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Today, members of Jeanine Pirro’s office made an unannounced visit to the Federal Reserve and were turned away; Donald is now straight up threatening to fire Jerome Powell if he doesn’t resign; the US is sending thousands more troops to Iran despite claiming the war is over; Senate Republicans and Fetterman have once again blocked a War Powers Resolution to rein in Trump; Tennessee’s Charlie Kirk Act bans school walkouts and protects conservative speakers; mass civil rights violations are being reported at alligator Alcatraz; the Eighth Circuit swats a challenge to a Minnesota policy embracing trans athletes; Chinook salmon are found naturally hatching in the Upper Klamath River for first time in a century; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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msw media. Hello and welcome to the Daily beans for Thursday, April 16, 2026. Today, members of Jeanine Pirro's office made an unannounced visit to the Federal Reserve building and were turned away. Donald is now straight up threatening to fire Jerome Powell if he doesn't resign. The US Is sending thousands more troops to Iran. Despite claiming the war is over. Senate Republicans and John Fetterman have once again blocked a war powers resolution to rein in Donald Trump. Tennessee's Charlie Kirk act bans school walkouts and protects conservative speakers. Mass civil rights violations are being reported from alligator, Alcatraz. The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has swatted a challenge to a Minnesota policy that embraces trans athletes. And Chinook salmon are found naturally hatching in the Upper Klamath river for the first time in a century. I'm Alison Gill.
And I'm Dana Goldberg.
I know it sounds weird to, like, pivot to, you know, Klamath salmon, but we've been covering that story for over a year.
So, hey, at least the salmon are fucking. I mean, I know that they're not actually, but at least someone's having a good time.
At least someone's having a good time that thanks to those dam removals. So we're going to report on that, those dam removals. But welcome back. Good to have you back, my friend.
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first up from the post, the Pentagon is sending thousands of additional troops into the Middle east in the coming days as Trump attempts to pressure Iran into a deal that could end the weeks long conflict. I'm going to say war while considering the possibility of additional strikes on ground operations if a fragile ceasefire doesn't hold. According to a U.S. official, the forces moving into the region include about 6,000 more troops aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. bush and several warships escorting it. And that's according to current and former officials who, like some others spoke on the condition of anonymity. About 4,200 others with the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group and its embarked Marine Corps task Force, the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, are expected to arrive near the End of the month, the infusion of firepower appears likely to coalesce with warships already in the Middle east, just as the two week ceasefire is set to expire April 22nd and the US military enforces a naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz. The personnel will join the estimated 50,000 troops that the Pentagon has said are involved globally in operations to counter Iran.
Thank you so much, Alison. This next story is from the Times. Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked the latest Democratic led effort to curb President Trump's authority to wage war in Iran. As a fragile ceasefire phrase. Dueling blockades choke traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. And failed talks leave the next phase of the conflict uncertain. the move to take up the measure failed on a vote of 52 to 47. It fell largely upon party lines, not surprising, by the way, with Republicans and that single Democrat who's just been a thorn in our side, Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, opposed. And Democrats actually got joined by a lone Republican and that Senator Rand Pa Kentucky, who was in favor of curbing Trump's power there. Now, it was the fourth time in recent weeks that Democrats have tried and failed to force Congress to reassert its war powers as the conflict now stretching into its second month continues. The repeated defeats underscore the durability of Republican backing for Donald, as his allies on Capitol Hill have foregone oversight of the war and repeatedly sought to avoid placing meaningful constraints on his authority. And it's interesting how the Times goes back and forth between conflict and war instead of just calling it a war.
Yeah, well, y' all want to hang that around your necks for the midterms, fine by us. All right, next up from the Times, President Trump vowed to fire Jerome Powell if he opted to stay on at the Federal Reserve after his term as chair ends, doubling down on a criminal investigation into the central bank that is threatening to delay the confirmation of Powell's successor, which is just funny to me. Mr. Powell's tenure as chair officially ends May 15, but both the law and past precedent suggest he can serve on a temporary basis until Trump's pick goes in to replace him. That's Kevin Warsh. He needs to be confirmed by the Senate. Mr. Powell's term as Fed governor also runs well beyond that date, allowing him to stay on at the central bank until 2028. So he's no longer the chair after May 15, but he stays on until 2028 as a regular governor. Board governor. But Trump wants to fire him altogether. The process to confirm Mr. Warsh has been complicated by the justice department's investigation into Mr. Powell and his handling of a costly renovation at the Fed headquarters in Washington. We'll about that later.
