Safe Passage

Summary

Podcast Summary: "Safe Passage" – The Daily Beans

Title: Safe Passage
Host/Author: MSW Media
Release Date: August 14, 2025

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Introduction

In the August 14, 2025 episode of The Daily Beans, hosts Alison Gill and Dana Goldberg delve into a host of pressing political and social issues, blending sharp commentary with insightful analysis. This summary captures the key discussions, notable quotes, and the overarching narratives presented throughout the episode.

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1. Russia’s Role in Federal Court System Hack

Overview:
The episode opens with alarming news about a significant cyber intrusion into the U.S. federal court system, with Russia being identified as a primary suspect.

Discussion Highlights:

• Dana Goldberg introduces the topic:
  “Investigators have uncovered evidence that it was Russia” (05:30).
• Alison Gill elaborates on the scope:
  “Initially, it was just the 8th Circuit, but now they're saying some mid-level criminal cases in New York City are also affected” (06:27).
• Both hosts express concern over the potential breadth of the hack and the implications for national security.

Notable Quote:
"They're on our entire fucking grid now." – Dana Goldberg (05:30)

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2. Gavin Newsom’s Lawsuit Against the Trump Administration

Overview:
A significant legal battle has concluded with Gavin Newsom suing the Trump administration for violating the Posse Comitatus Act, which restricts federal involvement in state law enforcement.

Discussion Highlights:

• Alison Gill reports the trial’s conclusion and Judge Breyer’s stern remarks:
  “Judge Breyer laid into Trump's Justice Department, saying the government's new national police force is going to intimidate in order to bring about certain types of behavior” (03:10).
• Dana Goldberg adds context to the historical significance of the Posse Comitatus Act and criticizes the DOJ’s stance:
  “They admitted no insurrection. Correct. Stephen Miller's lying.” (03:51).

Notable Quote:
"This government overreach is violative of the Posse Comitatus Act." – Judge Breyer (03:10)

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3. President Trump’s Proposed Crime Bill and DC Occupation Extension

Overview:
President Trump announced plans to submit a crime bill to Congress, seeking an extension for the federal occupation of Washington, D.C., initially authorized for 30 days.

Discussion Highlights:

• Alison Gill details Trump’s statements:
  “We're going to need a crime bill and we're going to be putting it in, and it will pertain initially to D.C.” (07:32).
• Dana Goldberg critiques the proposal, highlighting Trump’s disregard for the legal timeframe:
  “He's completely unhinged.” (07:44).

Notable Quote:
"You can't have 30 days. We need a long-term extension." – President Trump (07:32)

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4. CBO Report on the Billionaire Bailout Bill

Overview:
The Congressional Budget Office released a report detailing the economic impacts of Trump’s tax and spending legislation, dubbed the "billionaire bailout bill."

Discussion Highlights:

• Alison Gill summarizes the report's findings:
  “10% of the poorest Americans will lose roughly $1,200 a year, while the richest 10% will see their income increase by $13,600 per year.” (10:07).
• Dana Goldberg underscores the inequity, aligning with prior analyses:
  “This will benefit the billionaires and it will cost $1,300 a year to poor and working-class Americans.” (12:19).

Notable Quote:
"This is a really big beautiful bill for billionaires, but for the poor and the working class, you actually become poorer." – Rep. Brendan Boyle (11:15) [Note: Approximate timestamp]

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5. LA School District’s Protective Measures Amid Immigration Raids

Overview:
In response to heightened fears over immigration raids, the Los Angeles Unified School District is implementing extensive protective measures to ensure student safety.

Discussion Highlights:

• Alison Gill reports a disturbing incident involving the detention of a disabled 15-year-old student by immigration agents outside a high school:
  “Agents detained a disabled 15-year-old student at gunpoint outside of Los Angeles High School.” (14:20).
• Dana Goldberg discusses the district’s proactive stance:
  “Safe passage zones have been expanded from about 40 to over 100.” (17:07).
• The hosts emphasize the community’s fear and the potential impact on students from families with undocumented status.

Notable Quote:
"Violently detaining a child outside a public school is absolutely reprehensible." – Kelly Gonz, School Board Member (16:15) [Note: Approximate timestamp]

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6. Federal Appeals Court’s Ruling on Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts

Overview:
A federal appeals court upheld the Trump administration’s authority to withhold billions in foreign aid, a decision that significantly limits legal challenges to such actions.

Discussion Highlights:

• Alison Gill expresses frustration with the ruling:
  “If you impound money and the recipients can’t get it, they don’t have standing to sue.” (19:05).
• Dana Goldberg outlines the court’s decision and its implications:
  “Only the Government Accountability Office has standing to sue over funding cuts.” (17:28).

