with the trademark blend of sharp analysis and humor. Major stories include E. Jean Carroll's $5 million payout from Trump, the DOJ’s stinging losses in voter data lawsuits, ICE-related tragedies and investigations, Senate Democrats blocking a massive Pentagon spending bill, and backlash against war crimes accountability at the ICC. There’s also major election news, a hard look at immigration enforcement, a data center moratorium, and plenty of grassroots organizing and “Good Trouble” contributions from listeners.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

E. Jean Carroll Receives Payment from Trump

• Carroll finally receives $5.62 million (including interest) in damages for sexual abuse and defamation.
• Carroll sends a triumphant, tongue-in-cheek message:
  “And a special thanks to Alina Haba, Esq. I could not have done it without you, said Carol. I mean the shade. Good for you.” – [21:45]
• AG: “Congratulations to E. Jean. And you know, as she said before when she won this, she said, this is a victory for women everywhere.” [22:04]

DOJ Loses 13th Straight Voter Roll Case

• Federal judge dismisses DOJ’s attempt to access West Virginia’s unredacted voter rolls, citing insufficient legal basis.
• AG: “...one is left to wonder what the real purpose was for the Justice Department to go to the trouble of filing civil actions like this one all around the nation.” [16:12]

ICE-Related Tragedies and Policy Pause

• ICE is ordered to halt vehicle pursuits after three deaths (Maine, Texas, Florida) in a week.
  • Victim in Maine, Johan Sebastian Durangue Guerrero, was a 26-year-old Colombian—his 3-year-old daughter witnessed the fatality.
• AG: “We are seeing what training is needed to not murder people. And it's not training, Han. These people have been on the job 8, 10, 12, sometimes 14, 16 years.” [07:33]
• DG: “My heart is broken, but my resolve is solid.” [28:51] (listener comment reflecting the heartbreak and resolve re: ICE events)

Trump & Michael Cohen: Quiet Reconciliation

• Reports emerge of secret meetings between Trump and his former fixer, Michael Cohen, breaking years of bitter estrangement and public hostility. Cohen now enjoys a show on a Trump-friendly radio station.
• DG: “So gross. Any respect? Any respect gone so easily gone." [12:06]

Elon Musk and the Wisconsin Voter Lottery Scheme

• Elon Musk referred for criminal investigation after handing out $1M checks to voters during the state Supreme Court election, potentially in violation of election bribery laws [04:08].

Senate Democrats Block Pentagon Policy Bill

• 50-46 procedural vote blocks the $1.15T NDAA to fund the Pentagon with every present Democrat voting “No.”
• AG and DG riff on absent Republicans:
  “He should be able to do the old McCain thumbs down... If you went to College in the 1800s.” [05:08]

Marco Rubio’s ICC Campaign

• Rubio, as Secretary of State, is leading a push to undermine the International Criminal Court to shield U.S. officials from prosecution for alleged war crimes.
• Quote from Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch:
  “Rubio is dressing up his quest for impunity for American war crimes under the label of national sovereignty...” [13:52]
• AG: “...all the war crimes that we commit on the soil of foreign countries that do and have ratified the Rome Treaty. Yeah, that's where there could be a problem.” [14:50]

Data Center Moratorium in New York

• New York halts new large data centers for a year due to environmental concerns.
• AG: “So that's good news. Kathy Hochul, the governor, is the one who put this moratorium down in New York State.” [03:45]

Gender-Affirming Care Victory

• The Trump administration quietly withdraws a proposed rule to block all Medicaid/Medicare funds from pediatric gender-affirming care providers following a flood of public comments.
• DG: “Good Trouble works, everybody keep doing that. So thank you all for commenting.” [05:29]

Grassroots: “Good Trouble Lives On” Weekend of Action

• Listeners are urged to honor John Lewis by engaging in voter outreach, teach-ins, and activism nationwide July 17-19.
• AG: “Every generation is called to defend democracy and strengthen it and then pass it on.” [27:42]

Notable Election Developments

• Texas: Democratic candidate James Talarico leads Republican Ken Paxton by 7 points among Hispanic business owners (43%–36%).

  • “20% of these businesses had an employee deported in the past year amid Trump's immigration crackdown.” [18:43]
  • AG: “If there's not fucking shenanigans, and we know there's going to be in Texas, this is going to be a blowout.” [19:33]

• Idaho: Abortion ban reversal to be on November ballot after organizing smashingly exceeds signature requirements.

  • Restores reproductive rights to pre-Roe standards (abortion until fetal viability, plus contraception and fertility).

