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Friday, July 24, 2026 Today, the DOJ has withdrawn its New York Times subpoenas; the man who shot Melissa Hortman and others in Minnesota has been sentenced to two life terms plus 40 years; oil is back up over $100 a barrel as Houthis attack ships in the Bab al-Mandab; the House passed a war powers resolution but the Senate quickly voted against it; Jim Jordan’s committee referred Jack Smith to the Justice Department for criminal perjury charges; a federal judge questioned the difference between Hegseth’s testosterone policy and gender affirming care for troops; two officers say Hegseth forced them out after questioning his policies; home foreclosures are up 71% nationwide; Republicans blocked a bill that would stop Trump’s Bribe Force One retrofit; plus Allison delivers your Good News.
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Msw media. Hello and welcome to the Daily beans for Friday, July 24, 2026. Today, the Department of Justice has withdrawn its New York Times subpoenas, but the man who shot Melissa Hortman and others in Minnesota has been sentenced to two life terms plus 40 years. Oil is back up over $100 a barrel as the Houthis attack ships in the Bab El Mandeb. The House passed a war powers resolution, but the Senate quickly voted against it. Jim Jordan's committee has referred Jack Smith to the Justice Department for criminal perjury charges. A federal judge questioned the difference between hegsest testosterone policy and gender affirming care for troops. Two officers say Hegseth forced them out after questioning his policies. Home foreclosures are up 71% nationwide and Republicans have blocked a bill that would have stopped Trump's bribe force one Qatari jet from being retrofitted. I'm your host, Alison Gill. Hey everybody, welcome to the Beans. Happy Friday. I'm headed to D.C. next week for the Defiance.org unveiling of the Trump Epstein bookmobile. It is a mobile version of the pop up reading stores you've been seeing the pop up libraries of all the printed out Epstein documents. It's going to be Wednesday morning of next week. Several members of Congress and Epstein survivors are going to speak as well. And I'll be having Miles Taylor from defiance.org on the pod to talk about it. Also, you can get three months free of defiance.org by going to defiance.org beans. Go and see what they're all about. I think you'll like it. Beans Talk today is going to be about the Jack Smith criminal referral. So I'll cover that there and of course Andy McCabe and I'll cover it on this weekend's Unjustified podcast. I'm going to be joined later in the show by John Fugalang. It's Fugal Sang Fridays here on the Beans. So he and I are going to chat and I have some breaking news from the Times. As I said in the intro there, the Justice Department said Thursday it's going to withdraw the subpoenas that sought phone records and grand jury testimony from New York Times journalists who had reported on the security capabilities of Trump's cuttery built Air Force One jet. Quote, the government is prepared to unilaterally withdraw the subpoenas at this time. That's what Sean Buckley said, one of the highest ranking officials in the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan during a hearing in U.S. district Court on Thursday. The government's move came after Judge Aaron Subramanian grilled the Justice Department lawyers for nearly an hour over their handling of the subpoenas, which the Times had sought to quash. The newspaper called the subpoenas an effort to intimidate its reporters. And that judge seemed like they were going to maybe rule from the bench or at least definitely rule in favor of the New York Times because the Justice Department skipped all sorts of steps from its own policy on how and when and why they can subpoena journalists. Also, a federal court has sided with Kentucky, refusing to hand over their voter rolls. That's 17 straight victories for both blue and red states who have successfully blocked Donald Trump from meddling in their elections by demanding their voter rolls. He's trying to create that nationalized voter list, probably using AI that's full of tons of mistakes. So that's some breaking news. We have a ton of other news to get to, plus John Fugal saying, but first, let's hit the hot nuts. Hot notes. All right, first up from cbs, the Senate rejected the latest attempt to rein in President Trump's war powers in Iran on Thursday. Soon after, the House adopted a separate measure rebuking the president amid escalations to the conflict in recent days. It was a 47 to 49 vote. One Republican, Susan Collins, joined the Democrats in voting to advance the measure. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was the sole Democrat to oppose it. Senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Rand Paul of Kentucky, who have previously supported similar war powers efforts, did not vote. Neither did Mitch McConnell. The resolution, led by Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, would direct the president to, quote, remove the United States armed forces from hostilities within, with or against Iran unless explicitly authorized by a declaration of war or specific authorization for use of military force. Now, earlier Thursday, The House voted 214 to 208 to adopt another war powers resolution introduced by Democratic Representative Pramila Jayapal of Washington. Four Republicans, Tom Barrett, he's from Michigan. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Warren Davidson of Ohio, and Thomas Massie of Kentucky split from their party to vote in favor of that resolution in the House. The House. Now, other efforts to rein in Trump on Iran have seen mixed results in the Senate in recent months. In May, four Republicans joined Democrats to move forward with a similar measure led by Senator Tim Kaine. But then in June, the same four Republicans joined Democrats to adopt a separate House passed resolution aimed at limiting the president's powers. And that measure was concurrent, a concurrent resolution meaning it didn't actually require the president's signature. But the symbolic rebuke of the president appeared to strike a chord a day later. After a contentious meeting with the president and pressure from Republican leaders, some key Republicans flipped their votes in an effort to advance Cain's resolution further fell short. So you remember when that happened? I do. We reported it here on the beans. But they didn't. They wouldn't pass it today in the Senate. And also in the Senate, a Republican blocked a Democratic bill that would have barred the Defense Department from spending more money to retrofit a luxury jet given to the United States by the former government of Qatar. And let me be clear, it was given to Donald Trump, not the United States. He gets to take it with him when he leaves. Trump ordered the plane, a Boeing 747 800, worth about $400 million, and had it modified to serve as a new Air Force One. Despite ethical and national security concerns, he started flying it this month and used it to travel to the NATO summit in Turkey, but left Ankara on an older jet because of the missile. You know, defense issues. It wasn't up to snuff. That's what the New York Times was reporting on. That's why they were subpoenaed. And now those subpoenas have been withdrawn. Also from NBC. Far from easing the crisis over a key global trade route, Iran has now moved to create another critical choke point. Tehran backed Houthi militants said Thursday they had struck two tankers in the Red Sea. Risking another bottleneck, this new front could further disrupt global energy supplies, spike prices, and heap domestic political pressure on Trump. The battle over the Strait of Hormuz has reduced its traffic to a trickle. But these new attacks could effectively shut the Bab El Mandeb. That's a narrow waterway separating Africa from the Gulf, whose Arabic name translates to the Gate of Tears. Until now, this route has served as an important release valve for oil. Unable to get through Hormuz but now a crisis looms here too, sending oil prices surging to $100 a barrel, their highest level since early June. And all this was happening after the United states conducted its 12th consecutive night of strikes on Iran after the breakdown of the peace process. Iranian state television reported that two people were killed in a US Missile attack on a civilian border crossing with Iraq. Under pressure from the rising cost of the war, both in terms of the economic toll and and the four Americans killed in the renewed conflict, Trump has threatened to blow up an Iranian bridge or a power plant for every vessel attacked. And on Thursday he warned that, quote, major military punishment will be inflicted upon Iran if the Houthis attack ships again. He said on a post on Truth Social he was very disappointed with the Tehran backed rebels who, quote, have until now acted very professionally. Unsmart. