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Friday, August 22nd, 2025 Today, the California Assembly has passed the redistricting resolutions and will have a special election this November for voters to approve the new maps; an appeals court has thrown out the $450M civil fraud fine against Trump; the Supreme Court says the NIH grants case must be filed in the Court of Federal Claims; a federal judge just has ruled that Alina Habba’s appointment as US Attorney in New Jersey is unlawful; an Eric Adams campaign advisor has been fired after slipping a potato chip bag full of cash to a reporter; an appeals court has cleared the way for the administration to end Temporary Protected Status for Hondurans Nepalis and Nicaraguans; anti LGBTQ bigot and child beating advocate James Dobson is dead; the Trump administration has banned gender affirming care coverage for federal workers while mandating conversion therapy coverage; the Trump administration has said it is reviewing all 55M here on visas for any violations; a Texas judge ha...
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Allison Gill
MSW Media hello and welcome to the Daily beans for Friday, August 22, 2025. Today, the California assembly has passed the redistricting resolutions and will have a special election this November for voters to approve the new maps. An appeals court has thrown out the $450 million civil fraud fine against Donald Trump. The Supreme Court says the NIH grants case must be filed in the Court of Federal Claims. A federal judge has just ruled that Alina Haba's appointment as U.S. attorney in New Jersey is unlawful. And when Eric Adams, campaign advisor, has been fired after slipping a potato chip bag full of cash to a reporter. An appeals court has cleared the way for the administration to end temporary protected status for Hondurans, Nepalese and Nicaraguans. The anti LGBTQ bigot and child beating advocate James Dobson has died. The Trump administration has banned gender affirming care coverage for federal workers while mandating conversion therapy coverage. The Trump administration has said it's reviewing all 55 million people on visas for, for any violations. And a Texas judge has denied Elon Musk's bid to dismiss the lawsuit against him for holding a $1 million election lottery. I'm Allison Gill.
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Dana Goldberg
And I'm Dana Goldberg.
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Allison Gill
That's a lot of news for a Friday, my friend.
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Dana Goldberg
It sure is. But, man, we got through the week, everybody.
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Allison Gill
We did. And I'm really, really excited about the California assembly passing. The legislature has passed those resolutions. We'll talk about that in a minute. But we're going to have a special election here in a couple months. So I'm super proud of my statement.
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Dana Goldberg
I'm get the word out as much as I can to get people out. We are following the legislature here. We're following our Constitution. We're doing it right.
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Allison Gill
So, yes, yes, gloves off. And I appreciate it. It's Friday here on the Daily Beans, which means we're going to talk to John Fugal saying later in the show, I'm excited about that. And we have a lot of legal news today, so we're going to break this up into a couple segments. So first, let's do some quick hits. All right, first up, the supreme court in a 5, 4 ruling, with Chief Justice John Roberts siding with the liberals, has allowed the Trump administration to continue blocking grants to the National Institutes of Health. But five have also signaled that the underlying Trump directives are unlawful. So that sends a fairly strong, if mixed message that Trump will lose these cases eventually, but only once they're brought in the Court of Federal Claims, which is that special circuit where they hear like tariff cases and trade stuff. So we're going to keep you posted. And thanks to Steve Vladic for the story.
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Dana Goldberg
Absolutely. And this one's from NBC. A federal judge on Thursday found that Acting U.S. attorney Alina Haba's appointment was unlawful and her actions since July as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey, they may be declared void. And I quote, the executive branch has perpetrated Alina Haba's appointment to act as the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey through a novel series of legal and personal moves. This is from U.S. district Judge Matthew Brann. He wrote that in a 77 page ruling. He went on to say, faced with the question of whether Ms. Haba is lawfully performing the functions and duties of the office of the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, I conclude that she is not. Because the former Trump lawyer is, quote, not currently qualified to exercise the functions and duties of the office in an acting capacity, she must be disqualified from participating in any ongoing cases. Again, this is from the judge. Brand went on to say that his order is on hold pending appellate proceedings, meaning it will not take immediate effect to allow Trump administration obviously, time to appeal the decision. And you know they're going to.
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Allison Gill
Yeah. I wonder if this impacts the charges against MacIver.
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Dana Goldberg
I was wondering that, too.
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Allison Gill
Lamonica McIver. I wonder if we'll see another filing from her.
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Dana Goldberg
Seems like a mistrial if you ask me.
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Allison Gill
It hasn't even gone there yet, but it might be dismissed beforehand. She filed the flurry of motions to dismiss. So we're gonna cover that on the next cleanup on aisle 45. And pretty heavy detail. And Dana, remember the clip we played yesterday of the Dylan Law Group press conference?
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Dana Goldberg
Yes.
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Allison Gill
About California Republicans who are offended by Gavin Newsom saying fight fire with fire. They took the redistricting fight directly to the California Supreme Court saying that we didn't give a proper 30 day notice. Well, the California Supreme Court told them to pound sand. And from the Washington Post, California lawmakers on Thursday began passing a series of bills aimed at drawing new congressional maps as Democrats try to counter the Republican driven effort in Texas. Now, California Democrats in a Assembly Thursday morning changed the state's redistricting ballot measure legislation which basically now allows new congressional maps to go into effect no matter what other states do. So even if Texas backtracks or the courts strike Texas down, California will have new maps. The California assembly has passed the measure and the question will be on the ballot in a special election this November. Gavin Newsom is expected to sign the bills as we record this podcast.
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Dana Goldberg
Good. I love seeing this.
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Allison Gill
Me too.
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Dana Goldberg
And this one's from CNN and New York. I do not love this one, by the way. Cnn. A New York appeals court has thrown out the roughly half billion dollar judgment against Trump in the civil fraud case brought by the state's attorney general. Thursday's decision, which was not unanimous, leaves Trump still liable for fraud. So he's still guilty of the 34 counts. The judges upheld his liability and tossed the penalty so that the case could move forward to further appellate review. Obviously, New York Attorney General Tish James plans to appeal that ruling. In the prevailing opinion, the judges wrote, while the injunctive relief ordered by the court is well crafted to curb defendants business culture, the court's disgorgement order, which directs that defendant's pay nearly half a billion dollars in the state of New York is an excessive fine that violates the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution.
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Allison Gill
Oh, but grabbing up people off the street in unmarked cars and sending them to Seacote in El Salvador does not violate their 8th amendment.
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Dana Goldberg
Actually, it does.