All right, thanks, Allison. And we got some good news in these quick hits. This is from Oregon Public Broadcasting and we've been covering the story for the past year or so. As we talked about on the Daily Beans. The Klamath tribes are celebrating evidence of Chinook salmon spawning in Klamath river tributary. Now they've documented the first naturally hatched Chinook salmon within the Upper Klamath Lake in more than a century as observers witness promising signs of the species returning following dam removal. Last year, researchers documented the first adult Chinook salmon in a tributaries of the Upper Klamath since dam removal. Now the Klamath tribes. The fisheries department said that the presence of young salmon is a step toward restoring self sustaining populations. A coalition of state and tribal partners completed the removal of four dams along the Klamath river in 2024. The largest dam removal, by the way, that project in US History.
I guess we've been covering it for two years. Wow.
I know. Seriously, time flies when you trying to spawn salmon spawning.
Yeah, time flies. All right. Well, thank you for that story. That's such good news. And I'm glad to hear Klamath, they're celebrating up there and it was great in, in the story, Dana, there's a little picture of a tiny little baby salmon with a ruler showing that's like an inch long. And they're like, we got baby salmon here. I think that's just amazing. But there's still a long way to go to replenish the, the numbers that, they used to see. So we'll be keeping an eye on that. Thank you for that. All right, everybody, we've got more news, but we have to take a quick break. Stick around. We'll be right back after these messages.
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Janine Piro's office were told that they would need prior clearance before gaining access and were referred to the Fed's legal team. That's according to people familiar with the interaction who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The move suggests the DOJ is not backing down from an investigation to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as President Trump continues to seek ways to reshape the Fed leadership while insisting on lower interest rates. Robert her, the outside attorney that wrote this letter representing the Fed and also the guy who investigated Biden for classified documents, pushed back on the visit in a letter to Pirro's office, citing a federal judge's ruling last month that quashed two grand jury subpoenas issued to the central bank. In that decision, the judge found that the investigation was pretextual. It was a pretextual effort by the Trump administration to pressure Powell to lower interest rates or resign from the independent central bank, quote, unquote. Should you wish to challenge that finding, the courts provide an avenue for you. It's not appropriate for you to try to circumvent it. That's what her wrote. Went on to say, I ask that you commit not to seek to communicate with my client outside the presence of counsel. Now, her's letter that's the Trump administration is so bad that in order to talk to the Fed chair, you got to go through his lawyer because you're such a. Oh, my goodness. All right. Pyrrho's office has been looking into the Fed's $2.5 billion overhaul of two historic office buildings located on the National Mall, despite a series of legal and political setbacks into the investigation. The investigation also threatens to delay the confirmation of Kevin Warsh. That's, like I said, Trump's pick to replace Powell as Fed chief when Powell's term AS chair expires May 15, Pirro said in a statement. She defended Tuesday's visit, saying, any construction project that has cost overruns of almost 80% over the original const budget deserves some serious review. That's what she said. And she went on to say, and these people are in charge of monetary policy in the United States. Thank you. Pirro is close to Trump and widely seen as a contender to replace Pam Bondi as Attorney General after finding that the Justice Department had not provided any evidence of a crime. Chief U.S. district Judge James Boasberg in D.C. ruled last month to throw out two subpoenas the prosecutors have described as make or break for the criminal investigation. Prosecutors asked the judge to please reconsider his ruling, and Boseberg denied that request this month, saying nothing has changed. Pirro has vowed to appeal the judge's ruling, but she has not yet done so and faces a looming deadline. Boasberg's decision cannot be appealed after the 3rd of May. So what's that 17 days from now? A Ah. Wall Street Journal first reported the interaction at the construction site. The Senate Banking Committee set a Tuesday hearing to consider Warsh's nomination. The panel's chairman, Tim Scott, Republican from South Carolina, says he expects Pirro's investigation is going end in the coming weeks. But even with the hearing, the timing of Warsh's confirmation is uncertain. Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina, a key Republican, has said he will not vote for any Fed nominees until the probe into Jerome Powell is resolved, effectively blocking Wash from advancing out of the banking panel. He's got a very key vote in that committee. Now, Powell has said he would stay on as acting chair if war isn't confirmed in time and that he has no intention of stepping down from the Fed entirely until after the Justice Department probe is finished. So keep on going, Janine. Even after he steps down as chair, Powell would elect to stay through early 2028 as one of seven members of the Fed Boards of Governors in Washington, depriving the White House of a crucial seat on the board. Dumbasses.
makes me laugh when you giggle. All right, this next one is from WPLN in Nashville. College students who participate in walkouts, they could be suspended or expelled under a new measure passed by Tennessee General assembly on Monday. The Charlie Kirk act, named for the late conservative activist, addresses free speech on college campuses. HB 1476 and SB 1741 would require colleges and universities to sign the University of Chicago's policy on freedom of speech and prohibit administrations from uninviting a speaker based on their opposition to abortion or LGBTQ rights.
