Thursday, April 30th, 2026 Today, the Supreme Court gutted what was left of the Voting Rights Act in a 6-3 ruling over Louisiana maps; Trump’s FCC ordered a review of ABC’s broadcasting license because Jimmy Kimmel makes jokes; the DOJ is dismissing conspiracy charges against the Broadview six including Kat Abughazaleh; a Pentagon official tells Congress the war in Iran has cost $25B so far; right after Democrats filed contempt charges against Pam Bondi she announced she’ll be appearing for a deposition May 29th; a new Colorado conversion therapy ban with a clever mechanism is close to passing in the state; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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Today, the Supreme Court gutted what was left of the Voting Rights Act in a 6-3 ruling over Louisiana maps; Trump’s FCC ordered a review of ABC’s broadcasting license because Jimmy Kimmel makes jokes; the DOJ is dismissing conspiracy charges against the Broadview six including Kat Abughazaleh; a Pentagon official tells Congress the war in Iran has cost $25B so far; right after Democrats filed contempt charges against Pam Bondi she announced she’ll be appearing for a deposition May 29th; a new Colorado conversion therapy ban with a clever mechanism is close to passing in the state; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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msw media. Hello and welcome to the Daily beans for Thursday, April 30, 2026. Today, the Supreme Court has gutted what was left of the Voting Rights act in a 6, 3 ruling over Louisiana. Maps. Trump's FCC has ordered a review of ABC's broadcasting licenses because Jimmy Kimmel makes jokes. The Department of Justice is dismissing the conspiracy charges against the Broadway Six, including Kat Abughazaleh. A Pentagon official tells Congress the war in Iran has cost $25 billion so far. Right after Democrats filed contempt charges against Pam Bondi, she announced she'll be appearing for a deposition May 29th. Magic. And a new Colorado conversion therapy ban with a clever mechanism is close to passing the state. I'm Alison Gill.
And I'm Dana Goldberg.
Oh, hello. happy. So happy. It's Thursday. How's everything going besides the fascism?
Oh, you know, it's. It's going. It's going. Is what is there? There is. There's so much besides the fascism. So we have to focus on the good.
There's a lot of news going on today. I know we're not gonna be able to get to all of it. We're gonna cover some stuff over on Beans Talk later in this show. Today, we're gonna talk to Traci Feit Love from Lawyers for Good Government. We're gonna discuss tomorrow's nationwide law day of action going on at the same time as May Day, which is the one day economic blackout.
You will get these.
Get this episode. And, everything ad free. So yay. But some of the stuff that we're gonna get to on Beans Talk that we aren't gonna be able to cover here. Hegseth got chewed House Armed Services Committee today and some Republicans who question him firing the Navy Secretary. But in that hearing, he denied that the US Israel war on Iran is a quagmire and claims critics of the operation pose a greater threat to the United States than Iran itself. So are we going to get bombed and double tapped? I don't know.
I mean, it sounds like that's what they would be doing, turning, on our own people.
Yeah. So those of us who criticize the war are bigger enemies to the country than the country we're at war with. Okay. And Jules Hurst iii, who's a chief financial officer at the Pentagon, told the committee the estimated cost so far for the US is $25 billion and counting, mostly for munitions and including operations, maintenance, and replacing equipment. And I have a feeling, Dana, that that is a low ball number.
I have a feeling you are Right. Because we never get the real information from them. by the way, right after Democrats on the House Oversight Committee filed civil contempt charges against Pam Bondi for failing to comply with their subpoena for her to be deposed in the Epstein files investigation, a spokesperson for the committee said that was unnecessary because she agreed to appear on May 29. And just for my clarification, is this under oath?
yes.
Okay.
And because a deposition's definitely under oath, and anytime you testify to Congress, it's. It's a crime to lie to Congress whether you're under oath or not.
Good to know. But, I mean, she can still stonewall him.
But. Yeah, and the thing is, is, like, so you weren't gonna come because you're no longer the attorney general, and then all of a sudden, when civil contempt charges are filed, you're like, oh, I'm gonna come. Mm, you're not the attorney general again, girl, I'm sorry to tell you, you're
not getting your job back.