Notable Quote:
"This was a significant legal victory for the White House." – Dana Goldberg (17:28)

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7. Good Trouble: Listener Submissions

Overview:
The Good Trouble segment features listener interactions, including submissions of photos, corrections, and personal stories that highlight community engagement and activism.

Notable Contributions:

• Sue (she/her):
  Shared a critical view on Texas Republicans establishing a tip line to report Democrats, urging listeners not to misuse the number. Included a photo of her cat, Jasmine.
  “Texas Republicans have now set up a tip line to rat out Texas Democrats.” (26:37)

• Roni (she/her):
  Provided a pronunciation correction for "Valdez" and shared a photo of her dog, Archie.
  “Valdez is pronounced Val as in Valerie.” (27:06)

• Paige (she/her):
  Expressed gratitude for the podcast and shared photos of her uncle bird watching and a sea lion in San Francisco.
  “Thank you AG and DG for what you do with big time gratitude.” (29:00)

• Anonymous (she/her):
  Highlighted the challenges faced by VA healthcare providers and criticized the VA’s collaboration with ICE, while sharing a heartfelt tribute to her late dog, Toby.
  “My husband and I are 28+ years VA healthcare providers... our fur baby Toby, Mr. Orange, was a constant source of love.” (30:00)

• Laura (she/her):
  Shouted out her inclusive Baptist church in Alabama and shared photos of her rescue dog, Ferris.
  “We are the only Baptist church that is fully welcoming and affirming of the LGBTQ community in northern Alabama.” (35:37)

Notable Quote:
"Texas Republicans have set up a tip line to rat out Texas Democrats. Please, do not flood this number with irrelevant tips." – Sue (26:37)

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Conclusion

The Daily Beans episode "Safe Passage" offers a comprehensive look into critical national issues, blending hard-hitting news with community voices and personal stories. Alison Gill and Dana Goldberg provide incisive commentary, ensuring listeners are both informed and engaged. The inclusion of notable quotes and real-time reactions underscores the podcast’s commitment to delivering impactful journalism with a progressive edge.

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Timestamp References:

• Shortened for clarity in this summary. Detailed timestamps are available in the full transcript.

Transcript

[Alison Gill]

MSW Media. Hello and welcome to the Daily beans for Thursday, August 14, 2025. Today it appears that Russia is the country responsible for the hack of the federal court system. The United States deficit has increased to $291 billion despite Trump's tariff promises. Immigration agents on Monday detained a disabled 15 year old student at gunpoint outside of Los Angeles High school. The bench trial in the case brought by Gavin Newsom alleging the Trump administration has violated the Posse Comitatus act has ended and Judge Breyer should issue a ruling soon. The President says he will ask Congress for a long term extension of the federal occupation of the District of Columbia. Gavin Newsom will give a press conference today at 11:30am Pacific Time regarding redistricting. The Congressional Budget Office is out with a score on the billionaire bailout bill and it's just as we suspected. And Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyer called my reporting a rumor on Twitter and I have a response. I'm Alison Gill.

[Dana Goldberg]

And I'm Dana Goldberg.

[Alison Gill]

Happy Thursday, my friend.

[Dana Goldberg]

And to you. We are toward the tail end of the week. Thank goodness we made it through another one. There's shit news and some good news that, thank God, most of you actually provide for us, even if it's all doom and gloom. We know that there's a palate cleanser at the end of every episode and it honestly helps me get through the story sometimes for real.

[Alison Gill]

That's such a good point. And if you wanna submit your good news, you can do [e-mail] and click on Contact or there's a link in the show notes to submit your good news or your good trouble. And we have some good, good trouble today, I have to say.

[Dana Goldberg]

Yeah.

[Alison Gill]

And I'm super excited because tomorrow night I get to see Dana tell jokes for an hour. And I'm super excited.

[Dana Goldberg]

I'm excited that you're gonna be there. I love that a few people from the BEANS are gonna be there. And I know there's other BEANS listeners that are gonna be there, but those of you that did get a vip, there's going to be a meet and greet with me afterwards. So I hope that you are in the group. And if not, you know, I tend to just wander around. So don't get, don't get worried.

[Alison Gill]

Awesome. That's amazing. Oh, I'm so excited. Okay. Diversionary Theater, 7:00pm 9:00pm okay. It's all sold out, though. I don't think there's any tickets.

[Dana Goldberg]

All sold out.

[Alison Gill]

Yep. Okay. You're just too popular.

[Dana Goldberg]

I'm grateful that it worked out that way.

