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Hello and welcome. Daily Beans, Daily Beans for Tuesday, January 6th, 2026. Today, Democrats will hold a shadow hearing to rebut the whitewashing of the events surrounding the attack on the Capitol five years ago. The Pentagon is seeking to reduce Senator Mark Kelly's retirement rank. An organizer was arrested on camera in Grand Rapids, Michigan for protesting

the U.S. attack on Venezuela. Trump has announced Pee Wee Himmler, Stephen Miller, will have an

outsized role in running Venezuela. And Amy Klobuchar is considering a run from Minnesota governor after Tim

Wall's surprise announcement that he's dropping out. I'm Alison Gill and I'm Dana Goldberg.

Did you hear my very serious news voice at the end of those headlines? I did. I drop into my

serious news voice whenever something

happens like this. Tim Walls is dropping out. We'll talk about it in a minute, but I was very surprised.

I'm actually very surprised, too, and at the same time, everything his family's gone through.

I don't blame him. I'm just so fucking mad that this administration, Trump in particular, has bullied a good man

into giving up a position that he is revered for in the state by the majority of people.

Oh, yeah. I mean, he won't in landslides. Yeah, I'm with you, though. It's like when people are like,

Obama needs to step up and do something, I'm like, leave the Obamas alone.

Yeah.

Do you know?

They put in their time.

I understand he's got a lot of power.

And I'm sure they are doing some things behind the scenes.

Michelle Obama has never loved the spotlight.

So the Obama's are, I just wish people would like literally trust that people are doing what they need to for their own lives to do what they need to do. I just think it's a massive loss for Minnesota. I think so as well. And we'll see

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