Tuesday, March 5th, 2024 Today, the Supreme Court rules unanimously that Trump can’t be kicked off the ballot, but only 5-4 on follow up rules restricting how disqualification is achieved; Allen Weisselberg pleads guilty to two charges of perjury in depositions for the NYAG; Trump’s White House was awash in speed and Xanax in new reporting from Rolling Stone; Nikki Haley won the DC primary; it’s Super Tuesday as voters head to the polls in 15 states; Iowa’s Kaitlin Clark breaks the NCAA Division I scoring record; Trump is facing a critical deadline in the E. Jean Carroll case. Plus, Allison and Dana deliver your good news.
Tuesday, March 5th, 2024
Today, the Supreme Court rules unanimously that Trump can’t be kicked off the ballot, but only 5-4 on follow up rules restricting how disqualification is achieved; Allen Weisselberg pleads guilty to two charges of perjury in depositions for the NYAG; Trump’s White House was awash in speed and Xanax in new reporting from Rolling Stone; Nikki Haley won the DC primary; it’s Super Tuesday as voters head to the polls in 15 states; Iowa’s Kaitlin Clark breaks the NCAA Division I scoring record; Trump is facing a critical deadline in the E. Jean Carroll case. Plus, Allison and Dana deliver your good news.
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Supreme Court Rules Trump Stays on Colorado Ballot
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/03/04/us/trump-supreme-court-colorado-ballot
Trump served notice E. Jean Carroll's lawyer can 'get to work' on his assets next week
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-carroll-lawyers-get-to-work-collecting
Trump’s White House Was ‘Awash in Speed’ — and Xanax
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-white-house-drugs-speed-xanax-1234979503
Iowa’s Caitlin Clark breaks ‘Pistol’ Pete Maravich’s NCAA Division I scoring record
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/caitlin-clark-scoring-record-iowa-basketball-rcna140836
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Daily beans. Hello, and welcome to the Daily Beans for Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Today, the Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that Trump can't be kicked off the ballot, but only five to four on follow up rules restricting how disqualification is achieved. Alan Weisselberg has pled guilty to two charges of perjury in depositions for the New York attorney general's office. Trump's White House was awash in speed and Xanax. In new reporting from Rolling Stone. Nikki Haley won the DC primary. It's Super Tuesday. Voters are heading to the polls in 15 states. Iowa's Caitlin Clark breaks the NCAA Division one scoring record, and Trump is facing a critical deadline in the E. Jean Carroll case. I'm Allison Gill.
And I'm Dana Goldberg.
Welcome back, Dana.
Thank you so much. Thanks for covering me as I flew back from Pennsylvania.
It is my pleasure. And thank you to everyone for listening to me fly solo yesterday. I'm so glad you're back, though. I miss you every time you're gone.
Thank you. And by the way, thanks to everyone in Pennsylvania who, uh, voted in. Josh Shapiro. He's a stand up fucking guy. He spoke at the gala that I was at, and I'm just so glad that he's in. I'm so glad that Fetterman got voted. Just Pennsylvania. You have an opportunity to flip some seats and get your legislature less republican, and I hope that you do. It was. It was good to be there.
What was the gala, uh, that you.
Did this human rights campaign.
Yeah. Yeah. We had a story yesterday while you were gone that the human rights campaign letter to the Department of Education has resulted in an investigation into what's going on in Owasso in Oklahoma. The death of Nex. Congratulations. Yeah. Congratulations to HRC, and thank you again, Dana, for making raising all that money for them such an important organization. Okay. Yeah. So I have some more shows that are going to be announced this week. Patrons, um, will get presale, uh, and vip meet m and greet access to these shows, and so will clean up on aisle 45 patrons. You will also be able to get that presale stuff. We'll send out links, uh, to your email addresses. So keep an eye on that. And links for the public will also go out next week, so watch for those. There's going to be. Let's see, here's the shows coming up that I'm going to be at. Dana, Sunday, June 2 in Chicago at Schuba's Friday, June 14 in Philadelphia at city winery. Saturday, June 15 New York City Winery Sunday, June 16 Boston City Winery Wednesday, July 11 Portland, Oregon. I'm coming to Polaris Hall. I haven't been to Portland before. And Thursday, July 11 Seattle, Washington, at one of my favorite places, the triple door theater. So we will be sending out those invites for presale tickets and public tickets next week. And, uh, I'm telling you, Natalie's music hall sold out in, like, a week, so you're going to want to grab your tickets.