[Alison Gill]

It's always nice when you see on the show. It is. All right, so that bench trial in front of Judge Breyer for Gavin Newsom's lawsuit against the military being deployed in Los Angeles, it ended on Wednesday. Judge Breyer, by the way, laid into Trump's Justice Department during the final day of arguments, saying the government's, quote, new national police force is going to intimidate in order to bring about certain types of behavior, and that is what's violative of the Posse Comitatus Act. Hoo hoo. Doesn't sound good for the government.

[Dana Goldberg]

No.

[Alison Gill]

The law is designed, quote, to get the federal government out of the states. Right. And all of that reporting, by the way, thanks. Is thanks to Adam Klassfeld at All Rise News and his coverage. Anna Bauer was also covering it blow by blow. But that does not sound good for the government. So we'll see how he rules.

[Dana Goldberg]

Well, Judge Breyer went on to note that the sordid history of the law designed to basically stop the enforcement of Reconstruction era laws that former Confederate States feared after the Civil War. Now, as Breyer noted, those forces said, and I quote, out, out, out of our states. So the judge also asked the DOJ if there was an insurrection in Los Angeles, and there wasn't because the DOJ said no.

[Alison Gill]

Oop. They admitted no insurrection. Correct. Stephen Miller's lying.

[Dana Goldberg]

Yeah. Then he asked if there was a rebellion because that's what Trump's justification for sending in the troops was. And at that point, Judge Breyer sarcastically asked if they'd sent in troops if someone failed to pay taxes. She didn't pay her taxes. Send in. I'm really enjoying Judge Prior in this case, by the way.

[Alison Gill]

I do, too. And I love that he asked about rebellion, and at one point he's like, can you tell me the difference between insurrection and rebellion? Because he said there was a rebellion, but you're saying there's no insurrection. And the reason he's asking is because that's the only thing that allows you to circumvent the Posse Comitatus Act. Right. And ghisaine Maxwell's lawyer, Mr. Marcus, took to Twitter and called my reporting on her sex offender waiver and security status and a rumor designed to rile people up. The Daily Beast reached out and asked me to provide a response, and I have. I said, quote, I stand by my reporting and my sources. Galaine Maxwell's electronic file clearly shows her public safety factor of sex offender has been waived, allowing her to be transferred to A minimum security camp, which by default includes work release. I have not reported that Ms. Maxwell has left the facility on work assignments. But if Mr. Marcus would like to go on the record and assure the residents of Bryan, Texas that she will not leave the facility, as the waiver apparently grants, I am certain that they and Maxwell's survivors who have been left out of this process at every step, would be relieved to hear it. I'd also like to ask Mr. Marcus who authorized the waiver.

[Dana Goldberg]

Well fucking said. Oh, by the way, remember that hack of the federal court system?

[Alison Gill]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Dana Goldberg]

So the Times is reporting that investigators have uncovered evidence that it was Russia.

[Alison Gill]

Oh, no.

[Dana Goldberg]

It's at least partly responsible for a recent hack of the computer system that manages federal court documents. Shocking. Including highly sensitive records with information that could reveal sources and people charged with national security crimes. It's according to several people briefed on the breach. I'm telling you what, they're on our entire fucking grid now. It is not clear what entity is responsible, whether an arm of Russian intelligence might be behind the intrusion or if other countries were also involved, which some of the people familiar with the matter described as a years long effort to infiltrate the system. Some of the searches included mid level criminal cases in New York City area, New York City and several other jurisdictions with some cases involving people with Russian and Eastern European surnames.

[Alison Gill]

Interesting, because in the previous reporting that you and I talked about, it was just the 8th Circuit, which wouldn't include New York, but now they're saying some mid level criminal cases in New York City. Oh my gosh. So maybe this is a, this is more scope and breadth than we originally thought. Anyway, we'll keep an eye on that for you. Thanks for that information, everybody. We have a lot of news to get to today. Let's hit the hot notes. Hot news notes. All right, first up from NBC. Trump told reporters at the Kennedy center that he's going to submit a crime bill to Congress and will ask lawmakers to approve an extension for his administration's federalization of the D.C. police to address crime. Quote, we're going to need a crime bill and we're going to be putting it in and it's going to pertain initially to D.C. he says we're going to be asking for an extension on that, long term extensions because you can't have 30 days. So it says Trump's emergency powers to take control of DC only lasts for 30 days and any extensions must be approved by Congress. You and I talked about this yesterday because in his Initial thing, he was like, until I say so. Until I determine there is no more crime.

[Dana Goldberg]

Yeah, that's not how this works.

[Alison Gill]

And you were like, no, sorry. Sorry, babe. 30 days. Yes. It's all you've got. Well, now he wants to submit a crime bill to Congress to get approval to make it last the past 30 days.

