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Reason Number 14
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Thursday, March 5th, 2026 Today, massive Democratic turnout yesterday in the first major primary of the election season; Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff undermined diplomatic talks in Iran; the Ayatollah's hard-line son is the lead candidate to take his place; the US is now taking military action in Ecuador; a US submarine has sunk an Iranian battleship 9,000 miles away widening the war zone; and the House Oversight Committee is requesting depositions from 7 more individuals as part of the Epstein investigation; and Allison and Dana read your Good News.
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Brian Caram
I'm Brian Caram, and I've spent decades covering politics. Now I'm taking you behind the scenes, one interview at a time. Join us as each week Brian confronts the issues that matter, posing the questions you wish you could ask. No filter, no agenda, just the truth. We're not here for sound bites. We're here for substance. Join me, Brian Caram, every week as we cut through the noise and get straight to it. This is Just Ask the Question where curiosity will lead us to the facts. Subscribe now on your favorite podcast platform and remember, when you want answers, all you have to do is just ask the question.
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Alison Gill
Msw media.
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Dana Goldberg
News.
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Alison Gill
We're swearing.
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Dana Goldberg
Daily beans. Daily beans. Daily beans. Daily beans.
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Alison Gill
Hello and welcome to the Daily beans for Thursday, March 5, 2026. Today, massive Democratic turnout. Yesterday, in the first major primary of the election season, Trump's envoy, Steve Witkoff, undermined diplomatic talks in Iran. Big surprise. The Ayatollah's hardline son is the lead candidate to take his place. The US is now taking military action in Ecuador. A US submarine has sunk an Iranian battleship 9,000 miles away, widening the war zone. And the House Oversight Committee is requesting depositions from seven more individuals as part of the Epstein investigation. I'm Alison Gill.
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Dana Goldberg
And I'm Dana Goldberg. Hello.
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Alison Gill
Happy Thursday, my friend.
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Dana Goldberg
Happy Thursday to you. If for some reason, everyone you hear the faint noise of a dog barking, you're not going crazy. I have a new neighbor that has a dog that is new. And I'm doing the best I can accepting this. But right now the dog seems unhappy. So maybe it'll calm down sometime during this recording, but. Hello, Alison.
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Alison Gill
Or maybe he's helping read the news. Maybe he's back there trying to. He's totally.
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Dana Goldberg
He's protecting the apartment is what he's doing.
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Alison Gill
He's protecting the apartment. Good boy. He's the goodest boy.
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Dana Goldberg
He's a good boy.
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Alison Gill
Tomorrow on the Beans, we have John Fugelsang. And we'll also be joined by Adam Klassfeld in a discussion I had with him on Substack. We're going to have updates on Abrego Garcia, the JGG case, which is the alien enemies El Salvador kidnapping people to Seacoat Prison case. So we're going to talk about that tomorrow as well. Sounds good. So lots going on.
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Dana Goldberg
Lots going on and lots more going on. There's seven people. Seven more people. The House Oversight Committee has requested interviews with, and I think you can add Pam Bondi to this list, but It's Bill Gates. May 19th, Katherine Rumler, April 21st, Ted Wyatt, April 16th. We Got Doug Band on May 5th, Leon Black May 13th, Leslie Groff June 9th and Sarah Kellen on June 3rd. So mark your calendars for your favorite fighter because they are going in front of the House Oversight Committee.
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Alison Gill
Yeah, I think it'll probably be behind closed doors, especially Leon Black. I don't think Republicans want everybody to know what's going on with Leon Black who traveled to Russia with Trump and is close that whole family. So, yeah, you're, you're correct. Pam Bondi, we'll get to this. Now we, we can cover it now. The, the House Oversight committee voted what, 2419 to subpoena Pam Bondi. In the Epstein files, there are some
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Dana Goldberg
Republicans that are pissed off.
