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Today, House Democrats asked the Epstein estate to hand over the Epstein birthday book;. New York's Kathy Hochul opens the door to redrawing house lines; one of the 10 Americans Trump traded Venezuela for the men in CECOT is a convicted murderer; a Vermont school superintendent was detained and held by ICE for hours; a judge throws out Trump's sanctuary city lawsuit against Illinois; Bible guy, an anti-porn guy, Oklahoma School Superintendent Ryan Walters was caught with porn on screen during a meeting; Elon Musk did, in fact, order Starlink to shut down during a Ukrainian incursion; and Allison and Dana deliver the good news.
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Allison Gill
MSW Media. Hello and welcome to the Daily beans for Monday, July 28, 2025. Today, House Democrats asked the Epstein estate to hand over the Epstein birthday book. New York's Kathy Hochul opens the door to redrawing House lines. One of the 10Americans Trump traded Venezuela for. The men in seacoat is a convicted murderer. A Vermont school superintendent was detained and held by ICE for hours. A judge throws out Trump's sanctuary city lawsuit against Illinois Bible guy, an anti porn guy. Oklahoma school Superintendent Ryan Walters was caught with porn on screen during a meeting. And Elon Musk. Musk did in fact order Starlink to shut down during a Ukrainian incursion. I'm Allison Gill.
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Dana Goldberg
And I'm Dana Goldberg.
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Allison Gill
Hello, Dana. How are you?
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Dana Goldberg
I am okay. Happy Monday. Is it happy? Happy Monday. Listen, I just got back from Salt Lake City. I have to say this. If you've never been to Salt Lake, do yourself a favor and go visit. It is one of the most diverse, wonderful, expansive, culturally incredible cities I think that I've been to. The HRC gala was on Saturday night. And just looking around the room, Utah gets a bad rap. I understand the rest of the state, little jacked up issues with the church. Salt Lake City is a beacon of hope in that state.
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Allison Gill
Yeah. And it's absolutely beautiful.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah.
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Allison Gill
To boot. How did the gala go? Was it awesome?
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Dana Goldberg
It was wonderful. Raised a lot of money. And I took my nephew with me. He was my date. He had never been with me to a gala. He got to see me do that part of my work to my comedy shows since he was 14. But for him to see me do that and also for me to watch him, just, he's growing into this kind, empathic, engaged, caring man. And it made my night. It made my heart swell up. I could not have been happier. And he looked so good in his suit. So good.
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Allison Gill
Take your nephew to work day.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah.
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Allison Gill
That's so cool.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah, it was awesome.
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Allison Gill
And congrats on all the funds that you raised. Than you. That's just amazing. And also thanks to our patrons who came out for our happy hour on Friday. We had Andy McCabe. We had the developer of the Ice Block app, Joshua Aaron. We had the woman I interviewed on the beans, the DOJ analyst that was fired from her position, Carolyn Feinstein and Harry Dunn, dropped in from the airport to say hello. There was a lot of really great questions and a really great conversation. So thank you for coming to that Zoom happy hour. If you want to become a patron, you can do it@patreon.com mullershirote. Take your paramount money and. And get a subscription to the Beans.
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Dana Goldberg
That's right. Do something good with it.
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Allison Gill
And this is a cool special interest story about one of my favorite bands. Dropkick Murphy's have vowed to never play Punk in the park again after finding out that the festival organizer donated to Donald Trump. So the veteran punk act still played its whole set at Punk in the Park, Denver, on Sunday night, July 19, but did so only for the loyal fans who'd already purchased tickets.
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Dana Goldberg
Nice.
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Allison Gill
From the stage. Singer Ken Casey appeared to blast Fest organizer Brouhaha Productions owner Cameron Collins for previously donating to Trump's 2024 presidential campaign. He said, quote, if you're coming under the punk rock banner and you voted for that guy and you support that, that fucking shit that they're doing, you've twisted your mind into knots. That's what he said on stage. And he went on to say, the far right ain't the new punk. You heard it here first.
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Dana Goldberg
Nice.
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Allison Gill
So I love that. Couple other quick stories. A federal judge has blocked the cancellation of 175 million in National Endowment for the Humanities grants Mass terminated by DOGE back in April. And the effort was a transparent viewpoint discrimination, the judge said, in violation of the First Amendment. So that's some good news for now.
