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Episode Date: September 25, 2020

Today, Trump issues memoranda to remove race and gender sensitivity training from the federal government, Mary Trump sues the President and his siblings for fraud, Durham’s bullshit investigation includes Hillary’s emails, Kremlin agent and former Comms Director of HHS, Mike Caputo, is diagnosed with head and neck cancer, Adam Schiff sends a warning to Republicans in the Trump administration, former Bernie Sanders co-chair Nina Turner starts a PR firm with the Mercury Group, and a judge denies Bill Barr’s motion to dismiss the wrongful termination lawsuit filed by Andy McCabe, Rob Anderson for Louisiana (@RobAnderson2018) joins us for our Flip it Blue segment, plus Aimee Carrero (@aimeecarrero) helps deliver some of your good news.Follow our guest on twitter:Billy Ray (@BillyRay5229) - Writer/Director of “The Comey Rule”Promo Codes: 20% off and FREE shipping. To get this special offer, text the word BEANS to 64000. Call 800-CAR-6000 and mention code “daily beans” or visit CarShield.com and use code dailybeans to save ten percent! Get 12 weeks of The New Yorker for $6 and a FREE tote bag NewYorker.com/DAILYBEANS.

M. The S. W. Media. Hello and welcome to the Daily Beans for Friday, September 25, 2020. Today, Trump issues Memoranda to remove race and gender sensitivity training from the federal government. Mary Trump, who is the president and his siblings for fraud, Durham's Bullshit Investigation includes Hillary's emails, Cremlin agent and former communications director for Department of Health and Human Services, Mike Caputo, is diagnosed with head and neck cancer. Adam Schiff sends a warning to Republicans in the Trump administration. Former Bernie Sanders co-chair, Nina Turner, starts a PR firm with the Mercury Group and a judge denies Bill Barr's motion to dismiss the wrongful termination lawsuit filed by Andy McCabe.

I'm your host, A.G. Hey everybody, big show today, including the Flip at Blue segment where we will be talking to the Democratic candidate for Louisiana's third district, the US House of Representatives, Rob Anderson, and we have the good news block with Amy Carrero. She'll be joining us a little bit later. And of course, later in the show with the interview, I'll be talking to the writer and director of the Comey Rule, Billy Ray, and the interview, I'll be talking to the writer and director of the Comey Rule, Billy Ray.

And the Comey Rule will be premiering on Showtime this Sunday, the 27th. We have a lot of news to get to before that, though. So let's hit the hot notes. Hot notes. All right, big lead news today comes from Maine Justice. A federal judge Thursday allowed a lawsuit from former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe against the Department of Justice to go forward. McCabe, as we know, is suing the Justice Department over his firing in 2018, accusing the agency

of unlawfully demoting and then dismissing him just before his planned retirement due to perceived political bias in his work under then director James Comey. The DOJ sought to have the suit dismissed. They've filed a bunch of motions to dismiss this, saying the district court for the District of Columbia does not have jurisdiction over McCabe's claims, which they call baseless. But Judge Randolph Moss and Obama appointees, the Department of Justice, was misconstruing McCabe's allegations, and that it was too soon to dismiss the lawsuit. Quote portions of the defendant's motion are premised on a misunderstanding on the claims the plaintiff asserts and does not assert. While the remainder of the motion turns on disputed questions

of fact that the court cannot resolve at this stage of the proceeding, in short it is too early in the case to determine which, if either of the party's competing versions of the relevant facts is correct. The court will accordingly deny defendant's motion to dismiss and will schedule for discovery and further proceedings. The agency, Department of Justice, has defended its firing of McCabe following findings from its internal watchdog, the IG that he gave a leak to the media, designed to advance his personal interest at the expense

of the department leadership. McCabe's push back on those claims, citing public remarks from President Trump bashing him ahead of his dismissal allegations, Moss said the court should hear. And not to mention, and I have to add this here, this isn't in the reporting, but you know, when the internal watchdog said that he gave a leak to the media. McCabe is allowed to do that. As the deputy director of the FBI, it's up to him what goes to the media. So they were trying to get him on lack of candor because he, I guess, had forgotten or said that he didn't give permission to public relations to release that information to the Wall

Street Journal when he did. And he corrected the record before any of that went out, but they fired him nonetheless. And something else he's firing, or he's suing him for, is wrongful termination because they had sessions fire him and only Chris Ray could fire him because basically you have to have the, he was demoted, right? And then Chris Ray became the director. And by the policy, by government policy and agency policy, it's the director that has to fire a subordinate. And at that point, he was a subordinate. So it wasn't proper for sessions to fire him. And sessions fired him, by the way, after he had already completed his 20 years of service.

He fired him on a Friday night after he had finished his work day and then had taken some leave that he had earned. And so he had actually already technically finished his time in his job that was needed to retire, but they withheld his benefits anyway. So, a lot of different things going on in this lawsuit. And, quote, defendants might ultimately show that attorney, the attorney general was not swayed by the president's tweets and his comments,

but plaintiff is entitled to test his claim of improper influence through discovery and the rules of civil litigation. So, basically, this judge is saying, you can't say the claims are baseless if we haven't heard them yet and this hasn't been argued in court. And we do have jurisdiction. So buy. So that's the lead story today. Now also today, President Trump has announced, and he did this last night, that the White House attempt to halt federal agencies anti-racism training would be expanded to block federal

contractors from promoting radical ideologies that defied Americans by race or sex. The executive order, which appears to give the government the ability to cancel contracts if anti-racist or diversity trainings focused on sexual identity or gender, are organized. The memo applies to executive departments and agencies, the US military, federal contractors, and the federal grant recipients. So the White House said in its order, it would prohibit, quote, prohibit federal agencies and federal contractors from conducting training that promotes race stereotyping, for example, by portraying certain races as oppressors by virtue of their birth.

So the Trump here isn't trying to say that trying to say that racism device that we need to stop training people to be racist. He wants to stop training people to not be racist. The memo denounces blame-focused diversity training and race or sex stereotyping or scapegoating, while acknowledging that training employees can create an inclusive workspace and is appropriate and beneficial. Trump tweeted, America should be taught to take pride in and is appropriate and beneficial. Trump tweeted, Americans should be taught to take pride in our great country,

and if you don't, there's nothing in it for you. Trump signed in order last week, by the way, to promote patriotic education through an effort called the 1776 Commission while announcing the New York Times project that investigated the impacts of racial injustice for black Americans, done largely at the hands of white people who have historically oppressed racial minorities

in the United States. This memo specifically targets the teaching of divisive concepts that include the idea that one race or sex is superior. The U.S. is fundamentally racist or sexist. That individuals should feel discomfort, guilt, or anguish or a physiological distress because of their race or sex, meaning that you're white or a man, and that an individual bears responsibility for past actions by others of the same race or sex. Renika Moore, director of the ACLU racial justice program, said in an emailed statement,