Okay, so free speech for the conservative talkers, but the students can't do a walkout and exercise their free speech.
Correct.
Got it.
And this is a quote. We want to be the gold standard for having public colleges and universities that are known to be neutral when it comes to divisive political and social issues. This is from bill sponsor Rep. Gino Bolso, a Republican in Franklin. The act would bring disciplinary action against students and faculty members who disrupt a guest speaker by protesting or staging a walkout. Under the proposal, student organizations could legally deny membership or leadership positions to other students if they disagree with their lifestyle. Also, said, despite its name, the bill is nonpartisan.
Republicans can come and speak and Democrats can't say anything about it. It's totally nonpartisan.
Dark comedian in me. I'm going to make a joke about killing the bill. I'm sorry. And this is a quote from the story. It's named after him not because he had a conservative viewpoint, but because he actually gave his life in the defense of freedom expression and doing so in a civil manner. Okay. That has yet to be proven, by the way. Now, Rep. Ronnie Glynn, a Democrat in Clarksville, disputed the civility of Kirk's stances. He said, as a black man, when I think about some of the things Kirk said, how can I say, yep, that was civil? Now Glenn referenced comments Kirk made questioning the qualifications of black pilots and disparaging black women in office. Bolso defended the statements, arguing that being against DEI does not make someone racist. And this is a quote from the story. DEI is the word now, but before it was Black Lives Matter, then it was critical race theory. And this is from Rep. Justin Jones, who's a Democrat in Nashville. Justin said, but there used to be another word here that started with an N and that's what they really want to call us again. I know. In the Senate, bill sponsor Senator Paul Rose, a Republican in Covington, said speakers promoting racism would not be protected under the measure. Okay. Jones also pointed to people in academics who were disciplined over their reactions to Kirk's assassination. He said, it's ironic that this body is talking about free speech when we had professors in Tennessee schools expelled and suspended when they did not mourn the death of Charlie Kirk, when they said that his statements were problematic and that the way he died did not redeem the way he lived. Again, this is from Jones. By the way, the bill now heads to governor Bill Lee's desk for this signature and I have a strong feeling that asshole's gonna sign it. They just signed in Tennessee that June is like nuclear family month instead of pride. I know these fuckers in Tennessee just for no like you have. You were like 47th in healthcare, I think, or 39th and 39th in is what you want to focus on. This is what you want to focus on. It's just so annoying.
People are tired of the identity politics and we're going to talk about that in some polling results on the Beans Talk today. So everybody tune into Beans Talk over at the YouTube channel for MSW Media Media for that information. Next up from the Miami Herald, content warning for violence Attorneys representing immigrants held at the Alligator Alcatraz detention site alleged Friday in court documents that guards beat and pepper spray detainees after a protest over lost phone access. Allegations they argue show state and federal officials defying a recent court order protecting detainees civil rights. Like using a phone and calling their lawyers. In a court filing in Fort Myers, lawyers with the ACLU foundation and civil rights groups said officers at the controversial Everglades facility entered a unit earlier this month and physically assaulted detainees. One man was thrown to the ground and severely beaten, according to his attorney, who submitted photographs to the court showing his client with a black eye. The attorney, Kate Blankenship of the legal services organization Sanctuary of the south, wrote in a sworn declaration that officers broke another detainee's wrist and pepper sprayed everyone in the cage. The violence, the attorneys say, erupted after site employees abruptly cut off detainees access to phones on April 2, eliminating what they described as their client's only connection to legal counsel and their families. The day long prohibition came less than a week after Middle District Judge Sherry Pollster Chappell issued an order expanding Alligator Alcatraz detainees access to their lawyers and their ability to use phones at the remote pop up facility. So this judge said, you got to give these detainees access to phones and access to their lawyers. That same week, they shut the phones off.
Yeah, so it's so gross.
And according to Blankenship's declaration, based on first hand accounts from two detainees, Alligator Alcatraz staff turned off all the phones in the housing units on April 2 for the entire day. The facility did not give them any advance warning of the phones being cut off, nor did they explain why the phones were cut off. Detainees grew frustrated. Quote, these phone calls are the only way people can contact loved ones or speak with and secure an attorney. Now, Blankenship said her clients, Lazaro Hernandez Galban and Reiko Lopez Morphy, complained loudly about the phones not working. That's when guards who worked for the contractor Critical response Strategies began taunting the detainees, threatening to enter the cage where they were held. The situation escalated when a guard punched a detainee, the filing alleges. Other detainees were also beaten and the guards broke a man's wrist. Blankenship, said the officers pepper sprayed everyone in the cages, which each house about 32 men. Quote, a detained older gentleman passed out. He couldn't breathe. Detainees were so afraid guards would come back to beat them more. They barricaded the door, eventually allowing staff in to render medical care to an injured man. The phones were eventually turned back on after detainees allowed guards back into the cage. And she said staff never provided an explanation to the detainees for why the phones were cut off that whole day. The same week that a judge said, you have to expand their ability to contact legal services and family members and loved ones on the phone.
