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Hello. Hello, and welcome to Daily

0:43

Beans for Thursday, January fifth twenty

0:45

twenty three. Today, Kevin McCarthy

0:47

loses three more house speaker elections,

0:50

Ukraine offers Russian soldiers

0:52

a hotline to surrender. The FBI

0:54

has raised the reward for information leading to

0:56

the arrest of the January sixth pipe bomber to half

0:58

a million dollars And Fanone visits

1:01

the speakers office. I'm Alison Gil, and

1:03

I'm Dana Goldberg. Hey,

1:07

Dana. Happy Thursday. Happy Thursday

1:10

to you. I really like this raising

1:12

the half a million dollars,

1:14

by the way, the rest for the one

1:17

sixth pipe bomber. I sure hope that helps.

1:19

Yeah, it's gonna be interesting when we get

1:21

into the news part of it. They're in the hot

1:24

Some interesting updates from the FBI

1:26

on that investigation because they've been

1:28

real quiet about it other than, you know, trying to get

1:30

people to help them find out who the pipe bomber was.

1:32

So we'll get into that in the hot notes.

1:34

Also later in the show, I'm gonna be talking to newly

1:36

minted Arizona Secretary of State,

1:39

our friend, the honorable, Adrienne love

1:42

it. And we're gonna talk about what

1:44

he's going to do to stop the Magifascists

1:46

from trying to royal the elections and,

1:48

you know, just be general assholes. It's

1:50

gonna be a great discussion. I look forward

1:52

to that. Sure anyone can stop the Magna Fascist

1:54

from being general assholes, but good luck.

1:56

Just, you know, legally, you know, to

1:58

speak, but not not generally.

2:00

But, yeah, I'm so glad

2:03

he won that election. And we flipped Arizona Blue,

2:05

a very important election. And I think that

2:08

everyone in Arizona and Arizona's

2:10

can see, you know, the shenanigans

2:12

that we're going on. So I'll talk to him about that. It's

2:14

gonna be a great show. We do have a lot of news

2:16

to get to. Let's hit that notes. Hot

2:19

notes. Dana

2:22

Dana Dana Dana. Oh, boy.

2:24

What a crown

2:27

car of a shit show?

2:29

Yeah. And we're in between adjournments

2:32

right now because basically they they had three more

2:34

Well, I'll talk about this in a And

2:36

then they adjourned, and they're going to

2:39

reconvene at eight PM which

2:42

isn't about a half an hour. So we couldn't really

2:44

postpone recording this show, but it's gonna be interesting

2:46

to see what happens but the house they

2:49

did a jurn and we

2:51

will see he lost Kevin lost his sixth

2:53

bid to become house speaker. We've

2:55

had six ballots now and he's lost them all.

2:58

The situation which has dragged on since Tuesday

3:00

has left congress paralyzed since no member of the

3:02

House of Representatives can be sworn in and no rules can

3:04

be adopted, Until they choose a speaker,

3:07

the house remains stuck after McCarthy was

3:09

nominated several times for the top job

3:11

in that chamber. He appears to have failed again

3:13

to secure that job. On Tuesday,

3:15

he was denied the two hundred and eighteen votes

3:17

he needed by a cadre of Republican hardliners.

3:20

In three separate ballots, it was the first time

3:22

in a century as we've said that speaker was not elected

3:24

on the first round. By the way, Nancy Pelosi,

3:27

nine speakerships. Every single

3:29

one won on the first ballot. Absolutely. A

3:31

group of twenty conservatives is determined

3:34

to oppose McCarthy, and the end

3:36

game remains unclear

3:38

and interestingly though, they did have a little

3:40

meeting after they adjourned earlier after

3:42

the sixth failed vote. And

3:44

there was a rumor going around the hill that they

3:46

were going to concede like Bobert and Gates and

3:48

those twenty, you know, hardliners, the Freedom

3:51

caucus or whatever, Pew. We're

3:53

gonna concede to McCarthy. Because

3:55

he was promising outrageous

3:58

shit, like a like a one member

4:00

could vote to oust him at any time.

4:02

Provision, a vacate provision. He

4:04

was promising Lauren Beaubert the

4:06

gavel to the fucking intelligence

4:09

committee, you know. Good Lord So

4:11

they all met. And then when Bobber and

4:13

Gates emerged, you know, what we thought they

4:15

they might figure out a way to, you know,

4:18

give the gavel to McCarthy. She's like,

4:20

nope. It's gonna get worse for him.

