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Today, Unite the Right extremists mock the DOJ’s spin on the Southern Poverty Law Center; Trump’s EEOC chair violated ethics rules halting LGBTQ cases; the Arizona attorney general is suing the government over a concentration camp in Surprise AZ; Kegseth has fired the Stars and Stripes Press ombudsman; the DOJ has arrested a soldier that placed a Polymarket bet on Maduro’s capture before it went down; National Science Board members have been fired by the administration; crypto investor Justin Sun is suing Trump’s crypto company for misconduct; a gunman rushed the magnetometers at the White House Correspondents Dinner; a millionaire big game hunter was trampled and killed by elephants; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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Msw media. Hello and welcome to the Daily beans for Monday, April 27, 2026. Today, unite the right extremists mock the Department of Justice's spin on the Southern Poverty Law center indictment. Trump's EEOC chair has violated ethics rules halting LGBTQ cases. The Arizona Attorney General, Chris Mays is suing the government over a concentration camp in Surprise, Arizona. Kegseth has fired the Stars and Stripes press ombudsman. The Department of Justice has arrested a soldier that placed a polymarket bet on Maduro's capture before it went down. National Science board members have been fired by the Trump administration. Crypto investor Justin soon is suing Trump's crypto company for misconduct. A, gunman rushed the magnetometers at the White House Correspondents Dinner. And a millionaire big game hunter was trampled and killed by elephants. I'm Alison Gill.
And I'm Dana Goldberg.
Hello. Hello. Happy Monday. Quite a mix of news from the weekend, my friend.
I mean, yeah, it was quite a mix of news, and I mean everything for. I've gotten so many texts from people about, obviously, the shooting at the Hilton, all the way down to this. The big game hunter who was trampled by elephants. There's a lot of schadenfreude going on, some karma. And we're bringing it all to you on the Monday's episode of the Daily Beans.
Yeah, and also, yeah, like, very dangerous news, like you said. I was all set to be like, yeah, we're gonna just. We're gonna focus on the trampling elephants guy, the millionaire dude. And then shit went down to the correspondence dinner, and here we are. So we're gonna try to parse it best we can. There's so much news to cover from over. But I just wanted to say, our June 20th gala in Chicago for patrons, it's sold out in just a couple of hours this weekend.
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That's what I like. They always say creatively expressive, like whatever you feel good in, as long as it's appropriate for, you know, leaving your home outdoors. Yeah, some people feel good naked. Don't do that. Then wear it. I mean, this is. You don't. Yeah. Wear what feels good to you. Truly.
Yeah. You know, some people are going to be wearing gowns, some people are going to be wearing suits, some people are going to be wearing jeans and a blazer. Some people are going to be wearing, you know, fun T shirts. Whatever it is that makes you happy, please be happy. It's about being happy. Damn it. All right, Dana Bean's talk today is going to be all about this shooting that happened to the White House correspondence dinner. And I just wanted to kind of give my top line thoughts. And I'm waiting for facts. But what stands out to me is how many people, not wrongfully, are questioning Donald Trump's motives here.
Absolutely.
They have spent the last decade flooding the zone with shit to make people question what's fact and fiction. So it's not weird to be like, oh, this is, you know, m conspicuous. But that doesn't take away from the fact that there were actually shots fired and that's traumatizing to the people in the room. But I immediately thought, and I think Kerry Kennedy went on Ms. Now and said this too. The kids go through this. People who go to churches go through this. People at synagogues and mosques go through this in the United States on a near daily basis and don't have the kind of security and follow up and mental health care that's available to folks that were at the correspondence dinner and that this administration is also at the same time, Dana, trying to vacate the same kind of charges that were filed against the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys. And if you can't mark a difference between what Ashley Babbitt did or Stuart Rhodes did and what this guy did, ah, then you're being political about this. And if this isn't the time to talk about gun violence, when is, I mean, we've been saying that, what, for a decade now.
also, I know this wasn't part of our discussion, but all of the quote unquote, life assassination attempts that have happened on the president, all of the things, all of the danger, supposedly, let's take it for face value, say these things Are real. Why in the fuck would you have everyone in the line of secession to the presidency in the same room at the same time?
Right? And then not like, check everybody's room who checked into the hotel the night before.
