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Monday, December 16th, 2024 Today, Trump wants to scrap the car crash reporting requirement that Elon Musk and Tesla oppose; Justin Trudeau’s top lieutenant has resigned over differences on how to deal with Donald Trump; a student has killed two people and injured another six at a Christian school in Wisconsin; a Trump appointed judge rejects a January 6th defendant’s motion to dismiss his case because FBI informants were at the capitol; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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Alison Gill
MSW Media thanks to BeamDream for supporting the DailyBeans 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 new year sale and get up to 40% off when you go to shopbeam.com dailybeans and use code dailybeans at checkout. Hello and welcome to the Daily beans for Tuesday, December 17, 2024. Today, Donald Trump wants to scrap the car crash reporting requirement that Elon Musk and Tesla oppose. Justin Trudeau's top lieutenant has resigned over differences on how to deal with Donald Trump. A student has killed two people and injured another six at a Christian school in Wisconsin. And a Trump appointed Judge rejects the January 6th defendant's motion to dismiss his case because he says FBI informants were at the Capitol and that exculpates him. I'm Alison Gill.
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Dana Goldberg
And I'm Dana Goldberg.
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Alison Gill
Yeah. So that inspector general report came out saying there were exactly zero FBI agents at the Capitol, but there were 26 informants, like criminal informants to the FBI. Right. Confidential human informants who were just there because they're, they're so like, this guy is trying to get this Trump judge to be like, I'm totally innocent and you need to drop my case because there were confidential human sources there that day that they're responsible for the, for the riot, not me. So you would, you will read what the judge has to say about it. It's pretty great. How are you today, Dana?
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Dana Goldberg
I'm good. By the time everyone hears this. Actually, no, that'll be tomorrow. I'm excited about tomorrow, which is today. When you hear this, I've never actually been in the White House. I've been in the Library of Congress. I've been in the Capitol on the Congressional floor, but I've never been in the White House. And I get to go there with you tonight. And I'm very excited, actually, this afternoon it's like at 3:00.
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Alison Gill
Yeah, I think they do. I think they have three holiday parties a day during the summer. Like they have an 11 to 2, a 3 to 6 and a, like a 7 to 10.
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Dana Goldberg
Like, oh, my gosh. Well, I imagine there's thousands and hundreds of thousands of people that, you know, between over the last four years, like people's families and people of note and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
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Alison Gill
Yeah, yeah. And we're going to be at the Digital Media Content Creators Holiday party.
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Dana Goldberg
Ah, that's what that is. Love it.
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Alison Gill
And I think they have Multiple multiples of that particular party as well because I know some of my other digital creator friends are going tomorrow. And then Dan Goldman had a party and then there was some for the Capitol Police officers to yesterday, as you're listening to this today. So there's just a million different things and it's so crowded here in December on Capitol Hill. The, you know, the legislature still in session. So yeah, they're fully staffed and, and then you've got everybody coming in for the holidays, but. And then the Army Navy game on top of that. It was just.
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Dana Goldberg
Oh, wow. Yeah.
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Alison Gill
Really busy weekend. So anyway, I'm looking forward to going as well. And I'm glad that you're gonna get to go before, you know.
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Dana Goldberg
Before he turns it into condominiums.
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Alison Gill
Yes, yes. He'll bulldoze it and sell it to a developer.
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Dana Goldberg
Honestly, wouldn't be surprised.
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Alison Gill
No. Right. Nothing surprises me like I put this wild and crazy conspiracy theory on Blue sky yesterday. Like, I think, I bet, I bet Elon Musk is behind all the drones and it's, it's some sort of money making scheme for him. And, and everyone's like, you know what, I can't call you crazy.
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Dana Goldberg
No.