our country needs to acknowledge and reckon with its history of systemic racism and radical discrimination. Instead, the Trump administration is leading with ignorance and moving to ban training that could help assess the issue. This is an attack on the fight for racial justice. So that's going on. Also in the news today, Mary Trump, as we know, President Donald Trump's niece filed a lawsuit today

accusing the president and his siblings of committing fraud in order to deprive her of her interests in the family real estate empire built by Fred Trump's senior. In the lawsuit filed New York State Court against Trump, his sister Mary Ann and the estate of their late brother Robert, Mary asserts that for the Trumps fraud was not just the family business, it was a way of life. The lawsuit accuses her two uncles and her aunt, a retired federal judge, of conspiring amongst themselves and with several other parties, including a trustee appointed to act on Mary's behalf

to give her a stack of fraudulent valuations and forcer to sign a settlement agreement that fleeced her of tens of millions of dollars or more. Rather than protect Mary's interest, they designed and carried out a complex scheme to siphon funds away from her interests, conceal their grift and deceive her about the true value of what she had inherited. And so that's, you know, if you were right now we're doing the Mary Trump book club for patrons,

and this is all sort of spelled out in there about how this all happened or we just finished chapter eight and chapter nine, which talks specifically about Irwin Durbin, who was the, you know was one of the trustees, who has a fiduciary responsibility to her, by the way, who had her sign this paperwork when she was 16 years old. It's unconscionable what happened. So we will keep an eye on this lawsuit. Also, John Durham, the federal prosecutor reviewing the FBI's Russia's Russia investigation on behalf of Barr, that's looking into the oranges.

John Durham has sought information about the Bureau's handling of the Clinton Foundation investigation. This is according to a report from the New York Times. Signing people familiar with the matter, the Times reported Thursday that Durham has pursued documents and interviews about how federal authorities handled a probe into allegations of corruptions at the charity of Bill and Hillary Clinton. Durham, who was tapped by Bar last year to examine the origins of the FBI's 2016 investigation in Derussia and the Trump campaign. But Thursday's report from the time suggests the scope of Durham's investigation is broader. According to the Times, Derham's team suggested to others

that they're looking at whether the investigators in the Russia probe flouted laws or policies and they were comparing the FBI Russia probe into the Clinton Foundation investigation. Interesting. The Times noted it's unclear if Durham's team was looking for similar violations in the FBI's Clinton Foundation investigation. And the newspaper said it was also not clear as to whether the comparison between the two FBI investigations would weigh on the outcome of Durham's inquiry for bar. Former law enforcement officials declined to comment,

a spokesman for Durham declined to comment. The Clinton Foundation, though, said regularly that the Clinton Foundation has regularly been subject to baseless, politically motivated allegations and time after time, these allegations have been proven false. We just had a couple weeks ago, a Peter Struck on the show who talked about how in depth the investigation

into Hillary Clinton was, they had the best team on it. They were using all sorts of resources. So I don't know where this is going. Again, you know me, Durham has nothing and I'm not sure why he was looking into the Hillary email case, which has been closed 800 times, but that's where we are. And from CNN, Michael Caputo, the top spokesman of the Department of Health and Human Services,

Cremlin agent, who recently began a two-month medical leave, has been diagnosed with metastatic head and neck cancer. This is according to a spokesman for the Caputo family. After undergoing surgery last week at the National Center Institute in Bethesda, Dr. Stagnos Caputo with Squamis cell carcinoma, a metastatic head and neck cancer which originated in his throat. Camputo is currently resting at home in Western New York with his family where they will decide the next steps in his care. Last week, HHS announced Camputo's leave of absence from his post

to focus on health, the health and well-being of his family. And Camputo said in a statement last week, he planned to undergo necessary screenings for a lymphatic issue, a lymphatic issue discovered last week. Now, he said initially he thought he was losing weight for months from a new exercise and diet program. Quote, instead of taking the time to see my doctor, I failed to do so. And he added that he neglected during the pandemic

to get health, the health care he long needed. His temporary departure began the day after he apologized for a conspiracy theory laden rant he made against career government scientists on Facebook which he accused them of sedition and working to undermine Trump. So that's what's happening in the world of my Caputo. And now this story here, Adam Schiff sent a warning to Republicans in the Trump administration last night on the Rachel Maddoche. Let's listen to that clip.

This is a moment that I would say to any Republican of good conscience working in the administration, it is time for you to resign. It is time for you to resign. If you have been debating about whether you can continue to serve the country by serving this president, you can't. It is time to resign. And I would say to those who have been on the sidelines maintaining a dignified silence who have served in the administration of the past, you cannot maintain your silence any longer. You have to maintain dignified speech now. You have to speak out.

Do not wait until after the election. Do not wait until we have the chaos the president wants after the election. When he seeks to, as he said, get rid of the ballots. Because if you do wait, knowing what is to come, you will share some of the burden of responsibility for that chaos that comes. So this is a time for all good people to conscience, to speak, and to act, to preserve our democracy,

because there is no longer any question about this president's intentions. His autocratic intentions are as clear as the writing on the wall. So I am glad you're spending time focused on this because I think no one will be able to say they did not see this coming when he is so clearly telegraphed his intent now. So that's pretty powerful. It seems like the wheel are coming off the bus

and Adam Schiff is saying, resign now, as I think of things are about to get a lot worse for the Trump administration. And finally, today we learned from Politico a couple days ago, actually, that Nina Turner, that's the campaign co-chair for Bernie Sanders in 2020 is starting her own public affairs firm in partnership with Mercury Public Affairs. Now, that's been stuck in my head rolling around for a day or so now, so I did a search for Mercury in my podcast script database and found this from the Mollershi wrote podcasts that aired December 9th, 2018. Let's listen.

Just as Department prosecutors have begun interviewing witnesses related to the Podesta group and the Mercury Public Affairs group. It's not that Pod related to the Podesta group and the Mercury Public Affairs group. It's not that Podesta. This is all related to Tony Podesta and Vin Weber who did not register as foreign agents for Ukrainian lobbying work done on behalf of Manafort. The Mercury Public Affairs group was hired by Manafort and funded by Russia to help clean up the image of Russian back to Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.

So our reporting was in December 2018, then the New York Times wrote two months later, in February, that the Mueller team was interviewing witnesses about the flow of foreign money to the Mercury group and two other firms that Manafort had recruited to help elect Russian back opposition block party separatist Yennecovich eight years ago. That's the firm Nina Turner is partnering with. You'll also remember Bernie Sanders campaign chair for 2016 Tad Divine also worked for Manafort to the same end. So while Divine was preaching to get money out of politics, he was caching in for a Russian

back separatist candidate. I'll let you draw your own conclusions about the role of spoilers funded by Russia and American politics. We'll be right back with the flip at blue segment where I'll speak with the Democratic candidate for Louisiana's third district Rob Anderson. Stay with us. After these messages will be right back. Hey everybody, it's AG for the Daily Beans. Recently I was looking for the perfect gift to get my friend. Something unique and personal, and thanks to the podcast, I discovered paintyourlife.com. You can have an original painting by a world-class artist

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AG or Allison, either is fine. Okay, well, when you called me, you said AG, so I just wanna, like, just make it people comfortable. Well, I appreciate that. It's great to be on. It's always good to be able to share the message and reach more people. And, you know, long time follow, you put her feet there.

