Thursday, May 1st, 2025 Today, A judge has ordered the immediate release of Mohsen Mahdawi - the Columbia student detained amid Trump administration crackdown on pro-Palestinian activist; the Abrego Garcia discovery is back on after Judge Xinis denied the government another delay; the full bench of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has voted to keep DOGE out of Social Security Administration data; Venezuelan men who narrowly avoided being imprisoned by Trump in El Salvador without trial (saved by the Supreme Court) spelled out an SOS to a Reuters camera drone observing the Bluebonnet ICE facility in Texas; Trump has fired Doug Emhoff from the board that oversees the Holocaust Museum, the trump administration is ending the Women, Peace, and Security program which was signed into law by… Trump; RFK Jr says there is a direct inverse correlation between fluoride and stupid kids (his words not mine); the VA is forcing some involved in reduction in force talks to sign non-disclosure agreements; Strathmore will host the world pride festival dropped by the Kennedy Center; Trump border pick Rodney Scott has been accused of a cover-up of the death of a man beaten by US agents; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
Thursday, May 1st, 2025
Today, A judge has ordered the immediate release of Mohsen Mahdawi - the Columbia student detained amid Trump administration crackdown on pro-Palestinian activist; the Abrego Garcia discovery is back on after Judge Xinis denied the government another delay; the full bench of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has voted to keep DOGE out of Social Security Administration data; Venezuelan men who narrowly avoided being imprisoned by Trump in El Salvador without trial (saved by the Supreme Court) spelled out an SOS to a Reuters camera drone observing the Bluebonnet ICE facility in Texas; Trump has fired Doug Emhoff from the board that oversees the Holocaust Museum, the trump administration is ending the Women, Peace, and Security program which was signed into law by… Trump; RFK Jr says there is a direct inverse correlation between fluoride and stupid kids (his words not mine); the VA is forcing some involved in reduction in force talks to sign non-disclosure agreements; Strathmore will host the world pride festival dropped by the Kennedy Center; Trump border pick Rodney Scott has been accused of a cover-up of the death of a man beaten by US agents; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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Um. MSW media. Hello and welcome to the Daily beans for Thursday, May 1, 2025. Today, a judge has ordered the immediate release of Mohsen Madawi, the Colombia student detained amid the Trump administration's crackdown on pro Palestinian activists. The Abrego Garcia discovery is back on after Judge Sinis denied the government another delay. The full bench of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has voted to keep Doge out of Social Security Administration data. Venezuelan men who narrowly avoided being imprisoned by Trump in El Salvador without trial, saved by that Supreme Court intervention spelled out SOS with their bodies to a Reuters camera drone observing the Bluebonnet ICE facility in Texas. Trump has fired Doug Emhoff from the board that oversees the Holocaust Museum. The Trump administration is ending the Women Peace and Security program, which was signed into law by Trump. RFK Jr says there is a direct inverse correlation between fluoride and stupid kids. His words, not mine. The VA is forcing some involved in Reduction in Force talks to sign non disclosure agreements. Strathmore will be hosting the World Pride Festival that was dropped by the Kennedy Center. And Trump border pick Rodney Scott has been accused of a cover up of the death of a man beaten by US Agents. I'm Allison Gill.
And I'm Dana Goldberg.
Rabbit. Rabbit. Uh, happy May 1st.
Happy May 1st to you. My God, it's. I can't believe it's already May 1st. At the same time, it feels like 400 years since the inauguration.
It's gonna be May.
Um, today it's gonna be May.
Pretty good news day as newsdays goes these days. Go these days. Sorry, that's a big tongue twister. Um, but I think we're still firmly in the taint of the week. I don't think we've gone.
I got a text from a friend of mine that was like, dana, you're a lesbian. I can't believe you're talking about taints. Isn't that the space between the balls and the asshole? Men. I'm like, yes, but women also have tains. We just don't normally refer to them in a derogatory way because usually men are the ones behaving like them. Not all men. Hashtag hashtag not all men.
