Allison Gill (2:29)

Yeah, and, and like you said, good. But also like we. Yeah, like you draw a line, you stick to your line, but please also don't stick to that line.

Dana Goldberg (2:40)

Just take away his crayons so he can stop drawing lines.

Allison Gill (2:42)

Yes, take away the crayons. Perfectly said, my friend. And that's what a lot of Democrats and, and even some people in the maga land are, are calling for. A Lot of calls for amendment today. We're going to go over that. Impeachment or the 25th Amendment. We're going to talk about that on today's episode of Beans Talk, which you can grab via audio podcast by searching for Beans Talk wherever you get your pods or you can watch it over at MSW media on our YouTube channel. So we do have a ton of news to get to today. Let's hit the hot notes. Hot notes. First up from NBC. President Trump threatened in a truth social post Tuesday that, quote, a whole civilization will die tonight as the deadline nears for an agreement on a ceasefire in the war with Iraq, Iran. The message marks his most extreme public rhetoric to date against the country and comes less than 12 hours before he says the United States will launch attacks on Iran's infrastructure over Tehran's continued disruption of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, which he caused the closure of by starting the war. Quote, a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will, he says. If you don't want it to happen. What are you talking about?

Dana Goldberg (3:55)

Especially when Caroline Levitt's like, we don't know what the plans are. Only the president knows, which is not true. Because if the plans are in action, they need to be carried out by the United States military.

Allison Gill (4:04)

Yeah, just like Todd Blanche today. Oh, we don't know why Pam Bondi was fired. Only Trump knows. In his head. We have no idea. Okay, you know what? I just, I can't anymore. Quote, however, now that we have a complete and total regime change where different, smarter and less radicalized minds prevail, really, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen. Who knows? That's what Trump said, referring to the killings of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and others. Although it's unclear what the full impact of their deaths has been on Iran's government, I can tell you at least a younger, more hardline Ayatollah Khamenei is in power. That's what so far has happened. Quote, we'll find out tonight. One of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the world. That's what Trump said. 47 years of extortion, corruption and death will finally end. God bless the great people of Iran. God bless the people of Iran. You're about to kill.

Dana Goldberg (4:54)

Yep.

Allison Gill (4:55)

Okay. Just checking. The statement sparked a wave of fierce and immediate condemnations from Democrats in recent days. The president has made a series of escalatory threats against Tehran Threatening to bomb the country under the Stone Ages and calling the Iranian government crazy bastards while demanding it open up the Hormuz Strait. Reached for comment on what the president meant by this latest threat and whether the whole civilization signified the US Would target civilian areas, White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said refer to the truth, which means his post on Truth Social. After extending the deadline multiple times for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. This is like the fifth time if he's doing it right now. After extending the deadline multiple times. A vital shipping route that about a fifth of the world's oil and natural gas usually passes through. But other stuff, too, fertilizers, helium that we need for MRI machines. It's not just gas and oil, right? The president announced 8pm Eastern Tuesday as the final deadline for Iran to come to a deal. In a post Sunday, Trump threatened Iran's power plants and bridges if Iran did not open the strait by the deadline, using expletives and invoking Islam. Democrats moved rapidly to denounce Trump's threats, warning that such strikes would constitute war crimes, and called on a largely silent Republican leadership to hold votes to end the war. Quote, donald Trump is completely unhinged. His statement threatens to eradicate an entire civilization. It shocks the conscience and requires a decisive congressional response. That's what Hakeem Jeffries said in a joint statement with his leadership team. He went on to say the House must come back into session immediately and vote to end this reckless war of choice in the Middle east before Donald Trump plunges our country into World War Three. I don't think a war powers resolution is going to do the trick, Mr. Jefferson.

Dana Goldberg (6:37)

I agree.

Allison Gill (6:38)

Yeah, just put my two cents out there. Chuck Schumer and a group of Democratic ranking members of key Senate committees issued a rare joint statement warning Trump must not follow through on his threat. That was the extent of what they did. And they said, we speak today with one voice and one purpose. To condemn Trump's threat to extinguish an entire civilization, intentionally destroying the power, water, or basic infrastructure upon which tens of millions of civilians depend to punish the very civilians who suffer at the hands of the Iranian regime would constitute a war crime, a betrayal of the values of this nation was founded on, and a moral failure. Yes, we know. Thank you, Captains Obvious. Alyssa Slotkin, former CIA analyst, warned that targeting civilians at a mass scale would be a clear violation of the law of armed conflict as laid out in the Geneva Conventions as well as the Pentagon's Law on War manual. While reviving her calls for service members to refuse unlawful orders. Quote, I hope and believe our troops, especially those in command, will have the moral clarity to push back if they are given clearly illegal orders. That's what Slotkin said in a statement. But Dana, as you're going to tell us in a minute, in a story from Politico, the Pentagon has found a way around that.