4:22

So, no, that rumor was quickly

4:25

dispelled. We'll see what happens tonight. We'll talk

4:27

about it on tomorrow's beans. I saw a

4:29

tweet and this is just speculation. And

4:31

the tweet was basically talking about how

4:33

Republicans are, like, in disarray

4:35

and their fuckups, but they're also not

4:37

this bad normally until she's wondering

4:39

if there's some criming going on

4:41

right now that they're trying to distract from

4:43

and that they're gonna work this shit out. So we'll

4:45

see. Oh, that's interesting. Interesting

4:47

thought. Interesting thought. Alright. Well, federal

4:49

investigators, they've increased

4:51

this reward for information leading to

4:53

the arrest of the person who left those two

4:55

pipe bombs. Near the capital the day before

4:57

January sixth. This was raised

5:00

by five fold to five hundred thousand

5:02

dollars. The FBI said Wednesday,

5:04

while the announced been made ahead of the two year anniversary

5:06

of the attack, which is just how

5:08

crazy that that's coming up. It indicates

5:10

that federal investigators are still stumped when it

5:12

comes to the identity of the person who

5:14

left those devices outside Republican

5:16

National Committee and the Democratic National

5:18

Committee headquarters on Capitol Hill.

5:20

In a news release, the bureau noted that, quote,

5:23

many of the components used to build the pipe

5:25

bombs were widely available for purchase in

5:27

stores and online, and that's including one eighth

5:29

inch threaded galvanized pipes, end

5:31

caps, kitchen timers, wires, metal

5:33

clips, and homemade black powder. And

5:36

this is a quote in raising the reward

5:38

for information about the pipe bomb suspect from a

5:40

hundred thousand dollars to as much as five hundred thousand.

5:42

Dollars The FBI and her partners are

5:44

seeking to encourage the American public to take

5:46

a fresh look and our seeking

5:48

information website, which includes images

5:50

and video of the suspect, the suspect's

5:52

backpack, the suspect's shoes,

5:55

the explosive devices, and a map of

5:57

the route. The suspect walked the

5:59

night of pipe bombs replaced, and this is

6:01

from the bureau. David Sunberg,

6:03

the assistant director in charge of the FBI's

6:05

Washington Field Office, said that, quote,

6:07

a dedicated team of FBI agents

6:09

analysts and law enforcement partners

6:11

have been tirelessly reviewing evidence in

6:13

digital media related to this case

6:15

for nearly two years. Were

6:17

not to say although these pipe bombs, although

6:19

these bombs did not detonate, it is important

6:22

to remember the suspect walked along residential

6:24

and commercial areas in Capitol Hill just

6:26

blocks from the US capital with

6:28

viable pipe bombs that could have seriously

6:30

injured or killed innocent bystanders. And

6:33

that's from the FBI's news release. Went

6:35

on to say moreover, the suspect may still

6:37

pose a danger to the public or themselves.

6:39

You know what I think? Yeah,

6:41

I would say. Who is

6:43

it? Yeah. I mean, this just shows they really

6:45

don't have a lock on who this

6:47

person is. It

6:50

shouldn't take two years to find them, but here

6:52

we are. I'm wondering about some of

6:54

those, like, you know, GPS,

6:56

tracking people's phones, that sort of

6:59

they used a lot of that geolocation fencing

7:02

when they scooped up everybody in in

7:04

the riot, the actual riot at the capital.

7:06

Or the insurrection, I should say, but that

7:08

they couldn't get a lock on this person might. Maybe

7:10

they didn't have a phone on them. Maybe they knew. You know, I

7:12

don't know. Absolutely. Man. Alright.

7:14

My friend, former Metropolitan Police Department,

7:17

Mike Fanone, showed up at the

7:19

capital today on Wednesday to watch the

7:21

absolute cluster fuck unfolding among

7:23

Republicans over McCarthy's flailing

7:26

bid to become house speaker. This is the

7:28

Daily Beast writing. After

7:30

three separate votes failed today and three of

7:32

the day before to secure him the speakership Tuesday.

7:35

Another vote was scheduled for Wednesday afternoon,

7:37

and McCarthy was accused by his GOP

7:39

of squadting in the speaker's

7:42

office. That's a story. A

7:44

letter to the architect, to

7:46

the capital architect from Matt Gates saying

7:48

he's squatting. He shouldn't be in there. He's the

7:50

speaker because he moved his shit into the speaker's

7:53

office. And with McCarthy hold

7:55

up inside the office, phenone who

7:57

previously called McCarthy a fucking

7:59

Weasel bitch for continuing to support

8:01

Donald Trump after the capital riot.

