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It's no surprise that newsmakers try to manipulate the audience. They want you to believe that they are the one holding the line, and they'll use any trick they can to get you there. But don't let them fool you. Get unspun. I'm Amanda Sturgel. I've been a reporter, and today I teach future reporters to cut the spin and think critically about what newsmakers say. My podcast, Unspun, shows you how to know when you're being manipulated by the news, learn to spot the tricks, and how to make up your own mind about what's true. So if you're tired of being fooled by the news, subscribe to UNSPUN today. Unspun because you deserve the truth.
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Host Allison Gill is out for the day. I'm Dana Goldberg and I forgot the date, so we're going to start over. Or we could just give this to the listeners now. It's Monday, March 23rd. I'm Dana Goldberg and this is Beans Talk. See, everyone? You get to see how the sausage is made. Literally, what happened was my co host Allison did not expect to be out today. We had some troubles with the WI fi, so I jumped in, took over. We want to make sure you have your daily, your beans talk for the day, and hopefully you listen to the long beans already. So we're going to cover a few things today that we didn't get onto the podcast first. First off, Trump is preparing the 86 airborne for a ground war in Iran that should surprise no one, but it continues to lift sanctions on Iranian and Russian oil. This is where this whole thing is just completely fucked up. He's, he's lifting sanctions on Iranian, Russian oil, which is helping arm Iran as Russia shares our troops locations with them. Do you see what's happening here? Because no one knows which way's up. But we want to show you what's gone on in the past two weeks with regard to Russia. So here we go. On March 12, special envoy Steve Witkoff asked the Russians if they were helping Iran. And he said, and I quote us, can take Russia at their word. When they say they aren't helping Iran, can we take Russia at their word, everybody? Has it ever been something we've been able to do in the history of taking Russia for their word? No. No. Because four days later, Trump says, well, maybe Putin may be helping Iran a little bit. A little bit about the size of Trump's, little bit about that much. That's how much. Really. I think they're probably helping Iran more than that. And then on March 20, Putin came around and said he'll stop sharing intel with Iran if the US Cuts off Ukraine. So now we've got blackmail going on. This is just a clusterfuck. They had no plan. We knew they had no plan. The US Is one of the only countries that's not benefiting from this forever war that he started that he was bullied into by Iran and Saudi Arabia. And then the treasury secretary goes on the Sunday shows to defend lifting sanctions on Iranian oil. Watch this. On Friday, the Treasury Department lifted sanctions on Iranian oil stored on tankers, a move that would effectively allow Iran to get more than $14 billion of oil revenue. Why is the US helping to fund a country that it's currently at war with?
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Mr. Secretary, again, Christine, why don't we have good facts here that Iranian oil was always going to be sold to the Chinese. It was going to be sold at a discount. So which is better, Christine? The seven. The. Which is better? If they were. If oil prices spiked to $150 and they were getting 70% of that, or oil prices below 100, it's better to have them where they are now. And to be clear, we had always planned for this contingency. About 140 million barrels are out on the water. In essence, we are jujitsu ing the Iranians. We are using their own oil against them. We have a much better line of sight, to be clear, a Treasury. When this oil goes to. If it goes to Indonesia, if it goes to Japan, if it goes to Korea, Korea, we have a much better line of sight and are able to block accounts that the oil goes into. When it goes into China, it completely gets recycled. So the fort, to be clear, that 14 billion number is grossly overstated.