So proud of you. These cities are fantastic.
Thank you, my friend. I've got a really amazing booking agent helping me out that was introduced to me by my friends in the band Wheatus. So very cool. And, uh, you've got your shows coming up. You got your birthday show in Florida, and you got something going on in Bend, Oregon, like just in a few days.
Yeah. Friday night, I'm going to be in Bend, Oregon. And, uh, if you're anywhere in central Oregon, take a trip in and you can get tickets on my website. They're still there. It's danagoldberg.com. And, uh, April twelfth, I'll be in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at the Sunshine Cathedral. It's a fantastic venue. Great. Guys run and own this thing. Um, it's going to be a night of comedy in Florida, and we need it. And so you can get tickets on my website there as well, danagolberg.com. And I might need to get your booking guys information or girls information. Get some more things.
I'm truly. I, uh, am truly blessed, as they say. Um, your shows are incredible. If any of y'all are anywhere near any of those venues, either those two venues, you must go see Dana. She does. What do you do, like an hour? Hour and 15? It's so funny. Yeah.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, AG.
All right. Nikki Haley beat Trump in the DC primary, 63% to 33%. She won a primary. So congrats for you, Nikki.
But also, you're awful. Yeah.
And you're also awful. Now, I think she got 1257 votes to his 600 and something. So it's not like a bunch of people turned out en masse to see they have to vote. Uh, but she kicked his butt, so there we go. Also today, is Super Tuesday, everybody. 15 states are voting in the primaries. I cast my ballot in California. That's one of the 15, so make sure you vote. Get out and vote. Vote blue over q. Take everyone with you. We'll talk about that later in the show. Also, uh, Alan Weisselberg has in fact, pled guilty to two counts of perjury. And it was in fact that he thought, you know, Dana, we were like. It's probably when he lied about not knowing anything about lies, about how big Trump's triplex apartment was. That's it. It's exactly that. When that Forbes reporter called him out and brought forth emails and text messages to show that he had lied during his depositions, uh, and during the trial, the New York attorney general civil fraud trial. But this is just for depositions. There were five counts. He pled to two. Uh, they're recommending. The state is recommending five months in prison. He's already done 100 days for Trump, and it seems like he's not going to cooperate here either. Even though he had to pay back that million dollars, he got to keep his mouth shut from the Trump organization. So I guess, um, mess with the bull, you get the horns, you know what I'm saying?
No, what you're saying. And good, I'm glad Weisselberg's getting trouble for something, because he could have done a lot more damage and he went down. It's amazing that people are ruining their reputations for this horrible guy. Whatever reputations they have left, right.