Hashtag not all that. Hashtag not all taints.
Yeah, hashtag not all taints. But I. This person's also. And I know you're listening, gator. This person's also in the medical field. And I'm like, women have taints too. We just call them perineum. Right.
I thought we did.
Yeah. No, I Had to. I googled it because she made me question myself for a minute.
All right, good. Okay.
Perennium. That sounds like a perineum. But that would make sense.
The perineum. But right when you say perineum, it feels like only dudes have those. I don't know. That's not right.
Yeah.
Um, anyway, it's just the space between.
The anus and the genitals.
Okay.
Okay, everyone. Okay.
All right. And also Wednesday, sometimes Thursday, and sometimes.
Wednesday is what it feels like on this podcast. Thanks for joining us. Let's keep it rolling.
Yes, welcome, new listeners. I know that you're going to continue to listen to the rest of the show now that we've had the, uh, anatomy lesson. Yeah, um, RFK Jr. Oh, my God. Today said at a cabinet meeting, quote, we found that there's a direct inverse correlation between fluoride exposure and low IQ in children. So the more you get, the stupider you are. Unquote.
Okay, then I'd like to know how much fluoride RFK Jr has ingested in his life if he thinks that's that correlation.
I couldn't get past direct inverse correlation. Because let's. First of all, what the fuck is a direct. And we have a direct correlation, which means, you know, one thing goes up, the other thing goes up. We m. Have an inverse correlation, like the number of dwindling pirates with the global temperature.
Or in this case. Okay, that. Or in this case, if fluoride goes down, uh, stupidity should also go down, meaning kids should be smarter according, uh, to his little, um, rule of law here.
Yeah, but there's no such thing as a direct inverse correlation. You know, I just.
You can find direct inverse correlation in the dictionary right next to reverse racism.
Right. Also, uh, and you can find it in Schrodinger's dictionary.
Although now we're going to get a correction from someone that's like, no, direct inverse correlation is what I did my thesis on.
No, I, I didn't. I.
You know what?
I've done a dissertation, and I'm pretty sure there's no such thing as a direct inverse correlation. It's one of the other. The inverse correl is the opposite of a direct correlation. I could. You know what? Send in your corrections. Let's hear them. Um, and, uh, we will get to those, uh, in the good news section of the show, which is going to come after a special B block about the Department of Veterans affairs and non disclosure agreements. But first, we have to get to the hot notes. Hot notes. All right. First up, Judge Sinis has resumed discovery in the Abrego Garcia case after refusing to extend the government's request for another week. Long delay. Apparently, whatever it was Trump promised was a load of shit. And because a week ago, he filed under seal asking for a week and Abrego Garcia's lawyers. And the judge was like, okay, we'll give you a week to do whatever that is. We still don't know what it is. But you know how I've been saying, I think that the government was probably promising they would try to release Abrego Garcia? Well, the New York Times is reporting today that the government sent Bukele a note asking about his release, Abrego Garcia's release, and that Bukele said no, quote. It remained unclear, though, whether the diplomatic effort was a genuine bid by the White House to address the plight of the immigrant. You think?
Yeah, this sounds like that whole, like, Putin, stop when it comes to the bombing tech, stop to Putin, Yeah.
Oh, man. Uh, so here's my beans. Trump told the judge he needed a week to try to get Abrego Garcia out. And then she and Abrego Garcia's lawyers agreed, like, yeah, good. Go do it. But then Trump came back and said, oh, we asked. But he said, no, we need another week. And the judge realized she was being jerked around.
So, yeah, I think your beans are pretty accurate.
I think that's probably what happened. We're gonna cover this a lot more in detail on this weekend's Unjustified podcast, so give that a listen.
Sounds good. Thanks, ag. This one is federal. Ah. Court on Wednesday ordered the immediate release of a Columbia University student who was detained by immigration author and targeted for deportation over his involvement in a pro Palestinian protests. Now, Mohsen Madawi was arrested as part of a crackdown on foreign students who were legally studying in the United States. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has invoked a, uh, rarely used provision of immigration law to target some of the students for deportation by declaring that their continued presence in the country harms America's foreign policy interests.
