Beans Talk | C U Next Tuesday

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Daily Beans – Beans Talk | C U Next Tuesday (April 4, 2026)

Hosts: Allison Gill & Dana Goldberg
Podcast: The Daily Beans – A progressive, snark-filled take on political and social justice news
Episode Theme: A snappy, sharp-witted breakdown of the ousting of Attorney General Pam Bondi, ongoing voter suppression efforts, Trump’s recent speech interruptions, and broader challenges in the current political climate.

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Episode Overview

This episode zeroes in on the dramatic firing of Attorney General Pam Bondi, speculating on the implications for Trump’s administration, ongoing investigations, and the state of justice in the U.S. The hosts blend strong opinions with pointed humor to unpack current events, including new executive orders on voting, legal battles, and the administration’s media distractions.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Pam Bondi Out as Attorney General

[00:57]–[06:00]

• Bondi’s Exit:

  • Pam Bondi was removed from her post as Attorney General.
  • The mood is celebratory, but the hosts note her ousting wasn’t because of her failures, but, as Allison puts it, for “not being a terrible enough Attorney General.”

• Successors in Play:

  • Discussion of possible replacements, including Todd Blanche (acting AG), Lee Zeldin, and "someone from Missouri."

  • Running joke about Trump’s penchant for appointing loyalists (Eastman, Jeffrey Clark, Ghislaine Maxwell, etc.).

    “Don’t let the door hit you where the good Lord split you.” – Dana Goldberg [01:15]

• Subpoena Drama:

  • Despite her firing, Pam Bondi is still under subpoena by House Oversight (regarding her role in the Epstein files). Some Republicans are said to be waffling on the subpoena.

    “The only thing that can quash the subpoena is if Republicans…unsign it…” – Allison Gill [03:35]

• Speculation on Bondi’s Next Move:

  • Banter over Bondi landing a seat at Fox News, CNN post-merger, or a cushy job at Truth Social or Trump Media to “keep her mouth shut.”

    “She knows where the bodies are buried.” – Dana Goldberg [05:58]

• Jonathan the Tortoise Analogy:

  • A lighthearted moment referencing Jonathan, the world’s oldest tortoise, having outlasted 76 US Attorneys General, from Roger B. Taney to Pam Bondi.

    “Jonathan is the great survivor.” – Allison Gill [06:10]

2. Media Manipulation and Distractions

[06:39]–[07:43]

• Misdirection and War News:

  • The Bondi firing may also be a distraction from underreported or manipulated Iran war casualty numbers.

  • Suspicions that government casualty figures post-March 14 may be inaccurate.

    “Hard to believe. So they also think that maybe this is a distraction for that.” – Dana Goldberg [07:13]

• Trump’s Address Interrupts TV:

  • Trump interrupted the show Survivor with a primetime address, offering “absolutely nothing except how amazing he is.”

  • Hosts lampoon his lack of plan for ending the war and the incoherence of his speech.

    “He slurred his speech the entire time... He created more questions than he had answers.” – Dana Goldberg [08:08]

3. Mock Solutions to Trump’s Leadership

[08:35]–[10:02]

• Social Media Satire - “Design Mom” Proposal:

  • Satirical suggestion: Call the White House pretending to be “in charge of Iran” to negotiate directly with Trump.

  • Extended joke about setting Trump up in a “Truman Show”–like Oval Office set (complete with props) to keep him busy, while real governance happens elsewhere.

    “Get him to sign executive orders that don’t really say much. And that’s right.” – Allison Gill [09:22]

• Trump’s Phone Habits:

  • Notorious for being accessible; anecdote about Tiger Woods claiming, during his own arrest, to be on the phone with Trump.

    “Sorry, I was talking to the President.” – Dana Goldberg relaying Tiger Woods' quote [10:24]

4. Voting Rights: Executive Orders and Lawsuits

[10:47]–[14:26]

• Newest Executive Order:

  • Trump signed an executive order curtailing vote-by-mail and demanded a federal list of voters.

  • The move is described as “creepy and fascist.”

    “Send us a list of your citizen voters. Yeah, it’s creepy and fascist.” – Allison Gill [11:11]

• Dems' Legal Pushback:

  • Within 24 hours, the full slate of Democratic organizations sued to block the order.
  • Lead attorney Mark Elias (Democracy Docket) represents them, and the case is randomly assigned to Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, who previously blocked similar efforts.

• Quote from Judge Kollar-Kotelly’s Prior Decision [12:37]:

  “Put simply, our Constitution does not allow the President to impose unilateral changes to federal election process.”
  — Judge Kollar-Kotelly ([12:37])

• Outlook on the Case:

  • Confidence the order won’t survive Judge Kollar-Kotelly’s scrutiny, though Trump could seek an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court.

