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Thursday, April 17th, 2025 Today, Judge Boasberg issued an opinion that probable cause exists to find the government in criminal contempt when they refused to turn the planes around march 15th; Bukele refused to let Senator Van Hollen into CECOT - the torture prison in El Salvador - to meet with kidnapped maryland father Abrego Garcia; a new habeas petition has been filed in the case of Edicson David Quintero Chacón - another man disappeared to the gulag in El Salvador; the government’s case against Mahmoud Khalil relied on tabloid accounts; DOGE sought to assign a team to an independent nonprofit group; Judge Tanya Chutkan has blocked trump’s EPA from withholding $20B in clean energy programs; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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Alison Gill
MSW Media. Hello and welcome to the Daily beans for Thursday, April 17, 2025. Today, Judge Boasberg issued an opinion that probable cause exists to find the government in criminal contempt when they refused to turn the planes around. On March 15, President Bukele refused to let Senator Van Hollen into Seacoat, the torture prison in El Salvador to meet with kidnapped Maryland father Abrego Garcia. A new habeas petition has been filed in the case of Edeckson David Quintero Chacon. Another man disappeared to the gulag in El Salvador. The government's case against Mahmoud Khalil relied on tabloid accounts. Doge sought to assign a team to an independent nonprofit group. And Judge Tanya Chutkan has blocked Trump's EPA from withholding $20 billion in clean energy programs. I'm Alison Gill.
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Dana Goldberg
And I'm Dana Goldberg.
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Alison Gill
Hey, Dana. Happy Thursday. I had to dig to find that good news story at the end.
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Dana Goldberg
Well, here's a little good news story. You know how we did a little call to action yesterday? I asked people to support a small business. Gilbert, Arizona.
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Alison Gill
Yeah.
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Dana Goldberg
My dear friend woke up to and proceeded to get over 100 orders for her marshmallows. And I'm like, oh, no, what did I do? So I just want to tell people out there, one, you guys rock. This is a small business, Latin owned lesbian business. And just thank you. Also, I just want, you know, everyone out there I know is smart enough to look at ingredients. So before you put something in your mouth, make sure there's nothing in there that you might be allergic to. But yeah, they're. I think they're the best marshmallows I've ever had. And now she sent me a text and she's like, what happened? And I was like, I just wanted to give you a shout out. So there's a small conversation that maybe she'll create a little daily beans marshmallow for us.
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Alison Gill
Oh, my gosh. We can have little coffee bean flavored marshmallows that are.
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Dana Goldberg
Oh, I'm just saying stay tuned and I'll let you know.
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Alison Gill
That would be fucking outstanding. I'm going to support some small businesses tonight. I'm going out to Drag Queen Bingo at the local. So I'm really looking forward to this. Dad, I need a break.
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Dana Goldberg
I love Drag Queen Bingo. I mean, I don't know where it is over there because it changes names all of the time. But where, where is it in, in San Diego these days?
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Alison Gill
It's in Hillcrest. Yeah. So I'm, I'm very excited and this is, this is going to be my third or fourth time. And what's great is sometimes electeds like our elected officials that like support LGBTQ + community come out to these, to these events and play bingo too. I don't even care if I win. I just want to have a mocktail and, and enjoy the atmosphere and be around some awesome people. So I'm looking forward to that. That's going to be my self care routine.
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Dana Goldberg
Do it. Have so much fun.
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Alison Gill
I will, I will take pictures. I will post them on my Blue sky account. You can follow me on Blue sky at Muller She Wrote. If you're not already, go make an account. It's fun over there. It's nice.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah, you can follow me at DG Comedy. So yeah, we're both Blue sky in from time to time, Allison, more than I. But I, I post every once in a while when I'm doing stuff and think of funny things to say.
