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A Sad Day For Justice
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Tuesday, November 26th, 2024 Today, Jack Smith files motions to dismiss the charges against Donald Trump in both federal cases; Elon Musk admits that Twitter is throttling links effectively preventing people from reading the news; how Trump intends to circumvent Congress on appropriated spending; CA Gov Gavin Newsom intends to keep the $7,500 electric vehicle credit alive; Trump’s own lawyers are investigating pay for play by Boris Epshteyn; Gibson Guitars issues a cease and desist to trump for his shitty guitar knock off; a white Florida woman is sentenced to 25 years in prison for shooting her black neighbor in a dispute; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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Alison Gill
MSW Media thanks to Beam Dream for supporting the Daily Beans. Beam Dream is a science backed healthy hot cocoa to help you sleep better. There's never been a better time to finally try Dream Shop their Black Friday sale and get up to 50% off when you visit shopbeam.com dailybeans and use the code dailybeans at checkout. Hello and welcome to the Daily beans for Tuesday, November 26, 2024. Today, Jack Smith files motions to dismiss the charges against Donald Trump in both federal cases. Elon Musk admits that Twitter is throttling links, effectively preventing people from reading the news. How Trump intends to circumvent Congress on appropriated spending. California Governor Gavin Newsom intends to keep the $7,500 electric vehicle credit alive. Trump's own lawyers are investigating. Pay for play by Boris Epstein. Gibson Guitars issues a cease and desist to Trump for his shitty guitar knockoff. And a white Florida woman is sentenced to 25 years in prison for shooting her black neighbor in a dispute. I'm Alison Gill.
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Dana Goldberg
And I'm Dana Goldblum.
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Alison Gill
Hello, my friend. How are you?
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Dana Goldberg
I'm ready to skip to the good news part of this episode.
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Alison Gill
Yeah, I'm just kidding.
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Dana Goldberg
It's just, holy shit.
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Alison Gill
You know, I mean, I knew in my gut that justice died back in July when the Supreme Court crowned Trump king. But yeah, you know, we were expecting ever since then that these cases would end, but when they actually do, or when it's asked that they actually do, it's sad. So it's a sad day.
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Dana Goldberg
And you know, we have bigger responsibility now. I mean, we're going to talk about how Elon Musk is making sure that you can't actually read news articles. So someone's got to bring you the news. You might as well get it from people that you trust, which is why you're here listening to us right now. So as much as we don't want to continue to tell you about these horrible stories, we also want you to be informed so you can be better prepared for what's coming.
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Alison Gill
Wide eyed and prepared. Best we can do at this juncture. Also, by the way, on Friday, we know we record the beans the day before the show comes out in the afternoons. So in order to give everybody at MSW Media Thanksgiving Day off, we're going to be running a refried beans on Friday.
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Dana Goldberg
So good, good, good.
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Alison Gill
Everyone at Team MSW Media can have that day off on Thursday. So thank you for understanding. We hope you listen. We all need a little break, so we're going to take one. Maybe. Maybe we could just air the audio version of WKRP in Cincinnati's annual Turkey Drop.
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Dana Goldberg
WKRP in Cincinnati.
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Alison Gill
Oh, the one of the best episodes of any TV sitcom ever, by the way. Or maybe we could listen to Alice's Restaurant or something. I'll figure something out, but there'll be something. There'll be some content for you on Friday, but we have a lot of news to get to today, including your listener submitted good news at the end of the show. But first, we have what we like to call quick hits. And to make a long story short, too late. All right, first up, as I said in the intro there, Jack Smith has filed motions with Judge Chutkan and with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to dismiss the charges, the federal ones, against Donald Trump in both of those cases without prejudice. Judge Chutkan granted the motion, leaving a very teeny tiny opening for the case to be brought again in 2029. I'll explain how that's probably not going to happen on the next episode of the Jack podcast and I also outline it in my substack militiaroad.com and also in the Florida case, Jack Smith asks only to dismiss the case for Trump, but not Walt Nauta and Carlos De la Vera. So that's interesting. He seems to want to get Judge Cannon's idiot dismissal of the case on the basis that Jack Smith was somehow inappropriately or illegally appointed and funded overturned. So we'll see what happens with that. But I've written these up like I said, militiarote.com and Andy and I are going to cover these filings in detail on the next Jack podcast.
