House Of Cards (feat. John Fugelsang)

Summary

The Daily Beans – House of Cards (feat. John Fugelsang) Episode Date: September 19, 2025

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Daily Beans, hosted by Allison Gill and Dana Goldberg, unpacks a week of escalating attacks on free speech and deepening political authoritarianism in the United States. The hosts detail the fallout from the government-driven cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show, the role of FCC Chair Brendan Carr, mass arrests of Democratic lawmakers, attacks on independent media, and an alarming rise in political violence. Comedian, activist, and author John Fugelsang joins for "Fugelsang Friday," dissecting the censorship of comedians, the decline of corporate media, and strategies for progressive resistance.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Government Interference in Media and Censorship

• Jimmy Kimmel Canceled: President Trump suggested revoking TV licenses for networks that oppose him, coming on the heels of FCC Chair Brendan Carr forcing ABC to suspend Jimmy Kimmel’s show after Kimmel linked a political assassin to the MAGA movement.
  • “I would think maybe their license should be taken away.” – Trump ([05:14])
• Political Pressure: House Democrats call for Carr’s resignation and investigations into ABC, Sinclair, and the FCC’s overreach.
• First Amendment at Risk: Hosts and guest John Fugelsang emphasize this is a government-coerced attack on free speech, with independent media emerging as a vital platform as corporate outlets capitulate under pressure.

2. Shifts in Political Power and Response

• Democratic Outrage: Leading Dems like Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries demand accountability for Carr and ABC.
  • “I can’t think of a greater threat to free speech than Carr… He’s despicable. He’s anti-American.” – Schumer ([10:08])
• Republican Roadblock: GOP members block subpoenas for Carr. As Ro Khanna summarizes:
  • “...Have him explain to the American people why he is bullying private individuals.” ([08:25])

3. Authoritarian Tactics and Domestic Repression

• Lawmakers Arrested: Eleven Democratic lawmakers, including NYC Comptroller Brad Lander, are arrested by DHS after demanding access to an ICE detention center, with the administration accused of ongoing mass deportations.
• Federal Judge Pushback: Trump-appointed Judge Timothy Kelly blocks the deportation of Guatemalan children, sharply rebuking the administration’s deceit.
  • “That explanation crumbled like a house of cards...” ([12:12])

4. Escalating Threats and Political Violence

• Texas Man Arrested: A Texas man is indicted for repeatedly threatening NY Assemblyman Zoran Mamdani with racist and violent messages.
  • “Do us all a favor and kill yourself, okay?” – Threat cited ([18:27])
• Hosts express horror at the high tolerance and slow response to such death threats against elected officials.

5. Supreme Court Battles and Overreach

• Lisa Cook Case: Trump appeals to the Supreme Court seeking to remove Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook on disputable grounds, arguing the president alone can decide cause of removal with no judicial review.
  • Gill: “Just because the president says she did, she doesn’t get any due process to find out if he’s right?” ([14:35])

6. Media Decline and Rise of Independent Voices

• Corporate vs. Independent Media: The hosts and Fugelsang detail how independent media provides critical resistance and information in the face of corporate media’s “crumbling” under authoritarian pressure.
• Fugelsang’s Book Success: John Fugelsang’s Separation of Church and Hate becomes a New York Times bestseller fueled entirely by indie/progressive podcasts and outlets.
  • “Without any... cable news appearances, the week my book was released, I had a New York Times bestseller. And that comes from progressive independent media.” ([40:18])

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John Fugelsang Interview Highlights ("Fugelsang Friday")

State of American Fascism, Humor, and Free Speech

• “We’ve reached the canceling comedians by government decree as a bribe stage of young American fascism.” – Fugelsang ([22:36])
• Government attacks on comedians are an early-warning sign, echoing autocratic history.

Censorship, Bribery and Media Cowardice

• The “coercion is indirect and stochastic”—not overt censorship, but regulatory and economic threats forcing ABC to cave.
  • “The First Amendment exists specifically so presidents can’t toss comedians off the air for hurting their feelings.” – Fugelsang ([25:50])
• Disney and ABC missed a “smart play” to be free speech heroes; instead, their capitulation makes them appear complicit.

Right-Wing Violence vs. False Equivalence

• Statistics show right-wing extremists as the overwhelming source of political violence (75% of extremist murders in past decade; 100% in 2022), but the DOJ’s reports on this have been scrubbed from public view.
  • “The irony is, because they pulled that study, so many more people will now know that study exists. These people are so bad at fascism.” ([24:08])
• Conservative grift: exploiting tragedies (e.g., Charlie Kirk’s death) for fundraising while refusing to address causes like gun violence.

The Urgency and Power of Progressive Media

• Fugelsang urges Democrats to abandon corporate media’s green rooms and fully embrace podcasts and indie media:
  • “If a MOOC like me can make an impact using only progressive and independent media … we’re waiting for someone to come and organize us. But in the meantime, there’s so many voices out there and there’s more of us than there are of them.” ([40:18])

The Stakes of the Current Crisis

• Gill and Fugelsang stress that American democracy is in peril but grassroots action—organizing, protesting, supporting independent info—can resist the slide into authoritarianism.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Media Censorship & Free Speech
  • “We now no longer live in a democracy, and we’ve got to figure out how to function within this without it taking our sanity.” – Dana Goldberg ([03:32])
  • “Brendan Carr… has engaged in the corrupt abuse of power… has disgraced the office he holds by bullying ABC…” – Six Democratic lawmakers ([06:50])
• On Threats to Political Figures
  • “All domestic or all political violence comes from the left. Right, right, right. Yeah, absolutely.” – Dana & Allison, with heavy sarcasm ([19:21])
• On Rise of Independent Media
  • “Because when corporate media caves, we need independent infrastructure… I look forward to all these folks coming together on new projects.” – Allison Gill ([04:30])
• On Direct Activism
  • “Public pressure works. [Republicans] are terrified the public pressure is going to work.” – Senior Democratic staffer (Good News Section, [49:43])
• Fugelsang on the Dark Irony of Recent Events
  • “Joy, Katie Fang, Joy Reid… they all come together and form their own independent network… I’ll follow them anywhere.” – Allison Gill ([42:12])

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Important Timestamps

• 01:10-03:32: Opening banter, tone-setting, attack on Kimmel as attack on democracy/free speech.
• 04:30-06:11: Trump’s threat to pull TV licenses; political context; FCC Chair Carr’s role.
• 07:44-10:08: Democratic response; plans for investigation; Schumer and Jeffries’ comments.
• 11:18-13:19: Judge Kelly’s injunction stopping child deportations.
• 13:38-15:42: Trump’s SCOTUS appeal to fire Lisa Cook; legal implications.
• 16:41-19:21: Details of the hate crime and threats against Zoran Mamdani.
• 22:08-42:43: In-depth interview with John Fugelsang—censorship, the failure of corporate media, data on political violence, and independent media strategies.
• 44:07 onwards: Good news submissions and calls to activism, listener engagement.