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Alison Gill
Yes. And I also have a new piece out about what Judge Boseberg did today. We'll get to the little bit of the details in the Hot Notes, but you can get a lot of detail if you go to Muller She Wrote Dot com. It's free. All the content is free for you. No paywalls in my world. Jock jam in my life. Okay, we have a lot of news to get to. Let's do it. Let's hit the hot notes. Hot notes. All right, first up, Judge Boasberg has found probable cause that the Trump administration is in criminal contempt for defying his court order to turn those planes around. The planes that went to El Salvador during his hearing last month on March 15. Yes, the Supreme Court vacated those orders. But as the judge explains, you cannot defy a court order even if the order ends up being vacated. I wrote more about this ruling like I said, at melisserote.com you can read it there. And, and everybody today, check Steve Vladec's blog and I'll tell you why in a second. But Boasberg says that the government can cure its contempt by giving those hundreds of men due process. And if they don't, he's going to refer to the Department of Justice. And if they won't do anything, he says he's going to appoint a special prosecutor to prosecute criminal contempt of court if DOJ refuses to do it. Now, I just told you to check out what Steve Ladic has written today at 1 first. And the reason is, is because he recently worked on a case where somebody tried to appoint a judge, tried to appoint a special prosecutor in a contempt case, and it didn't work. And I have 100% faith bet that the Supreme Court will not allow that to happen, calling the appointment of a special prosecutor unconstitutional. And I happen to know because of the, you know, time travel things and fact that I talk to Steve Vladic sometimes that he's gonna be putting something out about that tomorrow. And of course, Andy McCabe and I'll discuss it in detail on this weekend's Unjustified podcast.
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Dana Goldberg
All right, thanks so much, Allison. This one's from the independent Democratic senator Chris Van Hollen said he was denied a meeting with a wrongfully deported Maryland father imprisoned in a brutal Salvadoran jail following Donald Trump's refusal to return him to the United States. You and I knew this was going to happen. The Maryland senator traveled to El Salvador on Wednesday to help secure Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release from the Terrorism Confinement center, or what they're calling Seacote, where he faces the prospect of indefinite detention. But he was denied a meeting with Abrego Garcia, and Salvadoran officials would not let the senator or Abrego Garcia's family speak with him by phone. I'm really starting to worry about that. By the way, El Salvador has recently allowed Republican members of Congress inside Seacote, as well as Homeland Security Secretary Cosplay Kristi Noem, who was filmed in front of a row of men crowded behind bars. The country denied that same access, by the way, to the senator who represents the state where Brigo Garcia has been living with his wife and children. Asked why El Salvador refuses to release him, the country's vice president told Van Hollen that the Trump administration is paying to keep him there. The State Department has arranged a $6 million deal to house hundreds of immigrants inside sea codes. So they're blaming Trump. Trump's probably playing dumb. Or not playing. And meanwhile, this innocent man is at a horrible, horrible prison in El Salvador.
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Alison Gill
Yeah. And if you're saying that the Trump administration is paying you to keep Abrego Garcia there, aren't you conceding that he's in constructive U.S. custody?
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah.
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Alison Gill
Like, why does the Trump administration keep insisting Abrego Garcia is in the custody of a foreign sovereign nation, that we are really like the El Salvador? We can't possibly tell El Salvador what to do. They're far too big and scary.
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Dana Goldberg
Very good point.
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Alison Gill
So to say, you know, oh, well, it's a foreign sovereign, but then to say out of another side of your mouth that, oh, the Trump administration is paying us to keep him here. For you guys, it's counter to, you know, I don't know, reality.
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Dana Goldberg
It is good evidence, though, and in court hearings is what that is. So at least they're saying these things out loud. And the conflicting messaging is going to hopefully help bring this man home.