What little reputations they had left. All right, thank you, uh, everybody, again, so much for your support, patrons included. Thanks for listening. Thanks for flying solo with me yesterday. We have tons of news to get to today. Let's hit the hot notes. Hot notes. First up, from Adam Liptak at the New York Times. The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the former president Donald Trump should remain on Colorado's primary ballot, rejecting a challenge to his eligibility for another term that could have upended the presidential race by taking him off of ballots. Around the nation, though the justices offered different reasons, the decision was unanimous. All of the opinions focused on legal issues, and none took a position on whether or not he engaged in insurrection. So that's interesting. They didn't say that he didn't engage in insurrection. I know that's a double negative, but it's the only way to put it. All of the justices agreed that individual states cannot bar candidates from federal office under constitutional provisions. That's section three of the 14th amendment, which bars insurrectionists from holding office. Uh, four justices would have left it at that. But the five justice majority, in an unsigned opinion, went on to say that Congress actually has to act to give section three force. This is what I thought they would do. Not that I agree with it, but it wasn't unanimous in that. They went on to decide something that they weren't really supposed to decide. Quote, the Constitution makes Congress, rather than the states, responsible for enforcing section three against federal office holders and candidates. That's what the majority wrote, adding that detailed federal legislation is required to determine who's disqualified under that provision. I disagree, but that's what they came up with. In a joint concurring opinion, the court's three liberal members, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson, expressed frustration at what they said was the majority's needless overreach. They said, quote, although federal enforcement of section three is in no way at issue, the majority announces novel rules for how that enforcement must operate. It reaches out to decide section three questions that are not before us, and to foreclose future efforts to disqualify a presidential candidate under that provision. In a sensitive case crying out for judicial restraint, it abandons that course. Unquote. Justice, uh, Amy Coney Barrett, in a brief concurring opinion, agreed the majority had gone too far, saying that it should not have addressed the complicated question whether federal legislation is the exclusive vehicle through which section three can be enforced. But she urged the public to focus on common ground, quote, for present purposes, our differences are far less important than our, uh, unanimity. All nine justices agree on the outcome of this case, and that is the message Americans should take home. The decision was the court's most important ruling concerning a presidential election since Bush v. Gore, since it handed the presidency to George Bush in 2000. We all remember that now. The case arose, as we know, from a challenge brought by six Colorado voters who sought to disqualify Trump from the ballot for the state's republican primary. Based on section three of the 14th amendment. The provision was adopted after the civil war to forbid those who had taken an oath to support the Constitution from holding office if they then shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. The case, Trump v. Anderson, is not the only one concerning Mr. Trump on the Supreme Court's docket. As we know, the justices said last week they will decide whether he's immune from prosecution for his role in the January 6 attack on the Capitol, delaying trial proceedings in his criminal case as they consider the matter. And the justices already agreed to decide on the scope of a central charge in the federal election interference case. That's the 1512 c two charge. So, uh, it was unanimous, but it really wasn't. And it's odd. This is a split decision where the women against the men.
Mhm.
Say that you've gone too far, fellas.
It is really interesting.
It's fascinating.
It is. All right, ag, this is from raw story. Donald Trump was warned by a former federal prosecutor on Sunday that if he fails to post a bond or pay the full amount owed to E. Kean Carroll, the columnist's attorneys can, quote, get to work on collecting the judgment for defamation. After this week, Trump lost two defamation trials against Carol, with a jury finding him liable in the first for sexual assaulting her. Let's be clear there. He was ordered to pay $5 million in the first trial and more than 83 million in the second one. MSNBC's legal analyst, Joyce Vance. Brilliant, brilliant. Joyce wrote Sunday evening that the former president is facing a critical deadline, that the case on the case this coming week. In a post on Substack, Vance said it's not all good news for Trump this week, meaning just because the Supreme Court did some good doesn't mean he's out of the weeds. Quote, that's because Trump has to post a bond in the E. Jean Carol case by next weekend or Carol can begin to collect her $83.3 million judgment against him. That's what the legal expert wrote and continued with this is commonly referred to as an appeal bond. She went on to say, if Trump manages to either get a bond or pay the full amount of the judgment into a court account, then Carol cannot begin efforts to collect it while the appeal is pending. If he fails to do so, her lawyer, Roberta Kaplan can get to work. Vance goes on to describe how Trump has asked the court to, quote, break the rules just for him. She said he offered to bargain with the court over the amount of bond he'd have to post, asking for a substantially reduced bond. This isn't how it works. And court smacked down his request, promptly writing, quote, the court declines to grant any stay, much less an unsecured stay, without first having afforded plaintiff a meaningful opportunity to be heard.