So big fan and happy to be here. Oh, thanks so much. I appreciate that. I've been following you as well and your career here. And first, I want to talk about Louisiana's third district. It's such an interesting district. Can you tell us about it? Sure, it really is actually.

We have 25% of the nation's oil and gas goes through our state. And a large part of that, we're finding and, and petroleum production and petrol chemical is in the southwest portion thereof, which is where we are in the third district. If you think of Louisiana as a boot, we're the yield, as the locals say.

So we have that in our district in the main big cities, Morgan City, Lake Charles, Lafayette. And then we have a lot of rural area in between. I live with myself in a town called De Quinty, which is in the upper part of the district, Lake Charles, Lafayette. And then we have a lot of rural area in between. I live with myself in a town called De Quincey, which is in the upper part of the district, and only has about 4,000 residents. And in between there's a lot of farmland,

Louisiana produces a lot of rice, crawfish, of course, soybean, sugar cane. We have a very, very diverse field. It's like 70% rural and 30% urban. And you get all walks of life, but there's a lot of work and not to mention the fishing industry. Sorry, we're on the Gulf, and we also have the fishing industry. So we have a very eclectic mix of voters here. There's no singular profile that you can describe. Louisiana's third district. Yeah, and it's it is diverse. Interesting. There's just so many things going on

there and I think what you are proposing on your platform is so important for Louisiana and it's there. So let's talk about these three staples of your platform, which are healthcare education infrastructure. Healthcare is one of the top issues right now. We're in the middle of a pandemic, and the Trump administration is fighting right now to gut a dismantle and get rid of the Affordable Care Act, which would kick millions, tens of millions off of their insurance.

And I was hoping you could tell us your plan for expanding timely access to affordable quality health care for Louisianaans. Absolutely. Well, as you mentioned, the three portions of the platform. It's really for because you look at a pyramid and looks like I

try and go into dimensions, but when you go on three dimensions, it's got four sides and a big thing for that here for us here in Louisiana, of course, is a close to the Russian climate change. We have to acknowledge

climate change is a real thing. So those four things are all part of the platform, but specifically regarding healthcare, I agree with you. The Trump administration is scheduled in the Supreme Court if I'm not mistaken, November 10, which is part of the reason they want to rush through a Supreme Court nomination during an election cycle, never mind an election year. So, healthcare and Louisiana, expanding it, which John Beledwards did, our Democratic governor, of course, did when he first took office in 2015, it immediately boosted the state's budget, which he was able to balance after Bobby Jindola, disaster state years of GOP policies that left us, you know, a bankrupt and I think

we were a billion under, you know, an over budget when John Bell first took office. So we extended Medicaid, 500,000 people and we're not a big state, it's only 4.7 million or so reside in the entire state of Louisiana, 786,000 of which are in my district. 500,000 people had health care that did not have before. And it's amazing that there's a block like that that could be helped with just such a singular approach as everybody deserves health care. It's just such a novel idea down here. They're so ingrained from the mass media in the area, I think,

because oil and gas does control politics in Louisiana. Make no mistake. They do. They're the chief donors. People get into office to support the oil and gas industry. So not taking corporate donations is a big part of why people are starting to listen to us.

Like, look, we're really not being paid by industry. We're here for the people, and that's who we're gonna represent. So yeah, everybody in Louisiana should have healthcare and I'm looking forward to going to Washington and working on whatever title they give it to get us towards universal healthcare. I, you know, it was marked, marked it as Medicare for all by Bernie,

which is, you know, turn him into bad and sprays down here, but universal healthcare, you know, a nationalized Health Services, they call it UK. Everybody should have health care, and I do believe that the preamble to the Constitution lays it out when it says promotes the general welfare. I take that to mean. In 2020, which is quite different time than when the Constitution was ratified in 1789, everybody deserves health care. Absolutely. I'm a veteran.

I get free health care and I got free college. And now I contribute massively to society and have been able to live without those worries. And I think everyone should have that. And speaking of education, let's talk to, let's talk about education, because you want to talk about debt relief from high interest student loans, for example.

So what are your proposals there? Okay, well, first, as you just said, when you were wrapping up on healthcare, yes, you, the military, which branch did you serve in? I was in the Navy. The Navy, just like my dad did 20 years. Thank you for the service. The Navy invested in you as a citizen of the United States.

And as you said, pay for your healthcare and pay for your education. And why aren't we investing in all of our citizens if they want to produce back? You know, we're a consumer economy, and it behooves the United States to have the most successful consumers are, does it not? It all improves the market, so that's just a finish up on healthcare. Education is extraordinarily complicated, as we know. It's a bad idea, first of all, to have Betsy DeVos heading

to the department. So it started at the federal level. Somebody who has never attended a public school, and I think she only very reluctantly walks into public schools on her tour of how to defund public schools and promote charter schools on the national level. In Louisiana, of course, it's even more complicated.

We do have some extraordinary success stories here, such as in Bozier, which I think is one of the, I think it's the third rated school district in the country, basically. But we don't have is equal investment in all of our student state-wide. It's based on property taxes and it's local municipalities.

And of course, for districts, and we have a lot of, we're not a rich state. They're rich districts, but a lot of it is rural, poor, working class. And of course, their property taxes are lower and therefore their kids get less for education. So they're kind of behind the eight ball before they even start, you know, just just no money.

And I'd love to see, you know, a federal program that addresses that that equalizes not spending less on bozier, but spend more on, you know, here in Crowley or parts of Lafayette or Morgan City, you know what I mean? That's the first thing is to give everybody equal investment. We're talking about investment in adults with the healthcare. I believe investing in the kids too, but in the real way. Subsidized daycare is a big one that goes with education. People think there was social security safety nets, and the ones we've already had, we take for granted

and don't realize that that's shared revenue, and that's how you do it, like roads. That's just taken for granted. But you talk about healthcare and people who cry, that you're trying to turn us into Cuba, or Russia or China, you know what I mean? The buzz word they use. Yeah, they don't realize that we have to pay for healthcare,

whether we do it by paying for emergency room visits that are never paid for, or whether we pay for it through premiums, or whether we pay for it through the government, which would be cheaper because it would lower the costs of actual healthcare services. Right, because yes, one, as a primary purchaser of anything as you see in the free market, you get to negotiate costs and you can negotiate the amount. So yeah, absolutely, healthcare is an investment in people. And as you said, Barbara, he's spending the money it just can several different areas.

And instead of being able to invest in preventative medicine, which is shown to work better than reactive medicine, wellness checks for kids, and all that is, again, an investment in the individual that pays off in the long run with the healthier, with the healthier society. Yeah, 100%. And talking about also debt relief, these high interest rates loans for college students

are putting... Oh my God. College students at a disadvantage. And why are banks, private banks, and the government making money off of the education of of our college students. Right. That's one that obviously you know crafted basically from Elizabeth Warren when she ran a great policy writer. And that's one that the younger generation or parents of younger generation members who listened to their kids. So I had to put that qualifier in there. There's a lot of us that are parents,

but some of us don't listen to our kids. It's like, hey, my own son just graduated last year. Got an engineering degree and I'll thank goodness. So he got a lot of grants and what have you, but he did still end up with that, because we've cost him $73,000 for a four year engineering degree. It's a great investment, right? Go into engineering?

