Thursday, September 11th, 2025 Today, three students, including a suspected shooter, were shot and critically injured at a suburban high school in Colorado on Wednesday afternoon; NATO shot down Russian drones in Polish airspace; Chuck Schumer moved to force a Senate vote on the release of the Epstein files but Republicans blocked it; Charlie Kirk was shot at an event in Utah; another hearing was held on the Guatemalan children that Trump tried to disappear in the middle of the night on labor day weekend; Brian Driscoll and others are suing the FBI, Pam Bondi, and Kash Patel for wrongful termination; the Supreme Court has denied South Carolina’s emergency request to enforce the state’s anti trans bathroom policy; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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Today, three students, including a suspected shooter, were shot and critically injured at a suburban high school in Colorado on Wednesday afternoon; NATO shot down Russian drones in Polish airspace; Chuck Schumer moved to force a Senate vote on the release of the Epstein files but Republicans blocked it; Charlie Kirk was shot at an event in Utah; another hearing was held on the Guatemalan children that Trump tried to disappear in the middle of the night on labor day weekend; Brian Driscoll and others are suing the FBI, Pam Bondi, and Kash Patel for wrongful termination; the Supreme Court has denied South Carolina’s emergency request to enforce the state’s anti trans bathroom policy; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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Um, MSW Media media. Hello and welcome to the Daily beans for Thursday, September 11, 2025. Today, three students, including the suspected shooter, were shot and critically injured at a suburban high school in Colorado. NATO shot down Russian drones in Polish airspace. Chuck Schumer moved to force a Senate vote on the release of the Epstein files, but Republicans blocked it. Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at an event in Utah. Another hearing was held on the Guatemalan children that Trump tried to disappear in the middle of the night Labor Day weekend. Brian Driscoll and others are suing the FBI, Pam Bondi and Kash Patel for wrongful termination. And the Supreme Court has denied South Carolina's emergency requests to enforce the state's anti trans bathroom policy. I'm Alison Gill.
And I'm Dana Goldberg.
Hey, my friend.
Oh boy. Hi.
I ask how you are, but Jesus, it's.
Yeah, that this last 24 hours have been a doozy. I lost another, um. I lost another dear friend to cancer and just someone I've known since I was 5 and just a, uh, really good man. And then on my flight home, obviously I started getting text messages about Charlie Kirk and. Listen, everyone, and I'm not going to speak for my co host. I disagree on a lot of things that Charlie Kirk has said. And I do believe some of the rhetoric that he has espoused through his life has fueled a fire in this country. I'm horrified by what happened today. Horrified.
Mm, mhm. Yeah, I saw, I saw the video and if you.
I won't watch it. I can't.
If you haven't, um, maybe don't. This is not the answer because it fucked me up. It fucked me up.
Oh, Allison, I'm so sorry. This is not the direction I want this fucking country going in. I would never wish this upon anyone, even the Orange Felon. I don't want the trauma to the children that were there. And they were children. This was a UT University campus. These are still children witnessing this. This was an assassination. From what I understand, it was done from 200 yards away. This was clearly someone who had some sort of a training. And listen, I don't like the guy, but Charlie Kirk had a wife and two beautiful children. And this is not how this world is supposed to be. So please know where I stand on this. I'm just horrified by where we are at in this country right now. And I'm. That's all I have to say. Um, on it. I'm just sort of shocked by it.
And um, we're going to talk about it a little Bit more in the hot notes, but a couple other things before we get to that. First of all, uh, you'll recall Trump tried to remove 76 unaccompanied Guatemalan minors in the middle of the night. And by minors, I mean children. And that was Labor Day weekend. And Judge Sparkle Soukanan ordered the planes turned around. One of the planes had to turn around and ordered all the children deplaned, and they were returned to the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Well, the case hadn't been assigned yet. She was just the emergency judge on duty. So she was the one who did that, made that first step. But then the case was assigned to Judge Kelly, who's a Trump appointee, and he held a hearing today. And during that hearing, the Department of Justice had to admit that its position that all the kids, parents, every single one of them, all of them in Guatemala, wanted those kids returned. Which is insane that they made that claim in the first place, but they had to walk that back and admit that it was wrong. So we'll let you know what Judge Kelly does. He hasn't issued a ruling yet. He might certify the class, he might not. He could confirm the temporary restraining order, reorder it. He could issue a preliminary injunction. We'll let you know. But also, Anna Bauer at Lawfare is covering this story really, really well, so you can check out her reporting on it, too.