Thanks, Ag. These stories just make me so angry. And we already have proved that so many of these people are not violent criminals and they're treating them like inhumane animals, like it's just these fuckers in there.
Well, that's why they spent so much time dehumanizing immigrants by calling them vermin and calling them, I mean, hello, 1933, calling them animals and. And diseased. And us like people from insane asylums, so that these guards are emboldened to treat them inhumanely like they're not human beings. That dehumanization, we see it. We see it every day with the trans community and forever with the lgbt. LGBTQ community on the whole. Yeah, yeah.
all right, everyone. Sorry with my little interjections of frustration, but, you know, that's what we do. That's what we do here on the pod. And we do have some good news. I'm going to try and cleanse the palate real quick. This is from Courthouse News. A woman's sports advocacy group failed to prove Minnesota intentionally discriminates against female athletes by allowing transgender students to compete in high school sports. This is the 8th Circuit. That's what they found on Wednesday. While the court acknowledged the national debate over transgender participation in athletics remains an open question of law, it found the group lacked a private right of action under Title 9 because it could not show the state acted with discriminatory intent. In a 14 page order written on behalf of three judge panel, U.S. district Judge Raymond Gruender said that the group had standing to seek an injunction, but failed to achieve the necessary components to be granted.
1. And I have to interject here because the group that sued these plaintiffs, this like, you know, FAU or whatever it is, they had four plaintiffs, and three of them have never played in a sports game against a transgender person.
Not surprising.
One of them has. And so they determined that that one person has standing. Right, got it. Sue. But they said you're not going to win. Yeah.
Thank you for the explanation, AG. This is a quote from the story. Because FAU's allegations sound in disparate impact and do not allow for an inference of discriminatory intent or deliberate indifference, we conclude that its claims of ineffective accommodation and unequal treatment under Title 9 are not claims of intentional discrimination. This is, by the way, a George W. Bush appointee. That's what they wrote. Representing several Minnesota high school softball players. It's called Female Athletes. United States argues Minnesota's inclusive sports policy ignores clear physiological differences between the sexes. Specifically, the group claims high school level softball players have faced one transgender athlete identified anonymously in the court documents as Jane Doe. Well, at least they're fucking gender identifying her correctly. Who pitches shutouts with unrivaled speed and ball movement. Now, the group claims, does biological advantages deprive female athletes of equal opportunity through lost recruitment, visibility, and blown chances of winning championships? The group asserts the state's policy is not simply a neutral rule, but rather an intentional choice to disparage female athletes by allocating athletic opportunities based on gender identity. The court disagreed, and I quote, FAU supplies no case law or other legal support for the proposition that appellees, alleged awareness of and failure to prevent a single transgender girl's participation in team sport speak to an intent to discriminate. This is from Gwen. That was the judge, U. S. Circuit judge L. Steven Graz, and u. S. Circuit judge Ralph Erickson. Both Donald Trump appointees also sat on that panel, by the way.
Yeah. So it was a GW Bush and two Trump appointees that ruled three to nothing.
Yeah. That's fantastic. I do think it's interesting that they call her Jane Doe. Like, if they really. I mean, I feel like right there that you're. You know what I mean? You're, you're acknowledging, you're acknowledging that that is a female athlete.
Happens to be a trans female athlete. But the trans is just an adjective.
Yeah. And those other three softball players are like, well, we might play her in the future.
Right.
It's like, sorry that you don't have standing. The one who has does. But even with all of that, it's not intentionally discriminatory against cisgender people. No, this, this policy, it's inclusive of transgender. So wonderful, ruling. We'll see. See what the supreme court says. But again, this is uncharted territory about what title nine means. Right?
Yeah.
So we'll keep an eye on that. Thank you so much for that. All right, everybody, we've got that candidate running as a write in to oust Susan Collins. So in the Democratic primary, which happens on June 9th, there's Graham Platner and Janet Mills, and Andrea Laflamme is running in third. And, so folks were like, hey, is there an alternative to Janet Mills or Graham Platner? Yes, there is. And m. We're gonna talk to her after this break. Stick around. We'll be right back.
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I'm great, Allison. Thanks so much for having me.
