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.

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!

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!

In Which We Discuss:

1. 2020 proves that if you’re a Democrat who wants to be re-elected...progressives are your friends!

2. Biden continues his tireless search to find America’s lady Tim Kaine

3. Liz Warren tests out new slogans “Dream Tiny Fight Weak” and “Small Incremental Change.”

4. Instead of killing others in the name of Christ, Christians now experimenting with killing their own!

5. We may never see Trump’s taxes, but at least we’ve got his bank account info! 

6. Returning guest Erica Bardin joins us.

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!

In Which We Discuss:

1. White House, having finally caught Coronavirus, devoted to becoming #1 disease vector in America

2. NY could singlehandedly save the USPS with their byzantine primary ballot strategy, if they even have it at all

3. Your favorite and least favorite Tara Reades/Reids are back in the news this week!

4. How’s that employer-sponsored healthcare going for you now?

5. We know Americans have a lot of time on their hands, but 30 minutes of “Plandemic” is definitely a bridge too far

6. Friend of the podcast Grant Sloss is back!

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!

In Which We Discuss:

1. Trump to blue states and all human beings who aren’t smart enough not to drink bleach: Drop Dead

2. Biden has some...ahem...skeletons. Should we have taken them seriously before? 

3. Get rid of Larry Summers. Forever.

4. Congress further rushes to the aid of struggling large corporations. The rest of you can wait your turn. 

5. Georgia, Oklahoma, and other states are opening up so a population in crisis can finally get some new tattoos. 

6. Kim Jong-Un’s heart surgeon is in a bit of a situation, whether or not he actually operated.  

In Which We Discuss:

1. Biden endorse-fest attendees wondering why the left wont come along for the ride

2. New stimulus possible. Will it actually stimulate anybody?

3. More people are newly unemployed than have voted in the Democratic primary so far

4. Stay at home orders actually work!

5. That’s why Trump hates them...

6. A Michael Cohen tell-all coming to you from...his house. Where he currently is. Just like you.

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!

In Which We Discuss:

1. Bernie is out, but guys, you can still vote in your primary and you can still vote your principles!

2. We’ve got thoughts on Biden’s binders full of women

3. GOP to Wisconsin voters: Drop dead 

4. Rampant inequality in life leads to rampant inequality in deaths

5. America’s president is currently the governor of California.  Act accordingly.

6. A slice of normalcy in trying times - our yearly easter Q&A.

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of sirens, 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! 

In Which We Discuss:

1. Get ready for a week in which everything will be constantly compared to Pearl Harbor

2. We smashed the record for unemployment claims. Just slaughtered it.

3. Turns out when 10M people are suddenly unemployed, medicare-for-all sounds like a great plan.

4. The Democratic convention is being pushed, but no stupid deadly virus is going to stop the Wisconsin primary, whether or not they have polling place, poll workers, or voters.

5. The Republican Governors are proving they’re actually as science-challenged as the character they play on TV.

6. California is either doing a bang-up job, or it isn’t. The numbers tell many stories.

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of sirens, 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!

In Which We Discuss:

1. Joe Biden was accused of a Trump-worthy sexual assault, but you probably didn’t hear about it.

2. Are we going to end up with Andrew Cuomo as president?

3. America smashed records all week! We’re number one in coronavirus cases, and in unemployment. Beat that, China!

4. Apparently we had $2 trillion the whole time?!

5. Latest on coronavirus: Trump’s getting great ratings. That makes all the death and fear worth it, right?

6. Trump finally invokes P on Twitter. Whatever "P" is…

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens, 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!

In Which We Discuss:

1. We’re in a real-life pandemic! STAY AT HOME!

2. Maybe you need help remembering that tomorrow is Tuesday and an Election Day because the last week has felt like 12 years.

3. Sunday Night’s debate was the most torturous yet, mostly because we were all stuck at home watching it.

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens, 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!