Nicole Sandler’s daily fix of the latest news and fascinating guests with a healthy dose of snark and humor.
I often speak of Opposite World. I first noticed the alternate universe mostly inhabited by Republicans during the Bush years, when people of a certain right wing persuasion just decided they’d not believe facts inconvenient to their beliefs. They put forth no argument, engage in no debate, just simply said something to the effect of…
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This is not a good time to be alive. I’m not saying the alternative is better, just that things around here are pretty messed up… from the effects of climate change which are getting worse each day, to the war and all the killing (Putin is only the tip of that spear), to the rising…
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It’s Thursday, so Howie Klein is here with tales of corrupt dark money being deployed against progressives, and who is supposedly coordinating the attacks. There’s so much about which you need to be aware. So listen to Howie. But before he gets here, I have a few things to discuss with you. This nation’s obsession…
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Welcome to Wise Women Wednesday! (It’s also the first day of June, but there’s no alliteration there!) Anyway, we have Heather “Digby” Parton live on my show this afternoon. And later tonight, I guest host the BradCast, where I’m joined by Marcy “Emptywheel” Wheeler. There’s so much we could talk about and nothing is out…
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I don’t often get to question military leaders, either current or former. My track record isn’t great. Consider the last time I spoke with General Wesley Clark. It was June of 2014. I was guest hosting the Randi Rhodes Show, and ISIS was gaining ground in Iraq, and it looked like we were going back…
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