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Monday, June 15th, 2026 Today, the United States Postal Service is seeking to block mail in ballots to any state that doesn’t hand over its voter rolls; the United States struck civilian drinking-water facilities in last week’s strikes; ICE agents detained two people at a preschool graduation in Baltimore; the bystander shot near the White House was hit by Secret Service; the Justice Department has approved Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Brothers; a federal judge halts the Trump administration’s censorship of National Park exhibits; the Supreme Court denies Alabama’s request to proceed with the nitrogen gas execution of Jeffrey Lee; Donald’s name comes off the Kennedy Center as the Opera sues the board for $17M; the New York Knicks come back from a 16 point deficit to win the title; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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MSW Media. News whispering jelly beans.
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Jelly beans. Jelly beans.
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Daily beans. Hello and welcome to the Daily beans for Monday, June 15, 2026. Today, the United States Postal Service is seeking to block mail in ballots to any state that doesn't hand over its voter rolls. The United States struck civilian drinking water facilities in last week's strikes In Iran. ICE agents detained two people at a preschool graduation. In Baltimore, that bystander that was shot near the White House was actually hit by Secret Service. The Justice Department has approved Paramount's acquisition of Warner Brothers. A federal judge is halting the Trump administration's censorship of national park exhibits. The Supreme Court has denied Alabama's request to proceed with the nitrogen gas execution of Jeffrey Lee. Donald's name has come off the Kennedy center as the opera sues the board for $17 million and the New York Knicks come back from a 16 point deficit to win the title. I'm Alison Gill.
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And I'm Dana Goldberg.
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Hello, my friend. Record News Weekend, I think.
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I think it was. I don't know. I always say that. And then we get a new one. So you know it's gonna happen. But you're always so good at just knocking that introduction out.
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Oh, thanks. Thanks. And happy Obama Appreciation Day as we record this on June 14th. I know it's somebody else's birthday or whatever and there's some sort of thing going on.
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It's also LA Pride, but every day is Obama Appreciation Day.
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Yeah. And I wrote up a personal piece about it, some stuff I was going through in 2007, 2008, and you can find that@mullershirote.com Also, Mitch McConnell is in the hospital, so there's that. And. Okay.
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Thoughts and prayers.
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Sure. Yeah. Thoughts and prayers is exactly, I think, the correct remedy. So we'll be keeping an eye on that. The guy should have resigned a long time ago. And. Yeah, I mean, come on. Okay, we have a lot of news to get to today, so let's hit the hot notes. Hot notes. All right, first up from the times, the U.S. postal Service has proposed a new rule that would allow it to refuse to deliver mail ballots in states that don't turn over voter rolls to the federal government. The rule proposed last week is vaguely written, but appears to establish broad authority for the agency to intervene in the mail voting process. It calls on states to compile lists of mail voters that Postal Service employees would use to screen ballots for eligibility. If states refused to comply, the agency would refuse to send their mail ballots. Democrats and voting rights groups say the proposed rule is clear evidence that the Trump administration is trying to unconstitutionally intrude on state run elections. Withholding some mail services in states where voters rely heavily on mail balloting could affect millions of Americans. And most of those affected would likely be Democrats who disproportionately vote by mail because more Republicans have been convinced by Trump's unfounded claims that mail balloting is not reliable and invites fraud, even though Donald Trump votes by mail. Screening mail ballots for voter eligibility, meanwhile, would amount to an unprecedented and potentially unconstitutional involvement of the federal government in the administration of elections. The proposed rule is vague, however, so it's unclear how the screening would work. I can tell you it would work exactly how Donald Trump wants it to work. And from democracy docket, A federal appeals court Thursday expedited a bid to block Trump's sweeping attack on mail in voting. That's a hopeful procedural sign for voters as the administration pushes ahead with the plans that could upend how mail ballots are capped in the midterm elections. The D.C. circuit Court of Appeals granted a request by Democratic plaintiffs to speed up the appeal of a lower court ruling that left Trump's anti voting order in place last month. It was left in place because there hadn't been harm yet. There was no infrastructure created to make this rule happen. We found out later that they have actually built a ghost vote.org website on a personal, not, you know, commercial and not federal section of Cloudflare. We went over that. It was covered in the Dray dossier on Substack and I actually had one of my cybersecurity experts confirm that. So it's actually happening. So hopefully this expedited thing will include that and they'll block it under the new schedule. The Democratic plaintiffs, their brief is due June 17. The Trumps and Republican states defending brief is due June 29, and the Democratic plaintiffs can reply by July 6. The court also said oral arguments will be heard by the same three judge panel, Circuit Judges Patricia Millett and Robert Wilkins, who are both Obama appointees, and Gregory Katzis, who was appointed by Donald Trump. Katzis, by the way, would have denied the motion to expedite because he's a butthole.
