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Friday, July 25th, 2025 Today, two days after signing a $1.5B deal with Paramount; South Park torches Trump and the network in the season 27 premiere; attorney for Epstein survivors Bradley Edwards tells Lawrence O'Donnell that the Epstein birthday book is with Epstein’s estate and can be easily subpoenaed; Columbia University bends the knee to the Trump administration; an appeals court finds that Donald’s birthright citizenship order is unconstitutional; the US quietly drafts a plan to end PEPFAR; the White House has denied Maryland's request for disaster assistance; Amy Sherald cancels her Smithsonian show citing censorship; Trump’s approval rating hits a new low; and Allison and Dana deliver the good news.
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Allison Gill
MSW Media. Hello and welcome to the Daily beans for Friday, July 25, 2025. Today, two days after signing a $1.5 billion deal with Paramount, south park torches Trump and the network in the season 27 premiere. Attorney for Epstein survivors Bradley Edwards tells Lawrence O' Donnell that the Epstein birthday book is with Epstein's estate and can be easily subpoenaed. Columbia University has bent the knee to the Trump administration. An appeals court finds that Donald's birthright citizenship order is unconstitutional. The U.S. is quietly drafting plans to end PEPFAR. The White House has denied Maryland's request for disaster relief. Amy Sherrald cancels her Smithsonian show, citing censorship. And Trump's approval rating hits a new low. I'm Allison Gill.
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Dana Goldberg
And I'm Dana Goldberg.
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Allison Gill
Oh, Happy Friday. Happy Friday, my friend.
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Dana Goldberg
We did it. We got through another week. I'm headed to Salt Lake City this weekend. If you happen to be at the Utah HRC Gala on Saturday, and you're a Leguminati, come say hi to me. We are gonna be honoring David Archuleta and just raising some more money. And I love Salt Lake. I just love Salt Lake. It's a fantastic city.
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Allison Gill
Such a beautiful and thriving LGBTQ community in Salt Lake City.
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Dana Goldberg
It really is. People don't realize that, but it is.
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Allison Gill
I love it there. Also, later in the show gonna be joined by John Fugelsang. He and I are gonna discuss the importance of the season 27 premiere of South Park. Good.
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Dana Goldberg
I can't even tell you how long it's been since I watched South Park. I feel like Trey and Mat preparing for this their entire careers, to be honest with you.
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Allison Gill
They get their $1.5 billion streaming deal with Paramount, and then, bam, they threw me out there.
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Dana Goldberg
Porched.
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Allison Gill
It is very offensive if you. If you haven't seen it yet. So if you plan on watching it or you are motivated to watch it by either Dana and I talking about it or John Fugelsang and I talking about it later in the show. Just be warned. It is very graphic.
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Dana Goldberg
Yes. I don't always love south park for that reason, but it is. It is good.
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Allison Gill
I mean, they just. It's Chef's Kiss. They're. They're. They're coming in. They're Megan Trump angry. They're trying to blow up the Skydance deal and trying to get sued and trying to get fired all at the same time, and it's fantastic. They address pretty much everything in there. So anyway, that's. That's out now, probably all over the place. You can see at least clips of it if you don't have Paramount. I know. Lot of people cancel Paramount.
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Dana Goldberg
Yep. I'm one of them.
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Allison Gill
When they, they cancel Colbert, I am trying to decide if I should just keep it and just watch Colbert and like help the numbers or if I should just get rid of it. I don't know.
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Dana Goldberg
I know.
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Allison Gill
I don't know. All right. Also, six months into his second term, Trump's job approval rating dump Wamp 37%. That's the lowest of this entire term, just slightly higher than his all time worst rating and anyone's all time worst rating of 34% at the end of his first term when he did a couple. Trump's rating has fallen 10 percentage points among US adults since he began his second term in January, including a 17 point drop, negative 17among independents. Just down to 29% approval rating with independents. That's his lowest rating with that group in either of his terms.
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Dana Goldberg
Fantastic. And if you even look at the individual subjects, he has plummeted in so many of them and I think he's underwater by 37 points with this Epstein situation.
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Allison Gill
Yeah. And he's even like negative 20 something with immigration, which is supposed to be his key thing. So it just keeps tanking like Tesla stock. I mean, I don't know how else to compare it and. Hey, Dana. Breaking from the New York Times. This spring, the FBI and the Justice Department made an all out push involving hundreds of employees to scour the Epstein files with a single goal in mind.
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Dana Goldberg
But wait, that's just breaking.
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Allison Gill
No, actually I think I broke this story five days ago.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah, I think that's exactly. I was like, that sounds really familiar. Where have we all heard that before? Five days ago. And of course, did they credit you in the story anywhere?
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Allison Gill
No, no. But it's nice to know that I scooped the New York Times, right?
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Dana Goldberg
You know the truth, we know the truth.
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Allison Gill
And now I'm wondering if like 5 days ago they were like, damn it, we were working on this story. I just came out with it. You know what, whatever, no credit, fine. I don't care. As long as everybody who listens and reads. You know, my, my substack molarscharroad.com got the news five days ago when.
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Dana Goldberg
That's exactly it.
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Allison Gill
Yeah, that's all I care about. But anyway, if you care to read that New York Times piece and you still have a subscription to the New York Times, it's called How a Frantic Scouring of the Epstein Files Consumed the Justice Department. So you can check that out if you didn't read it 5 days ago in my blog. All right, everybody, it's been a long week and we've had a lot of headlines. We still have more news to get to, so let's hit the hot notes. Hot notes. All right, first up from the Hill, Representative Ro Khanna says he plans to subpoena the estate of financier and sex offender, I should say sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein for the so called birthday book that reportedly includes letters from high profile people, including President Trump. I don't write pictures. I don't write pictures. Khanna joined MSNBC's Last Word with Lawrence O' Donnell on Wednesday night after an interview with Bradley Edwards, a lawyer for hundreds of the Epstein survivors. Now, Edwards revealed in the interview that Epstein's book, on which the Wall Street Journal first reported and for which President Trump denies having written a note, is in the possession of the Epstein estate. And the lawyer Edwards encouraged Congress to move to subpoena the estate to get possession of the book. Khanna, the Democrat who has co led a bipartisan effort calling for the Justice Department to release files on Epstein, said he didn't know the book was in the possession of the estate and indicated he plans to move forward issuing a subpoena. Now he needs Republicans to do this, by the way, but he said it is a revelation to me that he said that the birthday book is with private lawyers in the Epstein estate. That's what he said. Describing Edwards comments as a bombshell revelation. Ro Khanna said Khanna noted that the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Wednesday approved several subpoenas, including one directing the Justice Department to turn over materials relating to the Epstein files. Several Republicans joined Democrats in approving the measure, but Ro Khanna said he wasn't confident the subpoena would yield results. Quote, we subpoenaed the Epstein files, but that's a hard thing to do to get the Department of Justice to cooperate to release those files. That's what Ro Khanna said. He went on to say, what's not hard to do is to subpoena private attorneys in a private estate and to get compliance. We can't trust the Trump Justice Department. That is going to get slowed down. It's going to get bogged down. Even if we subpoena, they can try to defy the subpoena. I don't trust the DOJ to prosecute themselves for contempt of Congress. That's what Ronna said. But what we can do through Congress is go after the Epstein estate and we've Seen, even Republicans are willing to vote with us on that. That may be the cleanest way forward. And, you know, I have to say, Dan, it's probably easy for Republicans to vote to see the DOJ version of the Epstein files.