Dana Goldberg (7:46)

Of course.

Allison Gill (7:47)

Yeah. Meanwhile, most congressional Republicans had little to say in the hours following Trump's crazy truth. Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune. They didn't return messages seeking comment. I'm surprised Mike Johnson said. I didn't see that post. The official Senate Republican Twitter account published an unsigned post saying Iran would be wise to take Trump at his word. That's what they said. They can choose the easy way or the hard way. That's what the Republicans had to say about this. That handle, by the way, is run by the staff of Senator Tom Cotton. Others, including Ed Markey, Democrat of Massachusetts, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, called for the president's impeachment or removal. We're going to talk about that over on Beans Talk today. Across the aisle. I wouldn't say that because she doesn't have an aisle to sit across in because she left and took her retirement money the day that she was vested. Marjorie Taylor Greene also called for Trump to be removed through the 25th Amendment. Boy, if you only had a vote.

Dana Goldberg (8:43)

I know.

Allison Gill (8:44)

Look at that 25th amendment. She said on Twitter. Not a single bomb has dropped on America. We cannot kill an entire civilization. This is evil and madness. And from Reuters, by the way, this is what I was talking about with Taco Tuesday. With only hours left before the deadline, Tehran is positively reviewing a request by Pakistan for a two week ceasefire to give more time for diplomacy. According to a senior Iranian official who spoke to Reuters. The White House says Trump is aware of the proposal and will respond. Trump's threat for Iran to end its blockade of Gulf oil or see the US Destroy every bridge and power plant obviously says drew widespread condemnation. And an Iranian official has told Reuters that the US And Iran are still exchanging messages via mediators without providing details. And something maybe a little bit. It came from the Hindustani Times. Apparently a source told CNN that there is supposed to be a deal tonight before the deadline. So we're going to keep an eye on that.

Dana Goldberg (9:41)

Okay. That all of this is making sense now. And now it just feels like market manipulation. Yep. All right. This is from Politico. The Pentagon is expanding a list of Iranian energy sites it can target for attacks to include Ones that provide fuel and power to both civilians and the military. This is a likely workar. This is what we were talking about. If the administration's accused of war crimes for striking basic infrastructure, war planners are revising the list, according to two defense officials. As American and Israeli warplanes search for new targets. After five weeks of around the clock strikes on military sites and US ground troops as they surge in the region, the dual use nature of the targets would make them legitimate. I know. President Trump has found himself increasingly hemmed in as the US Runs out of the strategically important sites to attack in Iran and the regime in Tehran strangles the global economy with its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. As we know, that's a critical pathway for the world's oil. Now, Trump could send in ground troops and open the door to an extended war that is already unpopular with the American public. Or he could target civilian infrastructure. That's a violation of international law and, and face accusations of war crimes, which he's going to do anyway. He already did with the bombings outside, you know, those ships in the Caribbean ocean. I mean, we've got all kinds of fucking war crimes going on. The new option, which Israel has also employed, may offer a way out.

Allison Gill (11:12)

Yeah, sorry man, I'm just. This dual use stuff is such bullshit. Like, oh, some of the power plant energy is used on a military base and so that's not a civilian target because it's, it also provides power to a military base. It's bullshit.

Dana Goldberg (11:27)

Yeah. Trump on Monday threatened a situation, and I quote, where every bridge in Iran will be decimated by 12 o' clock tomorrow night. Where every power plant in Iran will be out of business, burning, exploding, never to be used again. Jesus Christ. But Pentagon officials have debated whether that justification is even valid, according to a third official, who like others interviewed, was granted anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. The tension revolves around where to draw line between military and civilian targets, such as water desalinization plants, which could be considered targets because military forces apparently drink water. Not fucking kidding. Trump has threatened to launch strikes on infrastructure Tuesday night if the Iranians don't reach a deal with the US by 8:00pm Eastern. Again, we're recording this at 6:20. Now, the US alone has hit more than 13,000 targets in Iran. That's according to US Central Command. The Pentagon referred questions to the White House and guess what? The White House did probably not answer a question.