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Dana Goldberg
Yep. And the DNC is launching a digital ad campaign pressuring the GOP to release the Epstein files targeting vulnerable Republicans in their home districts. And tell you what, you start a conspiracy theory, you go in deep on it, you're going to have to show them what they want. You're going to lose them.
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Allison Gill
Excellent. So if you had donated to the dnc, then maybe some of your money is going to this digital ad campaign pressuring the GOP to release the files. And Ghislaine Maxwell was granted limited immunity by the Justice Department in order to answer questions about the Jeffrey Epstein case. And Andy McCabe and I cover that in detail on the Unjustified podcast. There's a new episode out now.
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Dana Goldberg
Okay. And a little bit of more good news. Jorge Santos had to report to prison this weekend, and he went out with a dramatic post on. On all of his social media. Oh, the lady death protest. Too much. But seven years, my friends. Seven years.
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Allison Gill
Yeah, we'll see if Trump commutes that right.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah.
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Allison Gill
And there's multiple new whistleblowers against Emil Bovey that have emerged, and we'll keep an eye on that as the Senate voted to advance his nomination. So, you know, I'm afraid this will go through, but there are now more whistleblowers, so there's that. You know, at least we have some backing of Arez Raveni's 27 page letter.
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Dana Goldberg
Good, good, good, good. And the Federal Emergency Management Agency, they are prepared to send $608 million to states to construct immigrant detention centers as part of the Trump's administration push to expand capacity to hold migrants. I mean, come on. FEMA is starting a, quote, detention support grant program to cover the cost of states building temporary facilities. Now this money has been earmarked to help migrants find shelter in disasters. I'm not, it seems like it's obviously being misallocated. That's a little bit of a confusing story. That does not seem like good news to me.
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Allison Gill
No, it's not. No, it's not. Yeah. They're taking that money that had been.
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Dana Goldberg
Earmarked by Congress and misuse, using it.
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Allison Gill
To, to help protect migrants and shelter them in disasters and they're using it to build concentration camps.
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Dana Goldberg
Those guys?
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Allison Gill
Yeah. Fuck em. And One of the 10Americans Trump swapped for the 250 or so Venezuelans he illegally sent to that torture prison in El Salvador. One of them that he got back that he freed is a triple murderer. And now he's just free walking around in Orlando.
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Dana Goldberg
Oh boy. Yeah.
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Allison Gill
And Andy and I cover that story in detail on also on the latest Unjustified. All right, everybody, we have a ton of news to. I know that we just sound like. That sounds like the show, but no.
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Dana Goldberg
That was your moose boost. That's all that was today. I hope you enjoyed it. And we'll be back with the main course.
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Allison Gill
Yes. So we, we do have to get to the hot notes. Hot notes. All right, first up from cbs, House Democrats are seeking a copy of Jeffrey Epstein's alleged 2003 birthday book that is said to include a body letter signed by President Trump to the, you know, to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In a letter to the representatives of Epstein's estate on Friday, Ro Khanna and House Oversight ranking Democrat Robert Garcia, both of California said the request comes amid Trump's desperate attempts to quell public interest in the release of the files related to the disgraced financier. Quote, recent public reporting indicates that the estate of Jeffrey Epstein is in possession of a document commonly referred to as the birthday book, compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell in 2003 in celebration of Mr. Epstein's 50th birthday, which has clear relevance to this case. That's what they said. And they went on to say the book is relevant for ongoing congressional oversight of the Department of Justice's handling of the Epstein investigation and prosecution, as well as the Trump administration's decision to declassify and release only a handful of documents from its Epstein files while withholding others from the public. The Democratic lawmakers requested, quote, a complete, unredacted copy of the alleged birthday book no later than August 10th. And the House Oversight Committee is pursuing its own inquiry into the Epstein saga and has separately issued a subpoena for Maxwell, the financier's imprisoned accomplice and former girlfriend, to sit for a deposition on the following day, August 11th. So they're trying it without a subpoena to see if they'll hand it over. We'll see whether the Epstein estate lawyers ask for a subpoena. It's called a friendly subpoena, right? Like, hey, subpoena us for this so that we have it that we had, you know, we had to hand this over because of a subpoena. And then we'll see if Republicans in Congress are willing to vote for that.