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Dana Goldberg
Right.
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Allison Gill
So we'll see now how willing they are to stick their necks out to vote for a subpoena of these particular files that will not be whitewashed by the Department of Justice.
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Dana Goldberg
Absolutely. All right, Allison, this one's from the Times. Columbia University is going to pay $200 million fine to settle allegations from the Trump administration that it failed to do enough to stop the harassment of Jewish students, part of a sweeping deal reached on Wednesday to restore the university's federal research funding. It's according to a statement from the university. I wonder how much that federal research funding is if they're willing to pay out $200 million fine.
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Allison Gill
It's over a billion dollars.
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Dana Goldberg
Good. Well, we'll see. Now, in exchange for the return of hundreds of millions in research grants. Okay. Columbia will also pledge to follow laws banning the consideration of race and admissions and hiring and follow through on other commitments to reduce antisemitism and unrest on campus that it agreed to do in March. I wish the administration was doing anything to help the antisemitism problem in this country instead of exacerbating it. The deal, which settles more than a half a dozen open civil rights investigations into the university, will be overseen by an independent monitor agreed to by both sides, who will report to the government on its progress every six months. Columbia is also going to pay $21 million to settle investigations brought by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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Allison Gill
I hate this.
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Dana Goldberg
Yep. Making a deal with the White House brings its own risks, as we know for Columbia. Challenging the limits of the private university's independence and lending legitimacy. That's my issue. To the Trump administration strategy of weaponizing research funding to accomplish an unrelated aim of reining in campus unrest.
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Allison Gill
Yeah, and by unrest, they mean peaceful protests. Yes, just stuff they don't like. This is gross. I hope if you were considering going to Columbia University, you pick a different school.
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Dana Goldberg
I do, too.
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Allison Gill
All right, next up, the federal program to combat HIV in developing nations earned a reprieve last week when Congress voted to restore $400 million in funding. But that may be short lived. Officials at the State Department have been mapping out a plan to shut it down in the coming years. Planning documents for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS relief obtained by the New York Times, calling for the organization to set a new course that focuses on transitioning countries away from U.S. assistance, some in as little as two years. PEPFAR, as the program is called, would cease to exist as an initiative to provide medicines and services needed to treat and prevent the spread of HIV in low income countries. The proposed plan has been under review for weeks and word of it already has reached PEPFAR's partners and governments in other countries. The draft, obtained by the Times, contains comments and edits from many senior staff members of the program. PEPFAR was crippled during the chaotic first few months of the Trump administration as Elon Musk's cost cutting initiative, the so called Department of Government Efficiency, slashed existing contracts, funding arrangements and government structures. PEPFAR was created during the G.W. bush administration. The HIV treatment and prevention program has long enjoyed broad bipartisan support. It is often cited as the single most effective public health campaign ever, saving an estimated 26 million lives in low income countries over 22 years. The fact that they're dismantling PEPFAR is a gut punch.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah man, we're bringing the news and we, we know it sucks sometimes. We're trying to mix the good news in, but there's little to be found on some days. This next one's from cbs. The White House rejected Maryland's request for federal disaster assistance after flooding in May damaged homes and businesses in Allegheny and Garrett Counties. This is Governor West Moore. This is what he said on Wednesday. The Governor requested a presidential disaster declaration in June to aid in the recovery effort after the Federal Emergency Management Agency, otherwise known as FEMA, and Maryland Department of Emergency Management, the MDEM, found that it cost nearly $215.8 million, quote these communities demonstrated a clear need through FEMA's own process and Maryland will appeal the decision to seek all available resources to support the recovery efforts. This is what the governor said on Wednesday. Flash flooding on May 13 damaged more than 200 homes and affected businesses, roads and public utilities. People were rescued from flooded schools. Some were trapped overnight during power outages. The presidential disaster declaration would allow Maryland to receive help from fema. It would also allow the state to request access to funding that could support infrastructure repairs and fixes to the publicly owned facilities. Quote the addition of much needed federal assistance is necessary to get those affected back to their regular lives and to allow those communities to fully recover in months instead of years. That's from the MDM Secretary Russ Strickland. He said that announcement on the request. Now, According to the governor's office, the estimated 15.8 million cost for the recovery surpasses FEMA's threshold for disaster assistance, which in Allegheny county is $321,460. In Maryland, that threshold is about $11.6 million, quote. Historically, if the joint damage assessment process demonstrates eligible costs over and above the county and state indicator, disaster assistance has been awarded by the president. In a letter denying Maryland's request, FEMA called the assistance not warranted. This is what Governor Moore said and he quoted in an insult to Maryland and the community still suffering in the aftermath of the storm. The governor said in a social media video Thursday and went on to say, and this isn't about politics. This is about standing with our people and it is about politics for the president. And this is some sort of retribution for a governor that doesn't support him.
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Allison Gill
They didn't vote for him. Yep, yep. Unbelievable. Well, not really totally believable, but just devastating for these families and businesses and for that infrastructure. All right, next up from the Times, Amy Schirauld. I think that's how you pronounce her name. Please let me know if I'm pronouncing that wrong. She's the artist who rocketed to fame with her 2018 portrait of Michelle Obama. Just a brilliant portrait, Dana. You know I've seen it live.
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Dana Goldberg
Yes, it is stunning.