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Action Steps & Community Engagement

• Contact Senate Oversight Committee re: media/FCC abuse ([45:00])
• Join protests and support marginalized communities; information on upcoming protests (October 18)
• Support independent and progressive media—vital in an era when corporate media fails to hold power accountable

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Tone & Style

The episode is frank, irreverent, and laced with dark humor—highlighted by frank swearing (self-described as “news with swearing”), biting sarcasm, and solidarity for progressive causes. The discussion is urgent but not hopeless; the hosts emphasize agency, activism, and the importance of community and independent voices.

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For listeners seeking the heart of the week’s political chaos and a roadmap for resistance, this episode of The Daily Beans offers both a searing analysis and an uplifting call to stand together, get loud, and protect what’s left of democracy.

Transcript

[A]

MSW Media. Hello and welcome to the Daily beans for Friday, September 19, 2025. Today, Donald Trump suggests TV licenses should be pulled following the FCC Chair Brendan Carr's successful push to yank Jimmy Kimmel off the air. House Democrats have called for an investigation of ABC and Sinclair as Chuck Schumer calls for Brendan Carr to resign. Eleven Democratic lawmakers were arrested by the Department of Homeland Security, including Brad Lander, for demanding access to the detention rooms at 26 Federal Plaza in New York. A Trump appointed judge tears into the administration and blocks the removal of Guatemalan children. A Texas man has been indicted for making credible threats against Zoran Mamdani. House Oversight Republicans block a measure to subpoena Brendan Carr. And Trump asked the Supreme Court to intervene in the firing of Lisa Cook. I'm Alison Gill.

[B]

And I'm Dana Goldberg.

[A]

Well, it's Friday. We made it to Friday.

[B]

Did we? Did we in one piece?

[A]

No, I don't think we made it in one piece.

[B]

I know, man. It's been nice to see the uproar of people that are upset about. Obviously it's not just the canceling of Jimmy Kimmel, it's the attack, the full out assault on the First Amendment and censoring. That's what it is. I mean, there's been plenty of comedians that I didn't like what the fuck they said. I don't think Chappelle should be talking about the trans community. I think Tony was a piece of POs at the Trump party, whatever that was.

[A]

Yeah, the RNC, Tony Hinchcliffe bullshit Nazi rally. I was like, that sucks. But I didn't call them to pull the station off the air.

[B]

Exactly. Nor did I ever call to get them canceled. It was just more of like pressure of like, why do you all keep giving this person a platform if they're going to keep doing this? Not cancel their career. Yeah.

[A]

And all difference.

[B]

There's truly a difference. And all we do is tell you.

[A]

What these people say, like what Tony Hinchcliffe said, what Charlie Kirk used to say. We're just telling you what they say.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And you can make your own decision about how you feel about them. Like, good Lord. But we're going to talk to John Fugelsang about this as well. And you know, he's got stuff to say about it. And we're going to talk to him later in the show because it's Fuglsang Friday on the Daily Beans. And if you don't have his book, Separation of Church and Hate, by the way, he just made the New York Times bestseller list.

[B]

Congratulations, Jenna boy.

[A]

And he did it by going on progressive media podcast. He didn't do any corporate media. And we're going to talk about that. So really, really good news. And I'm really glad that we have this independent media infrastructure in place because the corporate media is crumbling.

[B]

No, I'm kidding. A friend of mine asked about this, and they're like, are you worried? I'm like, no. We don't abide by FCC rules. That's why we get to say fuck every other word.

[A]

First of all, yeah. Second of all, what are you going to do? Call Alison Gill and tell her to fire Allison Gill and dg? No, it's not going to happen. Yeah, I'll look into it, though. I'll look into it very seriously and furrow my brow Susan Collins style. But I think we're going to be okay, at least with not being pulled off the air. At least the rest of how we're gonna be okay. We'll see how that turns out.

[B]

Yeah. It was really interesting. My dear friend V esper from under the Dust News, they just put out a video. Yeah. And they just put out a video. And it was sobering. But it's true. We now no longer live in a democracy, and we've got to figure out how to function within this without it taking our sanity. And it's not gonna be a fair world. You know, it's democracy. Yeah. Fascism, not fair. Auto. Autocracy, not fair. And we're gonna have to figure out how to continue to survive in this. And it's gonna take some time. We're babies when it comes to this sort of stuff in the country compared to other countries. And we can learn from them. We can learn from them. But buckle up. It's gonna be a ride. Yeah.

[A]

When we were facing down the barrel of Russian DISINFORMATION in the 2016 and 2020 elections, Ukraine was like, what are you new? Have you never seen anything like this before? What? What? How come you guys can't deal with this? You know, corruption and disinformation from Putin? It's weird.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But we are new at this, right? So, anyway, I'm very thankful that we have our independent media infrastructure to build on going forward. And I hope that all of these people that are being fired and canceled and are going to come together and do new projects on more independent media networks. And I look forward to that day because I'll of these folks wherever they go. All right, everybody, we have a lot of news to get to. Let's Hit the hot notes. Hot notes. First up from NBC. President Trump on Thursday suggested that the federal government might revoke the licenses of broadcast television networks that are against him. So if you're for facts, you're against Trump just by default. Trump's comment came a day after ABC suspended airing the Jimmy Kimmel Live show because of comments he made linking the alleged killer of Charlie Kirk to Trump's MAGA movement. I don't, I don't think, I'm not up with that. I'm not like, okay with that characterization of. That's why the show got pulled. But yeah, Trump said. I've read someplace that the networks are 97 against me again, 97 negative. And yet I won easily all seven swing states. That's what Trump told reporters, referring to as 2024.

[B]

Very specific reference of perhaps, you know.

[A]

And every time he says that, I'm.

[B]

Like, yep, did you. You keep bringing that up, guilt right there.

[A]

You keep bringing that up. Quote, they give me only bad publicity, press. I mean, they're getting a license. That's what he said, according to audio from a press gaggle aboard Air Force One. I would think maybe their license should be taken away. That's what he said. The President said that the decision, quote, would be up to Brendan Carr, the chairman of the FCC Federal Communications Commission.

[B]

So I'd also love to know what happened to him. I saw a video talking about his, you know, working the ranks up in the fcc, and he used to be very much in defense of President Biden is right. We can't be censoring. We have to have dialogue. You shouldn't censor. Humor's important. Comedians are important. And I'm like, what fucking changed? What got to him?

[A]

What do they have on him exactly? Seeing the Epstein files, like, what the fuck?