Yeah, no, I'm so glad to talk to you. And you and I have talked offline quite a bit as well. And I was like, this is a, I think a great candidate, a great alternative, if you're looking for one. And there's more than one reason to vote for you. And we'll get to that in a second. But I wanted to first talk about the fact that you are a Write in candidate. And if you could tell everybody why it is that you're a write in candidate at this stage of the election, sure.
So something that people might not realize is that I actually registered with the FEC last June before any of the candidates who are currently in the race. Then right when I was about to announce, I had some kind of sudden health issues that I had to deal with. We all know the state of healthcare is slow, so that took, that took some time. And by the time I was feeling better, it was the end of February. By the time I could announce, that gave me three weeks to collect the signatures I needed to get on the ballot. I worked really, really hard with my supporters to get out and collect the signatures, but ultimately we fell a little bit short. But we didn't want that to keep us from being in the race and finishing what we started. While we were collecting signatures, we heard from a lot of Maine voters their gratitude for me being in the race because they felt like the other candidates did not represent them very well. So I plan to stay in the race as a writing candidate straight on through the primary to give those Mainers a voice.
And there's something else really interesting too. You actually work full time?
I do, yes. I am a true working class candidate. I am an adjunct professor. I teach nutrition at, the local community college here, Eastern Maine Community College, and I also teach public health courses within the Department of Women and Gender Studies at the University of Maine. So I'm currently teaching a 13 credit course load while I am campaigning because I can't afford not to, as most
Mainers can't afford not to work either. So let's, let's dive in and talk a little bit about your platform. You mentioned healthcare, and the state of healthcare is very slow. And we know that, the Trump administration's policies have led to the closure of a lot of rural health care facilities, making it very difficult for folks, especially in rural areas, which Maine has a lot of, to get the health care they need. So can you talk a little bit about, if you're elected to the Senate, what you would do to help fix the health care issues that not only Mainers are facing, but we kind of all are.
Yeah. So one thing that I think really differentiates me from the other candidates in this race is my expertise in public health. I've been studying my whole life, working my whole life in public health, and learning what it means to have a healthy community and the steps that need to happen in order to make that possible. When I was Getting my master's degree, it was during the infancy of the Affordable Care Act. So almost all my education revolved around health insurance and health care policy. I think that the Affordable Care act has been a really great stepping stone. But what we truly need is universal healthcare in the form of a government sponsored healthcare. I don't think that health insurance lobbyists should be a job. I don't think that people should be able to make money off of the health or illness of the American people. We should be seeing that as an investment in our people, in the health of our society, leading to better opportunities, increased productivity, all the things. But I would add, I would actually take that a step further and also include an increased investment in our public health infrastructure. So some people don't understand the difference between public health and healthcare. Healthcare is more focused on treatment of illnesses and injuries today, whereas public health is focused on the prevention of those issues tomorrow. And I think that that really makes my perspective on healthcare really unique because I recognize that that while it is very important that we have the resources to treat injury and illness today, it's equally as important for us to invest in a public health infrastructure that allows us to prevent injury and illness tomorrow.
Yeah. And also you've been a very staunch advocate for women's healthcare and abortion care and that is shaped by personal experience for you working in a student clinic. Can you talk a little bit about how, how working there kind of shaped and formed your positions on what abortion care means and what women's health care means to the broader community?
Sure. So while I was getting my undergraduate degree at the University of Maine, I was majoring in nutrition with a minor in pre med. And my plan was to go on to medical school, which obviously didn't happen. But part of that, that was that I needed clinical experience and I had work study. So I answered a work study position opening for a student clinic assistant at the Mabel Wadsworth Women's Health Center. So for those folks who aren't familiar, the Mabel Wadsworth Health center is the northernmost in person abortion provider in the state of Maine. They are private, nonprofit feminist health centers. So they don't take any federal funding, which puts them both in a unique position where they, they aren't affected as much by federal funding changes, but also means that they really need to focus on donations from supporters. So I started out as a student clinic assistant. My job was to sterilize medical instruments. I had grown up in a progressive household, but abortion wasn't really something that we talked very much about. So. So working there was a pretty immersive experience. I learned a lot. I met a lot of really awesome people. And it's the kind of place that you just don't leave because it is so supportive and so transformative. So following my time there as a work study student, I continued to volunteer and was offered a position on their board of directors. While I was on their board of directors, I served as development chair and a member of their finance committee, eventually being elected as the youngest president of the board in the history of the organization. So at the age of 27, I was elected to the position of president of the board. And in that role, at that time, the organization was going through a leadership transition. And as a part of that leadership transition, we were working on expanding the resources and services that the clinic offered. So. So part of that was increasing the services that were available for trans clients. And that was an issue that was really important to me that I championed as president of the board. And again, this was, gosh, so like 11 years ago now. And the, the climate then about trans healthcare was still not as well known as it is now. And so I'm really excited to have been a part of that, sort of in the beginning stages here in central Maine.
