Coming For Bovino

Summary

The Daily Beans — "Coming For Bovino"

Date: March 3, 2026
Hosts: Allison Gill (AG) and Dana Goldberg (DG)
Producer: MSW Media

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Episode Overview

This episode delivers a fast-paced rundown of major stories in justice and politics, steeped in the hosts’ trademark blend of sharp-eyed reporting and biting wit. Central topics include a criminal investigation into federal agents’ conduct during Operation Metro Surge (focusing on Gregory Bovino), the release of Clinton video depositions, catastrophic HIV medication cuts in Florida, the rollback of DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) policies at Scouting America, and further reporting on the Justice Department’s lack of charges against associates of Jeffrey Epstein. The hosts balance hard news with audience interaction and a “good news” segment, aiming to inform and sustain progressive listeners amid mounting national stress.

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Main Discussion Points & Insights

1. Criminal Investigation into Gregory Bovino and Operation Metro Surge

• Source: Minnesota Star Tribune

• Summary:

  • Hennepin County District Attorney Mary Moriarty is criminally investigating 17 instances of potential unlawful behavior by federal agents during Operation Metro Surge.
  • Notable among them: U.S. Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino (referred to as "Nazi coat guy" by AG), remembered for using chemical irritants against protesters near Mueller Park in Minneapolis. Video evidence was captured, including Bovino shouting warnings such as, "I'm going to gas. Get back. Gas is coming. Gas is coming. Second warning. Second warning." (04:24)
  • The investigation follows several high-profile fatalities: Renee Goode and Alex Preddy, killed by federal agents.
  • The county opened a public portal for citizens to submit evidence—over 1,000 submissions already received—with the portal now closed for these shootings as evidence is compiled.
  • There is major obstruction from the Trump administration, which is not cooperating or handing over key investigative materials, prompting threats of legal action by Moriarty’s office.

• Notable Quotes:

  • “The shit show continues, my friend.” — Dana Goldberg (01:45)
  • “...the Trump administration continues to actively obstruct any investigation into the use of force by its agents.” — AG summarizing DA Moriarty (07:42)

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2. Florida Cuts HIV Medication for 12,000 People

• Source: The Advocate & Tampa Bay Times

• Summary:

  • A sudden rule change in Florida, enacted just before a lawsuit hearing, slashes HIV drug support program eligibility—previously up to 400% of the federal poverty level ($60k/year), now down to 130% ($21k/year).
  • Advocates describe the move as “legal subterfuge,” arguing it creates a preventable public health crisis.
  • The Department of Health cites funding shortages, while critics accuse the state of cruelty, especially targeting the LGBTQ community.

• Notable Quotes:

  • “The stress this is causing for many of us living with HIV right now is indescribable... the fear, the panic of not knowing where to turn within a health care system in this state that's falling apart.” — Michael Ragner, HIV advocate (10:32)
  • “This is cruelty. The cruelty is the point.” — Senator Chevron Jones, per DG (10:44)

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3. Epstein Probe: DOJ Examined Seven Men, Pressed No Charges

• Source: Wall Street Journal

• Summary:

  • After Epstein’s 2019 death, prosecutors spoke with his victims about possible co-conspirators—including billionaire Leon Black, banker Jess Staley, and psychiatrist Henry Jarecki.
  • Victims provided details of sexual assaults but, despite their willingness to cooperate, the DOJ declined to bring charges, citing insufficient evidence, even after a 2025 case review.
  • The hosts raise pointed questions about prosecutorial inaction, both federal and state (Manhattan DA).

• Notable Quotes:

  • “None of the men were charged. The files show that... the Justice Department did not pursue charges against any of the men those victims named.” — AG (11:12)
  • “What we need to know is who was investigated, why charges weren't brought not only by the Department of Justice in 2019, 2021 and 2022, but why the DA? The Manhattan DA didn't bring charges either.” — AG (17:37)

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4. Scouting America Abandons DEI Policies

• Source: The New York Times

• Summary:

  • In response to pressure from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Trump’s executive order axing DEI in federal programs, Scouting America will discontinue its DEI-focused merit badge and official efforts.
  • Despite Pentagon pressure, the organization insists it will still welcome girls and transgender youth and will not revert to the “Boy Scouts” name.