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Iran is, quote, going to continue to pay a price and, and every night the price gets higher and higher and higher. Maybe in a few days they'll be ready to make a deal once they realize that this is not a winning proposition for them. That's what he told reporters at a summit of the association of Southeast Asian nations in the Philippines. And in other economic news from abc. With home prices around the United States nearing record highs, a new data analysis shows that foreclosure filings nationwide have spiked as well. Foreclosure filings increased by 71% between 2020 and 2025, according to an analysis of Adam data by ABC News and ABC owned television stations. The data analysis found that Florida had the highest number of yearly foreclosure filings per zip code, followed by New Jersey, Delaware, Nevada, South Carolina, Illinois, California, Maryland, Ohio and Arizona. ABC News analysis found that homeowners of color had been disproportionately affected. The average number of annual foreclosures in majority non white zip codes has been more than three times the national average. And from Ms. Now concerns are growing that Kegseth is denying promotions and pushing out officers who raise questions about his directives. Two former officers told msnow they were pushed out of their jobs and forced to retire early after questioning command decisions. The officer spoke on the condition of anonymity. Pentagon would retaliate against them and try to strip their retirement pensions. Now their removals seem to mark a departure from an American military tradition of officers delivering clear eyed assessments so Pentagon leaders can make the most informed decisions. Over the past year and a half, Kegseth has forced out more than two dozen senior military officers and reportedly blocked the Promotion of dozens more, drawing criticism from retired military officers. Targets of the firings have included women, people of color, judge advocates, general, and officers who have been tied to events that Hegseth believes were mishandled. Most recently, General Christopher Donahue, the top commander of the army in Europe and Africa, abruptly relinquished his role. Donahue was widely seen as a rising star in the army and a top contender for some of the service branch's most prestigious jobs. But he was also well known for being the last soldier to leave Afghanistan during a US troop withdrawal in 2021, which Hegseth has criticized as being chaotic, disastrous and and a humiliating retreat. You'll remember that was Donald Trump's decision. The departures have become known as the pentagon purge, which Kag Seth outlined in a May 2025 memo to senior Pentagon leadership, ordering them to slash the number of flag and general officers across the forces. He said the goal was to streamline leadership, but many have questioned his motives. Two fired officers have spoken publicly by name. Nancy LaCour, who's decided to run for Congress as a Democrat in a highly competitive district in South Carolina, and of course, CQ Brown, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who wrote an op ed in Foreign Affairs. When asked for further explanation as to why senior military officials were dismissed, acting Pentagon press secretary Joel Valdez said, quote, not a single general officer or flag officer has been fired, raising concerns about any issue. That charge is completely false. If they believe what they're saying to be true, then they should put their names on their statements on the record, all right? So you can tear them down in rank and pension. Now, one of the former officers who spoke to Ms. Now says it's hypocritical for Kagsaf to claim in public that he wants to focus on war fighters and then remove people like Donahue, who was highly respected in special operations communities and commanded the Army's Delta Force. Hegseth is intimidated by people who have real war fighting background and don't just talk about their warrior ethos. That's what the former officer said, adding, quote, I think he can just can't stand people around who will call him on his sounds. Sounds like a reasonable assessment. Ms. Now spoke to three of the officers who were forced out. None of them wanted to be named, not only out of fear of losing their pensions, but also because some believe military officers should remain apolitical and not insert themselves into public debate. So to protect their identities, Ms. now agreed not to publish the details of their careers, last jobs, or the specifics of their fight of their firings, including how they learned they were being pushed out. One former officer described hearing from other troops still on active duty who questioned whether it made sense to stay in the military or leave now. On the outside, this officer has been torn about how much to speak publicly. Quote, for many of us, part of it is a sense of loyalty to the organization that's bigger than these clowns. We know that in the organization there are still good people trying to do good things, and we don't want to say things that might hurt them. That's what one of the officers said. The firings are not about policy reform to reduce the number of general officers, but rather an opportunity for Hegseth to consolidate power. That's what another former officer said during a speech that Hegseth gave at Marine Corps Base Quantico in September. He called on hundreds of senior military official officers, excuse me, military officers, to issue a 10 point list of reforms aimed at restoring a warrior ethos. And that was seen by many officers as a way to exert control. What he was trying to do was establish primacy over the armed forces in a public way. We can get the most senior people in the military to do exactly what we're going to tell them to do. That's what the former officer said. And more on Hegseth from the Associated Press. A new initiative to test troops for low testosterone has prompted a federal judge to question the difference in between that kind of testosterone replacement therapy and hormone treatment for transgender men in the military. This is U.S. district Judge Anna Reyes in Washington, and she raised the question Wednesday in an ongoing lawsuit against Trump's ban on transgender troops. Reyes noted that Trump's ban says, quote, the armed forces must adhere to high mental and physical health standards without the benefit of routine medical treatment or special provisions. Reyes ordered both parties in the lawsuit to address, quote, the similarities and differences in administering trt, both medically and logistically for trans men compared to other service members, including CIS individuals. She was using the acronym for testosterone replacement therapy, trt. The judge also questioned information on the Pentagon's, quote, basis for treating trans men and other service members differently between this new policy and the military ban. Reyes's order came a week after Hegseth announced he's going to roll out a new screening program for testosterone deficiency among the troops, calling it necessary to allow them to operate at their absolute best. The screenings will be conducted annually as part of service members required medical screenings for those 30 and older. Troops under 30 can volunteer to be tested. In a video on social media Hegseth said receiving testosterone replacement therapy would be voluntary. Yeah, but if you're over 30 and forced to get tested and you