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There you go. All right. This is from Courthouse News. The Washington Post bases a class action filed in the local D.C. superior Court on Thursday over the legacy papers recent use of reader data to set subscription prices, a practice referred to as surveillance pricing. The proposed class of readers argue in the suit that Post turned its audience's reading habits into quote pricing profile in 2024 to offer different prices to subscribers based on the demographics and their activities, like reading the morning headlines, checking an election update or following a favorite columnist. And this is a quote. The Post has been monitoring usage and implementing this pricing practice, often referred to as surveillance pricing, since at least December of 2024, at which point not a single subscriber was aware of the Post surveillance pricing, or secret harvesting of subscriber data. That's what the readers wrote, went on to say the law does not allow this conduct. State attorneys general across the country, along with the Federal Trade Commission, they've begun investigating companies that engage in surveillance pricing, also referred to as algorithmic pricing, using consumer personal information instead of market forces to set individualized prices. Now, the proposed class is led by Chelsea Blink, a subscriber to billionaire Jeff Bezos Post, who says she would have unsubscribed had she known her activity and data were being tracked for pricing purposes. Now, according to readers, the Post had to disclose the surveillance policy last year when New York required companies to reveal if they set pricing using algorithms based on a consumer's personal data. That law took effect in late 2025, but the post only made the disclosure in March of 2026 via a renewal email to subscribers.
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Huh. Well, hopefully we can all jump on that class action statement.
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No kidding.
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Gross. All right. From CBS Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained two adults on the campus of Southeast Baltimore public Preschool Thursday. That's school and city officials. The arrest sparked outrage from the city and state leaders, who emphasized that an emergency bill signed in May actually prohibits ICE from operating in sensitive locations like public schools. The incident, which was captured on video, occurred at Commodore John Rogers elementary Middle School during a preschool graduation ceremony. Federal agents left the scene afterward. School officials said they're working with local, state and federal agencies to learn more about the detainments and the school continued with its scheduled activities. I hope that Baltimore or the state press criminal charges against those agents for violating their laws 100%.
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All right, this next one's from CBS. The Supreme Court on Thursday declined a request from Alabama to move forward with the scheduled execution using nitrogen hypoxia. Justices Thomas, Samuel Leto and Gorsuch dissented from the decision.
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Well, of course they did.
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Uh huh. The Alabama attorney General's office had petitioned the high court to reverse a federal judge's decision to permanently ban the state from putting Jeffrey Lee to death using the controversial and relatively new execution method that Alabama first introduced in 2024. Lee's legal team said that in a statement that his jury voted for his life. That's what the Associated Press reported. And this is a quote, two courts ruled the method unconstitutional today. The Constitution prevailed. That's in the statement said went on to say, now Governor Ivey can finish what the jury started, restore the jury's verdict of life without parole. A spokesperson for the Alabama Department of Corrections told the AP the execution was off for the evening and the state would not try another method.