• Notable Quotes:

  • “Many other details of the agreement remained unclear. The statements in Scouting America had staved off a demand from the Pentagon to change the organization's name back to the Boy Scouts of America and to once again exclude the more than 200,000 girls who participate.” — DG (20:00)
  • “You want to go die in a useless, unnecessary, illegal war in Iran that's probably going to be going on for the next two decades now.” — AG, questioning Pentagon priorities for Scouting (21:29)

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5. Latest Developments: Trump's War in Iran and Congressional Calls

• Summary:

  • Report of four more U.S. service members killed in the escalating conflict in Iran, a war the hosts repeatedly call “a war of choice” with no clear purpose or justification.
  • Urgent call for listeners to demand Congress reassert control via the War Powers Resolution (27:03), underscored by rising U.S. and civilian casualties.

• Notable Quotes:

  • “It’s just that doesn’t need to be happening. A war of choice that has no purpose. There’s like eight different reasons now from this administration as to why we’ve gone into this war, and none of them make any sense.” — AG (03:19)
  • “We really have to get this war powers resolution signed.” — AG (27:16)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “I’m just so tired of hearing, like, the DOJ investigated, blah blah blah, nothing fucking happened. Like, it’s. It’s exhausting.” — Dana Goldberg (01:48)
• “He is among 17 instances of potential unlawful behavior by federal agents during Metro Surge, currently being investigated for criminal charges...” — AG on Bovino, (04:25)
• Sarcastic references to “Earth Centered Pagan Religion" badges in Scouting America and much comedic riffing about DEI, merit badges, and Thin Mints (19:23–21:09).
• “I can’t. So they are kowtowing to Pete Kegseth but they’re saying, we’re still accepting transgender troops... So what do they change?” — AG (21:18)

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Timestamps of Key Segments

| Timestamp | Segment/Topic | |-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 01:08 | Episode headlines/Top stories rundown | | 03:21 | U.S. casualties in Iran/Hosts’ take on the war | | 04:19 | DA investigation: Gregory Bovino, Operation Metro Surge | | 08:17 | Florida cuts HIV medication; impact and legal battle | | 11:09 | DOJ’s inaction on Epstein co-conspirators | | 17:50 | Scouting America DEI policy rollback and Pentagon pressure | | 27:03 | Good News/5 Calls app: Demand War Powers Resolution | | 27:17+ | Listener good news and pet photo submissions (uplifting and humorous) |

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Tone & Language

The hosts maintain their signature style:

• Witty, irreverent, and laced with sarcasm: (“House Oversight, which is also a giant joke…”)
• Candid frustration with institutions: (“It’s just exhausting.” “The cruelty is the point.”)
• Warmth towards their audience: Sharing personal stories, reading listener submissions, and encouraging hope and activism even as the news feels overwhelming.

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Conclusion

This episode encapsulates the mission of The Daily Beans: frank and in-depth progressive news analysis, informed outrage at injustice, genuine empathy, and moments of levity. The hosts marshal facts, personal perspective, and community engagement to help listeners endure challenging news cycles.

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For more, check out Beans Talk on YouTube and visit dailybeanspod.com to submit good news or listener questions.

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Hello and welcome to the Daily beans for Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Today, the Hennepin County DA is criminally investigating Gregory Bravino and others actions during Operation Metro Surge. The House Oversight Committee has released the video depositions of Bill and Hillary Clinton. Florida has cut off 12,000 people from receiving their HIV medication. Scouting America abandons its DEI policies under an agreement with the Pentagon and the Department of Justice examined seven men in an Epstein probe, but none were charged. I'm Allison Gill.

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And I'm Dana Goldberg.

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The shit show continues, my friend.

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I'm just so tired of hearing, like, the DOJ investigated, blah, blah, blah, nothing fucking happened. Like, it's. It's exhausting.

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It's really, really, really exhausting. And I know everybody is as frustrated as we are. And we just want to let you know we're here for you. We're here to get you the news and do it in the least offensive way possible.

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Or for us, the most offensive way possible.

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I guess it depends on which side of the fence you're on, but that's right.

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And what you get offended by.

