Alison Gill (3:31)

Oh, he owns a ranch, thank God. That is always my number one question in Cabinet confirmation hearings. Yeah, but do you own a ranch? Hey, Ron, guess who else knew how to run an operation and owned a ranch?

Co-host/Commentator (3:49)

More than a good guy, he owns a ranch.

Alison Gill (3:51)

Just. And speaking of Epstein, Pam Bondi went in to do a briefing with Congress today and decided apparently that that somehow takes care of her subpoena. She's subpoenaed to be deposed behind closed doors by the House oversight committee on April 14th. But she's like, I came in and gave my briefing, that's enough. And then when Rep. Summer Lee pressed her on it and said, no, you need to show up for your lawful subpoena. Briefings are not the same as depositions. We didn't subpoena you to come in and give us a briefing. You're supposed to give us briefings. And when she was putting that to Pam Body, Jim Comer stepped in and said, quit your bitching. And so the Democratic caucus walked out of the meeting, went out to the press and said, fuck this, Pam Bondi. If you do not comply with your deposition subpoena, we will hold you accountable. Now, they're not in the majority. They will be soon. But fuck, like what? How, how much do you gotta kick dirt over this before somebody didn't, you know, besides us on Earth one call it a cover up. Just ridiculous. So I'm going to keep an eye on what goes on with Pam Bondi. I'm waiting any minute now for a letter saying, okay, thanks. Comer, Chair of the House Oversight Committee. My appearance and briefing today should satisfy your request. So we would ask that you withdraw your subpoena. Ugh. Anyway, let's pivot to Trump's war of choice in Iran. Gas prices are up about a dollar over the last month. Americans are spending an additional $250 million per day on gas. And since February 28, have spent an additional 3 billion, I believe, on gasoline. And Chelsea Gabbard is. And J.D. vance seemed to be having a really, really hard time squaring their identities as anti Iran war messengers. I mean, it's in their soul. That's all they talked about. Not all, but that was a big part of their messaging. Tulsi Gabbard, no useless wars in the Middle east, no senseless wars, no forever wars. We should not start a war specifically with Iran was one of her bits of messaging. And J.D. vance, you know, along with Stephen Miller, don't vote for Kamala or you'll be sending your sons and daughters to die in a forever war in the Middle East. You want peace, Vote for Trump. That was the message, that was the campaign trail message. And it's also one of JD Vance's like cornerstone messages that he would really like to run on in 2028. But during testimony on the Hill, Tulsi Gabbard refused to admit that there was no reason to attack Iran because she'll get fired, she'll get tossed out on her ass, despite the fact that she has testified before in previous testimony that there's no reason, there's no imminent threat from Iran. Watch this. Did you or the IC make any

Co-host/Commentator (7:02)

assessments as to the timing of potential

Alison Gill (7:05)

threats facing the United States from Iran in the last 90 days? I'm sure there was timelines factored into the intelligence assessments that were that were delivered, but any of them show imminence. The imminent nature of a threat is provided, is determined by the President based on a totality of the intelligence and information provided to him. And that was her answer over and over and over again. Do you have any intel that they were an imminent threat? Do you have any intel about about their nuclear arsenal? Do you have their non existent nuclear arsenal, their ability to get a nuclear weapon? Do you have any intel on this? Did you share it with the President? Look, I gather the intel, I give it to the President. The President makes the final decision. She even in real time took a statement out of her pre written opening statement about that because she didn't want to upset Donald Trump. But now, as if that weren't enough, the Republicans are trying to redefine the word imminent. Watch this.

Co-host/Commentator (8:07)

This nuclear program was an imminent threat to the United States. I'd say it's a persistent threat. I mean everyone's really getting hung up on the word imminent. And let's be clear about the word imminent. It's a subjective word.

Alison Gill (8:22)

Words, what do they mean? Hell, imminent. That's subjective really? It could mean not imminent. But like I said, J.D. vance is doing his best to remain a viable candidate in 2028, which he would. I mean I think he's in the lead, but he would not win. And he's trying to toe the line between being pro war like Trump wants him to be and backing this administration's message and being anti war. And I'm not the only one to notice.

Co-host/Commentator (8:57)

Watch straddle on both sides of the line. I think that every time J.D. vance is forced to publicly talk about this war, he sees his 2028 chances just slipping a little bit farther away. And the thing is, that's a similar statement to other things we've heard from the administration about. Well, the United States is energy independent. We have like, we produce more oil than any other country in the world. We'll be fine. The problem isn't our production, it's that the petrodollar is a global commodity, it's a global market. So even if we have plenty of oil, other countries are buying it for exorbitant prices that raise domestic prices at home. And when you had an administration, a president who ran entirely on $99 gas, the end to inflation, affordability, people are driving to work, stopping at the pump and realizing, like the woman in the video that's gone viral this week who was at a gas station, was approached by a news crew and said, I voted for him three times. I'm an idiot. Like, this is a betrayal of everything.

Alison Gill (9:58)

Now, the viral video she's talking about is actually from my friend Jonathan Allen, who helped, by the way, break the Pay to play story about Corey Lewandowski for NBC News, which, like I said, we covered on the Daily Beans audio podcast. But I have that viral video for you. Let's watch.

Co-host/Commentator (10:15)

Let's take a listen to one more woman who we spoke with. If you could say something to President Trump and he was gonna hear you right now, what would it be?

Alison Gill (10:24)

You are a worthless pile of.

Co-host/Commentator (10:28)

And you voted for him how many times?

Alison Gill (10:30)

Three times? That was my bad. Apparently, I'm an idiot. Oh, but don't worry, nobody don't. You don't have anything to worry about. Donald Trump, According to cnn, who's about to be a wholly owned subsidiary of Donald Trump through Keith Ellison, according to CNN, 100% of Trump supporters support Donald Trump groundbreaking. Now, I mean, just on this whole war, I think the Economist got it right this week with this cover. Look at that. I mean, he's a fucking idiot. And the midterms cannot get here fast enough. The primaries are here. Come on. Midterms. 170 something days until early voting starts for the midterms. And it can't get here fast enough because now the Pentagon is asking Congress. Well, they're asking the White House to ask Congress for an additional $200 billion to fund this illegal war of choice. Trump's illegal war of Choice in Iran. $200 billion. Maybe you should have thought of that when you blew 100 billion on lobsters playing piano last September, you vapid troglodyte. Anyway, told you I was a little bit riled up. Anyway, thank you so much for watching Dana. Sorry she's out. I don't know if I addressed that. I can't even remember. But she will be back on Monday. My brain is like full. Full of information. But she'll be back Monday, Sunday night, if you're a patron. And I will be here, too. There'll be an episode of Unjustified with me and Andy McCabe that's free wherever you get your podcast that comes out Sunday morning. And then I will also see all of the Midas mighty over on the Midas Touch Network at noon Pacific on Sunday for the breakdown. So everybody please have a safe and restful weekend. I'm Alison Gill, and you've been watching Beans Talk.

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