Moist Girthy Chungus

Summary

The Daily Beans – Episode Summary: "Moist Girthy Chungus" Release Date: January 14, 2025 Hosted by Allison Gill and Dana Goldberg

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1. Judicial Decisions Impacting National Reports

Judge Cannon Denies Blocking of Jack Smith's Final Report

Allison Gill opens the episode by discussing a significant legal development: Judge Cannon has denied the motion filed by Walt Nauta and De Oliveira to block the release of Volume One of Jack Smith's final report on the January 6th events. According to Allison, the injunction that was preventing the report's release "expires at midnight Monday night," suggesting that the report may become publicly available imminently unless the Supreme Court intervenes (00:00).

Dana Goldberg adds, "Cannon, Judge Cannon actually denied Walt Nouda and de Oliveira's bid to block volume one of the Jack Smith Report," highlighting the administration’s ongoing challenges in managing the release of sensitive information (01:16). Allison further notes the potential for the report to be available by the time listeners tune into the podcast and teases coverage of the report on their upcoming "Jack Podcast" episode (01:28).

2. Federal Workforce and Administrative Processes

Biden Administration's Struggles with Nominee Paperwork

The hosts express frustration over administrative inefficiencies within the Biden administration, specifically regarding the paperwork for cabinet nominees. Allison remarks, "Leave it to this administration to screw up something as simple as paperwork for nominees to the Cabinet," indicating systemic issues (01:20).

Dana concurs, noting her surprise that the paperwork is even progressing given the administration's track record: "Not surprised one bit. Actually, I'm surprised the paperwork's even getting done." She hints at ongoing issues that will be elaborated on in future episodes (01:32).

3. Economic Updates and President Biden's Job Growth

Robust Job Creation in December

Dana shares positive economic news, stating, "The economy created a massive 256,000 jobs in December. Only 155,000 were expected," emphasizing that the actual job growth significantly surpassed expectations (02:58). She highlights President Biden's unprecedented achievement of creating jobs consistently every month of his presidency and surpassing the total job creation figures of previous presidents, including Trump, Obama, and George W. Bush.

Allison reinforces this by pointing out the cumulative job growth under Biden's administration: "And we're at 16.1 million jobs for Biden's one term. So Trump lost jobs," underscoring the administration's economic successes (03:31).

4. Media Shifts and New Publications

Jen Rubin and Norm Eisen Launch "The Contrarian"

A major media development is discussed as Allison and Dana dive into the resignation of Jen Rubin from The Washington Post and Norm Eisen from CNN. Dana explains, "Jennifer Rubin... and Norm Eisen quits CNN and together they've launched a new publication called the Contrarian," which aims to provide a pro-democracy perspective (06:04).

Allison elaborates on Rubin's reasons for leaving the Post, citing disagreements over editorial direction influenced by billionaire owner Jeff Bezos and the administration's "Trumpian era" policies: "Corporate and billionaire owners of major media outlets have betrayed their audience's loyalty and sabotage journalism's sacred mission," Rubin wrote in her farewell column (07:32). The new publication attracts notable contributors like Ruth Bengya, Andy Borowitz, and Katie Fang, aiming to challenge perceived media biases and uphold democratic values (07:51).

5. Electoral Integrity and Legal Challenges

North Carolina Court Denies Republican Motion to Nullify Votes

Allison brings attention to a significant legal battle in North Carolina. A lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee and other Republican entities aims to void 60,000 votes from the November 2024 election, alleging non-compliance with voter ID requirements. Dana provides a detailed overview of the case, explaining that the plaintiffs argue the "board's decision to count those 60,000 challenged votes violates North Carolina law and the state constitution" (09:49).

Allison updates listeners on the latest court decisions: "Judge Cannon denied the Republican plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction," after the case has been moved through various courts, including an appeal to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (09:49). The denial signifies the court's stance against the Republicans' attempt to discard the votes, maintaining the integrity of the November election results in North Carolina.

6. Tech Giants and Political Maneuvering

Mark Zuckerberg's Secret Meeting with Donald Trump and Meta's Policy Shift

Allison cites Edith Olmstead from The New Republic regarding Mark Zuckerberg’s secretive meeting with Donald Trump prior to announcing major policy changes at Meta. She quotes Michael McConnell, a Stanford law professor on Meta’s oversight board, who expressed surprise over the lack of consultation with the board: "This actually came as a surprise to us. We didn't know that they were going to be revising that standard," (04:04).

