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Thursday, January 9th, 2025 Today, Jack Smith bites back against Judge Cannon’s injunction blocking the release of his report in a filing to the 11th Circuit; Idaho legislators ask the Supreme Court to revisit the same-sex marriage ruling; The Washington Post is laying off over 100 reporters and star journalists; Republican Congressman from Tennessee Andy Ogles is stalling his FBI investigation with a behind the scenes court battle; the White House weighs in on the devastating fires in California; and Allison and Dana delivers your Good News.
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Allison Gill
MSW Media. Hello and welcome to the Daily beans for Thursday, January 9, 2025. Today, Jack Smith bites back against Judge Cannon's injunction blocking the release of his final report. In a Filing to the 11th Circuit, Idaho legislators ask the Supreme Court to revisit the same sex marriage ruling. The Washington Post is laying off over 100 reporters and star journalists. Republican Congressman from Tennessee Andy Ogles is stalling his FBI investigation with a behind the scenes court battle. And the White House is weighing in on the devastating fires in California. I'm Allison Gill.
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Dana Goldberg
And I'm Dana Goldberg.
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Allison Gill
Dana, how are you, my friend? I know you are up there close to where these fires are happening.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah, I'm safe. We're in a safe zone. The biggest impact for us, we're about 10 miles from the closest fire, but they're surrounding us. And the smoke that's being blown in the air quality, this about 2 hours ago was over 400. I live in an old building, so my windows have some spaces. So I've been wearing a KN95 like the big boys for the, for the fires inside because there's, you can tell there's stuff still seeping in. It's devastating. One of my dear friends lost everything in Altadena. She and her wife, unfortunately, they are safe and the animals are safe, but this is catastrophic. I'm what you're seeing on the news. It's scary. And it's those, those videos don't even cover half of what's, what's going on down here. And it's zero percent contained. The winds are finally starting to die down, but never seen anything like this. But I am safe. I'm just, my heart's heavy. My heart's heavy. My lungs are a little heavy, but my heart's heavier.
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Allison Gill
Please stay safe, my friend. They are absolutely devastating fires. Of course, Republicans are coming out and saying the most horrible things possible, blaming Democrats, but continuing to espouse the idea that climate change is a hoax. So, yeah, it's bad. We go through these cycles here in California. I remember the 2003 fires down here. We had a bad. In 1998, we had some really bad ones probably about 10 years ago also. But it just, it's not stopping. And thankfully, President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are sending California everything it needs.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah. And before anyone writes in, I know, gotta remember Alison's in San Diego. So when she's saying that there haven't been fires like this for 10 years, the Thomas fire and those fires that were devastating, but they were considered Northern California fires. So I just want to make it clear so someone doesn't think that we have forgotten the devastation that a lot of people have experienced throughout the state that we weren't talking about on this specific occasion.
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Allison Gill
Yes. Thank you. Thank you very much for that. We're safe down here in San Diego. We're quite a ways away, but holding thoughts and love and positivity for all of our friends across California. So. All right, everybody, we have a lot of news to get to today, so let's hit the hot notes. Hot notes. All right. First up, a statement from Vice President Kamala Harris on the fires. She says, my heart goes out to all those being impacted by the devastating wildfires in Southern California. Doug and I are praying for our fellow Californians who have evacuated, and we are thinking of the families whose homes, businesses and schools remain in harm's way. We're deeply grateful for the heroic first responders who are risking their own safety to fight the flames and help keep communities safe. I was briefed earlier tonight and will continue to receive regular updates about these damaging wildfires and the coordinated efforts to contain them. I am also urging residents in the affected areas to listen to local officials, remain vigilant and evacuate immediately if told to do so. President Biden and I are committed to ensuring that no community has to respond to this disaster alone. We have already mobilized federal resources to help suppress the fires, provide overhead support and begin assisting those impacted. FEMA also quickly approved Fire Management Assistant grants to help reimburse the state for immediate firefighting costs. As a proud daughter of California, I know the damage that wildfires have on our neighbors and communities. I also know that the impact is often felt long after the fire is contained. As we respond and as Californians recover, I will ensure that our administration is in constant contact with state and local officials. The latest update from CBS News, Dana Multiple fires burning in Los Angeles county on Wednesday prompted evacuation orders and warnings and damaged more than a thousand structures. Two people have died. Los Angeles County Fire Department Chief Anthony Marone has said the Palisades fire exploded in size as powerful winds hit northwest Los Angeles, forcing the evacuation of at least 30,000 residents in the community of the Pacific Palisades. The Eaton, Hearst and Woodley fires are also burning. The Palisades fire in Los Angeles was first reported at 10:30am local time Tuesday and has grown to 11,082 acres with zero containment. And that's according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire. A second wildfire, the Eaton Fire, broke out Tuesday Night in the hills above Altadena, a community in northern Los Angeles county, also prompting evacuation orders. Two people are dead due to the blaze, which burned at least 10,000 acres as of Wednesday morning, according to officials. And then the Hearst fire, the third blaze erupted in the Sylmer neighborhood. Am I saying that correctly?
