Tuesday, April 29th, 2025 Today, we’re one day away from maybe finding out how the Trump administration got Judge Xinis and Abrego Garcia’s lawyers to agree to a one week discovery delay; a new report reveals emails that former ND State Senator Ray Holmberg sent to others detailing decades of sex abuse; Democratic Governor Pritzker rails against timidity in a fiery speech; the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals denies main Rep Libby’s request to reinstate her voting power after she was censured for anti-trans rhetoric; lawyers for recently removed US citizen kids say that the mothers were coerced; after dipping in the polls Trump is calling for investigations into pollsters; DOGE employees have gained access to classified systems containing nuclear secrets; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
Tuesday, April 29th, 2025
Today, we’re one day away from maybe finding out how the Trump administration got Judge Xinis and Abrego Garcia’s lawyers to agree to a one week discovery delay; a new report reveals emails that former ND State Senator Ray Holmberg sent to others detailing decades of sex abuse; Democratic Governor Pritzker rails against timidity in a fiery speech; the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals denies main Rep Libby’s request to reinstate her voting power after she was censured for anti-trans rhetoric; lawyers for recently removed US citizen kids say that the mothers were coerced; after dipping in the polls Trump is calling for investigations into pollsters; DOGE employees have gained access to classified systems containing nuclear secrets; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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MSW Media Media. Hello and welcome to the Daily beans for Tuesday, April 29, 2025. Today, we're just one day away from maybe finding out how the Trump administration got Judge Sinis and Abrego Garcia's lawyers to agree to a one week discovery delay. A new report reveals emails that former North Dakota State Senator Ray Holmberg sent to others detailing decades of sex abuse. Democratic Governor Pritzker rails against timidity in a fiery speech. The First Circuit Court of Appeals has denied main Rep. Lib Libby's request to reinstate her voting power after she was censured for anti trans rhetoric. Lawyers for recently removed US Citizen children say that the mothers were actually coerced. After dipping in the polls. Donald Trump is calling for investigations into the pollsters. And Doge employees have gained access to classified systems containing nuclear secrets. I'm Allison Gill.
And I'm Dana Goldberg.
Yikes. Kids with the nuclear secret.
When I tell you. Inside voice said. You've got to be kidding me. As you read that. That's exactly what was happening. And now it's my outside voice because you got to be kidding me.
Me, too. And I wrote it earlier and I forgot that I wrote it. And when I read it, I was like, what the. Welcome back, my friend. I'm so glad you're back.
Thank you. It's gonna be back, and I always appreciate you covering me when I need to do something, have a personal day, take care of, um, people that are close to me. You just. You're wonderful. I appreciate you.
I will always back you up.
It was a much needed cover, so thank you.
Yes, of course. And it's been so lonesome without you these past couple of days, um, having to go through these headlines, uh, without you here by my side. So I appreciate. I'm gonna write some sort of romantic ballad about having you with me to read the news.
We can do a duet.
Uh, I love it.
Reunited and it feels so good.
We'll do it. I'll make something up. Papal conclave starts May 7th. Ooh.
If that's not a band name, someone has seriously dropped the ball somewhere, right, dude? Who are you gonna see tonight? We're going to hit see Papal Conclave, man.
Bo, rock on. My. My friend. My bestie and I were watching Conclave the other night, and, you know, all the cardinals wear red. And she just looks at me and she goes, that would be a baller name for a nail polish color.
That's also good. Very good. Conclave.
I enjoyed it.
Conclave Red.
One of the most bet on things in the world is whose pope is going to be. Yeah, yeah. Betting markets go now, man.
I. I was, uh. Our dear friend Charlotte Clymer put something online that one of the cardinals that gets to vote on the pope. Apparently you're only allowed to vote if you're under the age of 80 and he turned 81. No, if you're 80 and below, one of them, either 80 and below or under the age of 80 and I, um. What's that?
That he said that he's too old.