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Well, that's interesting. I mean, I would leave it up to Thomas Alito and Gorsuch to dissent on that, but I'm actually kind of surprised that the other conservative justices use the word conservative with a grain of salt there. Joined the liberals in that Next up from the Times. Strikes early Wednesday destroyed what appears to be a drinking water facility on Iran's southern coast near the Strait of Hormuz, according to an analysis by the New York Times. Around the time of the strikes, the US CENTCOM said in a post on Twitter, because that's how the Pentagon communicates these days, that it had conducted attacks near the strait with precision munitions from U.S. air Force and Navy fighter jets. Iranian state media reported that the US had hit water storage facilities and a local official said that water was cut off to more than 20,000 people living in a town and a village nearby. Temperatures in the area have reached above 100 degrees Fahrenheit this week. A commercial satellite image from the morning of June 9 shows two small water structures in the village of Bahmani. Both have light blue pipes, typical for water distribution infrastructure, as is their location on a hill outside of a populated area. The buildings are consistent with the description of the two storage tanks that the head of the provincial water authority said had been destroyed. Now, it was unclear if the US Intentionally struck these water facilities, is it or knew what was in the buildings. But deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure is a war crime. So we'll keep an eye on this.
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All right. Thank you so much, Allison. This one's from NBC. The bystander shot and wounded near the White House last month as a man opened fire and a Secret Service shot back, killing the man. Well, apparently it's a US army soldier who has severe injuries. This is from his lawyer. Investigators determined that he was shot by the Secret Service multiple times. That's what they tell News 4. Benjamin Del Rio is the man who was shot near a Secret service checkpoint on May 23. A Chicago law firm representing him. That's what they said. He was touring the city with his family at the time. Del Riof needed surgery and is still recovering from his injuries. Clifford Law offices reported that they said that they're working to learn more about what even happened. News4 has repeatedly asked the Secret Service about the shooting. They said in a statement the day it occurred, and I quote, it remains unclear whether the bystander was struck by the suspect's initial gunfire or during the exchange of gunfire or by us. It was you.
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It was you. I think the other Secret Service officer at the White House Corps Respondents dinner was also shot by Secret Service. All right, next up from Politico, the Justice Department's antitrust division has signed off on Paramount Skydance's $111 billion bid for Warner Brothers discovery. The approval, first reported by Politico, clears a major regulatory hurdle for a deal that's become one of the most closely watched media merger reviews of the Trump era. The decision announced Friday paves the way for Paramount to combine with the entertainment and media company behind a vast film and television studio, CNN and the HBO Max streaming service, which combined with Paramount plus to create a new offering boasting about 200 million subscribers. The deal minus me, by the way. The deal, which would upend a Hollywood ecosystem by combining two historic rival studios, is opposed by many in the entertainment industry who fear it will lead to mass layoffs, among other concerns. After an extensive review, which I'm putting in air quotes, the DOJ determined the transaction did not pose a threat to competition and declined to challenge it, said the people who were granted anonymity to discuss it. The department approved the merger without requiring any divestitures, behavioral remedies or concessions. The DOJ's approval does not end the merger's legal scrutiny, however. California Attorney General Rob Bonta has been reviewing the transaction and could still sue to block the deal despite federal regulators signing off, quote. The merger of Warner Brothers and Paramount remains under investigation by the California Department of Justice. That's what a spokesperson for Bonta's office said.
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All right, a little good news for you. This is from cnn. The Kennedy center has removed Donald Trump's name from its building, its executive director said Saturday, erasing a symbolic fixture of the president's remaking in Washington, D.C. and I wanna point out something ag. You know, I think it was Charlotte Clymer that posted this. One of the reasons Trump wants his name on everything is to make it appear that he had two successful presidencies instead of being some of the worst administration we've ever had in the history of this country. But if his name's on everything, sure looks like he did a damn good job. He did not. Now, Cruz placed a tarp over the signage on Friday, blocking any view of the progress made on the removal of Trump's name. The tarp was still on the building's facade Saturday after Executive Director Matt Floca said Trump's name was taken off to abide by a judge's ruling. Now, the removal marks a blow to the president's bid to control the performing arts center and his broader effort to put his stamp on the nation's Capitol. His takeover of the institution, a memorial to former President John F. Kennedy, began in the early days of his second term when he gutted the existing board and installed all his loyalists. Now, a judge had granted the Kennedy Center's request for additional time to fully remove Trump's name from the building, given the Washington Performing Arts Institution until noon Eastern Saturday, after the organization missed, of course, it's 11:59pm Friday, Deadline citing thunderstorms. Okay, we'll give you that. Metal scaffolding. Workers began removing Trump's name from an exterior wall of the Kennedy center early Saturday morning. Video from CNN actually showed that on Saturday morning, a small crew had gathered to watch the president's name come down. Some of them stopped to take photos. One man took a selfie with the tarp covered building behind him, crossing his fingers. And I quote, I just wanted to see Trump's name gone. That's from Joanne Jones. That's what she told cnn. When a person wants to put their name on a building that you had nothing to do with, you did no work. You just don't deserve it. So Joanne said. And by the way, from the Times, the Washington National Opera, which recently severed its longstanding relationship with the John F. Kennedy center of the Performing Arts, has filed a lawsuit that demands more than $17 million from the center that the opera company estimated that it's o the Suit filed Thursday says that since the opera company struck out on its own this year, Kennedy center officials have refused to release the money, which the court papers say includes endowment funds, other donations and income that was collected for the company's benefit. And I quote, WNO reluctantly files this case to preserve its future and to protect the donors and artists. That's what the lawyers for the opera said in court papers, which identify the funds as donor gifts received over years that are, quote, critical to its operations.