You're not getting your job back. that's for sure. And as we know, I mean, Todd Blanche is really, really trying to get that job. Indicting all the seashells, filing that weird Trump derangement syndrome ballroom motion. I mean, just really going out of his way to try to get that job. All right, we have a lot of news to get to today, everybody, so let's hit the hot notes. Hot, notes. All right, first up from the Times, The Florida legislature gave final approval on Wednesday to an aggressive new map of the state's congressional district sought by DeSantis. The map could give his party as many as four new seats, improving its chances of keeping control of Congress in the November midterm elections. And again, I think I've said here on this show, plus three here, minus four there, plus two here. You're going to get your asses whooped by, like, 40 seats, but okay.
Yep.
Now, these votes, of course, happened after the Supreme Court issued a long awaited decision in the landmark 1965 Voting Rights act case, finding Louisiana lawmakers had unconstitutionally relied on race when they drew a 2024 congressional map to create a majority black district. So they're taking the 15th amendment from reconstruction that's supposed to protect marginalized and minority voting groups and are using it to disenfranchise them, using it to apply to white voters. now, Mr. DeSantis, predicting such an outcome in recent months, used it as the main justification to redraw the state's maps. Despite little interest from lawmakers in Doing so, the redrawn districts would eliminate four Democratic held seats. One in the Tampa area, one in the Orlando area and two in the Fort Lauderdale area, effectively slashing the number of Democrat leaning seats in half. Florida has 28 congressional districts. Seven are held by Democrats after an eighth Democrat resigned last week. Now the Supreme Court's liberal justices called their colleague's decision clawing back race based redistricting on Wednesday, a quote, now completed demolition of the Voting Rights Act. So if anyone says, like Alito tries to convince you that no, it's the Voting Rights act is still good, it's still there. No, it's not. In a, ah, 48 page dissent.
Wow.
Justice Elena Kagan held up the landmark 1965 law as helpful to the nation's progress on racial discrimination. Quote, at this last stage, the Court's gutting of Section 2 puts that achievement in peril. I dissent because Congress elected otherwise. I dissent because the court betrays its duty to faithfully implement the great statute Congress wrote. I dissent because the court's decision will set back the foundational right Congress granted of racial equality and electoral opportunity. I dissent. And she read the dissent aloud from the bench. Again, a rare move the justices reserve for when they really want to express their strong disagreements in a case. She went on to say it was born of the literal blood of union soldiers and civil rights marchers. It ushered in, this is, she's talking about the Voting Rights Act. It ushered in awe inspiring change bringing this nation closer to fulfilling the ideals of democracy and racial equality. And it has been repeatedly and overwhelmingly reauthorized by the people's representatives in Congress. Only they have the right to say it's no longer needed. Not the members of this court. I dissent then from this latest chapter and the majority's now completed demolition of the Voting Rights Act. This is just a devastating, absolutely devastating ruling. I knew it was coming.
Yeah, we do.
It's just, it hits different when it actually happens. And again to think about the Republicans and the bought and paid for oligarchs on the Supreme Court turning Reconstruction amendments on their head to use it to defend white people.
It's so disgusting.
Yeah, yeah.
Ag, thank you so much. We have not great stories and then we're going to mix in some good ones. That's what we always do. So hopefully we'll find a balance to that really shitty beginning. This is from the Times. Federal regulators on Tuesday ordered a review of all station licenses owned by abc. An extraordinary move to pressure a major television network whose programming has frequently Angered no one other than Trump because he is a thin skinned child. The agency overseeing the review, which is the Federal Communications Commission, said in a filing that the action was related to an investigation into ABC's diversity and inclusion policies. Apparently you're not allowed to diversify or include any jokes that don't support the presidency. But it came in the middle of a fight this week between Mr. Trump and the network's late night host Jimmy Kimmel again that prompted the President to demand that ABC fire him. The license review represented an escalation by the Trump administration and the President to punish major media outlets for their coverage. Now Donald has personally sued several news organizations including the New York Times and the Pentagon has tried to sharply restrict news media access. Donald's FCC chairman Brennan Carr has repeatedly threatened to take action against broadcasters, including to take away their valuable station licenses. His agency's actions on Tuesday it the first direct step toward potentially doing that. ABC's parent company, this is the Walt Disney Company, said in a statement that it had long complied with FCC rules and that it was, and I quote, confident that record demonstrates our continued qualifications as licensees under the Communications act and the First Amendment and are prepared to show that through the appropriate legal channels. Now, Jamil Jaffer, the executive director at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, said in a statement on Tuesday that if Trump, and I quote, gets his way, we'll have only government aligned media organizations that broadcast only government approved news and commentary. That's exactly what they want to fucking do with these mergers. Everybody, if you ever have an opportunity to write in and oppose a merger, do is the right thing to do. And I quote, it would be difficult to imagine an outcome more corrosive to democracy or more offensive to the First Amendment. Again that was Mr. Jaffer. Under normal FCC protocol, ABC would not have to apply to renew any of its station licenses which run an eight year terms until 2028. Well, Donald will be coming to an end of his presidency. Donald's not going to be alive by then. And that wasn't a threat by the way. It was just a medical observance, not a threat.