Thanks, Alison. And, um, on top of the other shooting we're going to cover in the hot notes, three students, including a suspected shooter, they were shot and critically injured at a suburban high school in Colorado on Wednesday. The shooting took place just before 12:30pm on the grounds of Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado. The motive for the shooting was unclear at this point. Ms. M. Kelly said that a handgun had been used. The sheriff's office did not immediately provide further details on the shooting. So it's the guns. It's the fucking guns.
It's just awful. Um, and I shared that story on social media today. Um, that one breaks my heart. Yeah, they all do. Uh, all right. Also, Brian Driscoll, the Drizz, Saint Drizz from the FBI, and Jensen and Spencer Evans. They've all sued the FBI, Pam Bondi and Kash Patel and Andy McCabe and I for wrongful termination, by the way. And Andy McCabe and I are going to go over this in detail. Their lawsuit on Sunday's Unjustified podcast. And you don't want to miss this because, Dana, it includes the fact that FBI agents were creating parody videos Depicting Brian Driscoll as Batman.
Oh, my God.
And Emil Bovey as Bane.
Stop it.
And apparently that really upset Bane.
Yeah.
I can imagine if no Banes were harmed in the making of these parody videos.
Oh, my God, though. They're just. I cannot believe the. The maturity level of some of these people. Uh, it blows my mind. These are, quote unquote, grown men.
Yeah. But to be fair, Emil Bovey is a piece of shit. Awesome.
100%. Yeah. Yeah.
Dead ass. As Ms. M. Frazzled would say. Dead ass. All right, everybody, we have a lot of news to get to. Let's hit the hot notes. Hot notes. All right, first up, Charlie Kirk, who in 2023 said gun deaths were worth it to keep the Second Amendment, was shot in the neck. During an event in Utah on Wednesday. President Trump said Kirk died. I think that that's been confirmed by news outlets now. Yeah, there was a lot of confusion about whether the shooter was in custody. At first, someone had reported they had a suspect in custody, but that turned out to be the wrong person. Then Kash Patel announced the FBI had the shooter in custody. But then Utah's Commissioner of Public Safety, Beau Mason said they did not. But then minutes later, Governor Cox said they were questioning a person of interest. So here's what some folks have had to say about this. Pritzker. J.B. pritzker, the governor of Illinois, said, political violence unfortunately has ramped up in this country. I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it. Zoran, uh, Mamdani said, I'm horrified by the shooting of Charlie Kirk at a college event in Utah. Political violence has no place in our country. Kamala Harris said, let's be clear. Political violence has no place in America. I condemn this act, and we all must work together to ensure it does not lead to more violence. Former President Obama said, we don't know yet what motivated the person who shot and killed Charlie Kirk, but this kind of despicable violence has no place in our democracy. Michelle and I will be praying for Charlie's family tonight, especially his wife, Erica, and their two young children. Shannon Watts said, the problem with allowing guns everywhere is that no one is safe anywhere.
That quote right there.
Mhm. Maddie Hassan said, Charlie Kirk called me a lunatic and a prostitute and demanded I be deported. Nothing, nothing justifies killing him or robbing his kids of their dad. We don't know the identity or motive of the shooter, but murder can never be the response to political disagreements. I Also want to Remind everyone, since 2017, we've had a shooting at the Congressional baseball game. We had Paul Pelosi, who was attacked inside his home with a hammer. And the attacker was also aiming to kill Nancy Pelosi. There was a plot to kidnap and execute Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Someone firebombed the home of Governor Josh Shapiro. The January 6th attack on the Capitol happened. Assassination attempts on Trump, the assassination of Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband. And that guy had a list of 70 Democrats that he was going to go after. The guy who brought a van full of guns to assassinate Barack Obama. And there's more. But all this since Trump showed up and started fomenting political violence.