[B]

That's my question for everything. Now if someone like Jim flips, I'm like, what did you have to do with Epstein? Yeah, yeah. All right, Allison, thank you. There's a related story here. This is from the Guardian. House Democratic leaders demanded the resignation of federal commissions. The Communications Commission chair, Brendan Carr, on Thursday. They accused him of forcing ABC to suspend Jimmy Kimmel's late night show through regulatory threats. And that's a pretty right accusation. I mean, this is a quote. Brendan Carr, the so called chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has engaged in the corrupt abuse of power. This is from six lawmakers, including the Democratic leadership of Hakeem Jeffries. That's what they said in a joint statement. He has disgraced the office he holds by Bullying abc, the employer of Jimmy Kimmel, and forcing the company to. To bend the knee to the Trump administration. And let's not forget, this is also about a fucking merger. It's not just that Trump, he made fun of Trump. A merger needs to go through and the FCC has to approve it. The lawmakers threatened congressional investigations and warned that the House Democrats would, and I quote, make sure the American people learn the truth, even if that requires the relentless unleashing of congressional subpoena power.

[A]

Yeah. And as Harry Dunn and I discussed for the cleanup bonus that we just recorded, did you see Swalwell today in the House? He had a Jimmy Kimmel live hat on. And he said, a year.

[B]

That's fantastic.

[A]

I know. And he said, a year from now, Democrats are gonna be in power in this body. And so, Brendan Carr, save your documents and get a lawyer.

[B]

Oh, wow.

[A]

And I'm paraphrasing, but I thought that that was pretty great, that whole, you're not gonna be here in a year. It reminds me of that bit in Braveheart where the French lady leans down to King Longshanks and says, your son will not sit long on the throne and there is a child that grows in my belly. That's not of your line. Ah, you know, the King starts choking on his own vomit or whatever. Anyway, next up, Politico is reporting that, you know, you, you just said that Democrats want to, you know, demand the resignation in the House, but Republicans on House oversight just refused to subpoena FCC chair Brendan Carr after television stations across the country suspended Kimmel's late night show amid comments he made about the death of Charlie Kirk. In the name of all those who are being censored, I motion today to subpoena Brendan Carr and have him explain to the American people why he is bullying private individuals. That's Ro Khanna, our Democrat here from California. That's what he said on the floor when he made the motion. Khanna's motion was tabled. Killed in a 2421 party line vote. That's effectively kills it, though. Ranking member Robert Garcia said he's working with the chair James Comer to secure Carr's testimony before the committee. We'll see if Comer allows that. Democratic leaders on both sides of the Capitol have called for Carr to resign following the network's decision to yank Kimmel's show from the air, arguing it amounts to the sort of governmental censorship Republicans have decried for years. It also amounts to fascism.

[B]

But sure, yeah, let's call it what it is. And that is Right. It seems that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer demanded that the FCC commissioner resigned for pressuring this firing of Jimmy Kimmel. And this is a quote, he said Carr should resign. This is what Schumer told Politico on Thursday. He said, I can't think of a greater threat to free speech than Carr in many, many years. He's despicable. He's anti American. He had to resign, and Trump ought to fire him. Well, that's not gonna happen. We know that Democrats, who have few tools, by the way, to challenge Carr directly, they blasted the decision to pull Kimmel's show as caving to the sort of government censorship demands that Republicans have railed against for years. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Thursday also demanded that Carr resign. Senate Majority Leader John Thune. He framed the suspension of Kimmel's show as an, I quote, commercial economic market decision. Get the fuck out of here. Which is bullshit, because we all know this came from Brendan Carr. We also know that his ratings were great. There was no issue here with any sort of financial. Guys, get the hell out of here.

[A]

With that commercial economic market. No, no, no. And you're gonna see. Right. And I'm assuming that the firing of Colbert was a market decision.

[B]

Right.

[A]

Who went on to win the Emmy.

[B]

Yep, yep, yep, yep.

[A]

Cool. All right. In other news, this is. We're gonna shift gears here. This is from Adam Klassfeld at All Rise News. It was a house of cards. That's how federal judge appointed by Donald Trump. By the way, Federal Judge Kelly described the administration's claim that they only wanted to deport unaccompanied Guatemalan children in the middle of the night on a holiday weekend to reunite them with their families.

[B]

Bullshit.

[A]

The judge was like, that's a house of cards. On Thursday, U.S. district Judge Timothy Kelly issued an injunction blocking the Trump administration from sending the children back to Guatemala under a law designed to combat human trafficking. They're the ones. Human trafficking, okay. Kelly's strongly worded ruling laid bare the Trump administration's plan to whisk the children away in the dead of night on a holiday weekend. Quote, just before midnight on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend, several branch agencies began implementing a plan to expel from the United States certain unaccompanied alien children in the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services and send them back to their home country of Guatemala. Those agencies told the children's caretakers who were hearing about the plan for the first time to have them ready for pickup in as little as two hours, the children when roused from their beds in the middle of the night and driven to an airport where some were loaded onto planes. Now, the flights didn't take off only because their lawyers got wind of the hasty operation and sought relief around 1 in the morning, Eastern time Sunday, winning a temporary restraining order from the judge who was on the emergency duty docket. That's U.S. district Judge Sparkle Souk Nananan. The case was reassigned at the end of her shift to Timothy Kelly, who was appointed during Trump's first term. If Trump thought a more favorable draw would lead to a different outcome, he was mistaken. Quote. At a hearing later that day, counsel for the Trump administration explained why it is fairly outrageous for plaintiffs to have sued. All the administration wanted to do was reunify children with parents who had requested their return. But that explanation crumbled like a house of cards about a week later. There is no evidence, none before the court, that the parents of these children sought their return. To the contrary, the Guatemalan Attorney General reported that officials could not even track down parents for most of the children whom the administration found eligible for their reunification plan.

[B]

Plan.

[A]

So, remember, it was Sparkle Souk Nanan who brought the plane back, got all the kids off the planes, sent them back to their, you know, Office of Refugee Resettlement Homes.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And then the case was assigned to Trump appointee Tim Kelly, and everyone was like, dun, dun, dun. Oh, no, not a Trump appointee. Well, this Trump appointee is like, no, yeah, you're full of. And I'm going to issue this preliminary injunction, so well done.

[B]

All right, and this next one's from abc. President Trump has filed an emergency appeal with the United States Supreme Court, seeking a stay, a lower court order temporarily blocking the removal of Lisa Cook as governor of the Federal Reserve Board. Solicitor General John Sauer argues on behalf of the administration that lower courts have no authority to second guess the President's judgment on what constitutes cause for her removal as allowed under federal law. That's not true. Now, the government insists the allegations that Cook engaged in mortgage fraud prior to your appointment and confirmation to the Fed constitute sufficient grounds for the President's decision and that Cook is not entitled to any due process as a presidential appointee. Oh.

[A]

So even though there's no evidence, and the evidence actually shows in the paperwork shows she didn't commit mortgage fraud just because the President says she did, she doesn't get any due process to find out if he's right?