  • Hosts express relief, noting the timeline is tight for any legal reversals before November elections.

    “This one’s not going to just going to slide down like a wet noodle.” – Dana Goldberg [14:26]

• Supreme Court, Conversion Therapy, and Dissents:

  • Unexpected 8:1 SCOTUS ruling on conversion therapy, with some liberal justices concurring — hosts express confusion and concern.

5. Final Thoughts & Sign-off

[16:50]–[17:13]

• Humor about keeping the podcast schedule straight, expressions of community with the audience, and reassurance that the political tide hasn’t fully turned against democracy.

  “We’re going to throw everything at the wall and see what sticks.” – Dana Goldberg [14:26]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

| Timestamp | Speaker | Quote/Highlight | |-------------|---------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 01:15 | Dana Goldberg | “Don’t let the door hit you where the good Lord split you.” | | 03:35 | Allison Gill | “The only thing that can quash the subpoena is if Republicans…unsign it…” | | 05:58 | Dana Goldberg | “She knows where the bodies are buried.” | | 06:10 | Allison Gill | “Jonathan is the great survivor.” [On the tortoise outliving 76 Attorneys General] | | 08:08 | Dana Goldberg | “He slurred his speech the entire time... He created more questions than he had answers.” | | 10:24 | Dana Goldberg | Recounting Tiger Woods: “Sorry, I was talking to the President.” | | 12:37 | Judge Kollar-Kotelly (quoted by A. Gill) | “Put simply, our Constitution does not allow the President to impose unilateral changes to federal election process.” | | 14:26 | Dana Goldberg | “This one’s not going to just going to slide down like a wet noodle.” |

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Pam Bondi’s Firing & Next Steps: [00:57]–[06:00]
• Distractions and War Casualty Cover-up: [06:39]–[07:43]
• Trump’s TV Interruptions & Media Satire: [07:43]–[10:02]
• Voter Suppression Executive Order & Lawsuit: [10:47]–[14:26]
• SCOTUS Surprises & Legal Intrigue: [14:26]–[16:42]
• Sign-off: [16:50]–[17:13]

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Tone & Style

• The episode is full of biting humor, righteous indignation, and an undercurrent of optimism about the resilience of democracy and the legal system.
• The hosts are irreverent and bold, often using sarcasm and pop culture allusions (The Truman Show, Survivor) to cut through the cynicism of current events.

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Summary Takeaway

This episode of The Daily Beans delivers a lively, sharply critical look at the latest shakeups in the Trump administration, deepening legal fights over voting rights, and the often absurd theater of modern American politics. Listeners are left with both laughs and a sense of encouragement—reminded that, even amid chaos and injustice, checks, balances, and accountability remain possible.

Transcript

[A]

Hi, I'm Frances Collier.

[B]

And I'm Angela V. Shelton.

[A]

And we're Frangela.

[B]

You know what you mean in your life. The Final Word podcast.

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Yes, you do.

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That's right.

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It is the final word on all things political and pop cultural, where we

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inspire you so you can resist.

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Subscribe and get a new episode of the Final Word podcast each week. It's the news we think you need to hear. That's right.

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We think you need to hear it.

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Okay.

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Yeah.

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It's what we say.

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So.

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That's right. And because all we do is give. Every Thursday, you can listen to our hysterical podcast, Idiot of the Week.

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We round up the stupid. Because you know what? Somebody has to.

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Okay?

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All we do is give. Hey, Everybody. It's Friday, April 3rd, 2026. I'm Alison Gill.

[C]

And I'm Dana Goldberg. And this is Beans Talk.

[D]

Pam bondi is out.

[C]

Hey. Goodbye.

[D]

Don't let.

[C]

Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

[D]

I was gonna say, don't let the big banner of Donald Trump hit you on the ass on the way out.

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My favorites. Don't let the door hit you where the good Lord split you.

[D]

See ya. See you out owt. Yesterday's news bell bottoms out.

[C]

Right out.

[D]

And you know these as. As great as, like, these feel about these terrible people getting fired. It's kind of tempered by the fact that she wasn't fired because she's a terrible Attorney General. She was fired because she wasn't a terrible enough Attorney General. And now Todd Blanch, who, as you so you know, distinctly pointed out on the Audio Beans podcast, was Trump's personal lawyer in many of the cases, is the acting Attorney General until a new Attorney General is confirmed. And I know that he's considering Lee, Zelda and Dana. You said he was thinking about somebody else, too, Maybe.

