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msw media. Hello and welcome to the Daily beans for Tuesday, January 6, 2026. Today, Democrats will hold a shadow hearing to rebut the whitewashing of the events surrounding the attack on the Capitol five years ago. The Pentagon is seeking to reduce Senator Mark Kelly's retirement rank. An organizer was arrested on camera in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for protesting the US Attack on Venezuela. Trump has announced Pee Wee Himmler Stephen Miller will have an outsized role in running Venezuela. And Amy Klobuchar is considering a run for Minnesota governor after Tim Walz surprise announcement that he's dropping out. I'm Allison Gill.
And I'm Dana Goldberg.
Did you hear my very serious news voice at the end of those headlines?
I did.
I drop into my serious news voice whenever something happens like this. Tim Walls is dropping out. We'll talk about it in a minute. But I was very surprised.
I'm actually very surprised, too. And at the same time, everything his family's gone through, I don't blame him. I'm just so fucking mad that this administration, Trump in particular, has bullied a good man into giving up a position that he is revered for in the state by the majority of people.
Oh, yeah. I mean, he won in landslides.
Yeah.
I'm with you, though. It's like, when people are like, Obama needs to step up and do something. I'm like, leave the Obamas alone.
Like, yeah, I know they put in their time. I understand he's got a lot of power. And, I'm sure they are doing some things behind the scenes. Michelle Obama has never loved the spotlight, so the Obamas are pro. I just wish people would, like, literally trust that people are doing what they need to for their own lives to do what they need to do. I just think it's a massive loss for Minnesota.
I think so as well. And we'll see. We'll see if Amy Klobuchar announces she's considering it. I mean, she's shellacked everybody in the Senate the last four times she's run for Senate, so she's also very popular there, though. I know a lot of people dub her a centrist, but, you know, she's just exceedingly popular in her state, so we'll see how that goes. We'll cover it if she does formally announce, but we're gonna talk about her consideration later in the show. And also, have you seen the viral video going around of this organizer woman being interviewed? And then once she finishes the interview, the cops in Grand Rapids come up and arrest her.
absolute bullshit. The cops were like, you're impeding the street or something like that. She's on the sidewalk. First of all, they're like, you're impeding a roadway. And something else that was a bullshit thing. Like you said, she. The protests. Whether you feel like there should be a protest against the arrest, kidnapping of the, you know, of Maduro and his wife is irrelevant to the fact that they. Everyone has a right to protest what they want to. It's literally the First Amendment. So there was no reason for an arrest in this situation. But, yeah, we'll talk more about it in the beanstalk.
Yeah. And if you were impeding the roadway and then you were not, then why are you, like, there's no imminent danger. Like, I understand if she was at that time in the middle of the road impeding the roadway.
Oh. And now I am understand, absolutely, that when they arrested her, she was on the sidewalk. That's what's very confusing is they're saying that's literally like, if you, I don't know, broke the speed limit and then an hour later ran into a cop that happened to see you speeding was like, hey, we're going to arrest you. We're giving you a ticket right now for speeding. And you're like, give me a ticket for speeding when I'm in my car?
Yeah. And they waited until after the interview was done, so they didn't want to do it on camera, but they caught it on camera anyway.
So, yep.
Yeah, we're going to show you that video over on the Beans Talk. All right, we got tons of news we have to get to today. Let's hit the hot notes. Notes. All right, everybody. First up, this is from Scott McFarland at CBS. Five years after the historic and damaging attack on the Capitol, millions of dollars in damages have been repaired and cleanup has long been completed. Many of the physical injuries have healed. And Trump's pardons ended the largest criminal prosecution in American history, while freeing more than 1500 defendants from criminal liability. Many of them have been rearrested, by the way, because they're criminals. What remains is a poisonous and lingering resentment over the riot and an ongoing battle to preserve just the basic facts of what transpired on January 6. The President and some of his supporters have accused the Biden administration of weaponizing the DOJ against January 6th defendants. In the process, Trump and surrogates have espoused arguments that are inconsistent with the facts of the cases, the timeline of events, and public statistics from the Capitol siege prosecutions. And by the way, Shit, we saw with our own eyes.