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Alison Gill
Like, yeah, I know it's pretty scary. As is the news, which we have to get to. So let's do that. Let's hit that. Notes, hot notes. All right, first up, from Jarrett Renshaw at Reuters. The Trump transition team wants the incoming administration to drop a car crash reporting requirement that's opposed by Elon Musk's Tesla. That's according to a document seen by Reuters, a move that could cripple the government's ability to investigate and regulate the safety of vehicles with automated driving systems. Musk, the world's richest person, spent more than a quarter of a billion dollars to help Trump get elected in November. Removing the crash disclosure provision would particularly benefit Tesla, which has reported most of the crashes, more than 1500 to federal safety regulators. Under this program, Tesla has been targeted in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. That's the NHTSA investigations, including three stemming from these data. The recommendation to kill the crash reporting rule came from a transition team tasked with producing a 100 day strategy for the automotive policy. The group called the measure a mandate for excessive data collection. That's in the document that was seen by Reuters. So they're like, yeah, it's just excessive data collection.
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Dana Goldberg
You know, one needs to know if our cars are causing accidents. Come on.
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Alison Gill
Yeah. And you know me, I've been talking about my fear of this administration in addition to how many deaths they're going to cause is that we won't know how many there are because they won't.
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Dana Goldberg
Tell us exactly the COVID up.
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Alison Gill
This is one of those things. They want to get rid of this reporting requirement because they say it's excessive data collection. Yeah, who, who wants to know stuff?
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Dana Goldberg
Sorry. How many accidents has my Tesla been in my brand? Oh, none. No accidents. It's never been in an accident.
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Alison Gill
It's absurd.
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Dana Goldberg
Anyway.
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Alison Gill
Yeah, we're not going to tell you the Trump transition team, Musk and Tesla did not respond to requests for comment. Reuters could not determine what role, if any, Musk may have played in crafting the transition team recommendations or the likelihood that the administration would enact them. I'm sure that that was part of what the money was for. You know, I'll spend 110 million on a ground game for you and give away lottery stuff and spend another hundred million. But you got to take these reporting requirements away and regulations, right? I mean it's obvious to me. The alliance for Automotive Innovation, a trade group representing most major automakers except Tesla, has also criticized the requirement as burdensome. A Reuters analysis of the TSA crash data shows Tesla accounted for 40 out of 45 fatal crashes reported to the NHTSA through October 15th. Among the Tesla crashes that they investigated under the Provision were a 2023 fatal accident in Virginia where the driver, using the car's autopilot feature, slammed into a tractor trailer, and a California wreck the same year where an autopiloted Tesla hit a fire truck, killing the driver and injuring four firefighters.
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Dana Goldberg
Geez.
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Alison Gill
NHTSA said in a statement that such data is crucial to evaluating the safety of emerging automated driving technologies. Two former TSA employees said the crash reporting requirements were pivotal to agency investigations into Tesla's driver assistance features that led to 2023 recalls. Without the data, they said, NHTSA cannot easily detect crash patterns that highlight safety problems. NHTSA said it has received and analyzed data on more than 2700 crashes since the agency established the rule in 2021. The data has influenced 10 investigations into six companies, as well as nine safety recalls involving four companies. In one example, NHTSA fined Cruise, which is a self driving startup owned by GM, $1.5 million in September for failing to report a 2023 incident in which a vehicle hit and dragged a pedestrian who'd been struck by another car. GM said this week it would end robo taxi development at Cruise and fold it into its group working on driver assistance technology. NHTSA's so called standing general order requires automakers to report crashes if advanced driver assistance autonomous driving technologies were engaged within 30 seconds of impact, among other factors. In addition to ditching the reporting rule, the recommendations call for the administration to liberalize autonomous vehicle regulation and to enact basic regulations to enable development of the industry. In an October Tesla earnings call, Musk called for a federal approval process for autonomous vehicles rather than a patchwork of state laws that he called incredibly painful to navigate. He wants to take it away from the states and make it federal