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Dana Goldberg
We'll find out. They're going to be on record. I'll just. This whole thing makes me nauseous. This next story is from WMTW in Portland, Maine. The superintendent of Inooski School District was recently detained by immigration authorities. This is according to an announcement from district officials. Superintendent Wilmer Chavaria was held by US Customs and Border Protection while returning to the United States from a trip to Nicaragua to visit family. This is from a letter sent to media members on Tuesday. Shivaria, who is a naturalized United States citizen, was born at a refugee camp in Nicaragua. Several members of his family recently self deported back to the country after living in the United States. The Winooski School board hired Chevaria as superintendent in May of 2023 and he assumed responsibilities two months later. He told board members that he was separated from his husband and quote, subjected to abusive interrogation as well as treated in a manner that is deeply disturb, disturbing and unacceptable. And this is according to the letter. WPTZ anchor reporter Anna Goober spoke with Shavaria on Wednesday about his experience Monday night at the Houston Port of Entry at George W. Bush Airport. And I quote, you feel like you've been abducted by a gang of aggressive, violent people who are trying to manipulate you and who are lying to you. And while you're being abducted, you know that these people are capable of doing anything, anything to you because they don't care. That's from Shavaria. Moments after being brought into cbp Shavaria said he was met by an unidentified woman calling him to another room. He said, I asked whether I was being detained. And she said, you're not being detained. Shavaria said, then can I go? And she said, no, you may not go, which sounds like a detention. Shavaria's husband, Cyrus Dungeon, said he was forced to wait on another level of the airport, and then he was met with a lot of hostility while desperately searching for answers about his husband's status. He said, I essentially waited for four and a half, five hours until Wilmer was released again. This is from Dungeon. And he said, all that time, I had no idea what was going on. Am I going to see him again? Is he going to be taken somewhere? In the hours before he was released, Shavaria said that he was told he had no rights while being threatened and questioned by at least five interrogators, which is bullshit. And I quote, when four of them were in front of me, standing while they had me sitting down, they said I had did not have rights, that my constitutional rights don't matter at a port of entry, and that I should stop talking about rights. When Shavaria asked to make a phone call, he was told, and I quote, no, we're not going to do that. Give us a phone number, he said, I said, let me access my phone so I can give you a phone number. And they said, no, just tell us. Why don't you just tell us? But, like, people don't just memorize their contact list. That's what he said. Now, during the interrogation, Shibaria said that unidentified individuals attempted to threaten and manipulate him into giving them access to his professional devices containing information about students in Winooski School district. He said, I was threatened with being referred to the FBI. The FBI was mentioned multiple times. They also threatened to stain my record so I would never get a job again. They also threatened with an extended detention if I didn't give them the passwords to the student information or to my district files. This all makes my fucking blood boil. Allison Shavaria said when he was released, a plainclothes officer shook his head and said that he admired Shavaria's resilience in the fact that he was protecting student information. Shifaria said he felt dehumanized by the comment despite making it back to his husband. He said, he's come out of the other side a very different person than the one who first landed in Houston, and I could understand why.
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Allison Gill
My God, you have no rights. You don't get a phone call Tell us the number. Give us your student information.
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Dana Goldberg
Bullshit. Fuck.
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Allison Gill
Unbelievable. Well, you know, shocking. Not surprising, I should say. Yeah. Next up from Reuters, billionaire Elon Musk ordered the deactivation of Starlink satellite coverage over part of Ukraine's Kherson Oblast during a major counteroffensive in the fall of 2022. That's what Reuters reported on July 25, citing sources. Now, we had covered this a while back, right, that the Starlink went off. Yep. And Musk was like, oh, I didn't do it. I don't like war, or whatever. But now we have people confirming that he actually did this. That's why this is news again. According to three individuals familiar, Musk instructed a senior SpaceX engineer to shut down coverage in the area near Beryslav where Ukrainian forces were attempting to encircle Russian troops. The move reportedly caused frontline units to lose connectivity, disabling drones and disrupting artillery coordination. A Ukrainian military source told Reuters that the outage directly contributed to the failure of the encirclement operation. Ukrainian forces later liberated Kherson and other settlements in November of 2022. But the immediate impact of the blackout raised alarm among military officials in both Kyiv and. And Washington.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah, because who would that blackout have benefited, Alison? Oh, Putin.
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Allison Gill
Yeah. That's odd, right?
