Nicole Sandler’s daily fix of the latest news and fascinating guests with a healthy dose of snark and humor.
With the 2022 midterm elections looming, we turn our attention to the state district maps. They’re re-drawn every 10 years as new data from the census is released. Unfortunately, this year we’re dealing with a very flawed census (sabotaged by the Trump administration) and Republican rule of a majority of the state legislatures who oversee…
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It was exactly 21 years ago today that I took my daughter Alison from the orphanage in Kazakhstan where she spent her first 18 months to start our new life together! Twenty-one years ago yesterday, which was Thanksgiving, a judge in a freezing cold courtroom there made it official, Alison was my daughter! We call…
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It’s Tuesday, and Laffy’s here today. Plus our favorite court watcher will join in too. Brandi Buchman covered every trial going on for Courthouse News until a few weeks ago. Thankfully, she’s back on the beat, this time for Daily Kos. She’ll check in with us for the second half hour of the show. It’s…
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It’s easy to be down on the Democrats right now. I’m constantly invoking that old adage about Democrats always “snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.” I can’t help it, it’s just their track record. But I got a bit of an awakening in the form of an email on a list I subscribe to,…
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Thank goodness I already had Aaron Rupar booked for today’s show, because I’m actually (temporarily) at a loss for words. The jury in Kenosha WI just found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on all counts. I don’t recognize this country anymore. The second amendment has swallowed the first. We actually began the day on a good…
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