have low t, do you really want to go against Hegseth and not take it? I mean, a lot of things that are considered, quote, unquote, voluntary in the military aren't really. We, you know, we were terrified to go see a therapist or to seek mental health care because it would be in our record, in our service record, which could mean you get put on the bottom of the pile during promotion time. So if you're forcing tests on people 30 and older in the military, there's going to be a lot of pressure for them to actually take testosterone. Now other Trump administration officials have begun to advocate for men to have easier access to testosterone replacement therapies. But the messaging from Hegseth and others blends known science on the hormone with broader and less substantiated claims. Testosterone levels in men decline naturally with age and have long been linked to issues like erectile dysfunction, low libido, mood changes and weight gain. But experts have debated for years how to diagnose those problems and whether they should be treated with replacing the hormone. Reyes, the judge who was nominated by Biden, is overseeing one of the lawsuits against Trump's ban on transgender troops. Transgender active duty service members and former service members seeking to reenlist sued in late January of 2025, shortly after the president returned to his second term in office. Reyes ruled last year against Trump's executive order to exclude transgender troops. A divided panel of federal appeals court judges sent the case back to Reyes after partially upholding her order, finding that the ban was unlawful and service members who sued could not be kicked out. Now, Reyes has since given the case class action status, which means the outcome could expand to all service members. Trump's transgender military ban remains in effect. However, the US Supreme Court has allowed the Pentagon to enforce its policy as litigation plays out. That was the shadow docket. Next up from cnn, Friends and family of Minnesota Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman said the man sentenced Thursday to two life terms plus 40 years after pleading guilty to her murder failed to eliminate her spirit and her legacy, but caused enduring fear and fury as he changed their lives forever. Fellow lawmakers and survivors of the shooting spoke Thursday at the sentencing hearing of Vance Belter. That's the man who pled guilty last month to federal charges related to the killing of former House Speaker Hortman and her husband Mark, as well as critically wounding State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette Bolter. Who's 59, agreed to plead guilty in June, almost a year after the Minneapolis area attacks so federal prosecutors would not seek the death penalty. Mark Hortman's father and siblings voiced anger that he could not be sentenced to death. U.S. district Court Judge John Tunheim said it was, quote, the longest sentence I have imposed after hearing and hearing thousands of cases over the years. But I do believe it's deserved. In court Thursday, Senator Hoffman said he and his family are constantly reminded of the extraordinary violence of that night, even in the mundane details of day to day life. He said. They don't receive mail at home anymore. They've installed solid steel doors for protection and they've changed how they do everyday tasks because of their injuries. Quote the defendant looked me in the eyes and pulled the trigger. The defendant looked at my wife and chose to do the same, hoffman said. My wife and I now live with injuries. We live with our bodies. Remembering the gunfire Yvette Hoffman said she has been too traumatized to work since the attack in their home, and she sees a therapist weekly. Quote I will never forget looking down and watching my blood slowly stream down that white washing machine as I felt myself sinking to the floor, she said, barely holding back tears. We always have an escape plan now. This isn't how people should live. Belter admitted he spent months identifying and stalking as targets before driving to their homes disguised as a police officer with the intention of killing them. The killing sparked the largest police search in state history. Now, Democratic state Rep. Kristin Boehner was one of two other legislators whose homes Belter visited that night, but she and her family were on vacation. Boehner said the shootings had left her shaken. Quote I cannot fathom why I was spared and Hortman was not. You failed because I carry her with me in my mind and in my heart. She guides me. Mark Hortman's parents and siblings spoke of their anger Thursday both at the man who killed him and the justice system. Quote, it will not offer me peace of mind that he will have room and board provided for the rest of his life, paid for by my tax dollars. That's Lisa Hortman Bean Mark's sister, Melissa Hortman's mother and father and the Hortman's children changed the tone of the statements when they spoke Thursday, remembering them as attentive, loving parents and grandparents and people who had a positive impact on thousands of lives. Sophie Hortman, their daughter, described in vivid detail having to say goodbye to Gilbert the golden retriever, also shot by Belter who was still alive when they arrived at the veterinary hospital. She talked about the bedtime routine her mother had with Gilbert, who failed his service dog test because he was too friendly, and the care and love she gave them. I miss my mom, I miss my dad, I miss my best friends and I miss believing in the goodness of humanity. I hope that one day these aches feel less sharp and I know, just like the love I feel for my parents, the pain will never go away now. Colin Hortman talked about his parents not being at his recent wedding, about not dancing with his mother, who had hoped would make his wedding cake. He described the horror of the house and the panic attacks and the crying that have persisted in the years since their murders. Quote My dad's days are filled with gray and the blood that was spilled is the last thing I see before I go to sleep and the first thing I see when I wake. There is no sentence that weighs 15 gunshots, a murdered dog in the rest of my life. It is impossible to realize the damage that has been done not only to our family but to our society, said Melissa's father, Harold Holupczek, who repeatedly referred to her as his little girl. Quote I wish the perpetrator would have sat down and talked to Melissa about his political positions. If only he did that before he decided to kill them. Bolter also faces state charges, including two counts of murder, four counts of attempted murder, impersonating a police officer and animal cruelty. Hoffman and his family filed a personal injury lawsuit against Bolter in April. All right everybody, we'll be right back with John Fugelsang after these messages. We'll be read BC hey everybody, Fast Growing Trees is America's largest and most trusted online nursery with thousands of trees and plants and over 2 million happy customers. It's much more convenient than losing your entire Saturday wandering through giant box stores trying to spend a small fortune or hiring someone else to do the work. Filling your trunk up with dirt. They have everything from fruit trees and privacy trees to flowering trees, shrubs, house plants. Every plant is grown with care and guaranteed to arrive healthy. 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From crazy disasters and tasty scandals to enlightening and surprising heartwarming tales, we explore the moments where people behave badly and sometimes beautifully. We've got naughty politicians, cultural chaos and a deep love for the Pacific Northwest, including Bigfoot. It's thoughtful, irreverent, occasionally serious and always entertaining. Let's fall down the Rabbit hole. MSW Media. Hey everybody, welcome back. It's Friday on the Daily Beans. That means it's Fugal Sang Friday. So joining me is my good friend, host of Tell me everything on SiriusXM progress channel. No, it's John Fugal Sang Show. Host of the John Fugal Sang show on Sirius. Yes, on Sirius XM progress channel 127. That's weekdays at noon Eastern, 9am Pacific. I love your new time slot, my friend.