[C]

I think there was one like the Attorney General of Missouri or something like that. Something obscure, but someone that actually has been an attorney because the name is in the title. I don't think Lee Zeldin has any law experience.

[D]

I think he's a lawyer.

[C]

Is he? Oh, the epa. I just made that up.

[D]

He's the guy who destroyed the Environmental Protection Agency. So who better to continue to destroy the Department of Justice, then?

[C]

There you go. There you have it. Thank you for the correction.

[D]

I'm surprised it wasn't, you know, Eastman or Jeffrey Clark or something, or Gaylee Maxwell.

[C]

Be like, just let her out of prison and I'm going to appoint Kaylee Maxwell. To the Attorney General.

[D]

Oh, Lord. But anyway, I, you know, you asked a really great question during the. The Daily Beans, which was, does this. Does she still have to testify on the Hill? Because you'll remember House Oversight subpoenaed her. Five Republicans voted with all the Democrats to issue a subpoena to Pam Bondi to force her to answer questions in a deposition, not in a hearing where they each get five minutes and she can do a burn book shit. But a deposition by lawyers, staff lawyers on. On the Oversight Committee about her, about the Epstein files. It's her complete failure to. To follow the law. Right. Yeah. And, you know, a week or two ago, we. We reported that some of the hardliner Republicans who had signed that subpoena are thinking now about removing it because Pam Bondi did a. On Capitol.

[C]

They didn't like the way she was treated. So Lauren Boebert thinks they should. Shouldn't have to testify anymore.

[D]

Okay, well, why don't you just give her a hand job in a theater?

[C]

So.

[D]

Yeah. So. No, her subpoena still stands. The only thing that can quash the subpoena is if Republicans withdraw their drives, unsign it, basically. Which they can do.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

And withdraw it themselves. So we'll see what Jim Comer does in the wake of this. He might say, oh, she's not the Attorney General anymore, so we don't need her testimony in the Epstein matter. Like you, That's.

[C]

Yeah. She has seen everything. She's seen everything. Literally.

[D]

Yeah. So that there. And there could be several reasons behind this ouster. I've. Back when he fired Gnome, I said Bondi would be next.

[C]

Yep.

[D]

Followed by Kash Patel. And I figured that Bondi would be next, first of all, because of that second hearing.

[C]

Brutal. Yeah.

[D]

Right. Second of all, because she hasn't really gotten any. She can't indict a ham sandwich. And, you know, so, like, everything that every case, pretty much that they've tried to bring against the President's political enemies has completely fallen apart. And Trump had said that they're, you know, that the weaponization work group is not going as planned. And he wants to amp up, you know, his. His attacks on his political enemies. But also, you remember last week she accidentally released a Jack Smith memo that divulged the President's motives.

[C]

Yep. She sure did.

[D]

And I was like, I. I think she's especially not long for her job now, so we don't know precisely why, but he's not moving her to the. To the Shield of the Americas or whatever you Know to be the.

[C]

Another one of them. Yeah.

[D]

Council for whatever the that is. She's out. She's out of the government. She'll be working in the private sector. What do you think she's gonna do? What's her job?

[C]

It's gonna something with hiding something and. And lying for somebody else.

[D]

Fox News anchor. Yeah.

[C]

Fox News anchor. There you go.

[D]

Maybe she'll be the news new CNN bureau chief since cnn, since the merger.

[C]

Or maybe she's definitely going to be on Fox News.

[D]

You're absolutely right. A nice cushy seat on the board at Truth Social, at Trump Media, maybe.

[C]

I don't know. They got to give her something to keep her mouth shut. Right.

[D]

And can. She still wants her pardon, though. Yeah.

[C]

She knows where the bodies are buried.

[D]

Yeah. So she's not going to be a dick because she still needs that pardon. Yeah. And he's going to dangle that over her head like a sword of Damocles. But probably.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

The most. The single most important angle about this ouster comes from St. Helena. Look at this quote. Not only is Jonathan the tortoise alive and well on St. Helena, but during his time on the planet, he has now seen off 76 US attorneys general, from the 11th attorney general, Roger Brooke Taney in 1832 to the outgoing 87th attorney general Pam Bondi in 2026. Jonathan is the great survivor.

[C]

He sure is. I'm glad he said it was Jonathan. I thought that was Mitch McConnell next to her for just a second in that photo. But I wouldn't anyone insult a tortoise and Jonathan like that. Yeah. I also think that this whole thing with Pam Bondi, the timing's really interesting. There's a lot of stories coming out if you watch under the Dust news about how they are misrepresenting the deaths in the Iran war. That way more people have died in Iran than they are saying, as well as they have not reported any Deaths military since March 14th. And so they're telling us with all the bombing and all of the things that have happened, no one else has died or been injured since March 14th. Hard to believe. So they also think that maybe this is a distraction for that.