that these regulations be barred to try to disallow the states like California from requiring it. Right, and he'll do that with a supremacy clause because you know he owns the Supreme Court. After the election, Trump named Musk the co lead of a newly created Department of Government efficiency dodgy right to advise from outside government on slashing federal staff. Tesla is among the most prominent automakers developing advanced driver assistance features which can assist with lane changing and driving speed and steering. Tesla's Autopilot and full self driving systems, which are not fully autonomous, have come under intense scrutiny in lawsuits and a Department of justice criminal probe examining whether Tesla exaggerated its vehicle's self driving capabilities, misleading investors and harming consumers. Trump's Department of Justice will drop that, I'm sure. Tesla despises the crash notification requirement, believing that NHTSA presents the data in ways that mislead consumers about the automaker's safety. So the crash reporting misleads us into thinking that Teslas aren't safe. Well, they're not. This is according to two sources familiar Tesla executives discussed with Musk the need to push for scrapping the crash reporting requirement, according to one of the sources. But because Biden officials expressed enthusiasm for the program, Tesla executives ultimately concluded that they would need a change in the administration to get rid of the requirements, according to a source. Tesla finds the rules unfair because it believes it reports better data than other automakers, which makes it look like Tesla is responsible for an outsized number of crashes involving advanced driver assistance systems. NHTSA cautions that the data should not be used to compare one automaker safety to another because different companies collect information on crashes in different ways. Bryant Walker Smith, a University of South Carolina law professor who focuses on autonomous driving, said Tesla collects real time crash data that other companies don't and likely reports at a far greater proportion of the incidents than other automakers. Tesla also likely has a greater frequency of crashes involving driver assistance technologies because it has more vehicles on the road equipped with them and drivers engage the systems more often now. That means the vehicles may more often get into, quote, situations that they aren't capable of handling, he says.
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Dana Goldberg
Thank you so much, AG and we're going to head up north to Toronto with Amanda Coletta from the Post. Justin Trudeau's chief lieutenant throughout his tenure as Ken Canada's prime minister, resigned from his cabinet on Monday, citing differences over how to confront President elect Donald Trump's America first economic nationalism, threatening tariffs and a possible trade war. The abrupt resignation of Christia Friedland, who served the past four years as both finance minister and deputy prime minister, is the latest blow to the embattled Trudeau, whose popularity has nosedived over the past year. If federal elections were held today, polls project a wipeout of his Liberal Party. In her resignation letter posted on Freelands and I apologize early, I think I said Freedlands Freeland's Twitter account Monday morning, shortly before she was scheduled to deliver a fall fiscal and economic update at Parliament, Freeland says Trudeau told her that no longer wanted to serve as his financial minister and offered her another cabinet role. And I quote, upon reflection, I have concluded that the only honest and viable path is for me to resign from the cabinet. That's what she said. Went on to say. To be effective, a minister must speak on behalf of the prime minister with his full confidence. In making your decision, you made clear that I no longer credibly enjoy that confidence and possess the authority that comes with it. Now. Freeland, a former journalist whom Trudeau named foreign minister in 2017 as part of a cabinet shuffle designed to prepare the government for the first Trump administration, said that for several weeks she and Trudeau had been, quote, at odds about the best path forward for Canada, including how best to respond to the grave challenge posed by US President elect's threatened tariffs of 25% on Canadian imports. Canada sends three quarters of its exports to the United States, and economists project that such levies could plunge Canada into a recession. And I quote, we need to take that threat extremely seriously. This is again, Freeland said that in a statement. That means keeping our fiscal powder dry today so we have the reserves that we may need for a coming tariff war. That means eschewing costly political gimmicks which we can ill afford and which make Canadians doubt that we recognize the gravity of the moment. Freeland did not elaborate on what she considered to be, quote, costly political gimmicks. But last week the Globe and Mail reported on a growing rift between the Finance Department and the prime minister's office over a sales tax exemption that took effect over the weekend. As well as plans to send $250 rebate checks to some Canadians. Some political analysts called the move a last ditch effort to win back voters. The Globe and Mail reported that Finance Department officials oppose such spending because it would jeopardize Freeland's pledge