8:04

So I love my my for now. I love

8:06

him so much. He suddenly showed up

8:08

outside the hallway. What are you doing here?

8:10

He said I heard he was having some trouble.

8:12

This is according to the Washington Times reporter

8:15

who tweeted about the surprise guest,

8:17

I thought I'd rub it in. ABC's

8:19

Gabe Ferris tweeted, Fanaan pointed out

8:21

to outside the door where the speaker's name would normally

8:23

be saying, yeah, just here to rub it in.

8:25

And maybe the fourth time is

8:27

the charm, he said. This because this was after

8:29

the third vote. Furnone has

8:31

been outspoken and criticizing GOP leaders for

8:33

downplaying the deadly insurrection, having

8:35

testified as we know before the January sixth committee

8:37

about how he was grabbed beaten tased.

8:39

Who called a traitor while protecting lawmakers

8:41

that day. Thank you so much, AG. And

8:43

this story is a little outstanding to me,

8:46

but more than a million Russians

8:48

a million Russians have called, texted or

8:50

visited the website of a Ukrainian hotline

8:52

that allows them to surrender. With

8:55

many seeking a way to avoid going to

8:57

war since Russia's full scale invasion

8:59

of Ukraine began. That's

9:01

according to that hotline. Now,

9:03

the hotline which is run by the quote, I

9:05

want to live project has received

9:07

about two hundred to three hundred daily

9:09

calls in September. Said

9:12

Vitale Vianco? The

9:14

project spokesperson. Instead of

9:16

calling, some Russians choose to send encrypted

9:18

messages via telegram. Now although

9:20

more than four thousand people have submitted a

9:22

request to surrender, to

9:24

surrender. This is a quote.

9:26

We saw that there are many

9:28

Russians who do not want to fight.

9:30

Med Vanco said, their numbers

9:32

skyrocketed after Putin announced

9:34

mobilization in Russia, while

9:36

Ukrainian armed forces liberated

9:38

vast territories in the

9:40

Karkiv region, in a fominate

9:42

counter offensive. What's interesting

9:44

is Matt Danco's he has a face as well known

9:46

to many Russians. He acted in a few Russian

9:49

TV series before the war started. And

9:51

that's why he was offered the role of a

9:53

spokesperson that I want to live

9:55

project. UKrainian officials said Russians who are

9:57

considering crossing the front line might

9:59

wanna see someone familiar that they

10:01

can trust on the other side.

10:03

While the hotline's now functioning in a secure secret

10:05

facility in which many officials and

10:07

military staffers aren't allowed to enter,

10:09

the operators use only

10:11

computers. Headphones and special software

10:13

to accept and record the calls. Mhmm. This

10:15

is a quote, many of those

10:17

who called are scared. They

10:19

wanna know whether this project is real and

10:21

how it's possible for a Russian soldier to

10:23

escape from the army. Wow.

10:25

There were some prank calls, of course, most

10:27

were real, said, Oksana. One of

10:29

the employees receiving calls on the hotline,

10:31

whose name has been changed for security reasons.

10:34

The Russians who follow

10:36

the surrender rules are legally considered

10:38

prisoners of war. Ukranian

10:40

authorities have said that status

10:42

guarantees they are treated according to the Geneva

10:44

conventions and they can receive

10:46

necessary medical treatment in food They

10:48

can also call their relatives. Now

10:50

leaders of the projects said they expect to

10:52

continue expand this with plans

10:54

for a separate program in Ukraine

10:56

and abroad from members of Russia's often or

10:58

corp who are seeking surrender.

11:00

This is outstanding. It's

11:03

huge. Yeah. Yeah. And I

11:05

remember thinking early on.

11:07

In Putin's war that

11:09

the Ukraine, the Ukrainians, should

11:12

offer them asylum. Defect

11:14

Yeah. Do you citizenship? Get the fuck out of Russia,

11:16

you know? And

11:20

we know that

11:22

we know that those in Ukraine will follow.

11:24

The Geneva guidelines as well and and

11:26

treat everybody

11:27

exceptionally. Do you know what I mean? It's like it's

11:30

it's a very

11:30

different It's a very different

11:32

kind of the way that

11:35

the the the Ukrainians are treating captured Russian

11:37

soldiers very different from the way Russians are

11:39

treating cats. A hundred percent.