Dana further reports, "Senator Mark Wayne Mullen... said Zuckerberg had begun speaking regularly with the president elect," suggesting possible political influences on Meta’s content moderation policies (06:04). The changes include removing content filters for certain types of harmful language, raising concerns about the platform’s commitment to protecting vulnerable groups.

7. Confirmation Hearings Under Scrutiny

Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard Face Paperwork Issues in Confirmations

The hosts discuss complications surrounding the confirmation hearings of Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard. Dana points out inconsistencies in the FBI background checks for Pete Hegseth: "They got the background check and they're like. But they didn't even interview a bunch of people. And this looks incomplete. So that's weird," (02:58).

Similarly, Tulsi Gabbard's hearings are delayed due to missing ethics reports and government documents, leading Allison to suggest the hearings may be postponed: "They might have to move it to next week because you have to wait a week after you get that stuff," (02:58). This delay raises questions about the thoroughness and transparency of the confirmation process.

8. Good News and Community Engagement

Listener Submissions Highlight Positive Stories

After covering the heavy news topics, Allison and Dana transition to their "Good News" segment, encouraging listeners to share positive experiences and stories. Listener submissions range from personal achievements, such as receiving student loan forgiveness, to heartwarming pet stories. For instance, a listener named Robin shares her excitement about hiring Aaron Hutton to assist with a car purchase, describing the process as "fantastic" and stress-free (21:51).

Another listener, Mia, expresses gratitude for the podcast during challenging times and shares adorable stories about rescuing kittens: "Captain Fanny Labouche... Pura Belliata... Lux the great tabby... and Henry Bec," emphasizing the community's supportive nature (22:32).

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Conclusion

Allison Gill and Dana Goldberg wrap up the episode by reaffirming their commitment to delivering insightful and progressive news with a touch of snark. They remind listeners to engage with them by submitting good news stories and participating in upcoming events, such as the patron happy hour (16:33). The hosts encourage proactive civic engagement, particularly urging listeners to contact Senator Dick Durbin regarding the release of Volume Two of the Jack Smith Report, which may have significant implications for FBI Director nominee Kash Patel (16:53).

Notable Quotes:

• "Since day one of my administration, I promise to ensure higher education is a ticket to the middle class, not a barrier to opportunity." – President Joe Biden on student loan forgiveness (15:08)
• "Corporate and billionaire owners of major media outlets have betrayed their audience's loyalty and sabotage journalism's sacred mission." – Jen Rubin on launching "The Contrarian" (07:32)

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Transcript

[Allison Gill]

MSW Media. Hello and welcome to the Daily beans for Tuesday, January 14, 2025. Today, Judge Cannon has denied Nauta and De Oliveira's motion to block the January 6th volume of Jack Smith's final report. President Biden forgives student debt for another 150,000 borrowers. Loyalty interviews have begun for federal workers. Jen Rubin quits the Washington Post and Norm Eisen quits cnn. And together they've launched a new publication called the Contrarian. A North Carolina trial court has denied a Republican Party motion to throw out 60,000 votes cast in the November 2024 election. The US added 256,000 jobs in December. Zuckerberg met with Trump in secret before announcing new rules for Meta. And the board of directors is not happy. And confirmation hearings for Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard are under fire for late and missing paperwork and background checks. I'm Allison Gill.

[Dana Goldberg]

And I'm Tana Goldberg.

[Allison Gill]

Yeah. Boy howdy. Leave it to this administration to screw up something as simple as paperwork for. For nominees to the Cabinet.

[Dana Goldberg]

Yeah. Not surprised one bit. Actually, I'm surprised the paperwork's even getting done.

[Allison Gill]

Yeah. And it's actually not done yet in one of the instances. We'll talk about that. But Cannon, Judge Cannon actually denied Walt Nouda and de Oliveira's bid to block volume one of the Jack Smith Report. The injunction preventing its release expires at midnight Monday night. So unless the Supreme Court steps in, you might have the report by the time you're listening to this episode. Andy and I are going to cover it on this weekend's episode of the Jack podcast, and we're going to do an audio version of the report for you. And this is scary. Loyalty interviews have begun, starting with the National Security Council. And Harry Dunn and I are going to talk to Olivia Troy about this on tomorrow's episode of cleanup on L45. And we'll also talk about the confirmation hearings of Tulsi Gabbard and Pete Hegseth. Because, let's see, for Pete, the FBI, they, they got the background check and they're like. But they didn't even interview a bunch of people. And this looks incomplete. So that's weird. And then shock. Yeah. And then Tulsi Gabbard is missing a bunch of ethics, government ethics reports and stuff like that. So it looks like they wanted to have her hearing this week, but they might have to move it to next week because you have to wait a week after you get that stuff. But like I said, Harry and I are going to talk about that tomorrow and this Friday, we're having a patron happy hour for patrons of the daily beans and cleanup on L45. It'll be me and Harry. It's Friday the 17th at 4pm Pacific, 7pm Eastern. So we're looking forward to that.