Sure. But if he'd had all of that to pay back $173,000, can you imagine with interest rates? That's basically balancing around his neck for 30 years. It's an incredible impediment to success after you had kids do what you want them to do. You know go out into fields that really need good people of good minds. We always need educated you know professional workers, doctors, lawyers, engineers, that's absolutely a crucial investment. Now my working class platform also pushes, of course, trade schools, which I think are

a great alternative if you're in a rural district, not everybody can be a doctor, but not everybody can be a driller either. I was one of those driller's on necessarily dumb. They're just crafty about their trade and may not have read up on moral history. That's the misconception about blue collars that they're dumbed up. They're not. Some people like to work with their aunt.

That's why I worked in construction for 18 years. Before that, I worked in IT for Wells Fargo and Maryland. So I've done both sides of the collars. Both collars, blue and white. Student loan debt relief, which has been recommended by many people. And of course, I would advocate for it and and co-responsive bills. As soon as I got into Washington, it's given the opportunity. Isn't just four year degrees, it's two year degrees to get people into welding programs and,

you know, big equipment operation programs, boots on the ground, kind of jobs. And four-year degrees so that we can send our kids on the world to succeed without giving them an extra, because as you said, the profit you're profiteering basically off of what a kid has to do to enjoy any degree of success, some sort of training, even for his blue color. And the old days when unions were strong, somebody could even drop out of high school, get into an apprenticeship program, put in the time, and in union, and of course learn welding, and plumbing, electrical work. Some of these trades are still strong, but I think we need to reinvest in the working class and the professional classes. It's not one or the other. It really is

holistic. So that's part of education to me too, and that's what we preach down here. It's not much, I mean, we have some great schools down here. Don't get me wrong. LSU is here, you know, two lanes over in New Orleans. You know, we do have some four-year programs, but then we have the brain drain, which is why I designed my platform as kind of a pyramid, because the brain drain leads into, you know, all these kids graduate not only with a enormous dad, but they're in a relatively poor state, but they can't find work, so they take those degrees and they go to Colorado, Seattle, California, they go where the jobs are. And so we're stuck in this perpetual cycle of creating huge amounts of debt for our young people. And if they are successful, you

can only hope that they can find work here in district at whatever they got their degree. And, you know, of course, we always need doctors and lawyers, but, you know, how many software engineering companies somebody gets a software engineering degree once the design video games is gonna go to California where the industry is in that business. So we have a big brain grant here. That is a problem. Tracked for many years.

I'm not blaming any administration for it. It's just that I do think part of the whole package is, you know, making the district more desirable for alternative industries other than just what we have now. There's plenty of room down here that doesn't just have to be oil and gas. That's our point. You know, we want high tech firms too. That's all. Keep the brain drain, keep everybody here, and of course, everybody who buys property, then your pantacks, it's the moment they hold, you know, your district district becomes it thrives, it becomes successful. And you're funding and you're funding the schools with the

property taxes. And you know you're so right because you this platform would create so many jobs that in both of these sectors right the four-year program stopped the brain drain and it would put those vocational and technical degrees to work because of your other staple here, which is infrastructure. This would allow for both high paying jobs and blue collar jobs, repairing the infrastructure that's been crumbling under Republican leadership.

Can you talk really quickly? We've got about another minute left. I'd like to hear about your infrastructure plan. Okay, well, infrastructure is kind of the key to the whole thing, but as you see it, it's all connected. So, yes, you have to have good roads, good water, good air. That's all infrastructure.

And it, you know, most of ours had a 15-year lifespan that it ended 40 years ago. Our own Calciffu River Bridge, the I-10 Bridge. And I-10 runs from Florida to California. It's a big corridor down here Our I 10 bridge they started talking about replacing it when brigadins president and it's still nothing changes So this is the bridge that's you know 6% efficiency out of 100 breeding It's ready to collapse at any moment and it's horrifying to have to drive across it every day So here for structures key because that will attract good business too.

They want to know that they have rail yards to ship their goods or, you know, good roads and good airports to bring in and out their engineers. Infrastructure is key to the whole package. Absolutely. And all of these things, your pyramid, they all are connected. And I can't wait to help support you and your campaign. And I was hoping you could tell our listeners where they can contribute, not just financially, but also volunteer to help your campaign,

text postcard writing, et cetera. Absolutely, and thank you for that opportunity. Yes, my website is easy. Rob Anderson for congress.com. And on the website, there is a volunteer sign up. She joined the Rob mob, the hashtag Rob mob, that's from Twitter. You join the Rob mob and we work with various groups

on postcards for voters and text banking, phone banking. All of us in the Democratic Party, a lot of us know each other. So all of us share the Democratic Party, a lot of us know each other, so all of us share kind of the same resources of how to help volunteers maximize their effort. And of course, the donation pages there too. We are completely funded by people. We appreciate every donation. And that's all under Rob Anderson for Congress.com. Awesome. Thank you so much. Democratic candidate for Louisiana's third district, Rob Anderson. Thanks for speaking with me today. Thank you so much. Democratic candidate for Louisiana's third district, Rob Anderson.

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writer, director of the Comey Rule, which is going to premiere on Showtime this weekend, starting Sunday, the 27th and going through the 28th, I'm really excited to welcome my new best friend, everyone's new best friend, Billy Ray. Billy, thanks for being on the show today. Thank you so much for having me. I am so thrilled for this to drop.

This is going to maybe answer our long awaited questions that we've had about Mr. Comey and how much of a homey he is. But first I wanted to talk to you about this incredible cast you've put together. Can you tell us about this cast? Well, I've worked on a lot of films before and I've never had an experience like this where every actor who was on that set was there because they felt it was their civic duty. I've never experienced that before. People felt this was an important story to tell. They wanted to be a part of it. There was an incredible camaraderie on the set. I think as a result of that.

Jeff Daniels was always our first choice for Comey. He just brings a lot of credibility and of course a monster amount of talent. And when we initially went out to Brendan, he said no. And we soaked in scrambled for about two months months trying to figure out someone who might be comparable. And then happily he changed his mind and came back. And that's Brendan Gleason. Yes. Moody from the Perry Potter series going to play Trump, Donald Trump. And he's quite spectacular in the part. Yeah. And I have to say I've

seen some of these cuts and he it's truly, truly park. Yeah, and I have to say I've seen some of these cuts and it's truly, truly amazing. And one of my favorite actors of all time, Holly Hunter is gonna play Sally Yates. She's remarkable. I mean, that was one where the entire time I was writing, I was thinking, boy, it'd be great to get Holly Hunter to play this part.