I posted a picture of a cheeseburger today and asked if I can legally do that without getting indicted.
That's very funny. And some of its licenses by the way, don't even come up for renewal until 2030 and 2031. But there's a little used provision of the law allows the FCC to force stations to apply for renewal of their licenses at any time, opening the door to an early refusal to renew.
Well, we'll see what happens. the last time he went up against Jimmy Kimmel, he lost.
So, yeah, and I think it was Hulu and the Disney Channel lost $4 billion in like 24 hours.
And they were like, okay, no, no, no. Yeah, he's back on. He's back on. So we have to be prepared to do the same thing again this time. Next up from wttw, which is a public radio affiliate in Chicago. Federal prosecutors have dismissed felony conspiracy charges against the remaining members of the Broadview 6 and instead intend to proceed to trial on misdemeanor counts.
Oh, boy.
So they dismissed the only felony this DOJ had to. The announcement came during a pretrial hearing Wednesday before U.S. district Judge April Perry in the Dirksen Federal Building in downtown Chicago. An initial indictment against the group alleged they conspired to surround an ICE vehicle with the intent to hinder and impede a federal agent from proceeding to the Broadview facility and discharging the duties of his office. Already, prosecutors dropped all charges against two of the six initial defendants, Catherine Sharp and Jocelyn Walsh. But the four others, Kat Abu Ghazale, Michael Rabbit, Andre Martin, and Brian Straw, are all set to go to trial. But prosecutors now intend to file a superseding indictment that only includes misdemeanor charges. Even so, Abu Ghazale said the decision to drop the conspiracy charges is a huge win. Quote, this case has cost myself, one of my closest friends and four others immeasurable amounts of stress, money and opportunity. She said in a social media post. Went on to say, but the federal government knew they couldn't try this BS and had to drop that felony charge.
Yeah, boy.
Now, the charges stem from a confrontation on September 26 last year between protesters and federal agents outside ICE enforcement processing facilities in west suburban Broadview. The criminal case has been among the most high profile incidents stemming from the Trump administration's expanded immigration enforcements. And in and around Chicago last year known as Operation Midway Blitz. That trial was scheduled to start next month, but Wednesday's announcement means that that date will likely be pushed back. So that felony conspiracy charge, it's gone. That's news.