Yeah. So he had a birthday two weeks before the Pope died, and so he's not going to be able to vote for the new one. I know.
I wonder if he was one of the cardinals that was made a cardinal by this pope, Pope Francis. Like, like 80% of the cardinals are his. That he applied. Like a lot of them, so.
Well, shall see. We shall see. We're going to keep you posted, everyone. You know that.
Like I've been saying, hope we get a woke pope.
I want to woke a woke.
I'm not even in the chur anymore, but I'm like, woke up. All right, we have a lot of news to get to. Uh, let's hit the hot notes. Hot notes. Okay. First up, tomorrow we could learn a little bit more about what's up with the ex parte under seal Trump regime request to pause the pre contempt discovery process in the Abrego Garcia case. You'll recall last week Judge C's after tearing into Trump's Department of Justice for stonewalling on discovery, actually granted a one week delay request for reasons unknown submitted by the Trump regime. Now Abrego Garcia's lawyers and the judge agreed to this delay, which I was like, well, it's got to be something other than, you know, my kids got a soccer game or. Yeah, M. Because she's been railing at like no vacations, no appointments, no anything else. It's this until we're done, blah, blah. Like she was like, serious about this two week discovery. And, um, when they, you know, when the government didn't answer the questions fully and properly on the first round of interrogatories, she was like, you suck. This is wrong. I deny you this. You must turn the answers in by tomorrow at 6pm and your privilege log too. Don't be a jerk. Like, she was really mad.
Your little dog too. And your privilege log too.
Yes, and your little privilege log too. But before that deadline came, that's when the Trump administration filed this ex parte thing. My beans. The government may have said, give US a week and we'll release Abrego Garcia from Seacoat. And maybe not to bring him back to United States, but to send him to another country. But, you know, we just don't know. But we might find out tomorrow. Or the discovery process could just resume without any explanation based on what the judge does next. So we'll keep you posted. It'll be interesting.
All right, Ag, thanks so much. This next one's from the Times. Governor J.B. pritzker of Illinois strode into a ballroom filled with top New Hampshire Democrats on Sunday, and by the end of his nearly 30 minute speech, he had them ready to storm the political barricades against President Trump. That's because he gets fired up.
Yeah. And that's figurative, by the way. Not literally storming any barricades.
Yeah. Everyone calm down. And I quote, it's time to fight everywhere and all at once. This is what he told a group of Democratic activists, officials and donors who jumped to their feet with hoots and applause. They loved this. And it went on to say, never before in my life have I called for mass protests, for mobilization, for disruption, but I am now. These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace. And it's that last line that I love so much. He said, the reckoning is finally here. In a speech in New Hampshire, he criticized Democrats who have admonished the party for its perceived overreach as timid, not bold. Quote, fellow Democrats, for far too long, we've been guilty of listening to a bunch of do nothing political types who would tell us that America's house is not on fire even when the flames are licking their faces. He said today, as the blaze reaches the rafters and the pundits and the politicians who simpering timidity served as kindle for the arsonists urge us now not to reach for a hose. Those people are urging us now not to reach for a hose. He went on to say, those same do nothing Democrats want to blame our losses on our defense of black people and trans kids and immigrants.
Uh, here, here's.
Yeah, this is what Pritzker says. And he ended with, instead of their lack of guts and gumption, that's exactly it. People close to the governor say his current moves are driven not by a desire to position himself best in 2028, but by a sincere belief that Mr. Trump poses a dire threat to American democracy and the world order. And they are right. And Pritzker has been loud. As I said before, I, um, want Pritzker energy, AOC energy, Crockett energy. I want People loud.