[B]

Correct. Okay. Yep. Cook, by the way, who has not been charged with any crime, has said that she would continue to serve as her role as FedGov and filed a suit against Trump over his move to fire her. And I hope that she wins this lawsuit.

[A]

I think she might. Because even the conservatives on the Supreme Court were like, yeah, you can fire FTC board members from multi member boards. Humphrey's executor sucks. Yeah, you can fire people from the Merit Systems Protection Board. Sure, you can fire people from the National Labor Relations Board, but not the Fed. The Fed is special. I don't think that Trump is going to come out on top on this one, even with this Supreme Court. But we'll see. Next up from democracy docket Democratic. This is crazy Democratic. New York lawmakers, including City Comptroller Brad Lander. He was running in the mayoral primary. Member? Yeah, he's the one who got on a like a slate with mom.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

Vote US Number one and number two, all 11 were arrested by the Department of Homeland Security Thursday after demanding access to an alleged detention facility run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at 26 Federal Plaza. Remember the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza where people were shoved in rooms and left there for days with no toilets or food or light?

[B]

Horrible.

[A]

At least 11 city and state lawmakers have been confirmed to have been taken into custody. All of them were zip tied and led away by a DHS officer or many DHS officers, I should say. After refusing to leave the 10th floor where ice has been accused of running the suspected lockup without answers, the lawmakers had gathered with immigrants rights organizers to spotlight ICE's operations in the federal building where detainees have reported being held in unsafe and degrading conditions for more than an hour. The group pressed to see the alleged holding area before DHS officers moved in to make arrests. This is not the first time Brad Lander has clashed with ICE at Federal Plaza. In June, he was briefly detained by federal agents after linking arms with a man facing immigration proceedings and demanding to see a judicial warrant before officers could take him away. The arrest of sitting lawmakers, including the city's public advocate and comptroller, for attempting to inspect ICE facilities has been part of the Trump administration's ongoing mass deportation agenda. Well, this is a developing story, so we'll keep you posted.

[B]

Thank you so much, my friends. This next one's from NBC. Authorities have arrested a Texas man for allegedly making phone and written threats to New York City mayoral candidate and state Assemblyman Zoran Mamdani, warning the self described Democratic socialist who, and I quote, go back to Uganda before someone shoots him in the head. The Queens District Attorney. This is what they said in the filing. Jeremy Fistol was reigned on a 22 count grand jury indictment charging him with making a terrorist threat as a hate crime, aggravated harassment and related charges. In that case, prosecutors allege he started sending the messages to Mamdani's office in June and continue to do it through July. That's according to the charges. Festel allegedly left an anti Muslim message June 18, saying the Uganda born Mamdani wasn't welcome in New York and warning him to watch his back.

[A]

Has he been to New York? I'm sorry to interrupt you.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But has he been to New York?

[B]

No. Doubtful. Yeah. Warning him, by the way, to watch his back and his family's back. He called him a terrorist. Well, a few weeks later, only July 8, Thistle allegedly sent a message through Mamdani's website wishing him terminal cancer and an imminent painful death. There's content warning here, if we didn't already need it already and apologize. And they quote, I'd love to see an IDF bullet through your skull. That's what the message read, according to court documents. Would be even better if you had to watch your wife and kids murdered in front of you before they and. And your pathetic, miserable life. I hope you all die painful, sudden deaths. Do us all a favor and kill yourself, okay? The next voicemail came a few weeks after that and included similar sentiments. Why the fuck wasn't this taken care of during those two weeks, by the way? According to prosecutors, Mamdani's staff first reported this message to police on June 18, the day Fisto allegedly left that first voicemail. They reported it. That's a death threat. Why didn't they do anything? The Texas man allegedly blocked his caller ID and investigators eventually tracked the calls to his cell phone. This is what the complaint said. It also alleges the website submitted message was traced to Fistell's email account. So not only is he a criminal, he's a dumb criminal. Fistell was arrested last week in Texas and extradited to Queens on Wednesday. He faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted of the top charge. His attorneys couldn't immediately be reached for comment Thursday.

[A]

Oh, my God. Sorry about that, everybody.

[B]

That was hard to read.

[A]

Yeah, that's why I, like, I put the all caps content warning there. Like I and I debated, like, maybe not, you know, putting it in there, but like, I think people need to know.

[B]

Agreed, agreed.

[A]

Because, you know, all domestic or all political violence comes from the left.

[B]

Oh, right, right, right. Yeah, absolutely. And at the same time, we can't turn away. I don't want us to get desensitized to this kind of stuff.

[A]

Yeah. Agreed. Thank you, my friend, for that reporting, everybody. We do have some good trouble, but it's going to be up first in the good news. But right after this break, we're going to have John Fugelsang for Fuglsang Friday. So stick around. We'll be right back after these messages.

[C]

We'll be right back.

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[C]

Thank you, Allison. Listen, I hope you don't mind, but I, I told Donald Trump I do a favor. Antifa is now a terrorist organization. Do you know who the leader is or where the office is or the headquarters? He, he asked me if I could help. We're trying to find out where the organization is organized.

[A]

Oh, there is no organization. That's so he can pick whomever he wants to say they're a member of. Antifa.

[C]

Oh, I'm so sorry. That again. Okay. Sorry, I'm really slow. I haven't really had much sleep the last two weeks. Yeah. We've reached the canceling comedians by government decree as a bribe stage of Young American Fascism. How are you liking it?

[A]

Oh, very scary times. This is a direct government cancellation of a comedian. And as we know and as we've seen throughout history, that's where they go first, right? They cancel all day. They go off the press, they cancel the comedians because they speak truth to power. And this was all FCC chair and this whole Antifa domestic terror organization. There's a reason we don't have a legal authority with which to declare domestic groups as terror organizations. Otherwise the Biden administration would have declared the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers and the Three Percenters domestic terror organizations since.

[C]

Wait, juries sure did. Juries that saw evidence sure did.

[B]

Right.

[A]

Since domestic violence extremism is the number one domestic terror threat in the United States and has been for quite a while.

[C]

Isn't it, though? I read that on the DOJ website, but I can't find it this week. But I know that's because they quietly.

[A]

Removed that report from the Department of Justice.

[C]

Indeed they did. Isn't that interesting that they decided to do this? It turns out they deleted the study from their own website that showed far right violence outpaces all other political violence combined. 75% of extremist murders in this country in the last decade have been by the Far right. Since 1990, they killed over 520 people. The far left has killed 78. And in 2022, Dr. Gill, 100% of politically motivated killings in this country were carried out by far right extremists. And the irony is, because they pulled that study, so many more people will now know that study exists. These people are so bad at fascism.

[A]

Yeah, they truly are. But it's here. It's not like it's coming.

