Nicole Sandler’s daily fix of the latest news and fascinating guests with a healthy dose of snark and humor.
Yes, we’re in the Threats era of the Trump tour of America’s court rooms. The National Lampoon magazine cover depicted on today’s show graphic is a classic! It’s an actual magazine cover from 1973. it was funny because it was so absurd and obviously a joke. But the current incarnation of Donald Trump isn’t making…
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The big guns come out on Mondays…. From Rachel Maddow and Jen Psaki to Jon Stewart and now Jonathan Larsen of The Fucking News! He’s here every Monday to help kick off the week with a dose of news that you’re not getting from the corporate mainstream media. Today Jonathan Larsen is breaking news that…
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Every Friday is a good Friday here because Marcy Wheeler is our guest for the whole hour, recapping most of the important news of the week. Today we touch on the Ronna NotRomney McDaniel/NBC News mess, the latest Trump trial news, Trump financial issues and gag orders, the Supreme Extreme Court, Julian Assange and Hunter…
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Today is Thursday, so we have our weekly get-together with Howie Klein of DownWithTyranny.com and the Blue America PAC. Last week, you may recall, Howie brought along a guest –Jersey City Mayor and already declared-candidate for NJ Governor in 2025 Steven Fulop. The conversation concerned the race to replace corrupt Sen Bob Menendez from NJ….
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This time she really will be here! I confirmed it. And I spent all day yesterday rebuilding my studio so I think I’ve exorcised the gremlins, at least for a little while. I hope… Barbara McQuade is a former US Attorney, professor at the University of Michigan Law School, co-hosts the #sistersinlaw podcast, and is…
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We cannot let the month of March – Women’s History Month – end without a visit from Cultural HERstorian Amy Simon, creator of “She’s History: The Most Dangerous Women in America Then and Now” and its various incarnations over the years. So Amy is here today to shine a light on some of our unsung…
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Despite our wishes for an endless weekend, Monday has again arrived. And with it, lots of F&#king News! So in the tradition of Rachel Maddow, Jen Psaki and Jon Stewart, Jonathan Larsen is here every Monday morning to tell us wtf is going on. A few things in the f&#king news today: Ronna McDaniel NBC…
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Marcy Wheeler reports the important news daily at emptywheel.net. She joins me on Friday’s to recap what the highlights (and lowlights) from the week. Today, the latest Comer farce impeachment inquiry hearings and the various pending cases against him. Plus NBC News’ latest hire and more… — Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nicolesandler/message
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Howie Klein of DownWithTyranny.com has done a weekly segment with me on this show for more than a dozen years now. We mostly talk politics, often music and occasionally other subjects too. And fairly regularly, Howie brings along a guest. It’s usually one of the Blue America-endorsed candidates, but today’s guest is slightly different. Steven…
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FIGHTING MAD: RESISTING THE END OF ROE V. WADE is the title of a new book of essays about the recent SCOTUS decision in Dobbs overturning a 50-year precedent that gave women “reproductive autonomy”. One of the editors, Krystale E. Littlejohn guests today to showcase the wide range of experts fighting back for our rights….
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