Yeah, we have just a few days till he has to pay that up.
I love it. 90?
Mhm. One point something million with interest is what he has to post and that he's trying to, that's e gene. And that he's trying to bargain with the 464,000,000. Like how about just 100 million? Is that cool? Like he's haggling all of it on this bond. Yeah, New York was like, no, sorry, you can't pay part of it. So this is going to get interesting. All right, from Noah Shacktman at Rolling Stone. If you ever looked at the actions of the Trump White House and wondered, are they on drugs? The answer was, in some cases, yes. Absolutely, yes. In January, the Defense Department's inspector general released a report detailing how the White House medical unit during the Trump administration distributed controlled substances with scant oversight and even sloppier record keeping. Investigators repeatedly noted that the unit had ordered thousands and thousands of doses of the stimulant Modafinil, which, uh, has been used by military pilots for decades to stay alert during long missions. The report didn't say why so many of those pills had been given out, but for many who served in the Trump White House, the investigation highlighted an open secret. According to interviews with four former senior administration officials and others with knowledge of the matter, the stimulant was routinely given to staffers who needed an energy boost after a late night or just a pick me up to handle another day at a uniquely stressful job. As one of the former officials tells Rolling Stone, the White House at that time was awash in speed. Now, these sources say that samples of the stimulant were passed around for those contributing lines to major Trump speeches, working late hours on foreign policy initiatives, responding to special counsel Robert Mueller's probe, coping with the deluge of media inquiries about that investigation, and much, much more. Trump's campaign did not respond to an email seeking comment for this story. Modafinil, also known as Provigil, wasn't the only controlled substance that Trump officials, young and old, routinely acquired. Quote, it was kind of like the Wild west. Things were pretty loose. Whatever someone needs, we were going to fill it. That's one source with direct knowledge of the matter. The anti anxiety medication Xanax was also very popular, and it was easy to get during the Trump years, according to sources. Neither Xanax nor its generic alprazolam is mentioned in the Pentagon report, which notes that it is not a comprehensive list of the controlled substances ordered during the Trump years. Two people with direct knowledge of the situation recall senior officials getting Xanax from the White House medical unit and sharing it with colleagues during Trump's presidency, according to two sources, senior staffers would repeatedly down Xanax with alcohol. Such a combination increases the risk of serious, life threatening side effects, according to the National Library of Medicine. Nevertheless, senior officials would use Xanax and alcohol together to soothe themselves while enduring the sky high levels of stress that came with working at the highest pressure environment job in America with the added pleasure of serving the whims of the infamously volatile, intemperate Trump. The White House medical unit has been handing out prescription medications to staffers for decades, especially when they're traveling abroad and need to combat jet lag. Quote, I think any White House staff knows that overseas trips are very grueling. That's Stephanie Grisham, Trump's former White House press secretary. She went on to say, for us, you'd be on a flight with the president who never sleeps. Then you'd hit the ground running in a foreign country, and you'd have to be alert and ready for the president and other foreign leaders. She described a procedure broadly familiar to staffers across administrations. On overseas trips, the physician to the president, Dr. Ronnie Jackson, quote, would come around Air Force one asking Donald Trump's senior staff if they needed anything. This included Provigil and the sleep aid Ambien, and he would hand them out, typically in the form of packets with two or three pills in them. When this happened on Air Force one, a nurse would be trailing him, writing down, who got what. It's back home where things got sloppier. The Defense Department investigation and sources tell Rolling Stone pills were often handed out without specific needs or diagnoses. Black and white procedures that doctors and pharmacists routinely follow when prescribing controlled substances were ignored. Orders