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Alison Gill
They, they're pissed off five Republicans. We're going to need a bigger bus. They're going to throw her under the bus, I think. Yeah, unless they want to bring her in because she's such a, you know, should bring her, you know, burn book binders or whatever. But yeah. Dear House Oversight Democrats, just remember, you can't ask her questions. She won't answer them. So just do your five minutes. Force the Republicans to use their five minutes to let her respond and then interrupt her liberally. There you go with fancy one liners. That's my recommendation to you. Take a page from Jasmine Crockett and the way she handled Pam Bondi. Also, major Republican voter suppression in Dallas County, Texas last night. So first of all, the Republicans decided not to have countywide elections in Dallas County. And so that means people had to go to specific polling places. But the secretary of State, according to the Dallas Morning News, at least as far as Rachel Maddo reporting it last night, said that the Secretary of State, Republican Secretary of state of Texas, failed to update the website, the voting website with the new precinct maps that came out in December. And then the website crashed. So people were at the wrong polling places. Nobody could tell them where to go. So a judge allowed, you know, and this is, you know, a normal thing if things like this happen that are no fault of the voters, allowed the polls to stay open two hours later. But then Paxton went to the Texas State Supreme Court and asked them to reverse that. So they actually stayed that. And so then every ballot that was cast by people in line after 7pm and I have no idea how you measure that, had to be sequestered right. Now, James Talarigo did win that Senate primary in Texas, and Jasmine Crockett conceded this morning gracefully and threw all her weight behind Talarico and those sequestered ballots apparently would not have made a difference in the outcome of that particular race. But without those, Talarico won by about seven points. And also in the Republican side, Wesley Hunt forced an expensive and contentious runoff between Republicans John Cornyn and Ken Paxton. And it'll be interesting to watch Cornyn have to kiss Trump's ass now. And Trump will have to throw Paxton under the bus, who's been kissing his ass forever in the coming months, because I guarantee you the Republicans do not want Talarico going up against Paxton. He's. Everyone hates that guy, literally.
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Dana Goldberg
Trump put out some big truth on truth social that was like, I'll make a decision in the coming days about who I'm gonna back, and when I give them my endorsement, I expect the other person to drop out of the race all of a sudden. It was a big old truth social post. Yeah, maybe we'll get it on the beans talk. We'll see. But he was basically like, this is ridiculous. This has gone on for too long. I'll be endorsing someone soon, and I expect the other person. So like you said, he may throw Paxton under the bus sooner than later and tell him to drop out. I'm endorsing Cornyn, so I can't wait.
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Alison Gill
That's what you get. That's what you get.
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Dana Goldberg
Thank you so much, Allison. And this number is really interesting. Talarico won the Latino vote by 27 points, and Dems also took back the Rio Grande Valley, likely because of the massive pushback against ICE and Customs and Border Protection. And, you know, we had talked about this affair. Part of that number could also be the faith within the Latin community, you know, and Talarico really ran on his religion, so possible that's part of it. Hopefully there's nothing negative within those numbers about why they didn't vote for Crockett, but my full weight will absolutely be behind Talarico, regardless who I would have voted for in the primaries. And like you said, Crockett threw in her full weight behind Talarico, so let's fucking go.
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Alison Gill
She put it best. And yeah, I think you're right. There were a bunch of experts who came on msnow last night about the Latino vote. At least. ICE is a huge consideration. And like you said, Dana, the religion. Now, of course, Tellarico is. You know, whenever he talks about his faith, he always follows it up with. He thinks that there should be a huge separation of church and state, which I do appreciate, but it's an interesting take. He takes it from Protecting the church point of view. It does protect democracy, but he says it also protects the church. As the church. Do you really want to. To buddy up with, like, corrupt billionaire politicians? That's bad for the church.
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Dana Goldberg
That's a great approach.
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Alison Gill
It's really an interesting, interesting way to go. Yeah. I was rooting for Jasmine Crockett, but I will throw my entire weight behind Talarico at this point, as Jasmine Crockett has. And the turnout was insane. More Democrats than Republicans voted in both North Carolina and Texas. I don't remember having ever seen that. These numbers. People were comparing it to the 2008 presidential primary.
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Dana Goldberg
Wow.
