In Which We Discuss:

1. Puerto Rico is now both without power and...a foreign nation?

2. GOP Tax Reform: It’s as narcissistic and self-absorbed as Donald Trump himself

3. Set your watches: the #TrumpRussia countdown to zero begins NOW

4. Sexual Assault allegations...ahem, sorry, dumb idiot men who can’t keep it in their pants...continue to ruin the things we once loved

5. North Korea. Yup.

6. Take a mental vacation in the alternate reality of FoxNews.com

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In Which We Discuss:

1. Senate Gorsuch showdown leads us to wonder: To what degree has civilization always been just hanging on by a tiny thread?

2. Even experts don’t seem to know if we’re at war with Syria.

3. Trailer for White House Purge: Part 1 is finally released

4. It’s round 2 and Republicans are still not eager to replace Obamacare with their now-revised shamy plan.

5. Very little intelligence is available on the House Intelligence Committee, even in Nunes’ absence.

6. Bernie sanders is taking a national tour like a literal rock star

7. Michele Bachmann, an irrelevant person who is no longer serving in office, still can’t stop explaining it all

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In Which We Discuss:

1. Enjoy your Trumpcare America, assuming you don’t die swiftly and in debt

2. Heartless Republicans declare: “Let them eat iPhones!”

3. GOP seems to think they’ve released the first accurate jobs report in eight years.  If true, it would also be the first accurate jobs report in the history of America.

4. Donald Trump’s Twitter dreams are answered: He will get to see the court in court!

5. The Terminator claims he’s not running for a California senate seat, so we’ll probably just see him on the ballot then

6. Couldn’t find a White House tour that fits your schedule?  Getting in is apparently as simple as jumping over a fence and walking directly into the White House.

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In Which We Discuss:

1. The oft-ignored Tuesday is waging an all-out campaign to usurp fan-favorite Saturday as Superiest day of the week

2. Marco Rubio has delivered his final second-place “victory”speech of 2016.  And life.

3. GOP’s plan to stop Trump now mostly comprised of hashtags and placing articles about how they have a plan to stop Trump

4. Donald Trump upgrades rhetoric to include a threat to take America by force if necessary

5. SCOTUS nominee-gate 2016: A case study in the art of Clintoning

6. The paper of record is now acting more like Fox News than we are.  #Endtimes?

7. Pope Francis joins Instagram.  [Insert #instablessed comment here.]

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of honking cars 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:

In Which We Discuss:

1. Tuesday’s election results are garbage.  Election day is for voting you fools!

1. Paul Ryan is adorably optimistic for a guy who just became House Speaker