Exactly, exactly. It's like, I mean, it reminds me of like when they. The person who did the shooting in Las Vegas checking m into his hotel. Like, you check, this is. The President of the United States is going to be in a hotel. You sweep the hotel. And it's absurd to think they would only sweep it, what, an hour before. You would still check every room. God forbid someone brought in a bomb. There's so much lacking in protection for someone that supposedly has had a few shots taken at him over the last year. It is just mind boggling how little the Secret Service is doing to protect this guy.
Yeah, and for officials like Kash Patel and Todd Blanche to come out and say law enforcement did a great job, which they did. They stopped this guy at the perimeter. Let's just start there. Two flights up from where this ballroom actually was. You know, some of the mainstream media is like they were feet away from the President. It's nowhere near the point.
No, it wasn't.
Yeah, but, you know, to have the cognitive dissonance to say law enforcement did a great job, but then also to not, like you said, sweep the hotel or to wonder how this person got as far as they did. Now again, they only got. They rushed the magnetometers. Right. But yeah, that sort of cognitive dissonance. And then to turn around and we're gonna play some of these Todd Blanche clips over on the beanstalk and to say we shouldn't be talking about guns. We shouldn't be talking about, how somebody got guns over state lines. But you're right, Dana. The exact same thing happened with Stuart. RH had a cache of weapons called a Quick Reaction Force stashed at a hotel across the Potomac on January 6th. And nobody, like, thought to go and look through. I don't know.
Not to mention Stuart Rhodes was probably on a watch list by then, you know.
Oh, for sure. The intelligence people at like the Mastered Arms and everything, like, testified, like, yeah, we had some intelligence since some terrible shit was going to go down. I don't know, we'll talk more about it, but you know, it's.
It's crazy. Like the crossover with the Southern Poverty Law center. Who is the ones that are trying to, you know, know, bring up to the Department of Justice how bad these people are by infiltrating the groups to prove it. And they're like, oh, see, you were fueling these terrorist groups. I mean, it's just, it's so maddening.
Yeah. And for, for an administration who is incapable of telling the truth, it is no wonder so many people were like, this is sus.
I was one of them. I put a video up last night and I said, oh come on, are we falling for this again? Basically was the gist of it. And then I saw my friend Eugene, who is on Ms. Now, who does the show with Jonathan Capehart in the mornings. And I heard Eugene talk about the fact that it was very disheartening to him to see so many people think that this was fake, regardless of the presidency. You know, he's like, we were texting our friends and family saying there's a shooter. We don't know what's going on. We're not sure if we're getting out of here. Like, the fear was real. Real enough that even for someone like me, who's a comedian who thinks that of course I have a right to say what I want to. I took the video down because I saw someone I care about and I realized you were scared in that moment. I don't need clicks on this, even if it went viral because at the time I had no idea that the shoot, like what had actually happened because I jumped the gun. But it was literally one of those things of like, come on, like another one. But also they were saying that the shooting happened in the ballroom, so they the mainstream media. And we're going to talk about this in the beans. The flurry of tweets from the right wing influencers that all look exactly the same. It just smell. It doesn't pass the smell test. Even when there was an actual shooting. Yeah.
And you honestly didn't jump the gun? I mean, this is the kind of reaction that somebody who spends their years trampling on. What, Blurring the line between fact and fiction. That's what you get. It's been going on since that's what
I should have done is another video saying that. Instead I just sort of went, oh, my friend's hurting. I'm gonna, I, I, you guys know me. What you give a shit about people. I know. That's exactly it. Like, if, God forbid, I actually hurt someone's feelings I deeply care for, I would do everything I could to, to make it up anyway.
But you were wrong to think that. And no one is wrong to be sus of this. Now there has been some more information that's come out first of all, there's a manifesto written saying I was going after Trump and the pedophile and the administration and the rapist.
He's very clear on what he's upset about.
It was pretty clear. And he apparently gave that. His brother, this, the shooter's brother, who I think his name's Alan Cole, is the shooter. But his brother gave that document and some of his writings, his brother's writings, to the Connecticut Police Department, who. We don't know what happened between the Connecticut Police Department getting it and them sending it to the Secret Service, but they sent it to the Secret Service right after the shooting happened. So I have to imagine that the Connecticut police were like, oh, we'll look into it, or, oh, we get this all the time, or, oh, it's no big deal. But had that, you know, like, along the lines of what you were saying, had that been transmitted sooner and somebody swept the rooms or was waiting for something like this, or could have looked out for that particular dude.
Right. Because they would have been able to follow his travel pattern. They would have known he checked into the hotel, that they were surveilling him after a manifesto saying he wanted to kill everyone in the line of secession from the top down.