And I had never met her before. I was just a fan like you were. And we went after her and she said, yes. And then Michael Kelly playing Andy McCabe and Scoot McNairy playing Rod Rosenstein and Jennifer Ely playing Kobe's wife Patrice. Everybody we went after said, yes. They just all felt like they wanted to be a part of this team.

And that was really gratifying. All right, so now let's jump into the actual story that's going on here because we have long asked many questions about Comey's motivations and I'm sure that this mini series addresses a lot of that, but I wanted to specifically know about some of the stuff that went on at the New York Field office. The FBI field office in New York, it's been under Inspector General investigation. That report was due out over a year ago. We haven't seen it. We know that Julie Giuliani and DeGeneva went on Fox News and bragged that they had this big

October surprise and then lo and behold, bam, Comey reopens the Hillary email investigation just I think 11 days prior to the election. And I'm assuming that that is well covered in this piece. It is absolutely covered and it was a huge factor in the pressures that were surrounding Komi that were impacting that decision. The New York Field Office was riddled

with Hillary haters and many of them had connections to Rudy, and Rudy used that. And it's my personal belief that had Comey not sent that letter, 11 days before the election, that the re-opening of the Hillary investigation would have been linked and away. Rudy was teasing it on Fox News that night as a matter of fact. So I think that the FBI had they not sent that letter would have both looked sneaky and ineffective.

I don't think Komi really had a choice. The other thing to remember, of course, is that Komi sent that letter to eight members of Congress. He didn't publish it. It was then leaked on Twitter by the former congressman from Utah. Yeah, that's really interesting, right? And of course, we know that because, well, I tended to occur, to concur with you that he was pressured and had he, he was trying to get out ahead of these leaks from the New

York FBI field office. If he didn't do it, somebody else was gunna and he wanted to control that message. Now when I talked to Peter Struck, who we interviewed just a few days back, he said, yeah, I think you're onto something there, but he also added, I think Komi would have done the same thing regardless. So it's just a very interesting dynamic, because on one hand, you have this character, Komi, and I can't wait to see the portrayal by Jeff Daniels. But you have this character who is, you know, equal justice under the law and do the right thing and make the hard choices. But you also have somebody who's kind of a like a boy scout and sort of got a little bit of an ego, right? So it's this interesting character and what a joy it's going to be to watch.

This character, out of fold. Everybody who experienced a 2016 election believes that they know what happened. They saw it on CNN or they saw it on MSNBC or they saw it on Fox News or they heard it on Sinclair Radio, but they now believe that they know what went on. The whole point of making the series is to show you what actually did go on. What happened in those rooms that we did not have access to as a public. What was going on at the DOJ, what was going on at the FBI, what went into these decisions, you know, what the series asked you to do essentially is to be James Cullmey for five minutes. Here are the

factors you're dealing with. Here are the pressures, here are the constraints, here are the political realities. What would you do? And it is not an apology for Cullmey. It is just an exploration of the reality he was living in in those unbelievably pressure-packed decisions. You know, one thing that I think Americans tend to do, and it's a mistake that's easy to make, is we think about the FRI as an institution. When, in fact, the FBI is not an institution. The FBI is a group of people who are stewards of an institution. It's not the building that makes decisions.

It's the people inside the building. Those decisions reflect the personalities of an institution. It's not the building that makes decisions. It's the people inside the building. Those decisions reflect the personalities of those people. I mean, if you need evidence of that, look at the United States Post Office. It's a very different animal when it's run by Lewis to Joy than if it's run by an actual human being. And the FBI absolutely reflected the values of James Comey as these decisions were getting made.

Yeah, and I think that that has a lot to do with why everybody was so shocked and taken it back and frankly saddened by his firing. And of course, we know Sarah Huckabee Sanders went on TV and said, oh, I've gotten so many calls from people who support his firing and blah, blah, blah. And then had to go and tell Mueller under oath, I made that shit up. So we have all these different conflicting stories. You're right. And now we're going to get to see what went on in those rooms behind closed doors.

Now here's a question for you. Rose and Stein. It was about halfway through the investigation. We found out he was actually a dick. So because we thought he was standing up for the investigation, taking bullets, you know, taking, taking what we called him, Snoop Dag, like me and Asha Rangapa, former FBI, we called him Snoop Dag and, you know, he was, he was taken, taken one for the team, turns out he was trying to land the plane and he narrowed the scope and he didn't tell the FBI that Mueller wasn't doing counterintelligence and vice versa. So it was the shell game. Is in your series here, Rosenstein, villain, hero or

just narrow-shouldered wispy jerk, which was Rosenstein in this film. I don't think you could describe This is Rosalind's side in this field. I don't think you could describe our portrayal of Rod Rosalind's scientist, Heroic. I think you could describe it as very fair. And I have now come to the conclusion, having learned more about him since we finished shooting, that I probably took it to easy on him. Mm. Well, I mean, there's a lot of things we learned after the fact, you know? about him since we finished shooting that I probably took it too easy on him.

Well, I mean, there's a lot of things we learned after the fact, you know? Yep. I took it easy on Bill Barr when he was first appointed, for example. So, so did everybody that I knew in the Department of Justice and everybody who was former Department of Justice, they all said to me, no, he's conservative, but he's an institutionalist, and he will respect the rule of law. And we're all wrong. I specifically took Chuck Rosenberg's word, because I figure I take Chuck, I take Chuck Rosenberg's word on everything. And he was, he was also

unpleasantly surprised, but we all were So there's that aspect as well and Is there anything I mean this this premieres it here on Sunday this is there anything you can tell us about it any Easter eggs you can give us any clues or anything like that without spoiling anything Not in a specific way no showtime would kill me Uh, not in a specific way, no, show time would kill me. Um, what I can tell you is, and this is not an Easter egg, it's just, uh, sort of a creative intention. The show for me is about how heartbreaking it can be to be a public servant. Everybody that's depicted in this show is what Donald Trump would call the deep state,

but they're actually just American citizens who work for the American government and who care about it a lot. And care about the rule of law and care about democracy and care about justice and care about specifically the A political intentions of the FBI and more broadly the Department of Justice. And they work their tails off every day to uphold all those values.

And every one of them is under threat right now. And this series is an exploration of how that happened, told through the completely emotional, human, and personal lens of the people who are fighting the power. Well, I know I'm going to be glued to show time on Sunday. This is coming Sunday. The 27th. I mean, you know, we spent I spent three years putting together podcasts about the Mueller investigation on Komi was in large a large part of that investigation and the obstruction of justice, obstructions of justice

if we wanna go plural, that occurred in the Comey memos and the Comey 5, which are the five people that Comey told about his memos who ended up either being shoved into human resources, put behind a plant or completely fired, or tried to be indicted as Andy McCabe's case. So we've been covering this very, very, very closely and I know our listeners are gonna be just tuned in.

Well, you know what I think, the only guy to add to that is, I really believe that America is going to be examining this four year period for decades, if not generations to come. I think we're gonna start on November 3rd. I think we're going to start asking ourselves some very hard questions about who we are as a people, what we have allowed to become of our democracy.

