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Hello and welcome to the Daily Beans for Wednesday, June 3rd, 26. Today, Todd Blanche says the Department of Justice is not moving forward with the $1.8 billion slush fund,

but that the quote-unquote settlement that gives Trump and his family immunity from tax audits

and investigations will continue. Donald Trump is going to appoint Bill Pulte to replace Tulsi Gabbard

as the Director of National Intelligence. The Pentagon bans journalists this time by classifying the

press room. The president hasn't made a public appearance in six days, and the Dr. Oz press briefing doesn't

answer any questions. Senator Jackie Rosen catches Marco Rubio in a lie about his whereabouts during

Iran talks. Oversight Democrats demand Jim Comer arrange interviews with Blanche and Patel in the

Epstein matter, and Trump endorses the missing Republican, Tom Kane, in the New Jersey House primary.

I'm Alison Gill. And I'm Dana Goldberg.

Hello, everyone. Happy Wednesday. Happy Wednesday to you, my friend. And to you, we're halfway through.

What a mess. Lots of news. And maybe a couple good news stories somewhere mixed in. We're counting on you, people. Really, we are. Yes, really. Send us all your good news at daily beanspod.com and click on contact. And later in the show, I'm going to be talking to one of my favorite comedians and writers of all time, Ophira Eisenberg. She has a new comedy special out on VeePs. That's an app. Her comedy special is called I Used to Be Niser, and we're going to be talking about the importance of laughing during all of this as I wave my arms generally. So lots going on today. We have a lot of news to get to. So let's hit the hot notes.

Hot notes.

All right, everybody.

First up from Reuters, President Trump appointed federal housing regulator Bill Pulte

as acting director of national intelligence on Tuesday,

elevating a political loyalist with no national security experience

to lead the sprawling U.S. intelligence community at a time of war and global tension.

Palti, who's 38, has used his position as head of a low-profile mortgage regulatory agency

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