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• On ICE violence:
  AG: “As if entering without permission is ground for murder. For murder.” [08:10] DG: “You gave them $70 billion. You charge.” [09:25]

• On Republican hypocrisy:
  DG: “Everything that I'm saying says he's going to announce that the two senators are illegitimate in Georgia, which is just fucking crazy because... Republicans won on the same exact ticket.” [03:09]

• On “Good Trouble” activism:
  AG: “The good trouble that we put out at the top of the Good News segment every day, it works, man.” [06:11]

• On Rubio’s ICC stance:
  AG: “That's like King Matt Himmler talking about the ss, like we have to get rid of the Hague because otherwise all these nice Nazis will be...” [13:03]

• On E. Jean Carroll's payout:
  DG (quoting Carroll's email): “The eagle has landed.” [21:50]
  AG: “That’s why we love E. Jean Carroll. This is a victory for women everywhere.” [22:04]

• Listener Good News:
  DG (after a listener describes her morning walk as a break from tragic news):
  “Sometimes you just got to take care of your mental health. My heart is broken, but my resolve is solid.” [28:51]

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Important Timestamps

• E. Jean Carroll’s Payment & Reaction: [21:45–22:04]
• ICE Shootings & Policy Pause: [07:11–09:19]
• Voter Roll Lawsuit Loss: [14:50–17:24]
• Elon Musk Election Bribery Scheme: [04:08–04:37]
• Gender Affirming Care Victory: [05:29–06:11]
• Good Trouble Call to Action: [27:42–28:29]
• Talarico/Paxton Poll & Texas Immigration Effects: [18:42–19:33]
• Idaho Abortion Ban Ballot Initiative: [19:44–20:55]
• Rubio & the ICC: [12:15–14:50]

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Tone & Style

• Voice: Candid, witty, direct; combines serious reporting with snark, frequent swearing, and sharp humor.
• Language: Blunt (e.g., “get out of here,” “fucking crazy,” “go fuck yourself”), actively encourages activism, celebrates progressive and grassroots wins.
• Listener Engagement: Solicits “Good Trouble” suggestions, shares and affirms listener stories and emotional responses.

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In Summary

“The Eagle Has Landed” is a punchy, activism-forward rundown blending outrage and inspiration. From holding power to account (ICE shootings, DOJ blunders, Trump-world maneuvering) to celebrating perseverance (Carroll’s victory, gender care advocacy), the episode emphasizes both the gravity of current events and the power of everyday acts of resistance. Listener stories and grassroots efforts are spotlighted as essential to defending and reclaiming justice.

For listeners: this episode is a snapshot of July 2026 in U.S. progressive politics, saturated with both sobering reality and renewed hope for change.

Transcript

[A]

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[B]

Msw media.

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News.

[D]

We're swearing. Daily beans.

[A]

Daily beans.

[D]

Daily beans. Daily beans.

[B]

Hello and welcome to the Daily beans for Wednesday, July 15, 2026. Today, Eugene Carroll gets her five million dollar payment from Trump plus interest per court documents. The two the Justice Department loses another voter roll case, bringing them to 0 for 13. The Wisconsin Elections Commission has made two criminal referrals to the Brown County DA against Elon Musk for his $1 million voter lottery scheme. Senate Democrats have blocked the $1.15 trillion Pentagon policy bill. ICE has been ordered to stop pursuing people in cars. One of the strictest abortion bans in the US could be defeated in November. Marco Rubio has launched a campaign to dismantle the International Criminal Court at the Hague. New York becomes the first state to ban data centers. New polling shows James Tallarigo leading Ken Paxton among Hispanic business owners in Texas. And Michael Cohen has been secretly meeting with Donald Trump. I'm Alison Gill.

[D]

And I'm Dana Goldberg.

[B]

Welcome back, my friend.

[D]

Thank you so much and thank you for covering me. I had an amazing experience shooting a scene in a film in Boulder, Colorado, and it was just pretty awesome to watch behind. You know, I was there a day early, so I got to see like sort of what's going on on the other side of the camera. It was just really fun. So thank you for covering me. It was a great opportunity and I'm glad that I had it.

[B]

Always, always my pleasure, my friend. And congratulations. It's going to be awesome. Can't wait to see it when it comes out. I do have some quick breaking news from Ms. Now Trump is we talked about this yesterday a little bit on the beans about Trump's address tomorrow night, Thursday, 9:00pm Eastern. Well, Ms. Now has the story that Trump is actually he's going to prepare to deliver a primetime speech that will focus on voting machine security and alleged efforts by foreign nations to influence U.S. elections. He's also expected to release declassified intelligence documents on both subjects. And we're going to cover this in a lot more detail on Bean's talk today. But we've seen this coming.