Were we willing participants in something so hugely destructive and ugly, and if so, why? And I'm hoping that this series can be an inflection point in that conversation. The idea was not to do a documentary, it was to do something that was dramatic and compelling and harrowing and personal and oddly hopeful, so that people would actually watch it and then maybe start to ask themselves those questions. Yeah, and Billy, I have to say one of the things when asked why Mueller did bother to do an investigation if he couldn't indict the president, he said we need to get the facts while they're fresh in everyone's mind and before evidence is destroyed and that's what you've done with this series. That's why I started the podcast on the Mueller investigation was I wanted it to just be a day by day documentation of what was going on because you're right.

This four year period is going to be looked at historically for a very long time and I'm glad that you've got this down on celluloid and I think we'll all be enjoying it this weekend. Thank you so much. All right. Everybody write a director, new best friend, Billy Ray. Everybody, please, please, you do not want to miss the Komi rule. It premieres Sunday the 27th on Showtime.

Hashtag. Is it hashtag the Komi rule or Komi rule? Yes. Hashtag the Komi rule. The Komi rule. Everybody just follow that. Check out what's happening. And while you're watching it, use that hashtag.

Tweet out. Tweet out to us. Tag us at Muller Sheerad at Daily Beans pod. It's been really great to talk to you, Billy Ray. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. All right, everybody, stick around right after this. We'll have the good news with Amy Carrero.

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And a free tote bag. That's NewYorker.com slash daily beans. All right, everybody. Welcome back. That's New Yorker.com slash Daily Beans. All right everybody welcome back it's time for the good news. And it's Friday which means I am joined by the incomparable, amazing, wonderful Amy Carrero. Amy, how are you? Hey, I'm good. For anyone who cares, which is probably just one or two of you, hi mom. I am out of quarantine in Canada and I have to say it's real nice to be out and about

in the world again. Hi mom. She's the only one who cares. She's been sending me like a daily like eight more days, you know, like fucking two more hours. And so everyone's just like get over yourself. You're like I didn't notice until you kept watching in the clock before me. Thank you.

Thank you. It was not on the top of my list. Oh, I'm so ready to read this good news. I know we need it. We needed to cap this week off. It's been another week. It's the only way I can say it. It's just say the word week and put some stank on it. But we have our listener submitted good news and confessions and corrections. If you want to submit any good news stories, personal or political, if you have any confessions for, you know, stuff that you're doing in quarantine, or if you want to make any corrections since I'm not a real lawyer, or I don't even pretend to be a fake one, you just go to dailybeanspod.com and click contact and there you go. You could play one on TV.

I could play one on TV. You're right. Yeah, yeah, you could definitely do it. If I can do it, you can do it. I'll just consult from the wings, right? Yes, exactly. That's better. You have better pay. Okay, shall we start? Yeah, why don't you kick us off? Okay, I'm so excited. The first one is from Anan Namas. She, her.

First of all, this is her saying, this is her talking about, okay, I'm gonna get into character. First of all, I'm petty as fuck. That's not my favorite character trait, but it is what it is. I had a plan to do a 100 day countdown to the election on my window, which faces a busy street in the city for years.

It's one of the reasons I picked the apartment in late 2016. I wanted to keep it simple, just the numbers. A slow, but direct reminder. The only problem was, I knew eventually, I'd have to put 45 on my window and fuck that. I mean, what if someone walked by and thought I supported him? Gross. But what to do? Skipping a day felt wrong, adding something like Sucks at the end felt off for this project

too. I spent a lot of time thinking about this, arguably too much time, but still I didn't have any idea other than endure the day and try to keep my rage down. Then with 46 days until the election I got the news of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. I spent the night making an RBG sign. The next day, instead of 45, I put that up instead. Resumed at 44, it felt right, fed into my pettiness, but also didn't. Among so many things, her last gift to me was saving me from the horror of anyone possibly thinking I was supporting

that orange menace and scene. That's really good. Well, I know it's so well written and I love the fact that it's one of the reasons that she picked the apartment in 2016. Yes. Oh, that is a level of petty I aspire to. Yeah, we used to hop when I was in college. We lived in the dorm like when I was in college, we lived in the dorm, like when I went to college for real the first time, and we're in the dorm and the folks next to us would put like Republican and Christian stuff on their window. They'd paint it real big on their window, and we faced the student union, right? Thousands of students every day. And so we would always have some sort of like retort. Oh, that's so good.

So, because we were, if you were looking at the windows, they were on the left and we were just next to them on the right. So you would, you know, you would be left to right. We would have some sort of come back. And I think the only one I remember doing was when they put Jesus loves you in their window really big. And we put, but he's on the rebound.

And I thought that was pretty funny. But. Did they ever catch on the where they ever like, who are these bitches living next door? Well, they left a note on, you know how everyone had those tiny white boards for messages on their door doors. They leave a note like, it's okay, Jesus loves you anyway.

And I was like, oh, thanks. So they were actually very kind. Oh, wow. They didn't even hit, like, it's okay, Jesus loves you anyway. And I was like, oh, thanks. So they were actually very kind. Oh, wow. They didn't even hit you back with it. No. You were just dicks. Whatever, man, everyone deserves a few, like, dickish college years, all right?

It builds character. That's what reminded me of 45 sucks. Like, that's what it was really good. That's what reminded me of 45 sucks. Like that's what it was really good. That's what it was really good. Uh, next up from Melanie, pronoun she and her. Heading home from work last Wednesday, I drove into my grocery store's parking lot and pulled into a parking space. I noticed that in the parking space next to mine, I saw what looked like a dead rat in the

middle of the parking space. Upon closer investigation, however, I saw it was a tiny baby kitten. I made a kissing sound and it looked up at me. I was worried it was hurt, but I immediately realized it was just abandoned. So of course I scooped it up, put it safely in my car, did my shopping, left my contact number with the manager, and then headed to the tractor supply to get some kitten formula and a tiny bottle. My daughter and I brought her to our Humane Society and are now proud foster parents. They told us she's a female, just two weeks old.

We've had her for a week now and she's thriving. I'm still baffled to think of how, any that tiny little baby found herself in a parking space at a grocery store. But Mother Universe had the perfect person pull right next to that baby. We already have three dogs in a cat which is more than a single mom's income can manage. But love is a funny thing, ain't it? My five-year-old granddaughter named her Lila, my 10-year-old dog, Ila, has been licking Lila as clean several times a day.