Yeah, no kidding.
In a letter to colleagues last week, House Democratic leader Akeem Jeffries announced a public meeting with witness testimony will be held today, Tuesday to rebut claims about January 6th. Jeffries letter said the meeting would, quote, expose the election deniers who hold high level positions of significance in the executive branch. Like right now, there's a pardoned January 6th rioter who works at the Department of Justice and detail the threats to public safety posed by the hundreds of violent felons who were pardoned by the president on his first day in office.
Office.
Dan Hodges, good friend of ours, local D.C. police officer who was injured by the attack of the mob, said he is frustrated by an ongoing rewriting of the history of January 6th. Quote, Five years ago I thought this has to be the most videotaped crime in American history. There's just so much evidence. There's no way anyone can possibly deny what occurred here. That's what he said in an interview, but went on to say, but that's exactly what's happening now. Hodges, who spoke with CBS News as a citizen separate from his ongoing role as a police officer, also said the attack was everything it appeared to be on television. Now, Mr. Trump himself, who has referred to January 6th defendants as hostages for years, attempted to reframe or rewrite some of the key issues of January 6th prosecutions. In the hours and days after issuing his pardons, he's claimed many defendants were actually innocent or they were only responsible for minor infractions or were held in unfairly harsh conditions. Dana. Known as jail.
Yeah. Because they committed a crime.
If you don't like the jails, do what Democrats have been trying to do for 30 years and reform that.
Absolutely.
That wasn't in the CBS article.
That was just us.
At a January 2025 news conference, Trump said these people have already served years in prison and they've served them viciously. He also claimed that January 6 rioters had served years in jail and then added that murderers don't even go to jail in this country. What?
I can't.
Okay. His statements excluded more than 1,000 January6 riot defendants who didn't serve years in custody and the hundreds of pardoned Capitol riot defendants who had not yet gone to trial or served prison terms at all for cases in which they pled guilty. House Democrats are expected to call a number of the police victims of the siege. I'll say survivors as public witnesses. At their Tuesday public hearing, several congressional staffers familiar with the matter told CBS News they expect Democrats to issue public statements Monday and Tuesday to reinforce the facts of the January 6th siege amid Mr. Trump's claims minimizing the riot. House Speaker Mike Johnson's office didn't respond to requests for comment about the Democrats meeting because he probably hadn't heard about it or plans for any formal events. He has no formal events to mark the siege.
I can't, I can't with them. And also this piece of shit. This is from NBC. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that the Pentagon is taking steps to downgrade Democratic Senator Mark Kelly's military retirement rank and pay because of the lawmaker's seditious statements. Fuck Kegseth on this. It is long as the day. I have no idea. I don't care what that saying is. I'm going to fuck it up. I'm so mad at Kegseth around this.
I mean, God forbid somebody record a video of you telling everyone what the law says.
Yeah, exactly. And he wasn't the only person in that video, first of all, anyway.
Well, he's the only one that's retired, right?
Exactly. He said that Kelly, who is a retired Navy captain, was part of a group of Congress members who six weeks ago released a reckless and seditious video that was clearly intended to undermine good order and military discipline. No, it was actually intended to uphold the Constitution.
He just said what the law says. Yeah, well, I guess in a lawless dictatorship, it's very bad when you say what the law actually is.