Wonderful. And I'm pretty sure this is a little bit more good news. And this is from Aaron Reed at Aaron in the Morning. On Monday, the Colorado Senate Judiciary Committee passed HB 2613 22. Now, this is a bill that creates a private civil right of action allowing survivors of conversion therapy to sue the practitioners who subjected them to it. That is amazing. Now, the bill, which has no statute of limitations of such claims. No statute of limitations would likely make the practice of conversion therapy financially prohibitive in the state. It comes in the aftermath of The Supreme Court's 8 to 1 decision last month in Chiles vs. Salazar that found that Colorado's 2019 ban on conversion therapy unconstitutional, effectively legalizing the discredited practice nationwide. The new bill has one final legislative hurdle to clear. That's the full Colorado Senate before heading to Governor Jared Polis desk. Now, though the governor has so far offered only lukewarm signals about whether he will sign it, saying, and I quote, he's hopeful there is still some time to construct a framework he could support. Interesting. The bill uses a novel legal mechanism to target conversion therapy, and that's a private right of action. Rather than the government banning conversion therapy outright, which is what the Supreme Court struck down in Childs, the bill instead allows survivors to sue their practitioners directly, stating that, and I quote, a person who suffered an injury as a result of sexual orientation or gender identity change efforts may bring a civil action for damages against their conversion therapist. It also states that a lawsuit to recover damages can be commenced at any time without limitation, making its statute of limitations effectively endless. The mechanism may be insulated from the constitutional problem that the Supreme Court identified in Childs because the government is not restricting speech. Instead, private citizens are seeking civil remedies for harm they suffered, the same way a patient can sue a doctor for malpractice. Now, if the mechanism sounds familiar, it's because Republicans pioneered it and to get around the Supreme Court rulings that they didn't like, most famously in Texas's SB8, the 2021 abortion bounty hunter law. That law banned abortion after six weeks, not through government enforcement, but by allowing any private citizen to sue anyone who performed or aided in an abortion for $10,000 in damages. The legal trick was simple. When abortion providers tried to challenge SB8 in court, they couldn't get an injunction because there was no government official to enjoin. Now the bill is going to head to the full Colorado Senate for a floor vote, where Democrats hold a 23 to 12 majority, and passage is expected. Now, Coloradans who support the bill, they can contact their state senator through the Colorado General Assembly's legislator lookup tool. If the Senate passes the bill, it's going to go to Governor Polis, whose signature remains, as I said, the final, most uncertain step. Polis, as we know, or most of you know, is the first openly gay governor elected in the United States. He signed the original 2019 conversion therapy ban and has called the practice a scam and a waste of people's hard earned money. But this office has stopped short of committing to sign this bill, saying only that it is hopeful that there is still time to construct a framework he could support. So we'll see what happens there. Hopefully, if there's something in this bill that is giving him pause, there'll be a discussion about that instead of him just vetoing it if it passes the Senate.
Yeah. And I have to say, I really enjoy when Democrats take something that Republicans used to take away people's rights and turn it around and use it against them. Oh, Supreme Court, it's okay to do this. Oh, all right, let's do it and let's see what you have to say about it. That doesn't mean the Supreme Court won't fucking all over it and contradict itself or tie itself into knots trying to justify it. Yeah, but it's, you know, I'm very glad Colorado is doing this, trying to find that way around that child's decision. All right, everybody, we have to take a really quick break, but we're gonna be right back with Traci Feit Love from Lawyers for Good Government. We're gonna discuss tomorrow's nationwide Law Day of Action. Stick around. We'll be right back after these messages.
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Good. Glad to be here. Allison. Thanks for having me.
No problem. Good to see you again. Y' all do the best, like actions. And so I. I really wanted to have you on to highlight what you're planning this Friday. So let's talk about Stand up for the rule of Law, the Law Day of action on May 1st. Why is this necessary?
So we launched Law Day of Action for the first time ever last year in 2025. Law Day itself has been around for 50 or 60 years. But last year was the first year that we did what we've been calling Law Day of Action. And this was a day when, in more than 50 cities across the country, more than 10,000 lawyers and supporters and activists showed up to take a stand for the rule of law. We're doing it again this year because, unfortunately, the same issues that necessitated it last year still exist and in some instances have even gotten worse. But we think it's really important for lawyers, the legal profession, and the public to take a stand and say, we will not be governed by the whims of a bully or a dictator. We are a democracy, and we will operate under the rule of law.
That's amazing. You know, we just did a story. Oh. maybe it was yesterday or Friday or 10 years ago. Time means nothing to me now. No. But it was recently about how the head of the EEOC right now has been submitted. Complaint has been submitted about her to the Virginia Bar association for flouting the ethics rules of being a lawyer because she was deciding not to take LGBTQ cases under Title vii, which is, like, the whole reason that you're saying, supposed to do that under the eeoc and that blows me away. We've seen John Eastman be disbarred. We've seen Jeffrey Clark has been submitted to be disbarred. Rudy Giuliani. I know Sidney Powell was submitted for disbarment in Texas, but that was thrown out because of some, technicalities. So are these kinds of actions part of what lawyers are kind of. Of preparing to, keep doing? I guess, as. As we go forward? I mean, it's not just to stand up and say, we love the rule of law. I mean, there's action involved here, right?