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah, that is odd. All right, this one's from Politico. Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul is not ruling out a mid decade redrawing of New York's House lines as deep red Texas and Ohio move to reshape their maps through redistricting. And I quote, all's fair in love and war. We're following the rules. We do redistricting every 10 years. That's what Hochul said during an unrelated event Thursday in Buffalo. But if there's other states violating the rules and they're trying to themselves an advantage, all I'll say is I'm going to look at closely with Hakeem Jeffries. The governor's comments are her first since Republican Governor Greg Abbott announced a special session at the Texas Legislature to focus on redistricting. And literally all Trump said was, find me six seats. Not, this is against the Constitution. Something looks fishy. Find me six seats. Does that sound familiar? Find me 11,800 and blah, blah, blah, votes. Yeah. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries team spoke with Hochul's office about redistricting earlier this month following Abbott's announcement. That's according to two people with direct knowledge of the conversation and of course were granted anonymity to discuss it. Quote I'm not surprised that they're trying to break the rules to get an advantage. That's what Hochul added. But that's undemocratic. And not only are we calling them out, we're also going to see what our options are. Jeffries, in a podcast interview Monday, said Democrats should keep Republicans politically on the run. Quote, I'm in conversation with members of a New York delegation as well as the governor to explore what, if anything, else can be done to ensure that New York does its part with respect to fair maps across the country. This is what Jeffrey said. And every single state is going to have to do the same thing because Republicans are desperate. I don't think they understand if they actually go through with this in Texas. There are a lot more districts in blue states across this country and representatives, and you do not want to fuck around with them.
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Allison Gill
Yeah. Because we've always been fair.
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Dana Goldberg
Yep. But I do love that they're like, you know what? All this fair and love and war, we're not breaking the law. Let's fucking go.
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Allison Gill
Yeah. And hats off to Hakeem Jeffries for discussing this with Hochul. And I do want to just say something really quickly about Hakeem Jeffries, because I think last week, end of the week, over the weekend, there was this article that was shared like a zillion times that said the Epstein stuff is bullshit. Nobody outside the Beltway cares about this. And it showed a picture of Hakeem Jeffries in insinuating that he is the one who said that it was not him.
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Dana Goldberg
Right.
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Allison Gill
It was somebody who was telling Hakeem Jeffries to shut up about the Epstein files.
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Dana Goldberg
Right.
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Allison Gill
So I just wanted to clear that up because when I saw that, I was like, hakeem Jeffries, what are you doing? But it wasn't his quote, people know.
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Dana Goldberg
How to get the clickbait.
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Allison Gill
It was just made to look like his quote. So I wanted to kind of clear the air there. And in better news from Politico, a federal judge has thrown out the Trump administration's bid to force Illinois and Chicago to aid its mass deportation agenda, saying it would encroach on autonomy guaranteed to state states under the Constitution. U. S. District Judge Lindsay Jenkins concluded that the lawsuit, the first filed by the Trump administration this year to try to upend sanctuary policies in states and cities, was an end run around the 10th Amendment, which protects states from federal government overreach. In the 64 page ruling Friday, the Biden appointed judge said federal laws permit states to cooperate with federal government on immigration enforcement, but they don't require it. Therefore, states cannot be forced to partner with federal efforts. This is what she said, citing a series of Supreme Court rulings that block the federal government from commandeering state or local officials to perform federal duties. And that's what we've been talking about here, the commandeering clause of the 10th Amendment. So this ruling is a setback for Trump, the first defeat in a series of similar lawsuits that might suffer the same fate that the Justice Department filed against states and cities that have adopted sanctuary policies that limit their employees cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. Other suits have been filed against cities in California, New Jersey, and New York.
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Dana Goldberg
Thank you so much, Alison. And it brings me joy, deep joy, to give you this next story.
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Allison Gill
I saved it for you.
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Dana Goldberg
I knew you did. This is from Rolling Stone. An investigation is underway in Oklahoma after a television screen in the Magas State school superintendent's office reportedly showed a video of nude women during an executive session of the state Board of Education on Thursday. The images reportedly appeared on a screen in the office of who? Ryan Walters. He is the Oklahoma's far right superintendent of Public Instruction. He's also the guy that wants to put Trump Bibles in the school. He's the fucker that wants to get rid of all LGBTQ books in his school system. He is the asshole that ignored the next Benedict's complaints when next was being bullied in their school and ended up dying after getting beaten in a restroom. That's this jackass.
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Allison Gill
Yeah.
