Nicole Sandler’s daily fix of the latest news and fascinating guests with a healthy dose of snark and humor.
This has been a ridiculously busy news week– and today is only Wednesday. So I thought, after a look at today’s news and after we tie up a few loose ends – we’ll have a musical reset. Well, without the music! As you may have heard me mention, I’m working on a huge project with…
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Jeff Sharlet has been alerting the rest of us to the more frightening aspects of the fringes of society for many years and eight books by now. His new one is THE UNDERTOW: SCENES FROM A SLOW CIVIL WAR. I asked Jeff to join us on today’s show because, as I write this, the former…
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On Thursday, we learned that Trump had been indicted in the documents case by a grand jury in South Florida! Trump is to appear on Tuesday at the federal courthouse in Miami. Of course, he’s pulling out all the stops to incite violence (some things never change). After reading the indictment itself, I went to…
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Well, I said there was a chance an indictment would come down yesterday… And sure enough, it did! The 37 counts against Donald Trump (and one against his co-conspirator bring bringing it to 38) were released today — all 49 pages. And then we heard from Jack Smith himself, for the very first time. You…
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It’s Thursday, so Howie Klein is here! We have lots to talk about, beginning with the dysfunction in the House. The radical right flank is blocking Kevin McCarthy’s every move because they’re angry that he cut a deal on the debt ceiling with Joe Biden. Wow. We’re also on indictment-watch. Yes, it appears that Donald…
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I first met Jesse Hagopian a few months ago, after I discovered the existence of the Zinn Education Project. I invited him on the show to talk about his work as an educator and activist for truth in education. Unfortunately, such activists are necessary in today’s world, as elected officials like the fascist Florida Man…
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Seventy-nine years ago today – June 6, 1944, allied forces invaded five beaches at Normandy– more than 160,000 Allied forces landed in Nazi-occupied France as part of the biggest air, land and sea invasion ever executed. Why? They were fighting fascism! Today, we celebrate the OG Antifa fighters of fascism. It was on this day…
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Welcome to the start of a new week. It’s a Monday alright. Today was the day the government would have run out of money if Biden and McCarthy hadn’t come to a deal on raising the debt limit. Depending on what you’re reading or to whom you’re listening, the deal was either a turd sandwich,…
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It’s June — Pride month. Today we celebrate our gay, lesbian, bi, trans, non-binary and all people and their rights to be whomever they are, to find their unique voices and march to their own tunes and drummers. As an older person (did I just say that?), I’ve lived through the changes – both attitudinal…
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The House passed the Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling deal last night with more Democratic than Republican votes. Was it a great deal? No. But did the Dems come out ahead of the Republicans? Without a doubt. Well, that’s my take. As for what Howie Klein thinks? We’ll find out today. You never know with Howie. One…
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