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Alison Gill
Yeah, I, I agree, but it still all has to get past the Supreme Court, who I have zero faith in. Next up, NBC News reviewed more than 100 pages of documents submitted by Trump and his federal government in their effort to deport Mahmoud Khalil, as well as evidence filed by Khalil's legal team, including his permanent residency application, several articles about his activism and contracts, and letters detailing internship and work experience. In some instances, the government appears to be relying on unverified tabloid articles about Khalil. In others, the government's claims about him are clearly erroneous. You can also say lies because the timelines don't add up. In one instance, the government alleged Khalil failed to disclose that he was a political affairs officer at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. But that allegation was based on a cited article, including one from the New York Post. Okay, the New York Post. So right under the Bat Boy Returns headline, we have this one, and that's what they're using. Similarly, the government cited several articles as evidence, including from the New York Post, the Times of India, and a Washington Free Beacon, mentioning Khalil's involvement with the group Columbia University Apartheid Divest, or quad, C, U A D, which the government said he omitted from his residency application. But Khalil was a negotiator and spokesperson for the Columbia University student protesters. That's a whole big group that happens to include QUAD among a coalition of groups at Columbia participating in the on campus actions. Now, Khalil has until April 23 to file for relief and can remain. He can remain in the United States until then. But I guess, you know, once you cut loose your Pecker, David Pecker, and you don't have the Inquirer anymore, you go and you rely on the New York Post for your court evidence. Unbelievable.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah, I'm glad we have a good news at the end, because this one is not. We have a new lawsuit. I mean, that. I guess that's the good part. But this is from someone that was kidnapped and disappeared to El Salvador as well. This is from the American Immigration Council, Council and a party to this lawsuit, the American Immigration Council, National Immigration Project, and the center for Constitutional Rights. Today they all filed an amended habeas corpus petition on behalf of Mr. Edeckson David Quintero Chacon. He is one of the more than 200 people that the US has been paying to imprison incommunicado at El Salvador's notorious terrorism confinement center, Seco since mid March. Now, despite his pending federal lawsuit challenging his indefinite detention, the US Government sent him to El Salvador, where he could remain in prison for the rest of his life. Mr. Quintero's amended petition seeks his release from Seacoat now. Mr. Quintero, originally from Venezuela, he is 28 years old. He's a carpenter, a fisherman, a father of two young children. He turned himself into immigration officers when he came to the U.S. border in 2024. ICE later took him into custody during a routine ICE check in and held him while an immigration court was determining whether he should be deported from the United States solely because he lacked immigration status, not because he committed a crime. Eventually, he gave up fighting his deportation to Venezuela in immigration court. After eight difficult months in ICE custody at the Stewart Detention center in Lumpkin, Georgia, he filed a habeas petition In February of 2025 this year, he asked a federal court to order that the government could not keep holding him for no reason since deportations to Venezuela were not possible. Instead of responding to Mr. Quintero's lawsuit, the government sent him to Seacote, where his living nightmare continues, and argued the court may no longer review the case. They're just cutting off due process with these guys. A senior staff attorney for the center of Constitutional Rights says, and I quote, the Trump administration's new tactic of sending migrants to Seacote, where they are held incommunicado and subject to torturous conditions, is from the same playbook as the incommunicado detention and torture the center for Constitutional Rights has been challenging in Guantanamo since the early 1990s. Mr. Quintero is the victim of performative cruelty. And the habeas court has the power to require the United States government to do everything in its power to ensure his prompt release from Sea Code, end of quote. I just don't understand and I maybe you have an opinion. Who the is going to enforce this? He's went against a 9 to 0 Supreme Court ruling, the Trump administration, the Department of Justice is in his pocket. Who is going to do something?
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Alison Gill
Well, as I said, you know, in the Boasberg case, which is also about the. The rest of the folks in Sea Coat, you know, and that contempt, you know, contempt proceedings, now that he's found probable cause that the government is in contempt, criminal contempt by the Way, not civil contempt again, as he said he would, he would refer to the Department of Justice. If they denied, if they, you know, don't prosecute the case or, you know, criminal contempt, then he would hire or appoint a court appointed special prosecutor. But I don't think that the Supreme Court is going to find that appointment constitutional.
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Dana Goldberg
Right.
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Alison Gill
So I don't think there is any relief.
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Dana Goldberg
I feel like at this point, if all of us at the same time, and I mean all of us, I'm talking Congress, all the Democrats, all the Democrats in the Senate, all of the universities, all the federal workers, all the. If everyone at the same time said enough and just fucking said no to this guy, we're not going to do it anymore. We're not following this. I just, there's got to be something we can do to stop what's happening. But it's going to take a massive coalition at the same time to tell him to go fuck himself.