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Dana Goldberg
Okay. Setting the stage. Walters previously told schools to teach the Bible and Ten Commandments, demanding that schools watch him pray for Donald Trump and name transphobe Chaya Raichik, who is a worse human being if you can imagine, to state education committee. She doesn't even live in the state of Oklahoma, by the way. He also tried to use state money to purchase Bibles and classrooms that match the specifics of those marketed by, as I said, president and his family. So, as you might expect, Walters has also led a crusade against pornography in school libraries. Okay. Two members of the Oklahoma Board of Education said that they were shocked at what they saw on the screen on Thursday. I was like, those are naked women. This is from board member Bacon Carson told the Oklahoman. And then I was like, no, wait a minute. Those aren't naked. Surely those aren't naked women. Something is playing a trick on my eye. Maybe they just have tan bodysuits. This is just really bizarre. She said. I saw them just walking around the screen and I'm like, no, I'm sorry. I even have to use this language. But I'm like, those are her nipples. And then I'm like, that's pubic hair. What in the world am I watching? I didn't watch a second longer. Carson told Walters to turn the video off. And apparently there was a problem doing this. It wouldn't disconnect from the fucking monitor, you all. That's why the story, and I quote, I was so disturbed by it that I was like, very loudly and boastfully, like I was a parent or a teacher. I said, what is on your tv? What am I watching? And he was like, what? What are you talking about? And he stood up and he saw it. He made acknowledgement that he saw it. Carson said, according to nondoc media and Oklahoma News website. And then I said, turn it off now. And he was like, what is this? What is this? So he acknowledged it was inappropriate just by those words. And he was like, I can't turn it off. I can't figure out how to turn it off. And I said, get it turned off. So he finally got it turned off and that was the end of it. He didn't address it, he didn't apologize, Nothing was said. Carson Walters blew it off and acted as if he had just been caught in an embarrassing situation. And I quote, like a teenager, when you walk in the room and they're doing something they're not supposed to do. That's what Carson said. And by the way, that's a natural thing to do if you're a teenager. But I'm sure getting caught would be mortified. This is finally under investigation. And if this is what takes him down and gets him out of that school board and that school district, I will be grateful.
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Allison Gill
Why does my son have a spoon taped to his gaming PC? Oh, Ryan Walters, you deserve every thing that you get.
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Dana Goldberg
Well, what's this?
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Allison Gill
How did this happen? I can't turn it off. Oh, my God.
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Dana Goldberg
Oh, my God. It's right.
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Allison Gill
All right, everybody, it's time for some Good Trouble.
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Dana Goldberg
What are you guys doing?
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Allison Gill
All right, today's Good Trouble if you choose to accept it. This comes from Regen Futurist on social media. Paramount plus gives you a one week free trial. Get it to watch the south park episode. And when you sign up, they ask you to choose shows they can use to recommend content. Choose Stephen Colbert, then cancel before the seven days so they don't get your money. And when they ask you in the form why you're canceling. Right. I decided to cancel bootlicking companies that capitulate to fascists and stifle free speech for financial reasons and mic drop. This is, by the way, how I intend to watch that full episode. Because no, I have not seen the entire episode yet. I've seen probably every single clip from it and I know the entire plot of the episode. But I I still need to put my eyes on this and, and this is a great way to do it and so wonderful idea from Regen Futurist. That's your good trouble. All right everybody, stick around. We'll be right back with the good.
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Dana Goldberg
News after these messages.
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Allison Gill
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Dana Goldberg
Then good news, everyone.
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Allison Gill
Good news, good news. And we want to be flooded with your good news stories. Any tiny little thing or big thing that great that's happened to you this week or that you know that's happened to you ever and you want to share it with us, we want to hear about it. So if it's a shout out to a loved one or yourself a self shout out. Maybe you want to share your dissertation or thesis title with us. We would love to hear that. Or if you have a shout out to a small business in your area, some great community organizing that you're seeing, a rally that you've been to, a protest that you've been to. We want to hear about that. Shout outs to government programs that have helped you or a loved one. We would love to hear about that as well. And maybe, maybe you've talked to a MAGA relative who's who's changing their mind about Donald Trump because of the Epstein files. We want to hear about that as well. Anything at all that you can think of, send it to us@dailybeanspod.com Click on Contact and to get your submission on the air. You just got to pay your pod pet tariff, which means attach really any photo but yeah, any really anything but it'd be a photo of your pet. We can try to guess the dogs were up to four correct dogs out of hundreds and hundreds. So you can send an adoptable pet in your area if you don't have that any animal photo on the Internet. We have our favorites. Frogs, pandas, Red or black and white. I like secretary birds, naked mole rats, naked kitties. Dana. There's I love them.