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Me too, me too.
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And also New York Times best selling author of Separation of Church and Hate, working on his second book, please welcome John Fugalang. Hello, my friend.
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Thank you, Dr. Gil and a very happy Andrew and Tristan Tate are going to jail for years. To all who celebrate, thank you so much.
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Yeah, yeah, I think it's pretty outstanding. I think his outfit was gorgeous when he was arrested.
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That's what I'd want to be arraigned in all the, all the all the most stylish abusers of women are dressing this way for their arraignments this season.
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Very alpha, very masculine.
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Yeah.
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But, yeah, they picked him up in Miami for extradition to the uk.
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It's beautiful. It's like porn for the Angels. I love it. I mean, your listeners probably have too much taste to know who these two drops of hell food are. Right? I mean, I don't know if your audience would know the Tates as they have lives. Right? If, If. If pubic hair could kick pox and choke women, it would look like the Tate brothers. And. And the media talks about these guys like there is some kind of cultural phenomenon and not these grifting, misogynist, violent losers who have all the humanity of a prison urinal. But you'll recall last year they were being held in Romania for sex trafficking and rape and child pornography and, you know, all the greatest hits. And Donald Trump intervened to get them extra added to the US and they've spent the last year bragging about how tight they are with this administration. It looks like someone got to Trump. It looks like at least 5% of Donald Trump cares about the midterms, and now he is letting them be extradited to Britain. And it's just glorious. I mean, these two guys just make videos teaching lonely men how to be misogynist and beat women and still be lonely. And they've made millions making these shitty videos. They always look like they're, like, you know, selling crypto in a abandoned Dubai vape shop or something, and it's all misogyny. How much of this administration has said that they love this guy, from Alina Haba on down to Baron? And, I mean, it's ultimately, to me, it's a. It's a deeply moving story because we talk about the manosphere. These. These boys, guys, homies, players, dudes, no men. And the whole system is designed to mislead males and get lonely guys together to bemoan your victimhood and blame women for not being as fun as the women in porn. And it's destructive and it's corrosive. These guys are so famous, they boast of their misogyny, and I don't want to ruin it. But they're also racist and anti Semitic as well. And to see Donald Trump realize that his numbers are so bad he can't help these guys out right now tells you, I think more about the White House than about the 59 charges against the Tate brothers.
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Yeah. I'm also wondering if that's why we haven't seen a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon. But in addition to extradition for the tape brothers to the uk we've got Bolter, the guy who shot assassinated Hortman and also shot at one of the senators, a state senator dressed up like a cop, had a hit list of
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Democrats was sent abortion rights Democrats, abortion rights Democrats. He's very pro life when he kills people, right?
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Yeah. Well, as you as one does when you're in the Republican Party.
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So pro life. He'll murder a lot of you.
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And he was sentenced to federally, by the way, two life sentences plus 40 years. And these are pardonable crimes. Donald Trump can pardon these crimes. I'm not sure he will, but state charges are pending. But he avoided the death penalty by pleading guilty here. And I think that's upset quite a few members of the Hortman's and Hoffman's families. So.
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Well, I'm against the death penalty in 100% of cases, but it's fascinating seeing how this guy avoids the death penalty or how say the right wing Trump supporter in El Paso who slaughtered so many Latinos avoids the death penalty. But let's say you decide to murder one CEO of one healthcare company and they will chase you down to kill you. As long as you're killing the right people, they will give you life in prison. But if you kill the wrong people, they will try to execute you. I don't know if Donald Trump has ever been told about the murder of Melissa Hortman and her husband. I mean, I feel like it's good we're talking about it because then maybe Fox News might cover it. No one on the right will ever hear about this. They have not talked about it. Their media doesn't cover it. They live in the Fox News bubble. And I think this news would actually be a surprise to many Americans. I really do.
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Yeah, I remember them saying like, oh, imagine after Charlie Kirk's death, imagine if they did this to a Democrat. And we were like, we don't have to imagine. Yeah, it actually happened.
