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Hello and welcome to the Daily Beans for Thursday, February 12th, 2026.

Today, a federal grand jury refused to indict the six members of Congress for their video telling members of the military not to follow illegal orders.

A Trump-appointed judge has rejected the Department of Justice's push for Michigan's voter roles.

House Republicans revolt against Trump's bid to take control of tariffs.

The Pentagon shut down airspace over El Paso after shooting down a party balloon,

and Trump has removed the pride flag from the Stonewall Monument. I'm Alison

Gill. And I'm Dana Goldberg. And something else that happened today that I just, it was so hard to

watch was this Pam Bondi hearing. Oh my God. You know, I rarely use this word, but it was justifiable in Allison and I actually agree. The only way you can describe her behavior, today's Pam was being a cunt to every single person that was talking to her. And I'm sorry if that word offends people. It's one of my favorites, and I think we should use it more. There's also a positive word for that, you know, in the queer community if someone's acting

county. But this time, no, it was actually used as a noun. Horrible, horrible, horrible. I have my

ideas of why she's behaving this way. She had a choice today. Charlotte Clymer said it best.

You either go in there and you tell the truth or you choose to protect pedophiles and people that rape children.

Those are your choices.

You either go in and tell the truth and do something right or you protect them.

She chose to protect them.

Right.

At the very least, the multiple times she was asked to acknowledge the existence of the survivors that were sitting behind her, she could have said, hey, yeah, give me all

your information. I'll make sure you get a chance to talk to the Justice Department.

Nothing. Or something. She wouldn't even look at them. She just kept turning to her burn book.

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