[D]

Well, we did have the story that I think 10 or 12 U.S. service members were injured in that attack on the Saudi air base.

[C]

Yep.

[D]

But two seriously. And like I can't remember the exact numbers, but it was upward of a dozen that were injured. But that's it. You're right. That's all we've heard.

[C]

We'll see anyway. Donald Trump was an asshole again, and he interrupted Survivor this time, pissing off a lot of people, really, just to say absolutely nothing except how amazing he is. And there was nothing he said that was a value in the address to the nation to interrupt a primetime television show of any kind. To be honest with you, he still has absolutely no plan to end this war. Ground troops are still possible. The war's winding down, but the destruction's about to ramp up. This guy has no idea what's happening. He slurred his speech the entire. As I slur mine. He slurred his speech the entire time. Everybody made no sense, which is par for the course these days. And he created more questions than he had answers. In addition, the commentary, it was really. It was bad. I can't believe this is the President of the United States.

[D]

Yeah, no, it is.

[C]

Yeah. Just demented. You know, I think the Design mom, this is really. I don't know if everyone follows Design mom had a pretty good solution for all of this. This is what she posted. Has anyone tried just calling the White House and saying, hello, I'm in charge of Iran and I'm ready to negotiate. Connect me with the. Donald. With the President, Donald Trump, immediately. I feel like if you have a deep voice and sound like you're tall, you can easily convince him to pull back the troops.

[D]

I love this idea. This reminds me of, like, taking it back to a Truman show thing where we just kind of. But, like, wait till he goes sleepies and then, like, wheel him into a whole set Oval Office and let him play president with a phone that doesn't work and, you know, yeah, whatever. And get him to sign executive orders that don't really say much. And that's right.

[C]

Here you go, Donald. Here is your notebook.

[D]

Here's.

[C]

Here's your Sharpie.

[D]

And meanwhile, we have, like, the regular government going on, but we all watch the Trump show on tv. I think that's still a. I also

[C]

feel like that's pretty much what's happening because I'm not sure his phone works anyway, because we know Stephen Miller's running this, so there is a possibility that his phone only dials into, like, Stephen Miller's apartment. Could be.

[D]

Could be. Although some. Somebody reported last week, I can't remember who it was, that he. That he just answers his private cell phone. Like, he'll just. He. He answers it. If you call him, like.

[C]

Well, according to Tiger woods, that's who he's talking to. Did you see that video of his arrest? Oh, yeah. They had a video of his arrest. They trying to get Tiger to walk over, to take his breath. You know, his. His test, his drunk tests. And they're like, c, can you join us over here and get off the phone? And of course, Tiger hangs up. And he was like, sorry, I was talking to the President. So we know who Donald Trump. Yep. We know who Donald Trump. Yeah, we know who Donald Trump is talking to. Trying to. Tiger woods is like, I'm in a lot of trouble, dude. Can you get me out of this?

[D]

Okay.

[C]

All right.

[D]

No, I didn't see that. Holy shit. But I do love that sign. Trump. What is it? Tiger woods for Trump chauffeur. Yeah, I think that.

[C]

Well, now it'll be in your algorithm. You're welcome. Everyone check your phone. You're going to start seeing the videos of Tiger woods arrest and Palm beach or whatever it was, right?

[D]

Because they're all listening. And this is a really cool story. And I just. I thought we would end on this because it's a nice little bit of schadenfreude. A nice moment is then as we send you off into the weekend. Tuesday, three days ago, is when Trump signed that illegal executive order curtailing vote by mail and requiring a federal list of citizens or whatever. You know, send us a list of your citizen voters. Yeah, it's creepy and fascist.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

That was Tuesday. This is a second voting rights suppression executive order, by the way. He had another one a year ago, remember? Now, that was Tuesday. Within 24 hours, the Democratic Party, meaning the DNC, the DCCC, the DSCC, the Democratic governors Association, Congressional party leaders, they all sued to block this particular executive order. And they're all being represented by the founder of democracy docket, Mark Elias, who promised Badass he would sue if this happened. Yep. So that was Wednesday. Now, Thursday we learned that this case has been randomly assigned to Judge Kohler Cotelli. Now, she is the same judge that permanently blocked Trump's first voter suppression executive order.

[C]

Amazing, right? She.

