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Wednesday, November 13th, 2024 Today, Putin's spy chief Nikolai Patrushev says Russia helped Trump win the Presidential election and makes a veiled threat that Trump must now deliver the agreed-upon quid pro quo; a U.S. judge says the Louisiana law ordering the Ten Commandments to be displayed in schools is unconstitutional; a Federal Bureau of Prisons lieutenant has been indicted for civil rights violations; Judge Merchan has postponed the immunity ruling in the hush money election interference case; Trump names more idiots to his cabinet; 14 seats in the House remain undecided; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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Alison Gill
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Dana Goldberg
Daily beans daily Beans. Daily Beans.
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Alison Gill
Hello and welcome to the Daily beans for Wednesday, November 13, 2024. Today, Putin's spy chief Nikolay Petruchev says Russia helped Trump win the presidential election and makes a veiled threat that Trump must now deliver their agreed upon quid pro quo. A US Judge says the Louisiana law ordering the Ten Commandments to be displayed in school classrooms is unconstitutional. A Federal Bureau of Prisons lieutenant has been indicted for civil rights violations. Judge Marshawn has postponed the immunity ruling in the hush money election interference case. And Trump names more idiots to his cabinet while while 14 seats in the House remain undecided. I'm Alison Gill.
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Dana Goldberg
And I'm Dana Goldberg.
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Alison Gill
Oh, happy Wednesday. As happy as a Wednesday can be. How are you?
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Dana Goldberg
Is it Wednesday this week? Feels like it's been 85 days long. I feel like we're in this weird period between, what is it, Christmas and New Year's where no one really knows what day it is after the election. At least that's how I'm feeling.
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Alison Gill
Yeah, it'll probably be that way for a while. So there's tons of Trump cabinet picks, including Kristi Noem, the puppy killer at Homeland Security, Marco Rubio, Secretary of State. They put Ratcliffe in as CIA, head of the CIA, which I guess, I mean, that's horrible. But it's not Kash Patel, at least. I mean, silver lining there. They're considering Matthew fucking Whitaker for Attorney General or White House counsel.
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Dana Goldberg
Is that the guy that looks like Mr. Clean?
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Alison Gill
That's the guy who invented the big dick toilet.
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Dana Goldberg
Yep, that's it. All right.
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Alison Gill
That's him. That's him. And Pete and I are going to go over all of this on cleanup on aisle 45 next week. There is a new episode out today that we recorded Monday. So all of these new picks that are happening Tuesday and Wednesday, they'll all be in next week's show. And I stand corrected. Jack Dorsey, the former head of Twitter, is not in charge at Bluesky.
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Dana Goldberg
That's nice to hear he stepped down in May.
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Alison Gill
It's now being run by the daughter of immigrants. Really lovely lady. And it's a public interest company, so.
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Dana Goldberg
Wow.
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Alison Gill
It's not run by the Jack Dorsey guy. Jack Dorsey actually has left and has told everybody to go back to Twitter, so.
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Dana Goldberg
Interesting.
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Alison Gill
Yeah. So we're all over at Blue sky, your DG comedy. I'm Mueller, she wrote. Everybody come to where the sky is blue, or at least bluer. All right, a couple quick things. I don't even think we need a quick hits for this, but Mark Meadows, the Supreme Court refused to hear his case, the one where he was trying to remove his Georgia case to federal court.
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Dana Goldberg
Oh, interesting.
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Alison Gill
Yeah. And I was actually really shocked by that because the 11th Circuit said, no, former federal officials don't get to move their shit to. You're not. You don't get the protections of a federal official if you're a former federal officer. And I thought for sure the Supreme Court would reach down, snatch that up, and overturn that shit, but they didn't.
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Dana Goldberg
I don't know, ag. I feel like at this point, they're, like, kicking back and they're like, you know what? We made, we did what we needed to. Now let's actually enforce the Constitution. I don't know. It'd be interesting to see what happens.
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Alison Gill
Either that or they want to make it so that the new attorney general can go after former Biden administration officials.
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Dana Goldberg
Oh, well, thanks for. Okay, now everything's awful again. Just kidding. I'm just kidding.
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Alison Gill
Hope that's not it.