[Dana Goldberg]

What is he going to do for a crime bill? Use his own numbers that he set on a hot mic for a fucking press conference a couple months ago that the crime was down? What are you going to submit?

[Alison Gill]

Would it be great if he's like, I hear there's a 34 felon, 34 convicted felon in, in the, in the area.

[Dana Goldberg]

And he probably would. He's completely unhinged, by the way.

[Alison Gill]

But, yeah, he, he was doing weird things about grass. Did you see that?

[Dana Goldberg]

Yeah.

[Alison Gill]

Like he was doing. I love grass. There's some really nice grasses. I think sometimes grass turns brown and we need to, like, I, I have no. I don't even know, like, I usually have a pretty good, you know, Little Orphan Annie Dakota ring for what Donald Trump says. No idea what he's talking about with the grasses. It had something to do with Lindsey Graham. I don't. I don't know. I don't know.

[Dana Goldberg]

All right, next up, Governor Gavin Newsom has announced he will hold a press conference today at 11:30am in Pacific Time, by the way. But here's how his comms team announced it. It's in all capital letters, huge historic event. Thursday, 11:30am Pacific in Los Angeles. A beautiful rally press conference with Gavin Christopher Newsom and strong Dems. Democrats will destroy Greg Abbott's totally rigged maps. Tremendous work is being done. Donald Trump, the criminal president. Get ready for the most beautiful payback you've ever seen. Could be the worst day of your life. As your presidency ends, Dems retake Congress. America will be liberated. Liberation Day many are calling it. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Gavin Christopher Newsome. Now, his press office also issued this tweet on Tuesday night, again in all caps, final warning, Donald Trump. Maybe the most important warning in history. Stop cheating. Some cheating, or California will redraw the maps. And guess who will announce it this week? Gavin Newsom. Many say the most loved and handsome governor and a very powerful team. Don't make us do it. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Now, listen, I was a little worried about some of the things and ways we decided to run things in the last election. You know, I think there was blowback from calling him weird. I Think a lot of things. This is fucking funny. I mean, what, what? As long as he will back it up with actually doing something, I'm all for the trolling.

[Alison Gill]

Yeah. And we'll see what happens on Thursday morning at 11:30 Pacific Time. Should be an interesting, historic, very bigly press conference with the most handsome and most loved governor.

[Dana Goldberg]

I mean, so funny.

[Alison Gill]

Thank you for their attention to this matter. Gcn so great. All right, let's get back to some news from some outlets here from NBC. President Trump's tax and spending law, what I call the billionaire bailout bill, will result in less income for the poorest Americans while sending money to the richest. That's according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office or cbo, in a report on Monday. And this is exactly what we told everybody would happen. And this is what we knew was coming even before the election because it was in Project 2025. So this isn't a surprise. But the CBO, just to have the CBO's report come out, that's the news. They estimate that 10% of the poorest Americans will lose roughly $1,200 a year as they experience restrictions on government programs like Medicaid and food assistance, while the richest 10% of Americans will see their income increase by $13,600 per year. Overall, American households will see more income from the tax cuts in the legislation, including middle income households. But the largest benefit goes to the top 10% of earners. The CBO's report comes as lawmakers are away from Washington, many taking their messages about the bill to voters and many Republicans getting booed off stage. Republicans muscled through the legislation deemed the big beautiful bill by Trump through Congress in July. Democrats all vehemently opposed the legislation, warning that the tax cuts and spending priorities would come at the expense of vital government aid programs and it would balloon the national debt. Quote, this is a really big beautiful bill for billionaires, but for the poor and the working class in this country, you actually become poorer. That's Rep. Brendan Bole, top Democrat on the House Budget Committee. So as we suspected, this will, this will benefit the billionaires and it will cost $1300 a year to poor and working class is massive. Right. But that's a, you know, that's loose change to people like, you know, Elon Musk or whatever.

[Dana Goldberg]

Yep. Oh my God. I saw Tesla today because I had to drive down to San Diego and on the back of it it said we bought this before we knew he was crazy.

[Alison Gill]

Yeah, I love those.