I feel like we warned about this before the election.
Uh, I think we did, yeah. And I quote, I am saying it clear and loud. This is what Madawi said outside of the federal courthouse. Shortly after U.S. district Judge Jeffrey Crawford, who happened to be an Obama appointee, ordered his release. He said to President Trump and his Cabinet, I am not afraid of you.
Wow.
He also said a lot of other incredible things. And basically what I watched in the video is we. The Constitution means something, and we are going to uphold it in this country and fight for it to be upheld. Now, Crawford's order does not end the Trump administration's effort to deport him. It simply allows him to remain free while his case proceeds.
Well, that's so good. I'm so, I'm so glad, um, that he was released, albeit temporarily. We'll see what, what happens. We'll keep following the case. This next story is from Reuters. Detainees at the Blue Bonnet Immigration Detention center in the small city of Anson, Texas, sent the outside world a message this week. SOS. With a Reuters drone flying nearby, 31 men formed the letters by standing in the shape of SOS in the dirt yard of the facility, the Blue Bonnet facility, on Monday. Now, 10 days earlier, dozens of Venezuelan detainees at the center were given notices by immigration officials that alleged they were members of the Venezuelan gang Trend Aragua and subject to deportation under the Alien Enemies Act. And that's according to documents shown to Reuters. According to, uh, recorded video calls also and court proceedings, the families of seven detainees interviewed by Reuters said they were not gang members and that they refused to sign that document. Good. Yeah, exactly. Nevertheless, hours later, on Friday, April 18, they were loaded onto a bus bound for the Abilene Regional Airport. And that's according to the American Civil Liberties Union and family members before the bus was turned around and sent back to the detention center. And that's when the Supreme Court came in at one in the morning and said, stop.
So, well, I'm glad that that happened with the bus. My God. I guess they can turn buses around, but not airplanes.
Yeah.
Yeah. This one's from the Guardian. Rodney Scott, that's Donald Trump's nominee to lead Customs and Border Protection. The CBP has been accused by a former top official of orchestrating a cover up over the death of a man detained while trying to enter the country from Mexico. That's according to a letter obtained by the Guardian. Scott, he's a former US Border Patrol chief and he has supported the president's vow to build a wall along the border with Mexico. And of course, he criticized Joe Biden's handling of immigration. As commissioner of cbp, Scott would lead one of the largest federal law enforcement agencies, which encompasses the Border Patrol and staff ports of entry into the United States. Well, the Senate Finance Committee is going to consider Scott's nomination on Wednesday before the hearing. James Wong, and he is a former Deputy Assistant Commissioner of CBP's Office of Internal Affairs. He wrote to the committee's top Democrat this week with, quote, concern about Scott's handling of the investigation into the 2010 death of Anastasio Hernandez Royas in San Diego. Excuse me, Royjas. I don't want to mess up his last name. In San Diego after he was beaten and tased by CBP agents who were preparing just to deport him.
Uh, so he tried to cover this up and somebody wrote the Senate Finance Committee a letter. So we'll, um, let you know, uh, whether or not this guy is confirmed. But that's terrifying. Yeah, I have another court loss for Trump here. A court order barring the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing sensitive personal information from the Social Security Administration will remain in effect. That bar will remain in effect pending appeal. That's according to a split en banc appeals court ruling on Wednesday. The record showed that Doge's unrestricted access to Social Security data, quote, exceeded that allowed to all but the few most experienced and trusted SSA employees and demonstrated that there's, quote, no need need for such access. That's Judge Robert B. King of the U.S. court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in his opinion denying the government's request to stop the lower court injunctions. That's very good news. Although I kind of think that DOGE already has our Social Security Administration.
We might be a dollar and a day late.
Yeah.