[D]

Yes, we have. Well, I mean, everything that I'm saying says he's going to announce that the two senators are illegitimate in Georgia, which is just fucking crazy because I think nine reports Republicans won on the same exact ticket. So you're telling us that it was only the senatorial races that were rigged? Get out of here. Like, I'm just so tired of this bullshit.

[B]

Yeah. Apparently he's found 11,780 votes which he criminally pressured Raffensperger. Raffensperger to hand over. All right, we do have a couple of quick things we need to get to before we get to the hot notes, so let's do some quick hits.

[D]

And to make a long story short.

[B]

All right, first up from Reuters, New York became the first state on Tuesday to halt construction of large data centers, imposing a one year moratorium as concerns grow that the facilities driving the artificial intelligence boom are raising power costs, straining water supplies and burdening local communities. So that's good news. Kathy Hochul, the governor, is the one who put this moratorium down in New York State.

[D]

Fantastic. And this is from cnn. A bipartisan Wisconsin elections commission says billionaire Elon Musk lightly broke Wisconsin law when he handed out that million dollar check to multiple people to voters in the 2025 state Supreme Court election. Last week, the panel referred two complaints to the Brown County District Attorney's office which can choose to bring criminal charges over violating the state law against election bribery. Prosecutors have 40 days to report back to the commission. So we'll see what happens.

[B]

Yeah, if you're in Brown county, give your DA a call. Tell them to take the case.

[D]

Absolutely.

[B]

All right, from Politico. Senate Democrats blocked the 1.15 trillion dollar National Defense Authorization act, the NDAA to fund the Pentagon. The 50 to 46 procedural vote saw every Democrat present oppose the bill. Four senators did not vote. Republicans Jim justice of West Virginia and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.

[D]

Why wouldn't Mitch McConnell vote? I mean, he's doing well. Can't you vote?

[B]

He's so spry.

[D]

He should be in there, Right? I know.

[B]

Okay, interesting around. He should be able to do the old McCain thumbs down, you know, kind of. Come on, give it, give it the old college try. If you went to College in the 1800s. Oh, sorry. So those were the two Republicans, absent Democrats, Alex Padilla of California and of course John Fetterman, Yep.

[D]

All right. And this is from npr. The Trump administration is walking back its most aggressive attempt to end gender affirming care for youth nationally. And this is according to an official document obtained by npr. The document shows that the Department of Health and Human Services likely will not be finalizing a proposed rule that would have blocked all Medicaid and all Medicare funding for hospitals that provide pediatric gender affirming care. The proposed rule got 30,000 comments on the Federal Register. I imagine 29,000 of them from our listeners. So they dropped it. Good Trouble works, everybody keep doing that. So thank you all for commenting. I know that, I know a lot of you listening were part of this.

[B]

Man, I gotta tell you, the good trouble that we put out at the top of the Good News segment every day, it works, man.

[D]

It does, man.

[B]

And I'm so, so very proud of everybody here. I know we got tons of people to comment on the Federal Register on that, and they're walking it back. They did it with the VA as well. And we've had a lot of victories here. So if you have any Good Trouble recommendations, you can send them to us along with your good [e-mail] and click on Contact. Also, if you want to become a supporter of the Daily Beans and MSW Media, you can do so for five bucks a month. You can do it at patreon.com mullershirote to support our work. We appreciate you. All right, we've got more news to get to. Let's hit the hot notes. Hot notes. First up from NBC. ICE has issued a nationwide order to all officers to stop pursuing people in vehicles, according to a senior Department of Homeland Security official and two former senior DHS officials. Because they can't stop murdering people in the face, I guess.

[D]

Yep.

[B]

The move comes after ICE officers fatally shot two men in less than a week. Actually, make that three. And we'll get to that story in a minute in Maine and Texas. And the third one is in Florida today. The pause is temporary, according to a senior DHS official with knowledge of the policy change. The official added that ICE is evaluating the incidents to determine what additional training is needed to reduce the negative outcomes. We are seeing what training is needed to not murder people. And it's not training, Han. These people have been on the job 8, 10, 12, sometimes 14, 16 years. This isn't like new recruits who didn't get trained up properly. Meanwhile, there's no scheduled timeline for when the pause might lift. The ICE officers in both of the two cases I mentioned were making vehicle stops when they ended up killing men who were not their original targets for arrest, according to local officials. Not that killing the original targets for arrest would be okay.

[D]

Right.

