Nicole Sandler’s daily fix of the latest news and fascinating guests with a healthy dose of snark and humor.
Mondays are inevitable. Sadly, in recent weeks, the news on Mondays has been tragic and today is no exception. We’re still reeling from the spectacle in the Oval Office on Friday and coming to terms with the fact that the man occupying the White House has aligned us with Russia over our allies in Europe….
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Today is Friday, when we get together with Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net to recap much of what happened in the week leading up to our conversation. We record these shows on Friday mornings here in Arizona/Friday afternoons for Marcy in Ireland. Today, while we were recording, Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelinskyy arrived at the White House…
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I know. I escaped Florida after living there for half of my life. I don’t have many kind words to say about the state that has mostly become a bad joke. But I’ll sing their praises if the people of Florida come through on April 1. (And I’m not talking about an April Fools prank!)There…
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The current regime has announced that they are following the authoritarian’s handbook when it comes to controlling the media. Banning the AP from the Oval Office and other press events with the liar-in-chief wasn’t enough for them, so now they’ve decided that they will decide which reporters and media outlets will be allowed to cover…
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A huge part of surviving this assault on our nation from within is our ability to maintain our sanity. One lesson I’ve learned in the past five weeks is that some days are better than others. I look forward to those mornings when the usual pit in my stomach doesn’t fully form and I’m able…
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Despite our best efforts to keep the weekend going, Mondays inevitably arrive. And with Mondays come the reality of the shit that hit the fan over the weekend. And the madness began Friday evening when we learned that D’ump has his unqualified, drunken idiot of a Secretary of Defense fired the highly qualified chairman of…
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With the D’ump/Musk regime working at breakneck speed to destroy our democracy, it’s hard to keep up with it all. That’s one reason I’m so grateful that Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net sits down with us for an hour (or more) each Friday to help us understand what happened that week. Since Marcy is in Ireland…
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I’ve long theorized about our existence in “Opposite World” but never has it been more apparent than today as the sitting US President lies to the world about who started and is responsible for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing war, now in its third year. The ONLY chance we have at making it…
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He famously tussled with the orange one during Trump 1.0, and thankfully he’s still on the beat.Brian Karem gained notoriety as the White House Correspondent for Playboy magazine last time around. Playboy is no more, but Karem is writing at Salon.com, hosting his podcast (justaskthequestion.com) and raking the muck… Today we’ll talk about the administration’s…
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I try to follow what’s happening closely, but there’s only so much my mind and psyche can handle. I’m quite fortunate to have Marcy Wheeler as a friend who joins me every Friday to recap much of what happened in the week just ending. At least much of what we need to know. (We’d need…
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