Yeah. Well, we're obviously going to keep you posted on all of these stories with Doge as they come in, but this next one's from the post. Defense Secretary Pete Kegseth on Tuesday announced that the department would eliminate an initiative created to increase women's participation in national security spaces, despite the program's bipartisan support from Congress and full backing from President Trump. Well, the bill establishing the Women Peace and Security program was co sponsored by two Trump cabinet officials, Department of Homeland Security Cosplay Secretary Kristi Noem and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who previously served, as we know, in the House and Senate respectively. It was signed into law by Trump in 2017, by the way. In a post on Twitter, Kegseth derided the program, suggesting that the quote woke initiative does not contribute or align with the Defense Department's mission of war fighting and incorrectly tied it to the Biden administration. I hope he got fucking trolled. And this is the tweet. This morning I proudly ended the Women Peace and Security, the WPS program inside the Department of Defense. That's what Kegseth wrote on Twitter. Um, all incorrect. Uh, ended a program that was started by Trump and backed bipartisan support. Why the fuck aren't more Republicans Speaking up when their own work is getting erased.
Get co sponsored by Gnome and Rubio.
Yep.
Uh, what a bunch of dick bags. Next up from NBC, President Trump has fired former second gentleman Doug Emhoff.
This is so petty.
I know from the board that oversees the Holocaust Museum, quote, today I was informed of my removal from the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. That's what Emhoff, the first Jewish spouse of a vice president, said in a statement Tuesday. Let me be clear, he continued, holocaust remembrance and education should never be politicized. To turn one of the worst atrocities in history into a wedge issue is dangerous, and it dishonors the memory of 6 million Jews murdered by Nazis that this museum was created to preserve. The firing was first reported by the Times, which said that in addition to Emhoff, other high profile board members appointed by Biden had also been fired, including former Biden Chief of staff Ron Klain and Susan Rice, who was Biden's domestic policy chief. Presidential appointments, by the way, at this post are supposed to be for five years, according to the museum's website.
He's just a petty.
He's a petty.
Disgusting. Yeah. All right. This one is from Bethesda Magazine. The Music center at Strathmore. This is wonderful. They are going to host a World Pride Festival performance that was originally scheduled to be held at the Kennedy center in Washington, D.C. until it was recently canceled following Trump's takeover of the venue. Well, the International Pride Orchestra, a San Francisco based nonprofit group of LGBTQ musicians from all around the world, they're going to perform a concert at the North Bethesda Performing arts venue at 7:30pm on June 5 as part of the World Pride Festival being held in the District in June. That's according to Strathmore's website. This event will also feature the Gay Men's course of Washington D.C. and I quote, we were heartbroken when we learned that our concert would no longer be welcome at the Kennedy Center. And this is from Michael Roost, founding artistic director of the orchestra. He said that on February 25's press release. He went on to say, however, we are profoundly grateful that the Strathmore Music center for opening their doors to us. Their willingness to host our Pride Celebration concert ensures that our message of love, pride and resilience will be heard on the doorsteps of the nation's capital. And, uh, this is not part of the good trouble, but I'm just going to throw this out. Alison doesn't know I'm doing this. And that's okay if you're in Washington, D.C. on June 5th, please be safe. It's part of World Pride. I don't know if this is going to be in a restricted area that you would have already had to buy tickets just to go into, but I don't think so. So I think a human chain, because there is going to be protesters, there's going to be assholes. But like a human chain of pride, LGBTQ + people and their allies. Just keeping these people out of view would be such a beautiful thing. So if you feel safe to do it, I would suggest going and just holding up a sign. And you know what, if our, if our pal who loves his pride flags happens to be listening, I bet that is going to be a great place to be able to be there and support. So just be safe when you do it. But just a thought.
I love that thought. Thank you so much, Dana. And thanks to Strathmore for doing this. And fuck you, Donald Trump.
Right?