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Dana Goldberg
Thanks so much. And this is from a source we don't cite every day, which is funny. This is from Guitar World. This is what they wrote. Gibson has confirmed to Guitar World that it has issued a cease and desist order to trump guitars owner 16 creative over the use of its single cut electric guitar model, quote as the design infringes upon Gibson's exclusive trademarks, particularly the iconic Les Paul body shaped. I know this is ridiculous, but I'm so glad they're doing this. The Trump Guitars site indicates the guitar brand is owned by sixteen Creative, by the way, pitched as a veteran owned multifocus branding agency and says that the instruments are, quote, custom designed and developed by a veteran owned company with the help of a master luthier. Now there's also mention of parts being supplied by multiple providers. China? I don't know actually, but I assume that are both domestic and international. China I assume, but I don't know. So it's possible the guitars are not made in the United States of America.
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Alison Gill
It is probable that the guitars are not made in the United States of America. And I imagine that the tariffs that Trump re announced today that he plans on imposing are not going to apply to these particular guitars. Although hopefully if Gibson is successful, he'll have to stop selling these entirely.
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Dana Goldberg
You know, but hey, listen, I imagine what guitars are cheaper than eggs, right? Or was that not know how this works?
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Alison Gill
Oh, well, These ones are 2,000 to $10,000.
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Dana Goldberg
Oh, okay. I mean, my eggs are not that much money. My goodness.
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Alison Gill
You can actually get an authentic Gibson Les Paul for less money.
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Dana Goldberg
And you could also get an entire chicken coop of chickens and eggs for less money than one of his guitars.
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Alison Gill
Yeah. Okay. Next up from the Associated Press, a white Florida woman who fatally shot a black neighbor through her front door during an ongoing dispute over the neighbor's children was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison for her manslaughter conviction. Susan Lawrence, she was 60 years old. She is 60 years old, was convicted in August of killing Ms. Owens and A.J. owens, who is 35, by firing a single shot from her.380 caliber handgun in June of 2023. She had faced a maximum of 30 years behind bars. The shooting was the culmination of a long running argument between the two neighbors over Owens's kids playing in a grassy area near both of their houses. So this woman just decided that the answer was to shoot this other woman and now she's going to be in prison for 25 years. So unbelievable hubris.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah.
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Alison Gill
And just, you know, I'm sure there's a large doses of racism involved in that attack as well. All right. We have more news to get to. Let's hit the hot notes. Hot notes. All right. First up from cnn, attorneys for Donald Trump conducted an internal investigation. Ooh. Into allegations that one of his top aides, the well beloved Boris Epstein, you can hopefully hear the sarcasm dripping from my voice in that statement. Has sought to gain financially. He, they, they investigated him because they thought some, for some reason he was trying to make money from his influence with Trump and others in the president elect's orbit. That never happened.
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Dana Goldberg
The scammer trying to scam a scammer.
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Alison Gill
Never happens with Donald Trump. Michael Cohen, what were they called? Consulting. What was the name of his firm? Essential. Essential Consulting. Yeah, that's what that was. The internal investig, which was confirmed by half a dozen sources. Half a dozen. And is not criminal in nature because it's, you know, private stuff. Has probed multiple instances of Boris Epstein allegedly requesting payments in exchange for promoting candidates for administration positions. He's trying to sell influence to promote cabinet picks or offering to connect individuals with people in the upcoming administration relevant to their industry, sources said. So this is Essential consulting. This is what this is. In one instance, he requested as much as $100,000 per month in exchange for his services. And that's according to a source familiar. Epstein's alleged activities prompted those looking into the matter to make an initial recommendation that Epstein should be removed from Trump's proximity and that he should not be employed or paid by Trump entities. That's according to two sources as of Monday afternoon. Doesn't