Absolutely.
I also want to point out that 72% of Americans support universal background checks and 76% support extreme risk protection orders.
Thank you so much, Allison. Um, this is from cnn. NATO fighter jets shot down multiple Russian drones that violated Polish airspace during an attack on neighboring Ukraine earlier on Wednesday, as military alliance denounced Moscow for an, I quote, absolutely dangerous behavior that ratcheted up tensions to a new level. The operation marked the first time that shots were fired by NATO since the start of the war in Ukraine. Polish and Dutch jets, they intercepted the drones with assistance from Italian, German and NATO's multinational forces. This is all from the officials addressing the Polish Parliament. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that while there was no reason to say that Poland was in a state of war, it was closer to a conflict than any time since World War II. He said the country was facing, and I quote, an enemy that does not hide its hostile intentions. Tusk also announced that Poland had invoked Article 4 of NATO and that is the alliance's main political decision making body. They're now going to meet to discuss the situation and next steps.
Okay. Um, Article four. Article five is the one where we all have to get together and fight back if you come into one inch of NATO territory. So they've invoked Article 4, which means they'll meet and discuss it. All right, next up from Politico, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. He did a thing. He did a thing. He moved to force the Senate to take a vote that would force disclosure of the Jeffrey Epstein files, throwing the chamber into debate that Republicans have so far largely been able to avoid. It was a surprise move and he teed up procedural vote on a measure directing Pam Bondi to make public any available documents the Justice Department possesses related to Epstein and his associates. Schumer filed the proposal as an amendment to a sweeping Defense policy that's now being debated by the Senate. Quote, there's been so much lying obfuscation and cover ups, the American people need to see everything that's in the Epstein files. That's what Schumer said to reporters on Wednesday. And in an update from the Wall Street Journal, the Senate Republicans voted down the measure to release more material related to convicted sex offender Epstein, saying staying mostly united in blocking the effort. Led by Chuck Schumer. Republicans tabled or killed the effort in a 51 to 49 vote with two Republican senators, Senator Rand Paul and Senator Josh Hawley, defecting to join with Democrats.
Interesting.
Now, Schumer proposed the measure earlier Wednesday as an amendment to the bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act. That's the n. So you remember before the August recess, when in the House Hakeem Jeffries was attaching an Epstein amendment to every single piece of legislation that the House wanted to vote on.
Yeah.
Forcing Mike Johnson to close up shop and take his balls and go home. I'm sorry, his ball and go home. He doesn't have any balls. But this is, this is Chuck Schumer adding an Epstein amendment to the ndaa.
Yeah.
Ah, that is unheard of. It was a rare legislative maneuver to force a vote on the matter. So everybody but Howley and Rand Paul, every single Republican, voted against it. Uh, John Thune, majority Leader, said it was a political gamesmanship or whatever, a political stunt. So we need to hold every single one of their feet to the fire.
Absolutely. Over and over and over. No matter what happens in the news cycle, do not let this fall to the wayside, please. All right, this next one's from Politico. The Supreme Court has declined South Carolina's request for an emergency order allowing the state to enforce a law aimed at barring transgender students in state funded schools from using bathrooms of their choice. Now, the justices rejected the state's emergency appeal by an apparent 6 to 3 vote on Wednesday. The High Court's one page order provided little insight into the reasons behind the ruling. And I quote, the denial of the application is not a ruling on the merits of the legal issues presented in the litigation. This is the unsigned order. This is what it said and went on to say rather, based on the standards applicable for obtaining emergency relief from the court. Three of the court's conservatives noted their dissent. Justice Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch. Now, none detailed their views on the issue. Okay. The state law at issue, and it's a budget provision in effect since July of 2024. Imposes a 25% cut on state funding for public K12 schools if they permit trans students to use bathrooms that align with their gender identity rather than their biological sex. Last month, the Fourth Circuit, the fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, it blocked enforcement of the state law, saying that it appeared to violate Title IX and the Constitution's equal protection clause. It does. South Carolina asked the Supreme Court to lift that injunction, arguing that it was at odds with the justice's 6 to 3 ruling in June upholding a Tennessee law limiting gender affirming care for minors. The underlying lawsuit was filed on behalf of a trans teenage boy whose middle school in the Berkeley County School district suspended him for using boys restrooms. He's proceeding in court under a pseudonym to protect his privacy. This is really fucking weird. And I just say that because, like, the Supreme Court was like, you're not allowed to, you know, target, uh, students based on, you know, the, I don't know, the color of their skin just to get into a college. But then they were like, it's okay to target people by the color of their skin, to deport them. And now this whole thing with Tennessee saying that you, you know, they're not allowed to have gender affirming care, but then in South Carolina, they're like, we're going to block this and allow these kids to use the bathroom that they identify.