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Very true, as both. You're a current comedian. I'm a former comedian. I remember getting up there and being like, okay, so that's your red line. Got it.

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Yep, yep, yep.

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That's. It's an interesting exercise, isn't it, to find out where people are like, no, we don't want those kinds of jokes. Yeah. So anyway, House Oversight, which is also a giant joke, has released the Clinton depots. And we're going to show you some clips of the Bill and Hillary video depositions over on Beans Talk on our YouTube channel. Just Google beans talk. MSW Media, YouTube. It'll pop up and you can watch that there. So I just wanted to let you know we're going to go over those a little bit more in depth over on that show.

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All right, thanks so much, Alison. And I am sad to report that we've lost four U.S. service members in Trump's war in Iran. The slain Americans were part of a sustainment unit in Kuwait. We'll talk more about that on the beans talk as well. So please join us over there. I just, I hate for us to have to deliver news that we're losing more Americans in a war in the Middle East. It's just that doesn't need to be happening.

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A war of choice that has no purpose. There's like eight different reasons now from this administration as to why we've gone into this war, and none of them make any sense.

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No.

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That is the number one question being asked, though, of administration officials is why? Because life is being lost. And one of the president's most solemn responsibilities as commander in chief is to not send us to war unless it's absolutely necessary, which this. They can't give a reason. They can't tell us why it's necessary. So here we are. All right, everybody, we do have a lot of news to get to today. Let's hit the hot notes. Hot notes. All right, this is a little bit of good news. This is from the Minnesota Star Tribune. The use of a chemical irritant by US Border Patrol Commander Greg Bevino. Remember this guy? Nazi coat guy?

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Yep.

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Looks like every human that they draw in. Ren and Stimpy. That guy. Greg Bevino.

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Yep.

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He is among 17 instances of potential unlawful behavior by federal agents during Metro Surge, currently being investigated for criminal charges. And that's according to Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty on Monday. At a news conference on March 2, Moriarty announced the creation of the Transparency and Accountability Project tap, which will give citizens the ability to submit to the Hennepin County Attorney's Office any evidence of behavior by federal agents that might have been unlawful. The project will be staffed by county prosecutors and civilian investigator and is already investigating 17 incidents by federal agents. That includes Bovino, who for several weeks served as the face of Operation Metro Surge for the Trump administration before being removed and replaced by kava bag $50,000 bribe taker Tom Homan following the killings of Renee Good and Alex Preddy by federal agents. Now, while Moriarty said that privacy of potential victims meant she could not identify all 17 incidents currently being investigated, she did mention Bovino's actions near Mueller park on January 21st and the actions of ICE and Border Patrol agents against students at Minneapolis Roosevelt high school on January 7th as two of the incidents her office is investigating. Quote There are many victims whose stories need to be told, she said. We will investigate and pursue charging where appropriate. The incident involving Bovino included a chaotic scene where federal agents deployed smoke and chemicals as they clashed with protesters and observers in south Minneapolis. Bovino was captured on video lobbing a canister into Mueller park in the Lowry Hill east neighborhood. Quote I'm going to gas. Get back. Gas is coming. Gas is coming. Second warning. Second warning. That's what he can be heard saying in a video captured by Ben Lumen. Plumes of green and gray smoke burst over the crowd as protesters and observers ran from the scene. Some were hit in the face with orange spra. The smoke left behind green stains in the snow. Now photos from incidents that day in Minneapolis spread around the globe and came two weeks after Goode was shot and killed. Preddy was killed three days later. Moriarty said the portal will allow citizens to submit video and photo evidence of any potential illegal activity by federal agents. They can also describe incidents they witnessed. Quote I want to be clear with our community about the challenges these investigations entail because the federal government has refused to provide us information about the actions of their officers. In Minnesota. Moriarty said Monday her office had closed the public portal to submit evidence in the killings of Renee Goode and Alex Preddy and the shooting of Julio Sosa Selles by federal agents after receiving over 1,000 submissions from community members. Way to go, Minneapolis. Now those materials are now in the hands of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, which is also interviewing witnesses. The BCA is building a case file to turn over to the county attorney for potential charging decisions against the federal agents involved. Moriarty said the Trump administration continues to actively obstruct any investigation into the use of force by its agents. The county attorney has sent TUI letters to several federal agencies that formally demand investigative materials from those shootings, but so far there's been no response. The deadline for the federal government to respond to demands for evidence from goods shooting expired last month and the deadline to respond for demands for evidence from Preddy and the shooting of Sosa. Selles expires Tuesday, March 3rd. She says if there is no response, her office will consider suing the federal government. While state investigators lack federal crime scene materials that would normally be shared in deadly use of force investigations, Moriarty once again said she is confident her office can make charging decisions based on the available material.