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Dana Goldberg
I think it might be Sylmar, but I'm not sure.
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Allison Gill
Sylmar neighborhood of Los Angeles late Tuesday night and quickly consumed hundreds of acres, Cal fire said, forcing some evacuations. The Woodley fire started early Wednesday morning and there have been, quote, a number of significant injuries from the fires, according to officials. Tens of thousands of structures are threatened now. We're up to 70,000 people being evacuated. Fire officials report a zero percent containment on all four blazes. California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency. Several major LA roadways were jammed as residents attempted to flee, with many being forced to abandon their vehicles. And Dana, I've seen photos of bulldozers moving cars off of Sunset.
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Dana Goldberg
It was apocalyptic. It's the only way I can describe it. It looked like a zombie scene. People. It was gridlock. People had to leave their cars and then the emergency vehicles couldn't get through. So they had to have bulldozers smash the cars up against each other and just literally get them out of the way.
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Allison Gill
My God.
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Dana Goldberg
All of this can be replaced. It does not make it any easier. You know, that's the thing is it's not necessarily about the structure. It's the memories, it's the photos, it's the memorabilia, it's the. It's your safety. That's what people are mourning. And so even, you know, these very wealthy people that have lost everything, for someone to be like, oh, they have money. They're going to be fine. They're not necessarily going to be fine. These are memories that they've had forever. Houses that they've built and lived in that are generational. It's just, please be careful what you're saying on social media. Even for an actor like James Wood, who lost everything, people are finding glory in that and don't love the guy, disagree with the guy, but it's. It's lost. Just find your humanity in times like this, please.
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Allison Gill
Thank you, Dana.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah. This one's from Liam Riley at CNN. The Washington Post on Tuesday laid off roughly 100 employees across its business division, the latest indication of the newspaper's financial woes after subscribers and staffers revolted over owner Jeff Bezos's decision to block an endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris. The cuts amounted to roughly 4% of the publication staff and did not affect the newsroom, a spokesperson for the Post said. The news, which was first reported in the Status newsletter, comes to the beleaguered newspaper as it's hemorrhaged several high profile journalists in recent weeks and top candidates pulled out of the running for the Post executive editor job. The Post financial woes are nothing new. When Will Lewis, the Post publisher and chief executive, was named to the top job In November of 2023, the storied paper was already reeling from the layoffs, readership declined and high expenses that have hounded the entire industry. Yet the extent to which the Post coffers had been sapped became apparent in May when Lewis revealed the paper had lost 77 million in 2023. Quote to speak candidly, Lewis said in May meeting we are in a hole and we have been for some time. While Lewis offered a plan to right the ship at the time, the Post has since waded into deeper waters. Less than two weeks before the November election, Bezos, as we know the billionaire Amazon founder who acquired The Post in 2013 for $250 million, Block Paper's endorsements of Harris, breaking with decades long tradition and resulting in the resignation of three editorial board staffers at the time. Bezos defended the move, noting in an October op ed that, quote, presidential endorsements do nothing to tip the scales of an election. Yep, coward, coward, coward. While Bezos is not the only billionaire media owner to block an endorsement during the 2024 election cycle, the Post finances have suffered from the move. In the days after Bezos blocked the endorsement, over 250,000 readers canceled their subscriptions. That's roughly 10% of the paper's digital subscribers. Inside the Post, the move ignited turmoil, leading to several recent high profile defections. In December, Matea Gold, the Post managing editor, shared she was leaving the Post for the New York Times. Last week, the Atlantic poached political reporters Ashley Parker and Michael Shearer, the Times scoot up the White House reporter Tyler Pager and the Wall Street Journal nabbed investigative politics reporter Josh Dowsey and Puck, another public poached veteran journalist Leigh Ann Caldwell. And on Friday, Ann Telneys, the Post Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist very publicly resigned from the outlet after the newspaper refused to publish a satirical cartoon depicting Bezos bending the knee before Trump. Censorship at its finest the moves come as Bezos attempts to repair his relationship with the incoming president, dining last month with Trump at Mar a Lago and making a million dollar donation to his inaugural fund. On Sunday, Amazon said it would release a documentary about first lady Melania Trump on its prime video platform later this year. Melania Trump will serve an executive producer of the project, signaling the documentary is being made with her full participation and editorial control and a $40 million paycheck.