appear the transition team will heed that recommendation. Epstein, long seen as one of Trump's most loyal advisers, has played a significant role in the transition, sitting in on key meetings and candidate briefings at the President Elect's Mar? A Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. But his presence has often been a divisive one. Part of the investigation focused on claims that Epstein proposed that Scott Besant, Trump's pick for Treasury Secretary. And I don't know if it's Besant or Besant. I don't care. No, I don't know. Um, but that's the treasury secretary nominee, nominee. Pay him to promote his name with Trump and others at Mar? A Lago. Besant did not make payments to Epstein. CNN has reached out to representatives of Besent for comment. And the back and forth between Epstein and Besent resulted in a very heated confrontation last week in the lobby of Mar A Lago, where Boris Epstein raised his voice at Besant. And that's according to two sources briefed in at least one other instance. Boris asked for payment in exchange for introductions and influence with the upcoming incoming Trump administration. That's according to two sources. Trump's legal team was investigating several other similar alleged incidents. According to sources familiar, the allegations concerning Epstein were brought to incoming White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. That's according to two sources, cnn that spoke to cnn. And it's unclear whether the allegations have been presented to Trump directly. Well, he knows about them now. At times, Epstein has described the services he's trying to sell as a type of consulting. That's essential Consulting. But the legal team investigating the issue has struggled to pinpoint any legitimate consulting work on Epstein or that Boris Epstein has provided. And that's according to a source. And I swear to God. Do you remember Michael Cohen set up Essential Consulting? He got paid by an aerospace firm for consulting. He got paid by at&t. Like just like, oh yeah, no, I'm totally an expert at aerospace and I'll pitch your shit to Donald Trump. All right, here's a quote. The way I see it, it is very much pay for play. That's one person who spoke to the legal team that investigated Epstein. The person described a separate incident in which Epstein allegedly tried to request payment from questionable consulting services, offering to connect the person with incoming administration officials relevant to their industry or lobbying firms that will be the most well connected to the new administration. The investigator assured the person that their interaction with Epstein was not an isolated incident. Quote it was like, hey, you're not the only one. The person said. He's gone to everybody for it. One person close to Epstein brushed off the notion that this was pay for play and just said, this is how Washington works. Okay, Swamp.
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Dana Goldberg
That's how their Washington works things AG this one's from Mediaite Elon Musk confirmed that post containing links in their main text are deprioritized on Twitter in a revelation that renews criticism that the platform is restricting the visibility and access to external sources of information. I don't know why that paragraph was so hard for me to read, but it was. But it was user Paul Graham, who has nearly 2 million followers, blasted quote Twitter's biggest flaw was the deprioritization of tweets with links in them in a complaint posted on Sunday. In reply, Musk suggested a workaround quote, just write a description in the main post and put the link in the reply. This just stops lazy linking. Musk's comment aligns with past guidance from Twitter that encourages users to post native content such as videos and articles directly to the platform rather than linking to third party sites. While the rationale appears to be a bid to increase user engagement within Twitter's ecosystem and discourage users from leaving the platform, the revelation renews scrutiny of must pass use of the technology to settle personal scores of managed narratives. Now the news also comes as media outlets and press freedom advocates, particularly in Europe, had voiced concern and launched legal action accusing the platform of enabling disinformation and promoting harmful content. The backlash intensified as prominent outlets like the Guardian announced its departure from Twitter, citing it as toxic information space and blasting Musk's influence. Washington Post analysis in August of 2023 revealed that Twitter had imposed delays on links to rival platforms like Facebook, Blue sky and Substack, as well as news outlets such as the New York Times. These delays, routed through Twitter's T Co domain repeatedly reduced traffic to targeted websites, potentially impacting their ad revenue. The New York Times expressed concern at the about quote, targeted pressure applied to any news organization for unclear reasons. Substack's founder similarly criticized the practice, stating that such behavior undermines creators ability to sustain independent platforms.