11:42

So very interesting. I'm I'm gonna keep a

11:44

close eye on this story because III

11:46

love where this is going. I also love that

11:48

they're gonna, you know, expand it to

11:50

include some of these flag officers who, like,

11:52

wanna get the fuck out. You know? So

11:54

we'll we'll see how that goes. But thank you for

11:56

that story, very incredible reporting

11:59

to from NBC News, by the way. Absolutely.

12:01

Alright. We're gonna be right back with

12:03

the brand new, Secretary of State, the

12:05

honorable Adrian He's been on our show

12:07

before, but at that time he was

12:09

the Maricopa County

12:10

Recorder, and now he is

12:12

secretary state. We'll be right back with that

12:14

interview. Stick

12:15

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is Lila Nordstrom from the podcast. What

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can I do? And This

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year, I'm thankful to be part of a

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and believes in the possibility that our

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14:01

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14:14

Everybody, welcome back. There is

14:17

a new piece in the guardian.

14:19

And it's entitled how Adrian

14:21

plans to protect Arizona's elections

14:24

from maga fascists, quote

14:26

unquote, And joining me today the

14:28

newly minted, honorable Secretary of

14:30

State of Arizona, Adrian Fontas.

14:33

Adrian, how are you? I'm great. What's

14:35

cooking? It's so good to

14:37

speak to you again, my friend. Congratulations

14:39

on the win, a hard fought

14:41

election in Arizona. Where we

14:43

now, I believe, have the Well,

14:47

a really wonderful representative

14:49

leadership. There in in my

14:51

in my old home state. So I

14:53

appreciate you and all your work, and I'm

14:55

glad that you are where you're at today.

14:57

Thank you so much. Yeah. It was it

15:00

was a heck of a battle getting

15:02

here. And for the

15:04

first time in forty

15:06

eight years, the top three executive

15:09

officers are not only helped by

15:11

Democrats, but for the first time

15:13

since statehood, All three

15:16

offices, the governor, the secretary of the

15:18

attorney general, are held by Arizona

15:19

natives. So we're

15:22

very proud. It's a very proud time in

15:24

Arizona. Yeah. And I imagine you're gonna get a lot

15:26

of really great work done. And I wanted to

15:28

start with this piece and some of the

15:30

things that you had to say about

15:32

now that the rubber is gonna meet the

15:34

road, how do you protect Arizona's

15:37

elections? Because you actually have a really great

15:39

history yourself you have experience running clean

15:41

elections and secure elections in that

15:42

state. And going forward, how are you going to continue

15:45

to protect those elections from the maggas?

15:47

Yeah. Well, you know, just as a matter

15:49

of quick background, when I was the Maricopa County

15:51

recorder between twenty sixteen and and

15:53

through the twenty twenty election season here,

15:56

when we completely revamped the

15:58

election system and Maricopa County is the second

16:00

largest voting jurisdiction in the United States

16:02

of America. A lot of people don't know that.

16:04

Second, only to Los Angeles County.

16:06

So it's about two thirds of Arizona's

16:08

voters. And so now we

16:10

get to at the

16:12

regulatory level from the Secretary of

16:14

State's Office, do the things that you're

16:16

asking about. Right? Make sure that we've

16:18

got procedures in place through the procedures

16:20

manual that are easy to understand, not just for

16:22

the folks administering elections, but for the

16:24

public, making sure that

16:26

we are secure in our network

16:28

connectivity, which is, of course,

16:30

statewide as it must be.

16:32

And and then making sure that we've got a

16:34

good solid set of training resources

16:36

for those folks out there in the counties

16:38

who actually run

16:40

Arizona's elections. The secretary is

16:42

a chief regulator and chief collection

16:45

officer. But the folks in the

16:47

counties do all the hard work. So we're

16:49

really hoping to be able to help them out

16:51

and hopefully convince the alleged legislature

16:53

that they need more

16:53

resources. Yeah. And and it really

16:56

also feels like Arizona's

16:58

are done with the shenanigans. And then

17:00

not just the voters themselves,

17:02

But the courts, we've seen several frivolous

17:06

lawsuits that have, in some cases,

17:08

been hit with through eleven sanctions, and in

17:10

other cases, been forced to pay attorney's

17:12

fees. And it just really feels

17:15

like like the electorate and

17:17

the whole infrastructure is

17:19

is done with this election denial, you

17:21

know, falsehoods about election

17:23

fraud. And I think that's gonna carry all a

17:25

long

17:25

way. Yeah. Well, you know, you

17:28

can only You can only pitch those

17:30

nonsensical stories for so long

17:32

until people get fed up. And I think that's

17:34

really what happened. You know,

17:36

we Let let's not

17:38

forget. So so I am a Democrat.