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Allison Gill
Yeah. Yep. That's huge. That's a huge amount of money. It's makes the 1 million look like pennies. That's just so gross. I mean democracy dies in darkness is it's no longer their motto. It's their plan, I guess.
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Dana Goldberg
Seriously, right?
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Allison Gill
I have some pretty cool news. I'm working with our absolutely wonderful web design and what are people called? Developer. Web Developer. Because where I'm like what are those people who know way more than me about stuff called we're working on setting up a daily beans our very own social media network so that we can get off.
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Dana Goldberg
That's incredible.
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Allison Gill
Facebook and Instagram. So I'm very excited about that and so keep your ears open. Next up, from our friend Phil Williams, the nosiest bitch in Nashville at News Channel 5. Nashville, Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles, with the help of a team of high powered lawyers, has quietly managed to tie up an FBI investigation into his campaign finances for the past five months. News Channel 5 has discovered filings in the US District Court in Nashville reveal that not only did FBI agents seize Ogles personal cell phone in early August as part of their criminal investigation, they also served a separate search warrant on Google for the Maury County Republican's personal email account. Ogles lawyer filed an emergency motion on September 3rd to demand the return of the data, claiming the congressman is protected by the speech and debate clause of the United States Constitution and arguing that the FBI agents should not be allowed to see any material related to his legislative business. This sounds familiar because when Merrick Garland tried to see and successfully seized Representative Scott Perry's phone, Scott Perry sued for the same thing. Speech or debate clause. Merrick Garland ended up winning that case, most of it at least. Quote, allowing the executive branch to examine confidential communications between members of Congress about essential legislative matters, including the internal operations of Congress endangers the constitutional scheme. I like how they use scheme. In the motion filed by Nashville attorney Alex Little and others, federal prosecutors disputed that argument but agreed the FBI would not look at evidence it seized pending a ruling from a magistrate judge named Alistair Newbern. According to the publicly available docket, Newburn has not acted on the case since October 7th.
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Dana Goldberg
Wow.
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Allison Gill
Part of this is certainly a delay tactic. That's veteran Nashville lawyer Gary Blackburn, former federal prosecutor who reviewed the filings at News Channel 5's request. Quote, if I were cynical, I would say perhaps the November election had something to do with a desire to delay. The FBI investigation began amid questions first raised by Phil Williams at News Channel 5 about Ogles 2022 campaign for Congress, specifically his claim on federal reports to have personally loaned his own campaign $320,000. News Channel 5's investigation discovered that Ogles did not appear to have the financial resources to make such a loan. And a congressional ethics investigation has so far confirmed those questions. We talked about that last week. Similar allegations led to the indictment of New York Congressman George Santos on federal fraud charges leading to his eventual guilty plea and resignation. Blackburn questioned part of Ogles argument that he is not what the Department of Justice categorizes as a target of the FBI investigation, which is someone who's almost about to be indicted. Instead, Ogles team says they were told he's only a subject. Quote, the actions by the executive branch here are troublesome because even its own prosecutors admit they do not have substantial evidence linking Congressman Ogles to the commission of a crime. And that's what the emergency motion said. I'd like to remind the congressman that in order to get a search warrant to seize your phone, there has to be at least a preponderance of evidence that a crime was committed on the phone. So. And you know, do what happened to, you know, Scott Perry with that? It's like they go to court, the judge looks at the stuff and says, this is subject to speech or debate. This is not. The FBI can have this. You can't have that. But again, that delays everything. It really, really like throws sand in the gears of justice. News Channel 5 Investigates followed up, quote, to be clear, a subject is someone who is the subject of a criminal investigation. Question, quote, if you get information that the United States thinks that you're a subject of a criminal investigation, you need to call a lawyer. That's what Blackburn replied with a chuckle. In their response filed September 11, federal prosecutors insisted they never made any such statements, admitting that they do not have evidence linking Ogles to a crime. They also disputed his efforts to characterize the investigation as being a politically motivated mission by the Biden Harris FBI. They noted that by law, a federal judge had to be convinced there was probable cause of a crime before issuing a search warrant. Oh, hey, I just said that. Quote, setting aside Ogles is unsupported and baseless allegations of politically motivated bias. He discounts that a warrant cannot issue except on a showing of probable cause to a neutral and detached judicial officer that a particular device can contains evidence of a crime. Oh, you know, if I just kept reading, I would probably get to the part that I was trying to convey. Blackburn said the government response makes it clear that the FBI inquiry is not as innocent as Ogles would like to suggest. Quote, that means they believe he's involved in something that may turn out to be criminal and there may be others involved than him