It takes a village. We decided we will adopt her from the shelter. Ah, failed foster parents. Everyone please support your local animal shelters. Their work is angelic. Thank you for your good news segments. We all need to be reminded that there's an enormous amount of it out here and of course keep up all the good work of daily beans. You're helping save our Republic. Thank you. But look at this picture. There's a little kitty cat. Oh my god. And look look. She's got a little bikini. Lila has a little bikini on. Do you see it? She sure does. And the best thing is it in the picture. She's got these like gleaming eyes They're just like just sparkly and so cute and then there's a little butt on the extra baby So small and it looks like she's got thumbs. It looks like she's got thumbs like she's polydactyl

She got the little white toad. Oh my god. She's so cute. This is a cute cat We will definitely put this photo in our newsletter. You must Subscribe if you don't if you aren't subscribed you have to know you just have to just for this photo to be honest I mean, it's worth it. What's the three dollar photo? Okay Okay, okay, okay the next one bit of good news. Well, it's a great amount of it. It's a part confession part good news Okay Bit of good news. Well, it's a way to a minute as a part confession part good news, okay? From Amber pronounce she her she writes part confession part good news mostly. Thank you That's nice my confession

For years I'm talking like 35 out of my 38 years in life. I wasn't into politics I hated the back and forth the the lies, the infighting at cost. I dreaded all the stupid mailers that I would get that would get sent. The phone calls, everything about it. But yes, I have voted. My U.S. History teacher in high school gave us a voter registration form on the day I turned 18. During the trauma hump, unpresidency, I have gotten more and more fed up with the state of the union, his encouraging his encouraging division of the United States and people blindly following him. I came upon Mueller She wrote back in the kitchen days and have been here ever since. I love the Luguminati and the happy hours and the generosity of everyone because of this amazing group and podcasts

I have volunteered to write letters for a vote forward and to be a member support for Move On, which is something I did not ever think I would do. So thank you all. Oh, awesome Amber. That's wonderful. Back in the kitchen days. I wish I had known you back in the kitchen days.

I feel like those were down in dirty days. They were down in dirty days, four real. I feel like you were talking into like a can or something. Not even a real microphone. We're bringing you the news from the kitchen, hey. Out of my Campbell soup can. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm. Extra extra extra extra, know all about it. Moll is investigating Russia. Yeah, it was very cool. I'd pay to see that show. And then you know some swing music comes in, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do We're gonna get him. Okay. That's enough news for us. That could be a spin-off of this show. I'm not even kidding. That could be a spin-off podcast. It's scripted, of course, but you know, it would be so good. And we can even have Mueller, like someone act as Mueller, come on. And then you could have a phone calls with him.

And you could like call the operator and be like, circle four, five. Mueller, please. 8, 7, 2, wow. Let me put you through. And then like, I'm gonna do a mallar please. 8, 7, 2, 1, let me put you through. And then like, I-O-D-E-N-T-I-O-D-N-T. And we can it. I'm so glad you're doing that. It takes a village, right, as we learned from an earlier confession. Or good news stories, excuse me. Next stop from anonymous. No pronouns given. Hey, this is the anonymous who submitted the Boss Birthday present news a little bit ago. The present was a Lego set of the scene in Jurassic Park where the raptors tried breaking into the computer lab.

It was thoughtful because previous to this, my boss and I had discussed our mutual love for Jurassic Park, and we still make references to the movie and the employee group chat. Also I worked for a woman's health clinic. If I worked in the government, I would likely have ended up in AG's position. Oh neat. But I too have a hard time staying silent when I watch injustice happen. Thanks for all that you do Nice. Thank you anonymous for sending that in and you're welcome. I feel like this is a big like thank you fast

And I love you guys, so you're welcome. Yeah, and you guess what you deserve it. I love you guys Now I love you guys from my kitchen Now we've turned it we've turned it into like an old grandmother. Okay The next one is from Denise. She her good news. I Always been extremely near-sighted and I had to have cataract surgery in 2015 and 2019 and retina surgery in 2018 the I know right the cataract surgery in 2015 on my right I gave me what I call a bionic eye. It was great. The retina surgery on the left eye had lots of complications and I was

hoping cataract surgery would help, but not so much. So I rely on my right eye. However, new cataract lenses can get cloudy after surgery. And I was losing a lot of my vision of my right eye street signs and small prints are really difficult to see for the past few months. I was afraid to get laser surgery to cure this cloudiness because if anything went wrong, I wouldn't be able to drive to work, drive or work and drive to work.

But after struggling to see, I had the laser procedure done last week. And voila, I have my bionic eye back, such a relief. I love that. I love that. I mean, I would love to see, I'm picturing, I know it probably just looks like a, you know, run of the mill eye, but I really am picturing like some sort of like, like, like steel eye. Right.

Like, GG, it makes noises. Yeah. Yes. Yeah. Meanwhile, Denise is like, like, g, g, it makes noises. Yeah. Yes. Yeah. Meanwhile, Denise is like, no, girls. It's just a regular eye. But that's really great. I can't imagine having, I can't imagine

how scary that must be to take a risk on a procedure that could potentially leave you without your sight. And that must be really scary. But it's so great that the bionic eye is back. Yeah, like my mom had to have a lid lift and she has degenerative my op something bad. Yeah. Where her, you know, she leaves her eye, so it over time.

And she's... Oh, did macular teen generation? That's it. Look at that. And she's terrified. She was terrified. So you could be a doctor on TV. I'll be the lawyer on TV. I'll be the lawyer on TV.

You'd be the doctor on TV. And so, and together we'll make someone very happy. I know. We can really be the NBC lineup. It's a Thursday night lineup. The real suburban housewives of Trotsy. Yeah, so she was terrified to get this surgery, but it worked out. So I'm so glad that this worked out to Denise. Yes. Really seriously. Next up, I'm going to read these next two because they're kind of short.

Okay. This one is from Emily pronoun she and her things have been really tough lately. I wanted to show a bright spot. I am a self-published author and recently, another author discovered my work and has purchased my book, written a glowing review and continued to talk me up in various ways in various writerly Twitter spaces. Thank you for your show. You helped me digest the news with the right touches of humor and anger you are appreciated.

This is so great, Emily. You have to tell us what the book is. I want to know what you're thinking. Yes, do. Then the book or tell me where I can get it all by it. I'll support you. I can buy it. Yeah, me too. And next up from oh, this is a confession from anonymous the other day. This is really good. I'm so jealous you get to read this last line. I can't even. I'm so jealous you get to read this last line. I can't even. It's really good, okay. Try not to look ahead. Just read. Okay. The other day I always do this. The other day I accidentally missed my dog's groomer appointment because I woke up and ended up masturbating longer than usual.

I totally wouldn't have done this in the days in the before times. I was able to reschedule and I was in a great mood the whole day, self-care, sometimes you got to flick the bean, wink. Alright. Alright, that's a- Listen, that's self-care baby. Good new new meaning to the daily beans. So yes, the daily bean. That's why we're beans queens. Yes. Dogs don't really care about their grooming. Let's be honest.

So like, you know, do what you gotta do. The dog will be fine. The dog was fine. But this is the dog watch. Oh, that is, that's an interesting. We need a follow up on that, please. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Yes, please.

Please, please, please. Send us a follow up and go on with your best self. Okay, the next one is from anonymous. He, him, hey, a G, I'm going to get my obligatory, obligatory, I love Shira out of the way real quick. So nice. I love you, Dana, and your performance was wonderful. Does it mean me? Maybe?