17:41

Thirty point two percent

17:43

of Arizona voters are

17:44

Democrats.

17:44

I won by with a fifty three percent.

17:46

Right? So that means a heck of a lot more

17:48

than just Democrats voters for me.

17:50

A lot of Republicans and a lot of

17:53

independents. And my opponent was one

17:55

of those Mago Fashions. He's one of those

17:57

guys who just does not believe in free and

17:59

fair elections. And and, yeah, so the

18:01

electorate absolutely agreed you

18:03

know, and the characterization I think you're making about

18:06

the courts can be construed as

18:08

such. But no, there are lawsuits at

18:10

any merit in the court. So we're

18:12

really in a place right now where folks are ready

18:14

to move forward. They're ready to

18:16

look at data. They're ready to look

18:18

at reality. They're ready to listen

18:20

to election administrators, I

18:23

hope, and and find out

18:25

what more they

18:27

need to continue to bolster what is already a very good

18:29

election system here in

18:30

Arizona. Yeah,

18:31

one of the best. And honestly, I

18:33

I think that a lot of the

18:36

social media from the Maricopa

18:38

County elections officials as as this was

18:40

as the votes were being tallied, I think

18:42

really helped. There was

18:44

you know, fair but

18:47

strong pushback from from a lot of

18:49

these accounts. And and and I think that

18:52

a very long way it was really good to

18:54

see. You know, instead of being back

18:56

on our heels all the time and responding to

18:58

the maga fashuses as you

19:00

put it. To be more out front and more proactive

19:02

about how amazingly run

19:04

these elections are especially in Maricopa

19:06

County, but also statewide. And,

19:08

you know, I wanna talk a little bit about the

19:10

words Magofoches here in

19:12

the article, in the Guardian.

19:15

You explain why you use the word, Magofascists. You

19:17

say these people are not grand old party

19:19

Republicans. They're Magofascists. There's no reason for

19:21

me to call them. By anything other

19:23

than what they are. If they feel a little sensitive about

19:26

that, then maybe they ought to reconsider their positions

19:28

vis a vis American democracy. And

19:31

stop acting like

19:32

fascists. Why is it so important to call

19:35

these things out for what they are? Well,

19:36

because the truth matters. That's why it's

19:39

important. And It is absolutely

19:41

true as we're, you know,

19:43

taping this year. We're seeing the

19:45

battles in Congress for the House Speaker.

19:48

We're seeing some significant splits in the

19:50

Republican Party here in

19:52

Arizona. And and that's clearly

19:54

illustrated by my election. Right? We

19:56

had a lot of the GOP Republicans,

19:58

the grand old party types who

20:00

came over and said, want stability, we

20:02

want predictability, we want a partner we can

20:04

just sit out talk to, even if we don't agree

20:06

on every single thing. And that

20:09

is the candidate that I presented as

20:11

opposed to you know, the which

20:13

is unpredictability, loyalty to

20:15

only one person, not to the rule of law,

20:17

not to the constitution. And

20:19

that at the end of the day, that is

20:22

crashes. And so here's here's the

20:24

critical component, like you mentioned,

20:26

if these folks are upset that

20:29

I am calling them what they are, that they

20:31

need to figure out a different way of

20:33

doing such. Right? If if you're

20:35

upset that you're what somebody's

20:37

telling you, your policies hurt

20:39

families, then pick better

20:41

policies. If you if you're upset

20:43

that, you know, banning books

20:45

is seen as authoritarian

20:47

and anti American stop banning

20:50

books. Right? And and from the

20:52

political center and the political left,

20:54

here's the criticism I have. Just

20:56

call them what they are. Just say

20:58

the truth and say it absurdly

21:01

because it is true and

21:03

stop worrying about

21:05

their feelings because they don't

21:07

care about yours. Right?