And in that vein, time for some more good trouble. What are you guys doing? All right, everybody, we have another snitch link. That's right, that ah, Secretary Rollins direction. The USDA is launching a new web portal for potential victims of ongoing lawfare originating from the Biden administration to submit their concerns and experiences. The site is active@usda.gov lawfare take it away everybody. Stick around. We'll be right back with more news about the Department of Veterans affairs, plus the good news after these messages.
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So make sure to check out drinkag1.comdailybeans to get started with AG1's next gen and notice the benefits for yourself. That's drinkag1.com dailybeans. You'll be glad you did hey everybody, welcome back. I wanted to take a special segment to read this story from the Government Executive. It's written by Eric Katz the Veterans Affairs Department is requiring all employees working on its plans to slash tens of thousands of workers from its roles to sign non disclosure agreements, an unusual move that has prevented supervisors from sharing basic information with staff. VA has begun holding meetings with representatives from across the department to discuss its workforce reduction plans after standing up a UH reorganization Implementation cell. Senior Executive Service General Schedule. Fourteen and 15 employees serving in those roles have signed NDAs, according to five employees briefed on the situation. Government executives first reported that VA plans to cut its workforce down to fiscal 2019 levels, leading to cuts of around 80,000 employees. Senior leaders throughout the VA appear to be taking their NDAs seriously. In a recent meeting, a recording of which was obtained by government Executive Colleen Richardson, executive director of VA's Caregiver Support Program, told employees she had to answer to their questions but couldn't disclose them. Richardson said, for example, she could not disclose how many employees had signed up for the department's deferred resignation program that has enabled some staff to remain on paid leave until they separate from the agency Sept. 30. Employees were eager to know that information, as more people signing up will result in fewer employees being laid off. Quote I just want to let people know a majority of senior leaders have been asked to sign non disclosure agreements NDAs, Richardson said. Quote I have been asked to sign an NDA, so we are very, very limited on what information we can also share. NDAs for issues such as personnel matters are highly unusual in the government, where such agreements are typically limited to procurement m sensitive discussions and national security settings that include classified information. One senior human resource official in another part of the government called the agreements strange, technically unnecessary and redundant. Federal employees already agree not to disclose deliberative matters to the public as part of their jobs and therefore the substance of the NDA is already implied and expected. The official speculated VA was seeking to limit what employees can say about those discussions in the event that they are themselves part of a reduction in force, as the NDA would likely extend beyond their termination. VA did not respond to a request for comment. I also have to wonder if this isn't to keep them from testifying in wrongful termination lawsuits. Rep. Mark Takano of California, top Democrat on the House Veterans affairs committee, said the NDAs could illegally circumvent whistleblower protection laws. He encouraged employees to come forward to help lawmakers shed light on the process. Quote the use of NDAs in this context looks like a deliberate effort by the Trump administration to silence VA employees and block oversight. That's what Takano said. Quote Secretary Doug Collins has failed to answer basic questions from Congress and now his department is doubling down on secrecy. Members of both parties have expressed apprehension about the VA's large scale workforce reduction plans. One VA employee who has discussed the NDA subjected meetings with attendees said senior leaders don't like having to sign the agreements but are, um, being cautious not to create chaos. Quote these are all really good, talented and caring leadership being thrown in the middle of this scuffle and they're doing their best to protect us and our programs, the employee said. I feel for them and I know they're bruised and tired. Another VA employee said a senior executive told 200 staff in a town hall that they were restricted by the NDA. The leadership team of that office has been open with us, as open as they can, but have offered up few details of the workforce reduction discussions. A uh, third VA staffer briefed on the meetings found some comfort in Unlike other agencies, the department involving career staff in the workforce Meeting Virginia will review the suggestions from individual components in May and release its reorganization plan in June. RIFS will take place by September. The discussions to date have focused on