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I mean they did it to the Democrats pets and again, they always do it to Democrats. Most of the the reason why we talk about the Charlie Kirk assassination is because it's so rare that it's the right wing people. How many times have the right wing authoritarians had assassination attempts? George Wallace, I mean it's always the idealistic person who tries to change things that gets bumped off. Right. It's always Gandhi or Dr. King or Anwar Sadat or Yitzhak Rabin or John Lennon or Jesus you're not used to the authoritarians doing it. And, you know, again, they're not gonna cover this. Right wing media won't touch it because they need people to believe that only leftists are violent. And I can guarantee you, if Vance Bolter was transgender and shot one person in the school, he'd be the most famous guy in the right wing world. Instead, he's a Trump supporter who killed more liberals, which means they don't want the mob to know about it. It's peasant maintenance.
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Yeah, but some more justice. In Texas, a Border Patrol agent was just indicted by a local grand jury for aggravated assault when he ran down a migrant with his car back in January. Video from a homeowner showed the ICE agent driving straight into a man who was just calmly walking on the side of the road. So that that guy's been indicted as well. So.
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So can we add that to ICE's total body count or. Because it was. Can we not? Because, I mean, it's. It's just stunning, the amount of people they're allowed to kill. And police have so much more oversight than this. I just. I don't know. I mean, is every conservative going to have to have someone they love shot by ICE before they care about this?
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Yeah, I think so. I think that's how it goes for the Republican Party now.
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By the way, can I also just say. Can I also. Can I don't. I just. I need to be more petty about the Tate brothers. Can I? Because have you seen these guys? I mean, they. They look like they were grown in a lab using the DNA of hairless rodents and a case of Axe body spray. I'm sorry. It's just important to talk about how fucking hideous these guys are. These guys are so ugly. Their reflections have a safe word. Okay. Andrew's head is like a thumb that got stuck at a pencil sharpener during an earthquake. And Tristan would like Veil to fail the vibe check at a funeral. These are ugly, ugly men. And I'm just so happy. Nothing can get me down over this. I love it.
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Yeah, the same. Same. And I'm going to be watching that. I know a lot of people are going to be watching that closely. In fact, I think women everywhere just keep looking at the arrest photos.
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It's beautiful.
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Toggling back and forth between the Tate arrest photos and, like, videos of Jimothy. I think that that's sort of, you know, where. Where my head's at right now.
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I mean, I'm just. I'm rooting for young men, you know, like I'm rooting for young men to get decent role models who don't get extradited to Britain for child porn. You know, like, and, and to me, this is just really great. The more we can humiliate these predators, that's. That's the only way to do it. We have to shame young men out of liking monsters. And I hate to say that's where we are, but here we are.
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Yeah. And then, you know, shift gears a little bit. Talk about Republican national platforms.
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Yeah. I've got more jokes about the Tates. I'll sprinkle throughout. Please go on.
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Thank you. Sprinkle. Of course, you know, but, you know, when we talk about what Trump has morphed his reason for his illegal war in Iran, about which the House rebuffed today, but the Senate said it was okay because Murkowski and Rand Paul decided not to vote and Fatima Cassidy flipped
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his vote and Rand Paul flipped his vote from a no to a present. So, yeah, I mean, the cowardice is complete.
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So that's happening there. But, you know, meanwhile, his whole excuse is, we have to stop nuclear. We have to stop nuclear. We have to get the enriched uranium. But no, now we're going to sign a deal to send it to the Saudis for enrichment, which was the Middle East Marshall Plan during his first term, if you'll recall, when Mike Flynn was texting his buddy cops and from the deus of Trump's inauguration saying, we're going to do it. We're going to build the Saudi reactors and Erik Prince is going to guard them all with his private mercenaries. We're going to recolonize the Middle east and you're going to rip up sanctions so that Russia can provide uranium to Saudi Arabia for the reactors.
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Don't leave out the giant golf resort in Jeddah. Okay. There's a lot of money riding on this for Jared and Trump and his biological sons. I mean, the amount of bribes and don't forget live golf tournament as well, which is a money laundering scheme to give Donald Trump money. He takes millions from these Saudis and then is going to let them enrich uranium. Billions. Now he's going to let them enrich uranium while we're at war to stop Iran from enriching uranium. Am I getting this right?
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You got it right.
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He's saying that this is all to contain Iran. We're going to let Saudi Arabia do this to contain Iran. We're going to have another country with enrichment capability in the same neighborhood to contain. It's like saying you're going to prevent alcoholism by opening up more liquor stores. Right. We had a completely functioning nuclear deal with Iran. Our military said they were abiding by it. They tore it up. And so imagine this guy gets, I mean, Jared got 2 billion alone, right. From the Saudis. Total suppression of free speech, women are property, labor, exploitation, modern slavery. And they're gonna let them have nukes. And this agreement has no safeguards in it to keep them from turning it into weapons. So Trump goes on filth, social and does a post saying, oh, and I'm adding this to the deal. But mentioning something in a social media post doesn't mean that the print magically appears on the document. They have not changed the document. There are no safeguards to keep the Saudis from getting nuclear weapons. Donald Trump is letting the most evil regime, I mean, I'm sorry, they're the square root of so much of the violence in the region. And he's giving them nukes because they have bribed his family. Right. I mean, I'm waiting for the military to start making noise about this.
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Yeah, well, and then he throws a poison pill in and says that Saudi Arabia has to sign on to the Abraham Accords in order to get this done. But again, haven't seen the language in the actual agreement for that might just be a political move for Saudi Arabia. You must recognize Israel.
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But again, the Abraham Accords are just a trade deal. They keep hyping this as a peace deal, but it's not. It's just a deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia to make money, which very often is how you make peace, but it's always been a trade deal. So I mean, literally, he's nudging Saudi Arabia with this as the carrot. If you want to get the nukes, you've got to get the trade revenue as well. I mean, it's win win for these guys. And MBS has been completely open about how, oh yeah, we're definitely going to turn this into a weapon. But Trump has to play dumb about it, which is why he's doing truth social posts that have no bearing on the language and the actual agreement.
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Yeah, but we're going to send nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia.