Allison Gill (12:29)

Yeah, man, this dual use is. It's always been. I mean, what, they bombed that school because one of the kids could grow up and join the army.

Dana Goldberg (12:38)

I'm sure it was one of the children of the military went there.

Allison Gill (12:40)

Yeah, they bombed a library because there's a book in there about war. Maybe they bombed a museum cuz there's a painting of the Ayatollah in it. They destroy a church because, you know, military praise too. Like, come on, just come on. But that is the justification they're going to use if they want to obliterate targets. This is something Bibi Netanyahu has done for a very long time.

Dana Goldberg (13:01)

He's such a piece of.

Allison Gill (13:03)

Yeah. And this is from media. Speaking of BIBI, Vice President J.D. vance worried that launching a regime changing war in Iran could be a disaster, in his words, and was only the only administration official to forcefully express his skepticism in the weeks leading up to Operation Epic Fury. That's according to an explosive new report from the New York Times. And I'll say it's actually he's not the only one, according to this piece. I've read the whole piece. It's like 5,000 words. It's very long. But Vance, quote, was for no strikes at all. But knowing that Mr. Trump was likely to intervene in some fashion, he tried to steer toward a more limited action. That's according to the Times went on to say later, when it seemed certain the president was set on large scale campaigns, Mr. Vance argued that he should do so with overwhelming force in the hope of achieving his objective quickly. Again, the 4,500 word deep dive from Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman looked at the deliberations and meetings that led to Trump's launching the war on February 28th. The same day joint US and Israeli strikes killed the Iranian supreme leader, Ali Khamenei. Vance warned Trump that a war against Iran could cause regional chaos and, quote, untold numbers of casualties. According to the report, the vice president also worried it would rip apart Trump's political coalition and be viewed as a betrayal by MAGA voters. Oddly enough, when Bibi Netanyahu came into the Situation Room and pitched this idea on February 11th, Dana Vance was in, I believe, Azerbaijan. He was gone.

Dana Goldberg (14:32)

Ah, interesting.

Allison Gill (14:33)

Today he's in Hungary. Quote, Mr. Vance had other concerns too. As vice president, he was aware of the scope of America's munitions problem. That's what Haberman and Swan said. A war against a regime with enormous will for survival could leave the United States in a far worse position to fight conflicts for some years. New York and this report said Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu gave Trump a hard sell presentation on launching a strike against Iran on February 11th. This was in the Situation Room I was telling you about. Critics of the war, like Tucker Carlson have argued that the US has waged the war on behalf of Israel since then. By the way, those are claims that Trump has shot down. He said, no, it was all me, I decided. But Bibi came in, gave a fucking PowerPoint presentation in the Sit Room. And as I said in the beginning, it wasn't just Vance that was against this. Chung was against it. Susie Wiles didn't think it was a good idea. Dan Cain, I think I have a quote from him, sir. He said, in my experience, this is chairman of the Joint Chiefs, standard operating procedure for the Israelis. They oversell and their plans are not always well developed. They know they need us, and that's why they're hard selling. And Trump quickly weighed this assessment, but decided regime change would be their problem. Okay. And the Times also said it was unclear whether he was referring to the Israelis or the Iranians. But the bottom line was that his decision on whether to go to war against Iran would not hinge on whether the part three and part four of Bibi's plan were achievable. So now I've shared a gift link to this entire New York Times article over on my Blue sky feed. I highly recommend you read it again. I've taken the paywall away, so. So everyone can read it, even if you don't have a subscription to the Times. But Ratcliffe, who's a CIA chief, was against this. I mean, just everybody was like, what the fuck are you talking about, bro? What? No, but they all conceded, Dana. Basically saying, of course. Well, you're the president, and I'm going to go with, I'll back you. Also, Pope Leo the 14th said today that the US President Donald Trump's threat is truly unacceptable and said any attacks on civilian infrastructure violate international law. In some of his strongest comments yet against the war, the American Pope urged Americans and other people of goodwill to contact their political leaders and congressional representatives to demand they reject war and work for peace. Quote, Today, as we all know, there was this threat against all the people of Iran. This is truly unacceptable. That's what he said as he left his country house in Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome.

