Nicole Sandler’s daily fix of the latest news and fascinating guests with a healthy dose of snark and humor.
Yesterday was probably the busiest news day on a Tuesday in August that I can remember. So we have a lot of ground to cover today. It’s been a while since we’ve checked in with Will Bunch. He’s a national columnist at the Philadelphia Inquirer. His latest touches on the devastating IPCC Climate Report, the…
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The month of August used to be slow. Everything shut down. But there’s no such thing as a slow news day anymore. Today, we have a lot of ground to cover. We’ll begin with Infrastructure legislation. As Joe Biden said, “After years and years of infrastructure week, we are on the cusp of infrastructure decade.”…
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The US Department of Justice has been walking a tightrope for years now. While promising Equal Justice Under the Law, it more realistically offers a system of Injustice and Inequality. Throughout the Trump term, the DOJ struggled to maintain any semblance of integrity. And in the final days of his presidency, the former guy attempted…
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I first spoke with today’s guest, author and political scientist Jules Boykoff, five years ago just ahead for the Rio Olympics. He had just released his book, “Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics”. I was fascinated by the stories that NBC never seems to include in their slick, pre-packaged video feature-ettes. When contemplating…
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We have a standing date every Thursday on the show with Howie Klein. He writes at DownWithTyranny. com, and runs the Blue America PAC, finding and raising money for the best progressive candidates. One of his Blue America-endorsed candidates, Nina Turner, was defeated in a special primary to fill the congressional seat vacated by Marcia…
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