Yeah. So that's happening, and I'm still waiting for more facts to come out. But for. For that to be a hoax, you'd have to have the Connecticut Police Department in on it, the guy's family in on it, the Secret Service in on it, like, all of that before it even got to Kash Patel and the FBI. So that seems unlikely to me. But again, I'm waiting for more information to come out. And number two, I don't fault anybody for thinking that this is sus.
Yeah, thank you. I appreciate that. I know I'm not the only one, but you weren't.
I was sitting there going, really, guys? Like, you know, ah. It's just everything that comes out of this administration's mouth is a fucking lie. You're going to question some shit, that's all I'm saying. All right. We have a ton of news to get to today. Yes. We haven't even started the news yet from the weekend, but we do have to take a quick break, so stick around. We'll be right back after these messages. We'll be right back. Delete me. Makes it easy, quick, and safe to remove your personal data online at a time when surveillance and data breaches are common enough to make everyone vulnerable. As someone with an active online presence, privacy is always on my mind. And with Delete me. I protect both my personal privacy and the privacy of my business. Because once your information starts circulating online, it can be real hard to get back under control. And the truth is, it's much easier than people realize to find personal information about you online. Your address, phone number, family members, names, and information can all end up out there in ways that make you all vulnerable. And that feels especially urgent right now because bad actors know how to use that information. More and more online partisans and other malicious people are pulling personal details and using them to target political opponents, civil servants, and regular people who speak out online. Doxxing is not some distant Internet problem. It can affect your actual safety and peace of mind. And I also keep hearing about data breaches in the news. Hackers have exposed names, addresses, phone numbers, last four digits of Social Security numbers, even masked bank account numbers. And data brokers can vacuum up a lot of that information and keep selling it over and over. But Deleteme helps you remove your information from those sites and helps protect your privacy before that data can be exploited. And Wirecutter has named Deleteme its top pick for data removal services, which adds another layer of credibility and makes me feel even better about recommending it to listeners who care about protecting their privacy online. So take control of your data and keep your private life private by signing up for Deleteme now at a special discount for listeners. Get 20% off your delete me plan when you go to JoinDeleteMe.com DailyBeans and use promo code dailybeans at checkout. Again, the only way to get 20% off is to go to JoinDeleteMe.com DailyBeans and enter code DAILYBEANS at checkout. That's JoinDeleteMe.com DailyBEANS code DAILYBEANS everybody. Welcome back. It's time for the hot notes. Hot notes. All right. Lightning round. Hot notes today because there's so much news from the weekend. First up from the Post, multiple scientists who serve on an independent board established to guide the nation's nearly $9 billion basic science funding Agency, or were terminated from their positions Friday by Trump. This is members of the National Science Board, which helps govern the National Science Foundation. They were all dismissed in a message from the Presidential personnel office thanking them for their service. And that's according to screenshots shared with the Post. Quote, on behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I'm writing to inform you that your position as a member of the National Science Board is terminated, effective immediately. Quote, this is the latest stupid move made by a President who continues to harm science and American innovation, said, Rep. Zoe Lofgren from California, the ranking Democrat on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee. Quote, the NSB is apolitical. It advises the President on the future of the nsf. It unfortunately is no surprise a president who has attacked NSF from day one would seek to destroy the board and help guide the foundation. And these are authoritarian steps, Dana. Dismantling the press, lying every two seconds so nobody can tell what the truth is and what fiction is, and destroying science and going after transgender LGBTQ people like it's all part of the authoritarian playbook.
Absolutely. Absolutely. This next story is from Reuters. U.S. equal Employment Opportunity Commission chair Andrea Lucas allegedly violated professional conduct rules of the Virginia State Bar by refusing to enforce key provisions of a federal civil rights laws. This is according to a complaint submitted to the Bar Thursday and it was shared with Reuters. Well, the Legal Accountability center, which focuses on the filing complaints against individuals and institutions alleged to have violated professional conduct standards. It asked the state agency to investigate whether Lucas reached her ethical obligations by directing EEOC investigators to stop processing certain categories of discrimination claims and by sending unauthorized information demands to 20 major law firms. Those letters, sent on official EEOC letterhead in March of 2025, sought extensive data on firms diversity, equity and inclusion practices, including demographic information related to race, sex, hiring, promotions, compensation. The complaint alleges. Since returning to White House In January of 2025, Trump's administration has cracked down on diversity efforts nationwide, targeting universities, major corporations, nonprofits, and I quote, the EEOC does not have the unilateral authority to demand the information sought from these law firms because the EEOC had no pending investigation or charge against these law firms. This is what the complaint states. It goes on to say these letters are nothing more than an effort to intimidate and scare these employees into abandoning their DEI efforts in violation of Title vii, the very federal law that the EEOC is supposed to enforce. The Virginia State Bar has the power to publicly reprimand Lucas, suspend her law license, or revoke it completely if it finds wrongdoing. So I'm glad there's an investigation happening.