Booker Frost. I mean, all of them. Yeah, this was a great speech and it got me fired up, too. And, uh, of course now, uh, Tom Homan or whatever, somebody in the Trump administration is like, uh, they're going to be investigating him for inciting riots or whatever, which is just not the case. The whole point of this speech is that there are a very small handful of Democrats in the party who, you know, like he said, are being timid and saying, just, you know, I know the house is on fire, but we just have to let them burn it down themselves, you know, and then, and then we'll figure it out after that. And he's like, no, I want to, I want to go. I want to, uh, be a positive force. I, you know, uh, I want to be on the offense instead of the defense. And I just thought it was a really great speech, particularly the part where he talked about throwing black people and trans kids and immigrants under the bus. Yeah. To have a more electability style message or whatever. It's, um, it's very frustrating to hear that kind of from pundits. And I agree. Leadership. All right, next up, we have an update on Ray Holmberg. Okay, content warning here for child sexual abuse. We have been covering Holmberg here on the beans since last year. He's the former North Dakota state senator that pled guilty to traveling to Europe to engage in commercial sex, other words, rape with young boys. Do you remember this guy?
I don't. Maybe I intentionally blocked this out of my memory.
Ah, it's probably for the best. But in June of last year, he signed a plea agreement pleading guilty. And in August, a report was handed in that he was violating his bond conditions because he kept going on the Internet and drinking and among other things. But here's the latest reporting from kfgo. Newly released documents from the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation. That's the NDBCI reveal that former state Senator Ray Holmberg discussed underage male prostitutes with several North Dakota lawmakers, businessmen and entrepreneurs. The report says Holmberg communicated over email with a guy named Bruce Govig. I think is how you pronounce that. He's the former CEO and founder of the UND University of North Dakota center for Innovation. Holmberg told Govig in a conversation from 2011, quote, no one's ever too young. Remember Prague Gross In 2009, Holmberg emailed Govic saying, old enough to bleed, old enough to butcher. Govig answered, little young. And Holberg responded with, our kinda guy. What is that? Old enough to bleed, old enough to butcher.
I mean, I think that may be responding to girls that are, um, ovulating.
Right. But butchering.
I know these are bo. I don't know. I'm glad. I don't know. I hate to say that. I don't want to Google it.
I mean, I've got the. You know, the first part of that sentence. But anyway. In another email conversation from 2019 between Holmberg Govig another man, a third man, Holmberg sent several photos of a male prostitute asking the others, is he worth $150? And the other man responded, yeah, I'd pay for that. Now. In 2016, in a conversation between Holmberg and Nathan Reese, he's a UND professor, Holmberg talked about his grooming and abuse of a UND student. Holmberg brought the victim on a trip to Prague with him. And in one email, Reese wrote, hope Prague is still a blast. And Holmberg replied. It hit the nail on the head. The BCI found an email Holmberg sent to Nicholas Hacker in 2016. Hacker was in the North Dakota Senate from 2005 to 2007, representing District 42 in Grand Forks. He served on the North Dakota Board of higher education from 2015 to 2023, serving as its chair from 2020 to 2023. He's also the president of North Dakota Guarantee and Title Company. And in this email to this guy, Hacker, Holmberg described in detail the male prostitute he had sex with while in Taipei City, Taiwan. So this is all from a new report, and I don't know, maybe we could see more indictments, uh, once this is over.
We better fucking see more indictments.
But, my God, um, we'll be keeping an eye on. On former Senator Holmberg from North Dakota.