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Alison Gill
Between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah.
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Alison Gill
Yeah. Former governor Roy Cooper, easily with like 93%, won his primary for Senate in North Carolina. He's very loved there. He'll go up against former chair of the RNC and MAGA election denier, Michael Watley. Also worth noting, Roy Cooper got 759,000 votes. Michael Watley, 404,000 votes. That's almost double. Wow. In their respective races. I've never seen anything like that in a purple state.
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Dana Goldberg
Also, another little number for you. Roy Cooper has never lost an election that he has been in. Never lost. So if you're gonna put your money on someone. Roy Cooper has never lost an election. He's one of the most popular statewide legislatures that they've ever had there. So, yeah, fingers crossed. Everybody in Arkansas's House District 70 is set to flip blue after Democrat Alex Holiday won yesterday's special election. The seat, which has traditionally belonged to Republicans, was vacated after incumbent Carlton Wing resigned to become the executive director of Arkansas pbs. This marks the ninth time Democrats have flipped a district from red to blue in a special election since Trump returned to the White House over that same period, the number of seats flipped from
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Alison Gill
blue to red remains.09 to nothing. Wow. That's in deep red. Arkansas. Pretty. Pretty amazing, everybody. So despite the shenanigans with the Dallas county and. And look, get ready, because Republicans are going to pull this in every single precinct that they can, in every single county and district that they can, and every state that they're able to between now and including the general election In November and 2028, this is what they're going to do. They're going to try their best to suppress the vote, prevent people from voting, create chaos. So it throws into question, you know, a lot of people today are like, yeah, but did Talarico really win? Yes. The fact that people are questioning it is an issue. So just keep your head on a SWIVEL because this is going to be the way going forward with this Republican Party because they cannot win on policies. They can only win when they cheat. And so chaos.
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Dana Goldberg
Yep.
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Alison Gill
All right, everybody. We have a lot of news to get to. We're going to take a quick break first, though. We'll be right back after these messages.
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Dana Goldberg
We'll be right back.
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Alison Gill
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Brian Caram
I'm Brian Caram, and I've spent decades covering politics. Now I'm taking you behind the scenes, one interview at a time. Join us as each week Brian confronts the issues that matter, posing the questions you wish you could ask. No filter, no agenda, just the truth. We're not here for sound bites. We're here for substance. Join me, Brian Caram every week as we cut through the noise and get straight to it. This is Just Ask the Question for curiosity will lead us to the facts. Subscribe now on your favorite podcast platform and remember, when you want answers, all you have to do is just ask the question.
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Alison Gill
Everybody, welcome back. It's time for the Hot Notes. HOT Notes. All right, first up from the Times, the senior clerics responsible for selecting Iran's next supreme leader met Tuesday to deliberate, and the son of slain former leader, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has emerged as the clear frontrunner, according to three Iranian officials familiar with the deliberations. The officials said that the clerics were considering announcing that the son, Mojtaba Khamenei, would be his father's successor as early as Wednesday morning, but that some had expressed reservations, fearing that it could expose him as a target for the United States and Israel. They spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the internal deliberations. The clerics, known as the assembly of Experts, held two virtual meetings, one in the morning and one in the evening, according to the officials. Israel struck a building in Qom, one of Shiite Islam's main seats of power, where the assembly was scheduled to meet and elect the new supreme leader. But the building was empty, according to the Fars News Agency, which is affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the irgc. So our intel is not doing so hot? Nope, not surprised. Vali Nasser, an expert of Iran and Shiite Islam at Johns Hopkins University, said that Mr. Khamenei would be a surprising choice and potentially a telling one. Quote, he was slated to become the successor for a long time, Mr. Nasser said, but for the past two years, it seemed to have dropped off from the radar. If he is elected, it suggests it is a much More hardline Revolutionary Guard side of the regime that is now in charge. Moshtaba Khamenei, who's only 56, is an influential if reclusive figure who has operated in the shadows of the empire of his father, who was killed on Saturday in the US Israeli strikes on Iran. Mr. Khamenei is known for having close ties to the Revolutionary Guards. The Guards, according to three officials, pushed for his appointment, arguing that he had the qualifications needed to steer Iran in this time of crisis. Quote, mojtaba is the wisest pick right now because he is intimately familiar with running and coordinating security and milit military apparatuses. That's what Mehdi Ramadi said, an analyst in Tehran. Quote, he was in charge of it already.