[Dana Goldberg]

Those make me laugh. All right. This is a related story actually to what you were just talking about. Instrument Reuters. The U.S. government's budget deficit grew nearly 20% in July, 20% to 291 billion, despite a nearly 21 billion jump in customs duty collections, also probably ones we were paying from President Trump's tariffs. With outlays growing faster than receipts, the Treasury Department said on Tuesday. So that's the problem. It's upside down. The deficit for July was up 19% or 47 billion, from July of 2024. Receipts for the month, they grew 2% or 8 billion, to 338 billion, while outlays jumped 10% or 56 billion to 630 billion. That's a record high for the month. New customs receipts in July, those grew to about 27.7 billion from about 7.1 billion in the year earlier period due to a higher tariff rate imposed by Trump. This is from a Treasury official. These collections, they were largely in line with the increase in June customs receipts after steady growth since April. Now, Trump has touted the billions of dollars flowing into the US Coffers from his tariffs, but the duties are paid by companies importing the goods. Importing the goods with some costs often passed on to the consumers in form of higher prices. And that's exactly it. So you don't think that these companies, you know, I saw a whole thing on Arizona iced tea. This guy touts himself on being able to keep every single can at 99 cents. He is proud of it. But this aluminum tariff, for the first time in six presidencies, six different presidencies, wars never had to change the price. He may have to raise the price because of the tariff on aluminum. This is hurting and those are being passed on to us.

[Alison Gill]

Of course, that's hence the raising of the price. Right?

[Dana Goldberg]

That's how it works.

[Alison Gill]

Yeah. So even with bringing in $20 billion in tariff revenue, which we pay for it, still increased the, still increased by 20% the debt. Wow. All right, thanks for that. Next up from the LA Times, this story. I'm going to give a content warning just because it's, it's so awful, but Los Angeles school district, police staff and community volunteers will form protective perimeters around at least 100 schools when classes begin Thursday to help ensure the safe passage of children. An announcement that came on a day that immigration agents reportedly handcuffed, detained and drew their guns on a student outside Arleta High School in a case of mistaken identity. Dana, a 15 year old boy, Jesus with disabilities, was at Arleta High School on Monday with family members. He attends a different district school, and that's when federal agents detained him. According to LA Unified School District officials, family members intervened, and after a few very tense moments, the agents released the boy. The school's principal also came out to assess the situation. Agents left behind some bullets on the sidewalk, apparently by mistake, which were collected by school police. Quote, such actions violently detaining a child outside a public school are absolutely reprehensible and should have no place in our country. That's school board member Kelly Gonz, who represents Arleta High School, in a social media post. Across Los Angeles, unified parents, teachers and staff have expressed deep fears about school safety amid immigration raids. Citywide leaders are concerned that children whose parents are living in the country without legal status will be kept home as families grapple with the climate of fear. Louisiana School Superintendent Alberto Carvalho spoke Monday at a news conference with Mayor Karen Bass near district headquarters. He said the district is doubling down on their efforts to protect students and families by creating and expanding what they call safe zones around campuses before and after school, that everyone must come together to protect the most vulnerable. For the first day, Carvalho will deploy central and regional office staff across the school system, an effort mirrored by organizers in the teachers union, who are gathering volunteers to patrol the streets around the schools. Safe passage zones have been expanded from about 40 at the start of the prior school year to up to more than 100. The school district, by the way, has close to 1,000 campuses. And we're going to have a link in the show notes if you'd like to volunteer with the teachers union to help patrol these safe passages in the streets around the schools. In the LA district, we are setting up safe passage zones to schools.

[Dana Goldberg]

Insane.

[Alison Gill]

I mean, how you know, you close your eyes. This is something that you would see In a movie 50 years from now, right?

[Dana Goldberg]

Yeah.

[Alison Gill]

Just horrific. So, again, we're going to have that link in the show notes, if you want to volunteer in Los Angeles for the LA school district with the teachers unions and the superintendent to help protect these children.

[Dana Goldberg]

All right, thanks so much, Alison. And this one's from the Times, the federal appeals court panel. They cleared the way on Wednesday for the Trump administration to continue refusing to spend billions of dollars in foreign aid, finding that aid organizations that had sued to recover the money they lacked legal right to bring the challenge.

[Alison Gill]

Bullshit. That's such bullshit.

[Dana Goldberg]

The decision, which centered on President Trump's authority to withhold funding already appropriated by Congress, handed the White House a significant legal victory. Since taking office, Trump and his advisors have consistently claimed expansive authority to freeze federal dollars allocated for projects they have endeavored to snuff out. An action known as impoundment that legal scholars and aid groups had considered to be strictly limited under federal law. But by a 2 to 1 vote, the appeals court panel ruled that under the Impoundment control Act of 1974, only the government Accountability Office, which serves as Congress's independent watchdog, could challenge the president's efforts to withhold foreign aid funding. That panel found that groups that receive government funding, in this instance a number of global health nonprofits, did not have cause to challenge his funding cuts. The decision lifted a lower court's order that had required the administration to continue processing foreign aid payments with funds Congress had already budgeted. So we're going to keep you posted on the appeal and see what happens.