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Yeah, yeah. Now that tarp is still up, by the way, a sneaky Associated Press photographer named Cliff Owen got got a shot of it. We're going to show you the shot of one of the letters in Trump's name coming down over on Beans Talk today. Tarps are required. Like they had tarps up when they added his name to the thing, but not a wraparound tarp. I feel they were just sort of like hanging blue tarps and they used scissor lifts. I feel like they cut corners to put name up there, but, like really followed all the rules to take it down so that it would take a long time. And they've since left the tarp up there. There's no, there's nothing in the court order that says he can't cover his shame with a tarp.
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Yeah.
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And so I think he's left that up at least for the 250th, you know, lightning storm thing that's going to happen tonight as we record this, we record on Sunday, but maybe indefinitely, maybe somebody's going to have to go get another court order to take down the tarp.
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Oh, my God, he's just such a baby. He is.
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All right. From Reuters. A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to reinstall exhibits and signs on topics like slavery and climate change that it removed from parks and monuments nationwide because they don't align with its preferred narrative. U.S. district Judge Angel Kelly in Boston issued a preliminary injunction at the behest of groups representing park conservationists, historians and scientists, saying the U.S. department of the Interior's actions under Trump set a dangerous precedent of censorship and sanitization. The National Park's Conservation association, the American association for State and Local History, and four other groups had argued that the Interior Department was removing signs and exhibits in violation of congressional mandates governing how the 433 national park sites should be operated. And Judge Kelly agreed, saying the government had removed dozens of signs at National Parks Service managed sites related to climate change, civil rights, diverse communities, et cetera, without authorization from the National Park Service. Organic act, the National Park Service Centennial act and the National Parks Omnibus Management Act. Lots of laws in place saying you can't. You can't take that shit down.
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You can't do that.
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You can't.
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Oh. Ready for more good news? I've got it for you. This is from npr. It was bedlam on Broadway as the New York Knicks won their first NBA championship in 53 years on Saturday night with exuberant celebrations marred by mayhem and violence is what they're saying, including a shooting in Times Square. Wait, is that true there?
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Yeah, there was one shooting in New York. Yeah. So I remember when you were like, new York act. Right. There were like about. Out of.
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I saw them. They burned a school bus. Yeah.
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About a 10 million people. There were about 55 or 60 people who didn't act. Right. So low percentage, pretty good ratio.
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Yeah. Yep. Outside Madison Square Garden, a crowd watching on a big screen roared as the Knicks rallied from a 16 point deficit to beat the spurs in San Antonio in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. The city's going to officially celebrate the Knicks on Thursday with a parade in City hall ceremony. And I just want to say that Brunson had 45 of the 94 points. Yeah, he was an extraordinary. That game. I cried. It was stressful. I'm so glad. You know, I always want someone to win. I always want them to win at home because I feel like it's so exciting. But at the same time, like, listen, the referees weren't calling what they needed to call anyway. And so I'm glad someone hasn't gotten. Didn't get even more hurt. So it's great that this series is over and the New York Knicks won.
