In Which We Discuss:

1. As the earth literally shook all around us, at least we could take comfort in the fact that the USGS was having the Best. Week. Ever.

2. Donald Trump regaled us with tales of fourth of July glory, commemorating the forgotten Battle for LaGuardia, Terminal C.

3. Somehow Pete Buttigeig is now the fundraiser to beat in the Democratic Primary

4. The Census citizenship question Just. Wont. Die.  Possibly because neither will Donald Trump.

5. Justin Amash, founding member of the Freedom Caucus, is leaving GOP BECAUSE IT’S TOO RADICAL FOR HIM.

6. Marianne Williamson has more in common with Mormonism’s Joseph Smith than you’d want or need.

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In Which We Discuss:

1. Lila was in the thick of the biggest news of two weeks ago

2. #DemDebate Real Talk: 

3. Partisan gerrymandering is no big deal if you have a lifetime appointment

4. SCOTUS is super confusing these days, but ultimately still as horrible as you’d expect

5. We’ve been gone a month, so here are all the times we almost went to war

6. Trump is celebrating the 4th of July by scheduling counterprogramming to PBS’s celebration because what better way to celebrate America than by getting better ratings than Carole King?

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In Which We Discuss:

1. Robert Mueller holds emergency press conference to remind us that unlike Barr, he has, in fact, read his own report.

2. It remains to be seen whether magic will be enough to get Marianne Williamson, or even Kirsten Gillibrand, into the third Democratic debate.

3. The word “Mueller” is in the news so Trump’s got a genius plan to create a diversion by tanking the entire economy of both the US and Mexico.

4. Math is vindicated once again after study shows that the Trump tax cuts...SHOCK...didn’t work.

5. It’s [name any day] in America so obviously there was another mass shooting.

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In Which We Discuss:

1. GOP impeachment domino watch: 1 down, 198 to go

2. Joe Biden will protect the nation from Trump using a strategy of incremental soul-saving and forgetting what he just said

3. If an announcement is made and nobody hears it...is DeBlasio actually running for president?

4. Missouri is the latest state to grant greater bodily autonomy to clumps of cells than to full grown living breathing women

5. Are we going to war with Iran? Anybody know why?

6. Arnold Schwarzenegger gets drop kicked for a Lamborghini. And yes, we also wonder what the connection is.

In Which We Discuss:

1. The earth is a huge disaster, and Joe Biden has a plan to solve it...with fracking!

2. Harris and O’Rourke are already in the market for new reasons to run after already forgetting their original ones

3. No one wants to be in the Senate anymore

4. Tio Sanders and AOC are the duo of our dreams

5. Barr is officially in our contempt, and now the Judiciary Committee’s too

6. When you consider it a victory that your new abortion law doesn’t send women to prison over miscarriages, your bar is too low

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In Which We Discuss:

1. William Barr doesn’t like Mueller’s attitude when it comes to William Barr’s lying

2. Remember the days when we were finally announcing who WASN’T going to run for president?  Those days were nice.

3. Elizabeth Warren has a plans for that, and a t-shirt for that

4. No one is running for Senate because everyone is running for president and, frankly, that math isn’t promising

5. Cory Booker is committed to halting the change he’s already been a cosponsor for

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens and helicopters who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL!  Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!

In Which We Discuss:

1. Biden thinks “fuck it” and announces his candidacy on his way to a high-dollar fundraiser.

2. Mueller Report tells us we all knew in our hearts: Donald Trump wanted to collude and obstruct but isn’t competent enough to do it.

3. The only thing longer and more exhausting than the new Avengers movie is CNN’s new townhall format.

4. In the war between Wayne LaPierre and Oliver North, which one is the good guy with the gun?

5. If the White House Correspondents Dinner has no host or president, has it actually happened?

6. Howard Schultz wants to be America's modern existentialist poet laureate. He's failing.

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In Which We Discuss:

1. Pete Buttigeig is the nobody kid that’s outraising Cory Booker

2. Democrats are going to win the culture war against themselves if it’s the last thing they do

3. The dark side of experience: The longer the political career, the greater chance you’ve taken a slew of photos you regret.

4. Who cares if your neighbors are citizens? Only Trump.

5. British voters looking for a way to Brexit without leaving the EU. Unfortunately they can’t find one.

6. Trump can’t say words

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In Which We Discuss:

1. Inappropriate Hair-Smelling: The Joe Biden Story You Aren’t Surprised to Hear

2. Brent likes Buttigieg: A Discussion

3. A tale of 1000 Julia Brownleys

4. Trump White House tries a new Obamacare repeal strategy: declaring the ACA never existed in the first place

5. Chuck Schumer needs your help identifying the difference between bigots and lobbyists because he wants to make sure he’s only taking money from one of those

6. Not sure who in the Executive Branch hates disabled people most? We’ve got your rankings!

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In Which We Discuss:

1. So...what does it mean to actually have the Mueller report?

2. Jared Kushner is talking to Saudi criminals on Whatsapp.  But, you know, what about her emails?!?!

3. Beto O’Rourke proves yet again that he knows a lot of rich people. (By the way, If anyone knows of any, we are also looking for rich friends.)

4. Joe Biden requires someone other than Joe Biden to make him seem like an attractive candidate.

5. Turns out countries that decide to have gun control can just...have gun control.

6. Safety is now a luxury commodity, just like car elevators.

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens and helicopters who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL!  Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!