[Alison Gill]

Wow. So you impound money and the person who you who's being having their money impounded, you can't get your money. They don't have standing to sue. Only the Government Accountability Office has standing to sue.

[Dana Goldberg]

Yeah.

[Alison Gill]

That is the most ridiculous argument I've heard. It's convoluted and stupid. And I look forward to the appeal.

[Dana Goldberg]

Yeah.

[Alison Gill]

Oh, my God. I just. The two, the two. I think it was Katzis and Rao, by the way, the two appeals court judges.

[Dana Goldberg]

Okay.

[Alison Gill]

If you've been following a lot of our court reporting, you, you know, Katzis and Rao are just got their heads really far up Trump's patootie.

[Dana Goldberg]

So, yeah.

[Alison Gill]

All right, everybody, it's time for some good trouble.

[Dana Goldberg]

What are you guys doing?

[Alison Gill]

All right, today's good trouble comes from Isaiah Martin, a candidate for congress in Texas's 18th district. He says on Twitter, Texas Republicans have now set up a tip line to rat out Texas Democrats. So please, for the sake of the public, do not flood this number with tips on Bigfoot sightings, UFO sightings, or asking why Trump is in the Epstein files. The phone number is 866-786-5972. Again, 866-7865972. We will have that number for you in the show notes. All right, everybody, that's your good trouble. We're going to be right back with the good news, but we have to take a quick break, so stick around. We'll be right back after these messages.

[Dana Goldberg]

We'll be right back.

[Alison Gill]

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[Dana Goldberg]

Welcome back.

[Alison Gill]

It's time for the good news. Who likes good news? Everyone Then good news everyone. And if you have any good news, some good trouble maybe you'd like us to get into. If you have confessions or corrections, especially pronunciation corrections, I'm interested to see if Ms. Cuyahoga Falls has written back back to us. If you have a shout out to anybody, maybe a loved one, a spouse, a partner, somebody who's really helped you out or maybe yourself a self shout out. We love those, right? Love them so much. Maybe a small business in your area or a non profit in your area that you work for or that you admire that you want to shine some light on. We would love to hear about that. You maybe you have a small Business that you'd like to shout out. Maybe a government program that's helped you or a loved one. They're pretty much all Democratic programs, but they're, you know, maybe. Maybe there's a Republican program out there that's helped you or a family member. We don't discriminate. We would love to hear about it. Maybe EMTALA has helped you since. Send that into us. And then, of course, you know, if you want to get your stuff right on the air, you just got to pay your pod pet tariff, which means attach a photo of your pet. If you want us to guess the breeds in your shelter pup, we can try to do that. We're not very good at it, but we like to guess anyway. If you don't have a pet, you can send us an adoptable pet in your area. We'll see if we can help find him a home. If you don't have that, really, just grab any photo off the Internet of an animal. We'll accept it for real. You can even say, yeah, this Capy Bear is my pet. Swear to God. And we'll be like, fine, that's totally cool, and I'm jealous. And, of course, maybe photos of some great signs you've seen at some rallies you've been to, bird watching you and your family and friends. Flipping the bird to Trump Properties or Musk Properties. We love those family photos, photos of your garden. What are you growing? Stuff you're making. We have so many makers and creators here. We'd love to see that. Some great art you've seen. Just really anything at all. Send it to us dailybeanspod.com click on Contact. All right, first up. Oh, it's a Good Trouble submission from Sue. Pronouns she and her. I'm a loyal member of the Leguminati. For good trouble, the speaker of the Texas House has established a tip line for people to report on the whereabouts of missing Democrats. That number is 866-786-5972. That's 866-786-5-972. You can give them a call. This is my picture, my POD pet tariff. This is my cat Jasmine, who I regret to say is a Republican because she's all about glamour and having an attentive staff. Look at that bougie little baby. Those eyes are beautiful.

[Dana Goldberg]

She sure is cute, though.

[Alison Gill]

It's Jasmine, a rag doll. She's gorgeous.

[Dana Goldberg]

All right, next up, we have Ronnie. This is a correction. Pronouns she and her actually might be Roni. Hey, y', all, thanks so much for making the news concise and tolerable. Quick correction on the pronunciation of Valdez. Alas, it's Val as in Valerie by Amy Whitehouse. And D's Valdez, as in Deez nuts, which Trump and Putin can gargle.

[Alison Gill]

Valdez, like the Exxon Valdez.

[Dana Goldberg]

That's right. Valdez, Alaska for podpet tariff. Here's my underbite boy, Archie. He's a little chaos monster, but we love him. No ideas on his breeds, but you're welcome to. Welcome to guest. P.S. dana, if you're ever doing a show in Portland, I promise to bring all my queers to see you. Roni, if it is Roni, and I hope I'm saying this right, I promise you I will get to Portland eventually and you will know about it from the pod.

