Nicole Sandler’s daily fix of the latest news and fascinating guests with a healthy dose of snark and humor.
It’s Thursday, so Howie Klein is here. Today, I know exactly what we’ll be talking about. There are a few reports out today about the Congressional Progressive Caucus endorsing an actual New Dem (Shontel Brown) over a true progressive (Nina Turner). An article about it from The Lever (David Sirota’s new outlet) blamed Pramila Jayapal;…
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It’s a busy Wednesday. I have Tulane Law Professor Amy Gajda coming on as today’s guest. She’ll tell us about her new book, “Seek and Hide: The Tangled History of the Right to Privacy.” Certainly an important topic, especially these days! But before I talk with Amy, I’ll share the conversation I had this morning…
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Section 3 of the 14th Amendment disqualifies from public office any individual who has taken an oath to uphold the US Constitution and then engages in insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or gives aid or comfort to those who have. Hmm. It seems that we have quite a few who fit that description…
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It’s Monday. A new week with a whole lot of news, most of it not good at all. Putin’s war on Ukraine is raging — President Zelinsky says many thousands of Ukrainians have been killed, and he needs help from the rest of the world. Inflation continues growing (a global problem not unique to the…
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We are in deep trouble. By we I mean the citizens of this country and the world. This is not hyperbole. We are in danger of descending into fascism. And the Republicans are doing all the behind the scenes dirty work to be able to pull off the coup they weren’t quite able to realize…
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