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Alison Gill
Yeah, and I have to tell you, like, I rerouted my substack to mueller.com instead of mueller.substack.com so I could post links on Twitter. But now I know that those outside links as well are getting throttled. And then, you know, the reason we went up in listenership, I think so hard is because, you know, I always posted links to our show and, you know, links to the podcast on Twitter. Those weren't showing up in people's feeds, but once I started posting them on Bluesky, bam, it went up pretty significantly. So anyway, we'll see what ends up happening with these lawsuits now that Musk is part of Dogecoin and he's going to work with Vivek Ramaswamy to kill all the government except for the contracts, the billions of contracts he has. Next up from Zachary Wolf at cnn. Impoundment is another word that Americans may need to learn in their vernacular of President elect Donald Trump's second term. If recess appointments are the unlikely and unprecedented way that Trump wants to work around the Senate to get his most controversial nominees in charge of cabinet agencies, impoundment is the unlikely way he envisions shrinking the federal government with or without congressional approval. Trump took the time to record a video about impoundment during the Republican primary season, and he promised seizing control over spending from Congress and how that would be a top priority if he was elected. Now the Constitution gives Congress the power of the purse, but the president is in charge of executing that law. Now, impoundment occurs when Congress appropriates money that the president then declines to spend. It occurred frequently in US history beginning in 1803, when Thomas Jefferson declined to buy gunboats to patrol the Mississippi as he negotiated the Louisiana Purchase with France. Richard Nixon abused the privilege, at least according to Congress at the time. After his reelection in 72, Nixon planned to use impoundment to achieve sweeping policy aims. That's according to the Congressional Research Service. He wanted to halt federal housing programs, reduce disaster aid and more. When Congress overrode his veto of the Clean water Act in 1972, he used the power of impoundment to refuse to spend a good portion of the $24 billion in funds meant to help clean sewage out of municipal water systems. Now, as a Result of these standoffs, Congress passed a law to curtail a president's use of impoundment, particularly for policy reasons. It's called the Impoundment control Act of 1974, and it did a lot more than that. It was passed alongside legislation that created the Congressional Budget Office, the official nonpartisan accountant at Capitol Hill, and also the House and Senate Budget Committees. So that was a big deal in 1974. Now, Trump tried to defy the impoundment law during his first term as president, you'll remember, by withholding funds to Ukraine as he, you know, pressured President Volodymyr Zelensky to help engineer an investigation into Joe Biden. If that sounds familiar, it's because that pressure led to Trump's first impeachment by Democrats in Congress, the one where Pam Bondi, our incoming Attorney general, if confirmed by the Senate, that, you know, she's. She. She defended him in that first impeachment. The funds were ultimately released, and the Government Accountability Office argued that the Trump administration did break the law by withholding the aid. In one of the videos he recorded to outline his second term agenda, Trump said reclaiming the power of impoundment would be a top priority, either through the courts or by getting Congress to give up its power. The Impoundment control Act of 1974, in Trump's telling, is, quote, not a very good act. This disaster of a law is clearly unconstitutional, a blatant violation of the separation of powers. No, honey, it helps strengthen the separation of powers. Congress has the power of the purse now. There will be obstacles. It doesn't take a leap of faith to guess that even many Republican lawmakers do not want to cede the power of the purse back to the White House. Trump may think he'll fare well challenging impoundment at his Supreme Court, which now leans to the right. That's an understatement and is skeptical.
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Dana Goldberg
After a couple of drinks, I lean to the right. This goes all the way the fuck to the right.
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Alison Gill
It's just a toss up. Supreme Court, really. It's skeptical of the federal bureaucracy. By the way, the court recently curtailed the power of agencies to interpret statutes passed by Congress. That was when they revoked the Chevron doctrine. That could also be read as a warning against executive overreach. Another Republican who has talked about repealing the Empowerment Control Act, Vivek Ramaswamy, the Ohio businessman who is in charge of Doge alongside Elon Musk, the Department of Government Efficiency. Despite its official sounding name, Doge, named to cross promote Musk's favorite cryptocurrency is an extra governmental initiative offering suggestions on how to engage in massive shrinkage of the size of the government, but with no authority to actually execute it. Empowerment could be a key tool in their plans. As a Republican presidential candidate, Ramaswamy said a president actually has untold power to go much further simply by reimagining other existing laws. He said a president could simply argue for efficiency and cost savings and reinterpret federal employment law to engage in mass layoffs by getting rid of half the federal workforce within a year. Up to 75% of federal workers could be fired within four years, according to Ramaswamy. During the Republican primary, that would be firing more than a million federal workers, 30% of which, by the way, are veterans. Do we want incremental reform or do we want a revolution? That's Ramaswamy. Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, Trump's picked to be attorney general, initially was in the front row at a 2023 speech in Washington where Ramaswamy laid out the plan to reinterpret existing law. The men agreed about the idea of shutting down the atf, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives. Ramaswamy, citing his new view of a law passed in 1977 signed by Jimmy Carter that references a president's authority to determine changes to agencies, would also obliterate the FBI, the Department of Education and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, among others. It's a heterodox view of the scope of presidential power, to say the least, and I'm not so sure the Supreme Court's going to disagree with him. It's not all that clear that Trump shares Ramaswamy's view of nixing all these agencies. I don't know, seems pretty clear to me. But even if he did, there would be lawsuits if Trump took Ramaswamy's advice to just simply end the FBI. That would be an interesting political argument to watch unfold after Republicans complained that Democrats want to defund the police.