[C]

Yeah, and I want to disagree. I want to disagree with you on one thing you just said in your. In your brilliant speech there. This wasn't direct government censorship. This was indirect. This was stochastic censorship. This was self censorship via coercion. I mean, what this guy did was just threaten Brendan Carr, who is so servile he makes Giuliani look like a free thinker, went on Benny Johnson's clown show and threatened Disney's broadcast license if they didn't do something about Kimmel. Now, the FCC can't do this. They have no jurisdiction over jokes. But I guess they do over bruised egos. They have no authority over what a late night TV host can say. And the First Amendment exists specifically so presidents can't toss comedians off the air for hurting their feelings. So. So by having Nexstar say we're going to pull Kimmel from 38 of our stations, Disney had a choice, and they made the bad choice. They went ahead and shut down the entire show indefinitely. And now they're working behind the scenes to try to smooth this out. When this blows over, and this will blow over, this whole week, this whole shock of this assassination will blow over. But the smart play by Disney would have been to let them drop Kimmel and be free speech heroes and let the world know in all those markets that we're going to provide the Kimmel show to all you subscribers who are now losing your programming. And then when this thing is over, you know, the protests would have been turned on Nexstar, but they didn't do it for 38 affiliates. They threw their flagship show under the bus. And Kimmel's going to be fine. The show's going to come back. And even if it doesn't, he's. He's Library of Congress forever now. I mean, I feel bad for his staff, but now because ABC caved, everybody's talking about how abc, how Disney hates free speech, and Disney censored barely anyone's talking about nexstar. They could have spun this where a giant corporate monolith like Disney was the free speech hero, but they care too much about the money and not the long game.

[A]

Yeah. And what I meant by bringing the government into this is that there's a First Amendment issue here because of the coercion from the government. Whereas they're trying to say that it's not that, that that ABC did this. They made the decision. Right. It had nothing to do with the government. But there is a First Amendment case here, and that's why.

[C]

Totally, totally. But they're doing it again indirectly. This is how they did it before. And it's all done in the form of bribes, which was what, you know, the, the, the Paramount lawsuit was all about that south park got around so brilliantly. I mean, you know, we're, we're looking at these bribes just happening in public, and it's just kind of crazy to think that, like, this man's made billions of dollars off the office. No one's ever done this. No individual in history has ever profited off the office while serving in the office to the tune of billions of dollars. They could have impeached him one minute into his inaugural address for this. And the Democrats in the media are just, are just fine. But like, Kimmel didn't call for violence. Kimmel didn't lie about an election. Kimmel didn't lie about innocent migrants eating pets. Kimmel didn't lie about the first black president not being one of us. He didn't tell people to inject disinfectant. And he didn't suggest we euthanize homeless people like our good buddy Brian Kilby did last week on, on Fox and Friends. And I'm so grateful Brian Kilme did that at the exact time because it shows us exactly what is going on here. They're attacking, attacking comedian shows just how, how scared they are. It's tariffs, it's Epstein, it's the midterms. They know how bad it's gonna get. And kill meat is there to remind us that there's no double standard. There's one standard. And the one standard is if you say things that Trump likes, you'll get promoted. If you say things he doesn't like, he will try to end you.

[A]

Yeah, and euthanize is kind of too nice a word. I mean, he said it's a nice.

[C]

Word for saying murdering veterans. Yeah, I mean, this is just full upside down fascist carnival ride. When Brian Kilmeat, and I've done that show many times, he's just calling for the state sanctioned murder of American veterans. And he keeps his Job. But Karen Attia, brilliant black woman at the Washington Post, gets fired for quoting the late Mr. Kirk's own racist words. She didn't invent the racism. She didn't remix the racism. She just said, here's what this guy actually said. And Bezos paper was like, whoa, whoa, whoa. Facts about racism. You're fired. Murder of the homeless, you're fine. Tell the truth about some guy's actual words and you're out. I mean, Kilmeade would give lethal injections to 35,000 homeless veterans, the very people his network fetishizes on Veterans Day, in between all their ads for testosterone pills and gold.

[A]

Well, and also the pawns that they use to say, oh, you want free health care while we have homeless veterans? You want this? We have homeless veterans, but you want to. Yeah, you want to execute the home.

[C]

Donald Trump tried to move the homeless veterans off Fifth Avenue because he thought they were an eyesore in front of his big, ugly building. We can talk for days about the Republican Party's disgust and condemn and contempt for homeless veterans.

[A]

Yeah. And. And I think there's a direct correlation between the fact that we woke up the next day to multiple shootings at homeless encampments.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

I mean, but. Yeah, he keeps.

[C]

But Antifa is hiding under our bed. Antifa is the problem. Yeah. I mean, their leader is a felon and a fraud and a failed steak salesman. And he's out there saying, oh, the left compared wonderful Americans like Charlie the Nazis. And it's like, I never called him a Nazi. I called him an authoritarian, far right white Christian nationalist. But with the podcast, I mean, they would rather burn studies, burn statistics, erase facts, blame minorities, and gaslight us into another civil war, then look in the mirror, admit that their movement is a driver of political violence, and do anything to fix it.

[A]

Right. And, you know, we sit and, you know, we're watching this happen, and with the Antifa thing and the domestic terrorist organization thing, and it makes me think of how they said, the guy with a clock tattoo is Trende Aragua. Therefore, under the authority of the Alien Enemies Act, I can send him to a torture prison in Sicote, for example.

[C]

Exactly.

[A]

In El Salvador, in Seacoat. And that makes me think, well, if it's Antifa, and I said this nine months ago, and I said this even before going back even further, that if he decries Antifa and wants to use emergency powers against whomever he decides is a member of Antifa.

[C]

Exactly.

[A]

I'm interested to see. Well, interested is a weird word, but I deign to see what legal authority he will use. Like he used the Alien Enemies Act.

[C]

Exactly.

[A]

To go after everybody else. That's political.

[C]

He's blowing up people in boats and vaporizing any evidence. But assuring us there were drugs there. We can't.

[A]

In the name of trend.

[C]

In the name of trend. So it's like, well, you know, I watch enough TV shows to know this phrase, dope on the table. Supposed to be you arrest them, you put the dope on the table, you brag about how you got them, and then you shake these guys down to get their. Oh, yeah, you don't want that. Because they're not interested in actually stopping drugs from entering the country. They're interested in using that as a pretense to put troops in majority black cities. That's all it's about. They. They don't care about any of this stuff, and they don't care about Charlie Kirk either. If they cared about what happened to Charlie Kirk, they would maybe take a moment to work with us to try to prevent the next mass shooting, or.

[A]

At least acknowledge it. You remember when Trump was asked how he felt about his good friend Charlie Kirk being murdered, and he said, look at all the trucks building my ball.