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Dana Goldberg
Oh, my God. That's what your brain works. And it should. My brain is like, well, maybe they're just trying to, you know, not play their hand, overplay their hand. And I'm like, what the fuck am I talking about? They've been playing their hand for years.
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Alison Gill
For a year here I was sure the Supreme Court wouldn't give a president immunity. It's against everything we found our country on. It's. It's a historical precedent. It's that. But, yeah, no, I don't put anything past those fuckers anymore.
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Dana Goldberg
I agree.
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Alison Gill
I agree. We would have had a trial in the coup case against Trump before the election if it weren't for them. So fuck those dudes. All right? And Judge Marchon, he's the one who. He's the judge who presided over the 34 felony count indictment and conviction of Donald Trump for falsifying business records in the election interference, hush money money case. He was supposed to yesterday come out with his ruling on whether the sentencing could go forward or the case would have to be tossed based on immunity. The immunity ruling of the wonderful Supreme Court we were just talking about.
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Dana Goldberg
Right.
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Alison Gill
But now that's been postponed till November 19th. Everyone agrees, too. The prosecution, the DA, Alvin Bragg, Trump's lawyers and the judge are all like, yeah, we agree, you need another week to figure out how you're going to go forward with this case in light of the presidential election. And so nobody, I guess, was expected, was expecting the Spanish Inquisition. So now they're like, we need another week before you drop, before you decide, before you make your immunity decision. We have to figure out what we're going to do here. On the prosecution side, everybody agreed. So that has been postponed. Judge Merchand approved that request unopposed by the DA to wait until November 19th. So we'll have that information for you probably on. Probably I'll do it here because it'll be the day before, obviously the day after we record cleanup on all 45. So anyway, I will get the information to you, I promise.
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Dana Goldberg
All right, sounds good.
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Alison Gill
So thank you. We have a lot of news to get to today, though, so let's hit the hot notes. Hot notes. All right. First up from the New Republic, Donald Trump may have secured a second term in the White House, but his Russia problems are far from over, at least according to a suspiciously phrased comment by some Russian President Vladimir Putin allies. Speaking with Russian state media on Monday, Russian presidential aide Nikolay Petrushev noted that while the US Election might be over, Trump is still beholden to, quote, certain forces to achieve success in the election. Donald Trump relied on certain forces to which he has corresponding obligations. That's what Petruchev told the business daily Commersant in response to a question about whether the outcome of the presidential election would bode well for Russia. Quote, as a responsible person, he will be obliged to fulfill them. That statement was elevated by Tass, the Russian news agency. And in a curious follow up about Trump's susceptibility to being pressured and influenced, Petrushev made another eyebrow raising comment. Rather than answer the question directly, the Putin aide made a point to bring up assassination attempts against the president elect.
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Dana Goldberg
Good Lord.
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Alison Gill
Trump's history with Russia goes way back, as we know, to the early days of his first campaign. And I'm going to throw a little sentence in here. Trump's history with Russia goes way back to the 80s. Yeah, but here in the New Republic, they say in 2019, former FBI director and Trump Russia special counsel Robert Mueller noted that Russia had blackmail material on Trump during the 2016 presidential election. And that relationship appears to be ongoing. On Wednesday, veteran journalist Bob Woodward revealed he had spoken about the unusual relationship between Trump and Putin several months ago with Trump's former Director of National Intelligence, Dan Coats. Quote, it's so close, it seems like it might be blackmail, Dan Coats said, according to Woodward. Thanks for telling us after the election, Bob.
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Dana Goldberg
Yep.
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Alison Gill
Woodward also recounted a separate conversation he had with CIA Director Bill Burns, who reportedly emphasized that Putin manipulates and is professionally trained to do so. According to Woodward, I feel like. Did anybody listen to the Mueller She Wrote podcast?
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Dana Goldberg
Apparently not anyone outside this community.
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Alison Gill
Hello, Putin manipulates. He's professionally trained to do so. According to Woodward, Burns believe that Putin has, quote, got a plan to repeat what he did during the 45th presidential administration by, quote, unquote, playing Trump. So I was told. Dana, were you? I. I was told Russia was a hoax.
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Dana Goldberg
Oh, yeah, told. You know what? This election was fair. Don't say anything. We sound like Republicans when we say something's fishy, but, oh, look at that. Yeah, yeah. All right. It just gets me going. So instead of going off on some soapbox, I'm going to move on to the next story. No.