for pills were often written down incorrectly or not at all. Dana, one former White House medical unit staffer told Pentagon investigators that the unit worked in the gray, helping anybody who needs help to just get the mission done. Another said, quote, is it being done appropriately or legally all the time? No. But are they going to get to that end result that the bosses want? Yeah. The anything, anytime, anywhere approach inspired a sense of entitlement among Trump staffers. Some senior administration officials would casually mention their Xanax intake, according to one source with knowledge of the matter. The source describes a time when an aide to Melania Trump walked into the White House medical unit and said, could you give me some Xanax? She just came in and demanded it. The source wasn't a doctor or a pharmacist, however, and wasn't allowed to prescribe Xanax, and the source politely turned the aid down and she stormed out, according to the source. There wasn't much the medical unit staffers could do even if they wanted to hold the line, several told Pentagon investigators they feared they would receive negative work assignments or be fired if they spoke out. And adding to the climate of fear was the sense that even private therapy sessions would not be kept private. In the Trump White House, the medical unit provided psychological counseling on request, but White House staffers were instructed to be on their guard. One former senior administration official told Rolling Stone that within the first two years of the Trump presidency, they were warned by a colleague against divulging anything during a private White House medical session. That, quote, would not want to be used against them at the time, the source notes. This puzzled the official, who was then told that under Trump, the office had a reputation for being more porous with private information than you might expect. That's frightening. The former administration officials didn't think much of it at the time. The source shrugged off the warning as gossip and moved on. But according to other individuals with knowledge of the matter, it was hardly an idle rumor. Immediately after counseling sessions, therapists were pressed for information about what they were told. They'd say, quote, we need you to see this person. And they'd walk me over there. I'd see the person. Then as soon as I got out, they would say, hey, what happened? One of the sources told Rolling Stone this particular story. To this source, this was a blatant violation of patient confidentiality. The source would try to be as vague as possible in their response to the questions, but in the Trump White House, it was all kind of open kimono, they said. This is from one of the psychologists saying that they were pressed for this private information. Keith Bass, who led the White House medical unit from 2017 to 2019, confirms that these sorts of debriefs did in fact happen after counseling sessions, but says they never went into details. They were merely to determine whether a medical or behavioral health event would prevent military or DoD staff from performing their duties or whether it would impact their ability to maintain a top secret clearance while assigned to the White House. He went on to say detailed clinical notes were not required from the psychologist, only a broad overview to determine fitness for duty status. Now, nearly every source interviewed for this story traced problems with the White House medical unit back to Ronnie Jackson, who joined the team during the G. W. Bush administration and became a physician to Barack Obama in 2013 when he was president. Before then, he was known as an eccentric. Afterward, he became a menace, as several defense Department investigations detail. There is a lot more to this story. I suggest that you google it. It's from the Rolling Stone. There's so much information in here from these sources. We knew about this pill mill. But these are from direct sources like psychologists and pharmacists who spoke to the Rolling Stones reporters. Uh, so definitely check it out.
Thank you so much, ag. And we're starting the good news section early. This is from NBC. Two weeks after she broke the record for women, Caitlin Clark has become the NCAA Division one basketball's overall top scorer. Period. The Iowa Hawkeye star went into Sunday's game against the Ohio State Buckeyes, needing 18 points to break Pistol Pete's record of 3667 career points, which stood for more than 50 years. And with a second quarter free throw, she became the top scoring player, man or woman, in NCAA basketball history.
Wow.