which positions VA will shed, according to one official familiar with them, though they have not yet begun contemplating which actual individuals will lose their jobs. The meetings have also involved the impacts of the hiring freeze and requests for additional exemptions. The leadership teams are reacting constantly to updates from top levels of the department as, quote, the rules of the game seem to be changing by the day. Another VA employee said. The meeting said have also honed in on reductions to the department's call centers. VA currently has many call centers, including one at each of its regional offices for scheduling appointments. The most recent plan, the employee said, is to cut that down to two call centers, one for scheduling appointments and another for matters such as billing, pharmacy and community care. VA's 988 crisis line would also remain separate. This, uh, is personal to me. I helped set up the entire nationwide VA hub and spoke call center program. That was one of the main things I did at the va. I also initiated something called First Call Resolution, where I made all the call center employees GS6s from GS5s and allowed each individual call center representative to be able to do anything that the veteran needed, whether it's refilling prescriptions, leaving a message for their doctor, or scheduling appointments. And now they want to split it up and put it into two call centers instead of one for each veterans, uh, network. Richardson, the caregiver support program executive, told employees she had to withhold details from them. Quote, there are certain things I can't discuss even if I knew them. She said, my sincere apologies, but that's the truth behind it. So this is, um, frightening. Um, NDAs are now in the mix and it makes me wonder what other agencies are having their reduction in force task forces sign non disclosure agreements. Um, heartbroken about the call center thing. There's so many good employees working in those call centers and we got the wait time from an hour down to 10 seconds nationwide because of the communications overhaul that we did in like 2010, 2011. And it was working anyway. Um, that is the story from government Executive. And uh, now after that, I definitely need some good news. So stick around. We'll be right back. Everybody. Welcome back. It's time for the good news, everyone. Good news. And if you have any good news confessions corrections, we might have a lot of corrections today. We're like making declarations about science and mispronounce.
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Yeah, I'll take these couple small ones. This is Christy. It's a pronunciation correction. Good morning. The name mentioned on Wednesday's episode, uh, Stein gem, is pronounced Sten gem.
Ah. Uh, I was saying sten.
I think we were doing stenahem or something like that. So it's sten, gem.
Stenum.
Thank you, Christy. And Simon has some super space beans. Yep. No pronouns given. How much you want to bet that the ICE agents wearing ski masks are actually released J. Sixers?
I've thought about this. Like, when's he gonna employ all of these, like Stewart Rhodes and Tario A holes that he pardoned?
You know, just let him run.
Yeah, that's a. That. Those are good space beans, Simon. Next up, from Deborah pronoun. She and her hi, Ag and dg. I'm heating your call for emotional support. Canadians. Yay.
Nice.
I'm actually a dual U.S. canadian citizen, having just become a Canadian citizen last year. This was my first time participating in a Canadian federal election. To understand my absolute relief at the results of Monday's election, consider that when Trump was reelected in November, hell, even a hundred days ago, it was all but a foregone conclusion that the Conservative Party would win in the next Canadian election. The huge swing in sentiment has been crazy to watch. Huge sigh of relief for my pod pet tariff. A twofer. I'm sharing a picture from my daughter's First Halloween in 2015, dressed up with our dear Scruffy as eggs and bacon.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God. You can see that Scruffy was not too pleased with dressing up. He'd rather eat the bacon than be the bacon.
Yes, but look how happy eggs is in this picture.
Know right now. Scruffy passed last year at age 17, and we miss him deeply every single day. 17? Oh, uh, feel free to guess his breed mix, but he was a true mystery to us. That baby is now a wonderfully sweet 10 year old girl who, along with her younger brother, fills my heart with joy and gives me hope for the future.
Little, uh, eggs in this picture is freaking adorable. Deborah. Yes.
Bacon and eggs. That looks like a little multipoo with some terrier mixed in.
Yeah, maybe a little chi Wahoo.
We must be, um, we must be, right? Because Deborah doesn't know either. So.
Yeah, I dated, uh, someone who was a real estate appraiser for a little while. And I remember we were trying to find a house and I was like, take a left here. No, she. I was driving and she was giving me maps. She goes, take a left on Chua Hua. And I looked at it and I said, I'm pretty sure that says Chihuahua.