[B]

The two shootings took place after the administration upped the pressure on immigration agents to step up arrests, according to sources. One former senior DHS official and one current senior DHS official, both with knowledge of the current immigration enforcement operations, told NBC News they believe the pressure on immigration officers to increase arrests is to blame for the two fatal shootings in such a short period of time. The Colombian embassy identified the man killed in Biddeford, Maine as Johan Sebastian Durangue Guerrero. He's 26 years old. He's from Colombia. Local immigration groups have said he had a work permit and a Social Security number, though that shouldn't make a difference. But more details about his status were not immediately available. And a DHS official told NBC that Guerrero had entered the country without legal permission but did not have a deportation order. As if entering without permission is ground for murder. For murder. It's. Did you hear about his daughter? Was there his. I think three or five, something like that, in bluey pajamas with a little rolly, pink rolly bag. It's just. Just sickened.

[D]

Yeah. And then Susan Collins.

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I'm.

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I'm.

[D]

How could this happen? You voted for funding.

[B]

You fund. You gave him $70 billion. You charge.

[D]

All right. We do have another ICE related death. This is the third this week. This is from the Miami Herald. A 28 year old man died Tuesday morning following an encounter with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security investigations agents in St. Augustine, marking the third death involving ICE in a week that we know of, by the way. Now, the man fled agents and was hit by a truck. Florida Highway Patrol Master Sergeant Dylan Bryan. That's what he told the Miami Herald. The FHP was not involved in the operation, but it's currently investigating the incident which took place shortly before 7am and I'm actually shocked they're letting them investigate the incident. The tractor trailer driver stopped and tried to help the victim. This is what Brian said. A photo published by the St. John's County Sheriff's Office shows a truck for the company England's Best blocking the highway. That's the company Egland's best. This is the third person to have died in an incident involving ICE since July 7. At least three other people have been hit by cars and killed while fleeing immigration authorities since August of 2020. The deaths come as federal and state agencies in Florida have been picking up people at workplaces, public sites and streets under President Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign. The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that ICE had suspended as we just covered traffic stops after two fatal shootings over the last week.

[B]

Yeah, I don't think I believe them.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

All right, next up from the Times. Last summer, as many one time adversaries of Trump sought to bury the hatchet with him, he met with someone who seemed like an intractable enemy, his former personal lawyer and fixer, a Michael Cohen. Mr. Cohen and Trump had a brief yet significant conversation at the President's private members only golf club in Bedminster, breaking a years long estrangement marked by legal disputes and public acrimony, according to people with knowledge of the encounter. Their conversation, which has not been previously reported, provided Mr. Cohen a toehold into Trump's orbit and set in motion a broader effort to make peace with him now. His private outreach also included a second longer meeting with Trump this year and calls to some of the President's close, closest allies. Mr. Cohen's public stance has shifted as well. Two years after serving as a star witness against Trump at the President's criminal trial in New York, delivering testimony that helps secure his conviction for falsifying business records to interfere in an election, Mr. Cohen has publicly assailed the prosecutors leading the case. Mr. Cohen stands to gain from this rapprochement. Of course he does. With the White House's apparent blessing, he debuted a radio show on Sunday on a Trump friendly station in New York, wadc.

[D]

So gross. Mm. Any respect? Any respect gone so easily gone.

[B]

Dunzo.

[D]

All right, thanks so much, ag. This is from the Guardian. Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, has launched a campaign to dismantle the International Criminal Court. That's the ICC on Monday claiming that the global tribunal was interfering with US Military and law enforcement operations at the risk of American sovereignty. Yeah. Rubio invoked images of U.S. border Patrol agents and elected leaders being, and I quote, dragged before an international court and tried by judges from around the world. In a lengthy op ed published in the Wall Street Journal Monday, he said, if we stand idle, all of them will be at the mercy of foreign judges thousands of miles away, facing the constant risk of prosecution and even imprisonment for their so called crime of defending their own country. This is. Look, let's just make more crimes legal. That's what this sounds like.

[B]

That's like King Matt Himmler talking about the ss, like we have to get rid of the Hague because otherwise all these nice Nazis will be.

[D]

That's exactly what this sounds like. The State Department plan to dismantle the icc. It's going to involve pressuring other nations to abandon the court. That's according to CNN. And I quote, nations that refuse to reject the ICC's false authority while relying on US assistance are likely to come under increased scrutiny, an official told the outlet, adding that possible punishments could involve sanctions, travel bans, and visa revocations. And can you think of anyone else that would be maybe at the hands of the icc? Any other leaders of any other foreign countries that maybe may end up in front of Netanyahu? Maybe.

[B]

Maybe, maybe.