Yeah. This is a bullshit post on Twitter from kegsev. as a retired Navy captain who is still receiving a military pension, Captain Kelly knows he is still accountable to military justice and the Department of War. And the American people expect justice. Well, the Defense Department said in November that it was launching an investigation into Kelly because of the video he and other Democratic lawmakers recorded just urging members of the military and intelligence community not to follow illegal orders. Illegal is the key word there from the Trump administration. And actually, they didn't even mention the Trump administration. They just said, you don't have to follow illegal orders. Yep. And you shouldn't. The other Democratic lawmakers who appeared in the video message also served in the military or the intelligence community. They include Senators Alyssa Slotkin of Michigan, Reps. Jason Crow, Colorado. We got Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire, Chris d', Luzio, and Chrissy Houlihan of Pennsylvania. No action, as I said, has been taken against anyone else in the post. On Twitter, the Defense Secretary said that in response to Kelly's seditious statements and his pattern of reckless misconduct. The department started retirement grade determination proceedings against the senator with reduction in his retired grade resulting in a corresponding reduction in retired pay. This is from ksef. It's infuriating. In the censure letter which Kelly's office provided to NBC News, Kegs has said the senator had directly attacked the legitimacy of military leadership and the lawfulness of their orders. No, he did not. And said things that directly prejudices good order and discipline. No, he did not. And had engaged in conduct that seriously compromises your standing as an officer and brings dishonor to the officer corpse. No, that would be you. Kegseth Kelly has 30 days to submit a response, and the process to downgrade his retirement rank will be completed within 45 days. This is from Kegseth. These actions are based on Captain Kelly's public statements from June through December 2025, in which he characterized lawful military operations as illegal and counseled members of the armed forces to refuse lawful orders. This conduct was seditious in nature and violated Articles 133 and 134 of the Uniform Code of Military justice, to which Captain Kelly remains subject as a retired officer receiving pay. We're gonna go over Mark Kelly's full response to this on the Beans Talk, so make sure after you listen to the Daily Beans, you slide over to that video podcast so you can hear Mark Kelly's entire response to this bullshit action.
Yeah, something I'm interested in is, you know, they did this for Ronny Jackson, and you usually do it for conduct that they participated in while they were active duty, like Dr. Ronny Jackson did. He ran a fucking pill mill.
Yeah.
So they broke him down a rank.
Right.
They took him, I think, from captain to lieutenant commander or m, something like that.06 to 04. And what's interesting here is that Captain Kelly, Mark Kelly, is an 06. He actually outranked the highest level that. That Hegseth ever got.
That doesn't surprise me at all.
Which was an 04. So what they're not reporting, and I'm interested, is to see what rank he intends to break him down to. Is he going to drop him a rank to 05? Is he gonna drop him below 04? Which is what Hegseth was. Is he gonna take him all the way down to E1? Like an enlisted one? Like a. You know, the very lowest rank in the enlisted thing, Very lowest in the officer. It doesn't say how far they're gonna drop his rank, but is this something.
Kelly can take to the courts?
That's what I don't know. And no one's really written this up. I want to talk to a Judge Advocate General about this because from my understanding, if you've got military discipline, you appeal all the way up to the Secretary of Defense.
Right.
I don't know if you can take it into the federal court, but if he does and he is successful in breaking down the rank, because I feel like Judge Ronny Jackson would have sued to keep his rank. If you could sue in federal court. He didn't.
That's true. He definitely would have your right.
So I think he'll be successful. If hegseth is the final word on what his rank is, I think he'll be successful. But if we elect a Democrat, when we elect a Democrat in 2028, I'm sure it'll be reversed.
I wonder if Congress can do anything about it. The House of Representatives. If we get the House back. I mean, it feels like there's so much that can be done in this.
Maybe they could pass a law saying, now notice that he's not taking him to court martial like he initially threatened to.
Right.
It's because he's a giant pussy and he knows he won't court martial would be bad because evidence issue with that.
Because pussies are actually useful. have depth and warmth.
You're right. Sorry.
Yeah. And I enjoy them. I don't enjoy Kick Seth at all.
I know. I just, I. I hearken back to the Chrissy Teigen pussy ass bitch days sometimes. And it just kind of, you know.
Yeah, that's different. Please excuse my language.
