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 Nov 03, 2013
Sunday Nov 03, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Healthcare.gov now just one giant error message, but this time on purpose
2. America wishes Ted Cruz’s father would follow own advice and go back to home country (and/or Mars)
3. Everything you’ve always thought about Michele Bachmann’s hair is true
4. On this week’s Hillary Pillory: Schuming commences for Hillary 2016
5. Professional snow shoveler Cory Booker makes his way to Washington. Worried swampy weather may diminish his appeal
6. As if removing your shoes isn’t already annoying, now you might get shot on your way to security
Sunday Oct 20, 2013
Sunday Oct 20, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Shutdown end triggers GOP self-destruct sequence
2. Republicans too busy losing popular support to notice winning anti-Obamacare argument staring them in the face
3. Introducing our newest weekly segment: the Hillary Pillory
4. New Jersey courts pave the way for Showtime’s newest series: The GTL Word
5. Eric Holder holds the line with JP Morgan, gets us some money
6. Plus, needless asskicking, teacup hospitality explained, and zany socks galore!
Sunday Oct 13, 2013
Sunday Oct 13, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Fearing the outbreak of optimism sweeping the nation, Congress decides to not make any deals on the debt ceiling or government shutdown
2. Polls show that most Americans would vote for literally anyone other than their current representatives
3. In positive shutdown news, the first Obama nominee not subject to intense opposition is likely to be approved by the supposedly non-working Senate
4. Voters at the Value Voters Summit prove through straw poll results that their values are...mostly non existent
5. A trip in the way back machine to the weirdest election in California history
6. Michele Bachmann states that the endtimes are here, and if China’s hornet situation is any indication, she might be right
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Sunday Sep 01, 2013
Sunday Sep 01, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Obama administration decisively passes the buck on Syria
2. A Brief People’s History of Labor Day
3. Bob McDonnell doesn’t know what he knows
4. America’s Secretary of Explaining Stuff is back
5. This week in “we told you so!,” we talk immigration reform
6. Brain Trust puts Congress on notice because now even Chris Christie has passed an equal pay law
7. 41 learns the hard way that, just because the obituary is written, doesn’t mean the person is dead
Sunday Aug 25, 2013
Sunday Aug 25, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Syria gets more crazy by the moment, but luckily Al Jazeera America launched just in time to gives us the facts no one else would
2. Only 50 years later, MLK’s "I Have a Dream" speech is finally front page news at the Washington Post
3. Bradley/Chelsea Manning’s surprise announcement sparks an entire week of pronoun debates
4. Serial sexual harasser Bob Filner FINALLY resigns as mayor of San Diego
5. Ted Cruz doesn’t realize he’s Canadian, despite having been born in a canadian hospital... in Canada
6. NYT gives ambivalent endorsement to Quinn...and Lila is furious!
7. America’s long crazy history of secession finds its latest example in the potential new state of North Colorado
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Sunday Aug 11, 2013
Sunday Aug 11, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. NSA showdown scorecard: Snowden 1, Obama 0
2. From Larry Summers to Putin’s posture problems, Obama covers it all in his pre-vacation press conference
3. Our special guest Mike Nuttal joins us for a discussion of the 2016 presidential contenders
4. If we had a dollar for every time this was in the rundown we’d be rich...Steve King’s racist!
5. Jeff Bezos buys Washington Post, journalism continues to face an uncertain future
6. This week in pot meet kettle...Rush Limbaugh calls Oprah Winfrey fat
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Sunday Aug 04, 2013
Sunday Aug 04, 2013
In Which We Discuss (w/ SPECIAL GUEST GRANT SLOSS!):
1. Obama has gall to turn another year older, and the world responds with threat of violence
2. Bradley Manning is sentenced with up to 100 years in jail, meanwhile Edward Snowden suffers a much worse fate...1 year in Russia
3. 2016 speculation update - every human being may or may not be running for president
4. 40th times is again the charm as Obamacare is overturned by congress in a new and inventive way
5. Mitch McConnell’s tea party opposition might be more coherent than he is
6. Devoid of Weiner news, we take refuge in an actual scandal
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Sunday Jul 14, 2013
Sunday Jul 14, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Committing murder now officially legal in Florida.
2. And while carrying a concealed weapon into the texas statehouse may be fine, carrying a tampon is crossing the line
3. Canadian Senator Ted Cruz clearly begins his pre-presidential goodwill tour...not realizing he’s in the wrong country.
4. Harry Reid revives talk of the nuclear option, after previously agreeing it wasn’t needed.
5. Prominent conservative accidentally endorses single payer health care plan...again
6. Seriously...what’s going on with tv news?
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Monday Jun 10, 2013
Monday Jun 10, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Welcome NSA listeners! If we’d have known you were coming, we would have baked a cake.
2. SCOTUS has the most confusing week ever care of Antonin Scalia
3. Susan Rice is now more powerful than the Senators that tried to derail her
4. Marco Rubio proves to be a fairweather fan of his own immigration bill
5. Lautenberg’s absence spurs Chris Christie to do everything wrong her can think of in the runup to his own reelection campaign.
6. It’s our favorite time of year! The Bilderberg convention, the Vegas week of corporate conspiracy creation, kicks off this week. And as always, check our Twitter @braintrustlive and Facebook pages throughout the week for links, musings and more!Sunday May 12, 2013
Sunday May 12, 2013
In Which We Discuss: 1. Benghazi hearings reveal that the only new info about Benghazi is that it's entirely about Hillary Clinton 2. IRS potentially being run by entry-level 20-something analysts 3. The Heritage Foundation outs itself as being exactly as racist as we all suspected 4. South Carolina provides convincing scientific proof that Anthony Weiner can be mayor of New York, sex scandals be damned! 5. The entire NRA platform is still proving troublesome for NRA and supporters 6. Global warming update: we're more likely to die than ever. Literally each second that passes is a second in which we are closer to our deaths. 7. BTL exclusive: Christ Christie unofficially declares his 2016 candidacy And as always, check our Twitter @braintrustlive and Facebook pages throughout the week for links, musings and more!