to keep the deficit capped at no more than $40.1 billion. She was expected to miss that target in the fiscal update Monday. Freeland said in her resignation letter that Canada can deal with the threat opposed by Trump's tariffs if it is strong, smart and united. After Trump's election in November, Trudeau revived a Cabinet Committee on U.S. canada Relations and put her in charge. But when the prime minister jetted off to Mar a Lago last month to dine with Trump and attempt to dissuade him from imposing tariffs on Canada and treaties that have thus far failed to push the president elect to reverse course, he did not take Friedland with him. Now, the Trudeau government earlier this year announced the revival of so called Team Canada approach to prepare for the US Election, dispatching several high profile officials across the United States to build relationships with U.S. lawmakers, business leaders and people close to Trump to stave off policies that could harm Canadian interests. Political leaders here have been divided on the best way to respond to the tariffs, including on whether to impose retaliatory levies. Now, Ontario Premier that's Doug Ford has threatened to terminate energy exports to the United States, Canada's largest trading partner, by the way, a move that Quebec Premier Francois Lague and Alberta's Premier Danielle Smith, they have both opposed. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has urged Trudeau not to consider imposing export taxes on commodities such as uranium and potash. So this, we're going to see a lot of this, we're going to see a lot of this coming. Canada, China, Mexico, there's going to be conversations about this ongoing. And we'll keep you posted on what's going on with the tariffs. For sure.
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Alison Gill
Yeah, for real. All right, next up, Kyle Cheney is reporting this over on Blue sky that a Trump appointed judge, Judge Kelly, he wrote this decision because like I said, A January 6th there came to him and said, hey, I'm innocent, because there were 26 informants at the, at the Capitol on January 6th. He says first, Wanek argues the undisclosed presence and identities of FBI confidential human sources could have supported an entrapment defense. But he has no facts to back up that theory. He offers no evidence or reason to believe that anyone, whether or not that person was an FBI confidential human source induced him in some way to commit the crimes for which he was convicted. He offers no evidence or reason to believe that he spoke to or interacted with an FBI confidential human source on January 6th. And he offers no evidence or reason to believe that an FBI confidential human source induced anyone to commit a crime that day, let alone that a source did so at the FBI's direction. So, as the government argues, he offers no evidence or reason to believe that the presence or the identities of any FBI confidential human sources present could have impacted the court's conclusions about his intent, knowledge or conduct, such that those identities might be Brady evidence. That's exculpatory evidence. What he does have is speculation, guessing that FBI agents or informants could have potentially shaped his behavior if they interacted with or observed him. But that's not enough. In his motion and in sentencing hearing, Wayne gestured at several persons who he asserted might have been FBI confidential human sources and quote, individual in a red hat and a camouflage backpack, unquote, whom officers were trying to detain and whom Wanek tried to pull away from them. A person who kicked a hard sided construction marker that ended up in Weynick's hands he then chose to throw at officers and a woman who started asking questions inside the Capitol, to which the defendant responded, were an imminent threat to the people inside. So then it goes on to say, but again, a close review of the records reveals no evidence. Can you believe that, like, some guy in a hat kicked a thing and it ended up in my hands and then I hit cops with it. See, like what? The record reveals no evidence or reason to believe that any of these persons induced him to commit the crimes for which he was convicted or was an FBI confidential human source. Indeed, the last of these persons interacted with Wanek after all his crimes were completed and the court at sentencing did not materially rely on the statements he made to her, which merely stated the obvious at that point. Wanek also argues that the information is highly relevant to impeaching the government witnesses who testified about his conduct that day. But he doesn't explain why. There's no basis to think that the presence of an FBI confidential human source could be, you know, an issue. Wak also does not explain how an entrapment defense would have been viable given the ample evidence of his predisposition to commit the crimes for which he was convicted. C USV Glover, 1988. Even before he interacted with the three persons described above, he had arrived at the Capitol dressed as if prepared for violence, joined by the mob that breached the restricted perimeter of the Capitol. Grounds and along with other rioters physically confronted police officers protecting the Capitol building. So this was pretty, pretty hardcore bench slap, but just the whole a guy in a hat kicked a thing that ended up in my hands and oops, I hit a cop with it.