Well, I think they love you and they love Dana. Dana who does the goodies with us on Tuesdays. Yeah, yeah, I see, I see, I see, okay, okay. Also, I think it's kick ass that you do this podcast. It's so nice to hear Adora give out good news and laugh about the evil orange man. Anyway, my goodness slash confession. My friends and I are starting a podcast.

But in all honesty, I'm not excited to start it, but I am a super happy that I'm reconnecting with friends that I haven't seen since March. It's doing wonders for my mental health, and I can't wait to air our episodes. I would also like to thank you, A.G. for being on top of the news with your take, no shit attitude. With your take, no shit attitude is a relief to hear amongst the waves of trump talk I hear at work and spots of my family. That's my take no shit attitude. You're welcome. I love a take no shit attitude. Take no shit but what be nice? I don't know. Yeah take no shit but I will take like

cookies and baked goods. Yeah yeah definitely no shit. Yes no shit, but I will take like cookies and baked goods. Yeah, yeah, definitely no shit. Yes, no shit cookies for real. No shit beans. Okay. Let's see, what do we have? Oh, next up, we've got, looks like we have two more here. And the next one is from, is a confession from an honest pronoun, she and her. First, I love my partner. I'm very lucky.

He is kind, loving, and hardworking. I love the ones that start like this, by the way. I know. You know it's gonna get just, it's gonna crash and burn. Like, I just need to get this out. I love whoever I'm about to take a shit all over. I love this so much. Now, let me just, let me just say right now, I'm not a fucking monster, but here is this. Yeah. Now my confession, this wonderful man drives me absolutely insane. The way he eats, shoves chips into his mouth like he's chain smoking potato chips, talks with his mouth full. Really?

Didn't your mother tell you to chew with your mouth closed and is there nothing important for you to spit food across the table? It's just gross. Just stop. I cannot stand the way he drives. It's like he's on a racetrack or a fucking casual stroll down the highway. What's wrong? Just drive at his consistent speed, seriously.

I'm sure there's a middle ground between Mario and Dready and an 80-year-old grandpa. No, I didn't see the barn, some tree, car, or random fucking house on the side of the highway. I'm looking at the road. The way he interrupts my stories and tries to guess the ending. What the actual fuck? It's my story, just fucking listen. Smile and nod and pretend my story is the best story you've ever heard.

What's wrong with just letting me finish my thought? His lame ass sarcasm. It is a witty or funny. Just shut the fuck up. The way he cleans his, the way he cleans is stupid. So many things. I'm sure that being together every second of every day is wearing on my nerves.

Just writing this confession makes me feel better already. I just need a girl's night out to bitch and complain and blow off some steam. I miss happy hours in person and overpriced pretentious cocktails. I miss wine tasting, gossiping, and laughing hysterically with my friends. I blame Trump.

He is the worst human on the planet. I'm sure many people can relate. It is amazing to me how someone I can love so much can drive me totally fucking insane. Okay, my confession is who broke into my diary from the last 14 days and submitted this as a confession for the daily beads. But you know what, you know, really, really I understand on a cellular level the driving, the fucking casual stroll or racetrack. Oh, I really get this. I really get it.

Oh, what's our last submission? The last one is also, I just have to say to an anonymous, please, please, please get yourself a cocktail, even to go, just get one like delivered. Okay, the next one, the last one is from Jonathan. He, him. Whoa, what is that word?

I can't read. Goi-dog. What is that? I think it's a Dutch for something. I think like, hello. Oh, well, goi-go, good, that, y'all. I'm an American, living in Amsterdam for the past eight years.

Clat to. They're gonna, marata. Yeah. Yeah. There we go, y'all. I've been listening to Mala Shiroth since way back. One of the most consistent podcasts for years. Thank you for everything.

From listening, learning, and getting more politically active in the workplace in the past two years, I've co-published an internal petition for mental health support. In early June, I found out that I'm ADHD. It's absolutely nothing of what I thought it was supposed to be. It can be hyperactivity in your head too. Because of the system, in the Netherlands, I was able to get a diagnosis in a month and started medicine. It's a brand new world.

Last week, I was listening to the good news and broke into tears of appreciation acceptance and as y'all shared about invisible disabilities and ADHD. Yeah, baby, that's me. This while I was holding laundry just putting my clothes away in tears out of appreciation and inspiration, I then spent some time working on LaGouminati

in conspiratorial symbol. Oh my God, it's a dutch. And yesterday, I confirmed my ballot has been successfully cast for North Carolina from mail-in from Amsterdam. Ooh, ooh, ooh. Oh my God, this is really good. This is really good. I love this logo. I'm saving it right now. Just right click. Save it in the jazz. Put some

beans on it. Also, I feel like this is a call back too but like how could how could Jonathan have known? This is like it looks like the bean is being flicked. Mm, mm, mm. Incredible. And like, we love that. This is so good, I love it. This is really good. It makes my eyes happy. You know what, I have to say, I'm so glad that Jonathan was able to get

such a quick diagnosis and get on medication because I have ADHD and I don't know what I would be doing without medication. I honestly think I'd be, you know, I don't know. Picking my nose somewhere or in a ditch. So I am so, so I can relate and I'm so happy for him. Yes. And very jealous of your health system.

We're working on it. Yes. And thank you. You are too. You cast your, you're a Dums abroad ballot for in North Carolina. So thank you for that as well. It's going to help every, every vote matters, every vote matters. Don't let anybody ever tell you otherwise. Amy, thank you so much for helping me read the good news today and

cook fashions. I really appreciate it. Thank you for having me. Yeah. Do you have any final thoughts before we sign off? Oh, yeah, I guess my final thoughts are, I'm so glad that I'm able to read this good news with you on Fridays because I think things are about to get really dicey and I mean they've already that's already pretty ugly but I think the next you know few weeks are gonna be really tough and I think that we need all the good news we can get so I'm very grateful to be able to do this with you and for you every Friday. I love, love, love having you on. And you're my best friend.

You miss me. Best friend squad, that's a Shira reference. Oh, sweet. Hashtag, best friend squad. Hashtag, best friend squad. Teamwork. Makes a dream work. I wish to do like a series of inspirational posters from the film.

Yeah, that, listen, but we're kind of busy already working on our scripted podcast radio show. Oh, yeah. I don't know what we're going to call it, but I'm going to work on my, my, my transatlantic accent for it. We'll call it, yeah, see? That'll be what it's called. Yeah, see? Flick the yeah, see? That'll be what it's called. Yeah, see? Flick the beans, see? It's all worth a day.

This will be our theme song. It'll be awesome. All right, well, everybody, thank you so much. Have a wonderful weekend. Do what you can. If you can, we'll step in and do it for you. You can, my DMs are open on all three Twitter accounts. So just hit me up if you need anything.

And of course, you can check us out at dailybeanspod.com until next week, please take care of yourselves, take care of each other, take care of the planet, and take care of your mental health. I've been AG. And I've been Amy Carrero. And them's the beans. The Daily Beans is executive produced and directed by AG and Jordan Coburn, and engineered, edited by McKenzie, Mazzal and Starburn's industries. Our marketing manager, executive Assistant, Production and Social

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