[Dana Goldberg]

Thanks so much, Ag. And just a little good news for the economy and for, of course, the Biden Harris administration. The economy created a massive 256,000 jobs in December. Only 155,000 were expected. So, I mean, that is a lot. About 100,000 more than they thought. President Biden is the only president to create jobs in every month of his presidency. And there have been more jobs gained, by the way, under Biden's term than under the full terms of Trump, Obama, or Judge W. Bush. Judge. You heard me. Judge W. Bush.

[Allison Gill]

George W. Bush. Wow. And you'll remember GW and Obama served eight years.

[Dana Goldberg]

Yeah.

[Allison Gill]

And we're at 16.1 million jobs for Biden's one term. So Trump lost jobs. So I don't even know number of.

[Dana Goldberg]

Democratic presidents to Republican presidents. During the dnc when Bill Clinton. Clinton was like, democratic presidents have created over 50 million jobs to Republicans, 1 million. And everyone was like, there's no way. And we all Googled and we're like, oh, he's right. Yeah.

[Allison Gill]

He was even like, I had to look it up three times myself. But it's true. We're like, no way. Why have I never heard that statistic? 50 of the 51 million jobs created since what, like, the 80s or something? All right, we have a lot of news to get to today. A lot of it. And your good news at the end. And of course, some good trouble. So let's hit the hot notes. Hot notes. All right, first up, from Edith Olmstead at the New Republic. In the weeks leading up to Zuckerberg's sweeping changes to Meta's content moderation policies, the billionaire technocrat had plenty of time to talk to Donald Trump, but apparently no chance to run the decision past his oversight board. Michael McConnell, a Stanford law professor on Meta's oversight board, told NPR's All Things Considered Friday that his advisory group had not even been consulted on the decision to remove content filters for some bigoted and dangerous language targeting women, ethnic and religious minorities, and people who identify as lgbtq. Quote, this actually came as a surprise to us. We didn't know that they were going to be revising that standard. That's what McConnell said to NPR. This is particularly troubling considering that the oversight board's primary function is to review cases on appeal from Meta users to see whether the company's decisions are in line with its values, something that seemed to be rapidly Chang While Zuckerberg may not have floated Meta's right wing policy shift past those involved in adjudicating those actual policies, he did apparently have plenty of time to speak to Donald Trump. Senator Mark Wayne Mullen told right wing commentator Benny Johnson on an episode of the Benny Show Thursday night that Zuckerberg had begun speaking regularly with the president elect. Quote, mark met with President Trump the day before he announced that they were going to change the way they do censorship, essentially. That's what Mark Wayne Mullen said. The big announcement that he made the other day, President Trump and spoke about that. And Mark had been down to see the president several times already. That's what the Oklahoma Republican added. And I'm reading word for word, that's not how I talk, but it's how he talks.

[Dana Goldberg]

Thanks. This one's from Sarah Rumfat Media. According to Paul Simon, there's about 50 ways to leave your lover and probably at least that many ways to leave your employer. But some are definitely more combative than others. Such was the exit strategy chosen by Jennifer Rubin uhhuh, for her resignation from the Washington Post, where she had penned an opinion column since November of 2010. Fourteen years she was doing that initially making waves as contrarian conservative voice among her other more left leaning colleagues. Her viewpoint evolved along the President elect Donald Trump's political rise. She frequently found herself at loggerheads with pro Trump conservative commentators and wrote a column advocating for, quote, radical centris last summer. And it's Trump and Trumpism that formed the breaking point for Rubin's tenure at the Post, specifically including the management decisions made by billionaire owner Jeff Bezos as he bent that knee to no one other than Donald. CNN's Brian Seltzer reported Monday morning Monday morning that Reuben had joined forces with CNN legal analyst Norm Eisen to launch a new outlet called the Contrarian with a tagline quote, not owned by anybody that is aimed directly at Bezos and those Rubin described as, quote, the corporate and billionaire owners of media outlets who have been revealed to have compromised principles in this Trumpian era. Eisen, who is resigning his CNN gig, will be the publisher and Rubin's going to be the editor in chief, quote, rather than anti Trump. The founders describe their venture as pro democracy. That's what Stelzer wrote. But there are names well known for their criticism of the incoming 47th president among the contributors who have signed on thus far Ruth Bengaya. Am I saying Ruth's last name?

