Nicole Sandler’s daily fix of the latest news and fascinating guests with a healthy dose of snark and humor.
If you’ve listened to my show (or watched it) for any amount of time, you’ve no doubt noticed that I like to use the creativity of people who create parody songs and post them for all to enjoy. We’ve discovered a lot of very talented people from all over the world who undertake such creative…
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So many developments over the weekend, much of it seems to be in the quest of a VP nod by TFG. Ron DeSantis ‘suspended’ his presidential campaign and quickly kissed the ring. Nikki Haley keeps doubling down on her racism comments. And Tim Scott proposed to his female girlfriend. Hmmm. I think it’s all related….
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It’s Friday, so our weekly deluge of information from Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net. So much to discuss in our hour together today including the E Jean Carroll second defamation trial against the former guy and how the corporate media is doing Trump’s bidding by covering his sideshow courtroom tantrums, the new allegations (and investigation and…
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There’s so much news dominated by the tragedy that is Donald J Trump. Just a glance at the headlines shows the news media can’t quit him. They report on every cringy thing he says and does, somehow normalizing his anything-but-normal behavior. At least he skipped today’s third day of the second E Jean Carroll defamation…
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Remember the old Memorex ads? Is it live or is it Memorex? It might have been hard to tell the difference (or not), but in the case of AI it’s quite clear. There is no comparison.That didn’t stop a so-called comedy team from taking volumes of George Carlin’s genius work, feeding it into an artificial…
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The Trump slide into fascism has brought with it some dangerous new trends like the banning of books, whitewashing history and a massive backsliding of personal rights like abortion and bodily autonomy. One of the most heinous attacks has been on the rights of people to live their own authentic lives.I’ve been hyper-focused on what’s…
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We love Fridays around here for a multitude of reasons, not the least of which is we get to review the week in Trump trials and tribulations with Marcy ‘Emptywheel’ Wheeler, the proprietor and independent journalist who shares her work with us at emptywheel.net. This was a ridiculously busy week with hearings and trials and…
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We were looking forward to Howie Klein’s return to the show today after the holidays, but it won’t happen today. He’s back from a trip to India, but a bit jetlagged and under the weather, so he’ll return next week. So today, it’s almost anything goes. I have lots of audio and video to share…
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Not only are Magats and Republicans hypocrites, they’ve actually killed irony.This is been a week filled with unbelievable court proceedings and congressional hearings. During each one, at least one Republican shill or representative has made complete fools of themselves.Today in a House Oversight hearing on contempt charges for Hunter Biden for not complying with a…
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We can’t officially kick off a new year without a state of the insanity conversation with OG blogger, Salon columnist and the proprietor of Digby’s blog (at digbysblog.net)
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