Dana Goldberg (17:05)

Thank you so much, Alison. We are going to Aaron Reed at Aaron in the Morning in the latest episode of their podcast, which is fantastic, by the way. It's called A Touch More All Star athletes Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird, a lovely couple by the Way denounced the International Olympic Committee's new rule requiring sex testing for athletes competing in the women's category. The anti trans policy is going to subject athletes competing in the women's division, the only women's, not men's, by the way, to invasive sex testing to determine whether they have an SRY gene. Why this is where the International Lipman Committee chose to draw the gender line is arguably arbitrary. No major medical organization endorses this litmus test as a reliable marker of athletic skill or biological sex. Even the scientist who discovered the SRY gene has slammed this practice in sports, saying science does not support this overly simplistic approach. Rather, it's an arbitrary line in the sand used to cram unscientific ideas about gender and sex into man made binary boundaries. Nonetheless, if women test positive, okay, if a woman tests positive for the gene, she could be forced to compete in the male category. This has had dire consequences the last few times it's been deployed against women's athletes. From 1992 to 1999, cisgender women were forced into testing and found out on the world stage that they had intersex conditions that they didn't even know about. The spectacle led to ostracization, disqualification, and at least one suicide before such testing was abolished. There's a reason this was abolished. And I quote, what we're doing is subjecting everybody, all women, all people who are identifying as women, to this really invasive testing that only to me just says like, oh, so we're just trying to whittle it down to a certain type of woman. This is for Megan Rapinoe. Now, Rapinoe, as we know, is one of the high profile athletes in the country, one of the highest. A soccer player with three Olympic competitions under her belt and a decorated career in the US Women's National Team, the uswnt. If you hear that again, Bird. Sue Bird, meanwhile, is among the most successful athletes in history. The retired WNBA legend spent her 20 season professional career at a point guard for the Seattle Storm and is a record breaking Olympian in her own right. The athletic power couple has been engaged, as I said, since 2020. Together, they've long been outspoken advocates for the LGBTQ community. Rapinoe connected the anti trans vitriol in sports to the right wing's broader attacks on queer and trans people. Calling the push for sex testing hateful, she said they sort of like lost the battle of gay marriage. So it's just like we're just gonna have this whole campaign for all these years to just hate trans people. Which a small percentage of the population, countless women, cisgender and transgender alike, have faced harassment and persecution because of the anti trans athlete witch hunt. And I quote, it's just a total acquiescence to the Trump administration. This is from Rapino. She said, it's just horrible. I'm just sickened by it. Now the IOC rule is part of a broader pattern. In the United States, sports bands have served as a Trojan horse for more sweeping anti trans policies. The DOJ's recent lawsuit over women's sports, for example, also demands that transgender students be banned from bathrooms and locker rooms. Another quote, can we please stop obsessing over trans people and I don't know, maybe focus on our time, energy and resources into real problem women's sports face. This is from Sue Bird. This is when she chimed in. She rejected the idea that sex testing, as the IOC claims, and I quote, protects women, instead calling it fear mongering, political ploy meant to generate support from conservative voters. She says that's all this is. Again, this is from Bird. If you crack this door open, it gets blown open. You're now policing women's bodies across the board. And she's not wrong. She's not wrong.

Allison Gill (21:11)

I absolutely love that podcast, by the way.

Dana Goldberg (21:13)

Yeah, it's fantastic.

Allison Gill (21:14)

I recommend everybody give it a listen. And thanks again to Aaron Reed from Aaron in the Morning for the reporting. All right, everybody, we have to get to some good news, but first, we're going to take a break. Stick around. We'll be right back after these messages.

Dana Goldberg (21:28)

We'll be right back.

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Dana Goldberg (28:24)

Thanks so much, Allison. This one's from John. Pronounced he and him. Greetings, AG and dg. My shout out is to the Milwaukee Bucks NBA team, team and federal judge Brett Ludwig of the Eastern District of Wisconsin at Sunday's Milwaukee versus Memphis basketball game. The halftime show was a naturalization ceremony. That's fucking awesome. This is at least the second naturalization ceremony hosted by the Bucs and Judge Ludwig. It is so great to be there for these ceremonies. FYI, I did not know much about Judge Ludwig. According to Wikipedia, he was nominated by Donald Trump February 2020 and confirmed with a 91 to 5 vote. His most notable case was dismissing a case brought by DJT against the Wisconsin Elections Commission in an effort to overturn the Results of the 2020 United States presidential election in Wisconsin.