[Allison Gill]

Ruth Ben Giott.

[Dana Goldberg]

Thank you Ruth Ben Giott. Andy Borowitz, who love John Conway, who has found the lighter side, John Dean, Bob Kagan, Harry Lippman, Barb McQuaid, Katie Fang, who we love, Ashwangappa and another amazing woman, Steven Riker and Andrew Weissman. Quote, Jeff Bezos and his fellow billionaires accommodate and enable the most acute threat to American democracy, Donald Trump, at a time when a vibrant free press is more essential than ever to our democracy's survival and capacity to thrive. That's what Rubin wrote in an introductory column to the Contrarian to announce her resignation from the Post, lamenting how, quote, corporate and billionaire owners of major media outlets have betrayed their audience's loyalty and sabotage journalism's sacred mission defending, protecting and advancing democracy. Rubin continued with a specific swipe at Bezos for not only blocking the paper's editorial board from endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris, but for sending a tribute payment to Trump's inauguration fund, along with condemning other media moguls who were similarly jostling to demonstrate their obedience to the incoming second Trump administration. Rubin's resignation from the Post is effective today. That's what she wrote. She concluded by praising her colleagues at the Post as the finest writers and editors in journalism and describing her as having been honored and blessed to work for the Post under the Graham family ownership and Fred Hiatus leadership of the editorial section, referring to the previous owners, by the way, who sold the paper to Bezos holding company in 2013 and the previous editorial page editor who passed away in 2021, quote when new leaders sully the reputation of institutions entrusted to them and the fate of democracy in its balance, we all must reevaluate our careers and our obligations to the world's most essential nation. That's what Rubin wrote and ended with History calls us all.

[Allison Gill]

That's fantastic. Big thanks to Jen Rubin and everybody who's going to be contributing to the Contrarian. Appreciate you. Next up from Democracy docket run by Mark Elias, who you need to be following if you're not a lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee, North Carolina Republican Party, Wake County Republican Party and two voters against the North Carolina State Board of Elections and its members and challenging the board's decision to count 60,000 votes cast in 2024 by voters who allegedly did not provide the required ID information to register to vote in North Carolina, an individual must provide a driver license or Social Security number on the state voter registration form and if they have neither the state Board of Elections may issue a unique voter ID number. The Republican plaintiffs allege that for many years the board used a voter registration form that failed to collect a driver's license or Social Security number. They claim that prior to December 2023, the state processed over 225,000 voter registration applications without collecting the required identification information and failed to take immediate action to identify and remove unqualified voters. They further alleged that 60,000 of the challenged voters cast a ballot in the 2024 election without having provided the required ID. The plaintiffs argue that the board's decision to count those 60,000 challenged votes violates North Carolina law and the state constitution. They asked the court to order the board to immediately separate any ballots cast in November by election voters who did not provide ID that was required and contact the voters to request the missing information. The plaintiffs further asked that if a contacted voter is not available to provide the missing identification, the board must remove their ballot from the final election results. But here's a status update. First of all, the Republican plaintiffs filed their complaint Dec. 31, 2024. Two days later, on Jan. 2, the board removed the case from Wake County Superior Court to a federal district court. On January 6, the district court remanded the Republican plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction back to the Wake County Superior Court. The board appealed the decision to the 4th U.S. circuit Court of Appeals on the same day. And on January 13th, the Wake County Superior Court denied the Republican plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction. So that's where we with that case on the 60,000 ballots in North Carolina.

[Dana Goldberg]