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Allison Gill
Amy has withdrawn her upcoming solo show from the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery because she said she's been told the museum was considering removing her painting, painting depicting a transgender Statue of Liberty to avoid provoking President Trump. Quote, american Sublime is set to arrive at the museum in September, is as much a heralded exhibition of works by Ms. Sharald, and would have been the first by a black contemporary artist at the Portrait Gallery. She's particularly known for her sensitive, serene portraits, which led to her selection by Ms. Obama. Some of her work, such as her transgender Statue of Liberty, has also been fueled by social concerns. I entered into this collaboration in good faith, believing that the institution shared a commitment to presenting work that reflects the full, complex truth of American life. That's what she said in a letter sent Wednesday to Lonnie Bunch iii, the Secretary of the Smithsonian, which runs the Portrait Gallery. She went on to say in the letter, unfortunately, it has become clear that the conditions no longer support the integrity of the work as conceived. Ms. Sherald, in a statement, said she had been informed that internal concerns had been raised at the Portrait Gallery regarding the inclusion of her painting Transforming Liberty, which features a transgender woman holding a torch in the posture of the Statue of Liberty. Quote these concerns led to discussions about removing the work from the exhibition, her statement said. It's clear that institutional fear, shaped by a broader climate of political hostility towards trans lives, played a role. Ms. Sherald said that Mr. Bunch on Monday had proposed replacing the painting with a video of people reacting to the painting and discussing transgender issues, an idea she rejected because she said it would have included anti trans views. Quote, when I understood the video would replace the painting, I decided to cancel. That's what she said. The video would have opened up for debate the value of trans visibility. And I was opposed to that being a part of the American sublime narrative.
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Dana Goldberg
I mean, it is a powerful decision. I'm sorry that it come to this powerful decision.
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Allison Gill
And it's an incredible painting.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah. And I know it will get seen. That is for sure.
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Allison Gill
Now more people will see it than ever.
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Dana Goldberg
Yep.
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Allison Gill
I truly believe. Remember when we had that orchestra that was going to play the kids orchestra?
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Dana Goldberg
It will work out. This one is also from cbs. A federal appeals court said on Wednesday that President Trump's executive order curtailing birthright citizenship, well, that's unconstitutional. So we have a little bit of a win here. The policy, which has been the subject of a complicated months long legal back and forth, it's currently on hold. But Wednesday's decision appears to mark the first time that an appellate court has weighed in on the merits of Mr. Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship for many children of undocumented immigrants by executive order, including Baron. Had this happened years ago, his kids would have qualified as such.
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Allison Gill
Jinx. Yeah.
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Dana Goldberg
A panel of Judges on the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit wrote that Mr. Trump's order is, quote, invalid because it contradicts the plain language of the 14th Amendment's grant of citizenship to all persons born in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof. Something the president of the United States has never read in his fucking life. I guarantee it. The Trump administration argues the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment does not apply to people whose parents are in the country illegally or temporarily, citing a clause that says citizenship is granted to those who are, and I quote, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Those parents do not necessarily have allegiance to the country. Neither does the current president.
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Allison Gill
No, he doesn't.
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Dana Goldberg
The government argues so. They therefore aren't, and I quote, subject to the jurisdiction. The Ninth Circuit disagreed. It wrote Wednesday that a plain reading of the 14th Amendment suggests that citizenship was meant to be granted to anybody who is, and I quote, subject to the laws and authority of the United States. And when you step foot on this ground, you are. And he went on to say the Defendant's proposed interpretation of the citizenship clause relies on a network of inferences that are unmoored from the accepted legal principles of 1868. That's what the judge wrote.
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Allison Gill
So was presidential immunity. I know, but they went ahead with that. So was Dobbs. So is the Chevron doctrine. I know I could go on.
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Dana Goldberg
You could.
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Allison Gill
That's the thing, right? Like I'm going to vote. We're going to flip the House. Everything's going to be, you know, we're going to get that shit back. But like what? The Supreme Court is just forever.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah.
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Allison Gill
Ah, like we would have to, we would have to not only flip the Senate, but flip it super hard and get a super majority and, and expand the court to fix this problem. It's the only way out.
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Dana Goldberg
I know.
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Allison Gill
Because everything that we do, every law that we pass is going to be gutted by these assholes on the supreme court. I'm just 2016, I just didn't. I just, I just don't like Hillary that much.
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Dana Goldberg
Swear to God. I know, it's maddening. Maddening.
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Allison Gill
All right, well, anyway, time for some good trouble. What are you guys doing? All right, today's good trouble mission, should you choose to accept it, call your representatives in the House of Representatives and tell them to subpoena the fuck out of the Epstein birthday book, please, because I want to see the photo that Trump didn't write. I didn't write, I didn't write a picture. I want to see that not photo, that drawing that he didn't write.
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Dana Goldberg
And how many other letters from people are in that?
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Allison Gill
Tons. It says. Right? Like there's tons in this leather bound book. I thought maybe he had it at Mar a Lago in his. With all the classified documents.
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Dana Goldberg
You would think so.