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Are we just jiu jitsuing the Iranians? Is that what. Is that what we're doing now? What a mess. And these are American lives on the line. We've already lost soldiers, soldiers that supposedly Kegseth said he spoke to and then lied about the conversations. This is what we're doing. And check this out. There's prominent Republican communication strategist Frank Luntz. He says the US Wants six commitments from Iran to end the war. Okay, this is apparently what they're saying. We're asking for no missile program for five years, zero uranium enrichment, decommissioning of nuclear reactors, arms control treaties in regional countries, no financing for regional proxies, strict outside observation protocols around the creation and use of centrifuges. By the way, all of those things I just listed it's an Obama nuclear deal that Trump shredded. And by the way, that deal would have been in place until 2031. It would have been good for 15 years, not five, because Trump got rid of it. I wonder if Barack is just sitting back there going, you fuckers. Like, I have to imagine he talks like that behind closed doors sometimes with whatever the Trump administration has done with the things that he set in place. We already had these things. And meanwhile, what are we focusing on? What is the Trump administration focusing on? Trump's handpicked Commission on Fine Arts has apparently approved a giant gold coin with Trump's mug on it for the United States 250th anniversary. By the way, here's what it would look like. This is just ridiculous. I can't believe the people that voted for this are not frustrated by now. Honestly, I can't. I don't understand it. Why your grocery prices are going up, your gas prices are going up, our soldiers are dying. You didn't want another forever war. Why aren't you louder than anyone out there? And by the way, I don't ever say Trump is right about anything. But there's always a receipt. There's always a tweet. There's always something. Look at this 2024 from True Social Post. Stock markets are crashing, job numbers are terrible. We're heading to World War Three, and we have two of the most incompetent leaders in history. This is not good. But my goodness, sir, I could not agree more with you. And I rarely do. I rarely agree with you on anything. I'm right behind you with this one. Two of the worst leaders in our history. Okay, everyone, the best story this week comes from Rolling Stones. I want you to check out this headline. Top disaster response official claims he teleported to a Waffle House. Famous Greg Phillips says he has experienced multiple scary episodes of sudden teleportation.
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How high?
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I. I don't. I don't even know. I don't even know. Nikki McCann Ramirez writes this, and I quote, now, do not mistake Philip's description for something like a medical episode or a blackout of some form. He insisted that he was traveling from location to location without experiencing the passage of time. When his friends asked him where he was, he replied that he was at the Waffle House in Rome, Georgia, and. And then said, that's not possible. You just left here a minute ago. But it was possible. It was real. Phillips also claimed that he had once felt his car lifted up and teleported 40 miles to a ditch near a Church. Now, I'm not saying things like this are impossible. I believe in a lot in this universe and different things out there. I have a really hard time believing that this particular guy had his car lifted up, but he's teleporting in and out of Waffle Houses. Is a Waffle House. Is that what I just read to you? A Waffle House? I want a drug test on this guy. Can we get a drug test on this guy actually right now to get through this time in history? I don't blame anyone who's doing drugs. For those of you that are sober, congratulations. I mean, you've got the coping mechanisms that we don't. Because I tell you what, I may just leave. Sign off now and have a tiny bit of a gummy May not be your thing. I don't usually do it either, but some days call for it. It's been a long weekend. I had a great travel week. For those of you that listen to the Long Beans, I was in the Villages. I had a great show. The Villages. I know people give Florida a really hard time, but that community, at least the Rainbow Family and friends community, that brought me and was pretty extraordinary. And then I went off to North Carolina and we did a Human Right, Human Rights Campaign gala honoring my dear friend Fortune Feimster. So it was a good weekend, and I want to thank Allison for covering me on the Beans Talk as well as the Daily Beans. And I've got her today, and hopefully tomorrow her wi fi will be back up and we will be back in your eyes and your ears together. So thank you so much. Hope you all have a wonderful Monday. AG Will be here tomorrow. I'm Dana Goldberg, and that was Beans Talk. Don't know how to end that by myself. Daily beans. Daily beans.
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History is messy. It's weird, wild, and anything but boring. Rainy Day Rabbit Holes is a history podcast about unhinged stories that make you stop and ask, wait, is this real life? From crazy disasters and tasty scandals to enlightening and surprising heartwarming tales, we explore the moments where people behave badly and sometimes beautifully. We've got naughty politicians, cultural chaos, and a deep love for the Pacific Northwest, including Bigfoot. It's thoughtful, irreverent, occasionally serious, and always entertaining. Let's fall down the Rabbit hole.
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MSW.