Episodes
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
BTL #356 - Long-Term Plans - 6/28/20
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. If you run progressives, you sometimes can elect them, and that is the definition of being electable
2. Eating out is nice and all, but what about staying at home and drinking alone...forever?
3. Donald Trump: Where white nationalism and Russian nationalism find their Grand Wizard
4. Progressives can defeat mainline Democrats by thinking long-term
5. DC gets one step closer to statehood. Puerto Rico...still batting zero.
6. California Democrats try a crazy experiment...moving the party forward in a unified way.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, helicopters, and computer beeps who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
BTL #355 - The Emptysburg Address - 6/22/20
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Hillary Clinton bravely comes off the sidelines to endorse a 16 term incumbent
2. Trump reveals himself to be an expert ramp physicist at his sparsely attended Tulsa rally
3. Neil Gorsuch borrows Dick Cheney’a hunting rifle for this week’s SCOTUS decisions
4. John Bolton’s Moustache finally reveals its secrets!
5. “Law and Order” president signs entirely predictable policing executive order amidst nationwide protest
6. Klobuchar withdraws from VP race, seemingly unaware that the rest of us had proactively withdrawn her weeks ago
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, helicopters, and computer beeps who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Sunday Jun 14, 2020
BTL #354 - Kill The Compromise - 6/15/20
Sunday Jun 14, 2020
Sunday Jun 14, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Black lives still don’t seem to matter enough to police departments in California and Georgia
2. But don’t worry, the Democrats have seen the protests and boy do they have a compromise for you!
3. The threat of COVID is even worse than that time you stayed in your house for three months
4. Trump’s new campaign strategy: Kill his own supporters so he doesn’t have to be president for four more years
5. Biden’s VP shortlist is shorter in number and short on excitement
6. You can take Bernie Sanders out of the presidential race, but you can’t take his supporters out of the electorate
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, helicopters, and computer beeps who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Sunday Jun 07, 2020
BTL #353 - Black Lives Matter, Protest Works - 6/8/20
Sunday Jun 07, 2020
Sunday Jun 07, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. The whole world’s in the streets to protest police brutality
2. But Trump’s in a bunker declaring martial law
3. Police are rioting
4. Mayors are failing
5. But...might we finally see some policy change?
6. And hey, for the people in the back, Black Lives Matter!
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, helicopters, and computer beeps who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!