[D]

Three international legal experts describe Rubio's remarks as a mischaracterization of the tribunal's powers. And this is a quote. The ICC is not claiming jurisdiction over conduct in the United States. That's what Kenneth Roth said. He's the former executive director of Human Rights Watch. Rubio is dressing up his quest for impunity for American war crimes under the label of national sovereignty, which ignores the sovereign right of other nations to invoke the ICC for crimes committed on their territory. The International Court, headquartered in the Hague, can only investigate crimes committed in states that are party to the Rome Statute. This is a 2002 treaty that established the ICC. The United States has not ratified the treaty, nor has the court opened investigations into crimes committed on American soil. Trump wants to be able, and this is a quote from Roth. Trump wants to be able to commit war crimes on the territory of countries that have accepted the court court's jurisdiction. That's what this is all about. That's exactly what this is all about.

[B]

Yeah. Because as much as I would like ICE agents to be hauled into the Hagen tribe, they cannot be. We are not signatories to the Rome Treaty. So what he's trying to do is all the war crimes that we commit on the soil of foreign countries that do and have ratified the Rome Treaty. Yeah, that's where there could be a problem. All right, let's shift to some good news. This is. Yeah, this is from democracy docket. A federal judge tossed out the DOJ's lawsuit to access West Virginia's unredacted voter rolls. That's the 13th straight court loss for the Department's floundering effort to seize sensitive voter data from every state. U.S. district Judge Thomas Johnston, who was appointed by G.W. bush, granted West Virginia's motion to dismiss DOJ's lawsuit on Monday. West Virginia is actually fighting back on this. In a scathing order, Johnston found the department failed to make a sufficient legal argument for its demand of sensitive VOT data. You know, I kept saying all the red states will hand their stuff over. No, Utah hasn't. West Virginia. Like there are multiple red states who are like gtfo. I like how I abbreviated the first F bomb, but not the second one. DOJ sent letters to every state last summer demanding state election chiefs hand over their full unredacted voter rolls under the guise of voter list maintenance. The data includes voters, full names, addresses, driver's license numbers and partial Social Security numbers. After most states refused to comply, citing privacy concerns and claiming the request was unlawful, DOJ sued 30 states and D.C. in hopes that the court would force access to the full voter rolls. In each case, including West Virginia, DOJ argued that under Title 3 of the Civil Rights act, the National Voter Registration act, and the Help America Vote act, states are required to hand over full voter registration records upon request to ensure clean voter rolls. But Johnston shut down that argument, writing that federal voting laws only require states to hand over its voter rolls if the department has an adequate purpose for the demand, like evidence that a state is violating an individual's voting rights. In his order, Johnston raised concerns about DOJ obfuscating why it actually wants access to every state's voter rules. Quote, given the lack of an adequate basis or purpose, one is left to wonder what the real purpose was for the Justice Department to go to the trouble of filing civil actions like this one all around the nation. Troubling though this question is, it is not before the court at this time. I think things are going to come into focus though, after Trump's address tomorrow night.

[D]

Oh yes they are. I really do like this. More of good news. This is from Ms. Now Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico. He appears to have an advantage over his GOP rival among Hispanics in the business sector in Texas. And this is a sign the historically red seat could flip to blue. A U.S. hispanic business council survey first shared with Politico found that Talarico leads state Attorney General Ken Paxton by a 7 point margin, 43% to 36%. Among Texas Hispanic business owners, two reasons are the Trump administration's increasingly unpopular deportation practices and the rising cost of living. And this is a quote, the fear factor that it creates, the disruption that it creates, the environment that it creates is debilitating. That was from Javier Palomares, president and CEO of the United States Hispanic Business Council. That's what he told Politico went on to say, if you've got a small business of 10 people or so and you get even one person deported, you can Imagine what that does to the morale of that business unit and the fear to the business owner. The survey shows that 7 in 10 Hispanic business owners said that their business had been impacted by Trump's tariffs. One in five said that they had an employee deported. One in five.

[B]

Wow.

[D]

20% of these businesses had an employee deported in the past year amid Trump's immigration crackdown. The survey found that the cost of living is also a unifying issue, with 61% of Republicans and 60% of Democrats and 60% of independents listing it as one of their top three issues. Uh huh. Almost one quarter of those surveyed who supported Senator John Cornyn over Paxton in the Texas GOP primary for Senate now say they're backing Talarico.

[B]

25%.

[D]

I know there's still over half that say they're gonna back Paxton, but.

[B]

Yeah, but that should be closer to 95%.

[D]

Yeah, no kidding. But if you got a quarter of those surveyed who were going to vote Republican and now they're voting Democrat along with all the other Democratic votes.

[B]

Geez.

[D]

I mean, if there's not fucking shenanigans, and we know there's going to be in Texas, this is going to be a blowout.