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Allison Gill
Yeah, it does. Sure does. Love to see it. Would love to see that happen in the courts. All right, next up from Politico, a federal appeals court has given the Trump administration the go ahead to end deportation protections and revoke work permits for more than 63,000 immigrants from Nicaragua, Honduras and Nepal, despite a lower court judge's conclusion that the administration's action was driven by racism. A 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel voted 3 to 0 Wednesday to grant the Justice Department's request for an emergency order allowing it to proceed with the termination of TPS temporary protected status for citizens of three countries while the litigation over the issue continues. So it's not settled, but all these folks are going to be deported anyway.
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Dana Goldberg
Okay, this one's from the Independent, the judge in Texas denied on Wednesday. This one's a little bit of good news. Elon Musk, Musk's request to dismiss a class action lawsuit against him and his political action committee brought by a group of voters who participated in his $1 million a day giveaway leading up to the 2024 election. Over the last few months, lawyers for Musk and America PAC have sought to get rid of the lawsuit brought by the voters in battleground states who claimed they were defrauded when the tech mogul and his PAC misled them to believe that if they signed a petition and gave away personal information, they could randomly win a million dollars. In reality, Musk and his PAC had preselected people to win the million in exchange for a spokesperson contract, meaning those who signed the petition had no chance of winning. Musk and America PAC will now have to face the lawsuit filed in Texas from the group of voters.
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Allison Gill
Love it.
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Dana Goldberg
I do, too.
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Allison Gill
I hope they soak him.
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Dana Goldberg
Hell, yeah.
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Allison Gill
Anyway, maybe that'll be overturned by a court of appeals.
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Dana Goldberg
Oh, shit.
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Allison Gill
I'm looking forward to Tish James, by the way, appealing that decision by the appellate court in New York. And you got to remember, sometimes it's confusing because in New York, their highest court is called the appeals court and their middle court is their Supreme Court. Their lower court is their supreme Court. But anyway, it still has to go to the highest court in New York with an appeal from Chish James. So we'll keep an eye on that for you. All right, we have a lot more news to get to, but we have to take a quick break, so everybody stick around. We'll be right back after these messages. We'll be right back, everybody. Welcome back. It's time for the Hot notes. Hot notes. All right, first up, from Erin Reed, who I love at Erin in the Morning. That's her substack. Please subscribe. On Friday, the U.S. office of Personnel Management issued a memo announcing that beginning in 2026, all federal employees health plans will be barred from covering gender affirming care, including hormone therapy and gender affirming surgeries for both transgender youth and adults. The sweeping prohibition affects health benefits for more than 10 million federal workers and their members, marking one of the largest rollbacks of transgender health care across US in history. Even more disturbing, the memo mandates that insurers cover faith based counseling for transgender individuals, otherwise known as conversion therapy.
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Dana Goldberg
And fuck a big fuck you to all of them for that, by the way.
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Allison Gill
Yeah, yeah. Taken together. So your tax dollars are going to be paying for conversion therapy covered for federal workers. Taken together, the provisions appear designed not to just strip access to necessary medical care, but to coerce federal to detransitioning or leaving public service altogether. Quote for plan year 2026, chemical and surgical modification of an individual's sex traits through medical interventions to include gender transition services will no longer be covered under the FEHB or PSHB programs. This exclusion expands upon carrier letter 202501A and applies regardless of age. As an exception, counseling services for possible or diagnosed gender dysphoria must still be covered. Covered counseling services must be provided by a licensed mental health provider and may include those who provide faith based counseling. That's a quote from the memo directly. The move appears to directly contradict long standing interpretations of section 1557 of the Affordable Care act, which prohibits health care discrimination on the basis of sex. Under previous administrations, this provision has been used to mandate coverage of gender affirming care for transgender people both within the federal government and in several states with respect to Medicaid coverage. However, a recent Supreme Court decision known as US V. Scurmetti opened the door to medical discrimination against transgender people by ruling that the denial of such care does not violate equal protection rights. The administration, likely emboldened by that ruling, appears to believe it can now strip gender affirming care from employee health plans, including for adults, with impunity. If challenged, the administration may anticipate prevailing in a judicial system increasingly hostile to transgender people, setting the stage for yet another wave of legal battles that could shape access to care for years to come. Quote this discriminatory policy denying medical care to government employees and their dependents is not only cruel, it's illegal. That is Lambda Legal counsel and health care strategist Omar Gonzalez Pagan. He went on to say the federal government cannot simply strip away essential health coverage from transgender employees while providing comprehensive medical care to all other federal workers. Beyond the fundamental equal protection guarantees enshrined in the Constitution, which prohibit such animus laden actions, multiple federal laws also prohibit this type of discrimination. Title VII of the Civil Rights act prohibits employment discrimination, including denying equal benefits to LGBTQ employees. As confirmed by the Supreme Court's decision in Bostock, section 1557 of the Affordable Care act bars discrimination on the basis of sex in federally funded health programs. The federal government cannot simply ignore and violate these laws.
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Dana Goldberg
Thanks so much, Alison. This next story is from the Associated Press. The Trump administration said Thursday that it's reviewing more than 55 million people who have valid US visas for any violations that could lead to deportation, marking a growing crackdown on foreigners who are permitted to be in the United States. In a written answer to a question from the Associated Press, the State Department said all US Visa holders, which can include tourists from other countries, are subject to continuous vetting, with an eye toward any indication that they could be ineligible for permission to enter or stay in the United States. Should such information be found, the visa will be revoked, and if the visa holder is in the United States, he or she would be subject to deportation. Since Trump took office, his administration is focused on deporting migrants illegally in the United States as well as holders of the student and visitor exchange visas. The State Department's new language suggests that the continual vetting process, which officials acknowledge is very time consuming, is far more widespread, and could mean even those approved to be in the US could abruptly see those permissions revoked. The department said it was looking for indicators of ineligibility, including people staying past the authorized time frame outlined in the visa criminal activity, threats to public safety, engaging in any form of terrorist activity, or providing support to a terrorist organization. Officials say the reviews will include all visa holders, social media accounts, law enforcement, and immigration records in their home countries, along with any actionable violations of U.S. law committed while they were in the United States. The reviews are going to include new tools for data collection on past, present, and future visa applicants, including a complete scouring of social media sites made possible by new requirements introduced earlier this year. Those make it mandatory for privacy switches on cell phones and other electronic devices or apps to be turned off when an applicant appears for a visa interview. My God.
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Allison Gill
Yep. Thought police. Yeah, that's the thought police. And. And what. What do they consider a terrorist organization?
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Dana Goldberg
Exactly. That's. That's exactly it right there.
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Allison Gill
Antifa.
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Dana Goldberg
Yep.