Hope everyone that was involved in this little ring goes down. All right, A.G. i know those stories are not easy. We're gonna move on to the next one. This one is from Rolling Stone. Three US Citizen children legally removed from Louisiana and flown to Honduras on Friday. This is from their attorneys and a story that has swiftly caught national attention. Legal counsel for the two Louisiana families tells Rolling Stone that both mothers said that they were not given the option of keeping their US Citizen children in the country. They say the mothers were told their children were being deported alongside them despite their citizenship status. And even though both families had lawful custodians willing to take custody of the children. Over the weekend, after news of the deportations caused outrage across the country, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Trump border czar Tom Homan went on television to defend the removals by insisting the Mothers chose to take their children with them. Rubio called the story, quote, misleading, saying, And I quote, Three U.S. citizens, ages 4, 7 and 2 were not deported. Their mothers who were illegally in this country were deported. The children went with their mothers. Meanwhile, attorneys for the families say their clients were not afforded any kind of due process, nor were they given access to lawyers, a hearing, or even phone calls. This is despite multiple legal motions being filed to try and delay the deportations until a judge could actually hear the cases. Aaron Herbert, a senior associate at uh Ware immigration law firm in New Orleans area, is representing the mother of the seven year old girl and the four year old boy, the latter of whom is active treatment right now for metastatic cancer. And the boy, by the way, is the second US citizen child with cancer that Trump has deported so far in his second term. Over the weekend, Herbert was in contact with the mother who is now in Honduras with her two kids. The children's father remains in the United States. And I quote, she was told she was being deported with her children and she asked why my children, says Herbert. They refused to answer her. They gave her no options, no ability to make arrangements. She never signed anything. She never gave them permission, she never indicated that she wanted them to come with her.
Yeah, and we covered this a little bit yesterday, uh, about these kids and apparently Department of Homeland Security was like, oh no, she signed a thing saying that she would rather take them than leave them here. And there was just one note in Spanish that said, I am taking the children. But we, you know, I was wondering yesterday if they, if she had been coerced into, yeah, into doing that. And it sounds like they have. Absolutely disgusting. Next up, uh, from npr. Two members of Musk's Department of Government Efficiency so called, have been given accounts on classified networks that hold highly guarded details about America's nuclear weapons. This is according to two independent sources that spoke to NPR.
What are we even doing, man?
Luke Ferriter, 23 year old former SpaceX intern, and Adam Ramada, a Miami based venture capitalist. They have had accounts on the computer systems for at least two weeks. According to the sources who have access to the networks. Prior to their work at Doge, neither Ferriter nor Ramada seemed to have any expertise with nuclear weapons or handling classified information. No. Shocking. The first network, known as the NNSA Enterprise Secure Network, is used to transmit detailed restricted data about America's nuclear weapons designs and the special nuclear materials used in the weapons, among other things. Pretty much the most fucking classified shit that exists in the United States. The network is used to transfer this extremely sensitive technical information between the nnsa, the nation's nuclear weapons laboratories, and the production facilities that store, maintain, and upgrade the nation's nuclear arsenal. The second network, known as the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network, or Cybernet, is used by the Department of Defense to communicate with the Department of Energy about nuclear weapons. Cybernet is also used more broadly for sharing information classified at the secret level, information that, quote, could potentially damage or harm national security if it were to get out. That's somebody who was a former career civil servant at the Department of Defense explaining that to npr, who requested anonymity to discuss classified systems. Access to both networks would normally require what's called a Q clearance, the highest level of security clearance at the Department of Energy. Obtaining a Q clearance is a very lengthy process, but it can be expedited in certain cases. So that's frightening as hell.
Yeah.
And we'll keep an eye on this.
All right, thanks, Allison. We're sorry with the doom and gloom news, everyone, but, um, this next one's from NBC News. Their center in Maine. Judges with the First Circuit Court of Appeals denied a motion Friday by state Rep. Laurel Libby and six constituents that, if granted, would have sped up the appeal process in her ongoing attempt to immediately lift her censure by the main House of Representatives. The ruling means the ongoing appeal process will continue to follow a standard timeline for review instead of being sped up by the judicial intervention. Now, the censure prevents Libby from voting or speaking on the House floor, but it would be lifted immediately if Libby were to apologize for the Post post. The Republican lawmaker was censured in February over social media posts she made showing the name and picture of a transgender teen in an effort to criticize the state's policy of allowing trans athletes to compete in girls sports. Libby filed a lawsuit several weeks ago against Democratic House Speaker Ryan Fectu, arguing the censure was a constitutional overreach and silence her voice and her constituents voices. Well, a federal judge on April 18 ruled against her against Libby, partly because Fechtu and any member of the House has a level of immunity as they carry out House business. So in a court, Libby's attorney said that the punishment violates her first and fourteenth Amendment rights. However, the judge concluded that the legislative disciplinary action by Fectu is protected from judicial interference in this case. The judge also noted that at the time that Libby has the option to apologize. You can actually fix this.
