A totally genius analysis of the week’s political news from two certified brains. Ready to resist, progressive AF. Podcast posted weekly since 2012.
Episodes
Sunday Jun 14, 2015
Sunday Jun 14, 2015
In Which We Discuss:
1. Out of literally nowhere, Democrats grow a pair and spurn Obama and Republicans on TPP.
2. Hillary Clinton re-launch proves that she is physically capable of reading the same words that Bernie Sanders once said and meant.
3. Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio apparently never finished high school English
4. Michele Bachmann brought about the straw poll endtimes with her 2012 win. Whatever will Ben Carson do now?
5. Every once in a while America comes together around one story to collectively win the internet. This week, Rachel Dolezal was that story.
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Monday May 25, 2015
Monday May 25, 2015
In Which We Discuss:
1. Mitch McConnell becomes the first man in history to accomplish the task of making John Boehner look competent
2. Southern Republican Leadership Conference polls members, chooses flavor of the month, gives Ted Cruz’s father the platform he’s been waiting for
3. GOP hopefuls know ISIS is a problem, promise that after the primary, they’ll come up with a plan
4. Turns out you only need the first 14 Duggars to generate the incest-y scandal we’ve been anticipating
5. Mike Huckabee’s knows for certain that we’d NEVER tolerate allowing SCOTUS to choose the president. He’s a walking encyclopedia...of non-facts.
6. Hillary Clinton doesn’t remember that that failed 2008 run and, according to her resume, neither should you
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Tuesday Apr 28, 2015
Tuesday Apr 28, 2015
In Which We Discuss:
1. Bernie Sanders gives Brent the best birthday present a boy could ever ask for.
2. A message to the police: please stop killing unarmed black people. Coming up with funny headlines for those stories is impossible.
3. In a very Los Angeles move, Ted Cruz would totally protest Loretta Lynch’s appointment if he didn’t have better plans.
4. A war of the signs breaks out outside the Supreme Court. Also something is going on inside there...
5. Washington commences the yearly summit between famous comedians and the people they make awkward jokes about.
6. Bruce Jenner comes out as a...Republican gun-owner. JUDGEMENT.
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Monday Apr 20, 2015
Monday Apr 20, 2015
In Which We Discuss:
1. Marco Rubio spends his first week on the campaign trail presenting diametrically opposed ideas on numerous subjects
2. The Ted Cruz Super PAC trilogy teases a mythical tale of blockbuster proportions
3. Why is Lindsay Graham still single? Fox News and Brain Trust Live discuss.
4. Hillary, Huma, and the whole Scooby gang begin their storied road trip to rural Iowa with a burrito, a Liz Warren compliment, and a dream
5. We’re 91% closer to having a Chick-fil-a in the White House thanks to Lindsey Graham
6. Animals are literally falling from the sky, an in-depth analysis
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Tuesday Mar 24, 2015
Tuesday Mar 24, 2015
In Which We Discuss:
1. First ever Canadian candidate officially declares his intention to run in the 2016 American presidential race. CANADA IS FINALLY TRYING THIS, GUYS!!
2. Hillary Clinton promises that from now on she’ll tell the press directly if she’s going to yoga
3. Israel choses hate over peace, spying over diplomacy, bad polling over good polling. Obama chooses letting them fuck off over actually caring anymore.
4. GOP Congress gets another chance to totally bungle the budget process this week
5. Happy Birthday to the only 5 year old on earth you’d actually want to hang out with...Obamacare!
6. Floridians now required to seek medical attention for belief in climate science, daring to improve the gene pool
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Monday Mar 16, 2015
Monday Mar 16, 2015
In Which We Discuss:
2. Hillary Clinton doesn’t know if we care about Chelsea’s wedding or her own yoga schedule, but she decided to just make an executive decision about the whole thing and now we’ll never know
3. Secret Service is populated by the same drunk frat guys you always suspected it was
4. Senate happy to keep their least favorite person Eric Holder employed just to show us how wrong abortion is...since that’s relevant.
5. Netanyahu desperately shouts conservative talking points so people remember he’s tough on vague, amorphous enemies
6. Bristol Palin engaged to the Rascal Flatts lifestyle, and now a man too!
7. Genius conspiracy theorist tricks Glenn Beck into badmouthing his beloved NRA via concerns about taxes and the Muslim Brotherhood
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Wednesday Feb 11, 2015
Wednesday Feb 11, 2015
In Which We Discuss:
2. Greece isn’t afraid to tell Germany what they really think about modern-day loans and you know, World War II
3. The house can’t remember why they’re trying to repeal Obamacare for the 56th time, but they CAN remember why Texas is awesome, and that almost makes the same point, right?
4. Political heavyweights like the 90s era governor of New York and the former governor of Virginia toss their hats into the 2016 ring. Book deals for everybody!
5. Ben Carson, the only tea-party approved pediatric neurosurgeon, makes the accidental error of showing a basic understanding of science
6. Rep./Male Model Aaron Schock needs you to know that he is not a “Downton Abbey” fan despite his office’s peacock feather decor
7. NYers get the go-ahead from scientists to clean up the subway’s pesky bubonic plague germs by licking subway poles
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Monday Jan 19, 2015
Monday Jan 19, 2015
In Which We Discuss:
2. Upon hearing that income inequality is a thing, car elevator-owner Mitt Romney tries to care a little but fails to convince even his own party of his change-of-heart
3. California Democrats conjure more credible contenders for 2016 senate race in two days than either political party has for president in two years
4. Much of country and world fails to recognize the irony of tweeting anti-Muslim and other racist things on MLK day
5. Surprising news: Hollywood cabal populated by ancient rich white men has no respect for civil rights stories or the historically downtrodden Lego people
6. GOP Congressmen and Senators take a group trip to Hershey, PA, enjoy chocolate syrup salad dressing and chocolate soap with the rest of the children
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Monday Jan 12, 2015
Monday Jan 12, 2015
In Which We Discuss:
1. 114th Congress makes plans to castrate both pigs and themselves in the start of their new session
2. Jobs numbers prove that no matter how great the economy claims to be, broke people don’t care. Ugg, idiot poor people and their dumb need to eat!
3. Romney family gathers at their ski-slope-car-elevator-dressage-stage to ponder Mitt’s presidential future/tell Americans that Jeb Bush is out of touch
4. Staten Island is acting as Staten Island is wont to act. You get it...
5. North Korea now facing two scourges: floating balloons filled with copies of The Interview and terrorist sharks!
6. Kirby DeLauter is the man named Kirby DeLauter who proved that local journalism is not dead. (Kirby DeLauter)
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Monday Nov 03, 2014
Monday Nov 03, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
1. We’re going to lose the Senate, guys. Sorry we’ve been lying to you. Cali sun and whatnot...
2. Colorado sneaks a personhood amendment onto the ballot by convincing voters it will save their unborn babies from drunk drivers. Screw you, Colorado!
3. Do not mess with Kaci Hicox. She WILL take a one-hour rural bike ride if she damn well pleases.
4. North Korea is on the frontlines of the war against Japenese Ebola and South Korean Soap Operas, both epidemics invented by North Korea.
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