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Allison Gill
The LGBTQ community. Like who? Who? People who protest for Free Palestine. Like who are members of terrorist organizations. That's frightening and a really huge waste of taxpayer money and resources to review everybody. 55 million visa holders, social media accounts and that you can't walk into your application appointment for a visa with your cell phone locked. Don't bring it.
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Dana Goldberg
Yep.
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Allison Gill
All right, Next up from NBC. President Trump has purchased at least $103 million worth. $103. $103 million worth of corporate and municipal bonds since he took office in January. That's according to new filings with the Office of Government Ethics, which I don't even know what they're even doing at the Office of Government Ethics these days. The documents, by the way, released late Tuesday, show Trump began the bond buying spree one day after he was sworn in January 20th and includes debt sold by companies, local governments, and entities that could be directly affected by his agenda. All told, Trump made about 690 purchases from January 21 through August 1. On January 21, Trump purchased a bond belonging to the New York Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority. A week later, he purchased another handful of bonds over consecutive days. Those bonds belong to various municipal hospital facilities, airports, regional development funds, and school districts from Florida to Alaska. The filings do not provide exact purchase amounts, but instead show a broad dollar range for each transaction. And the filings didn't show any sales by Donald Trump. Trump's buying continued at a steady clip for months, including bonds from Mega Banks Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo and Citigroup worth at least $100,000 apiece. Now, Trump's direct ownership of bonds from three of the country's banking giants comes as he considers an eventual replacement of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. And weeks after he nominated one of his top aides, Steven Mirren, to a seat on the Fed's board, Trump purchases also include at least $500,000 worth of bonds apiece from chipmaker Qualcomm, mobile provider T Mobile, Home Depot, and UnitedHealth Group, that's the country's largest private health insurance company. I think it's because he's trying to privatize the VA and give that contract to United. That's just my insider feeling there.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah.
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Allison Gill
The filings also show that Trump bought at least $250,000 of Meta bonds, which is, you know, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg attended Trump's inauguration and donated a million bucks to that event. Likewise, Trump's ownership in hundreds of municipal bonds puts him in line to benefit when those municipal entities pay back that debt. And it comes when the administration has been tightly controlling the distribution of funds from the federal government to local and regional governments. So.
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Dana Goldberg
All right, thank you, Allison. And more crazy news. This is from NBC, a longtime ally.
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Allison Gill
It goes with the sandwich. It goes with sandwich guys.
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Dana Goldberg
It really does.
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Allison Gill
And I felt like you deserve pack lunch.
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Dana Goldberg
It's a pack lunch for y'.
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John Fugal Sang
All.
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Dana Goldberg
All right, this is from NBC, a longtime ally, advisor and fundraising for New York Mayor Eric Adams was suspended from his re election effort after she attempted to hand a local journalist a cash stuffed potato chip bag. That does sound like a mad lib. It's not. Winnie Greco was outed by a local news organization, the city, for trying to give cash surreptitiously tucked inside a hers sour cream and onion ripple potato chip bag to one of its city hall reporters after a campaign event Wednesday afternoon in Harlem. And a former chief advisor 2 Adams was indicted on new charges in an alleged bribery scheme on Thursday morning, less than a day after Greco that revelation and they just do not get it. According to the news outlet, the reporter Katie Honan initially refused the potato chips, which she believed to be a genuine snack offer. But Greco insisted upon discovering the wad of cash, which reportedly included at least $1 100 bill and several $20 bills. She immediately contacted the Adams confidant to return the unwanted gift.
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Allison Gill
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. So it was like 180 bucks apparently do that. Quite the know what eggs cost these days?
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Dana Goldberg
Seriously, what do you do with 180.
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Allison Gill
Bucks in new York City.
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Dana Goldberg
Oh, my God. Not coffee. Coffee and a bagel, Mom.
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Allison Gill
Donnie, is what you're going to do.
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Dana Goldberg
That's right. Greco later called the money offer, quote, a mistake and apologize profusely when the city contacted her about why she tried to give a reporter who covers Adams administration a cash gift after an event meant to support his reelection. Greco, who is Chinese, said the act was a cultural thing, a position her attorney supported in a statement to the city. Okay, and I quote, I can see how this looks strange. That's what Greco's attorney, Steve Brill, told the city. But I assure you that Winnie's intent was purely innocent. In the Chinese culture, money is often given to others in a gesture of friendship and gratitude. Winnie is apologetic and embarrassed by any negative impression or confusion this may have caused. Now, I'm not saying she's guilty. You're a guy saying you're an official. And perhaps a different wrapping in the Chinese culture, a red envelope, something of that sort. Not a potato chip bag. May have made this look less sketchy as fuck.
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Allison Gill
Still, I still. I know it's cash from a campaign advisor to a reporter.
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Dana Goldberg
I agree with you. I'm just saying, if you're trying to back up this cultural thing, it's a gift from the Chinese people, perhaps follow culture standards now. Manhattan District attorney Alvin Bragg Jr. Announced charges against Ingrid Lewis Martin, who served as Adam Adams's chief advisor until she abruptly resigned in December. Lewis Martin is accused of accepting more than 75,000 in bribes. That's a lot of potato chip bags.
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Allison Gill
So if she had 75,000 in bribes, but she's only given out. Oh, wait, no. This is Greco. Lewis Martin is a different person.
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Dana Goldberg
Correct. We're in a whole another bribery scheme here.
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Allison Gill
Sorry, I can't keep all the bribery schemes straight. And they have Eric Adams administration.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah, Louis Martin is the one that's been accused of accepting more than 75,000 in bribes while serving in the mayor's administration between March of 2022 and November 2024. Alvin Bragg accused her of overriding, and I quote, the expertise of public servants so she could line her own pockets.
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Allison Gill
180 bucks in a potato chip bag did it. Maybe if a bunch of other people got it that weren't reported. You know what? I can't justify this. I just can't.
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Dana Goldberg
Oh, my God.
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Allison Gill
All right, thanks for that story, everybody. It's time for a little good trouble.
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Dana Goldberg
What are you guys doing?
