Nicole Sandler’s daily fix of the latest news and fascinating guests with a healthy dose of snark and humor.
The final vote counts are being tabulated and the outlook for the 118th Congress is coming into focus. Unfortunately, the Republicans have taken the majority in the House, and Kevin McCarthy is trying his hardest to become Speaker of the House. But the craziest in his caucus– members of the so-called Freedom Caucus — are…
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Climate change is here….Everything that Al Gore warned us would happen is happening. Our mainstream corporate media doesn’t cover the issue much except when forced to because of the latest hurricane, flood, fire, drought … you know, the every day occurrences plaguing the planet that we continue to destroy. Governments are making a show of…
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Sarah Posner is one of the best journalists today covering the religious right and their assault on our freedoms and liberty. Her latest book is “Unholy: How White Christian Nationalists Powered the Trump Presidency and the Devastating Legacy they Left Behind”. I invited Sarah to join me on today’s show after reading a Twitter thread…
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I’ve been consumed by the midterm elections for the past few weeks. Now that it’s (almost) all over, it’s time to figure out what’s been happening with the numerous investigations into the former guy and his sycophantic insurrectionist followers. For that, we turn to Marcy Wheeler, independent journalist extraordinaire, who covers it all at emptywheel.net….
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We have so many words the mean more than one thing in the English language. One of those words is “outstanding.” In thinking about the midterm elections, outstanding works on both levels. Outstanding describes the feeling while watching TFG’s teflon finally wearing off. Outstanding is how I’d describe yesterday’s NY Post front page. But also…
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We’re sill awaiting election results that will determine which party controls either or both Houses of Congress, but the big news is that the much-hyped coming Red Wave or Red Tsunami never materialized. I never bought it, but it’s time for a major reckoning on how the corporate media enthusiastically and completely parroted the pollsters’…
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