Allison Gill (29:15)

All right, so Judge Ludwig, Brett Ludwig, a Donald Trump appointee, hosting naturalization ceremonies at Milwaukee Bucks games. That's cool. Thanks, John. Next up, from Izzy, Pronoun. She and her. I just wanted to add another bit of good trouble slash bird watching. Plus our pupper from back in the day. Can you breed? He's a blank. Of course. Love all you do, including all who support you and your staff. You're the best at what you do. Thanks for the sanity. And we have a bird flipping off of a gas station of gas prices. And is this a. Is this a Samoyed this puppy?

Dana Goldberg (29:51)

I think so. Look how cute.

Allison Gill (29:53)

Yes, it is.

Dana Goldberg (29:54)

Look.

Allison Gill (29:55)

Okay, we're 100% for guessing dogs today.

Dana Goldberg (29:57)

All right, we're signing off. Thanks, everyone, for listening. Bye. Okay, this one's from Karen. This one's from Karen. Pronouns she and her. Hey, ladies. I went to my first no Kings rally in Roswell, Georgia. I wasn't expecting many people, and boy, were we wrong. At least 700 people on four different corners in front of a Chick Fil A. For every person who drove by and gave us the finger, there was at least six to seven people honking and cheering us on. One man stood on the corner with a sign that said, honk if you're not in the Epstein files. The back of his poster said, veterans against Pedos. Fuck Trump. That's awesome. We even saw a man propose to his girlfriend on the street corner while everybody cheered wildly. It was so amazing and uplifting. Here's a pic of me and my hubby and my lovely nephew who joined us. We are on the right side of history. Can I tell you how many people said that mine was their favorite sign? It was truly an encouraging day, and I can't wait to do it again. Thank you for encouraging us all to go. Next time, let's get to 10 million people.

Allison Gill (30:56)

Hell, yeah. Look at these signs. We dumped Tea for Less. I love it. And there's a picture of people throwing tea over a boat. I know signs. I make the best signs. They're terrific. Everyone agrees. And the sign that everybody loved. Turn off Fox News. It's Turn on Brain. It's just a picture of the brain. That's fantastic. That's so cool. I love when I'm happily surprised like that. Like when I saw those. We talked about this on Beans Talk yesterday when I saw that Ms. Now guy go in and start interviewing, like, veterans at a VFW in Florida. And I'm like, oh, boy, here we go. And they were like, yeah, no, those are war crimes, that guy. I was like, all right. Nice, nice. So I love when I'm happily surprised like that. Next up, Audra hates cancer and fascism. Pronoun she and they. That's right. Cancer. Hello, Leguminati. I just had to jump on the Maynard James Keenan bandwagon.

Dana Goldberg (31:51)

And love, love, love.

Allison Gill (31:52)

Judith is one of my favorite songs. I haven't gotten to try the wine, but here's a pic of Maynard, my first guinea pig, and Keenan, the noisiest kitten.

Dana Goldberg (32:01)

Love you both.

Allison Gill (32:02)

Thanks for your humor and bits of sanity. Please keep them coming, everybody. If you don't know what Audra's talking about. Yesterday we covered a story about the lead singer of Tool having gone to West Point Prep with Randy George. That's the uniformed army chief of staff, the that Hegseth just fired because he. He didn't let Hegseth strike the names of two black and two women soldiers from the promotions list. And Maynard Keenan went to West Point Prep with that guy.

Dana Goldberg (32:31)

I love it.

Allison Gill (32:32)

So we. We covered that on yesterday's Beans Talk. If you haven't seen it, look at the guinea pig.

Dana Goldberg (32:36)

And I know, they're so cute.

Allison Gill (32:38)

Hello, kitties. I love when they do arms like that, when they just. Yeah, I accept. All right.

Dana Goldberg (32:44)

This is from Dusty pronoun she and her. Hello, bean queens. You are the first news I get in the morning. And I recently took you up on the lifetime offer of membership at the family Easter lunch. I am reminiscing with my grandson about the 2020 election, his first voting experience here in Georgia. That was the year that we managed to elect Biden, ossoff, Warnock, and McBath. Now, banner election it sure the hell was. I had stayed on him to make sure he voted, but I hadn't needed to. We patted ourselves on the back via text. As he was in college. For my pet tax, I'm including a photo of his sister, who's now also a voter, covered in birds. Also a photo of them together. The kids are all right.