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Allison Gill
All right, everybody. The Department of Defense has authorized DoD civilian employees to apply to be detailed out to ICE and Customs and Border Patrol at the southern border. There's now an announcement on USAjobs.gov but the announcement includes an email address. Everyone one, it's FEMA. Volunteerforceema.dhs.gov we're going to have that in the show notes for you. This is from an Altgov account who wrote to me that says as an Altgov, I've worked with an Altgov FEMA person and the consensus is for the world to spam the fuck out of that address with accolades and thank yous to FEMA personnel. Sing FEMA's praises, thank them and maybe a fuck ice or two. And I have to tell you, I got that email. I know I got a bunch of stuff. I just wrote it up on muellershirerote.com that all these DoD civilian employees are being offered this ICE detail. But as a veteran, I got an email with a video in it, Dana, that is recruiting me to join ICE, saying I can get a $50,000 signing bonus, I can get $60,000 of federal student loan forgiveness, all kinds of great medical benefits. But here's the wild part. I went to a VA appointment just this at my primary care provider, at a VA health clinic. And first of all, first thing I noticed, Dana, all of the LGBTQ/PRIDE flags, trans flags, all gone. All the signage was just gone. Everything is beige. There's a big picture of Trump and Doug Collins and couch. And so that was obviously different. And normally in the VA waiting room, they'll play like Fox News.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah.
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Allison Gill
If I'm being honest. Or sometimes CNN is on. But you know what they had on the ICE recruitment video?
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Dana Goldberg
You gotta be kidding me.
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Allison Gill
They were blaring on a loop that three minute ICE recruitment video over and over again to everybody in the waiting room.
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Dana Goldberg
Oh my God, we're living in such a fascist state right now. I can't fucking believe it.
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Allison Gill
So dystopian. I sat there and watched this fucking asshole tell me I needed to join the Gestapo. And, and that. Oh, and that. And that it's only like a two week process now, the hiring process.
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Dana Goldberg
Oh great. That sounds like we're going to vet these people. Well, I'm sure it's only going to be the best of our country that wants to do this.
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Allison Gill
I guess there's no more background checks because those don't get done in two weeks.
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Dana Goldberg
Nope.
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Allison Gill
And so, you know, I have pretty severe PTSD and I know a lot of veterans that do. You don't gear them up and give them a automatic rifle and put them on the streets as law enforcement. Anyway, just gross and dystopian. So anyway, that email address again, FEMA hyphen volunteer force, fema.dhs.gov spam the out of it. All right, everybody, we'll be right back with John Fugal saying. Followed by the good news. Stick around, we'll be right back. Hey, everybody, welcome back. It is Friday on the Daily Beans, which means it's Fugal Sang Friday. So we're joined by my friend, the host of Tell Me Everything on Sirius XM progress channel 127. Week nights, 9pm Eastern, 6 Pacific. If you don't have Sirius, you can always check out the John Fugal Sang show podcast, which is free wherever you get your pods. If you don't have that, you can check out the substack the Fugal Stack over over on Substack. If you don't have that. But you still can't get enough of John Fugal saying he's got a book coming out September 9th called the Separation of Church Hate. And so we're all looking forward to that book drop. I'm gonna buy 10 copies and put them in little libraries around town and give them away as gifts for the holidays.
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John Fugal Sang
Everyone's gonna be so sick of me from this book tour. You have no idea. This book tour is gonna go on for three months and it's gonna be agony for all, all parties involved. So thank you.
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Allison Gill
Will it be like purgatory?
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John Fugal Sang
Oh, no, it'll be like. It'll be like you're straight in hell. I mean, you know, it's a lot of Satan. Roy Cohn's there, Nixon, Henry Kissinger. They're saving a great space for Trump, whole party room for Epstein. That's. That's what it's going to be like.
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Allison Gill
Watching my whole party room. And now they've just made room for James Dobson, who just passed away today.
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John Fugal Sang
You know what? And I'll tell you something. It's a very important thing that James Dobson and I have in common. Neither one of us were ever ordained ministers. And we have to remember that this guy was just a propagandist fraud his entire life. I don't take delight in his death. I don't. I think more about all the people who've been victimized by Dobson and his ilk. Because when I was growing up, we had this news media that told me that guys like James Dobson were what Christians were about. The New York Times called him the nation's most influential evangelical leader. And he was a guy who argued for beating your kids. He was a guy who, when the American Psychological association removed homosexuality from their list of mental disorders in 1973, he resigned from the organization in protest. And he said AIDS was a direct consequence of gay behavior, that the disease was God punishing people. He promoted conversion therapy. And he never. He's the guy who said feminism was established to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream of society. He did this daddy daughter dating garbage where fathers and daughters had these creepy purity balls to promote female chastity. I mean, he never fought for any of the things that Jesus ever talked about. And that's why no one's gonna remember him. No one's gonna talk about all the things he did for the less fortunate. No one's gonna talk about how James Dobson came around and cared about the sick or the poor or the marginalized. No. He was a guy who made a lot of money telling Christian racists what they wanted to hear.
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Allison Gill
Yeah. And he's one of the guys who led to what we're seeing now with the Trump administration and the civil service. They are taking away the coverage for gender affirming care from federal civil servants and mandating coverage for conversion therapy.
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John Fugal Sang
Correct.
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Allison Gill
For federal civil servants, yeah. It's because of people like Dobson.
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John Fugal Sang
And I mean, like, think about who's braver than transgender service members. I mean, people deployed in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, dodging bullets, dodging IEDs, dodging Taliban ambushes while Trump was dodging salad at his buffet. These are men and women who are brave enough to fight and die for a country that still treats them like second class citizens. And then Pete Hegseth, this boozed up rapist, this alcoholic abuser of women who comes in here. The Pentagon didn't ask for this policy. The generals didn't ask for this policy. The Air Force didn't want it. But Petey's trying to keep a job. Whispers in Trump beer, and suddenly all of these decorated soldiers just get tossed out like they're Happy Meal toys. And it is as disgraceful to the military as it is to their claims of Christianity.
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Allison Gill
Yeah. And. And it's because of people like him we have folks like Justice Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court. And this is breaking right now. The supreme court on a 54 vote with Justice Barrett as the deciding vote, is allowing the Trump administration to cancel National Institute of Health grants as part of the administration's attack on DEI while the litigation proceeds.
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John Fugal Sang
Oh, of course. They are more dead Americans for the pro life racist who was the, the, the one of the dirty six who went over with the three pro democracy judges. If it was five, four, that means John Roberts must have, must have done his John Robertsy thing where he cares about the history books, not thinking he's completely evil.
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Allison Gill
Could be. I'll have to look more closely, but we'll see.
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John Fugal Sang
But this is where we're at right now, this draft. Dodging racist coward and his drunk TV sidekick. They get to decide that decorated transgender veterans are lepers. We'll take their service, we'll take their blood, their sweat. But when it's time to honor their sacrifice. No, you're not the right kind of hero. And I'm sorry. Everyone in the service should be outraged about this, especially men, because real men don't punch down. Real men lift up and try to help those who are struggling and not as strong as them. This is completely un American. These soldiers earned their benefits the way Trump earned his hardened arteries.