You can make it all go away.
That's it. Say you're Sorry.
Mm mhm. But she's going to court. Probably using taxpayer money to do so.
Yeah.
Anyway, thanks for that story. That's good news. I'm really glad that they, uh, the courts are not like, they're like, no, just apologize for your stupid post to say you're sorry. Next up from Steve Bennen Matto blog. For those hoping to see the public rally behind Trump as his Presidency nears the 100 day benchmark, I have some bad news. Public opinion has turned sharply against the Republican incumbent. And, um, I've been covering these really horrible approval rating polls since Friday. Ben goes on to say, for his part, Trump has seen a shift in public attitudes and he's ready to reassess the direction of his failing presidency. No, I'm just kidding. He's actually lashing out at pollsters in new and ridiculous ways. I love Steve Bennett. President Donald Trump, he. This is what he said to Newsweek. President Donald Trump has said pollsters that have shown his approval ratings sliding in recent weeks should be investigated for election fraud. What election?
What a fucking election fraud.
What election? You.
If I can't, you, you can't. I can't. We can't.
I know, I'm all, uh, there's nothing.
There'S nothing on this one.
Trump cited recent polls from the New York Times, ABC News, Ipsos, Washington Post, Fox News, which put his best approval rating at 42. One of them's at 39 and one of them's at 41. Uh, it's all bad. One of them like, one of them's got it like the worst in, in 80 years, uh, since I.
And it's so funny because this isn't about, Let me, let me say this doesn't matter how bad his polling is, meaning he's not going to stop doing what ah, he's doing. He's not in control of any of this. He's a puppet for Putin. He's a puppet for all of these people at the Heritage Foundation. However, his poor little thin skinned ego still gives a shit about these numbers and that's why it's good m. If.
He sues for election interference, I mean, the judge is going to be like, what election, bro?
You can't run again, dude, I know you're selling hats, but it's against the Constitution and you don't have enough states to change that, so shut it.
What? He. Remember when he sued the Iowa Register for their poll showing?
Huh?
Kamala Harris ahead, where we were all like, what that? Wow.
Yeah.
Um, that's, that's Just gonna be so stupid. All right, everybody, it's time for a little good trouble. What are you guys doing? All right, this one comes from a, ah, listener. Madison. Pronoun. She and her. She says, I wanted to share some information and provide an opportunity to create some good trouble. Recently, the Doge Dunderfucks decided to target AmeriCorps agency because they apparently hate an agency that makes up, uh, 0.02% of the federal budget and serves the elderly, veterans and many Republican communities. Anyway, the Tech Bros. Decided to cut federal programs where members provide disaster relief and so much more to communities across the country. These are young adults who decided to travel around the country to help folks with taxes and, uh, build homes or, uh, park infrastructure and were terminated effective immediately. But that wasn't enough for this regime, so they decided to cut the AmeriCorps federal agency staff. And only 15% of the agency staff now remain. Oh, there's more, though. The Dunderfucks decided on Friday afternoon that most AmeriCorps state programs will be shuttered immediately. But now the little stipend we do receive will be stripped from us, and we'll be in a precarious housing situation. Most of us will. With most people living far from immediate family. It's a nightmare. And we're being terminated, effective immediately, with virtually no protections. And for some good trouble that you can use an easy form to fill out through Voices of Service to contact members of Congress and advocate for AmeriCorps. So if you're able, please consider donating any sum to the emergency Fund in support of AmeriCorps members. And please scream about AmeriCorps every everywhere you can. A lot of individuals start lifetime careers in public service through AmeriCorps. This is an attack on public service on a massive scale, so please make your voices heard. Thank you very much for Podpet Tax. Here is my sweet family cat, Kiki. I miss her dearly as I am serving in AmeriCorps, very far from her. I know she would love you both. And everybody will have a link in the show notes for more information on how to contact your representatives about saving AmeriCorps, uh, as well as where to donate. So thank you very much for that, Madison. We'll see what we can do. Thanks for the good trouble, everybody. Stick around. We'll be right back with the good news after these messages.