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Allison Gill
Epstein's estate has a. Okay, private lawyers, so Republicans in the House, money where your mouth is. You really want to see some Epstein files that haven't been scrubbed like a Gattaca shower by the Department of Justice? So call your reps, everybody. Tell them you want that birthday book. All right, everybody, we're going to talk with John Fugelsang after this break. Then we'll get to the good news. Stick around. We'll be right back after these messages. We'll be right back. Hey, everybody. I have a lot of cats. I am an over educated, single, childless cat lady and I love my cats like family. But my allergies, not so much. And my friends, allergies, also, not so much. But it turns out it's not the fur, it's Actually, the cat saliva. Because cats groom themselves all the time, their saliva contains feld one. That's the main allergen that triggers reactions like itchy eyes, sneezing, wheezing. So when they clean themselves, they're basically turning into little walking allergy bombs. Fun. This podcast is sponsored by packagen. Owning a cat doesn't have to mean endless itching and sneezing. Yet almost 20% of people suffer from cat allergies, and three out of four people aren't happy with their current allergy solutions. But Packagen's cat allergen neutralizing spray targets the allergens around your home that trigger your cat allergies and breaks them down so you and your family can live and breathe in peace. For 15% off your order and a special gift, head to packagen.com dailybeans their cat allergen neutralizing spray uses a breakthrough protein called whisker block, which is a great name that actually binds to and neutralizes allergens before they spread around your house. It is pet safe. It is human safe. It is kid safe. It doesn't use any harsh chemicals at all. You just spray it, spray it on your cat, just directly onto the cat every few days. It's so easy. Well, the first time I tried it, I wasn't expecting much because I've heard of these solutions before, but man, within a week, I could snuggle with the cats without reaching for antihistamines. And I wasn't the only one. 97% of Packagen customers report relief. And that's not just a stat. That's my new reality. So what really sold me? Packagen was founded by scientists from Harvard in Princeton, and their formulas are PhD engineered, VET approved, and allergist recommended. And they've got one for dog lovers, too, and clean freaks. Dust dust and dust mites. They've got a spray for that. So your pets aren't just pets, they're family. So get the relief you need with packaging. Head to packaging.com dailybeans use promo code dailybeans all one word for 15% off your order. And you'll get an exclusive gift for our listeners at checkout. That's packaging. P A C-A-E-N.com dailybeans for 15% off plus an exclusive gift. Make sure you use my promo code Daily Beans one last time. Packaging.com DailyBeans promo code DailyBeans. You'll be glad you did. Hey everybody, welcome back. I've been waiting for this conversation since about midnight last night when I started seeing clips of the new South Park Season 27, Episode 1. Please welcome my good friend. It's Fugal Sang Fridays here on the Beans. So of course, every, every Friday we get to talk to John Fugelsang. He hosts Tell me everything on SiriusXM progress channel 127. You can hear that weeknights at 9pm Eastern, 6 Pacific. If you don't have that, there's the John Fugelsang show podcast.
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John Fugelsang
That's right.
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Allison Gill
If you're not into podcasts, there's the John Fugelsang substack.
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John Fugelsang
That's right.
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Allison Gill
If you're not in that, there's a new book coming out in September called Separation of Church and Hate, which he's recording the audiobook for. Please welcome my good friend John Fugal.
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John Fugelsang
Saying, hey, so many ways for non Catholics to be masochists. Hello, Dr. Gill. It's so good to see you again.
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Allison Gill
It is so good to see you as well. And I have to say I. We're going to talk about all the Epstein stuff that happened this week, obviously, but something happened last night after signing, I think, $1.5 billion contract for multiple years.
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John Fugelsang
Yes.
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Allison Gill
After Stephen Colbert got the ax, after Jon Stewart, who works for Comedy Central, also owned by Paramount, went on and pitched a fit about what happened to Colbert. After all that and after signing that contract, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, who love him or hate him, they go after everybody equally. And that's why a lot of MAGA really liked south park and were fans of south park, went on and just. Absolutely. From what I can tell so far, because I haven't watched the full episode, torched Donald Trump. And he apparently is very upset about that. He hasn't posted on True Social yet. We're waiting for that. If he's smart, he'll ignore it.
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John Fugelsang
Yes, he will.
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Allison Gill
As I told my friend Charlotte, I was like, a good man can laugh at himself. A mediocre man can ignore it. And then there's Donald Trump.
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John Fugelsang
Yeah, yeah. If he's smart, he'll ignore it. And if he's healthy, he, he won't need those compression socks. Let me just say to your listeners who haven't seen this episode yet that I am not going to say too much about the specifics because I don't want to ruin it for you. I am in about an hour and a half going to get to watch it for a second time and I can't wait to see it a second time. There is no way I can do justice to what they did. There's no way I can prepare you for this moment in broadcasting. This is last episode of MASH level. Potentially an impact on the culture. This is beyond anything the Smothers Brothers ever did. This is beyond anything south park has ever done in terms of not just the social and political commentary, but also the rawness of the comedy. And it doesn't just go after Donald Trump. It goes after his supporters. It's an episode where these people context, yes, they just signed the deal with Paramount two days ago. 1.5 billion. And in recent interviews, Trey Parker and Matt Stone have said, yeah, we really don't think we're going to have much to say about Trump in the second term. We feel we've already said everything there is to say about him. Okay, so that was their official story. That's what they've said. And they have just made this deal with Paramount where they got 1.5 billion. This is Paramount who can't afford to pay Stephen Colbert. And they just gave them 1.5 billion for cartoon reruns. Paramount will now control south park reruns for the rest of time. And to be honest, those are worth a lot more than timely episodes of the Colbert Report. They also are going to have to make 10 South park episodes a year for Paramount. What a lot of people haven't talked about is that south park hasn't had a new episode in two and a half years, since 2022. And I'm a fan of all ears. I don't always agree with their takes, but I watch every episode. And nothing will prepare you for where they go in this. What they say about Trump, what they say about Paramount, what they have Jesus Christ say about what happened to Colbert and why it's so important to be careful what you say. What they say. Essentially daring Donald Trump to sue them for 22 minutes by mocking not just him and his genitalia and the Epstein list, but by mocking that he sues everyone. And they go back 26 years to their amazing movie in 1999, South park, bigger Lager and Uncut. They take the character of Saddam Hussein and they use the same animation and the same voice for Donald Trump's character and also have him in bed with Satan. And that's all I want to say, because I haven't told you anything yet, except to say that the people of south park are happy, they think, because a few months ago they voted for the president and now they get to say the words. And again. And one of the running jokes is that, well, I'm happy I can say again But I don't like all this. This doesn't feel like America anymore. And gradually all. All these characters realize this doesn't feel like America anymore. And the stuff they do with Jesus is quite brilliant in it, where he's invited into the schools and why is Jesus in the schools? Now they find creative ways to sort of render all of this comedy. And none of that will prepare you for what they do to Trump. And none of that will prepare you for the dick jokes. Nothing will prepare you for the penis jokes in this. Nothing.
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Allison Gill
No, the very visual penis jokes.
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John Fugelsang
I am not letting my child watch this episode. He's 13, and if he asks, I'll let him. But I am the going to put it on for him. It has to be seen to be believed. And now the best part about it is Colbert has about 10 months to try to top this, and I don't know how he will.
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Allison Gill
Yeah, that's a. A really good point.