besides him. That's what he added. News Channel 5 followed up. Based on your experience, is it likely that other subpoenas have been issued for bank records and that type of thing? Yes, he said yes. Ogles argued that his own attorney should be able to review evidence seized under the search warrant and filter out any material involving legislative business, an argument rejected by the government. The U. S. House filed a friend of the court brief amicus brief on Ogles's behalf. Of course they did. But Blackburn praised the magistrate judge who has the case and did not find any cause for suspicion about the lack of a ruling since October. Interesting quote. This has constitutional implications involving public officials. The United States House of Representatives filed an amicus brief. This judge is going to want to get it right, unquote. Now, with Ogles's ally since October, though, I know November, December, like, all right. How much time you need to get the law right for your tattoo? You have one job. Now with Ogles's ally, former President Trump, about to return to office, Blackburn said his question is will the investigation be allowed to proceed by a Trump Justice Department quote. I hope that the incoming president is responsible enough to let justice take its course. The veteran lawyer said. News Channel 5 noted his caution. You hope. And he goes, I hope. Yeah. I hope it won't continue.
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Dana Goldberg
I had a put this on Blue sky earlier today and Allison, thanks for. I think you probably. What are we calling this? What is when you re sky something?
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Allison Gill
I don't know. Biscuits.
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Dana Goldberg
I don't know. We're gonna find a name. But this is about marriage equality. It's from Ian Stevenson at the Idaho Statesman. An Idaho House committee will consider a formal statement asking the U.S. supreme Court to end same sex marriage nationwide and allow the state to restore its ban on such unions. This is Rep. Heather Scott, Republican from Blanchard, proposed the measure that caused a 2015 decision from the nation's highest court to legalize same sex marriage. An illegitimate overreach. What? Go yourself. And asked the court to reinstate the, quote, natural definition of marriage, saying that is between one man and one woman. Hey, asshole. All words are made up. Marriage is made up. I just can't. I can't. The court's 2015 ruling is Obergefell versus Hodges. That was a landmark decision that allowed gay couples to wed across the country, even in states that still banned unions of people from the same gender. The ruling also was widely recognized as a turning point in America's views on same sex marriage, which had become more and more favorable over the last two decades because the world didn't fucking end. And that's according to me. I'm sorry, that's according to the national polling from the Pew Research Center. But the Supreme Court's decision came by a 54 vote and three new conservative justices were appointed by Republican President Donald Trump during his first term when they shouldn't have, shifting the court to the right. Two of the court's most hardline conservatives, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, they've previously written that Obergefell decision should be reconsidered. Quote the purpose of this resolution is just to affirm our state authority to regulate marriage. That's what Scott said at Tuesday's hearing. The committee moves Scott's proposal forward Tuesday and it will return to the committee for a public hearing at a date yet to be set. If ultimately passed by the legislature, the statement, carrying only symbolic but not legal weight, will be sent to the Supreme Court. In a statement, House Minority Leader Ilana Rubel, she's a Democrat from Boise, and State Senate Minority Leader Melissa Wintrow, she's also a Democrat from Boise, called the effort a sad distraction from more important issues. This is yet another example of the extreme wing of the Republican Party ginning up divisive social issues in order to create problems where none exist. This is from the Idaho Democratic Party leaders. That's what they told Idaho Statesman, quote, big government has no business telling consenting adults who they should love. This resolution may be a helpful gimmick for winning in closed GOP primaries, they added, but it should be offensive to all Ohio. I'm going to try this Idahoans who value their individual rights and freedoms and just want to live their lives without egregious government interference. Idaho's constitutional ban on same sex marriage is still on the books, approved by voters in 2006. 200618 years ago With 63% support, an Idaho federal judge ruled the state's prohibition violated the U.S. constitution's due process clause in 2014, which was followed a year later by nationwide court decision. Nearly half of Idahoans who participated in fall 2022 public opinion poll conducted by the Statesman and Survey USA said they believed couples of the same sex gender should legally be allowed to marry. In fact, over 70% of the country believe that and feel this way. It's just maddening. And so I just want to tell the people out there, when they're like, what do we do? What do we do? What do we do? Legal precautions. Make sure your will is up to date. Have a, if you have families, make sure there's the second parent adoption if you can. I know that takes time, but really put it into play. And also power of attorney. It's the biggest thing. Especially if all of a sudden we've got hospitals out there that are like, oh, we're not going to honor your wishes because that's against our religious belief. Because apparently they're allowing doctors to do many things now that they shouldn't. And then because of the Hippocratic oath. But just do what you can to protect yourself. There's, there's places you can go on HRC's website that'll give you resources. There's several organizations out there that'll help you. So please, really take the steps. You are not an alarmist. They are going after marriage equality.