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That's all we needed.
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Oh, very sweet. I bet that dog is soft.
And is that a, like a crocheted llama plushie. Because I want one.
It sure looks like it.
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All right, this one's from Gwendolyn W. No pronouns given. Hello, Lovely host and stunning support crew. I'm afraid I'm becoming overwhelmed by despair at the current state of the world, so I don't have any good news to share. But I thought of you. I thought you could use some pictures. Iris will be a year old on April 30. She loves going out in the backyard as a tiny black cat. She can completely disappear just by closing her eyes. So I got her a light. I got her a light up collar. Sometimes she won't let me catch her to take it off when she comes in. Clancy is doing his imitation of a red panda just for ag. Thanks for everything you do. Oh, my goodness. That is so funny. Look at Clancy.
Oh, my gosh. Amazing. Elbows up, Clancy. I'm so nervous. I'm so nervous. But excited for the Canadians. By the way, as we're recording this, the election results are going to start coming in pretty soon and I really just hope they trounce God.
I hope so too, because this whole. That post that the Orange Felon put up of, like, just become the 51st state. We'll give you the thing you need. I was like, shut up.
And Pierre. Is it Pierre Poev. I think that's his name was like, Trump, leave us alone. We're Canada. Like, oh, dude. Like, yeah. Oh, uh, man, uh. I hope everything Trump touches dies. Uh, particularly this. This election.
We can always have JD Vance go visit someone in Canada if we need to.
No, no, no. Yeah, the. Yeah, the. The pole of a. Paul Oliver. Paul. What's his name?
I actually don't.
Poliev. Yeah, maybe that's it. Anyway, he's a Trump 2.0. I really hope he just gets his ass kicked really, really hard. Like, that would just be so great. And then Canada can become an inspiration to us. Yes, they can be the shining city on the hill. They can be a model of democracy for the world because we aren't anymore. Next up from Cynthia Pronouns. She and her. Thank you so much for the show. It's saving my sanity. With the recent decision from the current regime to start collections on student loans, I started thinking about my alma mater. I attended Berea College, a small liberal arts college in eastern Kentucky. The school focuses most, uh, mostly on the Appalachian region, but serves low income students from all over the country as well as international students. The academic program is quite Rigorous and students get a well uh, rounded education. The important part of this particular shout out is that Berea College charges no tuition to include room and board.
Wow.
We only had to pay for our books but we were able to charge those to our student account to pay off over time. That's like, like uh, a hundred thousand dollars though. Books are so expensive. Do you remember college textbooks being.
Yeah, they were so expensive. And 45 pounds each.
Yeah, we did get paid for our work. Not a lot, but enough to pay for those uh, sundries and the occasional pizza. I graduated with $1,500 of interest free debt. Also as they mentioned on their website, Berea was the first integrated co educational college in the south. And then it has not changed students tuition since 1892.
Wow.
I love this place already. Link in the show notes www.berea b e r e a.edu I hope I'm pronouncing it right. You'll let me know Cynthia, if I'm not for Pod Pet tariff. Here's a picture of a red panda. Since I don't have any pet pictures handy. Yay. Went with the red panda. Red panda. Score one for red pandas.
The cutest video of a red panda doing pull ups on rings. Like, like gymnastics rings. Oh my God, they were so cute.
Oh, now I'm gonna have to google it.