Well, for now.
Right.
This was just an emergency stay that they were asking for, that Trump was asking. South Carolina was asking for. I should say.
Well, also Trump. But I just think it's. I don't know, I think it's fascinating at what's going on right now and not in a good way. Like, I don't understand what the fuck the Supreme Court is doing anymore.
Yeah. What you're getting at is that the underlying problem here is the Supreme Court is using the emergency docket to make these decisions with little to no explanation as to why.
Yeah. Thank you. Well said. When I.
What, what do you believe? What, what do you think the law is? Right. Yeah, it's bizarre. And the fact that the law is so black and white, but the Supreme Court is so unpredictable in interpreting it is.
Yeah.
It's unsettling.
Also the interview with fucking Aunt Lydia where they were like, talking about the presidential term of two limits. She was so wishy washy on that answer. Well, do you think that, you know, that the President should be held to two limits or could have a third, third term? And she was like, well, I think. Who had like three terms? Was it fdr? Roosevelt?
More. Yeah. He had more. But there was before the 22nd Amendment, right.
And she was like, well, after that, they made the amendment. So the amendment's there. But they've said that about other fucking laws that we have in the Constitution. They. They've just ignored them. So I don't know.
Yeah, yeah, that's the thing. The fact that it's. Nobody can predict shit that should be very easily predictable is.
Sorry, I'm not making a lot of sense today, people. I've got some anger, some sadness, and I don't know what's happening. And I. I fuck the Supreme Court. That's it. Fuck this.
Yeah. Fuck scotus. That with that. We know we can. We can easily say that. Yeah, my. My brain is scrambled.
I mean, it feels very scrambled.
Mm. Probably by design, right?
Yeah. Um.
And, you know, I think the thing that struck, uh, me, whether it's, you know, Hortman or the Pelosi's or the Congressional baseball game or Kirk, is that, you know, we're political influencers.
Absolutely.
And so that's. I think probably.
I thought about.
That's got me shaken.
I thought about that on my plane ride home. Like, my schedule is public. You know, I've got shows that I'm going to perform. I just. It's. It just. Yeah, I think it just happens. Everyone on their heels, as it should. And that's probably by design. Charlotte Clymer wrote a incredible post on social media. Um, so if you get a chance, just go read it. She's furious. As she should be.
I will. Because I need some solid words.
Yeah. Oh, they're solid. But she's basically like, you coward. Why would you do this?
Yeah, she always has the most solid take. So I'm gonna. I'm gonna ground myself in some Charlotte Clymer posts.
There you go.
A little bit later. All right, everybody, it's time for some good trouble.
What are you guys doing?
Your good trouble today is to call your reps, federal, state, local, and ask for common sense gun laws. That's all I can think of today.
Yeah.
Um, with these kids at the high school, just devastating. And it happens every day here in America, and it needs to stop. All right, everybody, um, we're going to take a quick break, and we'll be right back with the good news, which I desperately need today. So I'm looking forward to it. Stick around. We'll be right back after these messages.
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Yes, indeed.
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That's understandable.
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I'm giggling. And you will too when you get to the photos. Keep going.