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Alison Gill
Yeah. And I think that's why JVL wrote for the Bulwark that we start grassroots locally with rallies, get everybody's email, start building up and building up and building up until we have a couple million people to take it to the Capitol on, you know, honor around the time, like right before midterms. I mean, that's really all we can do is.
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Dana Goldberg
I sure hope. But I tell you what, with these rallies with AOC and Sanders, there's a lot of people and they are building this coalition. So I hope that this movement's happening because we've got to do something in the streets, that's for sure.
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Alison Gill
They're in Montana today. I saw a drone like following the line. It was just infinitely long. There was no end. It's pretty amazing what they're doing. So, I mean, that's it, right? We organize and, and we vote and, you know, we have to also make sure that our representatives don't pass legislation that makes it harder to vote.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah, that would be nice.
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Alison Gill
Yeah, that would be wonderful. Also from the post, U.S. doge Service representatives told leaders of a nonprofit group, a private, nonprofit group Tuesday it wants to assign members of DOGE to work at all institutes or agencies that receive federal funds, highlighting its aggressiveness as it attempts to reshape the federal government. That's like, you know, if you're like Bob's Blankets and you have a contract with the government to supply wool blankets to Navy, you know, Great Lakes boot camp, that Doge says we could come in and install people in your private business. A 20 minute phone call involved two members of DOGE and attorneys for the Vera Institute of Justice, with DOGE representatives revealing plans to potentially attach its team to team members to more organization and institutes that receive government funding. And that's according to representatives of the institute DOGE led by the Trump administration. The ally, Elon Musk, stands for Department of Government Efficiency. I think it's funny that they felt.
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Dana Goldberg
The need to point after all this time.
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Alison Gill
Just so you know, the really inefficient in charge of this shit show, they call themselves the Department of Government Efficiency. I think that's what. That's. I think that's what this says here, if you read between the lines. A member of DOGE last week emailed the Vera Institute of Justice, an independent nonprofit organization that advocates for lower incarceration rates, to schedule a meeting about, quote, getting a Doge team assigned to the organization. That's according to a copy of the email. At the meeting Tuesday, Vera Institute leaders said the Justice Department this month actually revoked $5 million in federal grants that the institute was receiving to develop programs related to reducing recidivism rates and supporting victims of violent crimes. According to Nick Turner, head of the Vera Institute, when DOGE members learned that the Vera Institute was defunded, it wrapped up the meeting, realizing that they didn't have to have the meeting after all. Vera Institute lawyers said they're appealing the Justice Department's decision and hope to have their federal funds restored. So, yeah, DOGE goes in. We need to come in and add some people to your team. We were defunded. Oh, well, never mind. Bye. Fuck.
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Dana Goldberg
Are you going to pay him or are they going to volunteer because you cut funding to us?
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Alison Gill
Yeah. Well, what's Musk saying? Oh, our Doge guys are working 120 hours a week to, I don't know, be assholes. I mean, seriously, overtime.
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Dana Goldberg
All right, we're gonna do a little palate cleanse before the good trouble. This is some good news finally from NBC. On Tuesday, U.S. district Judge Tanya Chutkan, who we love and adore, no stranger by the way, to court cases involving Trump block the Environmental Protection Agency's effort to withhold $20 billion in funds for clean energy programs for nonprofit groups. The money is part of the Inflation Reduction Act's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, which was created to finance projects to promote energy independence and lower energy costs. The EPA and the FBI ordered Citibank, which is holding the funds, to freeze the grants and claimed various recipient organizations were under active criminal investigation, but offered Chutkan no evidence that any of those organizations had engaged in anything untoward. Untoward or legal. I like the word. Those unsubstantiated allegations of wrongdoing, by the way, for the record, they stem from a video released by far right content platform Project Veritas.
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Alison Gill
Might as well be the Washington Free Beacon or the New York Post checked.