Thank you so much, Allison. This last one's from NBC President Joe Biden announced Monday that his administration had approved student loan relief for more than another 150,000 borrowers, bringing the total number. Yep. Who have had their student debt canceled under the Biden administration to over 5 million 5 million people. This is what he said in a White House release. Although Biden lost the legal battle to deliver on his campaign promise of implementing a broad federal student loan forgiveness program, the the president said Monday that his administration has still, quote, forgiven more student loan debt than any other administration in history. And that is true. The 150,000 new beneficiaries announced Monday include more than 80,000 borrowers who were cheated or defrauded by their schools, over 60,000 borrowers with total and permanent disabilities, and more than 6,000 public service workers. This is what Biden said in the release. The Biden administration has focused on revising and expanding federal loan forgiveness programs that existed before Biden even took office. That approach allowed the administration to expand loan forgiveness options despite its failure to implement new federal forgiveness programs. After the Supreme Court struck down Biden's initial plan in 2023, the Education Department pivoted to pre existing pathways meant to lift the financial burden of loan repayments on some of the country's most financially vulnerable borrowers. Biden on Monday cited improvements to the public loan forgiveness program, which allows public servants to have the remainder of their student loan debt canceled after making a decade's worth of payments. He also pointed to fixing administrative errors in incoming driven repayment programs and expanding the maximum limit for Pell Grant awards, a form of need based financial aid for low income students. Of the 5 million borrowers who have had some or all of their loan debt canceled over the last four years, 1.54 million spent decades in repayment before being relieved of the incoming driven repayment programs. This is what Biden said. Another 1 million. They were public service workers like firefighters and teachers, 1.7 million had been victims of higher education fraud, 1.7 million people and 663,000 had a total or permanent disability. Now, Monday's announcement came weeks after the Education Department withdrew broad plans to provide loan forgiveness to borrowers experiencing significant, significant financial hardship as Biden approaches the end of his term. President elect Donald Trump and congressional conservatives have been highly critical of the administration's attempt to cancel student loan debt, broadly arguing the costly plans would shift the burden of repayment onto Americans without college degrees, and accusing Biden of overstepping his executive power, a notion the Supreme Court affirmed in the ruling. Biden's initial plan was an unlawful exercise of presidential power in 2023. It's just so hard to take that seriously from this fucking Supreme Court.

[Allison Gill]

Yeah. And none of that's true. It doesn't put the burden on anybody. Most of this is all interest. It puts the burden on rich people and that's why they're mad.

[Dana Goldberg]

Absolutely. And it's funny because all a lot of those rich people that had their PPP loans forgiven, obviously they don't see that as loan forgiveness. Get the fuck out of here. Both the administration's first and second attempts at loan forgiveness were legally challenged by multiple conservative leaning states, with the Supreme Court in August 2024 denying a Biden administration plea to lift the nationwide injunction on forgiveness plan imposed by an appeals court in Missouri. Quote, since day one of my administration, I promise to ensure higher education is a ticket to the middle class, not a barrier to opportunity. That's what Biden said in a written statement on Monday. I sure the hell I'm going to miss this administration.

[Allison Gill]

Yeah. Yeah, me too. And if you're one of the recipients of this new student loan forgiveness, you can send that information into us in the good news segment, which we'll get to in a minute. But first, it's time for some good trouble. What are you guys doing? All right, everybody, your mission today, should you choose to accept it, is to call or write to Senator Dick Durbin and encourage him to speak out about volume two of the Jack Smith Report. Judge Cannon is still blocking it from going to the chairman and ranking members of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees and has set a hearing for this Friday to hear arguments, even though she has absolutely no jurisdiction in the matter whatsoever.

[Dana Goldberg]

But Senator Dick Durbin, who is the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary, needs to review volume two because it's likely that that implicates Kash Patel, who, as we know has a confirmation hearing coming up. Trump has nominated him to terrifyingly be the FBI Director. The Senate Judiciary Committee conducts that particular confirmation hearing.

[Allison Gill]

Yes. So contact Senator Dick Durbin, urge him to make public demands for volume two of the Jack Smith Report, the volume about the classified documents case that quite possibly implicates Kash Patel because he requires it to provide advice and consent on Kash Patel as the nominee for the director of the FBI. So everybody, Dick Durbin, get to calling him, write him a letter, especially if you're one of his constituents. And we appreciate you. That's been this today, this week, almost said this week we had we do it every day. That's been today's good trouble. Thank you so much. We'll be right back with the good news after these messages.

[Dana Goldberg]

We'll be right back.

[Allison Gill]

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[Dana Goldberg]

Oh, my God. It's a really cute doodle.

[Allison Gill]

Adorable.

[Dana Goldberg]

Thank you for that. I needed that robin. This is from Robin Pronoun. She and her. Hello, Allison and Dana. I have some good news. A bird sighting and pod pet tax. The good news is that I also hired Aaron Hutton. I love that this is happening. From auto buying consulting to buy a new car for my upcoming move to Reno after I retire from teaching in June. A double whammy of good news. Erin was fantastic to work with and I highly recommend anyone considering getting a new car to talk to her. She made it so easy after video chat to find out what I was looking for. She created a spreadsheet of options, set up all the test drive appointments, did all the negotiations, finding a dealership that gave me the best deal. She saved me time and money and most of all for me, the stress of dealing with the salesperson. I now am the very happy owner of Ikea Sportage. Aaron even came up with a name. The Bean. The bird siding is from New York in June of 2019. And the pod pet pick is of Pip. After a bath and a good roll in the freshly mowed grass.