So in February, five friends and I, several of whom are Leguminati, sick of giving our Money to American oligarchs began to build our own thing. Six months later, we've launched Spinsters Row, an e commerce and content site that puts women in LGBTQIA folks front and center.
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Thank you. All right. This is from Alice. No pronouns given. I was literally on my way to my first show up event when you encouraged everyone to do it. It's very heartening. Three of us priests showed up. Also several other clergy. This is in the heart of Iowa.
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That's a, uh, lot of people for the heart of Iowa.
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Yes, indeed.
And lovely women. This is lovely, Alice. Thank you for this.
You want to take the next one?
You bet. This is from anonymous pronoun she and her hello, ladies of the beans. I'm writing to thank you for keeping me sane in these crazy times. I also hope that in time, we can get our country back. To that end, I'm doing what I can to make my feelings known. Protesting, writing to congress, and doing a bit of good trouble. I write resist on post it notes, then make a trip to the library, grocery store, Costco, and carefully place a note inside a book on a can of green beans, a box of cereal. You get the idea. I hope in some small way people will stop and think and then do something. I attended the hands off protest in April, and it was so good to be with like minded people. I've attached a photo of my protest sign. It says it all. Also a photo of my garden. It's in a place that gives me joy. Thank you for everything you do.
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Next up, from Allison Pronoun. She and her hi Beans queens. Thanks for being there to educate, inspire and cheer us. My good news is both a, uh, self shout out and a community shout out and maybe even a call to action. I've been a Red Cross blood drive ambassador for about a year and a half now. I'm the volunteer at the blood drive that supports the professionals who do the actual blood drawing. I hopefully keep the volunteers organized and checked in, offer refreshments and appreciation for the generous gift of blood, and keep an eye out for anyone who looks queasy or faint. I love it because it's inspiring to see how good people are. And it suits my Persona of retired middle school secretary. Both bossy and rule following. There isn't a substitute for blood, and it doesn't keep for very long. Maintaining the blood supply is constant work from faithful donors. I've chatted with people who've given 10 gallons over their lifetime and people who've donated 200 times. It's so humbling and inspiring to see how generous people can be. It truly cheers me. I recommend both volunteering for the Red Cross and signing up to give blood. The easiest way to donate blood is to get to the Red Cross app and find a blood drive near you. It's likely someone a listener loves has needed blood at a critical time in their life. Yep. Me, Me. I have, uh, consider being that hero for someone else. Most people can give blood six times a year and it takes about 45 minutes. There are likely regular blood drives in the city you live in. Easy. Uh, and you also get a cookie and some juice. By the way, my Bodpat attacks is a pic of our rescue dog, Mario. Feel free to guess his breed. We're going with what the rescue organization told us he was when we scooped him out of the backyard puppy mill. We've had him for 13 plus years, and I can't believe how long it took him to get over the trauma of the first part of his life. Now he lives his best life in the suburbs. Kayaking and paddle boarding, keeping us company on our yoga mats while we try to practice and getting the last bite of my McDonald's soft serve cones. Dude, soft serve Allison is the best. And I'm jealous of your dog. I want to go paddleboarding and kayaking.
Love you both.
Ladies, big hugs for me. Another Allison in Oregon. Look at his dog.
I know. Super cute. It looks like a Shih Tzu.
I think I'd say there's a little Maltipoo.
Oh, maybe that. What's it. What am I talking about? A Havanese. It's a Havanese.
Really? With the. Okay. All right, all right. I'll go.
All right. We're both wrong.
It looks just like my BFFs multipoo. That's why I said that.
So cute.
Thank you, everybody. I really, really needed that, like, huge exhale. Um, that good news was good for my soul. So thank you. Please send it all to us. We need it all.
Oh, we did. I needed this. Thank you. It's good to see you and just sort of have a breakup in my day because, man, oh, man, we can go down rabbit holes and get stuck in emotions and just find something to even if it's a distraction for an hour, just to get yourself out of a funk.
Yep, I'm gonna go do that. I'm gonna go play Scrabble with my bff.
I love that.
All right, everybody, we'll be back in your ears 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.
I've been dg.
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