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Dana Goldberg
Oh, boy.
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Alison Gill
So we're helping put someone more horrible in charge. Excellent.
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Dana Goldberg
I hope that people rise up. I really do. Do it while there's chaos. This one's from Reuters. A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, killing dozens of sailors and dramatically widening Washington's pursuit of the Iranian navy. Sri Lanka's deputy foreign minister identified the warship as the frigate Iris Dina and said it was heading back to Iran from an eastern Indian port. The attack happened hundreds of miles across the Indian Ocean from the Gulf where U.S. and Israeli forces in striking Iran and Tehran is retaliating with missiles and drone attacks. And I quote, an American submarine sank an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters. This is from U.S. defense Secretary Pete Ksef. So he said at the Pentagon. He said instead it was sunk by a torpedo. Quiet Death. Oh, God. Shut the fuck up. Hospital authorities in Sri Lankan port city of Gala said 87 bodies were brought in by military rescuers who responded to an early morning distress call. Another 32 were rescued and were being treated at hospital and about 60 people were likely unaccounted for from an estimated 180 people on board. This is from Sri Lankan authorities. A Pentagon video purporting to have captured the attack showed the warships being hit by a huge explosion which blew apart the rear of the vessel, lifting it from the water and caused it to begin sinking from the Stern. And from WTTE Fox 28, Donald Trump and Pete Keth have not ruled out boots on the ground in Iran.
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Alison Gill
Yeah, of course. Of course not. It's a forever war. That's how those work.
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Dana Goldberg
Let's go, Baron.
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Alison Gill
Right. Send Baron. Hashtag Send Baron now. Torpedo strikes are. It's a nightmare, okay? Because these things explode under the ship. Lift the hull above the water, crack it and sink it. And if you're not thrown from the vessel, from the explosion, the blast will concuss you and knock you out and then you drown and you're trapped.
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Dana Goldberg
Wow.
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Alison Gill
And buried alive at sea. It's devastating and for no reason. So here we are. Next up from Ms. Now, President Trump's special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, said Monday on Fox News that Iranian negotiators bragged to him that Iran had enough enriched uranium to make nearly a dozen nuclear bombs. A dozen nuclear bombs?
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Dana Goldberg
Wow.
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Alison Gill
Jeez.
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Dana Goldberg
That a lot.
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Alison Gill
The account fits a key piece of the administration's evolving rationale for joining with Israel to preemptively strike Iran defensively. Trump himself said he believes the Iranian regime was close to having nuclear weapons as well as missiles capable of carrying them to the United States. They do not. They are nowhere near any of that. Oh my God. Quote, in that first meeting, both the Iranian negotiators said to us directly, with no shame, that they controlled 460 kilograms of 60%. That's what Witkoff said in the Fox interview, referring to the uranium's level of enrichment, quote, and they're aware that that could make 11 nuclear bombs. Wait, was it 11 or 12? Did I say 11? No. Nearly a dozen. Okay, my bad. And that was the beginning of their negotiating stance. That's according to Witkoff. They were proud of it. He said they crowd they had evaded all sorts of oversight protocols to get to a place where they could deliver 11 nuclear bombs. This is such a lie. A Persian Gulf diplomat with direct knowledge of the talks told msnow that Wyckoff's description of the conversation is a lie. The Iranians told Witkoff that Iran was willing to give up the enriched uranium as part of a new agreement with Trump, according to a Persian Gulf diplomat who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The Iranians also told Witkoff that Iran enriched the Iranian after Trump pulled out of a 2017 nuclear agreement brokered by the Obama administration. Quote, I can categorically state this is inaccurate, the diplomat said, referring to Witkoff's account. He was explaining that all of this material can all go away should we have a deal and Iran can be relieved from sanctions. The Iranian and US delegations met for about five minutes together. The diplomat said the subject matter that Mr. Witkoff referred to absolutely did not come up during that brief meeting with the two delegations in December, the same Persian Gulf diplomat criticized Witkoff's conduct in five rounds of negotiations that took place with Iranian officials last year, telling Ms. Now that Witkoff presented, quote, a bogus misrepresentation of himself as a man of peace during the five rounds of talks which ended when Israel and then the US carried out surprise airstrikes on Iran in June of 2025. Quote, Mr. Witkoff conducted himself in a manner not befitting the office he represented. That's what the diplomat said. Another person with knowledge of the 2025 talks who is not from Iran told Ms. Now in December that Iranian officials came to believe they were misled by the US and, you know, big surprise, Tehran viewed the talks with Wyckoff as a ruse designed to keep Iran from expecting and preparing for the surprise June 2025 Israeli and US strikes. And I imagine that's what happened this time, too.