[C]

And that's the clip that Kimmel played, and that's what got Kimmel suspended. He was not making fun of Charlie Kirk or denigrating the murder in any way. It's all based on lies. And they're not even good lies. I mean, they're just doing this stuff with really sloppy pretext. I've never seen so many people that don't care how they're going to come off in the history books before. But what they're doing to Charlie right now is Benghazi. They didn't care about those four men. They exploited those murders or political points. You ask one Republican to name any of the four men murdered in Benghazi, they can't do it now. They couldn't do it then. They never cared. They cared about those dead bodies in as much as they could exploit them. If they cared about what happened to Charlie Kirk, they'd get along with us and say, hey, what can we do to keep the next emotionally unstable 20 something from popping off at an outdoor political rally and killing someone. They're not interested in preventing gun violence, just like abortion. They're not interested in preventing unwanted pregnancies. They want to use the abortion controversy to get more power. They don't want to stop gun violence. They want to use gun violence to get more power. And a lot of these people do not care about Mr. Kirk. They don't even know him. And we talked about it last week, but that's the tragedy too, and the irony. So many people would have never known this man's racist actual statements if he hadn't been killed and if they hadn't deified him. But now his racist statements are going to be stapled to his obituary for the rest of time. And I was an idiot when I was a kid. I said lots of offensive things. This guy's never gonna get a chance to grow up and balance it all out. You know, Robert Byrd, the one racist Republicans are allowed to hate. He's the only racist Republicans will ever hate. And they hate him because he stopped being a racist and became a. And fought for civil rights and was honored in death by the naacp. He renounced racism and he apologized his whole career. And he voted against the Iraq war and became an incredible liberal. And this is the guy they hate when they want to talk about racists, the one who renounced it. Charlie Kirk's never going to get to do that. And that's another tragedy of this, this atrocity last week. And again, again, it's all about the exploitation now and how I keep reading how many more members they're getting. And I don't know if your listeners subscribe to as many right wing mailing lists as I do, but you know what, check it out sometime. See how many Republican organizations have been sending text messages and emails saying these liberals killed Charlie Kirk. And when that failed, saying these liberals are rejoicing in the murder of Charlie Kirk. And when that failed, these liberals refused to honor Charlie Kirk. Either way, they keep trying to fundraise off the man's murder. They're exploiting it.

[A]

Yeah. And the corporate media is no help. Coming out the next day, Wall Street Journal saying that there's stuff engraved on the bullets. And we're not going to tell you what it is, but it's definitely antifa and transgender ideology, whatever. Transgender ideology?

[C]

Yeah, with transgender ideology, that's, that's anything they don't like. That's like liberals with gluten. You know, just like whatever, whatever. It's the umbrella term. It's, it's trans ideology is gluten for these people. But we already know it was video game talk. And the fact is, like when Jimmy said he's one of yours, maybe he wasn't maga, but he was a white kid from a white family in a white state, raised by Republicans in a MAGA household, raised around guns just go into a very white university. And, and, and yeah, so in that sense he was. But I think what both sides are missing is there's no binary here. Look at this guy, right? This guy committed an act of political terrorism. And the, the Republican kid with the Republican gun who shot at Trump last year committed an act of political terrorism. And Luigi Mangione, when he murdered that healthcare executive, committed an act of political terrorism. But all three, the three most famous acts of political terrorism in the last year and a half, they weren't done on behalf of any side or against any particular side.

[A]

In fact, the judge in the case just dropped the two terrorism charges.

[C]

Exactly.

[A]

Against Luigi Manja.

[C]

If we keep saying this is exclusively a left versus right thing, and don't get me wrong, the right's making it a lot easier for these guys to get guns. There's plenty to blame to give on the right and the left. They're trying to blame the gun control, the annoying woke gun control people. They're trying non stop to blame the gun control side for more gun violence. But the reality is this ain't that simple, man. This is about algorithms. This is about young men who spend their entire life online in a culture that we didn't grow up in, where people are paid to design software to make us angry and hate each other all the time. The easy access to guns, well, that's the charming American wrinkle. You've got crazy males on the online all the time in every country. Just like you got transgender people and depression and SSRIs and violent video games. Here we have the access to the guns and it's going to be messy. We have to find new ways to talk to Republicans about this because just saying, my side versus your side, it's not that clear cut. In these three very famous instances of political terrorism we've lived through in the.

[A]

Last year, do you think Trump even knows that most of the political violence comes from the right? Do you think he knows that? Because when he was out about Dylann Roof, he didn't know who that was or that was, that was Kash Patel.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And when Trump was asked about the Hortons, he didn't know who they were.

[C]

No, I don't think Trump knows his kids birthdays. People always say, if you could ask Donald Trump one question, what would it be? And it would be asking his children's birthdays. No, he doesn't know.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

No, Trump's the hood ornament. This is at this point, this is just like new Apostolic Reformation. This is, this is just the Project 2025 trying to keep their very shaky hood ornament on the front of the car because the man's not well. Did you see him in the uk? He looks like he just ate Boris Johnson. And it's getting shakier, it's getting scarier. They're getting scared for the midterms and that's why they're getting so messy and cracking down. That's why they're trying these gerrymandering and the cheat so hard. And to. I mean, you're silencing comedians who. Who in his. Does Susie Wiles think that's going to make them look good in the history books? Is Susie Wiles signing off on all this? Because I thought she was a lot smarter. Like they're just auditioning to be villains in history books now.

[A]

I don't think they care about their legacy.

[C]

They don't. They care about short term profit.

[A]

Yeah, absolutely right. I mean, that's it. And you know, we talk about these media failures after the shooting and just in general going back to whenever. And I think that's why it's so important that you do what you do on your show. That I do what I do on my show. And I think that progressive independent media is growing and it's growing fast and I'm looking forward to see where it goes. But you know, as Maddow said and pointed out in her ultra podcast, it was a handful of a couple of independent journalists that really started pushing back in the United States against the Nazi movement.

[C]

Oh, yeah. And if I can just say, like.

[A]

That'S where I see you.

[C]

Well, it was independent journalists in Florida who refused to, who refused to let the Trayvon Martin case go away. Like it's always been journalists on the fringes. But as I was saying to you before we started taping Dr. Gill, my book came out last week and all my cable news appearances got canceled. That's understandable. There's a lot of things going on and if you work in the thing, you know, you get bumped from cable news all the time. I bump people with my SiriusXM show all the time. It just happens. But I told my audience last night, like I, I decided a month ago that I had to start doing what I keep telling Democrats to do. I keep telling Democrats to start doing progressive media, do small podcasts, do SiriusXM prime progress, do shows like yours, do these substack shows. You know, I only see these Democrats in the green room at CNN and msnbc. And I thought I got to take their Own advice. Because when I used to do Goofy tv, I could get booked on the Daily show to sell stuff. A book about Christianity and politics I knew was third rail. So I have been doing every podcast in the world. I've been trying to get booked on every conservative and Christian podcast in the world. Every. I've been doing so many, like really small independent, just people in their basement who are awesome. And, and I've been doing like five a day for a month and a half. And I'm here to tell you that without any networks of network appearances or cable news appearances, the week my book was released, I had a New York Times bestseller. And that comes from progressive independent media. It's out there Democrats. If a MOOC like me can make an impact using only progressive and independent media, I got booked on zero conservative shows like Nobody. They're all, no one will have me. They're all terrified of me. And I booked to everything, including Mr. Kirk's show. So here it is. We're here. We're waiting for, you know, someone to come and organize us. But in the meantime, there's so many voices out there and there's more of us than there are of them. They got more money and they're the status quo and they got more billionaires, but there's more of us. There's more people who think maybe government shouldn't be protecting a network of child rapists. And that's the side I'm fighting for.