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Oh, yeah, they got a whole starter, starter kit.
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But we're going to slap tariffs on Canada for wildfires.
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Yes, that makes perfect sense, doesn't it? I mean, Canada is always there for us whenever we're in trouble. So now that they're in trouble, we're going to find them for it and try to hurt their economy because that's the kind of adults we're dealing with here. I mean, I don't even know what to say anymore. Like, this is Canada's learning what it's like to be a member of NATO, I think.
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Yeah. Now, something I wanted to share with you. It's just breaking right now. The Department of Justice, apparently they were getting too fashy before the midterms has have withdrawn their subpoenas to New York Times reporters after they got a, a hearing on this where it seemed like the judge had indicated that the judge was going to quash these subpoenas. So I don't know if they're bailing out now because it's embarrassing having your subpoenas quashed before you can even investigate or whether they're like, maybe we shouldn't knock on doors of journalists and force them to turn over their records and sources. You know, this close to a midterm election, again, wondering who got to Trump on this one.
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Well, I think that's a combination of factors.
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Or Blanche trying to get confirmed.
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It's Blanche trying to get confirmed. I think also the New York Times was not intimidated in the slightest. So what's the point? What's the fun? They already had the announcement. Right. It's all about the announcement. So Fox News and Hannity can talk about how we're, they're taking on the leftist leaning New York Times and you think Hannity is going to report that they've withdrawn the subpoenas?
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No.
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Oh yeah, no, like the announcement. Just hey, Zelinsky just announced your invest
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announce an investigation of Biden. You don't have to have one, just announce it. This is what they do. We've learned their M.O. by now.
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Or hey, DOJ, just announce your investigating election results in 2020. Or, or hey, just, just say we're going to refer j to the Department of Justice for criminal investigation.
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Yeah, exactly. That'll bring us back the dough. And this is what they do. So I mean they had to know going into this that a federal judge was going to beat them up. The very lawyered up New York Times was clearly never worried about this at all. I mean again, Trump just sued the Wall street journal for $20 billion and Murdoch laughed at him. I mean, people who can afford the lawyers are not afraid of this guy anymore. And that's, I think the takeaway from this.
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No. And the judge in the BBC case saying you got to turn over your financial information. Go ahead, you got tax immunity. What are you afraid of? And, and also January 6th, executive privilege testimony. Remember When, Remember when Merrick Garland actually had to take 14 recalcitrant witnesses claiming executive privileges to court, it took about a year. It's another reason a lot of people think that Merrick Garland didn't do anything is because it took about a year to get this. This crucial witness testimony from about 14 people. Didn't. They didn't get it until 2023, which is after that the indictments came down. And, you know, Jack Smith had to take over that case after Merrick Garland started it. But the BBC wants that testimony as well, because it's about executive privilege, and that is what they're saying. Trying to withhold discovery in the BBC case, libel suit. And like you said, you punch a bully, you don't back down. You got good lawyers, you will eventually win. But again, Trump isn't in these to win, right?
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He's in to punish and bankrupt, and that's it.
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And get the initial announcement, you know,
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have the announcements to show how hard you're fighting against those libs so the folks at home won't realize you're not fighting for them. I swear to God, this administration, they got people with two teeth to vote for guys who have two yachts. It's just amazing. But, yeah, I mean, on top of it all, Trump is trying to bankrupt people as best he can. But as of now, if Donald Trump sues you folks, there's a magical Harry Potter spell that you point your wand and you just say this, and it's called discovery phase, and it makes his lawsuits go away and they can never hurt you because of the. Really look it up. It's true. By the way, Dr. Gill, I'd appreciate if you'd refer to Jack Smith as future Attorney General Jack Smith, please, out of respect, please. Thank you.
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No problem.
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My heart needs it.
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Mine, too. I mean, I think he told Nicole Wallace that the January 6th prosecution is still very much alive. And in multiple filings filed with Judge Chutkan to dismiss the case, the January 6th case, because Donald Trump won the election, he said, please dismiss without prejudice because it has not yet been litigated. Whether or not the statute of limitations can be told during a defendant's presidency, because you are unable to, according to the Office of Legal Counsel, the Department of justice, prosecute a sitting president, and therefore, that should toll the statute of limitations. So it would be still ripe and fresh to bring again in 2029.
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So awesome that both the document theft and the obstruction of justice counts have nothing to do with his official duties as president. So, Attorney General Smith, please Stay healthy, sir. Do cardio three times a week. Watch the partying.
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That guy runs ultra marathons.
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I know. Just keep it up. Watch the. Watch the drugs, Smith. Watch the meat, the wheat, the dairy. Please, please, just try to break his sweat a few times late getting to
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the United States when he was appointed because he broke his something. He broke some sort of bone.
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Good. Keep him healthy. Eight hours minimum. Mr. Smith, we need you. Stay healthy, please.
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Anyway, thank you so much, my friend. Really appreciate it. And we look forward to having you on here every Friday. And I hope everybody tunes in to the John Fugal Saying show now at a new time on Sirius XM progress channel 127. Weekday is at noon Eastern, 9am Pacific. And of course, if you haven't already, I don't know. I don't know how you're living if you haven't got your coffee.
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How can you breathe?
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Hey, but I'm also looking forward to that second book.
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So am I. I just got my notes back from publisher. So I'm officially in rewrite hell for the next six weeks. But the next book will be coming out in late March or early April, and I'm really excited. It's going to be all about a history of toxic Christian power from Constantine through the entire Trump administration and how they all hate the teachings of Jesus and fool people into voting for them.
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Anyway, hell yes, my friend. Sounds like an excellent sophomore book.
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It's called Fake Christians, so you know, I'm serious academically. So, yeah, there you go.
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There you go. I appreciate it. Thank you. I look forward to reading it.
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Me, too.
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All right, everybody. That. That's. That is how we do fecal saying Fridays. And, you know, I'll see you my next week, my friend.