[B]

Dana, we usually hope for 3 to 4%.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

25. My goodness. All right, this is from the Guardian. One of the strictest abortion bans in the country will be on the ballot this November after Idaho's Secretary of State certified a ballot measure on Monday. Congratulations, Idaho. That would reverse the state's abortion ban that prohibits the procedure at all stages of pregnancy. The ballot initiative was headed by a volunteer run group called Idahoans United for Women and Families, which ran a petition drive to get the measure in front of voters this fall. They gathered more than 100,000 signatures. I think it was 110,000 signatures, smashing the required 70,000 that they needed to get on the ballot. If approved by voters, the measure would create a law for reproductive freedom rather than serve as an amendment to the state constitution. The change would make Idaho's law similar to what it was before the Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022 that allowed states to ban abortion. Idaho's new law would allow abortion until fetal viability, which is generally considered about 21 weeks into a pregnancy. It would also allow people to make their own choices for abortion, contraception, and fertility treatment. So I'm looking forward to see how Idaho vot votes on this.

[D]

Definitely. This was from cbs three years after a jury concluded that Donald Trump should pay $5 million in damages to writer Eugene Carroll for sexual abuse and defamation. She has finally been paid. Yep, for Carol, it's a weight that began long before her federal civil lawsuit went to trial in 2023. The writer first went public with her story in 2019, accusing Mr. Trump of assaulting her in a department store dressing room three decades ago. The jury unanimously concluded a preponderance of evidence and supported her claim. Court records Show Carol received 5.62 million, including interest. Carol sent a triumphant email to readers of her Substack blog Tuesday, writing the eagle has landed, thanking more than a dozen current and former members of her legal team. This is what I also love. Though she also included a line directed at one of Mr. Trump former attorneys who for years led his defense in Carroll's case. Did you see this right at the end? She said. And a special thanks to Alina Haba, Esq. I could not have done it without you, said Carol. I mean the shade. Good for you.

[B]

And that's why we love E. Jean Carol. Oh my goodness. Congratulations to E. Jean. And you know, as she said before when she won this, she said, this is a victory for women everywhere. So love it. Love to hear it. All right, we have a lot of good news we have to get to, but we have to take a quick break. Everybody stick around. We'll be right back after these messages.

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We'll be right back.

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Barbecue sauce everybody. Welcome back. It's time for the Good News everyone. Then Good news everyone. Good news, good news. And if you have any good news or those very, very important Good Trouble suggestions, I mean, we got 30,000 comments on the Federal Register to get the government to walk back holding Medicare and Medicaid payments, hospitals that give transgender youth affirming care. I just. I'm sorry. So it's just brilliant. Send your Good Trouble stuff into us. You can also send a shout out to a loved one or a small business or a nonprofit you want us to know about. Maybe a government program that's helped you or a loved one and your good news. It could even just be writing in to say hi because you want to show us a picture. Because you got to attach a picture to get your stuff on the air. It can be a meme. It can be a sunset. It can be a selfie. It can be you and your pals at a no Kings march. Maybe you have some favorite signs. You can be flipping a bird to a Trump building. We love those bird watching photos. You can send an actual bird or your pet or an adoptable pet or a random animal from the Internet. I mean, it can be anything as long as it brings a smile to our face. I love chickens. We love goats. Dan loves pandas. And otters especially. Yeah, especially the otters that are holding hands or, or when the baby otter rides on the mama.

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Oh, it's the best. Oh, it's so good.

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Anyway, send it all to us dailybeanspot.com and click on contact. First up is your Good Trou Good Trouble today the Good Trouble Lives On Weekend of Action. Remember, we talked about this? It's this weekend, July 17th through the 19th, this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Honor the legacy of Congressman John Lewis by taking action in your community during the Good Trouble Lives On Weekend of Action. Inspired by John Lewis, Call to make Good Trouble and Necessary Trouble, this nationwide weekend brings people together to organize, educate, and engage in peaceful, nonviolent civic action. Under this year's theme, Teach, Reach and Preach, communities across the country are going to host Teach INS Voter education events, voter registration drives, faith gatherings, candlelight vigils, and community events dedicated to strengthening our democracy and protecting the freedom to vote. So whether you're longtime organizers or simply looking for a meaningful way to get involved, there's a place for you. You can attend an event near you, volunteer or even host your own gathering to help educate, empower, and inspire your community. Every generation is called to defend democracy and strengthen it and then pass it on. So find an event, register your own, and learn [e-mail] and if maybe you're Good Trouble this weekend, maybe you're going to participate by making a donation to the Trevor Project and help match the $10,000 donation the Daily Beans made. You could do [e-mail] beans and thank you so much. I'm going to check on a tally and we'll Bring it to you tomorrow. I'm sure it's up there.

