Brain Trust Live

BTL #367 - The Noble Prize for Orange Air - 9/14/20

In Which We Discuss:

1. Trump to visit fire-ravaged West Coast, in danger of being camouflaged by the color of the air

2. The Rhode Island primary becomes the sleeper hit of the season!

3. Bernie suggests a proven winning strategy for Biden, will now most certainly be blamed for his loss.

4. Mitch McConnell’s coronavirus relief bill is the definition of insanity

5. Woodward gives us the proof we didn’t need that Trump is gaslighting us on Covid

6. Trump looks to be a lock for the Noble prize for misspellings

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BTL #366 - The Remarkable Joe Kennedy - 9/8/20

In Which We Discuss:

1. Joe Kennedy has finally become a remarkable Kennedy, but only because he destroyed the dynasty

2. Joe Biden’s gamble in running as a Republican pays off in money, whether it pays off in votes remains to be seen

3. Biden campaign visits Kenosha, which is exactly one more visit to Wisconsin than the entire Clinton campaign

4. You’re not really telling us we need video proof of Trump calling the troops losers. The proof is in our hearts.

5. The month’s jobs numbers are notable but still fake

6. The sinking Trumptilla perfectly embodies the Trumpian philosophy of doing whatever the hell you want, other people be damned

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BTL #354 - Operation Block Ivanka - 8/31/20

In Which We Discuss:

1. Trump’s affinity for bottle blondes and the apocalypse was on full display at the RNC.

2. Kenosha police are eager to earn the approval of a 17 year old vigilante murderer

3. The season premiere of Biden Unbunkered is coming September 8th.  Time and location TBD. Airing: Probably nowhere because he doesn’t know how to grab a headline. Check your local listings.

4. If you live in Massachusetts, cast your ballot now!

5. Election Security: We don’t have that anymore.

6. And is Melania Trumps’ “Operation Block Ivanka” the only successful scheme currently being carried out inside the White House?

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BTL #364 - 2004 RNC - 8/24/20

In Which We Discuss:

1. Reflections on the 2004 RNC, as seen in last week’s network primetime

2. Expectations for the 2020 RNC, to be seen in this week’s primetime

3. Important Post Office Questions: Do we still have one? And why do they have a secret police force?

4. The Russia “Witch Hunt” found the witch, the witch was real, the witch was guilty, and the witch was Donald Trump

5. In other conspiracy theories that turned out to be true, the Massachusetts State Democrats did in fact conspire to take down Alex Morse

6. Kanye West campaign update: He doesn’t appear to have one

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BTL #363 - Massachusetts: Who Knew? - 8/17/20

In Which We Discuss:

1. Become a Vote Captain, sign up to be a poll worker, and offer ballot pick-ups in your community.

2. All that suspense was for nothing in Joe Biden’s veepstakes saga

3. The DNC lineup leaves us wondering how you protest at a virtual convention

4. Another squad member “survives” a 20 point victory

5. Massachusetts: Who knew?

6. QAnon is headed to Congress!

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BTL #362 - Rabid Bats - 8/10/20

In Which We Discuss:

1. Progressives are on such a winning streak that you only have to raise $25k to win a statewide primary these days.

2. If the widespread confusion is any guide, Joe Biden REALLY doesn’t want to choose Kamala Harris as a running mate.

3. No matter who you are and where you sit on the political spectrum, you will be pissed off by the Democratic National Convention.

4. Practicing his dictator skills, Trump has started work on an Executive Order bonanza

5. What’s happening with TikTok? Also, what is TikTok. Also, we’re too old to be discussing TikTok and that means Donald Trump is too.

6. Rabid bats...is the subject of a story about the Libertarian party so...that tracks.

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BTL #361 - Trump State Media - 8/2/20

In Which We Discuss:

1. Donald Trump doesn’t feel like having the election anymore so let’s just pack it in and head home

2. In a twist that only Angelenos should have anticipated, Scientology enters the Veepstakes battle!

3. There is no modern parallel to how terrible the economy is so Republicans are floating ways to make it worse

4. Herman Cain dies of COVID-19 only 11 days after patriotically attending Trump’s Tulsa rally

5. GOP is furious Mark Zuckerberg can’t explain Twitter’s user policies

6. "Demon Semen" is wreaking havoc all over America

 

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BTL #360 - 100 Days - 7/28/20

In Which We Discuss:

 

1. Elections are coming in under 100 days and you’ll have to vote in those elections!

 

2. Next week we’ll get to stop using the #veepstakes hashtag 

 

3. The Democrats planning the convention are so desperate for unity that they’re willing to become Republicans to get it

 

4. Fascism update: We have it.

 

5. Republicans so incensed by the idea of helping the unemployed, they’d rather stop helping their corporate overlords than give the poors $600 a week to buy 

food

 

6. AOC is the only person in Congress who is living up to this moment in history

 

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BTL #359 - Manhattan, Texas - 7/20/20

 

In Which We Discuss:

1. Nation mourns the loss of John Lewis while Marco Rubio learns he can’t tell any of his black colleagues apart

2. Texas, of all places, is trying to become the next New York City

3. We live in a Southern Cone dictatorship, so maybe don’t worry about election results anyway

4. If you’re shocked you haven’t yet had to go hungry, just wait until August!

5. Kanye West and all his demons hold their first campaign rally

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BTL #358 - Stock Market Sacrifice - 7/13/20

In Which We Discuss:

1. We shouldn’t have to say this, but you don’t sacrifice the nations children to save the stock market

2. Florida man becomes 15,000th person to get coronavirus in a single day

3. SCOTUS would rather have the President have no immunity, but also no consequence

4. Senate Democratic candidates out-raise Democratic presidential candidates

5. It would have been really nice to know before the Kentucky primary that Ann Coulter would be supporting Amy McGrath

6. Perhaps Trump aced his cognitive test this week because he employed the same strategy he used to take his SATs: hiring someone to do it for him

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