I have to send you. All right, this one's from Allison. Not our Allison, but I'm sure. Amazing. No pronouns given. Unless it might be Allison. We'll find out. Please let people know if they are going to send emails to government departments or fill out doge surveys online. They should themselves and their identifying IP data by going through a VPN first. Most provide a free trial. Thank you for that. Keep up the great work. I rely on you and Dana and Annie McCabe and all your great guests. Especially the legal eagles. I'm autistic and I find it so hard dealing with the incessant lies of the right and their enablers. Your Jack Smith. Um, Special Counsel, I think. Thank you. Special Counsel podcast. Providing actual evidence that MSM missed can't be bothered to cover helped keep me grounded in just the facts with humor and Trump impersonations for an hour. Ish at a time. It was wonderful not to feel so overwhelmed with fascist disinformation. Pod Pet UK Tariff. Peanut AKA pb Amaretto. Princess P Poo Bottle. She's a Siberian forest mix. I would have not known that. I bet you would have. And Mouse AKA Mousey. Monsieur Diddy. Uh, excuse me. Diddly old. Oh, diddly Odd squad. He's a huge tux. My God. Well, this cat is really beautiful. You know, I feel about kitties. And then I will have to. Just like you do if that belly is a trap.
Look at me, mouser. Look at him. Look at his toe. Beans. Just look.
My goodness. So cute.
Look at, look at, look at this, uh, part Siberian is adorable. Look at a face. Uh, thank you, Allison. Great name, by the way. Next up, from Missy Pronoun. She and her hello, my favorite queen, Beans in a pod. Ahaha. I can't remember when I started listening, but I'm so glad I did. I moved from Finland back into this Trumpkin mess. Texas was round one. And I remember just how loud everything felt again. So true. It's so fucking loud here. You make the chaos more manageable. And I appreciate the good trouble I want to shout out. My local neighborhood. Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio, an understated Midwest state. Uh, I moved here for work, and I landed in this amazing, diverse neighborhood. The people are wonderful. They've really shown me the importance of community in these dark times. We're in a food desert, so one amazing neighbor helped to create nine community gardens open to everyone.
Wow.
I help out each weekend picking vegetables and weeding. Some of this food goes over to La Soupe, also in the neighborhood. A great program that helps feed hungry. Feed the hungry and rescues food from landfills. Oh, my gosh. Some of the same folks also organized Make It Tuesday, where we meet up at local restaurants to support small businesses while doing arts and crafts. I love it. Make It Tuesday. It's the perfect mix of creativity and community spirit in these near insufferable times. I think it's more important than ever to find local connections, support neighbors, and be creative. My pet Tax is my Finnish cat, Knox, who traveled back with me stateside and is the best work manager ever. Keep doing the good work you do.
Look at this kid.
He's hanging with the arms over the edge, chilling.
Oh, my God, I want to lay like that.
Me too.
All right, this one is from Karen, pronouncing her.
Hi.
Uh, my beans. A concerned Swedish Leguminati here. I become obsessed with you guys over there. I listen to multiple podcasts every day. You are my favorite, including Unjustified.
Huh? Uh-huh.
I feel like I have to know everything that is going on. Swedish public media are factual and they report daily, but I think they're a bit selective, which makes the news flow get a bit watered down. Easier to swallow, if you will. That Makes me furious. Keep up the good work. My pot pet tariff is my rescue cat, Jasmine. One with her taking a nap with my hubby. And other the annoyed look you get if you dare to address her when she's in the middle of her washing. Oh my God. Um, that face is m. Hilarious. That's also the look you get from me if you interrupt me in the middle of my washing.
Yeah. Every once in a while, my cat will be taking a bath and I'll make the licking sounds when they lick. When he licks himself. So be.
Oh my God.