There absolutely is. And I hope that everyone, every lawyer who participates in Law Day of Action will choose to stay involved afterwards. We at, Lawyers for Good Government offer so many ways for lawyers to make a difference. You can take a pro bono matter, either litigation or something smaller, something that doesn't require showing up in court. We have research projects, we have advocacy work. Even commenting, for example, on the rule the, DOJ tried to propose in direct response to some of the disbarments that you mentioned earlier, claiming that the Attorney General should have the right to intervene and essentially put on hold any attempt for state bars to enforce their own ethics rules against federal lawyers. So these are things that we have to repeatedly do. It is not one day, one action. It is over and over and over again. But we try to make it as easy as we can for lawyers to participate. We even have something called the impact docket that goes out every week, the sole purpose of which is to identify minimum three to five ways that lawyers can make a difference in any given week. And some of them only take a few minutes.
Yeah, and that's. I think, what the best part is, is how accessible these actions are. And, you know, those are. Those are some actions for lawyers. But you don't have to be a lawyer to participate on May 1st, correct?
That's correct. We invite everyone to show up, who's interested, who understands what's at stake, and who wants to show support. It's not a small thing for lawyers who, as a profession tend to be pretty conservative and tend to focus on representing the interests of their clients rather than the interests of democracy as a whole. with some exceptions, of course, but, it is not a small thing. It does take courage. It takes commitment. It takes resolve. And so when members of the public can stand with us and say, we support you, we see what you're doing, we understand the message you're putting out, that makes a difference, and it makes it easier, and it puts us all in community where we need to be.
Yeah. And one of the things that this EEOC lady in the Trump administration did, that was part of her complaint, and Donald Trump has done this too. And so as the Department of Justice has sent out letters to multiple law firms. So I think it's important that folks, lawyer or not, understand that lawyers as a profession are under attack in this administration. As much as some immigration judges are in the executive branch or judges in the judicial branch, or the media or independent media, the legal profession is also under attack here. And I think that's why it's important to, not only if you're a lawyer, to take part in these, easy, accessible actions and maybe some more complex ones if you're able, but for non lawyers to show up and support lawyers who are being singled out, threatened having their, their security clearances taken away, things like that.
You're so right. And the problem is that this administration understands the power that lawyers and the legal profession wield and have historically been able to use. The real issue is that when law firms are attacked solely on the basis of which clients they choose to take, that affects who is available and who is able to represent individuals going forward from there, particularly those who need to challenge the actions of the federal government. If law firms know that anytime they take a client who needs to challenge something illegal that this government is doing, they're going to come under attack, that's going to make it that much harder for that individual to find any kind of legal representation, let alone pro bono legal representation. So it's absolutely critical that anyone who understands the importance of an accountable constitutional government take a stand with us.
Yeah, and it's, you know, it's bonkers to me that the DOJ wants to be able to kind of intervene when somebody wants to file a complaint. Because generally Department of Justice lawyers are just like any other lawyer, but also held to a higher standard because they work for the federal government because they have such broad prosecutorial discretionary, like I'm thinking Jeanine Pirro or anybody else who wants to, you know, flout ethics and the rules of their respective state bars. And now what we're seeing is a, like almost a complete loss in some cases of the presumption of regularity for these Department of Justice lawyers where we've seen, for example, in Minneapolis, close to 100 court orders just flat out defied. So talk a little bit about not just, you know, lawyering in the private sector or lawyering representing people who want to sue the government, but lawyers who are in court representing the people who are like flatly defying court orders.
Well, that's the thing. Federal attorneys are supposed to be representing the people. But this administration has been pretty clear on the fact that it views the DoJ as an extension of itself, as a weapon to go after its enemies, to go after anyone who seems to believe in or be willing to take a stand against what it is trying to accomplish. And that is an enormous problem. It's also why we've seen so many federal attorneys be taken out. I mean, I'm not taken out, but eliminated, either through being fired, being laid off, or being forced to resign because they're unwilling to do something unethical. So that is why we're seeing such a reduction in the quality of the work that's being done by federal attorneys, because so many of the really talented, really ethical, really professional attorneys have been forced out. And now we are left with the attorneys that this administration has decided are pliable enough, willing enough to go along. And that is a huge problem.