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Dana Goldberg
The Sphinx.
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Allison Gill
There's a naked kitty that I follow on Instagram named Nudicris. He's fantastic. Anything like that. And then of course, family pictures. Pictures of your happy places. Maybe a nice sunset you've seen recently. Or a sunrise. And of course, baby pictures. Family photos. Awkward family photos are especially fun. And bird watching photos. You and your family and friends flipping the bird to Trump and Musk. Send it to us dailybeanspod.com click on Contact. First up from Molly hi there Beanie Badasses. I'm in Pittsburgh this weekend visiting family. We are in Pamela's, a famous local breakfast spot. I looked to my left and realized we were seated directly next to Senator Dave McCormick. Nothing ruined your appetite for pancakes like sitting next to a Trumpy asshole. Anywho, as he was leaving, I told him about the many people I care about who have lost their jobs, research funding, basic human rights because of the policies he and his spineless, corrupt and soulless colleagues can't stand up to because they're too busy sucking up to the Cheeto devil. I may have used less spicy language, but the message was clear. When life hands you a McCormick, you got to show him who's boss for Potbet Tax. I'm sharing the sly photo of the senator because he's Trump's pet. I'm also sending a photo of my Lucille sporting her Choose Love bandana from Penzi Spices. I love Penzi spices. Molly, this is great. There he is. Dickhead.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah.
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Allison Gill
Reminds me when I saw Susan Collins sitting in the train station in D.C.
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Dana Goldberg
Was she writing an email that she'll never send?
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Allison Gill
Yeah. Right. She was looking very concerned.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah.
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Allison Gill
And I just walked up to her and I said, you know what you did? And I just walked away.
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Dana Goldberg
Good for you.
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Allison Gill
Look at this baby Kitty. Oh, and I love Penzi Spices. Thank you, Molly.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah. All right. This is from June M. Pronoun. She and her There are a few members of the Kauai Indivisible on the Ely Overpass Elil Overpass making good trouble. And it says grab them by the Emstein files. I love that short and powerful submission. This next one's from Sue Pronoun. She and her shout out to the local independent bookseller who just celebrated their 50th year in business. It is a local independent feminist bookstore in Madison, Wisconsin. A room of one's own bookstore. We're going to have a link. I don't have pets because I have allergies, so I'm sending a Tesla picture. No single finger salute since I could hardly believe this color scheme. Oh my God.
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Allison Gill
You know what, Sue? I've seen this. Your. Your photo has gotten around the interwebs because I have seen this monstrosity. It's red. It's got mirrored film on the windows.
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Dana Goldberg
Oh my God. It's really bad.
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Allison Gill
It's seriously one of the ugliest things I've ever seen in my whole life. And they're out in front of an Ethan Allen showroom.
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Dana Goldberg
Just.
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Allison Gill
Anyway, next up from Catherine Pronoun. She and her hi Beans queens. This is my first submission, but I've been listening for quite some time and often find myself humming your theme song in my head. We can thank they Might Be Giants for that. Our household received the propaganda piece of this direct mailer on Saturday, which is just as audacious as the email from the Social Security Administration praising the BBB Act a few weeks ago. This mailer is from the Taxpayers association of Oregon foundation, which seems to be a nonprofit organization, but I can't find anything online expressly linking it to maga. Anyway, the title pretty much says it all. Thanks to the newly passed One Big Beautiful Bill act, the average family will see $10,900 in savings. There's more direct below and on the flip side, but you get the drift. Anyways, looks like the Taxpayers association of Oregon has an email for comments or questions. Catherine Wonderful. Oregonfoundationmail.com would be a shame if they got a super full inbox. Wink. I'm also including my pet tariff, renzo, left age 7 and Roma, right, age 6. Affectionately known as R and R. They're both mutts adopted as puppies. I'll let you guess the main percentage of each one's breeds that'll make the game fair. Thank you. Oh, look at these babies.
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Dana Goldberg
Oh sweet babies indeed.
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Allison Gill
There's no answers but looks like Blue Healer and Jack Russell.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah, they look like him to me.