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Dana Goldberg
I had to put it somewhere so I threw it on a cop.
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Alison Gill
Clearly that was an FBI confidential human source that was trying to entrap me. Yeah.
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Dana Goldberg
Oh my God.
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Alison Gill
Sorry buddy. This is a Trump appointed judge too.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah. The imagination of some of these people. I hate that I even have to report this next story. There's a trigger warning for yet another school shooting. This is from ABC News. Two people were killed and six others have been hurt during a shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin. Police had briefly mentioned a higher death toll but later revised the information. The suspect, a juvenile who used a handgun, is also dead at this time. This is from the police. The suspect is believed to be a student. Victims injuries range from minor to life threatening. Officers responded to active shooter report around 10:57am no officers fired their weapons. This is again from the Madison Police Department and I quote, I never saw so many police cars in my life. Just blue and red lights lining the school, lining the streets, fire departments, paramedics, everyone was there. They were swarming the usually quiet neighborhood. This is from John De Leon. He told ABC News Live he said he saw officers with long guns at the scene and other students run from the school across the parking lot, quote, later on, very slowly, in more orderly fashion, the younger students holding hands were let, were let out to go across the street across to the parking lot. Officials are working to reunite students with their parents. About 390 students from kindergarten through 12th grade attend that school. Jill Underly, Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction, stressed the need for change, saying in a statement, quote, this tragedy is a stark reminder that we must do more to protect our children and our educators to ensure that such horrors never happen again. We will not rest until we find solutions that make our schools safe. Quote, the time for change is long past. Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers wrote, quote, I am closely monitoring the incident at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison. We're praying for the kids, educators and the entire Abundant Life School community as we await more information and are grateful for the first responders who are working quickly to respond. Senator Tammy Baldwin, she's a Democrat from Wisconsin. She tweeted, quote, I've been briefed on this active school shooting at Abundant Lives Christian School in Madison. And my heart goes out to all those impacted. My office is in touch with local and state officials and I stand ready to assist law enforcement and anyone affected. Senator Ron Johnson, the Republican from Wisconsin, he wrote on social media, quote, my sincere condolences and prayers for all the victims of the tragedy at the Abundant Life Christian School. I will continue to closely monitor the situation. President Joe Biden has been briefed on the shooting. That's according to the White House. Just a little point. Just want to show you right here that Ron Johnson from Wisconsin mentioned nothing about needing change, just sending again thoughts and prayers.
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Alison Gill
Yeah, it's just such a tragedy. You had a really great post on Blue sky today about gun violence. Thank you, Dana.
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Dana Goldberg
And you know, these CEOs are afraid, basically. You know, I keep hearing people saying the CEO is now they're afraid to go back to work. And now, you know, read that, think about that and then think about how these school age children feel and the teachers having to return to school. It's horrifying. And still they do nothing.
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Alison Gill
Well, thank you for reporting. We'll keep everybody posted. But just absolute tragedy. And you know, now I fear with this incoming administration, there's not much that's going to be done. No about it with Republicans in Congress as well. All right everybody, we have some good news that we need to get to, but we have to take a quick break, so stick around. We'll be right back after these messages.
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Dana Goldberg
We'll be right back.