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Dana Goldberg
I would think so. Thanks so much, Allison. This one's from the Times. The United States and Ecuador have launched joint military oper against, and I quote, designated terrorist organizations in the South American country. This is what the Pentagon said Tuesday night in what appeared to be a major expansion of the US Military's unilateral strikes against boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific that the Trump administration has accused of carrying drugs. Which is interesting because I think he just pardoned a white drug dealer. So. Hmm, okay, maybe it's not about the drugs. U.S. special Forces soldiers are advising and supporting Ecuadorian commandos on raids across the country against suspected drug shipment facilities and other drug related sites. This is according to US Officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The Americans are not believed to be participating in the actual raids, but are helping the Ecuadorian troops plan their operations and are providing intelligence and logistics support. It feels like that would be me, like taking comedy advice from a dude that just did his first open mic. But whatever, it's cool.
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Alison Gill
Yeah. And also, didn't Trump say we're almost out of bullets because of Joe Biden or something like.
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Dana Goldberg
Something like that. The White House did not immediately recomment on the military activity. In a visit to Ecuador last September, Secretary of State Marco Rubio strongly implied that the United States and Ecuador might conduct joint strikes. Since early September, the United States has killed at least 150 people in 44 known strikes against boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. And that Trump administration has said, without providing evidence, are carrying drugs. Like I said, they're saying they're drug boats. We don't have the evidence on that. Legal specialists on the use of lethal force have said the strikes are illegal extrajudicial killings because the military cannot deliberately target civilians who do not pose an imminent threat of violence, even if they're suspected of engaging in criminal acts.
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Alison Gill
Yes, that is illegal. Thank you for that, Dana. Thank you very much. Everybody, we've got good news we need to get to, but we have to take one more quick break, so stick around. We'll be right back. Hi, I'm Frances Calyer. And I'm Angela V. Shelton. And we're Frangela. You know what you need in your life? The Final Word podcast. Yes, you do.
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Dana Goldberg
That's right.
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Alison Gill
It is the final word on all things political and pop cultural, where we make real news, real funny, where we inspire you so you can resist. Subscribe and get a new episode of the Final Word podcast each week. It's the news we think you need to hear.
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Dana Goldberg
That's right. We think you need to hear it.
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Alison Gill
Okay. Yeah. It's what we say.
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Dana Goldberg
So. That's right.
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Alison Gill
And because all we do is give. Every Thursday, you can listen to our hysterical podcast, idiot of the Week. We round up the stupid. Because you know what? Somebody has to. Okay? All we do is give. Hey, everybody. Welcome back. It's time for the good news. Who likes good news, everyone?
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Brian Caram
Then good news, everyone.