Yeah. And I think that's something else. Along those lines that everyone can take part in and support on May 1, whether you're a lawyer or a non lawyer, is to push back against this two tiered system of justice that we have. It's not just that the Trump administration isn't going after its friends, it's going after its enemies, but also that someone, for example, like Donald Trump himself, has been able to get away with so much because he's got the Supreme Court on his side, he's got a bunch of money, he's got. Now his private attorney is running the Department of Justice. This, and some, you know, have been, but have maybe since been disqualified or running U.S. attorney's offices. But I think that something, you know, the reason for me why I would want to show up and show out is the idea that no one is above the law. That doesn't exist anymore.
It's so true. And I, think there's a misperception amongst non lawyers in many cases of what the rule of law means because it doesn't mean the same thing as law and order. And I think people sometimes get those two ideas conflated. The rule of law means equal treatment under the law. It means we all agree to live under the same system of justice. And when that isn't the case where the rules don't apply the same to everyone, that means none of us are protected other than those with the most power, the most wealth, and the most influence.
Yeah.
And I've always been for those with the least power. And least influence to be treated the same as those with the most, not to bring the most down to the level of the least.
That is absolutely right.
There's so many problems with that particular part of the justice system. But, for example, if I took, when I was working, for the government, if I took a classified document home and then they subpoenaed me to get it back, and I refused and hid it, and then destroyed video evidence of me talking about hiding it, and then they issued a search warrant and came in and found it, I would be in jail right now. Yep. Absolutely. Now, I'm not saying Trump. Well, in this particular case, yes, he should be treated just as me, but why am I not treated the same as Donald Trump? Why am I not afforded the same, oh, I don't know, weird shadow docket and dismissals that went on in that case. But the great thing about talking about this stuff is that in that particular case, yes, Trump should be treated the same as me, instead of me being treated the same as Trump. Because the way Trump was treated was not under the rule of law.
That's right.
Yeah.
I mean, it's really simple, which it feels like common sense. It also feels like a lot of the reasons. I mean, we're coming up on our 250th anniversary. as a country meant to be governed by a constitution, the founders got so many things wrong. But one of the things that they got right was this idea that there shouldn't be individuals who live above the law just because of their birth or their wealth or their power. And that same principle is true today. It's just not being enforced.
Yeah. Let everybody know how they can support, come out, be part of an event this time around. So glad you're doing it again.
Thank you.
Like you said, it's even more necessary than it was last year. And I don't think that that's going to change next year either. But, let's talk a little bit about that, how people can join support. We really have to. Well, I guess we have to eliminate the problem first, and then we can start rebuilding trust in the justice system. But talk about how people can get involved.
Well, the first thing is to go to the website we set up, lawdayofaction.org on that website, right on the homepage, you should be able to find a map showing all of the events being hosted across the country. Underneath that, you can search by your zip code. you can then scroll through the list so you can find the event that is closest to you. Some of the events allow the ability to RSVP, which, if you're coming to the one in D.C. where I will be and I hope to see you on the steps of the Supreme Court, please do RSVP if they give you that option, and then add it to your calendar, Make a plan and make sure you're able to show up that day. It is so, so important that we see those numbers, that we see attorneys and members of the public showing up and taking a stand.
Awesome. Is there anything else you want to tell us about it? What are some of the, events that are going to take place? There's kind of a reaffirming of the oath, right?
Yeah. Most of the events being held across the country will include a moment where a judge or retired judge will step up and lead the attorneys who are present in a public reaffirmation of their oath. This was. We planned it for the first time last year. And I have to say, being there at the Supreme Court last year, it was even more powerful than I think any of us realized it would be to see so many attorneys. And I had a very. I had a credible perspective because I was able to see the whole crowd, everyone facing in towards the judge, raising their right hand and repeating that oath. That for so many attorneys, especially if we weren't living in times like the ones we're living in today, it felt like a formality. Maybe at the time, it was the last thing we had to do to become lawyers, but it was never meant to be a formality. It was meant to be a reminder and a promise. And that promise, you could see it on the faces of every attorney present, meant something to us. So we will do the same this year. We will raise our right hand. We will remind ourselves and one another who we are, what it means to be a lawyer, and what our responsibilities are to this country and to our democracy.