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Fantastic. All right. From Anonymous. Pronoun she and her. Hello, my lovelies. Every morning I walk for an hour and I listen to the daily beans. You've been a lifeline to sanity over the past years and thank you. My confession today, I just could not listen. I didn't sleep with the images of Juan and his three year old daughter. They just kept playing on loop in my mind. So today I chose to tune into nature and just breathe. Anonymous. Really good choice. I love that we listen every day, but sometimes you just got to take care of your mental health. My heart is broken, but my resolve is solid.

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Solid.

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I just need a day to lift up myself and the country. Magic is real and my pain will manifest into a positive step forward for all of us. I included a photo from my morning walk of the sun rising through the trees as a metaphor for all. And I'm just gonna leave it as anonymous. Just be. Even though you signed it because you didn't put it up top. So I will leave it as that.

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Oh, my goodness, that's gorgeous. Fantastic allegory, by the way. And yeah, man, if you need to take a break, take a break. Those morning walks are super helpful, aren't they?

[D]

Oh, my God, I love my morning walks.

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Yeah, same. All right, next up from Jen Pronoun. She and her thank you, ladies. The daily beans has become my main source of news. It keeps me from becoming too overwhelmed with all the chaos that is the Trump administration. I'd like to give a shout out to Hive Bakery in Flower Mound, Texas, using their talents to speak out against Trump. They were featured on Fox News and it seems to have upset Mat Maga. But the owner isn't afraid to tell Maga how she feels. Seems she has been very busy answering the phone so her employees don't have to deal with the hateful messages. For Podpet Tariff. I have a picture of my four cats. Dottie, the black and white one. Libby, the gray one. Tig, the brownish kitten. Aw. And Ash, the black kitten. Aw, look how beautiful. There's a black kitten in this photo somewhere.

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Yep, apparently.

[B]

Oh, I see it. I see it. Way down front.

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How cute.

[B]

So, Jen, this is amazing because one of the little pebbles, one of the things that my bestie sent me was the reel of her at the Hive Bakery taking phone calls. Have you seen this? Have you seen her on social media?

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No.

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She takes these phone calls from Maga, puts them on speakerphone, and she's like, yeah, hi, I Just work at a bakery. How about you go fuck yourself. Oh my God.

[D]

Stop it.

[B]

It's amazing. I think you're talking about she's got like pink hair care. It's so incredible.

[D]

I gotta find her.

[B]

Yeah, definitely want to check her out. You can just probably search for Hive Bakery on Insta.

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So thank you. All right. This is from Lisa Pronoun. She and her hi girls. Night shifter here. I get to listen to you. Near the end of my shift, I have a peach of a job that gives me time on my days off to work on a side hustle contract. Hand spinning, knitting and weaving. My textile work has gotten me through some pretty tough times. I moved two years ago and I'm now putting together a dream textile studio in an outbuilding off my back porch. It's far from complete, but halfway there. But the plan is for 22 Floor Looms. 22 Floor Looms, a dying kitchen and a fiber washing prep area. Wow. After 23 years shearing and the hand spinning producers in Indiana, Michigan and a bit in Ohio, this was a plan for my post shearing retirement. I sent a submission in early December 2025 of a wedding shawl that I had spun and knit for a dear friend. I remember with the hoopla over the World cup, we've sort of forgotten about another annual international sporting event, the Tour de France. Here's the shout out to the international hand spinning community. A couple years ago I believe Spin off magazine, the world's most widely circulated hand spinning magazine, came up with the concept of the Tour de Fleece. How funny. It's a non competitive incentive to spend every day solo or in groups. During the Tour de France and the women's tour following, some people spin while watching the Tour de France. There's a Facebook group devoted to the event with different spinning activities. What projects spinners are planning on spinning, what people are spinning. This is just a wreck for my Invisalign. This is really fun. And their progress both during and after the event. I used to shear for one of the editors of Spin Off. I'm spindling, spinning on a spindle rather than one of my wheels two fleece she gifted me for my potpet tariff. I'm including a picture of my beloved Nala who is never far from my side regardless of what I'm doing. No need to redact the breed even though it is she's obviously a blank in the second picture. My very G rated daughter gifted me this coffee mug as I am fueled by coffee. Keep up the great work. You are a Blue island in the sea of red. For those of us in northeastern Indiana, blessings, Lisa. AKA the sheep lady.

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Look at that mastiff.

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I know that mastiff face.