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Allison Gill
Yeah. And there's right now one way we can at least push back on all of this. That's by flipping the house in 2026, maybe even the Senate.
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John Fugal Sang
Yes.
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Allison Gill
And we're doing that here. We're doing the good work here in California. Today. We've got one of three resolutions that have now passed the California assembly in order to get Proposition 50 on the ballot. To get what? What is it? The consent of the voters in order to redraw our maps in order to push back against what's happening in Texas.
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John Fugal Sang
So, yeah, they have the three measures and this would establish the new districts, it would authorize the redrawn map to replace the existing one, and it would declare this November special election to undo the last special election that led to this policy. And it was very noble to have this policy. But again, this is self defense. Every one of these measures is going to require a 2/3 vote to pass. But California Democrats have super majorities. Right? They don't need any Republican votes to do this. And Gavin Newsom has to sign these by Friday to give the local officials enough time to prep for the special election. So again, this is not corrupt. This is countering corruption. If Kathy Hochul decided, screw these Republicans, I'm going to do it too. I would consider that corrupt. But all Gavin Newsom is doing is taking away the unfair advantage Texas Republicans gave by cheating. He's not cheating himself. He's evening the field again. So as long as other Democrats do it, I, I, to me, it's even. And, and honestly, talk about Newsom learning to read the room Allison.
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Allison Gill
I know, I know.
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John Fugal Sang
I mean, wow. Better late than never. I will forgive every pedicure he gave Charlie Kirk because he clearly understands what the assignment is right now. And you know what? Even if it is just a bunch of memes in his social office, look at the response. People are so hungry for this. We talk about this. The Democrats who are going to do well in their primaries are going to be the ones who take this on. They're going to raise the most funds, and the ones who try to play nice and try to live by a 20th century paradigm are going to be the ones out of a job.
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Allison Gill
Yeah, agreed. And then on top of all of this, we have Donald Trump rolling the red carpet out for Vladimir Putin.
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John Fugal Sang
Wasn't that beautiful?
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Allison Gill
But then Zelensky coming to meetings in D.C. and bringing European leaders with him, and it looked like an intervention. It was all, like, sitting there.
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John Fugal Sang
It was like the European avengers all flew over here to, like, try to get America to stop drinking bleach.
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Allison Gill
And.
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John Fugal Sang
And I mean, honestly, Zelensky disarmed Trump in the very beginning. He handled him so well with the letter to the wife. But then Trump. And again, the media is the bad guy here because they're not trying to negotiate a peace deal. Trump is trying to negotiate a surrender deal. He's trying to reward this butcher, this mass murderer who has used rape and theft of children as tools of war. And he's expecting Ukraine to not have a ceasefire, but to negotiate anyway. Donald Trump would ask a rapist and his victim to sit down at a bargaining table and come to terms while the rape was still in progress. I'm sorry if that's vulgar, but that's exactly what he's looking to do right here and in the middle of the meeting. Dr. Gill, how did you treat this one? He. He gets up and leaves for a 40 minute call with Putin while. While our allies are waiting here. And the bad guy, he likes. I mean, this is like he leaves his marriage counseling session for 40 minutes to talk to his side skank on his cell phone in the hallway.
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Allison Gill
If Vladimir, they're ganging up on me, tell me what to do.
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John Fugal Sang
Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, but, no, no, what? Vladimir told him what to do. He told him, donald, you have to distract from the Epstein, go back, talk about the mail ballots. So Trump walks in and says, putin told me we have to ban mail voting. And everyone in that room knows that Putin allows mail voting in Russia. So everyone in that room knows that Trump's an ignorant schmuck and Putin just played him for once, they're laughing at us more than ever.
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Allison Gill
Yeah, they truly are. And then finally, before I let you go, I want to get your input on what's going on with the Smithsonian. We reported a couple weeks ago when the Smithsonian removed both impeachments from the impeachment thing at the museum.
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John Fugal Sang
Oh, yeah.
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Allison Gill
Of Donald Trump.
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John Fugal Sang
Like a bad search history. They just deleted it.
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Allison Gill
There was a lot of backlash and they put it back. But now Donald Trump is going to review all of the things in all of the Smithsonian museums for. Because slavery wasn't as bad as we think it was.
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John Fugal Sang
Yeah, see, so tired of everything discussed is how horrible our country is, how bad slavery was, and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been. Nothing about success, nothing about brightness, nothing about the future. That's his quote. Allison, can I ask you a question? I asked this on SiriusXM. Can anyone explain to Trump why there are no museum exhibits about the future? Anyone care to explain why museums don't teach us about the future, have no artifacts from the future? He seems confused about this, but yeah, this is it. We all know white people who think slavery is over discussed, you know, like nothing says freedom. Like, demanding fewer conversations about freedom. And I guess slavery just needed better PR. But I mean, like, like it's incredible. 400 years of slavery in apartheid, and Trump is like, why so negative? And the worst part about all of it, obviously the horrible racism, is that he doesn't want the good history. He doesn't, you know, he wants to replace these dreary museum exhibits on slavery with success stories. We have success stories and the right wing despises them. We have the abolition of slavery and women's suffrage. We have civil rights, voting rights, the Stonewall uprising, Barack Obama's election. Our right wing friends have been groomed to hate the success stories as much as they fear the ugly truths. They don't want white children learning how shitty their grandparents were. And that's what this is about.
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Allison Gill
Yeah, I agree with you. And I mean, we'll just keep pushing back and pushing back and pushing back.
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Dana Goldberg
Because that's all we can do.
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John Fugal Sang
That's all we can do. But Trump hates Trump, hates history because history hates him.
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Allison Gill
Although I do feel a little empowered with what's going on in California, and I hope to, I hope that other states take up the mantle as well.
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John Fugal Sang
Listen, I mean, like, let's just witness what's going to happen in the next few months, because these Republicans are going to be in a very difficult position. Donald Trump is not going to run for office again. He probably won't finish this term. And we know what happens to these Republicans in Magaland when Trump's not on the top of the ticket carrying the.
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Dana Goldberg
Rest of them or when you cancel.
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Allison Gill
On mail in voting.
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John Fugal Sang
Right, Right. Which he's not going to do. He can't do it. He's never going to get it done in time. It was all a distraction. Except it wasn't a distraction from Epstein. It was a distraction from him being on his knees giving Putin around the world in front of his kids. That's what it was a distraction from. But, I mean, there's.