Yeah. And I have to tell you, lawyer or not, seeing that kind of a spectacle, seeing that kind of a, reaffirmation of an oath is. It's extremely powerful and very emotional. Every time I read my old oath, when I went to work for the executive branch, I would tear up a little bit. Or the oath I took when I joined the Navy, it's a very powerful, moving thing. Or if you've ever been to a, naturalization ceremony, those kinds of things, have a lot of power, and the more people show up, the more powerful it is. So I really encourage everybody to go to the website, check out your local event, and make, A plan to get there. Like you said, put it in your calendar. I really appreciate you coming on and speaking with us today.
Thank you so much, Allison, for the opportunity, and I hope to see everyone out on May 1st.
Thank you so much, Traci Feit Love, one of the best names in the business. We'll talk soon. I'd love to have you back on. Maybe we can see clips and videos of the events. And again, it's May 1st. It's the same as May Day. So there's going to be a lot of events going on. And perhaps if you aren't somebody who can take off work or get out of school, maybe you can go to one of these events and to show your solidarity with democracy and the rule of law. All right, thank you so much again, my friend. we will talk soon, everybody. Stick around. We'll be right back with the good news. Everybody, welcome back. It's time for the good news, everyone. Then, good news, everyone. Good news, good news. And if you have any good news at all, if you've been thinking, I really want to write AG and DG and just tell them this little bit of good news or this cool thing that happened to me 25 years ago because I think that they can relate to it, or give a shout out to, myself or a spouse or a government program that's really helped me out or talk about some great community activism in my area. maybe, I don't know, share my favorite street joke. I've been meaning to do that. Today's the day, everyone. Today is the day. Send your good news to us dailybeanspod.com click on Contact. You can also send your Good Trouble suggestions to us. And all you gotta do to get the stuff read on the air is pay your pod pet tariff, which means attach a photo of anything. Maybe all you've been wanted to do is share a photo with us and then you could come up with some sort of, you know, good news to attach to it. It can be your pet. It can be an adoptable pet in your area, a random animal on the Internet, some funny meme that you've seen that you would love us to see and share with the share with the group. It, can be be family photos, baby pictures, photos of what you're making and creating. We have so many amazing makers and m creators who listen to this program. Send it all to us, please. Dailybeanspod.com and click on contact. First up is your Good Trouble. Good trouble today. Maydaystrong.org this May Day, it's workers over billionaires on May 1, as you know, workers, students and families rally march and take action across the country to demand a nation that puts workers over billionaires with many refusing business as usual through no school, no work, no shopping. And I'd like to add no advertisements here on the Daily Teens. So you can find a march rally, a march or a rally in your area by clicking on the link that we're going to give you in the show notes. And that's your good trouble. Whatever you can do. I know there's a lot of people who can't take the day off work. They're unable to, they m might not be able to walk out of school. I know there's a lot of school, districts that are actually shutting down for the day in solidarity with this. And I think that that's truly incredible. And, a lot of folks are unable to not shop because of other obligations, work and family and things like that. And maybe you have to pick up food that day for the fam. But there's other ways to creatively participate in Mayday. And so head to maydaystrong.org and check out the participation guide for all sorts of ideas on events you can host. Just to show your solidarity, create an event and, if it's just you at home having a glass of wine saying, fuck the billionaires, create an event on mobilize us and then RSVP to it so you can be counted.
I love that idea. That's funny.
You know, like, just, let's do this thing. I think it's gonna be big.
Liz is doing something pronoun she and her I work in a small law firm with many foreign clients. On Friday, every email is gonna receive this bounce back. Our offices are closed today, May 1, 2026, in solidarity along with the attached picture. That's my little contribution to the day. Keep doing what you do. And the attached picture says, we are the many, the few. No work, no school, no shopping. Their time is up. Workers over billionaires mayday strong.org that is
a great photo and bounce back email. Do you want to take the next one? Because that was pretty short. Sure.