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Allison Gill
Yeah, yeah, they are. And whoever replaces Alito and Thomas will also.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah, yeah.
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Allison Gill
So it's not like if they retire and we get two fresh new Trump appointed judges that they won't touch Oberg, that's going to be probably one of their litmus tests. All right, everybody talking about ways to, to fight back and protect yourself. We'll be right back with some good trouble after these messages.
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Dana Goldberg
We'll be right back.
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Allison Gill
Hey, everybody, welcome back. It's time for some good trouble. Today's mission, should you choose to accept it, has to do with the Jack smith report. Andy McCabe and I will go over all the details on this weekend's episode of the Jack podcast, which is free wherever you get your pods. But Jack Smith filed a scathing opposition to Judge Cannon's bullshit order blocking the entire Jack Smith report from being released until three days after the 11th court renders a ruling on Carlos and Walt's emergency motion. Carlos and Walt being Trump's co defendants in the classified documents case, we're on a first name basis. In that filing, we learned a few important things. First, that Garland fully intended and still intends to release volume one of the report to the public. That's the volume about Trump's election subversion case, with redactions for grand jury material and personal information. And we also learned that Merrick Garland didn't get a copy of this report until January 7th in the afternoon.
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Dana Goldberg
This whole thing is. I'm going to keep going. All right. We learned that Garland.
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Allison Gill
It's frustrating.
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Dana Goldberg
Thank you. We learned that Garland did not intend to release Volume two to the public for reasons Allison predicted over on her substack at Mueller. She wrote dot com. Basically, if the 11th Circuit overturns Judge Cannon's dismissal of the documents case, Carlos and Walt, they face indictment and possible trial. And releasing the report would prejudice them and they wouldn't be able to receive a fair trial. So Garland intends to release it to the chair and ranking member of the House and Senate Judiciary Committee with redactions. Unfortunately, one of those people is Jim Jordan, but luckily Jerry Nadler is also with him in that position, and Dick Durbin and Chuck Grassley in the Senate. And that's just as of today, as we know. That's great because it puts the report in the hands of someone other than Trump's administration. But what's under the redacted bars? Will that survive? And what if Clarence Thomas steps in and delays the release of any of it pending Supreme Court review?
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Allison Gill
Yeah, you got to remember, he is the administrative justice over the 11th Circuit. And so if the 11th Circuit says, yeah, Judge Cannon, you're full of shit, you're a. See you next Tuesday. Get out of here, Garland, go ahead, release the report. But we're going to give Trump three days, seven days, whatever, to have the higher court intervene. Justice Thomas himself, by himself, can come in and issue an administrative emergency stay. And pushing it past January 20th.
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Dana Goldberg
I hate. I hate all of this.
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Allison Gill
I know Barb McQuaid urged some crackerjack investigative journalist to file a FOIA request for everything that's going to be redacted so that it can be produced if and when the cases are killed after January 20th. And our friend Brian Greer, who appears a lot on the Jack podcast, he's also Secrets and Laws on social media, and former chief of staff to the general Counsel at CIA, said yes. Yes, that's good. File a FOIA request and keep this in mind. Though Trump's DOJ may still claim that the unreleased volume, volume 2, is pre decisional and exempt under FOIA exemption number B5 because it's a recommendation to the Attorney General and it's a work product. That's one of the reasons to say no to a FOIA request. Therefore, it'd be helpful for Merrick Garland to make a statement saying he accepts and adopts the recommendations from that volume so that they are accepted.