Yeah, and the State Bar too. Revoke that shit.
Come on.
All right, next up from abc, federal authorities arrested a special operations soldier, special ops guy, who was involved in the capture of Nicolas Maduro, Venezuelan President, because he allegedly pocketed more than $400,000 by betting on, Maduro's removal from office. That's according to the Justice Department. Of course, they're leaving all of the administration officials who did the same thing alone. Federal investigators said Gannon Ken Van Dyke bet more than $33,000 on the prediction market poly market just days before Donald Trump announced Maduro's capture. The series of bets, which netted more than $409,000, immediately prompted scrutiny within the world of prediction markets and resulted in a months long investigation about whether inside information was used to place the bets. When after placing the bets, he saw reports about unusual trading associated with the mission. Van Dyke allegedly tried to hide the evidence of the trades by attempting to delete his polymarket account and change the. I think he doesn't know how the Internet works. And change the email address registered to his cryptocurrency exchange account. So that's also obstruction of justice. So he could be in quite a bit of trouble for this. But of course, like I said, all the administration officials who are, you know, buying the market and doing all this other. They're fine, leave, leave, leave our electeds alone. But go after this special ops guy for sure.
Seriously. There's one billionaire that is not happy with this administration right now. This is from Ms. Now, billionaire crypto mogul Justin sun, who invested tens of millions of dollars into Donald Trump's family's various crypto ventures, has sued World Liberty Financial, one of the Trump family crypto firms.
I think we should pull out our tiny violin.
Yes, right here. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, sun alleged that World Liberty Financial allegedly froze his holdings of its tokens, which he said had been valued at more than a billion dol. And he accused the firm of engaging in an illegal scheme to seize property. Ridiculous. I only say it's ridiculous because you literally are buying into something that doesn't exist. It's crypto. Okay. Son accused World Liberty Finance. I understand it exists. Please don't write in a correction. It's fucking bullshit. Sun accused World Liberty Financial of egregious misconduct, alleging that World Liberty Financial's operators see the project as a golden opportunity to leverage the Trump brand to profit through fraud. Look at that. Someone's catching on. Which, and I quote, has caused Mr. Sun and his companies to incur hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.
You can't steal my illegal bribes.
That's right. Zach Witkoff, co founder of World Liberty Financial and the son of Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff, called the lawsuit a desperate attempt to deflect attention from son's own misconduct. Let them eat themselves. Alleging on Twitter that son's claims are entirely meritless and World Liberty looks forward to getting the case thrown out promptly. I would rather they investigated this.
I hope they all get trampled by a herd of elephants.
I know. Oh, my God. Let him. Let him go hunting with Junior. After his investment son appeared to become a key member of the Trump family's crypto ventures, he has boasted about his relationship with the older Trump sons, posting photos of himself with Don, Jr. Eric, all on social media. Son also moderated a panel discussing last year between Eric Trump and Zach Witkoff at a crypto conference in Dubai, where Witkoff announced that World Liberty Financial head partner with an Abu Dhabi backed investment firm in a $2 billion deal. Now even his son has accused the Trump family crypto firm of defrauding him. Ready for this? His lawsuit said Son, and I quote, has long been and remains an ardent supporter of Donald Trump and the Trump family. And that he invested in World Liberty Financial in part because of the Trump family's association with the project to buy
access to the president. Yeah, okay. Yeah. Bummer for you, buddy. Yeah. I hope the lawsuit is dismissed and they both end up owing a lot of money to each other. That's all I can think. Next up from the Times. In a blow to independent coverage of the military, the Pentagon has fired the ombudsman, for Stars and Stripes, which is a newspaper that covers the U.S. armed forces and is partly funded by the Defense Department. Quote, apparently the Pentagon also doesn't want you to hear from me anymore about threats to the editorial independence of Stars and Stripes. That's what the ombudsman, Jacqueline Smith said in a Stars and Stripes column published Thursday. She said that the Defense Department had given no reason for her dismissal and she had been told it was not grievable, meaning you can't do nothing about it. Her role as ombudsman, which she began in December 2023, was to serve as a watchdog monitoring the paper's independence and to report concerns to Congress. So. Oops.