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Dana Goldberg
And blocked the Trump administration from using Citibank to deny, obstruct, delay or otherwise limit access to that money. Her order also requires the funds to be unfrozen by Thursday at 2pm and distributed to the various organizations. That's according to CNN. The Hill reported that the EPA has already appealed that ruling. Remind you the Environmental Protection Agenc is appealing a ruling that they are going to receive and should receive $20 billion so they can. Let me check notes.
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Alison Gill
Protect the environment. Do you remember when Ed Martin. Ed Martin went to a grand jury to try to get an indictment on somebody that was going to get money from Citibank as part of the Inflation Reduction Act. And the grand jury is like, nah, bro. So he went to another grand jury. They're like, nah, bro. Then he went to a special. To a pro. Not a special prosecutor, just a. A prosecutor. And she's like, no, I'm not gonna freeze these funds. And she resigned. So when, when, when the government says, we have evidence that these non profits receiving this money are under criminal investigation. No, they do not. They do not have that. And there is no evidence. So good job, Tanya Judkin. So we'll see. Maybe he'll be in defiance of another court order come Thursday at 2pm when that money's supposed to start flowing again. All right, everybody, time for some good trouble. What are you guys doing? All right, everybody, your mission today, should you choose to accept it. We have a link in the show Notes where you can file. Where anyone can file a complaint against a lawyer with the Florida Bar Association. So it would be absolutely horrible if you clicked on that link and filed a complaint against Pam Bondi for refusing to follow the Supreme Court order to facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia. That would just be awful if you did that again. We'll have that link in the show notes. Let's see if we can disbar Pam. Bonding. Now, I do want to say that even if you get disbarred, that doesn't mean you lose your job as Attorney General. Just want to make sure everybody knows that.
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Dana Goldberg
Which is just also bananas, by the way.
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Alison Gill
I know, I know. We have some pretty weird rules. Yeah. Here in the United States. Oh, like letting insurrectionists run for office. Yeah.
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Dana Goldberg
That's one of them.
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Alison Gill
That our presidents are kings now. It's pretty great. Great. Yeah. Anyway, that's good. Trouble. Click that link and make a complaint to the bar against Pam Bondi in Florida. All right, everybody, we have a lot of good news to get to, but we have to take a quick break, so stick around. We'll be right back after these messages. We'll be right back. This podcast is sponsored by Peak Peaks Radiant Skin Duo combines Sun Goddess Matcha and BT Fountain electrolytes for the ultimate in beauty and wellness. This powerful duo supports glowing, hydrated, lit from within skin while boosting energy, gut, health and overall vitality. And you can get 20 on the Radiant Skin Duo plus a free starter kit at peaklife.com dailybeans for years I thought more products meant better skin. I had a bathroom full, a cabinet full of jars and serums and creams, but I was still tired breaking out, dragging through each day. The real issue wasn't what I was putting on my skin, it's what I wasn't giving my body. Enter the Radiant Skin Duo from Peak. The duo includes Sun Goddess Matcha for morning energy and BT Fountain Electrolytes for dehydration. These two products give me results I can actually feel and see. I now start my day with the Matcha. It gives me clean, sustained energy without the anxiety coffee used to trigger. Plus, the antioxidants help brighten my skin and support digestion in the afternoon. Instead of more caffeine or a sugary snack, I go for BT Fountain. It keeps my skin soft and smooth. It's hydrating even on stressful or dehydrating days. The ceramides work from within to reduce fine lines and wrinkles and it balances the redness. I love knowing there are no artificial ingredients, just clean, effective hydration. Hydration. The sachets make it incredibly easy to stay consistent too, and everything is made from top tier ingredients that are screened for purity. Also, my makeup goes on smoother because my skin is genuinely healthier underneath. This is exactly what my skin needed. Energy, hydration and glow all from the inside out. So if you're ready to transform your routine right now, you can get 20% off the Radiant Skin Duo plus a free starter kit that includes a rechargeable frother and a glass beaker. With my exclusive link peaklife.comdailybeans that's P I Q U E life.com dailybeans don't miss out. Glow naturally into 2025 while supplies last. Everybody, welcome back. It's Time for the good news, everyone, then. Good news, everyone. Good news. And if you have any good news, confessions, corrections, especially pronunciation corrections or math corrections. I get math a lot. I used to be a mathlete, Dana.