And he'll just like, stop and look at me like, excuse me, what the fuck? I'm like, uh, go ahead, keep going. And he gets really mad at me and he'll get up and help indignantly walk away and go to the other room to finish his bath. So I know that face. Uh, all right. Finally, from Sheila F. Pronoun. She and her. Hi, Allison. We were at the Montreal Biodome last week and we got to see the capybaras.
Oh my God, I love them.
They were chilling in a way that reminded us of our cat, Birdie. Do you see the resemblance? Yes, I do. Here's a capybara loaf in the loaf position with Birdie in Totes loaf. Physician. Mhm. Well, she does have one arm out for exempt, but, um, you know, usually the loaf is both in. But I. I see. I see the resemblance.
So cute.
Thank you, everyone, so much. This really brightened my day. I needed it today.
I just wanted to tell you I saw a video of a capybara swimming the other day, and it was unsettling.
Unsettling.
They are incredible. Um, unless I'm confusing them with another giant rodent, which I don't think I am. They literally run on the bottom, like, but in big strides as they go through the water. It's, it's. It was incredible. It was fascinating. But I was like, oh, my God.
Yeah, like that big giant horse in the Bugs Bunny cartoon to Kill the Wabbit. And it's like up in the air with sort of barely touching the ground. Yep, yep, I do that in my head. But I don't know what I did yesterday. I don't fucking know.
The shit that is in your head is pretty amazing.
Memorizing the countries of the world and the States in their capital.
That was such a good video.
Um, that's what's taking up room in my head. There's no way to eject it either.
You've got a lot. I mean, I was gonna say You've got a lot of space up there, but you don't. There's so much information.
No, it's just.
I think I probably have more space. Maybe more gray matters. Just more space than most people need.
There's probably a lot of empty space in my head, uh, you know, that. I just don't know. But what the. My tiny brain. I'm using all of it. Let's just put it that way. Way.
There you go.
Anyway, thank you all so much for the good news. I am in a much better mood. I. Like I said, I really needed that. Send your good news to us dailybeanspod.com click on Contact. We all need it. We really do. We have to m. Do that microdose hope thing that we've been talking about.
Absolutely.
Cuz we got like 1500 more days to go, so, um.
For sake.
I know. Super sorry. Is that. No, that can't be right. How many. How. What do we have? Like. No, like 36. Like 42.
No, it might be close.
Let's. Let's. Let's call it 45 months just to be safe. 1300. Uh, a lot of days.
Yeah, it's a lot of days.
It's more than a thousand. And once you get above a thousand, I don't understand the number anymore. So anyway, thank you all so very much. We will be back in your ears tomorrow. Um, also, so tomorrow you can check out a new episode of cleanup on aisle 45.
Nice.
With. With Harry Dunn and myself. And by the way, his real name's not Harold. I found out today. It's Harry. His birth certificate. That's Harry. His dad is also Harry. No Harolds. Um, because I was gonna call him by his full name. You know, when you are in trouble.
Yeah.
Yeah. And so, uh, no. But something I learned. So you can also hear about that tomorrow.
This is riveting. If you guys haven't already fallen asleep, listen to the end of this episode again tonight.
Thanks, Dana. Thank you. Appreciate that. Uh, I'll let everybody go now.
I think it's the tone of our voices because we're like, harry's name is not actually sweaty balls.
Tell us about yours.
About yours. And your muffins are. They're moist. They're very moist muffins.
I like your muffins.
Yeah.
Should we do one? Like a whole show in that npr? No. Oh, my God.
People would be like, what? Especially if it was their first episode. They'd be like, what the is going on? These girls are insane.
Oh, no. New listeners coming back the day after that episode.
That's weird, huh?
Uh m. We plateaued on that Wednesday. Anyway, we'll see you tomorrow. Until then, please take care of yourselves, take care of each other, take care of the planet, take care of your mental health, and take care of your family. I've been AG 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 Media Network, a collection of creator owned podcasts dedicated to news, politics and justice. For more information Please visit msw media.com msw um media.