21:09

Yeah. Anything Supreme Court is that,

21:11

you know, your your feelings don't matter. And

21:13

if there's anything I learned first round in

21:15

political offices, you know, eat your

21:18

feelings and cry in the shower. You

21:20

got a job to do get out there and do

21:23

it. And when it comes to these sorts of

21:25

when it comes to these sorts of conversations,

21:27

we have to be direct. We have to be

21:29

assertive because we're protecting and

21:31

defending the constitution of the United

21:33

States of

21:33

America. And that we can never lose

21:36

focus on. A

21:37

hundred percent. And and before I let you go

21:40

recently, In the last couple of days,

21:42

Donald Trump is back on true

21:44

social attacking election

21:46

workers like Ruby Freeman and

21:48

Shane Moss How are you? And the Attorney

21:50

General, New Attorney General, and Governor Katie

21:52

Hobbs, what are you gonna do

21:54

to help protect election workers? Because

21:56

you mentioned how important they are to the

21:58

election infrastructure in this article. And

22:00

and I'd like to know some of the

22:02

concrete steps y'all plan on taking to

22:04

ensure that these folks are safe

22:06

Well, conceptually, I think we all both well,

22:08

all three of us. The the governor, our

22:10

new attorney general, Chris Mayes and myself,

22:14

we all agree that we've got to protect

22:16

these folks. I think and I

22:18

can't speak for them, but I think they

22:20

would agree that, you know, guys

22:22

hanging around ballot drop out boxes with long

22:24

rifles and camouflage. That's

22:26

terrorism. That is domestic terrorism

22:28

because it fits the definition perfectly. And so we've

22:30

got to increase the penalties against those

22:32

kinds of things and really make it better.

22:34

And we have to prosecute folks

22:37

who would intimidate or

22:39

threaten their fellow citizens for

22:41

a political end. That's just not how America

22:43

is supposed to work. Look,

22:46

the bottom line is this. I think we

22:48

all in principle believe in

22:50

the same ideals, and we have the

22:52

same values vis à vis protecting

22:54

election workers. And the folks who

22:56

actually make our democracy work.

22:59

The concrete plans are

23:01

developing slowly, but surely don't forget,

23:03

Chris just came out of a

23:05

recount that left some uncertainty.

23:07

Her transition, as I understand, has not

23:09

been as smooth as possible because

23:12

of her predecessor's unwillingness to

23:14

cooperate. And the governor's got

23:16

a big, big, big job ahead of

23:18

her. She's got eighty five or

23:20

ninety five department heads

23:22

an entire executive branch that has

23:24

been dominated by the other party for decades

23:27

or at least a decade and a half.

23:29

And so as far as moving into office, I

23:31

think I've had the easiest of the three of us since I

23:33

took over for governor

23:35

Hobbs here at the secretary's office. But

23:37

we're gonna be getting together soon.

23:39

And hopefully, we can find some

23:41

willing partners the legislature to to

23:43

make things happen, to strengthen

23:45

those penalties against those kinds of

23:47

domestic terrorism that that that

23:49

are so

23:49

deplorable, and I'm happy to use that word. And

23:51

I'm

23:51

happy that you use it as well. I appreciate

23:54

your time today. I look forward to

23:56

see. What y'all do with with my home state, and

23:58

we'll be keeping tabs. And III

24:00

would like to welcome you back a little

24:02

bit later in the year to see

24:05

how things are are going because I I'm

24:07

I'm very excited to see what's to

24:09

come for Arizona's, what they've, you know, what

24:11

they've done with with their hard fought

24:13

elections. I appreciate

24:15

you. Thank you so much. And for your listeners, just to understand,

24:17

Eric's Johnny has not only got free

24:19

and fair access, we are also open

24:22

for business. And we're super excited about

24:24

folks like you who've come from here. One

24:26

of these days, maybe we'll get you back.

24:29

Yeah. I've been toying with the

24:32

idea of running in six against

24:34

Gosar, but I don't know. We'll

24:36

see how it

24:36

goes. Well, we're always good we're always good to watch

24:39

a good fight here in the game. Alright.

24:43

Thank

24:43

you so much. I appreciate your time.

24:45

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I know. Dan, thank

26:18

you in advance. From

26:21

Dan pronouns he and him, hello.

26:23

I'm so glad I found the pod. I'm happy to have it

26:25

as part of my morning routine. Just emailing

26:27

to pay the Tobin's Good News

26:29

baby tax. Wife and I welcomed her

26:31

third in September and thought y'all would love to see

26:33

this baby's baby New Year's

26:35

shoot. Enjoy. Look

26:37

at the baby feet. I

26:40

know how can you not I mean, I

26:42

know some people don't like kids, but you can't

26:44

not like babies. They're

26:46

perfect. Look at the laughing in the last

26:48

photo. I know.