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Allison Gill
And if you don't think that being on the knees in front of Vladimir Putin doesn't have anything to do with the Epstein files, I have something to tell you.
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John Fugal Sang
Thank you. That Russia, if you're listening, we really could use those unredacted files. And by the way, that's not homophobic, that's homoerotic. Let me get that point out there. That's a homoerotic joke. But I mean, Dr. Gill, we've talked about this. There's photos out there who will only show up if Mr. Trump from the TV is on the ballot. They won't come in from the swamp or down from the mountains or out from the woods if Mr. Trump's not on the ballot like they didn't in 2018 or 2022. So every Republican is going to have their own moment of horror between now and next year's midterms where they realize, is Trump helping me more than he's hurting me? Because he ain't ever going to be able to help me on Election Day on the top of a ballot again. And don't be surprised if more and more of these people start to cut him loose like Thomas Massie has, like Rupert Murdoch has. And like, we'll see the oligarchs cutting him loose for the next few months. I, I said it last week on your show. I think the billionaires are done with this guy.
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Allison Gill
Yeah, I think so, too. But we'll see if they wait until the next election to yeet him into the sun.
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John Fugal Sang
And they'll get just as much value out of that eyeliner racist man baby than they will with this big baby man.
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Allison Gill
Yeah, it's going to be real hard for them to win an election if it's free and fair.
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John Fugal Sang
It always has been. I mean, not to sound like Tom Hartman or nothing, but, I mean, when haven't they cheated to win the White House in our lifetime?
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Allison Gill
Yeah, that's something we've been talking about here.
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John Fugal Sang
Nixon lied. Nixon kept the war going. Reagan kept the hostages in there. I mean, like, Trump couldn't beat Kamala Harris without lying about everything.
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Allison Gill
Yeah. And again, like I said, we've been talking about this here on the show and people are like, well, this election isn't going to be that. What makes you think we're gonna have elections? Like, we've been battling voter suppression since the beginning of time from, from the right. So this voter suppression isn't new. It's, it's on steroids right now.
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John Fugal Sang
It's not new, but a lot of Caucasians are learning how black folks had it in the first, you know, 90 years of the 20th century. Yeah. And it's still, it's still a struggle. And again, if the Republicans.
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Allison Gill
No, that wasn't a struggle, John. Slavery was great and women not voting was awesome.
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John Fugal Sang
Oh, yeah. Oh, well, you only have one household. Why negate the man's vote by having a woman go out there and cancel it with her vote? It makes no sense. This makes a lot of sense to racists who hate women. It makes a lot of sense to them. But again, they can't win the future, so they're going to redraw the present. And that's Texas's whole little apartheid cartography experiment. And I think the Democrats are going to show up to the fight with brass knuckles next time. And maybe these guys can try to win an election without cheating because Democrats punching back. It's not politics, it's self defense.
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Allison Gill
Republicans, you can't win the future, but you can go see it in a museum.
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John Fugal Sang
They don't even, they're not even rigging Election City. I think this is all just democracy malware they're trying to load up.
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Allison Gill
Anyway, my friend, it's really good to see you. Always good to talk to you. Thanks for coming out, everybody. You have to check out Tell me everything on SiriusXM progress channel 1 27. It's weeknights, 9pm Eastern, 6 Pacific. John Fugle snack show podcast. John Feegel saying sub, substack. John Fugal saying socks and hats.
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John Fugal Sang
All kinds of that. The codpiece. I mean, get all, get, get, get all the adult marital aids. There's so much with my name on it.
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Allison Gill
The codpiece, Chase.
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John Fugal Sang
And my name's really long. So yeah, it's, I mean, it's big marital products because I have a big name.
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Allison Gill
And that's why you never joined the military, because you wouldn't want to have to stencil Fugle sang on all of your uniforms.
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John Fugal Sang
Can you imagine? Can you imagine what it would have cost in ink with this Pentagon? My God. And my book is called Separation of Church and Hate. It's on sale now. It releases on September 9th. Please get a copy before it's banned in your state.
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Allison Gill
Can't wait to get my copy and have you on the show to talk about it.
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John Fugal Sang
Has yours not arrived in the mail yet? Yours hasn't arrived in the mail yet, no.
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Dana Goldberg
All right.
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John Fugal Sang
I'm going to call these Simon and Schuster layabouts and get that fixed soon. Thank you.
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Allison Gill
All right, my friend, everybody, we have a lot of good news we have to get to, so stick around. We're going to take a quick break first. We'll be right back. Everybody. Welcome back. It's time for the good news. Who likes good news?
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John Fugal Sang
Everyone? Then good news, everyone.
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Allison Gill
And if you have any good news or good trouble suggestions you'd like to send our way, maybe you have a shout out to a loved one or some great community organizing or activism in your area. Maybe a small business that could use a boost. Your small business self shout out a shout out to a government program that's helped you or a loved one. Any little bit of good news that's happened to you over the last couple weeks we would love. Or the last couple decades. It doesn't matter.
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Dana Goldberg
Something cool happens. Just give us something.
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Allison Gill
1968. Tell me about how you went to the, what was it? The. Not the Woodstock, what was in 68, the Jazz Festival or something. Anyway, would love to hear about it. And you can send it to us@dailybeanspod.com and click on Contact. And if you all you got to do, by the way, to get your stuff read on the air is pay your pod pet tariff, which means, honestly, it means attach a photo of anything. But you can attach your pet, your pod pet or an adoptable pet in your area. Any random animal photo on the Internet will do. If you don't have any of that, you can send family photos, baby pictures. Awkward. Family photos are always fun. Maybe some rallies you've been to, some great signs. I remember somebody sent in a bunch of like a collection of great dogs carrying signs at protests. We would love to see any of that. Maybe your happy place, your garden, stuff you're making and creating. I know we've got a lot of makers and creators here, so just send it all to us. Bird watching photos, which is birds or you and your friends flipping the bird to Trump properties? Send it to us dailybeanspod.com. click on contact. First up from Renee Pronoun. She and her. My heart is so full after today's podcast. Full of good news. Thank you, Beans Queens. Usually my heart is only partially full after the good news, and I savor even that little bit. I'm writing with a small pronunciation correction. Oh, good, good. And to celebrate our beloved Dem, Sherrod Brown getting back into the Ohio Senate race, his opponent, Justin Husted. Husted. Oh, I think you were saying? Husted. It's Hustead.
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Dana Goldberg
Ah, okay.