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Alison Gill
And you know, of course we talk about vote totals and vote machines being manipulated. Let's wait to see what SISSA says. But absolutely, there was propaganda, disinformation, 100%. That's what.
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Dana Goldberg
There's also bomb threats that they took the credit for during the election.
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Alison Gill
Yeah.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah. All right, this one's from Melissa Quinn at CBS. It's one week. It feels like eight years. It's one week after the election day of 2024. And while control of the White House and the Senate, they've been decided in a handful of races for the U.S. house of Representatives, the results are still outstanding and their outcomes are going to determine Republicans margins in the lower chamber. Most of the undecided House races are in California, where state law requires mail ballots to be postmarked by election Day and received by county election offices up to seven days after the election. So many are still being counted. Here are the outstanding races of Tuesday, November 12th. Alaska at large. This is Republican Nick Bejich. He leads incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola, that's the Democrat, by about 10,000 votes, with only 71% of the estimated vote total recorded. In Arizona's sixth incumbent, Rep. Juan Siscomani. He's the Republican. He is leading Democratic opponent Kristen Engel by 4900 votes with 86% of the votes in. That's from CBS. They estimates the race is a toss up. California 9th CBS News characterizes the race as leaning Democrat with incumbent Rep. Josh Harder, the Democrat ahead of his Republican opponent Kevin Lincoln by more than 7,000 votes with 71% estimated vote total recorded. California's 13th freshman GOP Rep. John Duarte leads Democratic challenger Adam gray by nearly 3,000 votes. But there's only 57% of the votes in in that area and California's 21st. According to CBS News. They're characterizing the race between Rep. J. Costa, the Democrat incumbent, and Republican Michael Maher as leaning toward the Democrat in that race. The Congressman leads by just over 1300 votes, but there's only 64% in that area. California 22 Republican Rep. David Baladeo is leading Democrat challenger Ruby Salas by 9,500 votes and we've got 71% of the vote in there. California 41 NBC characterizes the race as lean Republican incumbent Rep. Ken Calvert, who has served in the House for more than 30 years years. But Calvert leads his Democratic opponent Will rollins by only 7,500 votes. But there is 81% already recorded in that area. California 45 in this race between GOP incumbent Rep. Michelle Steele and Democrat Derek Tran steals ahead by 3, 900 votes. There's 84% recorded. California 47 Katie Porter's old seat. CBS News characterizes the race as lean Min, which is the last name by the way, meaning it's likely to stay in the Democrats hands. With 84% of the estimated vote total reported Min is ahead by more than 3200 votes. California 49 we've got Democratic Rep. Mike Levin. Great guy. And Republican Matt Gunderson that's leaning toward Levin at this point. The Democratic incumbent is ahead of his GOP challenger by 14,000 points with 84%. In Iowa's first Republican Rep. Marinette Miller Meeks and Democrat Christina Mohannon. This is a rematch of the 22, the 2022 contest. The 2024 election is shaping up to be incredibly close with Miller Meeks currently leading by 796 votes in this race. They're saying that's a toss up. Obviously right now We've got Maine's 2nd District. Democrat Rep. Jared golden is facing Republican Austin Thurialt. In a district that supported Trump in 2016 and 20. The Democratic incumbent is ahead by more than 2100 votes with 99% of the in. Yep, Jared, I know, please. Ohio's ninth Democratic Rep. Marcy Captor is working to keep control of her seat in the race. Against Republican challenger Derek Marin. CBS News Character rises. This race is also a toss up. Raptor is leading Marin by more than 1100 votes and there's 94% already recorded. Oregon 5th Republican Incumbent Rep. Lori Chavez de Remmer, who is in her first term, is facing off against Democrat Janelle Bynum, who is currently ahead by more than 10,000 votes. CBS is characterizing this race is leaning toward Bynum because we've got 88% of the votes recorded. So all of these are really important. I know they already called the House for Republicans, but we've already talked about this big bag of rats. If they only have a couple of seats ahead of us, they're going to have a real hard time getting anything to be signed over to the Senate.
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Alison Gill
Yeah, and Trump's already polin people out of Congress to be in his Cabinet.
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Dana Goldberg
Yep.