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Alison Gill
And if you have any good news, please send it to us. It can be small, it can be big. It can be from 50 years ago or from last week. The time is melting together for me anyhow. So, you know, it kind of doesn't. It doesn't really make a difference how long ago it happened. Send it to us. We would love to hear from you. We'd love to have a smile brought to our faces by great things that have happened to you. You can also send a shout out to like your spouse or a loved one or partner or maybe a non profit that you want us to know about or community organizing, a government program, small business in your area. Anything like that at all. Send it to us@dailybeanspod.com and click on contact. You can also throw your good trouble recommendations in there. We would love to hear from you on that. And all you got to do to get your stuff read on the air is pay your pod pet tariff, which means attach a photo, a photo that will make us smile. It can be your pet. We can try to guess the breeds in your shelter pup can be an adoptable pet. In your area can be a random animal from the Internet, bird watching photo, which can be a bird or you flipping the bird to a Trump building. We love those. You can also send in photos of rallies and protests you've been to, maybe some overpass Signs that you love. I've seen a lot of them happening recently with these community activist groups that are going on overpasses. It's pretty great. You can send photos of what you're making or creating. If you're knitting, quilting, crocheting, raising chickens, goats, cows, horses. Whatever it is, send it to us dailybeanspod.com click on contact. First up. Good trouble.., the House Oversight Committee voted Wednesday to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi for testimony on the department's handling of the Epstein files. Let ranking member Garcia and the Oversight Democrats know that what questions we need answered, and we will have all of their websites in links in the show notes where you can send them messages and remind them. She's not the typical person that you can just ask a question and she'll answer it. Okay, maybe ask her about what she has in the burn book about you. Maybe, you know, whatever it is.
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Dana Goldberg
I want to see what Boebert and Nancy Mace do with her because they had no problem going after Hillary Clinton. Do you know what I mean? So they do seem to. Who care about finding the truth now, I wonder, because I think this is one of the first Republicans that they're bringing in, even though she's not supposed to be, you know, impartial, but whatever that they're bringing in. And I'm. I wonder if Boebert and Mace are going to go up against her, and I want to see what Bondi does with them.
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Alison Gill
Yeah, I don't know if this is going to be public or behind closed doors, but regardless, Democrats should take photos and send them to Benny Johnson.
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Dana Goldberg
There you go. All right, this next one's from Betsy. No pronouns given. I hate calling people I don't know. So I've been contacting my senators and representative by email. Monday. I was so angry about this legal war that I actually picked up the phone, took a deep breath, and called my congressman. I left two voicemails. Whew. But someone in my representative's office actually answered the phone. Wow. We had a great but short conversation about supporting the War Powers Resolution. But then I felt so comfortable talking with a staffer. I told him that while he was reporting my concerns, he might also add that I'd like my rep to submit articles of impeachment. While he was on it, the staffer responded, why not everyone please call your members of Congress. It's a big scary for those like me, but it was actually fun. My podcast tariff is a picture of an iguana I met During a trip to the Galapagos. Betsy, how lovely that you got to go to the Galapagos. And this is actually a really gorgeous creature.
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Alison Gill
Very dignified, tiny dragon.
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Dana Goldberg
It really is beautifully, beautifully colored.
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Alison Gill
All right, next up from Anonymous. Pronoun. She and her greetings, Beans queens. The Wednesday submission about having to do just one thing really hit me. Me too. Anonymous. Yeah, brought on the first, but surely not the last cry of the day. I've been going through the same thing day in and day out. Although leaving the house is a big deal, I'm not agoraphobic. Instead, I consider myself a hermit with manage depression, anxiety and ptsd. Kind of the same. Yeah. I feel that regardless of the label, a sense of community and knowing others are facing the same issues is so important. And sharing the tools we use to get through the day help us all. Thank you for being an integral part of my morning routine. And thanks to that person who wrote in. Look at this beautiful kitty cat that we got as a POD pet tariff.
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Dana Goldberg
Oh, so sweet. Yeah, that submission took me out yesterday.
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Alison Gill
Mm. That was. Yeah. So good.