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All right, thanks so much. Allison this one is from the Advocate HIV patients and advocates in Florida are reeling after the Department of Health's sudden move to cut off about 12,000 people from receiving affordable HIV medication. This has been reported by the Tampa Bay Times. The department utilized an 11th hour legal loophole on Tuesday, just one day before a hearing in a lawsuit filed against the state by AIDS Healthcare foundation over changes to its AIDS Drug Assistance Program, which is the adap. Louise Wilhite St. Lauren, an attorney representing ahf, was one of many outraged citizens and called the move legal subterfuge as the press conference on Wednesday. AHF filed a suit in January after the state announced its plans to enforce new eligibility limitations for recipients of the program that helps low income patients living with HIV obtain affordable life saving medications. Previously, people earning 400% of the federal poverty level, that's about $60,000 a year, were eligible for the program. But now the eligibility limit has been reduced to 130% of the poverty level. That means only individuals with an annual income of about $21,000 or less will continue to receive assistance, $21,000 a year living on that with the new limitations going into effect Sunday, March 1, those being cut from the program have been left in a state of shock and scrambling for solutions. Quote the stress this is causing for many of us living with HIV right now is indescribable. This is from Michael Ragner, an HIV advocate and longtime ADAP client. That's what he told the press. He went on to say the fear, the panic of not knowing where to turn within a health care system in this state that's falling apart. However, Eduardo Lombard, he's an attorney representing the Department of Health, said the suggestion of subterfuge is just theatrics and the state claims the cuts were necessary due to a lack of funding for the program. But AHF is already fighting back. On Thursday, the foundation filed a complaint challenging the use of the emergency rule, stating there was no, quote, immediate danger to the public health, safety or welfare in order to justify the sudden change in eligibility. Tom Myers, general counselor at ahs, said the organization is planning on fighting the move with all due speed. House and Senate Democrats also spoke out against the questionable utilization of the emergency rule. Senator Chevron Jones called the move reckless and added, and I quote florida should not be the state that turns a preventable budget issue into a preventable public health emerg. This is cruelty. The cruelty is the point. The state of Florida. I know there's good people there. It's absolutely horrifying when it comes to the LGBTQ community and their rights.

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Absolutely. That's what they they want to hurt, chase out, disappear, erase from existence members of the LGBTQ community in that state. It's disgusting. Next up from the Wall Street Journal content warning for SA Multiple women alleged to prosecutors that they were sexually assaulted by high profile associates of Epstein, according to the recently released Epstein files. None of the men were charged. The files show that shortly after Epstein's 2019 death, prosecutors talked to victims of his who said they would be willing to participate in an investigation into potential co conspirators. The Justice Department did not pursue charges against any of the men those victims named. The following year, the Justice Department charged Ghislaine Maxwell in connection with Epstein's sex trafficking. Justice Department officials have said they didn't find evidence to bring charges against anyone else and that some of the files contained unverified allegations. A spokesman for the Justice Department Friday had no comment. Yeah, I bet. The files, including a memo titled Investigation into Potential Co Conspirators of Jeffrey Epstein, showed that the FBI and federal prosecutors interviewed a woman in October of 2019 who alleged she was sexually assaulted on separate occasions by billionaire Leon Black and banker Jess Staley. Both men have denied any wrongdoing. We reported a lot on Leon Black here on the Daily beans back in 2021. We did it on Mueller, she wrote in 2018. We did a few times in 2020. You and I, Dana. Particularly when Leon Black gave $50 million to Epstein. Y y and we learned that Cy Vance, who was the DA in Manhattan at the time, had opened an investigation into him. Yep. But then that went nowhere. And then Cy Vance was replaced. So it's very weird. Prosecutors met with at least seven Epstein victims in the weeks following his August 2019 death and had additional interviews scheduled, the records show. Redacted summaries of the interviews show that mostly they focused on Epstein at Maxwell, though several victims said they would be willing to cooperate in the investigation into others in Epstein's circle. Years earlier, Virginia Giuffre went public with her allegations that Epstein sexually abused her and trafficked her to other men. In 2016, federal prosecutors in New York had met with victims attorneys who had told them about the scope of Epstein's scheme and and discussed potential cooperation from Jean Luc Bernell, a modeling scout who helped Epstein and trap women. That's according to a previous report by the Wall Street Journal. Brunel decided not to cooperate, disappeared. He was arrested in 2020 in France and he died in his jail cell. Oh, interesting in 2022.