This is a direct quote, but Chrissy Teigen referred to Donald Trump as a pussy ass bitch. All right, we're gonna keep covering this for you. And like, like you said, Dana, we're gonna read Mark Kelly's full response. It's very good. And we'll do that on the Beans Talk today. Next up from the Post, the Trump administration's bold operation to capture strongman Maduro from his home in Venezuela. I love the way Washington Post writes these things.
I know it's bold.
Was a startling tactical success. But as the smoke clears in Caracas, a day after Trump said triumphantly that the United States would run Venezuela, the reality of how Washington will administer that country in the weeks and months ahead appears uncertain and stubbornly complex. Okay, I would have opened my story if I were at the Washington Post a little differently. I would have said the Trump administration's illegal operation to capture strongman Nicholas Maduro was. Yeah. Startling. I wouldn't know if I would call it a tactical success. No one died, but certainly lives were put in danger. So anyway, please keep in mind. This is the Washington Post. Maduro's allies in Caracas are still in power, some defiantly haranguing about US Imperialism and, you know, rightfully so. The democratically elected opposition leaders are effectively exiled, bluntly sidelined by the Trump administration. And Washington continues to hint at more military action, not only against Venezuela, but other perceived enemies such as Cuba and Colombia. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, longtime hawk on Venezuela and now publicly the face of the Trump administration's policy there, bristled when asked repeatedly Sunday to explain how the US Would ensure control of Venezuela without resorting to the sort of invasion and nation building that led to quagmires in Iraq, Afghanistan. Good question. Speaking on Air Force One Sunday, Trump offered a different view. What we want to do is fix up the oil, fix up the country, bring the country back and then have elections. We want to come in, steal your oil.
And then you can have your elections. We want to get all the leases, we want to get all the American oil companies that gave me a billion dollars during the election. We want to make sure they have control over your oil and then you can have control of your government back. That's what he's saying. The president also said the military action in Colombia sounded good in Colombia and he thought Cuba was ready to fall without U.S. intervention. In a statement, Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel said the 32 dead were members of the Cuban military and Interior Ministry, the first apparent confirmation of long standing US Assertions that Cuba's communist government, which has received oil and other economic support from Venezuela, did provide personal security for Maduro. Those were Cubans. The Cubans were the first reported non U.S. casualties of the operation. Several U.S. personnel suffered non life threatening injuries. It's not clear how the US Will manage the complex diplomacy in Venezuela. On a practical level. Trump said Saturday that a working group of top advisors was deeply engaged in planning for Venezuela's future. But even those roles and responsibilities appear unclear. Really? They're free, you know, Dana, their first thing was just to get the oil executives on planes.
That's their first order of business. National Security Council staff has been gutted. The administration has yet to nominate an assistant Secretary of State to handle the Western Hemisphere. Now here's the paragraph of interest that's way down in this story. Way down. At the bottom of this story, the White House is weighing, giving Stephen Miller, Trump's deputy White House chief of staff and Homeland Security adviser, a more elevated role in overseeing post Maduro operations in Venezuela.
What did I tell you yesterday? I said Stephen Miller's hands are all over this.
Yep. And this is according to one person with knowledge of the conversations who spoke on a condition of anonymity. Miller has been the architect of the administration's anti immigration and border policy and took a central role in the effort to remove Maduro. He was among the handful of top administration officials flanking the president during the news conference Saturday at Trump's Mar a Lago club. A number of Western energy companies are already operating in Venezuela, including Chevron, Spain's Repsol, France's Maurel and Prom, and Italy's eni. I don't know how to pronounce that. Despite this, most of Venezuela's oil is purchased at a very steep discount by China, while Chevron exports to the United States under a license issued by the Trump administration. US Sanctions constrain how other companies pay for and ship oil. That's according to Dave Goldwyn, chairman of the Energy Advisory Group at the Atlantic Council. That's a think tank. So we are going to show you a video too, on the beans talk. Trump actually informed and advised the oil barons before. He never talked to Congress, but he talked to the oil barons before and after the attack.