This is from Lili Pronouns she and her. We have a strong and diverse group of people resisting hate and executive outreach here in Cincinnati. I love Cincinnati. Over the weekend, some good trouble went down here. Yard signs suddenly encouraging people to Follow Pope over POTUS popped up at 100 Cincinnati Area Catholic churches. These signs awaited parishioners going to Sunday morning mass all over the region. The QR codes take you to leavingmaga.com and by the way, there's a little note says a support and storyteller platform. By the way, this is what it is for people who have left or are questioning the MAGA movement. That's what leaving maga.com is. The group describes itself as a safe, non judgmental community where former space supporters can share their experiences, process their exit, and reconnect with their friends and family. Boy, am I going to go down a rabbit hole, you guys. And it made the local news. Lily, this is awesome.
Oh my God.
I'm absolutely going to check this out. Leaving maga.com and another sign.
Voice of Christ over voice of the party. Amazing. That's incredible. Pope over POTUS at 100 Catholic churches in the Cincinnat area with a QR code that takes you to leaving Maga, the storytelling platform. That's incredible. What a bunch of good trouble. Whoever organized that, that's incredible.
I know. I want to go see what a good idea. Give me a little hope.
Feel free to do that in your town and let us know how it goes. all right, next up, Michael pronouns he and her. Hello, Beans Queens. Thank you for being my main source of national news. I beg everyone I meet to join me as a patreon because of the work you do, especially the necessary and inevitable Swear. Yeah, is so important. I volunteer as a member of the safety team for Kansas City's indivisible group. And I always encourage your listeners to seek out their local resistance heroes and ask how they can help. Just do it. There's always something going on. There's always something you can do, big or small. I have two tariffs for you. First is my Tasmanian devils masquerading as dogs. On the right is my blank 6 year old Gidget. On the left is my blank, blank 10 month old. All. Both were shelter dogs and both are inveterate bed hogs. Love it. I love it so much they're currently annoyed with me while I sit through zoom calls coordinating, for Friday's May Day march in Kansas City. Thank you. Second photo. I recently reentered the teaching world, sharing my math and science knowledge with a small group of high schoolers at a farm school. Among the kids responsibilities are these three lovable goats, Moon Pie, Lemon and Bookshelf. All of these critters love your show and you as much as I do. Thank you, Michael. Thank you very much for that. I'm gonna say I instantly recognize the yellow lab, but I don't know what this other baby is on the left.
I don't either. It looks like a mix of m. All kinds of things we've got. I mean, healer pity.
Yeah, I don't know. Let's see.
Healer pity. It's a. Probably a mutt.
Yellow lab. All right.
And I say mutt in the most loving way possible. Everybody.
Of course. And. Oh, little bit of everything. So we got it. All right.
All right. And then goats.
Goats, goats. Look at the goats. Goats, goats, goats. Which one's bookshelf?
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Oh, no.
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I absolutely love it. yeah, under our DailyBeansPod. dot com, when you click on contact, there should be a section for snail mail. And our PO Box on University Avenue should be in there. Mini Jenny. That's how you send it to us. Thank you so much. And. Oh, my God. Cockroach in the shoe. I can't even. That sounds awful. Mouse in the blouse. Cockroach in the clean. It's all bad. Next up, from Dusty Pronoun. She and her, Hello, beans queens. Lelena is wonderful. I recently received a text from my favorite pup, now a college sophomore. She wanted to tell me that she went to a drag show to support one of her classmates and is now friends with a queen named Aunt Tifa. This is the same sweet girl who supported a classmate in transition in high school. I'm so in awe of her and jealous that she can make these commitments at such a young age. Born in 1948, I was well into my 20s with four young children before I discovered that my lesbian identity was the misfit. Peace. Dusty M. I'm sending my old fave photo of her and one that's more recent. Look at this beautiful child.
Absolutely gorgeous.
Incredible. What a. What a lovely, lovely life.
Lesbians makes me very happy.
Yeah. What a loving person.
Lilies.
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