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Yeah.

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The allegations against Black and Staley were included in the heavily redacted memo that was prepared for the head of the Southern District of New York in December 2019. That was while Trump was president. And in a 2025 FBI summary of the case that highlighted prominent names in the files also when Trump was president. After a review of the Epstein case last year, DOJ and FBI officials said in that July 2025 memo they did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties. Upon releasing the files to the public earlier this year, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche reiterated that point in a February 1st interview with CNN. He said there were a lot of horrible photographs and correspondence with Epstein, quote, but that doesn't mean we can just create evidence or that we can just kind of come up with a case that isn't there. In the October 2019 interview with FBI agents and federal prosecutors in SDNY, one Epstein victim told investigators Epstein directed her to give massages to Black and Staley at Epstein's New York townhouse. She said that Staley forced her quote, to touch his genitals and then raped her. The FBI files show Staley was referred to New York authorities. District attorney in Manhattan. In the same interview, the woman said on another occasion, she tried to provide a regular massage to Leon Black, but he began initiating sexual contact. So she ran out of the room and apparently Epstein, quote, laughed it off. The FBI files show that the Manhattan District Attorney's office was looking into allegations against Black in 2019. A spokesman for the Manhattan District Attorney declined to comment. Another woman told the FBI in 2021 that she was sexually abused by New York psychiatrist Henry Jarecki, another longtime Epstein associate. She told agents that Jarecki trafficked her and described performing oral sex on Jarecki more than a dozen times after Epstein told her Jarecki could help her with college. A lawyer for Jarecki has said he's denying the allegations, saying it was a consensual relationship. A spokeswoman for Jarecki's office said Friday that he's now suffering from dementia and is non communicative. Staley was a top executive at JP Morgan and then Barclays who had a close relationship with Epstein. Leon Black, the billionaire co founder of Apollo Global Management who LENT Jared Kushner $184 billion, was one of Epstein's biggest financial clients. Jarecki is a billionaire who owns a private island not far from Epstein's. He was listed as an executor on one of Epstein's earlier wills, three women with allegations against Leon Black were represented by Jean Christensen, a lawyer at Wigdor who filed civil cases against Black on behalf of her clients. The files show that Christensen was in touch with prosecutors in 2021 and detailed allegations against Leon Black. And Christensen was also in communication with the Manhattan DA's office about the allegations. In January 2022, prosecutors in the Manhattan DA's office and federal prosecutors discussed the claims. And federal officials said they had interviewed one of the women and didn't plan to revisit the matter. Quote, if you're still pursuing an investigation encompassing both victims, we are not likely to open another investigation. That's what one federal prosecutor wrote. Quote, state and federal authorities conducted lengthy investigations regarding the alleged claims against Black presented by Wigd and he was not charged. That's what Estridge said. Black's attorney went on to say, one of the civil lawsuits filed by Wigdor, one has been dismissed, the other withdrawn, and the Jane Doe case is currently facing motion for case terminating sanctions. So what we need to know is who was investigated, why charges weren't brought not only by the Department of justice in 2019, 2021 and 2022, but why the DA? The Manhattan DA didn't bring charges either.