Early
Adopter of gender affirming care and seeing the direct impact on people by being immersed in it on a daily basis. Let's talk about. Okay, so we've talked about healthcare. Let's talk about affordability. That is a big thing on people's minds right now, as you know. I know you. You've got a ground campaign going, even though it's pretty difficult to have a ground campaign in Maine because everything has spread so far, far apart.
Uh-huh.
But talk a little bit about what you're hearing from constituents in Maine about affordability.
Yeah, people are really struggling. You know, I see that. I feel that the nature of being an adjunct professor is that you get hired at the beginning of a semester and then you get fired at the end of the semester. So it's not a very, not a really easy way to make a living. Right.
Not a lot of stability, not a lot of guarantees.
It's very unstable, very uncertain. And what that often means is when my contracts are over for the semester, if I have not received a new contract, which happens, pretty frequently, I find myself having to rely on unemployment assistance. This past year, including my unemployment assistance and wages, I made $30,000 a year with no benefits. And that's somebody with a master's degree working you know, as a, as a teacher at a college. So. So it's really, really, really tough. And that's something, that's something that I really understand. Earlier this winter, I applied for and received liheat benefits, in order to help me afford heat for my home. I know that's something that a lot of Mainers grapple with is heating costs, especially now that, you know, our gas prices are through the roof thanks to.
Yeah. The illegal war of choice in Iran.
Yeah, thanks to everything that's going on in Iran. So. So these are issues that I see, issues that I am experiencing personally, and I think that makes me a better advocate for working class Mainers and those who are living paycheck to paycheck.
Yeah.
And then on top of affordability, I think a lot of people want to see accountability and a fighter. And I know that you have an endorsement from Citizens for Impeachment as a courage candidate, somebody who's willing to stand up and hold some of these folks in this regime accountable. When you're in the Senate, what does that look like?
So the work that Citizens for Impeachment have been doing has been both on the ground in D.C. and working with new candidates that are coming in. And so for House candidates, that means looking for champions who are willing to, to bring forward impeachment charges if they are elected to the House. And for Senate candidates like myself, that is a commitment that I will be present at impeachment hearings. Sounds really strange to say, but we know that some senators just choose not to show up. So I, as a Senate, as a senator, pledge to show up, listen to the information that's being presented, and vote accordingly with a focus on justice and accountability.
And a question for you.
You have a.
Here in California we have something called a two party or an all party primary, top two primary, within which we could actually send two Republicans on the top of the ticket.
That's wild.
Like the gubernatorial race for, for example, we've just been thrown into a bit of tumult over the horrific accusations levied against Eric Swalwell, who was, leading the pack for governor. But you guys have a closed primary and so a Democrat is going to be on the ticket. And in this primary, you're the write in candidate. And we've got Mills and Platner and a few others. Beyond your platform or voting for you because you're awesome in the primary knowing that a Democrat is going to win, what is the benefit of writing you in? There's another benefit besides winning. There's another goal besides Just winning it outright, isn't there?
Yeah. So the two front runners in this race, Mills and Platner, both have multi million dollar campaigns. Right. They have been taking in astronomical sums of money. And I think that the American people and Mainers that I've been speaking with are really tired of money and politics. Right. They support ending Citizens United and they don't want wealthy Americans to have influence over our elections. Right. They want to be the ones who are choosing their candidates. And so ultimately, when people are writing me in and voting for me on their ranked choice ballots, what they're doing is they're telling the wealthy that they do not have that influence over our elections. Right. What they're saying is that they have, have ultimately the voters have the ability to elect the candidate that they want, and any support that they put behind a grassroots candidate is going to send that message to the wealthy influencers.
Right. Because the time to send a message to the wealthy influencers is in the primary. Right. Not in the general, when it's life or death and some, only one or the other is going to win.
Correct.
That's the best time to send a message like that is that, that, you know, we, we prefer grassroots or we're a people powered campaign. And so, you know, even if you don't pull a win, if you get 10, 15, 20%, that people take notice of that kind of a thing.
Right. That's a success for the people, that's a success for the voters.
And Mainers are still going to get a Democrat on the general election ballot because you don't have that weird thing that we have here in California.
That's really scary. Yeah.
So much I hate it. It's like I just want to vote for the candidate I want to vote for with my whole chest without having to, to worry about whether or not there's going to be a Democrat on the general election ballot. But I think that that does and can send a pretty powerful message. And before I let you go, just to make sure you don't have any questionable tattoos, right?