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Dana Goldberg
Did you really?
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Alison Gill
Yeah. What happened? I was told there'd be no math, anything like that at all. And if you want to give a shout out to yourself or a loved one or a small business in your area or your small business or a government program that's helped you or a loved one, whether it's the Affordable Care Act, Social Security benefits, the PACT act, great VA healthcare, you've received the SNAP Section 8. Anything like that at all, up to and including, of course, student debt relief, you can send it to us dailybeanspod.com click on contact to get your submission right on the air. Just pay your POD pet tax. That means one attach a photo of your pet. We'll see if we can guess the breeds if you want us to. 2. An adoptable pet in your area. If you don't have a pet, we'll see if we can find them a home. 3. Bird watching photos, which can be an actual bird because we got a lot of birders that listen to this program, me included.
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Dana Goldberg
We do indeed.
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Alison Gill
You know, everybody gets a free set of binoculars on their 50th birthday. I think that's how it goes.
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Dana Goldberg
It should be.
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Alison Gill
And if you don't have a bird photo, you can send us a photo of you and your friends and your family flipping the bird to Trump and Musk Properties. If you don't have any of that, you can include a baby photo or just grab a random picture on the Internet and send it to us. It really doesn't matter. We're going to read your thing on the air, really, honestly, if I'm being honest. So it's kind of an honor system, really. Again, send it to us dailybeanspot.com click on contact. First up from Nicole pronoun she and her her hi ag and DG. I want to give a shout out to my mom. She's 84. Are you sure, Nicole? Make sure she's not like my mom. I'm not. I listen to your podcast today. I'm not 80.
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Dana Goldberg
I'd like to write into a correction to my daughter, my mom.
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Alison Gill
She's 84 and just attended her very first protest.
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Dana Goldberg
Nice.
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Alison Gill
She is not one of those seasoned citizens who's been fighting all this all along. She was busy raising kids as a single mom and running her own business. And she also really likes it when things are Nice and friendly and has in the past kept busy with more pleasant affairs. But she's here now, fighting fascism and teaching me that it's never too late to change course. Here are three pictures of her. One at the hands off protest April 5, one at the Fight the Oligarchy rally in Folsom, California, taken yesterday, along with 30,000 other people. That's the AOC Bernie rally. They're in Montana today. And one of her with my dogs to be used as my pod pet tax. Their breeds are easy to guess. A Doberman and a Chihuahua Terrier. So I'll let you guess their names.
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Dana Goldberg
Oh.
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Alison Gill
Oh, you see, and our producer's not dropping these below the pictures, so we have their names. Charlotte and Wilbur.
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Dana Goldberg
Let me guess. I think Charlotte and what would go Wilbur.
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Alison Gill
Yeah, they're named after characters from a famous children's novel. So we got the hint, but producers didn't hide the. Okay, keep up the good work.
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Dana Goldberg
Oh, I love this picture.
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Alison Gill
I find such solace in your presence. And I know a lot of others do, too. Look how beautiful this is.
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Dana Goldberg
Nicole, thank you for that last line. Oh, my God, your mom's so damn sweet.
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Alison Gill
Oh, I need that shawl. Yeah, it's awesome.
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Dana Goldberg
Beautiful, beautiful. Thank you, thank you.
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Alison Gill
Oh, and the dogs. Oh, sweet babies. Yeah. Thank you so much for that.
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Dana Goldberg
All right, this is from Jan. Pronouns he and him. Hello, ladies. I have a few things to submit. I'm a 68 year old veteran who cannot believe. Believe. My fellow Americans, put this felon in the Oval Office. Support. Vote vets.
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Alison Gill
Yes.
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Dana Goldberg
Do it. So my wife of 51 years. Wow, you guys got together when you were seven. You got married when you were 17.