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John Fugelsang
I mean, they go after the bribe. They go after the merge with Skydance. It's all addressed. And they go after the fact that they're going to get sued for this episode. And they did it at two days. I mean, the Epstein files. His name in the Epstein files is in this episode. Like, they wrote it and did it, and they must have kept it a secret from who they're working for the entire time. But two days after 1.5 billion, they just dared Trump to come and try and take it. And they just put Paramount executives in a place that they were not expecting to be after what they did with the $16 million bribe and the way they stabbed the Colbert Report staff in the back last week. I mean, because Colbert, he's going to be fine. He's a God now. Colbert is going to be Museum of Broadcasting out of his own wing after this. I really feel bad for the wonderful writers and all the people in tech who work on his show. And at the Ed Sullivan Theater, they're going to lose a job. And I don't know if there's going to be something that take its place.
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Allison Gill
Right? Yeah. And I was thinking of, like, all week I've been seeing trailers for this south park episode, and it was all dystopian. A lot of it was not animated. It was like real life stuff or.
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John Fugelsang
AI they use AI for the most horrible depiction of Donald Trump that's ever been committed and.
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Allison Gill
And, like, empty swings on a playground. And then you hear sort of this background at the end version of Blame Canada, you know, and it's very spooky and Then airplanes are crashing into each other. Air traffic controllers, they want to lose our job. Like, it's just. I was like, okay, well, this is gonna. I have to see this.
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John Fugelsang
Yeah.
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Allison Gill
But what I'm wondering is, you know, I watched some sort of documentary a while ago about, like, One Day to air or something like that, and it was about south park and how they. Everything they got past the sensors. They did, because they handed the show in last minute one day before air. And I had seen for the last week or so these. These trailers for the. For this season. And so I have to wonder, like, did this slip in under the radar or did they know it was coming and just couldn't do anything about it because they signed a contract with Matt and Trey? I'm not sure. I'm hoping we eventually learn.
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John Fugelsang
I am telling your listeners, there are going to be books written about this for years. There will be books written about what led up to this and what follows this. But, you know, and it puts Paramount in a very dodgy position, obviously, which they deserve to be in right now.
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Allison Gill
But, yeah, good for them.
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John Fugelsang
You know, it's been such a remarkable week. And the fact that we're seeing artists and that we're seeing clergy lead this battle, I hope it inspires a lot of Democrats in Congress to fight even harder, because no one has fought harder than the Catholic bishops. No one has fought harder than Harvard University. No one has fought harder than Colbert and Trey Parker and Matt Stone. I mean, you're not going to believe this episode.
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Allison Gill
And aside from going after Trump and, you know, going after Paramount for the deal, the big bat bribe, as. As Colbert called it, I also have to wonder if they're trying to kill this Skydance deal, like, just to make Skydance be like, we don't want to have anything to do with this.
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John Fugelsang
I don't. I don't think so. I think they. I think these guys are really, really trying to speak Trump's language as hard as they can. That's why. I mean, the bribe for 60 minutes was so unspeakably awful, right? Like, unspeakably awful. And it's so out there in public. And there's a great scene in this where Jesus tells us that bribery is legal now. Like. Like, I don't. I'm saying way too much. But, like, they acknowledge everything about what America's like and how America doesn't feel like America anymore. And. And, you know, Allison.
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Allison Gill
But I would just love to watch Skydance be like, well, we've reconsidered and. And we're not going to merge with Paramount.
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John Fugelsang
I mean, I don't think they'll do. I think they all want the money. They're willing to pay millions so they can get billions, and I think it'll still go through. But when you watch this episode, it looks like Trey and Matt were, A, daring Trump to sue them, B, daring Paramount to demand their billion dollars back, and C, trying to destroy the merge as offensively as possible. I mean, it's, it's just, it's, it's a napalm episode and everyone's got to see it. A part of it is structural because the last time Trump was in office, they had the character of Mr. Garrison be like a satirical stand in for Trump. Mr. Garrison became the president and he had the hair and the tan. And so they spend the first half dismantling that narrative and then they bring in actual Donald Trump halfway through. And I can't say anymore, man. But I mean, I just. As a year ago, every conversation we were having somehow related back to Joe Biden's age. Remember? Remember back when things were simpler and everything was like Joe Biden's age, Everything is going to relate back to the Epstein files now, for the foreseeable future, this cowardly dodge by Mike Johnson, it's not going to help. It's not going to help a single Republican avoid being asked in a town hall, all but one. Why did you vote to protect the name of child rape?
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Allison Gill
Well, now Mike Johnson is saying it's not a hoax and we've got.
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John Fugelsang
Yeah, well, he has to. He has to. But again, we now know, thanks to the Wall Street Journal. And let me praise the Wall Street.
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Allison Gill
Journal, right, Donald Trump.
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John Fugelsang
And this year they've got us praising who, the Catholic bishops, the Wall Street Journal and Harvard University. My God, they've made good guys out of all of these entities. But they sued the Wall street journal for $20 billion. And Uncle Rupert, who drinks the blood of newborns under a bridge, Uncle Rupert knows he will be around a lot longer than Trump. When Trump's arteries have done what they have come to do, FOX will still exist. The Journal will still exist. And they just laughed in the face of this $20 billion lawsuit this week because we all know Trump's gonna chicken out before the discovery phase. We all know it. And they published that Pam Bondi told him in May. That's the Journal while they're being sued by him. Paramount, they said that Pam Bondi told him in May, which means when Trump told his followers that it was a hoax, when Trump blocked releasing the names. He knew he was in it. And now it's going to be up to the cult to see how obedient they are. And I think the real big story, Alison, obviously he's losing fans in Congress, he's losing fans online, he's losing fans among maga. But what if he's already lost the people who own this country? Let me just say we keep talking about, oh, when are MAGA going to wake up? When are these hard working non millionaires going to wake up? Maybe that's been the wrong question. Maybe the real story might be when are the people above Trump going to break up with him? The oligarchs, the billionaires, the real landlords of America. Trump's never been one of them. He doesn't own industries. He owns golf courses they play on. Right. He's not an oligarch, he's a greeter. He polishes the velvet rope and says, no poor people past this point. And the people who own this country have put up with his corruption and his lechery and his tantrums because he was useful. He cut their taxes, he killed their regulation, he lied for them. Not too much different from the Bush family in terms of returns. But last week he signed the big evil budget. Right. He signed the Mount Doom of budgets, the apex of tax heists. This thing, the largest wealth grab, the largest transfer of wealth to 99% to 1% in the history of the country. He signed it last week and then he signed the crypto bills.
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Allison Gill
Yeah, they have no use for him anymore.