Allison Gill (33:25)

Oh, look at these.

Dana Goldberg (33:27)

Oh, my God, they're so cute.

Allison Gill (33:29)

Oh, beautiful, beautiful fam. Also, everybody. Breaking news, we have a taco from Donald Trump on Truth Social, based on conversations with Prime Minister Shabazz Sharif and Field Marshal Aseem Munir of Pakistan, and wherein they requested I hold off the destructive force being sent to Iran tonight. And subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to complete immediate and safe opening of the Strait of Hormuz, I agree to suspend the bombing and the attack of Iran for a period of two weeks.

Dana Goldberg (33:59)

Of course.

Allison Gill (34:01)

So it's official.

Dana Goldberg (34:02)

Yeah. Why is it always literally Taco Tuesday? It is Taco Tuesday.

Allison Gill (34:09)

Yep, yep, yep. All right, back to the good news, because that guy. Yes, from Sky. Pronouns they and them. I just wanted to say that pwhl, Professional Women's Hockey League is about to enter their playoff season and just had a record setting attendance at Madison Square Garden. 18,006 people. Fuck yeah.

Dana Goldberg (34:31)

Yeah. You had Billie Jean King drop the puck. We had Jen Colella sing the national anthem like it was. I just saw clips of it. I wish I had known. I would have been there in a heartbeat.

Allison Gill (34:43)

Ah, same same. Thank you so much, Sky. And then Anonymous pronoun she and her I got a puppy. Oh boy, you're in for it. Anonymous I'm 54 years old and the last year has been full of loss. Starting with my mom passing on November 6th, 2024. Right about when the election was called. Oh God. My sister said she just noped out of this mess. Dad followed a few months later, but little Leo here has made me smile again. I had to quit news and media for a bit, but I'm coming back. Mom's a blank and dad was a stranger in the night. We're talking about the dogs now, not. Not the family. My guess, there's a small amount of blank in there. Looks like a German shepherd. Yeah, and a. And a dachshund maybe. Or a pitbull. Dachshund.

Dana Goldberg (35:36)

Oh my God. I don't know. He's cute though. Let's see.

Allison Gill (35:39)

Dachshund and chihuahua.

Dana Goldberg (35:41)

Okay, that's gonna be a little pup. Oh my God, he's so cute.

Allison Gill (35:46)

Anonymous those puppies are a handful, but boy, they just. They get in your heart and they never leave. So I'm so happy for you.

Dana Goldberg (35:53)

I love all the pet photos we're getting. This is from T pronoun she and her. Our community in northern Illinois had a Trump and Truth store so awful the neighboring town of Huntley was able to get it closed and then it reopened in Crystal Lake. Yes, a real town. As of the past few weeks we were giddy seeing that they can't make their rent because no one is shopping there. I wanted to share. Thanks for all you do attaches my daughter feeding capybaras at the Happy Cappies in Englewood, Florida. Happy cappies.

Allison Gill (36:27)

Look at the baby.

Dana Goldberg (36:29)

They're so cute.

Allison Gill (36:31)

I absolutely love capybaras. I like. I can't describe words cannot describe how much I love capybaras. Anyway, thank you all so so very much for all your wonderful and amazing good news. We love it so much. Please continue to send it into us. Anything you can think of obviously. Like, it can be like just hey, how you doing? I just want to say hi and you know, it doesn't even matter. We just really, really want to hear from you because again, we need to microdose in this. Hope everybody appreciate you and we'll see you again tomorrow. Dana, do you have any final thoughts before we get out of here for the day?

Dana Goldberg (37:09)

Nope. Let's go.

Allison Gill (37:11)

All right, let's get the out. Everybody. Until tomorrow, 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 almost forgot the whole thing right there.

Dana Goldberg (37:21)

Did you hear that? I did. It's okay. It happens sometimes. You should hear me when you're not here.

Allison Gill (37:25)

All right, well, I've been ag.

Dana Goldberg (37:27)

I've been dg, and them's the beans. Do you say that? Do I say that?

Allison Gill (37:31)

I think I say that, but.

Dana Goldberg (37:33)

Oh, my God. Funny. Oh, my God. It's right. You do say that.

Allison Gill (37:37)

You do it on the beans talk. Look at us.

Dana Goldberg (37:39)

Oh, yeah. Bye, everybody.

Allison Gill (37:40)

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