Sounds like yesterday he talked to someone at Poly Markets, too. So he talked to everyone. He needed to accept congressional approval.
That was probably some little fucking date rapey douchebag that was at Mar a Lago with, hey, can you search Venezuela on Twitter and put it up on the screen? It was probably the guy who did that. You know what I mean?
ugh. All right, we talked about this before. Our disappointment that Tim Walls has dropped out of the gubernatorial race. But this is from CBS. Democratic U.S. senator Amy Klobuchar is seriously considering a run for governor now. Now sources close to Klobuchar tell CBS News she's getting outreach encouraging her to run, but that she has not made a final decision yet. Minnesota is a reliably blue state, as we know, and Republicans have a lengthy losing streak in statewide races. Tim Pawlenty, who won two races for governor in 2002 and 2006, that's the last Republican to serve the state as governor before Monday. Walls was trying to win what would have been an unprecedented third straight term leading to the state, and I think he would have won in a landslide. That decision, though, to leave the race comes amid intense scrutiny over long simmering fraud problems in Minnesota. With more revelations and Indictments expected. While Walls is not implicated in these cases at all, the reality is that it has just become an urgent problem under his watch and generated questions about his performance as governor, enveloping talk of the Minnesotans future political ambitions. Klobuchar is currently in her fourth term as US Senator following her reelection against Republican candidate Royce White in 2024. She previously defeated Republican candidates Mark Kennedy, Kurt Bills, James Newberger in all four races she won with double digit leads. The state likes her as a senator. Don't know if that would change if she was running for governor. But the state does like Amy Klobuchar. And I think part of it, like you said, has to do with that. She goes a little bit more to the center and I don't know, she also takes on Trump, you know, when she needs to. I know she can be a hard ass, but she's loved by the state in many ways. So I don't also know who else as a Democrat would even run in that position.
Yeah, no, I think Amy Klobuchar is probably definitely the biggest Dem name in Minnesota.
And then who would, who would go for the senator's seat?
I think we should re elect Al Franken.
Oh my God, that would be amazing. That'd be funny as hell.
Have him run again.
Yeah, we'll see what happens with that. Obviously we're going to keep you all posted because it's going to be an ongoing story that's going to have to get it decided fairly quickly.
Pretty quickly. Yeah, pretty quickly. I don't know. I don't think he should have dropped out. But again, I'm not going to begrudge him like his. You.
Yeah.
To all this. Like people have tried to get me to run for office. I'm like, fuck you. I'm not doing that. I'm not putting myself through that scrutiny and attacks and. No, no, thank you. I mean, the poor guy served however long in the military and people were going after him for that because I think one time he said something about where he was. One time it was. Yeah.
And they were like, you weren't there. I don't know if it had something.
Stolen valor like he served like 25 years or some shit and it's just. Yeah. So I don't begrudge him as fuck you. I wish you would have waited a little bit because I've, I've noticed on right wing circles that him dropping out, people are like, see, he was guilty. That's why he's leaving. Oh yeah, I hear you. You know What? I mean, yeah, it kind of bolsters their claims, which are. Yeah, but yeah, I, again, I'd be double barrel middle fingering you as well. Not you, but you know, the, that position as well if, if I'd retire. Time to retire. Have an oil change class, you know. Yeah. Be cool. He could have been our. He could have been America's dad for, for a while.
I, know. I know. Man, everything could have been so different.
But Kamala would have taken us straight into war, though. I mean, everyone knows that.
Yeah, I know.
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Okay, Erin. Congrats, Jenny. You're awesome. Were you at. Jenny, were you at the Brooklyn show we did in 2019? We were at the Bell house. I can't remember if you were there or not, but anyway, I was starting to tear up too a little bit about the amazing and beautiful patchwork quilt of fantasticness that is New York City. We make Americans. I love it. I know. That's so great. Fantastic. Great submission. Next up from Anna Pronoun. She and her hi beans queens. I love your show and when I find my people in the wild, I always suggest it. Thanks for keeping us sane. Love you ladies. My good news is my cousin Aisha, Elmquist is running for Minnesota House District 40A.