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See you then. Thanks for all you do, everybody.
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Stick around. We'll be right back with the good news.
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Everybody, welcome back. It's time for the good news. Who likes good news?
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Everyone then good news everyone.
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Good news, good news. And if you have any good news, little big recent distant past, maybe a good trouble suggestion, maybe a shout out to yourself or a loved one or a government program or a nonprofit or a small business you want us to know about in your area that could use a boost. You can tell us your favorite street joke, a funny story you like to share with friends. If you're traveling, we would love to hear about your travels. And you can show photos because that's all you got to do to get your stuff read on the air is attach a photo so you can share your travel photos or your pet. We can try to guess the breeds in your shelter pup if you want. It can be an adoptable pet in your area. If you don't have a pet or just a random animal off the Internet, you can also send family pictures what you dressed up for for Halloween. Baby photos. Seriously, your your own baby photos. Whatever it is, anything at all will work and we'd love to see it. Send it all to us dailybeanspod.com and click on contact. All right, first up is your Good trouble Good Trouble Today block harmful provisions in the NDAA defense budget using the five Calls app. This is so important. Quote the Trump administration is asking Congress to approve a record breaking $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget, the largest inflation adjusted defense budget in American history. Rather than investing in the modern cost effective capabilities our military actually needs, it funds Trump's vanity projects while supporting dangerous foreign entanglements. The massive bill HR 8800 and S4784 include Section 219, which would give Israel unprecedented access to American military technology while forcing the US to integrate Israeli defense systems into our own supply chains. There's a provision to codify Trump's order to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War. That cost can be up to $125 million. There's 17.5 billion for the Golden Dome, modeled on Israel's Iron Dome. This proposed missile defense shield is unlikely to ever be fully operational and would cost 1.2 trillion to develop, deploy and operate for 20 years. And we don't have local countries firing ballistic missiles at us. It is the dumbest thing ever. Funding for Trump's battleships While the current NDAA introduces some guardrails on the Trump class battleship program, it stopped short, leaving the door open for billions in spending on weapons platforms that defense experts say make little strategic sense for our Navy. And then the anti trans amendments restricting Tricare medical coverage for gender related care and barring transgender students from women's K through 12 sports at DOD run schools. So concentrate on your senators as HR 8800 has already passed the House and call your senators and we'll have links in the show notes for how to do that. All right, first up from the Good news boy, I need it today from Rob Pronouns he and him hello Ag. Today is my last day at my job as my brilliant wife. Rachel and I are moving to Charlotte, North Carolina for her job. I'm looking for employment down there, so if you read this on Friday. I ain't got no job, but I got plenty of shit to do. This is a little bit of a self shout out, but more me sharing a warm feeling. I work in IT at a high school. I haven't thought all that much about leaving. Even today after sending a couple goodbye emails, I hadn't thought that I'd miss this job until I said goodbye to a custodian I've gotten to know when I helped this person set a password. I got a feeling that it he may have literacy difficulties and a couple weeks later he asked me for help finding apps to help him improve his reading. Today as I was walking through the hallway, he shook my hand and thanked me. I had already said goodbye to several people and got the casual thank you and I'll miss you or the awful passive voice, you'll be missed. I cannot stand the passive voice. So it wasn't until after I started walking away that it hit me how sincere he was with his thanks and that's what will make me miss this place. I think we all know there are people who can't read well. You meet them, you may not know and if you're lucky, you may be able to help them. Attached are Tito and Taya. They are just as they look and are sporting kit for their homeland, Mexico. Amazing Rob. Look at that. I so wanted Mexico to go further in the World Cup. Rob, thank you for this. What a great note. Next up, Lisa from Washington State. Uh oh. Uh oh. It's a. It's a jimothy post. Hello fabulous Queens of the Beans. I want to give a shout out to my sister Tina, who graduated nursing school in May with her Bachelor's of Science in Nursing. Tina has faced many challenges in her life that derailed her desire to become a nurse, and at the age of 53, she finally did it. To make it extra sweet, her daughter graduated high school with honors in June. I'm so proud of them both. For my Pot pet tariff, I'm including a drawing of Jimothy by Seattle artist Henry. The second photo was taken at the Oregon coast while on a fun and relaxing vacation three years ago. Thanks for keeping us informed and for the swearing and we will have a link when for well, I don't know if we'll have a link, but you can find more from Henry at Henry Art. This is amazing. I love Henry's art. Oh, that beach scene is beautiful. Hi horsies. I love riding horses on the beach. All right, next up, Jim F in Albuquerque. Pronouns he and him. Greetings to the queens of the beans from a lean no longer mean marine writing to thank Allison for gamely making your way through a lot of grim news while Dana is elsewhere doing other good deeds. We're listening. Just joined your patreon at any at entry level. Best I can do on a fixed income watching grocery and fuel prices climbing for some mistakes. Mysterious reason. Yeah, who knows? Jim Tangerine Jesus says we're imagining it because we're such a hot country. The register tapes at the grocery store and the numbers at the gas station say otherwise, but he says those are a hoax, so I must be seeing things. I can vouch for the hot part. We're seeing 100 degree days here in Albuquerque even though we're at the same elevation as Denver. For my picture tax, here are some of the micro farm in my backyard. My first garden, two apricot trees I planted from fast growing trees no less. And my little corn patch almost waist high. Now I have Jerusalem artichokes coming in too. No luck with tomatoes, chilies or peanuts, but I'm replanting those. Still, barely time before first frost. Thanks again for keeping us informed and sometimes necessarily pissed off. Semper fi. Semper fi, Jim. Are you guys hoorah or hoorah? I think you're hoorah. Thank you. Next up from Ed, pronouns he and him Bongiorno beans, Queens Pictures from today are another stunning piece of art from David Puma, who has works on display in Florence and a photo which should dispel any rumors that I spent all my vacation time in galleries. Wishing you all a splendid day. Oh, that's beautiful. Tiger with birds. I love it. Oh, barrels. Are those wine barrels? Chianti? Is that what that says with fava beans? That's my best Hannibal Lecter, by the way. It doesn't get. Doesn't get better than that. I mean it does with other people, but that's the best I got. Thank you, Ed. Appreciate the photos from Italy. Next up, anonymous pronoun she and her Greetings legume ladies. My good news, My grad school student loans were forgiven through public service loan forgiveness. That's $60,000 in debt off the debt. That enabled me at age 52, to begin a second career as a school psychologist. For the past 12 years, I've helped determine whether children are eligible for special education, which is a rewarding career indeed. I love feeling like I'm making a positive difference in their futures. My pod pet tariff is my own two children who identify as cats because they are cats. In a photo from a few years ago. Online, I call them Tortue. That's the tortoiseshell who succeeded my dear Torti girl who crossed the Rainbow Bridge in 2016. And Salem the void, who has a secret white patch on her belly right between her legs, which I like to say is where the angels piped in the cream filling. Thank you so much for keeping my spirits up during these tough times and helping me celebrate a really good one. Look at the babies. Oh, they're adorable. And congratulations.