[A]

Well, I appreciate it and I appreciate all you do. And thanks for being on our show every Friday.

[C]

Thank your audience for buying my book. I love your audience so much and I love what you bring into the world. And I just, I love all the, the great videos you've been doing and the great investigative reporting you've been doing. I'm, I'm always used to getting my talking points for you, but I'm learning breaking news from you so much as well. And so thanks for inspiring me.

[A]

Well, thank you, my friend. I appreciate it. And we will see you next week on the Daily Beans on Fugal Sang Fridays. Of course, you can always. In the meantime, catch John Fugal sang on Tell me everything on SiriusXM progress channel, 127, weeknights, 9pm Eastern, 6 Pacific. You've got to get yourself a copy of the New York Times best selling book. It's weird to say. It's weird to hear, right?

[C]

Yeah, it's very weird to say.

[A]

Separation of Church and Hate. You don't want to miss it. It's absolutely fantastic. And of Course, you can listen to the John Fugle San show podcast or check them out on Substack for, you know, if you don't have Sirius. So thank you so much, my friend, for joining me today. And you know, I've written and I've called nexstar, I've called that guy, I've called abc, I've canceled Disney and Hulu and I'm gonna do what I can with my wallet. I'm gonna protest with my wallet and take my business elsewhere.

[C]

Kimmel's gonna be back. Kimmel will be back. You know, I mean, well before Halloween.

[A]

Everybody's come back stronger. Joy, you know, Katie Fang and Joy Reid. Katie Fang's now on a network that has 10 times the subscribers that MSNBC does. We're not going to go away and I'm assuming, I'm looking forward to the day where if they get rid of Myers as well and Jon Stewart and they all come together and form their own network, their own independent network where you can't be pressured by the fcc, that would be fantastic. And I'll follow them anywhere because I think they're fantastic and their voices are important, especially in, you know, we're seeing them being removed under autocracy as they're trying to speak out against it. So thank you so much again and we'll see you next week, my friend.

[C]

Thank you and your audience.

[A]

Everybody stick around. We'll be right back with the good news. Everybody, welcome back. It's time for the good news.

[C]

Who likes good news?

[A]

Everyone?

[C]

Then good news, everyone.

[A]

Good news, good news. I love the Friday good news dump. Dana. It is.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

We need really sets up the weekend on a good note. So I get ready to like take a little time off and take some time for myself and do a little self care over the weekend. So please send us all your good news, big or little no matter when it happened to DailyBeansPod.com just go to DailyBeansPod.com and click on Contact. You can also give a shout out maybe to a loved one, a spouse. We had a bunch of spouse shout outs and partner shout outs last yesterday and that was awesome. We love self shout outs. Maybe a small business in your area you want to shine a light on or a nonprofit that's doing great work or maybe some community organizing you love. Maybe share some photos of last rally that you've been to or a Tesla takedown or a Fox News takedown. Anyway, send it all to us. You can even shout out government programs that have helped you or a loved one and to get your stuff read on the air, you just got to pay your pod pet tariff, which sounds specific, but it's not. You can literally just attach a photo of anything.

[B]

It's true.

[A]

Your pet, an adoptable pet in your area, a random animal on the Internet. You can do bird watching photos, which can be actual birds, or you and your family and friends flipping the bird to Trump or Musk or whoever that deserves it. Send those to us. Family photos, photos of your happy place. Show us what you're making and creating. Show us photos of you writing postcards with some friends or making signs before a rally with some friends. Anything and everything is welcome. So send it to [e-mail] and click on contact. All right, first up from Anonymous. No pronouns given. And this is your good trouble. Anonymous says, hello, Beans Queens. Thanks for all you do to help us maintain our sanity. In light of the FCC's activity this week regarding Jimmy Kimmel expressing his opinion and lack of action regarding Brian Kilmeade, who endorsed execution the homeless and the two shootings of homeless encampments this week in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I wanted to share action I've taken that other listeners can also take. I do not trust that the FCC will address anything, but there is a Senate Oversight Committee with subcommittee for media. I recommend people contact their senator or the Senate members of the committee and request an investigation into Fox News and Brian Kilmeade's statements calling for the execution of the homeless. We will have a link to the committee members in the show notes and Anonymous Sundays I'm including two photos. One is a tribute yard sign to the Hortman's that were sold this summer as a fundraiser. And the other is seed art honoring Melissa. Oh my gosh. That's incredible. Look at that. It's a beautiful portrait.

[B]

Extraordinary. When people can make art out of anything, it blows my mind.

[A]

I know, I know. And that's a beautiful look. They have the dog under the tree because we forget sometimes that we also. The Hortman's lost their dog that day, too.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Thank you for that wonderful good trouble.

[B]

Yes, thank you. And next is from David, pronouncing him Greetings and salutations, Beans Queens. I recently subscribed to the podcast after calling the flood of substack feeds I was getting. Yours was one that just cannot be missed. I love the news with swearing, which brought to mind a time long ago in the Navy. I was commissioned out of an NROTC program and made it to USN Diving Officer School before reaching the Fleet a year after commissioning. It was a very small ship with just six officers total. That made me a department head for the first division officer tour. Alison can explain the difference if it's useful to people listening. Do you want to take that real quick?

[A]

No, it's fine.

[B]

Okay. Our chief engineer was a chief warrant officer right out of central casting, complete with the Scottish brogue. Then we're sitting in the wardroom for a status meeting and the CO asks Cheng what's happening with a framistam. Something broken that we needed to get underway for our next mission, by the way. Cheng leans back in his chair, shakes his head and says, skipper, the fucking fucker's fucked. A beat passes, then the CO and XO start laughing. Fucking fuckers. Fucked became our catchphrase for anything broken actually happened. I am adopting for my pod pet, Tara. Here's our Covid, rescue doggy Ernie, at rest, waiting for us to get ready in the morning and also showing his stuffed chickens. Little chicken whose boss we. Yeah, I'm sure we haven't run DNA on him, but the rescue org and our vets have a decent guess. We recently ran into a pair of dogs that could have been litter mates and we were told that they were what we guessed. Ernie's the best boy in suits. And this retired couple, completely with the ability to hike as much as we can or relax on a rainy day.