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Alison Gill
That's amazing.
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Dana Goldberg
I love this. So my wife of 51 years and I benefited from the President Biden's student loan forgiveness. This allowed me to help my kids pay down their loans, which for some reason they did not qualify for under Good news. I'd like to pass along this URL. Well, it's an organization in support of veterans interested in agriculture. A takeoff of the Victory Gardens of World War II. And it is DC Farm for Vets.org DCFarmForVets.org in the Easter spirit, I'm sending a picture of my grandson. Happy Easter to you all.
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Alison Gill
This is what I was giggling about.
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Dana Goldberg
I love it.
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Alison Gill
Submission, is it? Yawn, Jan, yawn. Look, Easter egg glasses. I need these. I need these for when I go on, like, Fox 5 or totally MSNBC. I just need to pull them out and like, when I'm about To read something for the for the panel. These are my readers. What? They're progressive. They're extra progressive. Next up, from Amy G. Pronouns she and her Dear Daily Beans, I love your show. I've been listening since the disaster of last November. I was charmed by the good news from Liz, a former Catholic, as in her dad went to seminary. I'm also a former Catholic, as in I lived in a monastery for 29 years. Yup, done with that. Many of the individuals I know have been re traumatized over these past months by the blatantly narcissistic actions of our government. For those who are, I encourage you to find an activity that helps you resist, such as often offered here on the Beans. I am protesting by attending rallies, but also by writing. I'm a trauma therapist, which includes religious trauma. I'm writing about the effects of religious trauma on good people, using my own story as an example. Funny story, you don't have to be in a cult to suffer religious trauma. All you need is an unhealthy person who has power over you.
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Dana Goldberg
Wow. Yeah.
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Alison Gill
Sound familiar? That's what Amy says here. Thank you for giving us a summary of the news so we don't need to watch the whitewashed version on mainstream media. I listen to you every weekday morning as I walk my dog, Jasper. I'm sending two photos. One of him is a puppy and one recent. Also, as an avid birder, I think you will find my pictures of the scissor tailed fly catcher much more beautiful than the ancient pileated woodpecker you talk about so much. Haha. Oh, we got bird beef going on. I know.
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Dana Goldberg
Jeez.
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Alison Gill
Oh my God, the puppy.
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Dana Goldberg
So cute.
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Alison Gill
And there's the adult.
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Dana Goldberg
I know the face.
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Alison Gill
That's a beautiful bird you got there on the wire.
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Dana Goldberg
It is.
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Alison Gill
Love it. Amy, thank you so much for this. What a great submission.
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Dana Goldberg
This one's from Holly Pronouns she and her. Dear Beans ladies, thank you for what you do. I just recently started listening to you and your podcast is helping me keep my sanity. I was able to attend an empty chair town hall last Monday for Daniel Webster, who of course was not in attendance. The panel that they put together was awesome and it was great to be among like minded people. For my pod pet tariff, I have included a picture of the missing poster. Thanks again and that is fantastic. It's got the phone number to call the senator's office. Senator Daniel Webster. I'm not sure what elected official he is, but clearly one that is afraid of his constituents.
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Alison Gill
Let's see. Daniel Webster. Daniel Webster was an American. No, that's not him. This is a Daniel Webster of 1851.
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Dana Goldberg
I mean, it could be him. Some of those are old enough to be in Congress.
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Alison Gill
Is Florida congressman, Representative in the House of Representatives.
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Dana Goldberg
Okay.
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Alison Gill
Leesburg, Florida. Yeah. Look at this dude. Look at him in that photo. He's like, yeah, just, you can just see, like he just oozes. I don't care about you.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah.
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Alison Gill
You smell like loose change. Like, I just, like he's curmudgeony. Yeah. And not in a fun, cool way.
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Dana Goldberg
Nope.
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Alison Gill
All right, next up from Don D. One of our neighborhood kids stopped by for some crab apple pie. Pie. Oh, my God. It's a giant buck.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah.