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Dana Goldberg
So he didn't say that what he said is even that might not be enough under the 2nd Circuit's decision on the Durham reports relating to the CIA interrogation. So nonetheless, the Attorney General's office, it should study this case law to see if there's anything else that they can do to make release more likely under foia.
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Allison Gill
So today you can get into some good trouble by sending a note to Merrick Garland at the justice department. That's justice.gov contact us. Click on the Contact Us form, choose messages to the Attorney General from the drop down menu and let Merrick Garland know you're concerned about FOIA for the volume two of this report. Ask him to make a statement accepting and adopting the recommendations of the volume and to study the case law, specifically New York Times v. The U.S. department of justice to see if there are any other steps that Merrick Garland can take to make FOIA more a release more likely, we'll have a link in the show notes to both the Department of Justice contact form and a link to the case law. That's the New York Times v. U.S. department of justice mentioned by Brian Greer. So that is the good trouble for today. Thank you very much. And I hope you know, any minute now, you know, I, I think our, our good trouble recently or something, that homework assignment that I put out was to contact the Biden White House. That is no longer a working email address. And I've gotten emails from all my contacts at the White House. They're gone. So keep sending these to Merrick Garland. As long as it's a viable link again, we'll put it in the show notes. Thanks a lot everybody. We got a lot of good news to get to, but we have to take another quick break. Stick around. We'll be right back, everybody. Welcome back. It's time for the good news everyone. Then, good news everyone. And if you have any good news you'd like to submit to us, whether it's a just a great story or a confession or a correction, especially a pronunciation correction or a shout out that you want to give to yourself or a loved one or a small business in your area, maybe your small business or a government program that has helped you or a family member, we have 24 million new signups for the Affordable Care Act. There's still a week to go that doubles the record previously set by the Biden administration. So if the Affordable Care act has helped you out, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, WIC, Section 8 chips, the Chips act, the PACT Act, VA is expanding that, by the way. Right now they just announced that today. Any really any good news story at all, send it to us. And all you got to do to get your good news story in is go to dailybeanspot.com click on contact and submit your pod pet tax, which is a photo of your pet. If you want us to guess the breeds in there, you can give us the answers. Let us know. Also, if you don't have a pod pet, you can send us an adoptable pet in your area. If you don't have one of those, you can send us really any photo of any animal. And if you don't have any animal photos to share, you can share your baby pictures because we love those too. And going forward, we're doing an you know, we have a new kind of pod pet tax you can pay. It's it's called bird watching and it's basically any photo of you or loved ones flipping the bird at Trump properties or Trump signs. So send it to us dailybeanspod.com click on contact first up from anonymous Pronouns he and him hey all listener from the kitchen table days and secret national park ranger that writes in about once a year. Love that here with a Good trouble suggestion. In 2023, I wrote about a grant I submitted to forever preserve stories of survivors of Indian boarding schools and the project is complete. The more views on this video series, the more my management will see the importance of this program allowing the National Park Service to fight to keep these stories available through the incoming administration. Thanks all. We will have a link to the video series the lasting impacts of Indian Boarding Schools in the show notes. Everybody give it a click and give it a watch and help out our announcements. Anonymous Friend Secret national park ranger thank you very much.
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Dana Goldberg
Thanks ag. This is from Linda from Texas. No pronouns given but a big old bird. Hear y'all say to send pics of us flipping off Trump properties and thought this might qualify loosely While traveling through Connecticut on my New England van trip last summer, I had to swing by FCI Danbury to say hi to Steve Ban.
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Allison Gill
This totally counts. Linda. Thank you.
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Dana Goldberg
Here's another short one. This is from Carrie no pronouns given Misheard song lyrics I was raised on classic rock, which is still my favorite to this day. One of the most confusing lyrics growing up was in Bob Marley's Is this Love? I always heard we'll share the same room, yeah and jump rope by the.
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Allison Gill
Bed Is this love, yep we'll share the same room, yeah for job provide the bread yep yep yep yep and.