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John Fugelsang
They have no use for him anymore because as soon as the ink was dry, the epic Epstein's stories exploded and Rupert Murdoch was the right wing billionaire who lit the match. I'm not hearing any headlines about Hunter Biden's laptop. And now it's all about Trump. They've got their cash, their deregulation, their crypto loopholes and they don't need him anymore.
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Allison Gill
No. That's why Vance went to Montana to meet with Rupert Murdoch.
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John Fugelsang
They are happy to let the FBI escort Trump out of the casino he thought he owned. He wasn't their leader, he was their employee. And his shift might be ending now.
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Allison Gill
Yeah. Yeah. Well, let's talk about Congress because, you know, a lot of people were kind of surprised that some Republicans in the Oversight Committee, in the House Oversight Committee had voted to subpoena the DOJ for the Epstein files. And my first thought was, of course the Republicans aren't afraid of what the Department of Justice may or may not even hand over to Congress because first of all, if the DOJ does hand anything over to Congress, it's going to be scrubbed. And we know that because I interviewed several sources who were part of that scrubbing. And now we get to this bombshell that the birthday book is in the hands of the lawyers of the survivors. And this was on Lawrence o' Donnell last night as the south park episode had aired. Then we get this bombshell that that birthday book where Trump wrote the birthday letter with the naked lady is actually in the hands of Epstein's estate. And the private attorneys for the survivors have, have told Lawrence o' Donnell and they're thereby telling Congress, hey, they'll hand it over if you just subpoena it. Now we can. Now we'll get to see whether the Republicans in Congress are actually willing to see the Epstein files, not the DOJ whitewashed. Maybe you get a, maybe you don't. Epstein files, not the. Maybe we'll get some grand jury transcripts, although the court will probably say no because you can't release grand jury transcripts. But the actual something honest to goodness, Epstein files that are not redacted, not scrubbed, not flagged for Trump's name or anybody else's name that the survivors want released. And so now we will see whether the Republicans in Congress at the Oversight Committee are willing to vote for a subpoena.
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John Fugelsang
They don't need him anymore either. Like he's, he's not going to help them for the midterms as opposed to.
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Allison Gill
Something, you know, that the, that the DOJ would hand them. I am very interested to see this because I again, when I heard that Republicans voted for sure they'll vote for the DOJ because they know they won't get it.
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John Fugelsang
Yeah.
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Allison Gill
So, yeah, now we'll see. And I also have to find out.
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John Fugelsang
They also know that it's going to be heavily redacted. Let's be honest about this. This thing's going to have the DOJ ones.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah.
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Allison Gill
But not the ones from the Epstein estate. They'll redact the victim's names.
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John Fugelsang
But that's why, that's why the grand jury testimony is the big distraction de jour. Talking about the grand jury. We're gonna Donald Trump saying, oh, I want first it's a hoax. Okay. Then it's blocked. He's not gonna release it. But it's still a hoax. But it doesn't exist. And now I wanna release the grand jury testimony version because that's from when he was president before and there are zero questions about him. The reality is we're never gonna know the names on this list. Not because of famous names like Trump, but because of donor names to both parties.
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Allison Gill
Unless we get that birthday book letters that are written by some of these people to Jeffrey Epstein.
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John Fugelsang
That'd be great. It doesn't prove much, but it proves what we already know. And they'll bring MAGA deeper into denial, but my God, they're scared. So they're trying to smother this Epstein explosion with this MAGA colored pillow of bullshit distractions. What have we had in the last, what, 10 days? Rosie losing her citizenship, firing Fed chair Powell, the paper straws, the MLK files, Coke's going to have Mexican cane sugar. Wall Street Journal lawsuit. That was the grand jury testimony. Obama was behind Russia and we're gonna make it back to Redskins again. He is playing the greatest hits. So desperately trying to. He's not trying to convince the majority of Americans, he's trying to hang on to his 1/3 of the population desperately. We are one eighth of the way through his second term and he is fighting just to keep the cult obedient. He's trying to keep us from thinking about the Epstein cover up by talking about it nonstop. Keep MAGA from knowing about his extensive conn to Epstein and looks totally innocent, not rattled by any of this. And so again, friends, it's going to be a long period and a long struggle, but stop and smell the train wreck. Believe me, there's so much to be hopeful about and there's so much to be alert and aware about because people are pushing back. Decency is going to crush these people.
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Allison Gill
Yeah. And I just want to say to folks who say, don't underestimate Vance, he's a terrible person. Yes, but that's in my mind completely beside the point. The point here is that the cult leader will be gone and that will fracture the entire MAGA base.
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John Fugelsang
Yes. And to your point, before, you know, when Bush and Cheney left office, all their accomplices, who helped them have that evil fucking war and trash our economy, they stayed behind in D.C. and caught no heat. Bush and Cheney became the national ghouls, but all of their henchmen were untouched by it. Right? And so now who defends Bush and Cheney? Which Republicans are still defending Bush and Cheney? In 10 years, half of these guys, and I've said this on your show before, but in 10 years, half of these magazine deny they ever voted for Trump. And we're beginning to see that because these Republicans in Congress, most of whom hate Trump already and have to do this act, they know they don't need him anymore. He's not going to be helping him in the midterms. And, and they can begin the process because Lindsey Graham has proven it. When Trump is gone, his stink will not stick to them and they'll still have jobs.
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Allison Gill
Yeah, yeah.
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John Fugelsang
And they know which way the wind's going. They know which way the wind is blowing. I think the real question is though, that will Democrats be on this? Because their donors are on that list too. And the reality is, the political reality is if Democrats won't fight Trump hard over shielding child rapists, then Trump is will know Democrats won't fight hard for anything.
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Allison Gill
They seem to be. We'll see. We'll see how it goes. At least all the leaders, Democratic Party leaders, except for Nancy Pelosi maybe, who I don't consider. She's an emeritus speaker. Right. Or emeritus. But it seems like all of the Democrats in Congress and some Republicans are trying to hold feet to the fire on the Epstein files at least.
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John Fugelsang
And one thing I'll say for Pelosi is she's very good at making sure the Democratic Party is still a big tent. So I'm sure that she is. That's very coordinated, that they'll have some more conservative voices saying, oh, we don't need to make a big thing out of this. And that gives a permission structure for other Democrats to make a big thing. And they work.
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Allison Gill
That's why we have the Wall Street Journal doing one thing and Fox News doing the other thing. It's called controlled opposition.