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Alison Gill
Hey everybody. It's AG sleep and I haven't always been friends. It's complicated. I'd spend nights tossing and turning, my mind racing. I wake up feeling like I barely slept. The constant fatigue seeped into my days, left me irritable and unfocused. It was just abundant lack of energy. It felt like I was running on empty all the time. And that's why I'm excited to talk about Beams Dream Powder, a science backed healthy nighttime blend for sleep that's actually clinically shown to improve sleep and have you waking up refreshed. Other sleep aids can cause next day grogginess. But Dream contains an all powerful, all natural blend of Reishi, magnesium, L theanine, apigenin and melatonin to help you fall asleep, stay asleep and wake up refreshed. The clinically proven sleep aid doesn't just help you fall asleep, helps you stay asleep and wake up feeling fully rested. Since starting Beam Dream, my nights are peaceful, my mornings are brighter. My energy has returned. I've noticed an improvement in my focus and productivity. Dream helps me tackle everything from holiday travel to packed schedules with ease. As I prepare for 2025, I know Beam Dream will be there. It'll be part of my routine to keep me feeling balanced. If sleep in 2024 was a struggle, now's the time to buy Beam Dream. This isn't just about sleep. It's about, you know, reclaiming your energy and living fully every day. So the ultimate sleep refresh for the new year. Try Beam's bestselling dream powder and get up to 40% off when you go to shop beam.com dailybeans and use code dailybeans to checkout. That's shop b. Com dailybeans with code dailybeans for up to 40% off. Everybody, welcome back. It's time for the good news, everyone. Then, good news, everyone. Good news, good news. And if you have any good news stories you want to send us, please do so and attach your pod pet tax. That's a photo of your pod pet, your little furry friends. And if you want us to guess the breed of your shelter pup, we can do that. We're very terrible at it, but we'll give it a try.
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Dana Goldberg
We like it, though.
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Alison Gill
We got five out of five that one time and then it's all done. And if you don't have a pod pet, you can send us an adoptable pet in your area. We'll see if we can find them home. And if you don't have that, you can send really any photo of any animal and we'll guess whatever you want us to guess about it. And then of course, if you don't have any of those, you can send baby photos. You as a baby, random baby on the Internet, whatever. We love baby, it doesn't matter.
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Dana Goldberg
Just get permission. I don't know.
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Alison Gill
Just get permission. Yeah. And also if you have a shout out, whether it's for yourself, we love self shout outs. A loved one, maybe somebody you met at yesterday's Patreon gala in Washington, D.C. you want to give them a shout out. A small business in your area or your small business, maybe somebody doing great activism or organizing, community organizing in your area, would love to hear about that. And of course, any government program that's helped you or a loved one, whether it's Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Great VA Healthcare, Section 8, Head Start, WIC, the Chips act, the Pact act, any union law, labor laws that have helped you out, anything that you could think of, and student debt relief too, send it to us dailybeanspod.com, click on Contact. All right, first up, from Mark R. No pronouns regarding the disposition of The Delightful Manx cat I can share my experience over the last 11 years with my best friend Jackie Jackson. He was adopted from a wonderful local no kill shelter Pets Alive in Middletown, New York. He has a stumpy Manx, which means he has a little stub of a tail with which he is supremely expressive. He is a total snuggler, is sweet and loving and knows how much he's loved and returns it in kind. Manx cats have been described as dog like. If that means that they want to be with you every minute of every day, it's pretty much spot on. He's very playful and insanely intelligent. He's my alarm clock. I retired from teaching three years ago and spent much of my time painting, often with Jack perched on my shoulders. Mark, look at this baby angel. Oh, thank you for the information on the Manx. I love it so so so very much. And thanks for being a teacher all those years.
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Dana Goldberg
Absolutely. We love our teachers. Our this is from Regina Pronoun. She and her AGD gene, all the background staff. Thank you so very much for all the love you put into the daily beans. Jack, clean up on aisle 45. I don't know where my mental health would be without you. Your request for Manx information got me pulling out old photos of my two darling Menx cats. My first cat was a male Tabby Mengs and was 5 months old when I adopted him. His former family told me he was part Russian Blue. He'd lived for 23 years years and I still grieve his passing. My second cat was a Manx2, the beautiful female calico. I would find both of them sleeping under my armpits every morning. Great cats as all of my cats were and are. Look at these babies. He's cool.