Yeah. When I first arrived in San Diego, I had to. The first apartment I looked at, I had to exit on El Cajon Boulevard. And I'm like, el Cajun. Okay, we're going to be on El Cajun Boulevard. Yeah. It was very embarrassing.
Yeah, those are my fame. The, like, the little person, uh, in my car, take a left on Supple Vita. I'm like, Sepulveda.
Yeah, Sepulveda.
Yeah.
We have a upas street named after the upas tree. And my guidance always calls it Underpass. And I always think it says underpants, which makes me very happy.
All right, that was just a little segment for us, everyone. This next submission is anonymous.
Feel free to send in your fun, weird subtitles and GPS guidance. Mistakes. That's right.
Uh, pronouns. She and her. Unanonymous. Uh, said like ag. Hello. Bringing you a gentle correction from Canada. French can be a tricky language when you're not used to it. So I wanted to share how to properly pronounce the name of the conservative candidate who just got his ass handed to him at our election. Pol. Wait, hold on. Is how I've been saying it is pronounced like this. Wait, that's hysterical. Big gut. It sounds like bigot. I was like, wait a minute, I can't be that far off. And a little bonus info. Our Liberal Party is a lot like your Democrats. They do the occasional good thing, but they are not nearly progressive enough. Um, our NDP part party is further left, but still don't have the broad public support to win either a majority or a minority government.
That's pretty much the same here. We have about 20% progressives.
Yeah.
Um, in the electorate. So, yeah, very similar.
In other good Canadian news, I am trans and I just got my legal name changed in my new id. Congratulations, Anonymous. I am officially. Never mind Anonymous. I am officially Violet. Violet. Congratulations. I've heard about the shenanigans with ID and gender markers in the US and all I can say is that it's oppressive and bigoted. Yes, it is. I've been applying for jobs and having to give them my dead name while it was still my legal name. It was just gutting. No one is entitled to that information or to have that kind of power over me. Well said.
Love it.
That's all for now. Love you both and all you do after scaling back my news consumption. Yours are some of the only US politics pods I kept. Photo tags is just me in my power as a proud trans woman. And Violet, that art is fucking gorgeous.
Gorgeous, gorgeous. You're beautiful.
Yeah, great picture too.
I'm jealous of your eyebrows. And wow to that ink. That is just incredible.
I am also jealous of your very perfect eyebrows.
I know, right? Like, stop. Live in your power.
Live in your power.
Minor.
Oh, I don't even want to talk about it. Yeah. For a long time, I was like Frida when I was younger, and now I'm just like, how do I control these? And menopause has done crazy things to my skin anyway.
So I've always had, like, very not big, like, full eyebrows. And now that they're turning gray, they look clear, and they aren't even there in some places.
It's just I'm also at the age now where I think I'm getting everything with the tweezers. And then I look at a magnifying mirror and I'm like, why didn't anyone say anything? Because everyone else I'm hanging out with is also close to 50, and no one can see very close without their readers, so no one can see my eyebrows anyway.
Or I have that one hair under my chin that grows 10 miles a day.
Yeah.
And I have to pluck it every day. Just the one. And it's. I've named him Arthur.
Arthur. That's a good one.
He's there.
Yeah.
All right, next up from Anonymous Pronoun. She and her hello, Australian. Here we have our federal election this weekend. Between the current government and what we'd like to call Temu Trump. He's also known as Spud Thug or Voldemort. When you see the picture, you'll get fingers crossed we don't fail this IQ test and vote for a kind and progressive government. I am so with you. Uh, I will be on the edge of my seat like I was when the Canada results were coming in. My tax is my little doggo Marley Moo. This photo is. He's wearing a little hat that he, uh, didn't love. I love this. Um, Anonymous. My best friend's dog's name is Marley Moo. Um, and this episode is dedicated to that Marley Moo because we lost him this week.
Sweet baby.
Thank you for sending in this Marley Moo. Um, and bringing a little sunshine into the good news. Look at this baby.
Yeah.
Adorable. Thank you so, so much.