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Allison Gill
Former lieutenant governor was appointed by Governor DeWine to replace J.D. vance. Hustead and DeWine have both been suspected of being involved in a $61 million bribe campaign to save some coal burning plants in Ohio and Indiana from bankruptcy. Megan Trow, pronounced like plow. And the independent Ohio Capital Journal have done some great reporting on this scandal that sent the Ohio speaker of the House, Larry Householder, to prison for 20 years. Ah, we did report on that guy. I'm happy to say he just lost his appeal. But now they're hoping for a pardon from the demented jerk trader in the White House. We have a source in the show. Notes, by the way. On another note, I received a notice in the mail today telling me that my target credit card was going to be closed because of inactivity. Woohoo. Though I don't want to lose points off my credit score, it's just worth it. I'm happy to take the bullet. Attached is my ped, my pod pet tax of Frankie, Sergio and Lily. Oh, my God, look at these babies. Frankie and Sergio have crossed the rainbow bridge, but Lily still listens to the beans with me every day. Hi, Lily. Kitty Kitty. Their breed is obvious. They're related, but came from different litters. Thank you both for your outstanding work to make this a better place to live. Look at these beautiful measles.
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Dana Goldberg
So sweet.
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Allison Gill
Oh, and I like your wood floor, too. I'm. I'm so my mother's daughter. Yeah, just then. Look at that lovely wood.
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Dana Goldberg
Look at that wood floor. Yeah, me too. I would have noticed. All right, this is from Cherry Pronoun. She and her hi AG and DG and the whole Beans team. I'm so grateful for the news with swearing. And that's at least part of why I'm writing in today. From a tiny blue dot in northwest Arkansas, I have a bit of a universal good news that definitely warrants a smattering of swears. I wanted to send a big fuck you to the newly departed James Dobson.
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Allison Gill
The newly departed instead of dearly departed. Yep.
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Dana Goldberg
So good. Whose legacy at Focus on the Family was convincing millions of Christian parents around the globe to physically, emotionally and spiritually abuse their children and call it godly.
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Allison Gill
Yeah.
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Dana Goldberg
I woke to the news Thursday morning that Dobson had passed away at the age of 89. And while it wasn't the death announcement we've all been waiting for, it was a very welcome one to myself and hundreds of other millennials posting about it on threads. I grew up in a conservative Christian homeschool group alongside the infamous Duggar family. Holy.
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Allison Gill
I've been watching. I've been watching that.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah, I've watched the doc.
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Allison Gill
Netflix, what's it called? Shiny Happy People. Oh my God.
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Dana Goldberg
Horrifying. Horrifying. Oh, wow. All right, Jerry. And we will forever be scarred by the influence of Dobson and his edict for child abuse in Christian families. May he rest in piss. On a happier note, I want to do a self shout out. I finally broke out of high control religion in 2021 after many exhausting years of trying to change things from the inside as a woman in a rigged patriarchal system that tried to rebrand female submission as equal but different complementarianism. Wow. After a lot of hard work dismantling my belief system, I finally realized that religion has always been a barrier between me and my own humanity. I don't believe in hell anymore, but if there is one, I hope James Dobson is there looking up at both my middle fingers at the very moment. Today I'm serving on my local library advisory board, helping to ensure that my community's library stays a well funded, accessible place and that Bible belt fascist keeps their grubby bands off our books. As a career nonprofit professional, I started my own business, fruitful fundraising company in 2022 to help a small nonprofits create sustainable fundraising plans to power their important work. From the beginning, it was important to me that my services were accessible to even the smallest nonprofits. So I implemented a sliding pay scale, allowing orgs with tighter budgets to pay less for the same high quality service. Cherry, this is amazing. Because of that decision, I have been super fortunate to work with many incredible women led organizations like a League of Women Voters of Arkansas and many others who are delivering crucial civic and social support services to people in crisis around the country. The Leguminati can learn more about my services at fruitfulfundraising.co not.com fruitfulfundraising co needless to say, I'm a big fan of DG's work raising money for the LGBTQ and human rights organizations. What a fucking badass. Thank you very much. I also wanted to say every time I hear AG say that many listeners skip the good news segments, I scream in to avoid it a little bit. I can't imagine skipping the most inspiring and hope infused part of this podcast or missing out on the pod pet tariffs that get delivered in my inbox every morning. As a patron, thank you both for all you do in this fight against fascist dickheads that that dare to fuck with our democracy. For my own pod pet tariff, I give you our outdoor and increasingly indoor cat Guppy, who was delivered straight to our hearts by the cat distribution system just a few months ago. I also included a photo of my 10 year old son who often listens to the Daily Beans with me in the car. What's up kiddo? Holding his own sign at the no Keens rally. And one of us flipping off a Trump bumper sticker together while listening to the Daily Beans. That's a double bird and I love to see it. But his sign says I'm more mature than this president and I'm only 10. Nice. And it includes a hand drawn Trump portrait that says I'm an asshole and everyone knows it. Oh my God, this kid's awesome.
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Allison Gill
Look at that. Great hair too, kid.
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Dana Goldberg
Incredible submission all the way around.
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Allison Gill
Really, really, truly a great submission. And I think that, you know, Cherry, great minds think alike. Earlier today I posted if Hell Exists, James Dobson is about to experience the ult ultimate find out.
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Dana Goldberg
Oh yeah.
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Allison Gill
So yeah. Bye bye bye. Thanks for that wonderful submission, Cherry. Next up from Anonymous Pronoun she and her hi beans Queens. I loved listening to your pod. I love listening to your podcast. It only strengthens my resolve to protest every day though my husband worries about me as I drive around. I say if some effing maggot does anything to me because of my opinion, which is clearly stated on my car, it will only prove my point. Point that they're hateful and ignorant. I will say that I've only gotten thumbs up so far. All right, look at this. There's a button she's wearing that says woke just like Jesus.
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Dana Goldberg
Oh my God, it's awesome.
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Allison Gill
I'm one of the 72 million Americans against Trump and the upside down flag rainbow hearts. This is awesome. Now what does it say on the car? Oh, yep, there we go.
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Dana Goldberg
Go.
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Allison Gill
We are not going back.
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Dana Goldberg
Look at that.
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Allison Gill
Great. Bunch of great bumper stickers on this.
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Dana Goldberg
Absolutely.
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Allison Gill
Thank you so much for that submission. Anonymous. Next up, another Anonymous from Richmond, Virginia. This is pronouns she and her hello. I was inspired to write in after hearing the submission from Thursday's Good News segment about the listener that found the podcast via their therapist I'm a licensed clinical social worker working as a trauma therapist in a private practice and I have recommended the Daily Beans to quite a few clients.