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Yeah. Like that flagrant technical that they should have called two of them on Wemby.
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Yeah.
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That they just let kind of slide by there because had he gotten another one, he'd have been suspended, you know, and I guess, I don't know, they didn't want to take out one of the stars or something. I don't know why they didn't call it, but it was, it was sus. But you know what's interesting is coming back from a 16 point deficit is a huge, huge thing. But it wasn't as reported on because of the first of all the 29 point deficit they had come back from in the previous game. And you said the fact that Jalen Brunson scored 45 points, that is the most points scored by a Knick in a finals game. In history. In history.
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He's extraordinary. His whole story is pretty fricking amazing. And to be able to have that win with his dad right there on the coaching team, I'm just, it was awesome. It was awesome.
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I saw those interviews and his emotion at the end of that and he, you know, because he, but he's been told his whole life, like, you're too small, you're never gonna make, you know. But he believed in himself and his team and it was just so cool. It was really cool to watch. So congrats to the Knicks. All right, everybody. We're not a sports podcast, we swear. But we do have some good news coming up as soon as we take this break. Stick around. We'll be right back after these messages.
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We'll be right back.
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MSW Media, Everybody, welcome back. It's time for the good news. Who likes good news?
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Everyone?
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Then good news, everyone. Good news, good news. Boy, do we need your good news. Please send it all to us. Like, overwhelm our inboxes with good news by going to DailyBeansPod.com and clicking on Contact. Your good news can be big or small. It can be recent or in the distant past. It can be a fun story that you like to share, maybe your favorite street joke that you'd like to tell us, some misheard song lyrics. You can give a shout out to a nonprofit. You want us to know about a loved one, a self shout out, a government program that's helped you or a loved one. Again, I talk about a lot of government programs that helped me in my recent piece about Obama appreciation day@mullershireroute.com so you can check that out. You can send in your Good Trouble suggestions, anything at all. And all you got to do to get your stuff right on the air is attach a photo. It can be of anything, really. Anything at all. But you know, most people send their pets in, would try to guess the breeds of their shelter pups up. You send an adoptable pet in your area if you don't have that, or a random photo of an animal on the Internet or your baby pictures or your elementary show us your elementary school yearbook pictures or your high school yearbook pictures.
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Got a good one.
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I got a pretty good one too, with the bangs. You know, the 80s bangs. So send it all to us dailybeanspot.com click on contact. All right, first up, Good Trouble shout outs from Kathy a. On Saturday, June 13, 2026, activists from Soma Action, a progressive grassroots organization based in South Orange and Maplewood, New Jersey, staged a protest at the mall at Short Hills, the state's premier luxury shopping destination, to condemn the Trump administration's unprecedented corruption, self dealing and abuse of power. Here's some photos.
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Amazing.
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Yeah, look at this. This is so cool. That's a cool that like. Okay, so where is this again? Soma South Orange and Maplewood in New Jers. Thanks for that. Kathy A.
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No. All right, next up from Allison Pronoun. She and her hi Queens of the Beans. My good trouble is a shout out to our freeway Visibility brigade who just celebrated our one year bridgeversary. Our intrepid group meets each week at our local overpass over the 405 in LA with a different message depending on the latest atrocity. Here are a couple pics. Despite all the crap, we're a joyful group for my podpet tariff. Here's a great message outside a local church for Pride Month. I'm guessing Jesus would approve. Thanks for all you do. Thanks for one year of resisting with us. That's awesome.
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No war, no ice. Very cool. And here's the Grace Lutheran Church. Jesus had two dads and he turned out okay. Happy pride. That's great. Fantastic. Thank you for that. That next up from Amber. Wow. This photo. Oh my goodness. Just completed a 1900 mile drive from Bend, Oregon to Haines, Alaska. Enjoyed the daily Beans while cruising through Canada, seeing huge bears, beautiful rivers and high reaching mountains. Often the only one on the road. And I didn't feel alone. It's an amazing world out there with kind good people. Look at this photo. These. Oh, the Yukon.