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Yeah, all very good questions. All right, this one's from the Times. And we touched on this briefly during the Good News segment yesterday. Scouting America will discontinue programs and policies aimed at promoting diversity in order to maintain support from the Department of Defense. This is from the Defense Secretary, Pete Kexeth. That's what he said Friday. Pete also said that the organization was banning transgender people from openly participating. But Scouting America said the claim that it had changed its policies on transgender members was false. And I quote, scouting America will continue to welcome all youth into our programs. We remain committed to creating an environment where all youth feel valued and respected. This is the organization. This is what they said in a statement sent to the New York Times. Good for them. Roger Crone, the president and chief executive of Scouting America, said to the Associated Press that and I quote, we have transgender people in our program and will have transgender people in our program going forward. In his announcement, Pete attack. I'm just going to call him Pete because he doesn't deserve my respect. Attached Scouting America and the changes the organization had made in recent years to become more inclusive and tolerant. In hyperbolic language, he decried the organization as anti American and railed against what he called transgenderism, earth centered pagan religions and an insidious radical woke ideology that he said had crept into its values. I don't know. He doesn't know either.

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Nobody knows Earth centered Pagan religions.

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You heard him.

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Is that a cookie flavor that I'm unfamiliar with?

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It might be right next to the Thin Mints to keep it in the freezer.

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Ah, yes, My Thin Mints, my Samoas, and my Earth centered pagan religion delights.

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That's right. After that ridiculous announcement, Scouting America released a statement saying that it was making programmatic updates to comply with Executive Order 14173, a declaration from Trump that aimed to eliminate all policies that promoted diversity, equity, and inclusion in the federal government. Many other details of the agreement remained unclear. The statements in Scouting America had staved off a demand from the Pentagon to change the organization's name back to the Boy Scouts of America and to once again exclude the more than 200,000 girls who participate. The organization started Accepting Girls in 2017 and changed its name to Scouting America in 2024 as it was grappling with bankruptcy and sex abuse accusations. And I quote, scouting America held firm on the core commitments that define us. We maintained our name as Scouting America, said the statement, adding that girls have been an integral part of scouting since the 1960s and have served as leaders and program developers for decades. That commitment's unwavering. As part of the move to abandon diversity efforts, Pete said Scouting America had agreed to do away with a Citizenship and Society merit badge, which is earned by scouts who, and I quote, realize the benefits of diversity, equity, inclusion, and ethical leadership. An advisory on Scouting America's website said that badge was discontinued effective Friday. That is fucking crazy.

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Yeah. So it's the Citizenship in Society merit badge, not the Earth Centered Pagan Religion badge.

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Correct. I think that one might still be available only for a limited time. That one's also going to end up going away.

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I can't. I. So they are kowtowing to Pete Kegseth, but they're saying, we're still accepting transgender troops. We're not changing our name back to the Boy Scouts, and we're still letting girls join. So what do they change?

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I guess they got rid of that

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badge and the diversity, equity inclusion policy, so they're still caving to Hegset. I'd be like, fuck you. Why would we want to encourage Scouting America Scouts to join the military anyway? Why do you have. Why do you need promotion from the Department of Defense? Yeah, for Scouts, you want to go die in a useless, unnecessary, illegal war in Iran that's probably going to be going on for the next two decades now. Yeah, I don't understand.

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Good question.

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I. Yeah, I know.

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He wears corduroy coats with elbow patches and smokes a pipe.

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He does. Our plan is to bring him with us for our family's annual summer road trip to New England. And we're feeling so encouraged that he'll handle it as perfectly as he does every other new challenge he meets. Last weekend he took a mini trip to a city about four hours away to try him out for long drives and hotels. He was, of course, a total pro at these two, just like we knew he would be. For your what the mutt? Guessing Pleasure. I see attached photos of the amazing Rini talking about answers. These. It looks like a collie mixed with a shepherd.

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A German shepherd shape, right? But like a border collie. Almost like a Rottweiler coloration, but a big white chesty bib. He's adorable. So let's see what we got here. Border collie, great Pyrenees German shepherd, Pitty.

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We were close. Got two out of four. Two.

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We got 50%. That's an F, but I'll take it.

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I'll take it. We're on a curve.

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We probably passed with ourselves, right?

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That's right.

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That's really good for us. We just got an A for us. All right, next up from Beth Pronoun. She and her hello, my glorious beans queens. As I was leaving Costco this morning. Welcome to Costco. I love you. I noticed a young woman standing next to my car. She pointed to the embrace hope magnetic from Penzi spices on my gas tank closure and said, my mom has the same one.