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Dana Goldberg
I would indeed. And last in this section. This is from ella Nielsen at CNN. California Governor Gavin Newsom announced Monday he will provide $7,500 electric vehicle rebates for his state if President elect Donald Trump and congressional Republicans dismantle the federal credit, one of several consumer cost saving measures in President Joe Biden's climate bill. It's the first of what could be several issues. The California governor challenges Trump on positioning himself as a clean energy leader. Three days after the election, Newsom called on the state legislature to hold a special session to Trump, proof its progressive policies. Trump has promised to kill federal tailpipe rules that would push carmakers to produce more fuel efficient hybrids and electric vehicles. And Republicans in Congress are expected to attempt to rid of a tax subsidies for cleaner vehicles. On Monday, Newsom promised to step in to save the rules in his state, which has led the US in the number of EVs on the road. Electrical vehicles on the road every year since 2 2016. The governor proposed funding the new rebates from the state's cap and trade programs, which industrial polluters are required to pay under state law. We're not turning back on a clean transportation future. We're going to make it more affordable for people to drive vehicles that don't pollute. That's what Newsom said in a statement. Neither Trump nor Newsom will be able to act alone to kill or create the tax credits. Both need the help of their legislatures to do so. Republicans in Congress are eyeing extended trillions of dollars worth of tax cuts in 2025 and have said they'll look at repealing parts of the IRA to do so. The federal clean Vehicle tax credit is thought to be one of the more vulnerable pieces of Biden's 2022 climate and clean energy bill. However, several GOP lawmakers have sprawled EV factories being built in their districts, which could complicate Republican ambition to swiftly kill the credit. A clean vehicle rebate program ran in California from 2010 to 2023, helping consumers buy more than 594,000 electric vehicles, according to the state's news release. And I guarantee a massive percent of those happen to be Teslas, according to federal data, and Priuses. I've seen them around. According to federal data, 37% of the country's EVs are in California, about six times more than Florida, the state with the most EVs. Wow.
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Alison Gill
Yeah, I didn't know that.
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Dana Goldberg
I didn't either. And this is a quote. Consumers continue to prove the skeptics wrong. Zero emission vehicles are here to stay. That's what Newsom said in a statement. So we'll see what happens. I know there's a lot of Democratic governors want to tell Trump to go fuck himself and not do. You know, don't overreach too far because we're going to fight you on it, but we're going to see what's going to happen.
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Alison Gill
Yeah. And for many, many, many years, California has set the standards for vehicle emissions because we buy the most cars. So even if Trump repeals all that, California's be like, we're not going to buy your cars if they get eight miles to the gallon. And the car manufacturers aren't going to build cars that have, you know, high emissions or gas guzzlers. But anyway, we'll keep an eye on that for you. And I'm thankful for Governor Gavin Newsom to be to be standing up to this kind of. Absolutely. All right, we have good news and we need it today, but we have to take a quick break, so stick around. We'll be right back. Hey everybody, it's Ag Sleep and I have always had a complicated relationship. No matter how hard I tried, restful nights seemed out of reach and I was paying for it. During the day, it wasn't just about feeling tired. I was sore. Poor sleep made my digestion bad. It drained my focus. I felt off balance. That's why I'm so excited to talk about Beams Dream Powder, a science backed healthy hot cocoa for sleep. Other sleep aids can cause next day grogginess, but Beam Dream contains powerful all natural blends of reishi, magnesium, L theanine, apigenin and melatonin to help you fall asleep, stay asleep and wake up refreshed. Beam Dream is a bedtime treat fits perfectly with my evening routine. I love easy habits to pick up. All it takes is a quick mix of the Beam Dream with milk. I like milk or hot water. And then you have a warm, comforting drink that's delicious and healthy with decadent flavors like sea salt caramel brownie batter. It's hard to believe it has no sugar and only 15 calories per serving. And even better, helps me fall asleep faster and wake up feeling