26:50

Oh my god. Congratulations,

26:53

Dan. I'm this perfect

26:55

child. The blue eyed, I can't. Okay.

26:57

I love it. Okay. This is from Robin.

26:59

Pronounced she in her urgent flippett

27:02

blue request. Virginia House of delegates,

27:04

District twenty four is vacant.

27:06

After the death of Ronnie Campbell, who's a Republican,

27:08

and it's up for special election on

27:11

January tenth, early voting through

27:13

January seventh. Campbell's widow is running

27:15

as a Republican to fill his seat,

27:17

and Jade Harris is running as a Democrat

27:19

challenging her for the seat. If possible, could you speak with

27:21

Jade Harris before the election and help spread the

27:23

word about the election to get out more

27:25

votes? Virginia also has another

27:27

special election for federal house in

27:30

February where the Democratic incumbent

27:32

after winning reelection passed away

27:34

from cancer. Reminder to

27:36

listeners in that district to be sure to get out to

27:38

vote to keep that district blue.

27:40

For pet tax, I'm including pics of my

27:42

dad's toy poodle honey,

27:45

demanding a temi rub. Oh,

27:47

hi honey. Thank you for all that information

27:49

and the adorable pup.

27:51

I will reach out to Jade Harris' campaign. I

27:53

I don't know there's not a lot of time between now and

27:55

them, but I'll see what I can do, Robin. And thank you

27:58

for that and this dog, oh my god,

28:00

doing allude. So cute. No. No. Alright.

28:02

From Diane, no pronouns given, hello

28:04

ladies and happy New Year. I have some

28:06

important public health advice to

28:08

share. Since we're in the thick of things

28:10

for flu season, some people will be opting

28:12

for telehealth appointments to avoid exposure to

28:14

the flu COVID strap RSV,

28:16

plague, and miscellaneous other cooties.

28:19

Flying through doctor's offices this time of

28:21

year. As a primary care

28:23

PA, I have some suggestions

28:25

and etiquette I'd like to remind

28:27

and recommend to all patients

28:29

opting to go on video for appointments.

28:32

Alright. Number one, we need three vital

28:34

signs from you. It can be weight, height, blood

28:36

pressure, heart rate, whatever. Please

28:38

do not include penis length as a

28:40

vital sign. We do not care and we

28:42

are not impressed. No.

28:44

That

28:44

means that's happened.

28:46

Number two,

28:46

it is not a fashion show. We don't care what you

28:48

look like or wear, but please do

28:50

wear clothes. Oh my god.

28:53

Oh, Diane. Number

28:55

three, please inform members of your household. You will be

28:57

having a video appointment and or go to a room where

28:59

you're going to have privacy as to avoid

29:01

us seeing your loved Fontes walking past in

29:03

the

29:03

background. With little to no clothes. Okay.

29:05

I'm I'm sensing

29:06

a theme. Number four, speaking of

29:08

where to take your video appointment, here's a list

29:10

of preferred locations to avoid. The

29:12

bathtub, the toilet, loud rooms, your sex

29:15

room or anywhere else you wouldn't show

29:17

your

29:17

mother. Yes, some but not all of

29:20

these have happened to me. God,

29:23

Diane. But

29:23

seriously, please stay healthy and see if you get the flu

29:25

shots and COVID boosters as soon as possible. We

29:27

can't promise you won't get sick, but

29:29

they'll increase your chances of staying out of the hospital and that's

29:32

something. As tax, I have to share a

29:34

treasured and hilarious Christmas ornament made by

29:36

my daughter in the first grade. The

29:38

students were told to make an ornament of their last initials, which

29:41

is d for us and yes, I

29:43

know that makes me a double d.

29:46

I don't know about the d part, but she may

29:49

have a career in gynecology.

29:51

Oh my god. Good

29:54

lord. I

29:57

think the tech drives

30:00

the dogs. The

30:03

little young

30:04

Georgiaoke. It hurts a little to look at tack.

30:07

I'm not

30:09

gonna lie. Alright.

30:11

Here we go. This is from anonymous

30:14

front out and see him. Kitchen table fan from the UK here

30:16

still writing the eye on Dana complimenting

30:18

my accent a year ago,

30:20

The Patreon Drinks. Trigger warning,

30:23

bereavement. Just a general comment

30:25

on trigger warnings for those that may not

30:27

need or understand them in the context of

30:29

recent events. While

30:31

being empathic guy, I'm not had

30:33

much direct adversity in my life

30:35

and never needed a trigger warning.