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Alison Gill
Holy beautiful. That's a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. That's a six point buck right there. I think seven maybe. I don't know. I don't know how they do the points where you're from, Don D. But that is a, that's a big animal coming to your window for some crab apple pie. And I'll go ahead and grab the next one, which is our final submission. Leah, pronoun she and they. Hi, AGDG and all the beans crew and listeners. I love what you do, bringing much needed incredulity with the shit show that is the news and with the Good trouble good news palette cleanser. I'm still struggling to find a similar show that covers British news. If anyone in your audience can recommend one, that would be great. I, I, yeah, if I knew anything about British politics, I'd, I'd fake the accent and do one for you, Leah, but I just don't. I would like to shout out a play that my sister has directed. I don't get to see my sister's work very often because I don't live near enough. So it was amazing to get to see her show last night. It's called Puppy, and it's from the Relish Theater Company who focus on queer feminism and diversity in their productions. Puppy is an outrageous sex positive, female centric comedy about dogging, queerness, feminist porn, the patriarchy, and the British porn ban quote. Dogging is a British slang term for meeting up for sex in a car park, often as a group activity. I don't know if there's an American equivalent, maybe like swinging.
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Dana Goldberg
Orgy. It sure sounds like.
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Alison Gill
But in a car park. I mean, I guess if you gotta find a place. Yeah, it was a hilarious show. I haven't laughed that much in a long time. Puppy is on at the Kingshead Theatre near Angel Station in London, England. Until April 27th. Anyone in London who is listening needs to go see this show. It deserves to be seen and not just because my extremely talented sister is the director. This story deserves to be told, but their audiences are small because queer feminist content doesn't sell like it should. I know that's something that matters to you and your listeners. So I hope this shout out helps them keep telling these stories. For tax, I'm sharing a photo of my sister and me in front of her poster on the London Underground. A first in her career. That's cool. And also my elderly cat Meadow Middle AKA Sawed off, who s o D by the way, not like s a W e D Sawed off who went and sat on a stump of a small tree immediately after we finished felling it. He used to climb at the tree a lot but hasn't for a few years now and it was growing too close to the house so I had to come down. I wonder what he was thinking about what we had done to his tree.
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Dana Goldberg
He does not seem happy about it.
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Alison Gill
No.
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Dana Goldberg
Look how cute you guys are.
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Alison Gill
Look at your poster in the London Underground. That's so fantastic.
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Dana Goldberg
I love sisters.
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Alison Gill
The London Underground was not a political movement, Otto. I looked it up. Fish Called Wanda. Okay, thank you all so very much for these amazing good news stories. It really, really makes my heart sing. What do you got for final thoughts?
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Dana Goldberg
Honestly? None?
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Alison Gill
No. When's your show again?
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Dana Goldberg
My show is Saturday. Yeah. If you haven't gotten tickets and you're in the LA area, you can get them at my website, danagoldberg.com I am the opening comedian, so don't to be misled. The headliner is Jeannie Yashere. She's a good friend of mine and as I've said before, she's one of the people that lost her house in the Altadena fires. So we're gonna go laugh, have some cathartic night for Gina and see some great comedians and have a couple of amazing DJs that are going to be spinning live in the theater. So come down, hang out with us.
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Alison Gill
Hell yeah. DJs. Da da da da da da da DJs. Heck yeah. I'm excited now. Now you've got me. Now I'm excited.
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Dana Goldberg
No, I was always excited for your danagoldberg.com, hit appearances. It' the first one.
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Alison Gill
Dana goldberg.com. you don't want to miss it. It's again, I can't stress the importance of getting out every once in a while and being among the people.
- [34:35]
Dana Goldberg
Definitely.
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Alison Gill
Especially awesome people. All right, everybody, we'll be back in your ears tomorrow with Fugal Sang Fridays. 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 Teachy and them is 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 Reeder with Moxie Design Studios. Music for the Daily Beans is written and performed by they Might Be Giants and the show is a proud member of the MSW Media Network, a collection of creator owned podcasts dedicated to news, politics and justice. For more information Please visit msw media.com msw media.