[Alison Gill]

Oh, my gosh. This dog. This dog looks like a very distinguished human gentleman. Like, like, like I like. He's like. Should be like an English professor. Like, he needs a picture, though. He needs a. He needs a cordo.

[Dana Goldberg]

He's also a sex kitten.

[Alison Gill]

He needs a corduroy jacket with elbow patches.

[Dana Goldberg]

Oh, my God, he is a corduroy jacket with elbow patches.

[Alison Gill]

He did. Yes. He's amazing. I love this dog. I don't know, maybe some chihuahua and pug or something with the underbite. What? Bulldog? I don't know. Adorable, though.

[Dana Goldberg]

So sweet.

[Alison Gill]

Thank you for that. Yeah, let us know when you get up to Portland. We were just in Portland a bit ago, but I actually think I'm gonna.

[Dana Goldberg]

Get that information for the theater from you.

[Alison Gill]

Wow, it's a cool place. Yeah. All right, everybody, next up from Paige. Pronouns she and her. Hey, beans, Queens. Couple things. Maybe someone provided a gentle correction already. Lewis, Delaware is pronounced Lewis, like the name. And now I must go see the capybaras. Secondly, I was on the west coast last week visiting my uncle in the fabulous city of San Francisco. I was telling him about your fantastic podcast and bird watching, so he sent me a photo of him bird watching while on his trip to Chicago. Chicago is really good for bird watching, by the way. And for my podbet tariff, a photo of a chonky sea lion resting on the dock in San Francisco and my uncle bird watching in Chicago. As always, thank you AG and DG for what you do with big time gratitude.

[Dana Goldberg]

Paige. Nice.

[Alison Gill]

That is a great bird watching photo of the Trump Tower in Chicago. And that is a ham seal. Look at him. He's giant sea lion. Excuse me. Right.

[Dana Goldberg]

How dare you?

[Alison Gill]

I know, I'm sorry.

[Dana Goldberg]

Okay, this one's from Anonymous. Pronoun she and her Dear Beans Queens, I found your podcast about a year ago and it's a lifesaver. Thank you. Mostly for your good mostly for your good news. Mostly is only mostly dead. I love your whole show but sometimes the real news it's a little too much and I just fast forward to the good stuff for my mental health. I love that because the majority probably do the opposite. I feel a bond with Allison. I went to Northern University of Arizona in late 80s. Then on to the real stuff. My husband and I are 28 year plus VA healthcare providers. Oh my God stretch to the max doing patient care. Every day is a little harder and more dangerous. I would leave but there would be nobody to take care of my veterans because they are all they are not replacing vacant positions. Before my good news, I need to share my heartbreak that the VA is actively helping ICE recruit veterans to join their terror squad. There's going to be a link to that story if anyone needs that. The U.S. department of Veterans Affairs. There's a Facebook page. My good news is that my extended family members are starting to wake up to what's going on in our country. They've always voted red and we agree on very little. Politically, no amount of my warnings were successful, but now they are noticing that maybe things are not what they really wanted. You know I'll take those small steps and try to continue to have patience and grace with them. But so hard for my podpet tariff I'm sharing a picture of my recent past fur baby Toby aka Mr. Orange. He was the third kid in our family. He had a long life. 15 plus years and we'll never forget his unique spirit and constant mischief. Standard schnauzers are working dogs and he proved that in every way. He was so smart we had to baby proof the whole house yet still managed to find trouble. He was the most loving companion to us and our boys who are now men. He especially loved time in the pool. Thank God because we lived in Arizona. It's been three months since he passed but my heart is still aching every day. Thank you for letting me share him. Keep up all your great work. You are the best.

[Alison Gill]

Oh wow. Anonymous first of all thank you both for your service.

[Dana Goldberg]

20 plus years.

[Alison Gill]

20 years via health care providers. Thank you as a veteran and I'm sorry about what's going on there. This schnauzer is amazing. Look at this. Yes they are working dogs and if you don't give them a job they will find jobs that you do not like them to have. I Remember from Sesame Street, I'm a dog. I'm a working dog. I'm hard working dog. So cute. All right, thanks for that. Next up from M Pronoun, she and her hello Beans Queens. I listen to your show every morning and I love your knowledge and appropriate swearing. The F word describes so much. The good news you ask. My ex husband of 30 years, a lifelong Republican, although not a Trump lover, whispered to me a few weeks ago that he was becoming more and more liberal. Me, I just left it right there. No words needed. Our kids got him to stop watching Faux News a year or so ago. I wouldn't call him woke by any stretch of the means, but he's starting to see praise be. Turns out he doesn't want his daughter and granddaughters to die from maga. Christian horrific ideals. I have been an angry liberal since I was 25 and woke up after the birth of my second son and yelled someone sold me a bill of goods. LGBTQ are wonderful people. POC are wonderful people. Patriarchy is full of fucking abusive dudes and liars. Okay, Hear, hear.