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Wow.
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$60,000 of debt off the books. What an incredible feeling. All right, next up, from Jeff, pronouns, he and him. Hi, Allison and team. I'm missing Dana too, but you're absolutely killing it solo. So to keep you fueled, I'm attaching a couple of hairless pet pics. The breed shouldn't be hard to guess. I was lucky to share many years with these nudie patooties who have all gone on to bask in everlasting sunbeams with Ceiling Cat. The first is Shrimp, the sphinx cat who love to help my ex and me cook. Note the resemblance to the prawn in the background. The second also features Shrimp along with Piper the blank dog and Bellini, also a sphinx, doing a snuggle together at the end of the bed. The nakeys are forever heat seeking, and I miss them always. Oh, look at the sweet babies I don't see. Oh, there's Piper. Oh, you can barely see Piper. That's a scruffy dog. That's a scruffy dog. It kind of looks like Crawl the warrior king. Ah, that's the Chinese crested in the movie how to lose a guy in 10 days. So I always call that breed Crawl the warrior king Crawler. Warrior king. Yeah, that's got to be a Chinese crested. Let's see. Yep, Chinese crested. Pretty distinct looking dog, by the way. Would be hard to get that one wrong. All right, next up from Jen Pronoun. She and her hello beans queens from the home of Jimothy the great state of Washington. We went to a Mariners game last night and he and kicked the Reds ass 8 to nothing. The Ohio boyfriend was a little bummed, but he's used to it. Anywho, there was a nod to Jimothy halfway through the game and the crowd went wild. We were all chanting his name with delight. He definitely brought blessings upon our game. I also want to let everyone know the owner of Hive Bakery has an excellent podcast with her brother going on four years now called the Necessary Conversation, where they discuss politics with their MAGA parents. In the most recent episode, they seem to have made some progress with mom, who admits that since her dad has been in the hospital and she's exposed herself to other independent news sources, she's come to the conclusion that ICE needs to be abolished. She even uttered the words ice. I highly recommend a listen. Thank you for all the hard work keeping us informed and laughing. Also attached is a photo of my doggos litter mates Mabel and Dipper. Sweet Mabel is battering battling cancer like a champ. Please send her all the positive vibes, everybody, right now. On the count of three, send positive vibes to Mabel. Three, two, one. Vibes. All right, guess the breeds. Okay, well, there's some pit bull in here. There's some mastiff in here. That one on the. It looks kind of like it's got Rottweiler head. Staffy. Maybe. Maybe some chow. Let's see what we got. We got Rottweiler husky. Okay, I got. I got the rotty, but not the husky. And a mastiff. Yeah, babies. And we're all sending out the good vibes. Jen, thank you so much. And there it is. Get loud for Jimothy up on the Jumbotron at the Mariners game. I shared a couple of those. I noticed they've been putting him up on the Jumbotron recently. What a beautiful ballpark, too. I haven't gone to a game there, but I've been meaning. I've been meaning to. It's on my bucket list. Thank you, everybody for sending in all of your good news this week. I need more. I need all of it. Put it in my veins. Keep me company while Dana is out. Send it to me@daily beanspod.com and click on contact. Really, really appreciate all of the amazing good news. Definitely needed it today. I got a little choked up in that story about the. The. The killing of Hortman and attempted murders of others. So thank you for this. I needed it. Definitely a lift of my spirits. We. We march on. We live to fight another day. I'll be back in your ears Monday. On Sunday, I'll be doing an episode of the Breakdown on Midas Touch. I'll also be doing an episode of unjustified with Andy McCabe this weekend. And you can catch me over on Beans Talk if you want more ag today. If you haven't gotten enough ag, there's more over on our YouTube channel. So thanks so much. I'll see you 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 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. Diamond Dames mount up. R O R oh oh oh oh oh.
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Hello, I'm Charlotte Clymer.
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And I'm Alison Gill. Hey Charlotte, what if you and I joined forces to create a weekly podcast amid all the chaos of the news to chat about the most recent episode of season four of Ted Lazo?
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Well, Alison, we'd be taking delight amid the spite to sit and write and bring some light on Wednesday nights. I mean, look, everything right now is ridiculous. I know we're all stressed out with the state of the country and we all deserve some joy. Ted Lasso was there for us in the middle of the pandemic, and he's back to offer us a respite from Trump 2.0 right before the midterms.
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That's right, we believe in Rom communism. I mean, if Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan can go through some heartfelt struggles and still end up happy, then so can we. So subscribe to Diamond Dames for free right now to get notifications. And then you can join us every week after each episode of ted Lasso Season 4, wherever you get your podcasts.
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And remember, be a goldfish. Diamond Names Dismount
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