By the time the final buzzer rang out in Sunday's game, in which the Hawkeyes beat the Buckeyes 93 80, Clark had scored 35 points. Clark's Sunday total sets the new NCAA scoring record at 3685 points. That will go up because she is not done yet. She's just done with her home games. Following the free throw that broke the scoring record, Clark said the record wasn't on her mind, quote, but then when they announced it and everybody screamed, that's when I knew, she said in an interview with Fox reporter Allison Williams. Clark said in a postgame interview with Williams that her team, quote, came out and dominated against Buckeyes. I'm just proud of our girls, Clark said. It was a fun, dominant win for us. I thought we played really well, and they did. I watched the game. It was fantastic. And the Buckeyes, by the way, were second when Iowa beat them last night, second in the nation. And, uh, Clark, in an interview during the senior night ceremony, said she is very grateful after starting her career at Iowa, quote, playing in front of absolutely no one during COVID and now it's impossible to get a ticket to get in the doors to our games, she said. I think the people that have made it the most special, obviously my teammates, my coaches, but it isn't what it is without all of you, she continued, gesturing, of course, to the cheering crowds of fans. She said, I mean that, and I thank you. This is special. I don't know if you guys realize that what you're doing for women's basketball and women's sports in general, but you're changing it. You're helping us change it. I've put on an Iowa jersey for four years, Clark said. But like coach Butler and Kate Martin said, there's still so much more fun to have and we're not done. Clark is 22. She earned the women's record on February 15, when she scored her first eight points in the game against Michigan and passed Kelsey plums 3527 points in a career that ended in 2017. Clark went on that night to score a career high of 49 points. Man, yep, she said. I'm just really grateful, honestly, to be able to be here and make so many of my dreams come true, Clark said after the history making game, which Iowa won 106 to 89. She put up 33 points against Minnesota on Wednesday to cement her place atop the all time career points among women to play for major colleges. The record had been held by Kansas's great Lynette Woodward, who scored 3650 points. Woodward played, by the way, from 1977 to 1981, when women's sports were governed by the association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women. That's why, by the way, Lynette Woodward's record had not been talked about so much because they were not tracking these before 1982 and, um, all before title nine. There was a reason for this, and Caitlin Clark and her coach were very specific to say this record was held by a black female player, which I loved. The overall record comes as Clark's final regular season came as a college athlete, though the 22 year old senior has another year of eligibility because of that Covid year. She announced earlier this week that she would enter the WNBA draft next month. And what's amazing is, when she announced her retirement, the women's basketball, uh, tickets in that state, in that city, that team, they tripled in price. So she had an opportunity to stay another year, but she's choosing to go into the draft. So I, um, was lucky to have her. She's still not done. They have a really good chance to do well in the march madness tournament, so keep an eye on Iowa. They are a joy to watch. She really, really is.
Incredible. M so, yeah, first she beats the women's scoring record, then she beats the scoring record, period. That's fantastic. Congratulations to Kaitlin. Congratulations to the Hawkeyes. Uh, even though I'm a Buckeyes fan, uh, that was a brilliant game and an incredible career, and I look forward to see what she does in the WNBA. All right, we have a lot of other good news to get to, but we have to take a quick break. Everybody stick around. We'll be right.
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As you say, I love honest parents.
It makes me happy. Yes.
All right. Totally get it. This is from M. Doug. Pronouns he and him. I live in Columbus, which is LGBTQ friendly city. See, it's a target for hate groups, though, to protest extremely harmless drag events. My friend and I wrote a musical called Normies, which takes place in a world that is all drag, except for a small group of people that like to live basic, dull lives. The normies. The normies perform for the drags in clubs and entertain them by doing mundane things on stage. When a normie and a drag fall in love, it's a scandal, which brings out protesters. Normies is a farce until you flip it upside down and realize it is the world we live in today. A small group of people persecuted for just wanting to live their lives. While this musical is, uh, a light hearted look at the issues that real people find themselves in every single day, it should not diminish the unnecessary fear and violence brought upon by those unkind jerks who lack empathy. We are so happy to bring this musical to life, and it will be showing while you're in town ag. So if you're still around on the 30th, I'll save you a ticket.
Yay. Well, thank you very much. I'll see. I don't know. I don't know my schedule yet, but I may be. But thank you. Um, and that sounds incredible. I always love those political and social commentaries that flip the script. You know what mean, Dana.
Yep.