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Alison Gill
Look at his little face. She's adorable. Oh man. Thank you so much Regina. Next up from Riley. This is going to be all cats, isn't it? All cats all the time from Riley pronoun she and they. Since the election a lovely co worker and I have started hanging out outside of work. We went banned book shopping at a new adorable queer owned bookstore called Mosaics in Provo, Utah. Unfortunately the store and event space is struggling. What could grow into a queer community mainstay providing access to books, other small businesses, mutual aid and bomb ass drag shows might be forced to close its doors after less than a year but you can help. Check out mosaicsutah.com so everybody if you got a couple of A little chatter you can share with Mosaics. It sounds like A wonderful community hub.
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Dana Goldberg
Love this. All right, this is from Ken B. Dear Beans, Queens, I'd like to give a shout out to my wife who I first met a little over two and a half years ago. We had each lost. We had each lost our spouse of 40 years and she found me online. We rescued each other. I fell in love with someone who is community and justice minded. In addition to her regular job, she's dedicated her life to various types of charitable fundraising in addition to pursuit of justice. As a young person, she went door to door to raise money for the St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital in Memphis. She has spent most of her adult life as an active member of the ncjw, which is the National Council of Jewish Women, which regularly performs, quote, miracles in the fields of social justice and providing aid for people in need, no matter their religion. Working with the NCJW, she collected signatures on the petition for Missouri's Amendment 3 for reproductive health freedom. She worked the polls on election Day handing out literature for Democratic candidates. On a group visit to Israel last year, during the time when prime minister tried to weaken the judiciary, she heard that there was going to be a protest in the area where she was staying. So she went out, bought an Israeli flag and joined the protest because of course, she did. I sold my east coast home earlier this year and moved in with her in the Midwest. We got married a few months ago. In a previous message, my pod pet tax was photos of the mutt shepherd that my mom rescued from the New York subway. This time. This time, because I don't have a photo handy of any of my wife's late pups, I'm sending a photo of an example of the handiwork of Lucy, her black lab, who was known for lovingly altering towels and bath mats.
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Alison Gill
Look at the giant chunks taken out of this.
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Dana Goldberg
That's amazing.
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Alison Gill
Oh, that's a great photo. Thank you so much, Ken. Thanks for that information and what a lovely shout out too. Next up from JP he and him. Hi. Sweet legumes. I am a first year Gen Xer who's been listening to you since the kitchen table days. I'd like to give a shout out to my older sister who I've always thought of as a hero, even though I don't think I've ever told her. She was the first female to graduate from the University of Florida with an electrical engineering degree and was, I think, the ninth female power engineer hired by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. She and her husband, also a power engineer, are retired and are avid cycling and skiing enthusiasts. She just came back from a cycling trip across Croatia and will soon be skiing in Japan as she is quickly approaching a boomer milestone. She's planning her next excursion with while health permits a bicycle ride from D.C. to Los Angeles. So yeah, she's awesome as pod bet tax. I'd like to introduce you to my newest member of our family, Copper. We received Copper as a rescue from Tennessee just two weeks ago. Copper is an 8 to 12 month old sweetheart who has been through some trauma. We don't know the full story, but she and her siblings were given up when the son of the owner threatened to shoot them. We don't know for sure, but it's possible she witnessed some horror. For sure. She came from a violent home, she suffers from anxiety and these past two weeks have been difficult. Trying to help her relax and know she's loved. After two weeks, she's just now starting to open up to my wife. Though I'm still a big scary to her. As she opens up, her personality is starting to show. She's a thief. She's stolen all of our other dogs toys. She's stolen treats out of my wife's coat pocket. She's torn a few things apart and good for her. She deserves some rebellious fun. We don't have DNA report, but we were just told at adoption time what she is. Can you guess?
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Dana Goldberg
Oh, wow. She looks like a retriever. Pyrenees.
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Alison Gill
Yeah, like a. With golden in there. Maybe a ridgeback or Aussie. What's that? She's got that kind of freckles.
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Dana Goldberg
I know. Adorable. Yeah.
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Alison Gill
Maybe Aussie, Australian shepherd and maybe some great Pyrenees.