I don't. I do have some tattoos, as I think most millennials do. I have a peace sign and an estrogen molecule. So those are the decisions that I made when I was in college certainly differ than the decisions that others have made.
And. Yeah, that's interesting. I was joking, but that's actually. Those are cool tattoos. Thanks. And I think it's also important that you're a Washington outsider, you're a grassroots candidate, and you've won elections before, like you said, you won that board election. Union elections. You're not a stranger to elections, correct?
Yeah. I'm currently in my second term serving as chapter president for our union, and so I'm a part of MSEA, SCA, IU local 1989. I am the only union candidate in this election. I'm currently paying union dues. And as chapter president, I actually represent all adjunct professors at all of the community colleges across the state. So I have support across the state, and I've won twice in my position, for union chapter president. So that's a really great honor that I hold.
Well, congrats. And then one final thing. I'm just gonna keep adding one final thing, by the way, for the next. Now, I am a veteran, and there are a lot of veterans in Maine, and this, I keep wanting to call it a regime, because that's what it is to me, keeps gutting veterans benefits and trying to privatize them. And as you said at the top of the interview, healthcare should never be for profit, and that's what they're trying to turn the VA into. As a senator for Maine, what would you do for veterans? And maybe working with the Senate Committee on Veterans affairs to ensure that. That the veterans that might. That are being created right now in this, needless and illegal war are being taken care of when they come back home. Especially given that CENTCOM isn't telling us exactly how bad some of these injuries are. They're trying to cover them up a little bit. So what would you do as a senator to help the veterans of Maine?
Sure. So my father is actually a Marine Corps veteran, and I was an army wife to an army medic who was deployed to Afghanistan. So veterans issues are really personal to me. I see the sacrifice and dedication that our veterans make, and they deserve the benefits that they were promised when they return home. You know, I've. I've talked to my dad recently. He receives care at the va, and since Trump has begun his second term, my dad has talked to me at length about providers at. At his VA clinic, leaving the job, services being cut, and that's. That's really shameful. That's unacceptable, and we shouldn't be standing for that as Americans, and that's certainly not something I will stand for in the Senate. Our veterans deserve our support. They are at the beck and call, unfortunately, of a really terrible leader right now, and they absolutely deserve our respect and support.
Yeah, well, thank you for that, and thanks for saying that, and thanks for the service of your family. And everybody knows that military spouses are also part of that. Thank you for your service.
Yeah. I will tell you, this campaign has been really tough. It is still not the toughest thing I have ever done. Being an army wife during wartime is by far the hardest thing I've ever had to do.
Yeah, I can't, I can't imagine. And I served under Clinton, so, you know, we. We read books, but that was about the extent of it. But thank you for coming on. So everybody who's been asking if there's an alternative to Mills and Platner. There is. Right. In Canada. Andrea laflamme. Yeah. And that's L, A, F, L, A, M, M, M, E. Yes. And tell everyone where they can find and follow and support your campaign if they so choose.
Yeah. So I'm on most of the socials. You can look at my website, AndreaForMain. M m a I n e dot com. something really un. I'm doing. As Allison said, I am a teacher. Right. So it makes it a little difficult to get out to all the different corners of Maine because we are a really rural state. So something that I've been doing with my campaign is virtual town halls. I have two virtual town halls scheduled every single week from now through the primary. One on Sunday morning, one on Friday evening. Those are limited to 20 people. So it gives us a chance to really have. Have a nice personal conversation. So for anybody that any main voters who are interested in really having a, deeper conversation with me about my plans and want to make their voices heard, please feel free go to my website, andreaformain.com right on the homepage. Scroll down just a little bit. There's a calendar there, and you can sign up for one of those virtual town halls. I would love to talk to you.
Well, I thank you and I appreciate you coming on the primary. There is June 9th. Everybody that is coming on up in a minute. It's less than a m. Month away. No, two months away. It's less than two months away. I don't even know what today is. It's.
You're killing me, Allison.
You're like. It's what. So, you know, if you are looking for that alternative candidate that's got a great platform, check out Andrea. And I appreciate your time. I appreciate you coming on and. And sharing your vision for Maine with us and the US Senate. And, we'll. We'll have you back on and check in and see how it's to. Going. Going.
Sounds great. Can't wait.
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Yeah, sometimes those are just aren't easy choices. But then you look at these little angels.
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And you're like I know what's up. And you find your brave. That's a really good way to put it. Dana. Thank you. Next up from Joanna Pronoun she and her in 2025, the Idaho legislators passed a bill preventing state and local governments that reduced what types of flags could be flown. Oh, I know where this is going and I love it already. What flags could be flown and outlawed? FL Pride flag After its passage, the city of Boise made the pride flag their official flag to get around the law.