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Amazing. Thank you for that. I love the Tour de France. I'm more of a Euro d' Italia person, but I do love the Tour de France. Lisa, thank you so much for that submission. Next up, Amanda Pronoun. She and her. I just wanted to reach out with a little good news about a wonderful family I met a few weeks ago. I trained dogs, modern force free. No chains, no prongs, no chokes, etc, And I got a call a few weeks ago from a family who had just gotten two dogs from a family who was being deported. These pups witnessed ICE agents picking up one of their humans and then had their whole world flipped upside down. The only family they had known put them in the car with strangers who stepped up to help in the only way they could. Needless to say, the dogs were terrified and took hours to get out of the car. Once at their new home, they're still adjusting, but I saw them just yesterday and they're getting so much better thanks to the efforts of the new guardians, who have rearranged their home, garage, and sleep pattern to accommodate these sweet babies. Just a reminder, we can all help in all kinds of ways. And I'm still in awe of this family who took on two dogs they knew nothing about because it was the right thing to do. I didn't get permission to share their pictures, so my taxes, our own dog, Cash, all dressed up for St Patty's keep on swearing through it all for us. Oh, man. Thank you, Amanda.

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What a gorgeous dog, too.

[B]

It is a beautiful pup. I bet that dog shakes its whole butt.

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Oh, yeah.

[B]

When it wags.

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All right, we got a cute short one from Mary. No pronouns given. I am so pleased to hear your show. The dog is Kara. Thank you. The painted stones are done by artists and on the side of the bike path in Easthampton, Massachusetts. And a very beautiful inclusive flag that just says a just world for all. And these stones are gorgeous.

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Oh, my God.

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Thank you for that. Yeah, thank you for that, Mary. And from Ed, pronouncing him Bonjourno, Beans Queen.

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Yeah.

[D]

Time for our update.

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It's been keeping me warm while you've been gone the last.

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Oh, my God, it's so good. Pompeii was simply the best tour I've been on in years. The unspeakable tragedy of a city being wiped off the map gives way to one of the most important archaeological discoveries in human history. In the year 79 AD, an explosion 30 times stronger than that of Hiroshima's bomb buried the city of Pompeii. And 9ft of ash created heat blooms as high as 700 degrees and through debris as high as 33 miles. That's 8 miles into the mesosphere, the height where you can actually witness meteors burn. After three days of eruptions, the city was gone. It would be forgotten for 17 centuries. And the most fascinating part, archaeologists discover something new nearly every year while purposefully leaving things untouched, saving them for the future generations to discover. Photos today are from the great forum of Pompeii with Vesuvius standing watch and as our tour guide described it, the very first fast food restaurant. The circles are where cooking pots would go and people would come over to buy hot food. Ciao. Oh man, that's so cool.

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Wow.

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Oh yeah. I mean, I remember when I was a kid learning about Vesuvius and, and seeing the people in Pompeii like frozen into place. Yeah. The man with the dog and.

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Yeah, just.

[B]

Oh wow. Look how blue that sky is. What a beautiful photo it is.

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We're so loving your adventures. Thank you for continuing to share them with us.

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Yes. If anyone else have any travel adventures, please send them our way along with any good news you might have and of course, your good trouble suggestions. Send them to DailyBeansPod.com click on Contact. Don't forget to donate to the TrevorProject.org beans. We really appreciate all of your kind hearted donations which are also tax deductible.

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Indeed.

[B]

Do you have any final thoughts today?

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I mean, if you haven't heard me saying it, We've got tickets on sale for the Southwest Funny fest in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It's October 9th. It's a Friday. We have been on hiatus for six years and I'm so excited to bring this event back to help benefit Equality New Mexico. You can get tickets on my website, danagoldberg.com tour and you can also get tickets for Chicago while you're there. We still have some Chicago seats for September 23rd, so I would love to see you at either date.

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Yeah. And I gotta tell you, both places are just awesome places to visit. From what you tell me about the abq, just so fantastic.

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Oh yeah.

[B]

You know Chicago is one of my top five cities, so.

[D]

Oh, yep, yep, yep, yep.

[B]

Thank you so much my friend. Everybody will be back in your ears. Tomorrow we're going to go over and record Bean's talk. It's going to be mostly about what Donald Trump is going to say tomorrow night and maybe what we can do about it. So everybody 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 that'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 podcasts dedicated to news, politics and justice. For more information Please visit msw media.com MSW Media.

[C]

It's no surprise that newsmakers try to manipulate the audience. They want you to believe that they are the one holding the line, and they'll use any trick they can to get you there.

[B]

But don't let them fool you.

[C]

Get Unspun I'm Amanda Sturgill. I've been a reporter and today I teach future reporters to cut the spin and think critically about what newsmakers say. My podcast, unspun, shows you how to know when you're being manipulated by the news. News Learn to spot the tricks and how to make up your own mind about what's true. So if you're tired of being fooled by the news, subscribe to UNSPUN today. Unspun because you deserve the truth.