Nice.
Which is close to the Twin Cities. If you live in this district, check out our website, votelmquist. E l m m q u I-t dot com. We'll have a link in the show notes. She's been doing community stops around town. She's been a lawyer the state and has done great work with legal aid. If you're in that district, give her a call and see what you can do. Keep up the swearing. Have a feeling we're going to need it in 2026. Yeah, there's either going to be a lot of offs or. Yes, it's going to be.
Kidding.
It's going to be a roller coaster of emotions this year, that's for sure. Pod Pet tax or pictures of my girls. See if you can guess the breeds. Okay, we got a German shepherd and a German Skipper. Key, I think German Shepherd, Skipper keep. Let's see, we got German shepherd and we got a border collie and a blue heeler. Look at you go.
Thank you very much.
Look at you go.
That's a pretty dog.
These are smart ass dogs you got. These are smart dogs, Anna.
Yeah, in a good way. Not your dogs being a smart ass.
Probably both.
I know. Probably both actually. The German shepherd, probably. Smartass. All right, this is Aaron from Toronto Pronoun. She and her hello to my beautiful Beans Queen and the Leguminati. Thank you both for all you do to help me feel sane in this crazy world that we find ourselves in. I know you hear this a lot, but I really do appreciate all the hard work you put into your shows. Usually join me on my first walk of the day with my dog, but sometimes it's during the commute to the office. Since you started the video podcast, I watch in the evenings and have dinner with you two lovely ladies. I love that. I'm writing today because I'd like to celebrate my 6th anniversary of being alcohol free with you all. On January 6th, 2020, one year before the chaos that engulfed the Capitol, I tentatively started my alcohol free journey. It's crazy to think that a global pandemic hit a couple months later and I survived all of that, plus my mom passing from lung cancer in November 2020 without touching a drop of alcohol on January 6, 2026. I'm thrilled to celebrate six years free of alcohol. Congratulations, Aaron.
Hell yeah.
I know. When the events happened on January 6th of 2021, I felt really disappointed, like Trump had somehow fucked up up my good day with his horrendous behavior. He did, Aaron. We all felt like that. I still celebrate my anniversary with great pride, but the riots permanently gave me the day of different tenor for everyone else. When I posted online about my anniversary being on such a bad day, people were positive saying that it was good to have something good to focus on with some so much else bad going on. So I thought I'd share this with you as well. Aaron, that's such a good point. Things have gotten really scary in the last couple of days and we don't know what's going to happen next. But I'm glad to have you folks talking about it and keeping us sane. Thank you AG&DG for delivering the news with lots of swearing and humor. I tried to add pictures of the POD pet tariff, but form wasn't accepting attachments. Aaron, we got that fixed. Feel free to send in your tariff whenever you would like.
Oh yeah, I've got a friend whose birthday is September 11th.
Yeah, right, I know. Same like God damn it.
Yep, God damn it anyways, but that is such a good point. It's nice to have something positive on such a negative day. So congratulations Aaron from Toronto. We appreciate you. Next up from Anonymous, pronouns they and them. I've been a happy beans listener since 2020, Manteca a Trump City in the central valley, is pronounced Manteca. Oh, okay. I think maybe you said Manteca.
I think Manteca I said yesterday. Yeah, yeah.
Keep up the good work. Thank you. Thank you. They them. And from Cody, they. She. I can't believe I actually have a correction to submit. Oh, it's the same, but it happened during the good news submission about my hometown, Manteca, Californ. Manteca. Usually. Fun fact about this town, or legend has it, it was originally named Monteca and served as a crossroads of railways. When passenger tickets were first printed, they contained a typo and forever changed the name of the town to Manteca.
Oh, my God, that's funny.
So no worries if, to you wonderful humans, people have been messing up this town's name literally since its founding.