great. Beam Dream is also rigorously tested and formulated to make falling asleep easier and to help you stay asleep longer by supporting all four stages of your sleep cycle. Now, before I started using Beam Dream, my restless nights were making my mornings pretty rough. I'd wake up groggy, I'd have no energy. It'd be hard to start work. But since adding Beam Dream to my routine, everything is improved. I fall asleep faster, sleep deeper, wake up feeling refreshed. Most nights I like the cinnamon cocoa, but you know, all of the flavors are delicious. It's like winding down with a treat that helps me rest better. And there's never been a better time to finally try Dream Shop their Black Friday sale. You'll get up to 50% off when you visit shopbeam.com dailybeans and use code dailybeans at checkout. You've been hearing me rave about Dream, and this is your chance to finally try it for the lowest price of the year. So head over to shopbeam.com dailybeans and enter code dailybeans to unlock your early access for up to 50% off. Everybody, welcome back. It's time for the good news. Who likes good news? Everyone? Then good news everyone. Good news, good news. And if you have any good news confessions corrections, especially pronunciation corrections and you want to send those in, you can do it by going to DailyBeansPod.com and clicking on Contact. All you got to do to get your submission in is pay your pod pet tax. And if you don't have pod pet, you can send an a photo of any animal. Really. I mean we'll take really any animal and if you don't have that, you can send us an adoptable pet in your area. We'll see if we can help find him a forever home. And if you don't have that, baby pictures always work. Any baby yours, you as a baby, some random baby on the Internet.
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Dana Goldberg
Just baby photos without make sure you get permission.
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Alison Gill
Oh yes, please get permission. Also we love shout outs. Whether you want to do a self shout out which are really important right now, let us know what you're doing because like there's just so much going on. We need to take a minute for ourselves here and there and so we want, we want to hear those shout outs also shout outs to loved ones. People doing great community organizing in your area or if it's you know a loved one or you know those. Do you remember our really good friends Matt and Becca who always give each other shout outs all the time. Like the spouse shout outs are awesome. Just send them to us. And then of course a shout out to a government program. Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Affordable Care Act, VA Health Care, WIC, SNAP, the CHIPS act, some union stuff that's been helpful to you. Section 8. Anything at all especially and including student debt forgiveness. Send it to us dailybeanspod.com click on contact first up from Dale. Pronouns he and him first. Kudos to Eagle eyed Dana for spotting the dot on the dog's ear yesterday.
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Dana Goldberg
I knew I saw something at that resolution.
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Alison Gill
All I can tell from zooming is it seems to be a yellow relative to the ladybug. Maybe an Asian lady beetle. Instead of that, I'm sharing a picture of my North American bipedal doodle bug. Next, a half correction. Caveat emptor means buyer beware, not buyer's remorse. Didn't I, didn't I say buyer beware? Oh, my bad. See my brain. Finally a reminder about some Latin I'll bet you'll recognize. Nolate Bastardes Carborundorum, which is, I believe, from the Handmaid's Tale. Don't let the bastards get you down or grind you down. And look at this dog.
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Dana Goldberg
Oh, dababy.
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Alison Gill
So cute. Thank you, Dale. Caveat emptor. I knew that. Buyer beware. Not buyer's remorse. My bad. But this.
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Dana Goldberg
All right, this is from Dorian. No pronouns given. Greetings, bean squeens, and congrats on deservedly getting so many more listeners. I want to give a shout out to the place I work. Barrier free living in New York City, cares for survivors of domestic violence who have or whose children have disabilities. The last time the Orange Menace was in the White House, he drastically cut funding to vawa, which is what we rely on for funding. Our clients are among the most vulnerable people on the planet and my colleagues are angels. A shout out would help us a lot. This is bflnyc.org bflnyc.org if you got a few extra bucks you want to give them, Dorian's telling you to go check out this website and see what you can do.