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Dana Goldberg
So, so good. All right, this is from Nick. Pronouns. They, them. Hey, beans queens. I wanted to share that. Over the past few weeks, we have been fighting a data center that has been trying to build right next to our beloved cedar bog, which is one of our last reserves with a massive population of North America's largest orchid, the showy lady slipper. We're gonna have a link in the show notes. Last night we showed up in mass to the city council meeting and our city council voted 6 to 1 to pause the hyperscale data center's advances until studies could be done to figure out their impacts to the area. Especially since the APA said data centers can dump discharge water directly into our waterways. That's ridiculous. I was speaker number three, nervous as hell and needed to rewrite my speech four times once council started because of my information. That changed due to Thor introducing us to new companies and information we had never had. The company CYRUS one toted hundreds of jobs and apprenticeships requiring no experience for the data centers. But as I was rewriting my speech the third time, I decided to check their hiring page. Out of Ohio's three CYRUS data centers, there are seven job listings. I mentioned this during my speech. Sadly, none of those companies stayed past their initial presentation to listen to community concerns. Thank you for all you do. It gave me a lot of courage to overcome the nervousness of being in the public eye and help my community. Always, Nick. My POD pet tariff is Our two toads, Strawberry Leaf and Salmon, named by our kids. Both toads were saved as I was working on an organic farm and salmon was brought in as when I was clearing a massive oak log from a field, I saw the poor thing limping, assuming as I moved the log I was responsible and I would either turn a blind eye or bring them in and take responsibility and give them medical attention. Needless to say, we now have two happy loaves with all the bugs they can eat. Orchid photo from Ohio dnr. Oh, look at these toads.
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Alison Gill
Oh, hi toads. I love toads. They're so cute. And they're little tummies. They're fun.
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Dana Goldberg
So cute.
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Alison Gill
Oh, thank you so very much for that. That's incredible. Speaker number three, Nick pronouns they and them. That's amazing that you're just like, oh yeah, let me see how many jobs you listed in your other three plants in Ohio, you piece of. And then they left before they would even hear you. Billionaire trash. All right, next up, Tiffany Pronoun. She and her hello my beans Queens ag. So glad you had some time away to recharge as you continue to do all the great work you do. And dg, thanks for making me cackle out loud many times in the last week. Love you both. My good news is this. After a detour into academia, which included a lecture I booked after Allison read the name of my dissertation on the POD a couple of years ago, I found my way back to my first love, creative writing. And now with my 39th birthday looming next Tuesday.
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Dana Goldberg
Aw, you young baby, Tiffany.
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Alison Gill
I found my way back. I am about a third of the way through drafting my first adult novel. I wrote a novella when I was a teenager. It's an adult Magical Realism. I love magical realism. One of my favorite authors is Ambrose Bierce that uses tea magic to explore generational trauma among women, emotional labor mistaken for love, and the radical act of choosing when and how to share the gifts each of us has. I've always heard women say their 40s are the best years of their lives, and I'm really hoping this is the start of that for me. Thank you both for all you do and for reminding us that all the love, joy and friendship are acts of resistance in dark times, including a pic of my best boy, Seamus, for my POD pet tax.
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Dana Goldberg
Hi Seamus.
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Alison Gill
I'm so excited to read your book, Tiffany. And yeah, my 40s is when I started Mueller. She wrote in the kitchen, so I'm with you.
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Dana Goldberg
All right, this is from Kathy, pronouncing her hello Queens of the Beans. My good news is that despite the shit show in the Dallas county primary election, we still have a Democrat that I hope can give either Cornyn or Paxton the boot from Congress. As a native Minnesotan who has lived in Texas for many years, I have not been happy with the politicians here since the Ann Richards days. I hope that Bean's community can come out and support Telarico as we move forward. Oh, and I was already a patron for the Beans, but now I'm a proud DG Dugout patron as well. Come to Austin, dg. Don't worry. I love Austin. I love that city. Cathy. One day I will be there. Potpet Tariff Is Gracie the Cutest Rescue in the world? Mix of stuff. Not sure what mix of stuff.
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Alison Gill
Kathy that's amazing. Yeah. And everybody, if you want to get into the Dugout, just go to danagoldberg.com click on the Patreon button and you will get in. Look at this sweet baby.