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Cute.

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Then her mom approached and repeated what her daughter said. We looked at each other and commented how very sad we are about the mayhem going on everywhere. Wish them a wonderful day and to take good care and to listen to the daily beans. Right, right, right. Then mom asked if she could give me a hug, which I gratefully accepted. By then we were both in tears. It was a profound and wonderful moment. This is what gives me hope. Love to you both. AG and DG Beth. This is an excellent submission.

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This is very cool. I love it.

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Very cool. Penzi spices magnet on the gas cupboard. Very awesome. Great submission. Thank you.

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All right, next up from Cindy Pronoun. She and her welcome back ag. Although I absolutely adore DG and I'm happy to be a member of the Dugout, that's Patreon. Thank you Cindy. The world is just better and brighter when I hear both of your voices. Thank you both and thanks to all the folks who contribute to bringing us the beans. Speaking of better and brighter, I recognized that I was spending way too much of my time, my precious time. Doom scrolling same Cindy. And that my contribution to the world needs to be something better than one more angry retort among millions of others. I've always taken tons of pretty good photos, but now instead of posting them on popular social media where I immediately get attacked by the algorithm of outrage, I'm putting my sunsets and nature pictures along with a few positive thoughts on substack I've created. I take half an hour each morning to edit and curate whatever I capture in previous day and then I assemble them at Cindy lynch with a y.substack.com the time I used to spend checking Facebook is now spending looking out the window or taking a quick stroll outside to check for photo ops. There's an 80 something year old song by Harold Arlin. You've got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative always. That's my focus right now. Doing my best to do day daily source of peace and joy. Rather than adding to all the angry from my podpet tariff, I've attached my blank Aoife demonstrating her opinion of being a too frequent subject of my photography and one of my sunset pictures. Hoping you enjoy this looks like a husky Akita. Oh right.

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Something like that with the blep is great. Cindy. This is great. It's Cindi. L Y N C H I can attest that your photos are amazing, Cindy. I love. I love them very much. So let's see what we've got. I think you're right. It is a husky shepherd.

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50%. All right, I'll take it.

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That's. That's so Good. We're trying 50 across the board today and that is a really, really good score for us. I saw Akita too. Right? Because of that kind of cream colored.

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Yeah, spiky hair.

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Next up is Candace Pronoun. She and her My friend went on vacation and took her work stuff, but did not touch it and didn't work on her vacation. Excellent self care. Alison Gill, Pod Tax Gonzo demonstrates how to chill. Okay, look at this little. What is it, a bichon Frise? I don't know.

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Looks like it.

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Nothing to guess, but absolutely adorable. Candace, thank you. Yeah, I took all my work stuff, but I didn't touch it.

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Yay. Well done. This is from Amanda Pronounced she and her Beans Queens and crew. Thank you for being amazing and fabulous. Things suck, but there's always good things if you look hard enough. I love that Flavor Flav. Using his hype man skills from women Olympians and Paralympians and Public Enemy music. So I made a goose outfit. Oh my God. This is hysterical. As tariff pick the first snowdrop flower of season. Always find helpers. Keep fighting the good fight and don't let the bastards get you down.

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Don't let the bastards grind you down. Oh, look at that. And it's. It's a. It's a flava flav.

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That's hysterical Goose.

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Amazing.

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These little ones.

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Beautiful flowers.

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Trope flower season. It's snowdrop flower. Now I understand how to say that. It's snowdrop flower season.

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I see. I get it. Yeah. I was like, what is it? What is that?

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Snow drop. I just. I just moved on. I was like, you know what? You didn't correct me.

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I read it.

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I don't know what I'm saying. I don't know how. How that sentence is supposed to be put together. And then I saw the picture and I was like, oh, those are snowdrops. That's what those are called. Yeah.