[Allison Gill]

Of course, right after the bath. Freshly mowed grass. Look at this baby.

[Dana Goldberg]

Love it.

[Allison Gill]

Ador and congrats on the new car and thank you for the bird pic. And thanks to Aaron Hutton for all you do. Next up, Jen Pronoun. She and her. Hey, Beans. Queens, I adore you and your show and I'm happy to be back to the daily Listening after a mental health break between the election and the new year. I love the new Good Trouble segment and would like to share it with my other activist friends each day, but I cannot find the show notes anywhere. Can you please direct me? Here are our two fuzzy friends, nicknamed Chungus and Mini Chungus because of their girth. I love the word chungus.

[Dana Goldberg]

I have a hard time with the word girth, but go ahead.

[Allison Gill]

That must be like moist to you.

[Dana Goldberg]

You don't mind moist?

[Allison Gill]

Yeah, exactly. Your girth is your moist. Anyway, these. These cats are adorable. Jen, write to us helloershirote.com with that question. We'll see if we can get you sorted out.

[Dana Goldberg]

Look at this sweet baby. So sweet.

[Allison Gill]

And is that cat wearing a goth shade of lipstick? I'm not sure if you sent that to us, Jen, or if that's a producer's note.

[Dana Goldberg]

That's amazing.

[Allison Gill]

Pretty adorable. Thank you for that.

[Dana Goldberg]

All right, this one's from Mia. Maybe Maya. We're not sure. So if I'm wrong, correct me. No pronouns given. I think it's Mia. Hi. Love you guys. You got me through COVID pandemic and the Trump 45 infestation with a good portion of the sanity that I had beforehand. I have a pod submission to the renaming of Jack podcast. Dis Smith dismissed. My good luck with that. Ag dismissed. It made me giggle. It made me giggle as well. For podpet tax, I am the proud mama of three cats, two of whom had the bottle feed. Oh, I had to bottle feed as babies. Captain Fanny Labouche, the tortoiseshell was eight weeks old, now 14. Pura belliata. Oh, Lux. Pure belliata. Lux the great tabby was an orphan at one day old, now 11. And Henry Bec. Oh, Pearl, my God. Is three to four weeks old after being rescued from a drain pipe. The tuxedo is now five years old.

[Allison Gill]

These names are excellent.

[Dana Goldberg]

They are.

[Allison Gill]

Look at these three babies. Thanks for saving them, Mia. They're adorable. Dismissed.

[Dana Goldberg]

Dismissed.

[Allison Gill]

That's a good one. I'll. I'll let Andy know. Thank you. Next up, from Kate, sharing my bird watching pic from Trump's first round of flipping the bird at the emoluments clause, adding a couple bonus pics of the White House fence decorations after he lost the 2020 election. Look at this, Kate. Fantastic. Great pants.

[Dana Goldberg]

Really good pants.

[Allison Gill]

Respect existence or expect resistance.

[Dana Goldberg]

Nice.

[Allison Gill]

And there's one that was dumped Trump November 3rd, but somebody put an ED, so it's dumped Trump on the White House fence after the 2020 election. Thank you for that and thanks for all your good news. Submissions, please send them to us dailybeanspod.com and click on contact. We have an episode of cleanup on all 45 coming out tomorrow. Again, Harry Dunn and I will be talking to Olivia Troy about the national security risk of interviewing National Security Council employees, asking them, like, who they voted for and going through their social media. It's really scary.

[Dana Goldberg]

We.

[Allison Gill]

Yeah. So check that out. Do you have any final thoughts today, my friend?

[Dana Goldberg]

No, not today.

[Allison Gill]

All right, everybody, we'll be back in your ears tomorrow. Until then, please take care of yourselves, take care of each other, take care of the planet, take care of your mental health, and take care of your family. I've been AG and I've been dg, and them's the beans. The Daily Beans is written and executive produced by Allison Gill with additional research and reporting by Dana Goldberg. Sound design and editing is by Desiree McFarlane with art and web design by Joelle Reader with Moxie Design Studios. Music for the Daily Beans is written and performed by they Might Be Giants and the show is a proud member of the MSW Media Network, a collection of creator owned podcasts dedicated to news, politics and justice. For more information please visit mswmedia.com msw media.