[A]

Oh, my gosh. Look at this little guy.

[B]

Poodle.

[A]

It looks. It looks like a poodle terrier to me too. Because God loves a terrier. What do we have a poodle and terrier? Stop it.

[B]

I didn't even listen. Sometimes Alice and I get these in advance and I accidentally scroll over the answers. I did not. This time.

[A]

We did it.

[B]

We did.

[A]

Our sixth correct dog.

[B]

I love it. And poodle terriers are very cute, by the way.

[A]

Oh, my gosh. So awesome. Thank you for that. Thank you for that. I love it. Triple F is the problem. Thank you so much. Next up, Miranda pronouns, she and her. Hey, y'.

[B]

All.

[A]

Sending in good news from California in the form of a shout out to my incredible progressive feminist husband for going back to school to become a nurse. I could not be more proud of him for all the hard work he's doing to serve others and create their future. Go, Johnny. I'll also note that he makes hilarious progressive content on TikTok. And anybody who needs a smile or a laugh should go check it. Check it out. His handle is onnyj O n N Y underscore ve. Thanks for all you guys do for pet tariffs. Here's a picture of my sweet pit bull mix named Rachel. That's such a good dog name. With her two cats, Roman and Gene. I love it. Rachel, Roman and Gene. The cats raised the dog and she thinks she's a feline. I travel for work and she gets to go exploring all over Northern California when she's with me. And she's the best road warrior. All right, look, there she is with the yeti.

[B]

Oh my God.

[A]

Bigfoot. The Squatch.

[B]

Oh God, she's cute.

[A]

She's adorable. Look at those ears. It's ridiculous. There she is in a cat tree. That's pretty hilarious, too. Thank you so much for that. Great shout out.

[B]

All right, Anonymous Pronouns he and him Hello, Beans Queen. Staying anonymous because I work in a senior role for a Democratic member of Congress.

[A]

Oh no. You gotta email me separately and tell me.

[B]

This is awesome. I want people to understand something. Public pressure matters. Things are especially bleak right now, and we should know they will likely get even bleaker before they get better. But this is the thing. We've already seen public pressure work. We've seen the President gleefully declare war on Chicago and then turn around and then actually send National Guard troops to Memphis because Chicago and Illinois are publicly pushing back. And that's just one example at a time when we're seeing it work in a number of venues. We have seen this with Republican senators deciding they're done. Like Thom Tillis and Joni Ernst and Nebraska Congressman Don Bacon opting to call it a day. Yes, the President and his allies are working feverishly to rig the 2026 election before it even happens. But that also tells you something very important. They're terrified the public pressure is going to work. Remember that the President and all his henchmen understand that what they are doing is so incredibly unpopular that they'll do anything to keep us, the increasingly majority of Americans who oppose these actions from having our say in the next election. They are terrified of losing while the Supreme Court melts into a worthless puddle of goo. With the notable exception of Kagan, Sotomayor and Jackson, who I Stan. And with Congress effectively handling the reins to the president, handing the reins to the President, that we're left with this very important reminder that what matters most is us. We. We get to decide, just as our nation unfortunately did last year when we reelected this monster. That means protesting now. It means calling your members of Congress and senators. It means lighting up the White House switchboard. It means rallying your neighbors. It means donating to people doing the good work. It means fighting for the ability of your Latino, black, lgbtq, immigrant, marginalized neighbors and loved ones to be able to just live their lives without fearing the actions of some dipshit in the Oval and his pick me brown shirts. So use the platforms you have. Speak out. Join a protest on October 18th. That's the next no kings, by the way. Everyone get Dems elected in marginal districts in Virginia, New Jersey, this November. Own your power. Because what gets lost in all this obsession about our leaders is that they get their power from us, we give it to them. And if ever there was a time to be clear about that, raising our voices and organizing to create the biggest blue wave you've ever seen, the time is right now for my pod pet tax. These are our two pups. Both getting up in their age, sadly, and basically both fully deaf. But I suppose that's kind of fun because now they sleep through a lot more and we're learning to sign language with them. One's a Swedish Vallhond. Valhond. Excuse me. And the other is a corgi German shepherd. I bet that dog is cute as shit. Whose legs are just 6 inches long. The Valhein will snuggle you for days and was my home office mate through the pandemic. And the corgi shepherd is happy enough to her crate until there's a ball in the vicinity, at which point you will have no choice but to play fetch with her into the wee hours of the night. Thank you for being a light in the darkness. Never forget that a single candle can light an infinite number more.

[A]

Oh, my God.

[B]

What a beautiful submission. This is fantastic. Thank you for the work that you do. And it's really. It's just really well said. Now is the fucking time. Small things matter. Do something small.

[A]

Yes. And anonymous. You got to send me a separate message. I got to know who you work for. I want to talk to you. Democratic member. Senior role for a Democratic member of Congress. Is it Maisie Hirono, by chance? Because I just got in my inbox. Somebody sent me a tweet.

[B]

We can't confirm that from Maisie Hirono.

[A]

No, no, no, no. I'm just. No, no, I. I'm saying I think it's, you know. Oh, I just happened right now to get something from Coinkity. Right. Maisie Hirono says you're right. I should have been more direct. Small businesses are getting by your disastrous tariffs.

[B]

Wow.

[A]

What? Somebody just said, awesome scent. That Maisie Hirona said to me. And because the universe works in mysterious ways. Dana, I was wondering if it happens to be Maisie Hirono because I just.

[B]

Got that information that would be kind of amazing. It happens more often than not on this podcast.

[A]

Yeah, we do have a lot of really interesting coincidences that happen and I think it's, you know, because the universe is so awesome and also terrifying right now. But here we are and we are in community and we're together. And that was an awesome submission. Thank you for sending it in. And everybody, please make sure to send your good news to us. We're going to need it. Like he said, it's going to get worse before it gets better. And it's still getting worse. And, and every time we think it can't get worse, it will. So we gotta stick together. Send us your good news dailybeanspod.com click on contact. If you can support independent media and the independent media infrastructure as we watch the demise of the corporate media, you can become a patron of of our podcasts. You can do [e-mail] Muller she wrote, It's like 36 bucks for a whole year.

[B]

Super reasonable.

[A]

I think so too. And do you have any final thoughts before we get out of here for the weekend, my friend?

[B]

No, I do not.

[A]

Wonderful. Well, everybody, we'll be back in your ears on Monday. Please take some time this weekend. Go outside, maybe hang out in the sun if you live in an area that has some sun. We've had some rain here pretty consistently the last couple days in San Diego we even had thunder, which we never have, so that was interesting. But you know, just take some time for some self care. It's really important and you know, I really hope everybody does take care of themselves a little bit. And speaking of taking care of yourself, 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 family. I've been ag, I've been DG and them's the beans. The Daily Beans is written and executive produced by Allison 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.