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It all comes together. I've been amazing. Next up, from Sophia Pronoun. She and her shout out to a nonprofit in my area called the Lawrence Hopewell Trail. LHT lhtrail.org it's an ongoing project to complete a 22 mile accessible trail in Mercer County, New Jersey. And they promote recreation and outdoor engagement. As of 2026, about two miles of the trail need finishing work. And I can say this with certainty because I recently walked the entire loop. It took me almost nine hours. And it was one of the nicest days I've spent since moving to this part of the state. Attached as Lennon, like the beetle, not Lennon with an I. I didn't think that. Who's my sweet gray tabby kitten? According to his foster mom, he was born on July 9, 2025, which was a day I spent in the ER after getting. Getting very lucky in A car accident. I call Lennon my little angel baby and take comfort in knowing he came to the world right when I needed him the most. Oh, hoping this brings a smile to your faces. Already did. Sophia, thanks for all you do.

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Look at the sweet baby. Oh, look.

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So soft. And the toe beans are the best. Thank you. Thank you so much for that.

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All right, here we go. Lady Death Strike Pronoun. She and her. Hey. Lady Death Strike my beans Queens. First of all, Dana, amazing job while Alison was on vacation. Keep up the good work and thank you for keeping me sane, because I would like to get off whatever roller coaster this administration is putting everyone through. Second, I started reading Lore Olympus, and now I can't stop reading Persephone and snort laughing. Yep, Persephone. That's what I said a few episodes ago. I was like, persephone. No, that's not it. Third, I've decided to donate $30 a month to my local food pantry, $40 a month to a local homeless shelter, $30 a month to my local animal shelter, and $30 a month to a black queer intersectional collective. This is fucking awesome. I may not make a lot of money as a lab assistant in cancer research, but I wanted to find ways to better help my community. I couldn't sleep knowing that this administration is doing as much damage as it's doing, especially with food and healthcare. I wish I could do so much more, but it's start and a plan on doing more in the future, my poppet. Tags. I've attached a rather funny picture of Sora. His face in this picture has me like, dude, same with all the stuff going on. And I'm positive I made the same face as well at some point. I've also attached his DNA results. Also, congrats on the GLAAD Award nomination. That just popped up as I was sending this in. Take care of yourself, and I'll write again soon. Oh, which one do you think we're looking at? The little one on the left. Yeah, little Shih tzu.

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Definitely shih Tzu. Those ears, though. Big old long ears, like a. Like a hound dog or a cocker spaniel or something.

[B]

Yeah, maybe there's some spaniel shih Tzu in there. What do we have?

[A]

Adorable. Let's see what we've got. Let's see what we got. Shih tzu, Cocker spaniel.

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Okay, listen, I just want to say that's 83.3% of the dogs, so I think we should stop there. That's a P. That's a B.

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And Then we've got Yorkshire Silky miniature Schnauzer Poodle Small. Look how small it's in parentheses. Oh, thank you. Thank you so much, everybody. This was a great good news sesh. I needed it. Please send it all to us. Everything that you can think of. It doesn't even matter. It can be the smallest thing. It can be like I woke up this morning, I sat on my couch and my couch is super soft and I love that for me it can be that. I don't care. Send it to us dailybeanspot.com click on Contact and make you attach photo of your pet and animal you flipping off trump properties. Doesn't matter, just send a photo. And also definitely check out. If you go to danagoldberg.com you can. There's a Patreon button there now that you can click on and become a member of the Dugout.

[B]

So many people are there. We've got free members, but also paid members that have access to all kinds of exclusive content. We're getting some hats and shirts printed for those of you that came in at a third base or a home run, which I love. And yeah, I just love to have you there. So Allison, thank you. If you want to become a patron of my Dugout and the dissenters, which is our team, join [e-mail] Patreon Amazing.

[A]

All right, everybody, we'll be back in your ears tomorrow. We'll also have an episode of cleanup on L45 tomorrow with Harry Dunn. So check that out if you haven't checked out that podcast before. And until then, 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 friends. I've been ag, I've been dg and them's the beans. The Daily Beans is written and executive produced by Alison Gill with additional research and reporting by Dana Goldberg. Sound design and editing is by Desiree McFarlane with art and web design by Joelle Reader with Moxie Design Studios. Music for the Daily Beans is written and performed by they Might Be Giants and the show is a proud member of the MSW Media Network, a collection of creator owned podcasts dedicated to news, politics and justice. For more information Please visit msw media.com MSW Media.

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