[Dana Goldberg]

See?

[Alison Gill]

I was raised Catholic in a tight bubble until the age of 16 in a small farming town. When we moved to the city, I noticed immediately the racism and bigotry. I divorced at 33 and started college at 37, all the way to my master's degree. Congrats, Em. I couldn't have done it without heating assistance and food stamps. However, I noticed I was a white woman. I was treated differently in the system. Now 64, after much therapy, study and voracious reading about everything, I've dedicated my life to helping lift up all with love. Except maga. I spit on them figuratively, not literally, because that's assault and they rarely if ever show up in therapy. Makes perfect sense, right? My practice is open to all, even maga. I love being a therapist and the satisfaction of teaching healthy and strong thinking and behaviors. I especially love my women who are stuck in in abusive relationships. And I love trying to teach men to wake up and grow. I'm a fucking badass. Accomplished, successful feminist to the core. Loud and angry. I'm not sure why more men do not understand they are on notice. You are on notice, guys. Women will no longer hold your dirty, abusive secrets. This backlash against us infuriates me. I boycott, I march and unabashedly share the dangers we are in. In closing, fuck the patriarchy. Fuck Trump and his administration. Fuck women who support this toxic patriarchy and betray themselves and the rest of the women every. I'm afraid I'm not much of a funny person, but a serious person. Although I have my moments. I'm attaching a pic of myself and my granddaughters who I fight for every day at our bright spots in the doom and gloom of this life. Thank you for all you do. Look at this beautiful family.

[Dana Goldberg]

Thank you for all you do. My goodness, love this so much.

[Alison Gill]

They're so cute. Look at that smile.

[Dana Goldberg]

I know.

[Alison Gill]

So cute. Thank you so much for that.

[Dana Goldberg]

All right, this is from Laura, the hospice chaplain, pronoun she and her. In this time of rising white Christian nationalism, I want to give a shout out to my Alabama church, Weatherly Heights Baptist, which is part of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. We are the only Baptist church that is fully welcoming and affirming of LGBTQ community in northern Alabama. That's north of Birmingham and called our first female pastor a year ago. Who is amazing. We participated in our first Pride festival this summer. We have a long standing ESL program and because the CBF joined a suit with the Quakers and the Sikhs, we have an injunction against ice coming on our property. We also pack backpack size bags before each fall break and spring break for local elementary school whose kids all qualify for free breakfast and lunch so they have something to eat over the school breaks. A group in the church spends time helping to rehab houses in one of the poorest neighborhoods in the city as well. It feels good to be a part of a community pushing back against the bigotry in the name of religion that is so prevalent today. For my pod pet tags, I have a couple of photos of our 4 year old rescue dog Ferris, who is is about 60 pounds of bounce and aggressive snuggler. We do not know what kind of ancestors he has.

[Alison Gill]

Oh my goodness.

[Dana Goldberg]

First of all, he's got Pug and Pitbull in there. I can tell by the tail and his body.

[Alison Gill]

And some American bulldog, I think.

[Dana Goldberg]

Huh.

[Alison Gill]

With those ears. Oh, he's just. He reminds me of Chance from home. Oh my God, he's cute. Adorbs. No answers. So we're right.

[Dana Goldberg]

Yep. Look at us. We rock.

[Alison Gill]

That's cool. No ancestry. So we got it right. That's our fifth dog that we've gotten right? No, I can't say. I can't say that. We've gotten tons of dogs with no answers, right?

[Dana Goldberg]

Absolutely. That is a Great Dane. Yep.

[Alison Gill]

Only four Chihuahua. It actually had answers, right?

[Dana Goldberg]

Yep.

[Alison Gill]

All right everybody, thank you so much. Thank you for sending in your good news. Please send it all to us. We need to be overwhelmed. I want to be overwhelmed. I wanted to flood the zone with the opposite of shit and send it to [e-mail] and click on contact. Let's see, Dana, do you have any final thoughts today?

[Dana Goldberg]

No, I don't.

[Alison Gill]

No. All right, we'll be back in your ears tomorrow and we might we'll be able to report on whatever Gavin Newsom is about to say. So that'll be fun. 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 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 msw media.