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Dana Goldberg
Jump rope by the bed. When the lyric Goes. We'll share the same room. Yeah. Job, provide the bread. Thanks for all you lovely ladies. That what you do? My gosh. Don't know what that sentence was, Dana, but we're leaving it. She wants to thank us for all we do in this absolutely insane time. Here's a pic of my bunny named little Bunny and my cat Ash, who sadly crossed the rainbow bridge on Christmas morning, which was pretty devastating. And I can imagine because they're both.
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Allison Gill
So sweet, sending you hugs. Carrie, look at the bun too. What a baby bun.
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Dana Goldberg
Oh, look at the next one too.
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Allison Gill
Oh, my goodness. This dog. Okay, this is from Trump. Trump. Trump app. Trump Pavers. Trump Pavers. Valerie. I don't know pronoun she and her. What do you think that is?
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Dana Goldberg
I think that is what you said it was. I don't know if it's correct or if there was something that mixed up, but it looks like Trump papers. Valerie.
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Allison Gill
All right, cool. Well, here's my pod. That tax photo of my big goofball 10 year old Hershey, aka Mr. Buttons. I lost a button. I love how It's Hershey or Mr. Buttons, and I'm really interested in how you got from one to the other. Also, my best attempt at bird watching. I'm a new listener enjoying your combined perspectives. My peace in the next four years will come from my sunset views, long walks, and longer dinners with my like minded tribe of smart, engaging women friends. Keep on swearing. There's a lot to be swearing about. Or a lot to be sweared about. Yes, Trump Pavers. I. Valerie. I'm just gonna call you Valerie. I concur. Welcome to the Daily Beans. Welcome to the fam. The Fram. I should say the Framley. We love that you're here. This dog is adorable. Mr. Buttons is amazing. So thank you very, very much. And I love this idea of long walks and sunset views. But I think it would be great if, if, you know, I. I might take this to heart, Valerie, and. And schedule dinners with my. With my women friends.
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Dana Goldberg
Right.
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Allison Gill
Like, at least on a monthly basis. I love it. Thank you.
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Dana Goldberg
All right, this one's from Dawn. Pronouns, he, him, hi, beans, Queens. My wife, Dee. She her is a dedicated patriot despite no longer being capable of following politics. It's been too much for her. With half the country failing to show sufficient respect for women, minorities, etc. Who knew the US was this far from where many of us thought we were? Please give her a shout out to remind her she's not alone. She could use a boost beyond politics. Her son Stopped speaking with her when his spouse felt threatened by their relationship. At least there's. That's my short version. Please help me bandage her heart to get her us through the next four years. Here's a photo of our spoiled kitty Leo for our tax. He's a sweet but not super affectionate. I appreciate your work and respect, your embracing profanity in these times so full of bullshit. Better times will come, but likely not soon. Please continue to help us keep faith. Thank you for all you do. We are wrapping our arms around Dee. Like, we get it. You are not alone. There's a lot of people. Even I tap out sometimes where I wake up and I'm like, oh, my God, I don't know what the fuck's going on until Allison and I log back on. Take the days, take the months if you need to. Like Allison always says. What do you say?
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Allison Gill
Oh, yeah. Take care of yourselves. Take care of each other. Take a break. We got the watch.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah, that's exactly it.
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Allison Gill
Please, a D. Big hugs to you. This cat is beautiful and hilarious. The middle picture is like, what? And then the last picture, I think, because I had a void cat, a black cat who would sleep with his eyes open and his mouth open a little bit. So I'm wondering if this is. A cat is asleep. Fantastic, Don. Thank you. D Love you. All right, next up from Bruce, a vocal warm up for the beans queens whose voices are like smooth Tennessee whiskey in my ears. Animal tracks in new fallen snow on my fence inspired this. Can you say squirrel hurdle five times fast from Bruce? I don't know. You want to give it a shot?
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Dana Goldberg
No, I can. Squirrel hurdle. Squirrel hurdle. Nope. Squirrel hurdle. Squirrel hurdle. Squirrel hurdle. That's as fast as I can do it. You go, squirrel hurdle.
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Allison Gill
Squirrel hurdle. Squirrel hurdle. Squirrel hurdle. Squirrel hurdle.
- [35:13]
Dana Goldberg
What the fuck's going on? I'm the one that's leather yellow tongue. I don't even understand what's going on on your side.
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Allison Gill
The tongues are wasted on the heterose.
- [35:23]
Dana Goldberg
Seriously?
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Allison Gill
Red leather, yellow leather.
- [35:27]
Dana Goldberg
Oh, my God. Brain bearded Zeus.