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Alison Gill
It's going to be interesting that he's doing that with such close margins in both chambers. All right, next up from the Department of Justice website, here's some good news. A Federal Bureau of prisons lieutenant at U.S. penitentiary McCreary in Pine Knot, Kentucky, was indicted last week by a federal grand jury in London, Kentucky, for federal civil rights violations, including violating an individual's rights under the color of law, falsifying records to impede an investigation, and witness tampering. That's a lot. The indictment alleges Zachary Tony, 33, while acting under color of law as a USP McCreary lieutenant, repeatedly kicked and struck a victim while the victim was on the ground and handcuffed, which caused bodily injury to the victim. Jeez. The indictment further alleges that Tony then wrote a memorandum documenting a false account of his interactions with the victim so he could cover up the unlawful force that he used against the victim, omitting that he repeatedly kicked and struck the victim and stating there was no inmate injuries.
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Dana Goldberg
Wow.
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Alison Gill
The indictment also alleges that Tony, while acting as a lieutenant, instructed three corrections officers to write reports emitting the force that they observed Tony using. So write up some false reports about what you just saw.
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Dana Goldberg
Geez.
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Alison Gill
Quote, the Justice Department's mission is to protect the civil rights of all Americans, including those who are incarcerated. That's Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco in a statement, who went on to say, as alleged Lieutenant Zachary Tony assaulted a defenseless person in his custody and then tried to cover up that misconduct by falsifying records and tampering with witnesses. These charges make clear we will hold accountable Federal Bureau of Prisons personnel who abuse their positions of authority. Correctional officers have an obligation to respect the constitutional rights of the people in their custody and to report honestly on any misconduct. That's Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clark. She's in the Civil Rights Division at Maine justice, quote, the Justice Department will continue to enforce those obligations in federal as well as state and local facilities. And another quote, we trust the federal Bureau of Prisons employees to foster a safe and humane environment for inmates to serve out their sentences. Instead, this indictment alleges that Tony violently assaulted a defenseless inmate and then lied to cover it up. That's Inspector General Mike Horowitz of the Justice Department, who went on to say the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General will continue to aggressively investigate any Bureau of Prisons employee who allegedly violates the civil rights of an inmate in their custody and care. And as much as I love this indictment, I mean, I don't know if it will survive after 1-20-25.
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Dana Goldberg
Agreed.
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Alison Gill
I don't know if Donald Trump will pardon this guy.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah, well, he wants to seem to.
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Alison Gill
Give officers past his prologue. He'll make him the head of Bureau of Prisons.
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Dana Goldberg
100%. 100%. Okay. This one is from Sarah Klein at the Associated Press. This is a good news story. Louisiana requirement that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public classroom by January 1st was temporarily blocked Tuesday. And hopefully that stands by a federal judge who said the law is unconstitutional on its face. U.S. district Judge John Degrave. We talked about this right before we recorded and I forgot. John Degrave.
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Alison Gill
I think it's John Degrave.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah. All right.
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Alison Gill
John Degrave or John de Gravel. Maybe John de Gravel.
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Dana Goldberg
That actually John de Gravel. I think that might, whatever it is, it might be a French name. So someone send in a correction. He's the judge down in Baton Rouge. And he said the law had an overtly religious purpose and rejected state officials claims that the government can mandate the posting of the Ten Commandments because they hold historical significance to the faith foundation of US Law. His opinion noted that no other foundational documents, including the Constitution or the Bill of Rights, must be posted. And I quote, we strongly disagree with the court's decision and will immediately appeal. This is Louisiana Attorney General Elizabeth Mural. She said that in an emailed statement, Murrell, a Republican, Shocking. Supported the law, as did Republican Governor Jeff Landry. In granting a preliminary injunction, Degravel said opponents of the law are likely to win their ongoing lawsuit against the law. The lawsuit argues that the law violates the First Amendment's provisions forbidding the government from establishing a religion or blocking the free exercise of religion. They had argued that the poster sized display of the ten Commandments would isolate students, especially those who are not Christian. Yep. De Gravel said the law amounts to unconstitutional religious government coercion of students. Quote. As plaintiffs highlight by law parents must send their minor children to school and ensure attendance during regular school hours at least 177 days per year. Proponents say that measure is not solely religious, but that it is historical significance in the foundation of US Law. Plaintiffs in the case were a group of parents of Louisiana public school children.