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Dana Goldberg
There you go.
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Alison Gill
Look at us.
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Dana Goldberg
That's a big floof. That's a big floof dog.
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Alison Gill
Oh, she's an angel. She's so sweet. Thank you for adopting.
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Dana Goldberg
I love this.
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Alison Gill
This baby. I had a cat named Copper. Yeah, Ginger kitty.
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Dana Goldberg
Nice.
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Alison Gill
I'll just take this next one real quick and then you can take the one after that. Deadhead Trump resistor in Florida. She her. This is a pick for your bird watching segment. My colleague's son hates Donald Trump, but hilariously tends to default to backwards birds. New resistance trend. Thought you would enjoy.
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Dana Goldberg
So that's awesome.
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Alison Gill
I guess it's the right way around from the point of view of the sign. So they write that's awesome.
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Dana Goldberg
I love it.
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Alison Gill
Good birds.
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Dana Goldberg
All right. This is from Reid. Pronouns, he and him. Hi there. Your podcast came highly recommended by my coworker. She insisted that I share with you my current community oriented project that I started on TikTok. I'm doing a series called Trans Joy where I share comments that people have left and make minute long videos to earn money to donate to people who need financial assistance to receive gender affirming care. Reid, you're fucking awesome. I started this because so much of the media about trans people is negative and I wanted to highlight that there's a lot of happiness with living your true self. It's probably important to mention that I myself am a trans man. Thank you for all you do. And on TikTok, it's TikTok. Underscore, underscore. Reed de Coolis. That's hysterical. Reed to Coolis. Ridiculous. R E I D I K U L U S Underscore. So there's the Reed, TikTok and Reid, you're awesome. Thanks for living your. Your truth out loud and proud and helping others to do the same. You're awesome.
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Alison Gill
Read Dickulous Ridiculous. So good. With a K, right? Yeah, yeah. And we'll have that link, so that's cool. All you gotta do is watch TikTok videos to help people get gender affirming care.
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Dana Goldberg
Kind of amazing. Yep.
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Alison Gill
Fucking great. Look at these doggos.
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Dana Goldberg
Cute, cute pups.
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Alison Gill
So great. I feel like people are attaching their pod pet tax without acknowledging it. We have a cat photo from earlier that wasn't mentioned and from Riley. And then we have Reed that our.
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Dana Goldberg
Producers are like, here's a pet photo.
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Alison Gill
You get a pet photo, you look.
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Dana Goldberg
Under your chairs, everyone, there's a pet photo.
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Alison Gill
Kanai is like, allison seems down today. I'm just going to add pet photos.
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Dana Goldberg
I'm going to pepper these in.
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Alison Gill
All right, everybody, as you know, we record this Monday afternoon. You're hearing it Tuesday, but I'm very excited to see all of the patrons tonight, which was last night. As you're listening here in D.C. at because, you know, every, I think like two or three times a year, I'll. I'll throw a gala with an open bar and food and you know, everybody and bring in, bring in the patrons that are. That can make it.
- [36:13]
Dana Goldberg
Yeah.
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Alison Gill
So if you're interested in becoming a patron, you get these episodes ad free. You get them early and you can, you know, come to our galas and our, you know, Zoom Q&As and stuff. You can sign up@patreon.com Mueller she wrote it's like as little as 36 bucks for a whole year, I think. So check it out. Please support us. We appreciate you and we love you and thanks for sending your good news in. If you have any, send it to us dailybeanspod.com and click on contact. Dana, do you have any final thoughts before we head out to the White House tomorrow?
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Dana Goldberg
Let's go. No final thoughts today.
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Alison Gill
All right, well, I look forward to seeing you at the White House, my friend. And we'll tell everybody about it on the next on the next episode. So thank you all so much. We'll be back in your ears tomorrow. Until then, please take care of yourselves. Take care of each other, take care of the planet, take care of your mental health, take care of your family. I've been AG and I've been TG and them's the Beans.
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