30:37

I've tried to respect others but always

30:40

felt indifferent. That was until my wonderful dad had a

30:42

sudden and very unexpected heart attack in

30:44

twenty twenty. Luckily, I was there

30:46

and performed CPR until

30:48

the ambulance arrived where they took

30:50

over for me. Another hour

30:52

of work and he was able to be transported to the

30:54

hospital, but sadly the damage was too great

30:56

and he passed away a couple of

30:58

days later. Love and miss him greatly and

31:00

replay the unpleasant episode over in my

31:02

head daily. Since then,

31:04

while I'm coping on the out side. I run

31:06

cold whenever I see her here of heart issues

31:08

even fictionalized. Like that

31:11

experience by Demar Hamlin, I sincerely

31:13

hope he recovers very soon in

31:15

writing. All this to say two things. One, if

31:17

you don't already and you've been lucky enough not

31:19

to need them, please respect people's trigger

31:22

warnings as to never know what people

31:24

may be dealing with. It doesn't take much

31:26

and can mean a great deal to others care and good

31:28

mental health. We can't trigger

31:30

warning everything, but it's a perspective I come to

31:32

learn. That is so important. Two,

31:34

go learn the basics of CPR. While

31:36

I didn't get the outcome I wish every

31:38

day I did. It can and does work and good quality

31:40

CPR is easy to learn, requires learning

31:43

in advance. Go look up your local

31:45

guidance as it changes, but

31:47

take fifteen minutes just to read,

31:49

watch, and learn. Left you both

31:51

and thank you for the work you do in the communities

31:53

you have built. Charing my bunny

31:55

Abraham Lincoln for the pet tax,

31:58

One, the bunny is beautiful. Two,

32:00

anonymous. I think I know who you are,

32:02

and I'm just giving you a big hug and sending

32:04

you love. I'm so sorry to hear about your father.

32:07

Yeah. Truly. And

32:10

III

32:10

understand. I

32:11

understand that and and respecting other

32:14

people. Other

32:14

people's trigger warnings is is

32:16

very important. So thank you for pointing that

32:18

out and

32:19

sending all the love.

32:22

To you, and I still love your

32:23

accent. Thank you,

32:26

everybody, for sending in your news, your good

32:28

news, your stories, the things you

32:30

wanna share. And we really,

32:32

really appreciate it. And you can send anything

32:34

into us at all. You can do it at daily beans pod dot

32:36

com. Just click on contact. Dana, do you

32:38

have any thoughts before we get out of here today.

32:40

No final thoughts. No. For today, I think

32:42

you should sign us off. One day, I'll actually have a

32:44

good one again, but man, my brain feels

32:46

like it's just trying to wrap back up for the

32:48

New Year? Same. Same.

32:50

I'm still stuck somewhere between Christmas and New

32:52

Year's. It's If you had asked

32:54

me Monday, like,

32:56

gun in my head, what day is it? I'd have been like,

32:58

I had a good run. Like, I had no idea

33:00

what what Monday I had no idea

33:02

all day Monday because the New

33:04

Year's Day was Sunday. I was completely lost

33:06

on Monday. I had no idea what day it

33:09

was. That happened to me

33:11

as well. I I it was Monday and

33:13

somebody some no. It was actually

33:15

Tuesday. Somebody said You don't have a two somebody's

33:17

like, don't you have a thing at one? And I'm like,

33:19

that's Tuesday. And they're like, it is Tuesday.

33:21

I'm like, holy shit.

33:22

Okay. Yep.

33:23

Yeah. And the and the fact that we record on

33:25

a different day and the show comes out also kinda

33:27

messes me up a little bit. Totally it

33:29

was Thursday right now. As we are speaking, and I'm like, nope. I

33:31

have Stephanie Miller in the morning. That's sometimes the

33:33

only way I know what day it

33:35

is, is I have Stephanie Miller

33:37

on Thursday mornings. Well, we'll

33:41

be back tomorrow, which is

33:44

Friday. See, this is fucking me

33:46

up. I'm surprised we both haven't lost our minds. Wrap it up.

33:49

Until then, please take care of

33:51

yourselves, take care of each other, take care of the planet, take care

33:53

of your mental health. Hopefully over queue. And take

33:55

everyone with you. No. I've been AG. And

33:57

I've been

33:57

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