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Alison Gill
Yeah. Bravo. Foxtrot Lima nyc.org Love it. Dorian. Thank you so much and thanks for the work that you all are doing. Next up, Marquis Pronouns he and him Good morning. Still loving the podcast and enjoying hearing your voices on the commute to work each morning. I wanted to share some good news for the upcoming Thanksgiving weekend. In April of 2022, my aunt wanted to start a project for custom made a custom made river table. The project had a good start but life got in the way and the project made slow progress. Recently we finished and my wife and I plan to rent a moving van and bring the finished river table to my aunt's house in California. When we drive up for Thanksgiving. It'll be the first time the family gets to use the table together and I'm so happy that the project is finally done. I share this story in hopes that it will reassure anyone that is working on their project that small progress is okay. If you stop enjoying yourself, take a break. You don't want your fun side project to be another cause of frustration, especially in these trying times. My tax see the family working on their river table and of course Missy Doggo, the cheerleader of the whole operation.
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Dana Goldberg
Oh my God, the dog.
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Alison Gill
And look at this beautiful table.
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Dana Goldberg
Fantastic.
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Alison Gill
This looks like my my studio table. I had a local artist get some reclaimed wood and pour some resin in the middle of it. It's gorgeous. Thank you for this Submission.
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Dana Goldberg
Absolutely right. This is from Lynette Pronoun. She and her hello. I'm a newish listener from Portland, Oregon. I started listening a couple months ago. Thank you so much for your podcast. It's given me some much needed hope and a source of news. The swearing really helps. I wanted to send a shout out to my friend Stephanie, owner and head chef at Just a Dash Kitchen in Beaverton, Oregon. In addition to providing tasty food, including to go lunch, sandwiches and charcuterie and take. Take and cook. That's what it's called. And take and cook at home meals items, she also has a micro event space that she's offering up for free to anyone who's concerned about getting married in the next couple of months. Wow, she's compiling. Yep. She's compiling a list of other vendors who are also offering their services for the next couple of months. She can be found on Instagram, Facebook and her website, which is just a-Kitchen.com I'm including a picture of my oldest Stuffy as alternate pod pet Tax. When I was about three and a half, our house was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. My family survived unharmed, but lost almost everything. I was given the sea otter and promptly named her Sea Otter. That may have been 40 years ago, but I'm not ashamed to say it has been helpful these last couple of weeks to cuddle with Sea Otter when going going to sleep. I will take any comfort I can right now. And she is a reminder that I am what I. Excuse me. She is a reminder of what I and my family have already survived. Oh my God. Sea Otter is adorbs. I love that you've had this for 40 years and my goodness. Yeah, just a Dash Kitchen in Beaverton. Go support.
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Alison Gill
I love this. Offering spaces for people to get married.
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Dana Goldberg
I know. Yep. And if. Yep. You know who you're talking about. If you're we're worried about weddings before June, January 20th. I get it.
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Alison Gill
I do too. All right, next up from Anonymous Pronoun. She and her I already have too many hobbies to start a new one, so I'm leaning into my current hobby of playing bagpipes. Fuck yeah. I performed at a concert and one of the tunes in the set was about being rebellious. And for whatever reason, that one minute of music gave me hope. Bagpiping does occasionally result in extra money, which I may need in Trump's economy, and it often results in free beer. I've been putting a little extra time in each day into this hobby and it does bring me peace and a sense of accomplishment. And my bandmates are always a source of joy. Also, you may have noticed the Scottish people have turned irritating Donald Trump into a national pastime. I have noticed. For pot pet tax, I'm sending in my new kittens, adopted the week before the election. Frodo and Samwise. Great names. Their siblings, Pippin and Mary are still available, along with lots of other eligible kittens and occasionally puppies@bittykittybrigade.com thank you always for keeping me sane in these insane times I found you via Trey Crowder a long time ago. Love, Trey Crowder. Look at these sweet babies.
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Dana Goldberg
Very, very sweet.
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Alison Gill
Oh, thank you for sharing. And everybody, thanks for sharing your good news. We need it, so send it to us, please. Dailybeanspod.com Click on Contact. It's only Monday. Well, it's Tuesday by the time you're listening to this. I apologize. Podcast time travel.
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Dana Goldberg
Oh yeah, it is Tuesday. I was like, isn't it Wednesday? It's not Wednesday yet. Nope.
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Alison Gill
Podcast time travel can confuse me on these foggy days. All right, do you have any final thoughts, my friend?
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Dana Goldberg
Not today. I'll have some for tomorrow.
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Alison Gill
All right, everybody will be back in your ears tomorrow. Until then, please take care of yourselves, take care of each other, take care of your mental health, take care of the planet, and take care of your family. I've been AG and I've been DG and them's the Beans.
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