Yeah. So a wonderful job, Doug. Next uh, up, tosh from Adelaide. My Monda Green is from your theme song. Even though I can see the tagline, all I can hear the lovely they might be giants sing is news. Let's wear it. Maybe it's a subliminal message to purchase some merch. I love, by the way, the misheard song lyrics that have to do with this particular show. That's fantastic, by the way, they might be giants. They're on tour in the midwest right now. Get your tickets before you can't anymore because they always sell out. And it's an incredible show. If you've never seen these guys, they are amazing live. It's one of the best things you'll ever see. Um, I'm going to take the next one, if that's cool. From Rob in New England, pronouns he and him. Hello, AJ and DG. This is a shout out to you and the MSW team disguised as a shout out to myself. My recent grand life decision was to launch my own little podcast. After a couple of months of flash learning about recording and promotion and monetization and all that, the thing launches this Monday, March 4. It's a podcast called Bandwagon, and that's all about bands, concert, marching bands, community service bands pitched not just as band directors, but at anybody who ever played in a band. Dana, since on occasion you've mentioned your time as a percussionist in your high school band, this includes you. My m advertising tagline is a resource and refuge for band geeks, and the aim of the podcast is to build the community through band huge. Yeah, this shout out is, uh, to all you MSW folks, and it's a thank you. Anything I've learned about what podcasts ought to sound like, work like, or be like, I've learned from listening to the Beans clean up on aisle 45 and Jack. Uhoh. I can only hope to build even a small fraction of the Beans podcast listening community, but it's a great goal to work toward. If any beans listeners are also band folks or would be interested in giving bandwagon a listen, we'll have a link in the show notes. My podpet tax is somewhat related to all of that. A college band friend is now a college band director herself, and over the last couple decades has been, uh, a Bassett hound mom. I think she has six of them in the last couple of decades when I travel to visit her, I have, of course, gotten to meet the Bassets, and happily, I've met with the Bassett's approval. The attached photo is of CJ, the Bassett hound. Sadly, she passed away a couple years ago, but this photo is of the moment when CJ and I came to an understanding. Again, thank you for all you do to keep us informed and sane regarding the news and for being a grand role model for a we newbie podcaster. Look at the pupper. That's amazing, Rob. Thank you so much that it never occurred to me know when I was putting these podcasts together and started podcasting, I had podcasts that I wanted to be know. So it's very interesting that, um, uh, we are now that, so. Thank you. That's like the compliment of the highest order.
So sweet. All right, this is from Tracy, but also responds to honey, sugar, darling, or sweetie. Pronouns are she and her. Ahoy, beans, queens, and fellow leguminati. I'm a Louisiana native, and I listen to y'all every day from central Europe, where I'm a single mom who watches world news in a very different, excuse me, a few different languages to try to get balanced news from several respected sources. You already sound smart as shit, Tracy. However, none of them make me laugh, smile, curse, or cry like y'all do. So thank you. Bless your hearts. And I mean that in a nice way, not the snarky way. Tone is important. That's bless your heart, not bless your heart. This is a shout out to democrats abroad for busting their butts to make sure us citizens abroad vote. Uh, global democratic primaries are taking place in several countries over the coming weeks. I'm taking my kiddo with me on March 10, and they are so helpful with steps for voting abroad for each state, since it's a clusterfuck a lot of the time. So to any of your listeners in the same boat as me, please see where and when you can vote from abroad, not just in the global primary, but also in your state. In the general elections, our federal and state elected officials make laws about our citizenship, our kids citizenship, our tax rules, and other issues that are vitally important to us, even though we live abroad. For pa pet tax, I've included a pic of me and my favorite doggo, Da Vinci. He's such a lazy fuck, he won't even chase you if you steal food out of his mouth. However, if you are idly petting him while watching tv and take your hand off him to grab a sip of your drink, he will gently scratch your arm or leg with his paw exactly three times to get you to start petting him again. Da Vinci isn't mine. I can't have pets in my apartment. But he belongs to a dear friend of mine. He's my snuggle buddy. Love to y'all. Look at this.