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Alison Gill
Good for them.
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Dana Goldberg
The new law. I know, right? The new law in Louisiana, a reliably Republican state that is ensconced in the Bible belt, was passed by the state's GOP dominated legislature earlier this year.
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Alison Gill
Man, imagine if everybody's vote counted in Louisiana.
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Dana Goldberg
Right?
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Alison Gill
Well, good news, blocked. And I mean it's so blatant and obvious on its face like telling absolutely businesses they can't have drag shows like no, I'm sorry, that's against the first amendment, it's against free speech, it's against like, like stop, you know, stop. I get freedom from religion just as much as I get freedom for to it. So I'm very glad for this ruling and we'll see where it goes. I know they're going to appeal, but this Judge De Gravel says you're gonna lose. You're gonna lose. So we'll see where it heads. All right, we have some good news that we have to get to, but we have to take a quick break. So everybody stick around. We'll be right back after these messages.
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Dana Goldberg
We'll be right back.
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Alison Gill
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Dana Goldberg
Sorry, whenever you say that, I'm like, we're gonna get dick pics. We're gonna get dick pics. If you send that out, we're never one.
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Alison Gill
You know what? I'm not.
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Dana Goldberg
We're gonna, we're gonna get Georgio Keefe picks.
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Alison Gill
I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna jinx it. I'm jinx it.
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Dana Goldberg
Okay, everyone behave.
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Alison Gill
You behave.
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Dana Goldberg
That's okay. Because Kanai looks at the pictures first and I know he would never send through a dick pic. Right.
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Alison Gill
We might have gotten thousands. And that's true, actually.
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Dana Goldberg
Sorry, Kanai, if that's the case.
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Alison Gill
Yeah, man.
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Dana Goldberg
Or you're welcome. I don't know.
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Alison Gill
Or you're welcome. Sorry. Or you're welcome. Whichever you prefer. Also, if you have any shout outs that you want to send a loved one family member a self shout out, those are really important right now. We really need to do self care and thank goodness for this community because it's, it's helped me. It's keeping me afloat. So thank you all. So shout out to you. That's my shout out to you. And then shout outs to government programs whether it's Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the Affordable Care act, also known as Obamacare, sorry, MAGA, Social Security, Head Start, Section 8, SNAP, WIC, anything you want to send to us, and especially and including student debt relief stories, send them to us dailybeanspod.com click on contact. First up from Jane Pronoun she and her hello team Beans. Would you like to play? Here is a picture of my Woobie. Can you guess what kind of animal it is? I'll give you a hint. His name is Hippie. I've had him since I was born and we're getting ready to celebrate 50 years together. I always get a comfort from looking into his eyes. I hope to clear any balance due on POD tax with this photo of Sarin, the serendipitous Serengeti kitty, otherwise known as Giraffe cat because he has remarkably long legs. It turns out that the sunshades in the yard are enormous cat hammocks. He's a stray who adopted us about six months after our beloved Lily crossed the rainbow bridge. I'm sending this with gratitude and big love and Jane. We needed it. Thank you. And look at this hippo.
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Dana Goldberg
I know it's a woobie hippo. It's a hippo. Wubby.
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Alison Gill
It's a 50 year old hippo.
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Dana Goldberg
Woo. That's amazing.
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Alison Gill
And then look at this cat in the cat hammock. Which is yes, a sunshade but no, now it's a cat hammock.
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Dana Goldberg
Also, can we talk about how Zen that backyard looks?
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Alison Gill
Fuck yeah. That pergola sit.
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Dana Goldberg
I know. Watch some hummingbirds.
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Alison Gill
I think that's a lettuce grow there. And I'm like they're growing some herbs or something in the middle.
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Dana Goldberg
Lovely. Absolutely lovely. This is from Stephanie Pronounced she and her hello dear Beans. Queens. I almost couldn't bring myself to listen to the Tuesday show. But I did and I'm glad I did. A couple of weeks ago I blocked the post election Wednesday offer a stay on the northern California coast with my fiance, partly for his birthday, which is November 4th. But we both knew it was also to make sure we were away and were together for whatever happened Tuesday. Obviously it didn't go the way we wanted. I fucking knew I shouldn't have bought champagne. But we were able to grieve and begin coping together. I made two resolutions. One, I get a notebook and I draw one thing per day that makes me happy. Wednesday. It was Seeing pelicans today. It's a nice omelet I made. I just want to say before I keep reading, if you ever want to share this notebook when you're done, like any of the pictures, I know we'd love to see them two to start looking for ways to help. After listening to you and Dana this morning, I realized I needed to join HRC and be a monthly contributor. So tonight I did. Long road ahead. But I am not giving up. I still believe this country can find its way to the light for my pod pet tax. Please cast your gaze upon Noodle, who I caught mid grooming. Noodle was just really, like, busy.