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Allison Gill
Yeah, I don't know, man. I don't know. I don't know.
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Dana Goldberg
I also don't know whose turn it is to read. Is it mine?
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Allison Gill
I. That was a short one. I can go or you want to take the last?
- [35:39]
Dana Goldberg
Go for it. No, no, go ahead.
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Allison Gill
All right, here we go. This is from Getter in Good Trouble. Oh, Getter in Good Troubler. I get it. I see. Greetings to top of the class summa legumes, AG and DG for a little sprout of your planted beans from a little sprout of your planted beans. Okay, that opening sentence is fantastic.
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Dana Goldberg
That was adorable.
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Allison Gill
First, DG, please stay safe. We're watching in horror the blazes in Southern California and hoping everyone has taken precautions to protect themselves and their loved ones. We'd like to be there in person to help, so please accept our support from afar. If you can suggest any ways to help the recovery, please let us know now. A shout out for your last segment about getting into good Trouble in response to your invitation to contact the US Attorney General concerning the unethical obstruction by the sea judge in Florida by blocking the release of Jack Smith's reports, you should know your listeners really do respond to your calls to action, right after listening to your show this morning, I sat down and started writing the US Attorney General a note. While it took three attempts to draft a respectful request to Mr. Garland, I finally got it to fit in the form of less than 2,000 words at the Department of Justice website. After weeks of feeling powerless over our future, it felt good to hit send. Even if it's not read, it felt like I had done a civic duty, if only to participate in the political process and advocacy for transparency. So thank you for kicking us in the butt to get us into some good trouble. Here is the closing of the note and I hope it meets with your Seal of Good Trouble approval. Quote we need to see beyond the veil of jurisprudence used by a judge without jurisdiction or standing who disregards justice for all in favor of one at great cost to the integrity of the whole. Only you can determine the course of justice in the report Release of Special Counsel Smith's investigations. My hope is your team will find the grounds to do so. Expeditiously revealing the light of truth is the best way to fortify the institution of justice and bolster the American public's confidence in it.
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Dana Goldberg
Wow.
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Allison Gill
Damn. What do you think she says, dude? My letter was like, yo bro, release the thing. Thanks. P.S. peace. You know, this is beautifully written. Thank you so much. As Pet Tax Here's a picture of Kara or Cara, our pup who rescued us eight years ago. Cara has very calming effect on people. Probably because you guessed it. She cares a lot. Friends often ask us to let them visit with her as their carotherapy.
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Dana Goldberg
Nice.
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Allison Gill
If you haven't guessed already, Cara is a Carolina dog mixed with a German shepherd. Thanks for sewing inspiring beans daily so we can go forth and sprout good trouble with hugs. Oh, first of all, beautiful, amazing dog. Second of all, get her in good troubler. Incredible letter. Final paragraph to, to Merrick Garland. Thank you, thank you. Thank you so much. And you know, I can't, I can't stress how, how much I agree with you. Just hit, just typing some words up and hitting the send button. It really does kind of make, make me feel better when I do stuff like that. So hopefully it'll help, help y'all do the same. All right, that is our show. Thank you very much. We're going to be back in your ears tomorrow. Do final thoughts today.
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Dana Goldberg
Dana and I just want to send a lot of love and to support everyone affected by these fires and please take them seriously. These winds have finally died down a little bit. But just take caution and please, if there is an evacuation notification, get out of the area. Pack a bag now just have a safe bag. Even if you don't have to take it. If you never have to leave your house, just do it. You won't be sorry if you did. You're going to be sorry if you did.
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Allison Gill
Thank you so much, Dana, and same sending out all the love. Please listen to your local officials. Thanks to the first responders and my heart goes out to everyone impacted by these fires. There's going to be more to come, so we need to make sure that we have the resources in place to help each other. So thank you, thank you, thank you. We'll be back in your ears tomorrow. Until then, please take care of yourselves, take care of each other, take care of the planet, take care of your mental health and take care of your family. I've been a generation and I've been DG and them's the beans. The Daily Beans is written and executive produced by Allison Gill with additional research and reporting by Dana Goldberg. Sound design and editing is by Desiree McFarlane with art and web design by Joelle Reader with Moxie Design Studios. Music for the Daily Beans is written and performed by they Might Be Giants and the show is a proud member of the MSW Media Network, a collection of creator owned podcasts dedicated to news, politics and justice. For more information please visit mswmedia.com from MSW Media.