Yep, oops. Our next quick hit is from the Times. President Trump on Saturday abruptly called off a trip by two of his top negotiators to Islamabad, Pakistan, in the latest sign that Iran and the United States remain far apart on any deal to end this war. The president said he pulled his team from the flight shortly before takeoff, and he told the Iranians they could negotiate by telephone instead. Y' all can zoom us if you want to. We're out, he said. They can call me. That's what Trump told reporters. We have all the cards. We've won everything. No. No, you haven't. Okay. Steve Witkoff Speaking of again, Mr. Trump's special envoy and Jared Kushner, the President's son in law, who has no official fucking capacity at the White House, have been scheduled to travel to Pakistan on Saturday along with top aides to Vice President J.D. vance, who participated in talks in the Pakistani capital earlier this month. Officials in Pakistan have been relaying messages between Iran and the United States to try to end around two months of war. Of war, that's what they're calling it, at least. But the Americans appear no closer to persuading Iran to turn over its stockpile or enrich uranium and curtail its nuclear program. The two sides are also in dispute over control of the Strait of Hormuz, still through which a fifth of the world's oil supply normally flows. Mr. Vance's trip to Islamabad two weeks ago proved unsuccessful. Shocking. But an administration official said that the Vice President remained on standby to re engage in the talks as soon as they need to throw someone under the bus. That's not what they said, but that's what's happening. Iran says the United States was never invited to the talks with Pakistan and that Trump is lying.
Yeah, they've never been. And they keep saying we're sending people and they're like, yeah, send them home.
You're not invited.
Don't you have a White House correspondence dinner to attend or something? Some really quick breaking news that is related from the New York Times. For months, President Isaac Herzog of Israel has deliberated over the politically fraught question of whether to grant Benjamin Netanyahu a pardon in his long running corruption trial. It's a highly contentious issue that has divided Israelis and drawn pressure from Trump. Trump's been pushing for Herzog to pardon Bibi. He's aggressively intervened on Mr. Netanyahu's behalf. But Herzog says he does not plan to give Bibi a pardon anytime soon. Instead, he's first going to try to initiate a mediation process to reach a plea deal. That's according to two senior Israeli officials with direct knowledge. Herzog believes that there are many options beyond the binary pardon or no pardon choice, and that the main role of Israel's president is to foster unity. How about you foster him into a fucking court of law?
Seriously.
And allow the goddamn the goddamn prosecution to play out anyway. That's just some breaking news I wanted to throw in there.
I appreciate that. All right. And this is from our longtime friend Phil Williams. That hate comes to main street.com Prominent white nationalists, including those who planned Charlottesville Deadly Unite the Right rally. They're mocking MAGA figures for their efforts to spin the Trump administration's indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center. This is kind of wild. Now, those reactions from the people with the most knowledge of the events in question follow repeated claims by MAGA figures in recent days that indictment of the legendary civil rights group proved that it created what were essentially false flags for fundraising purposes. And I quote, I'm beginning to feel that the SPLC indictment is much more like the Epstein Binders than a real criminal case. This is from Richard fucking Spencer. In the post on Twitter, he said, in other words, it's convenient conspiracy theory or limited hangouts served up by the government to allow conservatives to indulge in victimization. I'm really shocked by this, to be honest with you. In a separate post, the white nationalist also mocked FBI Director Kash Patel, calling him a clownish figure. It's difficult to take anything he signs off on seriously. Again, that was from Mr. Richard Spencer. Yeah.
And you can read that whole report again@, hatecomestomainstreet.com with our friend Phil Williams there over on Substack. And you know, this is basically the Nazis saying, why are you giving credit for our Unite the Right rally to the Southern Poverty Law Center?
They're like, we did that. We did a lot of that.
Yeah, we bought the tiki torches, we ran over the woman.
We bought the Gap khakis and the polo shirts.
So they're mad, basically, that MAGA is trying to say that the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights organization, is responsible for the Unite the Right rally, and that's taking away from the glory of the actual Nazis who did the rally.
Also, I don't know if they were Gap khakis. Gap, please do not sue us. They could have been just regular generic Keck.