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Dana Goldberg
I love it.
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Alison Gill
Oh my goodness. Definitely looks part husky to me. I don't know. Adorable though. I love that. Cutest rescue. Mix of stuff. Not sure what Next up from Heather Pronouns she and her hello, lovely and talented ladies. My good news is that yesterday I started seeds for my first year growing on our land. I've dreamed of starting a mini farm for two decades and it's finally here for the pod tacks my trio of Pilgrim goslings, Pecan Muffin and Cookie, who are now nine weeks old. They're loyal listeners to the pod as well. Honk, honk, babies. A dozen ducklings will join them in a few weeks.
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Dana Goldberg
Look at the baby. Oh the sweet babies.
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Alison Gill
Look at the goose. They're cute. Then there's some geese. Oh my goodness. Amazing. Thank you Heather.
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Dana Goldberg
Next up from Tony pronouns he, him, dear Alice and Dana, the laguma knots and all the ships at sea.
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Alison Gill
Good news.
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Dana Goldberg
Shout out. Good trouble today. On Monday evening, I went to Highland park in Akron for an anti war protest. It was called by answercoalition.org as part of a nationwide protest against Trump's attack on Iran. About 60 people showed up and a few were familiar. I carried my big anti fascist action flag with a smaller pride flag below it. The overwhelming majority of drivers that reacted were clearly on our side, and some were very enthusiastic about it. The Akron Beacon Journal newspaper and Cleveland Channel 5 covered it, and on the 11 o' clock I got a quick glimpse of myself wearing the resistance frog hat that my wife knit for me. I love Tony with his flags and his knitted frog hat.
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Alison Gill
I know.
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Dana Goldberg
It's so good.
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Alison Gill
And the Akron Beacon Journal. I love it.
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Dana Goldberg
A quick shout out to my wife, who also makes more red hats for me to give out. She has made a red Norwegian hat and a frog hat for Dana and Allison. They're in the mail right now to decide who gets which. You can take turns flip a coin or wrestle if that is your thing. Finally, for good trouble, many cities are celebrating trans day of visibility on 28 March, the same day as no kings. So please try to get to one or the other. The SCOTUS is hearing arguments in the Birthright Citizens case on April 1st. Jesus. I'll be there with the big flags. If any listeners are in the area, please stop by and say hello. Attach please find a picture of Ellie the blank, who joined her ancestors last May and is still very much missed in solidarity. Toni.
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Alison Gill
I don't know.
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Dana Goldberg
That looks like a doxy doxy.
- [35:54]
Alison Gill
Yeah, it looks like a baby girl doxy. Let's see. Ellie the dachshund. Yay.
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Dana Goldberg
We got one 100% today.
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Alison Gill
Amazing. 100%. And the mix of stuff which we got right because we don't know. Anyway, thank you all for your good news. Please send. Continue to send in your good news and we'll read it on the air as long as you submit your podpat tariff. Do you have any final thoughts before we get out of here today?
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Dana Goldberg
Just another reminder. If you're in the Nashville area, I would love to see you at Zany's on March 11th. Tickets are still available on my website at danagoldberg.com Hit my tour schedule, go down to March 11th at Zany's in Nashville and get get them. I cannot wait to meet those of
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Alison Gill
you who already purchased such an incredible hour of comedy from Dana Goldberg and such an amazing club, too. I love Zany's. I love going to Zany's and performing at Zany's. It's just a. It's a super amazing place. The staff is incredible. You will have the night of your life, I swear. All right, everybody, thank you so much again. Tomorrow we got John Fugelsang and Adam Klassfeld. We appreciate you very, very much for. I mean, I can't say thank you enough to you. If you want to become a patron and support us back, back, you can do that by going to patreon.com millershirote and of course, if you want to become a patron of Dana's dugout and become a dissenter, you can do that by going to danagoldberg.com that's also where you can see all of her shows and get tickets to all of her shows and just click on the Patreon button there and you can join the dugout. So we really appreciate you and we'll see you 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, 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.