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And continued to fly theirs. On March 31, 2026, a second bill was passed that added a $2,000 fine per flag per day and banned official city flags added after January 1, 2023. What a bunch of dicks. Boise Mayor Lauren Mlan stated, because the law includes a substantial penalty, one that would ultimately fall on the taxpayers of Boise to decided to take down the city's official pride flag. But let me be clear. Boise's values have not changed and they are not defined by any single ah action taken at the State House. Now, in response to the forced removal of the flag, rainbow wrappings were installed on the flag poles themselves soon after.
And they're beautiful by the way.
They are. Maria Ortega, Boise City Council President Meredith Stead said in a March 31 statement, quote, the pride flag is not a political statement. It's a symbol of heritage, welcome and satisfaction, safety. We're taking it down because the law forces us to. But our commitment to every person who has looked at the flag and felt seen does not waver for a single moment. While what's happening at the state level in Idaho is heartbreaking, I have loved hearing about everything Boise is doing to find ways to show their support for my pod pet tariff. Here is Radar, who we adopted from a local shelter last June. Despite being a blank, he is the sweetest cuddle bug and the biggest baby who will hide behind me when he gets scared. Is this a giant like boxer mastiff or something?
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Love it. I absolutely love it. All right, this is from Michael Blue State Lunatic. No pronouns given. Hello, queenies of the beanies. I wanted to give a huge shout out to my brave wife, Wendy. She has struggled with tremors her whole life. This has been a lifelong struggle with confidence and others perceptions. Shaky speech, hand tremors were increasing as she crossed the road into her 50s. Then a team of amazing women, they stepped in to change the paradigm. This all came together quickly after struggling for years to get insurance coverage and qualified care. And thanks to an incredible confident female neurosurgeon, a patient and a calm female neurologist, a spunky positive female medtronic coordinator, and a handful of capable and focused professional women techs and nurses. Incredible. Her deep brain stimulator has been implanted and we just got the final medical clearance from the neurological team. I am excited to say her tremors have been reduced by 80 to 90%. Wow. Huge shout out to the amazing people at Missouri Baptist. And my strong wife, Wendy, who took this on with fear in her pocket and hope in her heart. So proud. My pod pet tax is our two best boys. Barkley is the old man, almost 17. And our newest love nugget, Pete. Petey. Everyone calls him Petey with the ears. And I think it makes it sound like he's the cutest gangster ever. Love what you do. Keep kicking Ass. And speaking truth, the breeds are Barkley is a blank and Petey is a blank. And I wonder if they're different.
Barkley looks like a shih tzu Maltese and the other one looks like. Like a Yorkie Papillon.
They're both corgi in that one that has the barrier. I don't know, he's like a. That's what a freaking adorable.
So cute. Let's see what we got here. I don't know if it's the haircut.
Oh, my God.
Barkley is a bichon Shih tzu.
Okay?
And Petey is a corgi. Papillon, you got the corgi we.
And, didn't you get the papillon?
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You heard her.
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what's the other one that looks like a pity? A Staffy.
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That's very funny because I can picture it. All right, next up, we got from Becky, the lefty pronoun she and they. I'm an activist and part of the Central Kansas activists. We are vying for our town. We've had a couple of victories in our school board, but most importantly, get out a MAGA who was harming our children. Children. Nice job. Our activist group goes all over. We've been all across our state to rally and protest, make legislative change. We get so much hate in our little red town. Nazi salutes, hateful words to our trans and LGBTQIA members. We've had a guy run his truck off the road and onto the sidewalk, over into the grass, right toward me. We've had so much support, too, though, and our protests on Saturday got so much more support. We are a core group of three strong women, and the team is strong, diverse, and passionate. Being in a small town that's so vile toward us sometimes. Some guy tried to push me off the road with my kid and mom in the car. I just wanted you to know we're fighting. Hell, we've even went to D.C. for civil disobedience against the hundreds of millions of dollars taken from housing. We were all arrested, but I was jailed for over 20 hours, and I had to go back and forth to court. Once they saw the footage, they dropped all my charges. Right now I'm interviewing for my larger community organizer position to help my town. There's so much more, but I wanted to tell you there is a shift even here in Salina, Kansas. We are crazy Trump deranged commie. Thank you for your show. I think we need a new T shirt. I think we need a new shirt, too. Thank you for your show. You help every day and I appreciate you all. I appreciate you, man. You all are copying. Causing some good trouble over there.
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For a hamburger today. Yes. Thanks for covering me. I appreciate it very, very much. But, yes, I'll be back in yours Tuesday. Allison's taking the wheel. You take care of Allison.
Yeah. Dr. Take the wheel instead of Jesus. Get it? And I'm a doctor. That was a good joke. Not really.
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