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Dana Goldberg
This is amazing.
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Allison Gill
I specialize in working with survivors of sexual and domestic violence and for unfortunately obvious reasons, that population is really struggling right now. I frequently have clients bring up how difficult it is to feel informed about the news without feeling overwhelmed and triggered. I talk a lot about the importance of intentional versus reactive or habitual news consumption, and with clients who are comfortable with consuming information auditorily, I encourage them to consume news exclusively via audio like podcasts whenever possible, preferably while engaging in a physical activity, which could be anything from going for a walk to folding laundry. Receiving the news in a format that only engages one of the senses reduces the likelihood of emotional flooding in individuals with heightened sensory sensitivity, and engaging in physical activity helps with processing any nervous system activation in real time. Huh? I help clients identify what they're looking for in a news source, and things like accuracy of reporting, emphasis on social justice, and the inclusion of stories that inspire hope are all frequently mentioned. I'm happy to able I'm happy to be able to offer the Daily Beans as an option for them to consider, and I'm delighted to hear other therapists out there also helping clients find new sources that meet their needs. So much of this job is about holding space for unsolvable problems, and anytime I can empower clients to seek out resources that affirm and serve them, I feel a bit more empowered as well. So thank you to the Beans team for doing what you do and a shout out to all the therapists out there doing this work. It can feel pretty sisyphean some days. Please know you're not alone. I maintain a menagerie of five rescue pets at home, so the options for my podpet tariff are plentiful. But for today I offer you a what the mutt submission with these photos of my sweet girl Molly. She's a wonderful and long suffering sister to her four feline brothers.
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Dana Goldberg
God, this picture.
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Allison Gill
I'll give you a hint. When she was adopted at 2, we were told she was most likely a corgi Jack Russell. When we got the dn, both of those breeds were quite absent. Happy guessing.
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Dana Goldberg
Well, that looks like a cattle dog. An Australian cattle dog.
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Allison Gill
If there's no Jack Russell in this dog, is it like a Chihuahua, Australian.
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Dana Goldberg
Shepherd or a cattle dog I would think.
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Allison Gill
Let's see. Pomeranian, Beagle, Poodle, What? And super mutt. Australian Shepherd.
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Dana Goldberg
Last thing on there. Everyone's lying.
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Allison Gill
Chow chow. Pekingese.
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Dana Goldberg
44% Pomeranian. I guess that explains the tail.
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Allison Gill
I can't. I don't even see. I. Wow. Yeah, I might have thrown a papillon in there, but not a Pomeranian.
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Dana Goldberg
I don't think I've ever said that sentence in my life.
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Allison Gill
I don't think I've ever said it either.
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Dana Goldberg
I may have thrown a papillon in.
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Allison Gill
There, but not a Pomeranian.
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Dana Goldberg
All right, context is everything. This next one's from Amy. Pronouns. She and her.
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Allison Gill
Hey.
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Dana Goldberg
Hey.
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Allison Gill
Beans.
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Dana Goldberg
Queens. I'm writing in to confess and to advocate for all the therapists recommending Daily Beans to clients and sacrifices Session. For the record, I am one of them and I do it often. Oh my God. Having been a therapist during the Trump administration, we had to have many distress tolerance strategies ready to go for coping with this fuckery, as well as the isolation of COVID lockdown. Many of the things I recommended them, they work now too. One of the things I often recommend to clients is to not get inundated with the ever changing and constant news. We talk about picking news sources that don't sensationalize headlines for the sake of ratings, limiting how much time is spent with news and political information, and not getting lost in the tinfoil hat rabbit holes that are social media. So to help clients be informed while maintaining their sanity, I recommend the beans. Heather Cox, Richardson. And because you guys sift through it all for us and you do it so well, it's also a special bonus that Dana's from Albuquerque because this shout out comes from the 505. What's up? It gives you guys instant cred. It brings me great joy to hear that other therapist make the recommendation also. And I had some of my clients report back to me that it's cool to hear that other therapists make the same recommendation they got, creating some inadvertent validation of our experience from this asshat. And Chief. Wow, this therapist sounds awesome.
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Allison Gill
I feel like I need to get a hold of the American Psychological association or Psychiatric association and see if we can be the recommended news source.
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Dana Goldberg
That would be hilarious. Oh my God. For my pod pet tariff, I've included Luigi Puglioni. Puggioni. Puggione. What do you think? It's a pug. Is it?
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Allison Gill
I think Puggione.
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Dana Goldberg
Puggioni. Hard to tell his breed from the photo because he likes to play doe in a Fun Factory set, but his name gives it away. And our three newest additions. Oh my God. Bark Wahlberg. Harry Potter and Milo. These little guys were born. And our two other dogs, Pa, Nepe and Chunk Norris.
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Allison Gill
Chunk Norris.
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Dana Goldberg
Wish us luck on our journey of potty training. Oh, my God, though, these look like three French bulldogs, and I'm in love with them.
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Allison Gill
Oh, that last photo looks like they're gonna cut an album.
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Dana Goldberg
Oh, my God. They definitely. Oh, my God. These are all so cute.
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Allison Gill
Adorable. Okay, well, now I have to know. If you're a therapist and you and you recommend the Daily Beans, we would love to hear from you. I would like to go out there. So three out of four therapists recommend you get your news from the Daily Beans.
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Dana Goldberg
Also, if you've been recomm recommended this podcast by your therapist, we'd also love to hear from you.
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Allison Gill
That would be really cool. Like these folks who go and listen to the Daily Beans and say, I heard it from my therapist, man. Send it into us along with any other good news that you have. Thank you so much for sending it to us. It's been a hell of a week. We made it through together, so I'm glad. I'm glad James Thompson didn't make it.
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Dana Goldberg
Same. If you can take anyone with you, anything with you this week, it's just to know that you outlived that son of a bitch. And congratulations, everybody.
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Allison Gill
Yes, congratulations. All right, again, send us your good news. Dailybeanspod.com click on contact. Do you have any final thoughts before we head out of here for the weekend?
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Dana Goldberg
No, That'll do it.
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Allison Gill
Yeah, that'll do. That'll do, donkey. We will see you on Monday. There'll be a new episode of Unjustified this weekend, a bonus episode of Cleanup for patrons. And we're gonna have our Patreon happy hour for both the beans and cleanup next Friday, August 29th. So we'll see you then. If you're a patron. If you want to become a patron. Patreon.com mullersheet she wrote, we really appreciate you, and like I said, we'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.
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Dana Goldberg
I've been dg.
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Allison Gill
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