[D]

She blocked it immediately about a year ago when he. Right after he wrote it and signed it. And then she issued this past January a permanent injunction against most of that old voter suppression executive order. She has the new case. She's the one who wrote this a year ago in the first one. Okay, here's what she wrote. Quote, these consolidated cases are about the limits to the president's power to dictate the rules of federal elections. The framers of our Constitution recognize that power over election rules could be abused either to destroy the national government or to disempower the people from acting as a check on their elected representatives. See for example the Federalist number 59, Alexander Hamilton Federal Farmer number 3. Accordingly, they entrusted this power to the parts of our government that they believed would be most responsive to the will of the people. First to the states and then in some instances to Congress. See also US Constitution, Article 1, Section 2, Clause 1, US Constitution, Article 1, Section 4, Clause 1. They assigned no role at all to the President. Put simply, our Constitution does not allow the President to impose unilateral changes to federal election process. That's lovely.

[C]

Absolutely lovely.

[D]

That is what she wrote last year, the first time she got a case like this and she was just assigned this one. That is the judge that got this case purely by coincidence.

[C]

Dana. That is just something. Looking over the shit show of democratic republic we have right now, this to me feels like a intervention from above or below or whoever you believe in.

[D]

Now that ruling, I just read about last year's voting suppression executive order. Trump is still appealing that permanent injunction, but there's no way on earth that this new executive order survives. Judge Kohler Cotelli.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

And if he's just now getting around to appealing his year old executive order, there's no way that this can happen between now and November.

[C]

I love to hear that. That makes me feel a lot better because they're going to throw everything at the wall and see what sticks. So it's nice to know that this one's not going to just going to slide down like a wet noodle.

[D]

Like a wet noodle. I mean, we'll see. He might, he might run straight to the Supreme Court. Who he tried to Mad Dog the other day out of birthright citizenship.

[C]

I mean Roberts shot him. Katanji Brown Jackson. I heard he left right after Ketanji Brown Jackson basically like put the hammer down and he got embarrassed and he was like, all right, I'm out.

[D]

Yeah. And about 10 minutes into the ACLU lawyers presentation. Yeah, he pieced out nap time, I guess getting ready for say nothing on TV later.

[C]

That would be embarrassing if the sketch artist was like, and this is the President asleep at the Supreme Court.

[D]

Yeah, so I, I don't know. He might run to the Supreme Court and be like, hey you guys, please emergency docket. Could you shadow docket this for me, you know. Yeah, he might, I don't know, but we'll see. This is the same judge and if this same judge, I imagine she'll issue a temporary restraining order. But again, he could run directly to the Supreme Court and try to see if he could get us, you know, the stay lifted because she'll. She'll stay this temporarily while she decides on a more permanent injunction. But he's successfully gone to the Supreme Court before to stay temporary restraining orders, which are usually not even appealable. But I don't know, the Supreme Court likes to kind of use the shadow docket to get around that shit.

[C]

With an 8:1 ruling and conversion therapy, I don't know what the fuck they're going to do about anything anymore. Because I never thought it would be eight to one. Six to three maybe, but that's it.

[D]

Yeah. That was also very surprising to me for. For Kagan and Sotomayor to be. To concur with that, while also simultaneously saying that you can write a law, a better law, to ban conversion therapy without. I don't know if it was with or without considering the ramifications of the concurrence. I mean, we still would have lost six. Three.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

But it would have been nice to have those votes.

[C]

Absolutely. Absolutely.

[D]

Anyway, we talked a lot about that. Thank you all so much. Thank you so much for watching. Are you good? I don't. Are you. Are we going to be together on Monday?

[C]

We are going to be together Monday. Yes.

[D]

I know. I can't keep. I'm so.

[C]

Yeah, we are together Monday.

[D]

All right, great. Well, then we'll both see all of you on Monday. So any final thoughts?

[C]

I have none. I think we should just leave.

[D]

All right, let's get out of here. We should definitely leave.

[C]

Have a good weekend, everybody.

[D]

Yeah. I'm Allison Gill.

[C]

I'm Dana Goldberg. And that was beans talking.

[A]

Hi, I'm Frances Collier.

[B]

And I'm Angela V. Shelton.

[A]

And we're Frangela.

[B]

You know what you need in your life? The Final Word podcast.

[A]

Yes, you do. That's right.

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It is the final word on all things political and pop cultural, where we

[A]

make real news, real funny, where we

[B]

inspire you so you can resist.

[A]

Subscribe and get a new episode of the Final Word podcast each week. It's the news we think you need to hear.

[C]

That's right. We think you need to hear it.

[B]

Okay.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

It's what we say.

[D]

So.

[B]

That's right. And because all we do is give. Every Thursday, you can listen to our hysterical podcast, idiot of the Week.

[A]

We round up the stupid. Because you know what? Somebody has to.

[C]

Okay.

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All we do is give.