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John Fugelsang
I'm not beating up on Pelosi for saying it because I've really come to understand how she and AOC works together really brilliantly to disagree, to bring a party into a bigger tent. And I think what they're doing is pretty smart. So I'm not hardened over that. But we'll see about the rest of them because I'll say it again, the Democrats who make a big noise about this and the Democrats who make a big noise about the corruption and promise hearings and hands on Bibles from administration members in 2027, they're going to win the fundraising race. They're going to win their primaries.
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Allison Gill
Agreed. All right, my friend, thank you so much for joining me. Everybody. You need to check out Tell me everything on SiriusXM progress channel 127 this weeknights, 9pm Eastern, 6 Pacific. John Fugle sang show podcast John Fugelstack. And of course you could pre order the book now, right? Church and Hate.
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John Fugelsang
Oh, it's on sale at your local independent bookstore or any non evil website you care to order from Separation of Church and Aid. The the reviews are starting to come in. Releasing September 9th. And get your copy before it's banned all over the South.
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Allison Gill
If, if not for anything for the amazing blurbs, I got some good.
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John Fugelsang
Oh, you heard about the blurb? Yeah, we got good blurbs. We, we, we're rolling around in the blurbs.
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Allison Gill
Amazing. Thank you so much my friend. We'll see you soon. And everybody, if you get a chance to watch that south park episode, if you are into it, we would love to hear what you think about it.
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John Fugelsang
I want to hear what you think about it, woman. Call me after you watch it. I can't wait. You're not. I, I, I, I still haven't set it up adequately. You got to see it.
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Allison Gill
I will, I will. But send it to us. Send out your thoughts to the good news DailyBeansPod.com click on Contact. And speaking of the good news, we'll be right back with it. Stick around. All right everybody, welcome back. It's time for the good news. Who likes good news? Everyone? Then Good news everyone. Oh boy. We need a good news Friday this week. So everybody send your good news to us. Dailybeanspod.com click on Contact. No matter how small you think it is, your good news is somebody needs to hear it. And it will make someone's day. A hundred percent, including mine. So if you have a shout out to a loved one or yourself or a small business in your area or a government program that's helped you or a loved one or maybe a great story about some community activism that you have going on in your your area. And maybe some, you know, great pushing Moms of Liberty out of school board positions. I want to know about that, right? Especially if you have any really great like student debt relief stories or I mean just anything at all. Any. No matter how small or how big, we want your good news and send it to us. All you got to do to get your submission right on the air is pay your POD pet tariff, which means attach a photo of your pet. If you don't have a pet, you can send an adoptable pet in your area. If you don't have that, any animal, just grab any random animal photo off the Internet. Really we, we're easy.
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Dana Goldberg
We really are. Just with this, everyone, don't get the wrong idea.
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Allison Gill
Exactly. And if you don't have that, any family photos, awkward family photos, baby pictures, photos of your happy place, photos of you and your family and Friends flipping the bird to Trump or Musk or their Properties or a Tesla or a Cybertruck. Love to see those bird watching photos are the best. Send it to us dailybeanspod.com click on contact. First up, fig tree Gal. Hello, Beans Queens. You are the bright spots in my mornings. That's part one of my good news. I'm an employee of the government. Fig Tree Gal. Thank you. Whose secretary is a puppy killer. Okay, so you work for dhs. And that's all I have to say about that. More good news, we just adopted our fur baby, Lulu Daisy Bell. That's a great name. AKA Lulu. We've not done a DNA test on her, but some from her litter of seven pups have had that done. And her pups are a mix of Oz, Cattle dog, Golden Retriever and German Shepherd. Yeah, that sums it up. Love you both. Keep up the good fight. Look at this sweet little baby.
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Dana Goldberg
So sweet.
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Allison Gill
Oh, they're Little Pete's. I want to eat them.
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Dana Goldberg
Thanks for kicking off. Wow. Thanks for kicking us. We're not even going to edit. That's what happens, people. Thanks for kicking us off today.
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Allison Gill
Sometimes it's just a baked bag.
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Dana Goldberg
That's it. Put the chicken in the pot. Thanks for kicking us off today. We're keeping that all in there, everyone. Just you get to see behind the curtain. This one's from Gen G Pronoun she and her hello Beans Queens. Good news. Indivisible has jumped the border. Back in March, I slipped and fell into starting a Tesla takedown in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Allison Gill
Oops.
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Dana Goldberg
Two and a half months later, attendance dwindled and I found out there's an Indivisible in Ottawa. I said to myself, self, do the Musk Must fall events on June 28, then pivot into starting an Indivisible chapter. Here I connected with the Ottawa peeps. They invited me into their slack group and I found out the morning of Musk Must Fall that Indivisible Vancouver already existed. It's been posted days earlier as a new group, but by the person who organized Vancouver's June 14th no Tyrants rally, Canada's version, by the way, of no Kings. I met him in early June and was really impressed with what he was able to pull off by himself. With a lead time of only three weeks. I was involved with another local activist group who had planned their own June 14th rally 1km away from his back to Indivisible on June 28th. I messaged him and said, yo dude, I went in on this. He went public on July 1, Canada Day. On July 8, I decided to whip together a Good Trouble Lives on event. The posting went live on Friday, July 11, with this help. Indivisible Vancouver had its debut event on July 17, and we had a turnout of about 25. Not bad with less than a week to promote. Since then, we've had a zoom with Indivisible Ottawa, another one of our local Democrats Abroad chapter, and are co hosting an event on August 16th with friends across borders. They organize the events at Border Peace Arch. Blaine. Blaine. Oh, got it. And also Detroit, Windsor, New Brunswick and Maine. We're holding ours at the Olympic torch sculpture in downtown Vancouver, a symbol of international unity. That's brilliant. This is the best I've felt since election day. For my tariff, I've submitted a photo of the olympic torch on June 14th. And me on GTLO Day looking way too happy for holding a sign that reads 55 Canadians are in ice custody. Love you. Love your work. Thank you for inspiring me every day.
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Allison Gill
Look at this. This is outstanding.
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Dana Goldberg
You do look a little happy holding that sign. But I think it's just you are a happy, joyful human and you're like, there's a picture being taken. I forgot what my sign says.