I love that sort of a correction where it's like, this is how it's done. But all. Also, just be gentle on yourself because no one really knows what the fuck is going. I mean, that's my favorite kind of correction.
We were also supposed to be Monteca, and they fucked it up. So, since I'm finally writing in, I'll use this time to say thank you both for all you do. My wonderful Aunt Susie. Shout out to Aunt Susie turned me on to your show a few years ago, and you've become my sole News source after 2025 required me to cut back on consumption. Must also add, it's definitely because of your daily reminders and encouragement that I finally went back to therapy in 2024, and my mental health has significantly improved.
That is wonderful.
Including some amusing baby photos and of course, my pod pet tariff picas of my youngest munchkin, Ivy. At a few months old, born with a bunch of hair, and, it presented several amusing photo opportunities. The teeny tuxedo cat baby is Icarus. At a mere eight weeks old now, he's 13 years. Look at the baby.
I know. I can't. I love it. Static heads. Baby heads that are all fuzzing like this. It's. They're, they're. They're cuter, with all due respect, than like, new dogs. When people do that with their dog, the static, the dog rubs and they pop their head up and they're like baby heads.
Oh, and the little pigtails. Oh, look at the KT goodness. Cody, thank you so much. And oop. Tuxedo kitten.
Yeah, baby.
Thank you.
All right, this is Sean Pronoun C. And him. My good news today is the group of Buddhist monks and Aloka, the Peace Dog, who are participating in the Walk for Peace. They started their walk in Fort Worth, Texas, and they're walking all the way to Washington, D.C. to raise awareness of peace, loving kindness and compassion across America and the world. They came through my hometown, Decatur, Georgia the other day and stopped for a peace gathering where they shared their message of peace. Getting to see them at the end of the year brought a focus on how I'd like to start 2026 with more intention and compassion towards others. For my pod pet tariff. Besides Aloka the peace Dog, I'm including a picture of our two spinster sisters. Esme is white, and Githa, maybe. Do you know where that comes from, Alison? Githa?
No, I don't know where that comes in.
We've been keeping each other company since my mother found them and their mama in her garage 20 years ago.
Wow.
Thank you, ladies, for all you do. May everyone's next year be better than the last. Even if your last was great. Great.
Well, I know Esme is from Buffy, but I don't know if that's also. It's. These are which. These are witch things. But, Oh, I'm googling both from Buffy.
There you go. Yep.
Okay, that makes. Now. Now I'm picking up what you're putting down with these names, Sean. Thank you so much. Yeah, I saw. I watched the whole video on these monks and their dog Aloka. Very cool. Next up, from Rachel. Pronoun. She and her.
Hey there, ladies.
I just want to share the pics I got to take on January 1st. I got to see the Buddhist monks on their walk for peace. It was completely by chance. My husband and I were in the right place at the right time. And I'm very excited to show these photos to my second graders when we come back Monday. You're a second grade teacher, Rachel.
That's awesome.
We're getting ready to start our civil rights unit in social studies. And this will be an amazing real world connection to learning about the peaceful protests that MLK Jr held. It did my witchy heart good to see them. I'm taking it as a positive omen for the start of this year. Oh, look at that.
Wow. There's a lot that would be so powerful. So powerful.
Oh, And you just. And that you happen to just run into him like. Yeah, good omen. A bunch of nice monks with a cool dog cross your path. It's going to be a good year, right? Is that what the old saying is?
I think that's what it is. If not, we should put it on a mug.
I think so, too. All right, everybody, thank you so much for listening. We've got a couple things we wanted to show you that we discussed today on the audio beans. We're going to show it to you on the Beans Talk, so switch on over to the MSW Media Media YouTube channel and check it out. If you haven't watched it yet, they're there. You can watch them anytime and they're free to watch. So we really appreciate you. and, send your good news to us@dailybeanspod.com Click on Contact. Do you have any final thoughts today?
No, not today.
Alrighty, 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, Ivan, dg and them's the Beans.
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