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Allison Gill
Or a Min pin maybe Cuteness. Oh wait, it's. Here's the. Okay, here's the mailer. Thanks to the newly passed oh my God. Yeah, all right, so email them everybody. Oregon foundationmail.com all right, this one's from Barbie.
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Dana Goldberg
Pronouns she and her I've been struggling to come up with some good news because of the constant shitstorm of bad news and I sunk into a bit of a depression. So instead of having a pity party, I made a list of some things I could do as a way of making my own good trouble. I also decided to give myself a goal of doing at least five things every week to resist the orange shit Nazi fucking regime. Here's what I did the past week. Number one I took a week long vacation and I went to the Oregon coast with my sister. Number two, I set up a Proton email account. Number three, I sent half a dozen emails from my Proton account as per your good trouble on the podcast. Number four I gave the bird every single Tesla I saw parked in a parking lot since I don't want to be flipping the bird while driving. Five Donated to Act Blue and six I ordered soap from Optimistic Soap as noted below. I want to give a shout out to Molly at Optimistic Soap. We'll have a link. I recently started following her on Instagram. She makes homemade soaps as her way of fighting the orange shape stain. She's a full of optimism and resistance, but in a very calming manner. I just received a couple of the soaps I bought from her and they smell so good. And finally, I just want to thank you both for helping me stay sane. I listen to you every day and have shared your podcast with everyone I know. We have to keep showing up and speaking out every chance we get. We just cannot give up. As my pod pet tariff, I'm sharing a pic of my 18 year old cat Bella in her usual state of sleeping bliss along with a picnic from a portion of our garden taking earlier this year before the hellish heat. I'm in Arizona. I'm growing mint, strawberries and peppers. Peace out, dear ladies of the legumes. Stay strong. What a great fucking submission.
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Allison Gill
I love it. I love it. Oh, look at this sweet baby cat, 18 years old. Bella, Barbie, thank you and I hope you're surviving there in the Arizona heat. Next up from John, File under be careful what creatures are spoken into existence. I laughed when Dana said psycho Fant instead of sycophant. But then I went looking for one. Yikes, it's the Republican party. Please accept shopping bag kitty as my tariff. Roz just loves to play in bags. After this, she curled up and took a nap inside there.
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Dana Goldberg
Oh, sweet baby.
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Allison Gill
And that psycho fant is fantastic. Good job, John.
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Dana Goldberg
I love calling them psycho fans.
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Allison Gill
The. The Internet never disappoints, right?
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Dana Goldberg
No, it does not.
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Allison Gill
Well, sometimes it does, but, you know, that's very.
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Dana Goldberg
The Internet often disappoints, but not on this podcast.
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Allison Gill
You could always find what you're looking for if you need to. Thank you all so much. Especially pornography of naked women to put up in your office while you're on.
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Dana Goldberg
Ryan, Walter, you son of a bitch. I hope you go down for this.
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Allison Gill
Ah, yeah, me too. Oh, God. Oh, thank you so much, everybody, for your good news. Needed that. I feel much better. I am off to a Darrell Issa empty chair town hall, hosted by Sarah Jacobs, our wonderful representative here. And I will tell you all about it on Tuesday's beans because of, you know, the time travel issue. And congratulations again, Dana, for the amazing Salt Lake City gala that you. That you hosted this weekend. Thank you. That's just so wonderful. And don't forget. Are there tickets. Are there any tickets left for.
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Dana Goldberg
There's only about 15 left for San Diego second show. So if you're even driving distance of San Diego and you want to see my long comedy show, it's August 15th. Go to danaelgoldberg.com, get tickets and I'd love to see you there. I think there's two that open up for the 7pm and there's like 15 left for the 9pm but that's it.
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Allison Gill
Awesome. All right, everybody, we'll be back in your ears tomorrow. Please check out the new episode of Unjustified. And 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 frame family. I've been ag. I've been tg and them's the Beans. The Daily Beans is written and executive produced by Alison Gill with additional research and reporting by Dana Goldberg. Sound design and editing is by Desiree McFarlane with art and web design by Joelle Reader with Moxie Design Studios. Music for the Daily Beans is written and performed by they Might Be Giants and the show is a proud member of the MSW Media Network, a collection of creator owned podcasts dedicated to news, politics and justice. For more information Please visit msw media.com com msw media.