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That's extraordinary.
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Oh that's just if I can like feel the. The cleanness of the crisp air. You know what I mean?
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Seriously? Yes I do.
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Amazing. And from Paula Pronouns, she and her hello Beans Queens. I'm thinking that the quilters in your audience could have offered more colorful performance artwork for the Kennedy Center. The tarp, I'm assuming. And I'd like to submit my entry for a piece of potential multi quilt cover up. It's not redacted and doesn't have Trump's name on it either. I'm including a picture of Cricket, our tree climbing lizard chasing cricket removal service that wandered onto our Arizona patio and never left. Life will get better. We just have to stay alive long enough to see it. So be safe and thanks.
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Aw.
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Beautiful kitty. Beautiful quilt. Radicalized by decency, it says. And there's some swear words on this quilt. I like it.
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That's awesome. All right. From Kevin P. No Pronouns Given a very great morning to you. A gndg. My good news is about the John F. Kennedy Memorial center for the Performing Arts. I'd like to try to express the joy I had at seeing the final product after the tarp went down and how important it was. I had no idea of how beaten down, disparaged and stockholmed I was becoming. I'm literally being figurative when I say angels came down and said ah I had a moment when I thought, as bad as things are now, we will see the flip side. I saw a glimpse of that flip side. I know people got upset at that tarp, but they did. Well. There's not a hint of his name ever being up there. They cleaned the holes in the tile. Not even a shadow. It may be super silly, but I keep thinking at the end of Babe, that'll do, pig. That'll do. Yes, we have more to do, but more like, that will do. Tax photos are the center in its return Glory and my feral rescue Bella. Hate the name because it's so common for cats, but that's what our restaurant crew called her for years before I took her home.
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Hmm. Look at this. This is interesting because I have. As we record this, I had heard that the tarp was still up. First of all, beautiful kitty. But now that I'm looking on the Internet, it says, well, 50 seconds ago, the tarp is still covering. Reports state it'll be up indefinitely. But then somebody actually has something posted that says it's been removed, but that's up on YouTube. So Kennedy Center, Jim Acosta, one hour ago. The tarp is still blocking the signage, but it sounds like he's sulking over his name being removed. Jim Acosta reported that, but it's about an hour ago, but maybe it's been taken down and we just don't have the updates yet on social media, but we'll be keeping an eye on it. So thank you for that. I hope it's down. That would be fantastic. And thanks for sending that in, Kevin. Next up, Amanda. She and her hello beanies. I've been singing rain songs to make it rain. Sunday, June 14 Think it'll work? Think it'll work? Yes. Is it silly? Absolutely. Finding sparkles of happiness in your lovely work makes the day better for Podpet Tariff. A meme that pops up in my head every time it rains. Stay hydrated and find joy. And much love. And I love this. It's Frank N. Furter from Rocky Horror Picture Show. Tim Curry in front of a weather map, like a green screen weather map, and it says precipitation, which is a take on the anticipation from the same movie film Stage show production, Rocky Horror Picture Show. Thanks everybody for sending everything in. And if you have an update on the Kennedy center tarp, please send it our way. I posted earlier on because this whole Iran thing, we were going to report on the Iran quote unquote deal, but there isn't one. And Israel says it's not even going to agree to it. There's one every week. So I don't believe it until I see the little green dots going through the Strait of Horbuz that it's back open again. But apparently there's a deal on the table where we actually pay them $300 billion in reconstruction for the stuff we destroyed and then we have to give them another $24 billion just to start negotiating and that we don't get any of the nuclear materials and that we have to lift all the sanctions and that Iran still controls the Strait. But part of the deal, Dana, was that Israel would stop attacking Lebanon, but Israel came out and said we're not going to do that. So I don't think there's a deal at all. So I actually just posted on social media. I was like, maybe Trump could put a giant tarp over Iran and then we wouldn't be able to see it. Anyway, thanks all so much for your good news. Send it to us dailybeanspod.com click on Contact. Any final thoughts, my friend?
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No ma'. Am.
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All right, everybody, we'll see you over on Beans Talk and 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 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 mswmedia.com MSW Media
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