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Allison Gill
Yeah, yeah. But I love that. But you know, Jen, you talk about how good you feel and that doing these things, like, really, there's something about it that just fuels me, you know, when I do stuff like this. Yeah. It really is wonderful. I like it's no tyrants instead of no kings, because they have a king. But that, that's like. It reminds me of that Pulp Fiction. Do you know what they call a Quarter Pounder with cheese in France? Royale with Cheese. You know why they don't have the metric system?
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Dana Goldberg
Nice.
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Allison Gill
All right, remember when people wouldn't buy the third pound burger because they thought it was smaller than a Quarter Pounder? No.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah. Oh, dear.
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Allison Gill
I know 7% of Americans think chocolate milk comes from brown cows. All right, next up from Lee Pronoun. She and her. Hello, beans Queens. I crochet for a living. Crocheting is a very calm and relaxing job, and I spend a lot of time in the comfort of my home listening to podcasts and chilling with my cats. I envy your life, Lee. So when a local organizer in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where I live, reached out to me and asked if I'd be interested in rappelling down one of the tallest buildings downtown to raise money for charity, I was nervous. It's 22 stories tall, yet charity is for Camp Tidnish. A barrier free camp in Nova Scotia for folks living with disabilities. My older brother Ronnie is attending a very similar camp this summer in Ontario and he is autistic and so although I'm scared, I decided I'm going to do the event putting myself in a situation where I'd be scared and uncomfortable for an hour or so to raise money for people like my brother who experience discomfort on a daily basis. Seemed like a no brainer for my pod pet tax. I'm sharing photos of my two rescue cats, Geordi Laforge and his brother Worf. They were rescued as strays and unfortunately had infections in their eyes leading to the removal of three quarters of them. Jordy is the fully blind handsome man and Wharf is his one eyed protector. They're the sweetest babies and we love them. I love their names as well.
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Dana Goldberg
Me too. Look how sweet they look.
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Allison Gill
I want to cuddle these babies.
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Dana Goldberg
My goodness. Thank you for that. Yeah. This one's from Julie. No pronouns given from Julie, but hello AG and dg. I stumbled across the daily beans last year and has become a lifesaver for my mental health. With all the craziness going on since the Orange idiot and his psycho fans took over the government, I call them psycho fans. I know it's not how you say that, but they are pretty psycho. I do have some good news to share though. As of July 1, I've officially retired after 30 years of working as a nurse. Julie, nurses are amazing. It's definitely a scary time to do it, but I'm not gonna let the idiot ruin what I had been planning and working toward. Thank you for all that you do to help us maneuver through this trying time. As my POD pet tariff, I've enclosed a picture of my Shad Elsa. Everybody makes fun of her big ears, but they give her character.
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Allison Gill
Her ears are amazing.
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Dana Goldberg
They are amazing.
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Allison Gill
It's like a Pitbull German shepherd mix and a big lamb chop. Lambie. I love it.
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Dana Goldberg
So sweet.
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Allison Gill
Julie, what a great dog. And thank you for your service. 30 years of nursing. My God. All right, next up from Cynthis pronouns she and her. It might be Cynthia. This might be a typo. Hello there beans queens. Your daily news has kept me going when all I see are horrific updates on my scrolling feed algorithm. Good news. My wife and I are having our first baby in September. The sad part about getting pregnant is that the first emotion I feel is not happiness, it's fear. Will our state value my wife's life over the six to eight week old fetus? Will my wife have the option for her own body if anything were to go wrong. Scary, scary. Glad we moved out of Florida to the only blue state in the south Virginia. But thankfully said baby is growing healthy and strong at 32 weeks. Growing up in a deep red conservative Christian family, it took a lot of growing and therapy to see the world without the lens that was handed to me at a young age. I am as progressive as they come now. And as my wife would say, he didn't come this way. Thank you so much for always being a light in my daily morning routine. A cup of coffee and a side of beans. Here's a picture of our four lovely dogs that was captured by my amazing photographer. We also have four cats, but I can't get all of them together together. Sent this. Thank you so much. Look at these babies and their sweaters.
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Dana Goldberg
Those are amazing. This whole picture is fantastic.
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Allison Gill
I know this, especially the shaggy one there with the. Oh, man.
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Dana Goldberg
So good.
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Allison Gill
This is so cool. Well done on this photo. I absolutely love it.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah.
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Allison Gill
Oh, I needed that. Thank you so much, everybody, for your amazing good news. Please send us your good news dailybeanspod.com click on contact. That's it. That's the week. Do you have any final thoughts?
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah. As we're going into the weekend, if you're near San Diego and you're still vacillating on whether or not to get tickets for my show on Aug. 15, 7pm Sold out the 9pm There are 35 tickets left. That's it. So if you're thinking about going, definitely get them. Danagoldberg.com, just hit my appearances page. Go to the first gig. Hit tickets. Not RSVP, hit tickets. Go buy some. I'd love to see you there. Love to meet you all. It's. It brings me so much joy when I get to meet Leguminati at my gigs.
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Allison Gill
I love it. I love it so much. Anyway, thank you so much, Dana. I look forward to the show. I'm gonna be there at 7. If you haven't seen Dana do stand up. I mean, you know, when we went on the road a little bit for the beans and you would, you know, kind of come out, do like maybe five or eight minutes, 10 minutes. But if you get a whole, like a whole Dana show, which I got to see at Martinis above fourth in Hillcrest one time, that was such a fun show.
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Dana Goldberg
My God. Thank you, ag. I appreciate that, my friend. Especially from someone who knows the stage.
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Allison Gill
Take it. Take my word as a former comedian. Take my word for it. It's truly, truly outstanding comedy. Just so good. So if you do, if you do want those tickets. 35 left. Get on it. Get on it. All right, everybody, we'll be back in your ears on Monday. And there will be an episode of Unjustified. This weekend. There's a bonus episode of cleanup on aisle 45 for patrons. And if you haven't yet, I would really love it if you went to mellowshireoute.com and subscribed to my substack, the Breakdown. It's free. It's free to subscribe. But, you know, like, as Dana and I have sort of explained, those numbers make a difference to people.
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Dana Goldberg
So they do.
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Allison Gill
It really just helps get like, the more people like it, the more it is shared and the more the information gets in front of people. And so that's the goal. Thank you so much, everybody. We'll be back in yours, like I said, on Monday. Until then, please take care of yourselves, take care of each other, take care of the planet, take care of your mental health, and take care of your family. I've been ag.
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Dana Goldberg
I've been dg.
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Allison Gill
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