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Alison Gill
Excuse me. I was licking my Barthole. Could you point the camera somewhere else?
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Dana Goldberg
Thanks.
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Alison Gill
Amazing. And, yeah, I would love to see this notebook, too. I love that. Get a notebook, draw one thing per day that makes you happy. Stephanie, that's. I hope that's really helping you, because it sounds wonderful. All right, next up, from Zach. He and him. My wife and the love of my life, Dee, has been fighting the Trump fight since day one. She went to the Million Woman March. She's been vocal about her support for our own trans kid, and she's been devastated by another Trump victory. She listens to your show like it's her religion and loves you guys so much. She does so much for our family. I just hope you guys could say hi and tell her that her dogs are cute.
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Dana Goldberg
Okay, well, that's easy, because that is a really fucking cute dog. Yeah.
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Alison Gill
And there's another cute dog. Here are pictures of our two Aussies, Stormy, Grace and Maximus. Oh, it's this Zack. It's Maximus and Stormy. Gray Sack. Stormy is the Trimurl. Max is the red. Thank you for everything that you do. Shout out to Dee.
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Dana Goldberg
Dee. Hi. And your pups are adorable. Adorable. Beautiful, actually. Oh, my goodness.
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Alison Gill
You could make a calendar out of these dogs.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah. And it would sell for sure.
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Alison Gill
Yep.
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Dana Goldberg
All right.
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Alison Gill
Thank you.
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Dana Goldberg
Absolutely. This one is. I said absolutely. Like I sent that in. This one is from Nick. Pronounce he and him. Good day. Leading legumes. I have some good news to share. I'm sure you'll have mentioned this already, but our Governor, Christy Noem has apparently been tapped by Secretary of Homeland Security. But, Nick, I'm sure you're wondering, why is that good news? Christie is terrible. First, as dumb as she is, she's probably going to be able to do less damage than some other people Trump could put in there. Second, it means South Dakota gets to no longer have her as a Governor. Yay. I don't know if Larry Rhoden will be worse, but if he is, well, congratulations, I guess, because that'd be a big ass achievement. And note to the editor. That is obviously not a typo. Oh, no, it's big ass accomplishment.
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Alison Gill
Accomplishments. Yeah. So when he says that'll be a big ass accomplishment.
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Dana Goldberg
Got it. Got it.
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Alison Gill
Not a.
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Dana Goldberg
And this person. Yeah, was being funny. He's making fun of that One handwritten note of trumps that read, dems have no accomplishments. I use it to refer to accomplishments of dubious quality or value. I love that, actually. All right, I'll stop joking around just to cope with the horrors we're about to face four years of and give my real good news, which AG learned of during last week's happy hour. Due to recent exposure that didn't end up triggering his allergies, we believe our son has grown out of his fairly bad cat allergy. At least enough that he can get by if he takes an allergy pill. As such, we've taken in a soft, lovable and when she pounces at your calf void. My wife has formally named Story, but we generally address as Baby or refer to as the baby. This is usually, or at least for me in the context of baby, no, when she does something she shouldn't, as with her insistence of jumping in with the guinea pigs, she settled right into our household with no sign of her setting off our son's allergies. And she more or less gets along with the other animals, so I think she's here to stay. Included are pictures of her with her reluctant potato playmates, as well as the initial literation of the barrier I tried to put up to keep her out, which I refer to as Guinea Pig Thunderdome. I must note that Guinea Pig Thunderdome still does not work because she is smart, determined, and true to her species. A bit of an. She's a lot like Grr Gir. Is that right?
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Alison Gill
Yeah. Grr is his dog. His little corgi.
