Nicole Sandler’s daily fix of the latest news and fascinating guests with a healthy dose of snark and humor.
Each Friday, Marcy Wheeler takes a break from writing at emptywheel.net to join me for a conversation about what happened that week. This week was insane, and ended at the Supreme Extreme Court. That hearing consumed much of today’s show, with a few minutes at the end dealing with Trump’s current criminal trial, underway in…
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It’s a Thursday, so we have a date with Howie Klein of Down with Tyranny & the Blue America PAC. It’s not like there’s a shortage of things to discuss… in fact, too much news for a one-hour show. There was the SCOTUS hearing this morning on Trump’s ridiculous concept of absolute immunity (but there…
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I’m always honored when Lisa Graves joins me to lend her legal expertise to the discussion about the trials and tribulations of TFG and, of course, the machinations of the once Supreme, now Extreme, Court. Lisa has the bona fides… she served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Policy Development/Legal Policy at…
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Today was only the second day of Trump’s first criminal trial and I honestly don’t think he’ll survive this one, let alone three more! But I guess we’ll eventually find out. With no cameras allowed in the courtroom, the media is left to its own creativity to bring the action to the public. Some outlets…
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Welcome to a new week. As expected the first criminal trial of Donald Trump is now underway in a NYC courtroom. Both sides delivered their opening statements and the first witness began giving his testimony. The prosecution started strong with David Pecker as the first on the stand. Notwithstanding his quite appropriate name, the former…
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Welcome to a new week. As expected the first criminal trial of Donald Trump is now underway in a NYC courtroom. Both sides delivered their opening statements and the first witness began giving his testimony. The prosecution started strong with David Pecker as the first on the stand. Notwithstanding his quite appropriate name, the former…
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Each Friday, we get to spend an hour with Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net for a conversation about much of what happened that week. This week was pretty remarkable in that Donald Trump is finally on trial for some of his crimes. By the time we finished recording this morning, the entire jury and six alternates…
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Another Thursday has arrived, which means we have two things going for us today: 1. Howie Klein is here and 2. Tomorrow’s Friday so the weekend is near. This has been a crazy week at a moment in history that promises to be among the craziest, certainly in our lifetimes! The number of jurors seated…
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The first criminal trial of Donald Trump to convene is on recess today (no Wednesday sessions, per the judge), but it was a busy Tuesday as seven jurors were seated. Five more plus six alternates are expected by the end of the week, with opening arguments as soon as Monday. So today’s circus was in…
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Have you ever thought about running for office? Now would probably be a good time to do so. Republicans have effectively taken over state legislatures, city councils and school boards, doing great damage to our institutions along the way. And their embrace of a dictatorial conman as their presumptive presidential nominee is a mortal threat…
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