Yes.
They did not get them from you.
Could have been an Amazon special.
No, totally. It was absolutely an Amazon special. Bezos probably sent them allegedly to all of these people for free.
I like how everything's allegedly just speculating.
It's gotta be. Who knows who listens to this podcast is trying to shut us down. I know.
All right, next up from the Arizona Mirror, Arizona Attorney General Chris Mays is suing the Trump administration over its plan to turn a warehouse in Surprise, Arizona, into an immigration detention center, saying that federal law prohibits its construction because the building is directly across the street from a hazardous chemical storage facility. During a Friday news conference announcing the lawsuit, Mays argued the building was never meant to house people and it accused the Trump administration of violating multiple federal laws to support its mass deportation campaign. Standing in front of the 418,000 square foot commercial warehouse that the U.S. immigration and Customs Enforcement bought earlier this year, May is warned that its proximity to dangerous chemicals could result in a mass casualty event. If there's a chemical spill or a fire, quote. Let that sink in. The federal government wants to open a jail inside a documented chemical hazard zone, she said, gesturing to two large tankers with multiple warning labels idling on the side of the street just outside the entrance to the warehouse's parking lot. So we'll keep an eye on that lawsuit for you.
Thanks, Allison. And some good news finally from the Guardian. An American millionaire big game hunter has indeed died after being crushed by a group of elephants during a hunting expedition in Gabon. Is that. Is it Gabon?
Yeah, I think it's Gabon all right.
His name was Ernie dosio. He was 75 years old. He was a vineyard owner. Maybe he was drunk. He was hunting yellow backed, dweeker, an antelope species. Anyone who is a hunter can come on and correct me on this. Or anyone who knows about antelope species, please correct me, but I'm calling it a yellow backed dweeker. In central African country of Gabon, when the incident occurred last Friday, while in the Lope Oconda rainforest, he and his guide unexpectedly came across five female elephants. Female elephants Accompanied by a calf. This is also just a stupid move. If you see a baby elephant with five female elephants, get the fuck out of there. Don't shoot at him. What is wrong with you? Originally from Lodi, California, Dosio had built an extensive collection of hunting trophies over the years, including animals such as elephants and lions. He was reportedly a, familiar name within the Sacramento Safari Club.
The Sacramento Safari Club?
I know you know the Sacramento Safari Club. Now, according to the Daily Mail, safari operator Collect Africa confirmed the death of its client. The company also reported that the professional hunter guided Dosio sustained serious injuries during the encounter. I. I don't have any. I don't.
What are you having for dinner tonight?
Yeah, I think that's it. I heard there was a new special. I think the McRib is back. Is that possible?
Oh, well, m. No.
No. I'll check with Alexander Billings. Alexander loves the McRib.
Oh. Oh, she does? I didn't know that.
Alexandra loves the McRib. Good.
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Sorry about your passing. Okay, everybody, we have some good news we have to get to do, but we have to take another quick break. did I say words right there. I think, I think it came out. All right, well, we'll be right back after this. Stick around. I am convinced that cats know exactly how funny they are. Mine can spend 20 minutes trying to fit into a box that's clearly too small for them and then walk away like nothing happened. Now, this is part of why I love being a cat person. They're weird, confident little roommates. The only part of the arrangement that's not adorable is dealing with the litter box. This podcast is sponsored by Boxy. Boxy is the last cat litter you will ever switch to, and their Boxy pro, Deep Clean, is the best cat litter money can buy for a limited time. Get 30% off on your first order and free shipping when you head to boxycat.com DailyBeans and use code DailyBeans. Now, I did not expect to develop very strong opinions about cat litter because they've all kind of been the same for a really long time. But boxy is head and shoulders above the rest. It's changed my mind. I've used a lot of litters over the years. Boxypro is the first one that made me stop and think, oh, this actually works. The biggest thing for me is the odor control. The probiotics in Boxypro help target the bacteria that cause the smell, so it's not just covering things up and masking it for a few days, hoping for the best. It keeps the box consistently fresher, which is a big deal, especially with multiple cats. I also appreciate that it's unscented. There's no fake fragrances trying to hide the problem, which I like for myself and for the cats. It feels a lot more thoughtful and it gives them one less reason to get weird about their litter box. Another thing I really like is that Boxy does not require constant full litter changes. I can just scoop what needs scooping, top it off, and move on with my life. The litter box is simpler to maintain. The house smells better and you notice it immediately. The whole setup feels less like an ongoing battle. And I also like that Boxy uses 100% US sourced clay