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Dana Goldberg
Ah. In fact, infuriating, but so cute you can't stay mad. Keep up the good work that we'll need now more than ever as Trump burns the government down around him until J.D. vance and the cabinet sideline him with the 25th amendment and we can only hope thereby start a civil war with the gop. The service you provide to the public is invaluable.
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Alison Gill
Yeah, I saw story on the. On the call. Look. What a baby.
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Dana Goldberg
Yeah.
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Alison Gill
So cute. Thanks, Nick. Thank you, Nick. Next up, Beth, you j pronoun. She and her Dear ladies of the equally nutritious and musical fruit, I've been on a medical leave since September to address mental health issues related to past trauma, chronic illness and ocd. And there is good news to share. There has never been a better time to be in mental health treatment than the 2024 election. The day after election Day, I use my newly learned skills to focus on coping with uncertainty and living according to my personal values, which no one, orange or otherwise, can take away from me. First, I wrote a list of uncertainty statements to keep from ruminating on what ifs and catastrophic thoughts that fuel anxiety. For example, we cannot know for certain what actions our President elect will take, and there is no way of knowing whether he will act on election promises or was simply taking a stand in order to be elected. I also have a list of values to use as a guidepost in making decisions on how to react. Values like kindness, friends, family, creativity, personal growth. They ensure my behavior moves toward the positive and not hate. Facing the election reality slap was so much easier with these tools in my toolbox. Shout out to Compass Health and my primary therapist, Talia for doing this important work with those who struggle with depression, anxiety and more For POD Pet Tax. Here's a photo of my dog Kaya, who has some anxiety issues of her own. Here she is with her favorite toy and binky, a balloon. We we thought about five. We we go through about five balloons per day to keep her happy. But we all have to do what's necessary to prioritize our health. Sending love and support to you both. We've got this.
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Dana Goldberg
Thanks for all you do this.
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Alison Gill
So this dog goes through five emotional support balloons a day. I love this. I love this so much. That's so funny. It's like one of those burlesque dancers just keeps popping balloons until they're nakey naked.
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Dana Goldberg
That is amazing.
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Alison Gill
So, so cute. Beth. Thank you. And thanks to everybody. Oh for sending in your good news. We really need it. Send it to us@dailybeanspod.com and click on contact. We'll get through this. I think I'm going to say that every day. Yeah, maybe I'll add it on to the sign off. Do you have any final thoughts?
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Dana Goldberg
I do. You know, I was sort of thinking about, you know, you all know I'm going to sound like I'm touting myself right now. I don't feel like I am. But I think you all know how kind I tried to be and a good person I tried to be. And I can admit that this impending administration in the last eight years has sometimes made me not as kind to strangers on social media. And sometimes it's, it's, you know, deserved and other times it's me reacting. And I saw someone post the other day, learn how to deal with bullies without becoming one. And there are several books and it was just one of those statements where I was like, oh, my God, these people have made me the worst version of myself. I'm going to take a step back. And so I would just employ anyone that is also feeling that way, implore, excuse me, anyone that is feeling that way, maybe just take a step back, take a breath and go, oh my God, these people bring out the worst in me. And I actually prefer the best. So I'm going to stay in that lane.
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Alison Gill
Yeah, I'm thinking about, like, when really things go really badly for MAGA because of the choices that they've made in this election. Maybe I'll just sip tea.
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Dana Goldberg
There you go. We'll sip tea and then we'll spill it.
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Alison Gill
Oops. Yeah. Yeah, I think. I think that's really good advice. I did a mea culpa on social media probably about a year ago because I was just starting to get like, real snippy, you know?
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Dana Goldberg
Yep.
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Alison Gill
And I was like, hey, I have. Here's a thing. It's. I have a PTSD thing. It's not an excuse. I need to work on that and I will, and I promise. So thank you for bringing that up. And everybody, we'll be back in your ears tomorrow. Check out the new episode of cleanup on L45 with me and Pete. You don't want to miss it. We'll be back in your ears tomorrow. And until then, please take care of yourselves. Take care of each other, take care of the planet, take care of your mental health, take care of your framily. And what did I say I was going to ask? We'll get through this.
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Dana Goldberg
Oh, yeah, we'll get.
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Alison Gill
We'll get through this. I've been AG and 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 McFarland with art and web design by Joel Reeder 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, injustice. For more information please visit mswmedia.com msw media.