Puggles. I mean, puggles.
So sweet.
I don't know why I said puggle. Wouldn't that be like a pug? I don't know.
It's just a pug. It's adorable, though.
Yeah, Da Vinci.
Crazy. Thank you so much for that. And yes, if you are overseas, please make sure you vote in our elections if you are still able to. We need it.
So many resources with dems abroad, democrats abroad. Check them out. All right, next up from anonymous, she and her greetings, beans queens. I have the best news ever. A week from today, I get to see Dana Goldberg live in Bend, Oregon.
Stop it. I'm so excited. Whoever you are, make sure you come up and say hello. Woohoo.
She says, maybe our friends and I might actually get to meet her. Insert giddy laugh here. And just to keep this good vibe going on, here's pics of our fur babies. Truman capoodle, which is a poodle mix, olivette, a piebald kitty, and a pic of our newest grandchild. H. Try to guess what he's thinking. Six months old. Thanks for all you do to bring us the news and some intelligent commentary. You rock.
Look at the babies. Oh, my gosh. And it fluffy. Look at the kid.
Look at the kid with the ABCD shirt.
That's amazing.
And there's a little thought cloud, so you can fill in the blank of what you think he's thinking. Do you have a caption for this one?
I'm trying to think real quick. What is that? M. Oh, man, I got to think on my feet.
I think he wants to know where his peas are. That's just me. That's it. Where's my strain peas? All right, next up for bet.
Yeah, we're just going to keep moving on. I failed that one miserably. And I'll own it. I'll own it. All right.
Is it me?
Is it you?
Is it me? No, it's you.
It is me. Okay, y'all, we're fine. Everything's fine over here. This is from anonymous, adding on the kid cooking mistake story. My daughter kept reading measurements as three and a four cups as a fourth cup three times. The cookies came out in puddles. It took a few recipe disasters for her to remember. That's funny. And for pod pet tacks, might I suggest the category? What? That cat. Any guesses on this furry guy?
Uh, I know this, actually. We call this the bullshit cat at the San Diego Zoo. It's the palace or the palace cat.
It's ridiculous.
Very adorable. And the babies are like, one of my favorite babies.
Let's.
Yes, the palace cat is a small wild cat, lives in Asia. They are so derpy. I love these guys. Thank you for sharing that. Love it. All right, finally, from Brian, pronouns he and him. The good news about cooking mishaps reminded me of a story from my own childhood. My mom was coming home a bit late and had not been feeling well lately, so my younger brother and I decided to try to help make some dinner. We decided to make cornbread. Now, we must have been at most around ten and seven years old, so we didn't have much experience cooking on our own at this point. But we were doing our best. We ran into an issue when we couldn't find cornmeal. We did find something called cornstarch, though. After debating for a bit, we decided it must be close enough.
Whoops.
So we happily proceeded to add the remaining ingredients and start mixing it together. It was hard work, though, since we were young, and wow, we were not used to that type of work, apparently. It sure made our arms sore trying to stir.
Yeah.
Cord starch. Yeah. Well, around the time one of us was holding the bowl still and the other was using both hands and all our strengths to try to stir it, it occurred to us that something was not right. When mom got home, we explained, and she told us what the problem was. We were making concrete. To be honest, I kind of wish we had cooked it. That literal brick would have made an awesome souvenir to a youthful mishap. I imagine my mom would have enjoyed that far more than the pan we didn't. Brian, any cooking mishaps, send them our way. Or any other good news that you have. Dana, do you have any final thoughts before we get out of here on this Tuesday?
I, uh, do not.
All right, well, it's Super Tuesday. You know the drill. We'll be back in your ears tomorrow. And until then, please take care of yourselves. Take care of each other, take care of the planet, take care of your mental health, take care of your family. Vote blue over q.
Do it now in 15 states and take everyone you know with you.
Everyone you know with you.
I've been AG and I've been DG.
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