and avoids unnecessary fillers. So if you're tired of switching litters looking for the one, get 30% off your boxee. Order at box I E cat.com DailyBeans and use code DailyBeans. That's boxycat.com DailyBeans and make sure you use our code DailyBeans at checkout so they know we sent you. Everybody, welcome back. It's time for the good news. I Don't know. I don't know if it can get better, honestly, than, a herd of female elephants trampling a millionaire hunter. But we're going to try to do so. If you've got any good news or good Trouble suggestions, anything at all, maybe a shout out to a loved one or yourself or a small business or a nonprofit, maybe a government program that's helped you or a loved one, your favorite joke, misheard song lyrics, something you just realized. We can have a whole series called I was today years old when I found out this. Those make me laugh so much because it happens to me every day. anything that'll bring a smile to our face, send it to us daily beans. Click uncontact. And all you gotta do to get your stuff submitted is pay your podpet tariff, which means attach any photo of anything really, as long as it brings a smile to our face. you can send your pet, an adoptable pet in your area, a random animal on the Internet, family photos, pictures of you at no Kings rallies, your favorite signs you've seen from some protests. it can be what you're making or creating. Crocheting, quilting, knitting, painting. Are you making a role playing game? We had somebody write in that was making a role playing game one time. I thought the tape top rpg. I thought that was awesome. it can be. You know, if. Are you raising chickens? You got goats? Whatever it is, send us photos dailybeanspod.com click on Contact. First up is your good Trouble. Good trouble Today check out Represent us. They have a very handy guide on how to take effective political action. We're going to have links in the show notes to this reading through that can make you feel more confident in the political actions you take. And there's all sorts that you can take. Big ones, small ones. It just helps you feel like you're doing something. So we're going to have a link to represent us in the show notes and their guide on how to take effective political action.
All right, thanks so much, Alison. This is from Diane Pronouns. She and her got a post. Now before I go protest ice detention warehouses sharing my protest umbrella because we gotta protect ourselves from the shit falling from this administration. I love this. Hubbies. Ah, ponders. So there's the dick. Does that mean that the testicles are the dictators? I love that you actually have this on umbrella. There's a bunch of things on the umbrella. This is awesome.
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Thank you so much, Diane. next up from the bell. Fabulous. Hello, beans queens. Thanks for helping me save what's left of my sanity. I wanna celebrate the win in Virginia on the redistricting refere this Tuesday, April 21st. And send a special shout out to the unstoppable women of network Nova, as well as a heartfelt thanks to everyone who made phone calls, knocked on doors, sent postcards and texts, and did everything they could to ensure the yes campaign won and to level the field in our fight to save our democracy from Mango Mussolini and his minions. This was a titanic effort by everyone and every group from the grassroots. Too many to name here. So keep up the good work and remember, when they go low, we kick them in the teeth. Onwards to the midterms. And and remember to vote on every local election too. Very good point. For my pod pet tariff. Oh, my goodness. I'm including pictures of our two troublemakers, Nephi and Cleo, our disaster kitties. we got Nephi in 2012, right after the De Retcho in the DMV. I hope I'm pronouncing that right. And Cleo during the pandemic, the cat distribution system at work. Oh, look at the beautiful babies.
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Okay, thanks, ag. This next one's from Anonymous. Pronoun she and her. Hello, beans queens. First, thank you for all your badassery and the empathy you put out into the world. It is much needed. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in September 2025. It's been a long journey, but I passed a major milestone yesterday and completed Radiation anonymous. Congratulations. I also want to give a shout out, to all the other Beans cancer fighters. I see you. I know how incredible you are. Pot pet pic attached. This is Leo. We adopted him one week before I found out I had cancer. And he's been a source of absolute hilarity at a time when laughs have been scarce. Oh, my God, this cute dog.
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cute as it's adorable dog. Oh, Congratulations for finishing, Radiation Anonymous. And, big ups and a hashtag cancer. And thank you so much for sending that in. And thanks to everybody for sending in all your good news today. If you've got good news you want to share with us, please send it to us dailybeanspod.com click on Contact. We're going to go head over to record, beans Talk. Dan, did you have anything before we get out of here?
No, No, I think I've. Yeah, you all covered it.
That's it. I'm just looking forward to our gala. I think it's going to be super fun. All right, everybody, we'll be back in yours 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.
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