Um, yes, this is from Dawn Pronoun. She and her so proud to be a Canadian. Yeah. We chose a qualified subject matter expert over a chirping incel who has been on the government dole for 20 plus years without passing a single piece of constitutional legislation. We are all hoping you guys will affect regime change soon before the rest of us have to join forces and do it for you. Prime Ministerial bird watching Pick attached. Hey, Donald.
It's Mark Carney flipping the bird.
I love it.
Uh, have the day you voted for it. Yeah, I've been saying. Uh, Next up, from Joey Prone. Uh, Joey pronoun. C. Did you see what I just did? It's Joey C. No pronouns.
You don't know.
Maybe Joey's pronouns C. Okay, DB Team. My good news is that I'm approaching five years in June without drinking. It has been transformational, albeit challenging. My reason for writing is because Dr. Allison Gill. Love this. Made a GWAR reference on the show today, April 30, and that is just awesome. I love GWAR and I have a tattoo on my arm from them.
Joey.
Awesome. I actually knew Odorus ungerus, so that's incredible. Anyway, love what you do in delivering the news and the truth. Attached is my bestest buddy and Big Toe Dash. Aww. He's been by my side for a long time now, and he comforts me in times of need. Cuddle bug extraordinaire. And look, he's got a medal. Adorable.
Sweet.
A gritty medal. That's amazing. Thank you, Joey.
Yes. This one is from Lipscratch Pronoun. She and her. I hope that's correct. Hello. Leguminatis. Leguminatis. I'm shouting out my husband, Bear Skull the Amazing, in recognition of his work on the neighborhood church preparing meals for the community. It's a meal that supports marginalized folks in the Seattle area. His fruit M platters are legendary. He's just such a simple thing. It's just such a simple thing that makes such a big difference. To have food made beautifully and with care. The folks are so grateful. Bearskull Just turned 71. I love this. He could just be sitting around watching YouTube videos of RV vans, build outs, but this is something he really loves doing, and it's so important to him. I'm so fortunate to have the best husband ever. Podpet tax is a pic of a hummingbird snatching. Excuse me. Snatching. Snacking on flowers in our backyard. Pretty amazing. Yes. That is a beautiful photo.
Amazing that you got, like, the hummingbird wings.
I know, right?
That's awesome. Thank you. And thanks, Bearskull the Amazing for your amazing fruit platters. Incredible. It is. There's something different, right, about something that's presented like, you, uh, know, a lot went into it, a lot of care and a lot of love. There's just something about that.
I love making platters. Like, I draw and I paint, and when I'm working with food, I'm, um, very particular. And I like to make art. You know what I mean? Because food is art and it's so beautiful. And I love that Gray School does this. It's awesome. Awesome.
Yes. There I. I agree, like with the, uh, charcuterie board or whatever. There's an art to it. There's definitely an art to it. So thank you for that and thanks to everyone for your amazing, amazing good news submissions. Please send us all your good news. And I know we're gonna have a ton of corrections, so send those in too. Um, and, uh, if you have any funny, uh, uh, subtitle mishaps or GPS mishaps, love to hear about that as well. Send it to us@dailybeanspod.com and click on contact. We got one more day to go for the end of the week. Um, and so we're gonn it. We're gonna make it. Do you have any final thoughts?
No, not for today.
All right, rabbit. Rabbit. May 1st, everybody. We'll see you tomorrow. Until then, please take care of yourselves, take care of each other, take care of the planet, take care of your mental health, and take care of your family. I've been AG and I've been dg and them's the Beans. The Daily Beans is written and executive produced by Allison Gill with additional research and reporting by Dana Goldberg. Sound design and editing is by Desiree McFarlane with art and web design by Joelle Reader with Moxie Design Studios. Music for the Daily Beans is written and performed by they Might Be John Plants and the show is a proud member of the MSW Media Media Network, a collection of creator owned podcasts dedicated to news, politics and justice. For more information, please Visit mswmedia.com.msw media.