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 May 17, 2015
Sunday May 17, 2015
In Which We Discuss:
1. We successfully crashed the CA Democratic Convention. Screw the rules!
2. Jeb Bush battles the hypothetical question of whether Jeb Bush should be answering hypothetical questions as a candidate
3. Massive carnage on an Amtrak route they frequent won’t stop Congress from making cuts to infrastructure spending
4. We’re still giving out the death penalty, a discussion
5. Mitt Romney and Evander Holyfield tickle-fight for charity
6. Andrew Keegan brings us the most Los Angeles story ever written
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Monday May 11, 2015
Monday May 11, 2015
In Which We Discuss:
1. Seymour Hersh bombshell: Osama bin Laden is still dead. Carry on.
2. Hillary Clinton’s new media strategy is to pretend there is no media
3. Lap band surgery was probably cheaper than Chris Christie’s football game concessions
4. The Sheldon Adelson solo primary claims another victim: common sense
5. Republican candidates hawk Bible cures for your diabetes and tax woes because...pseudoscience
6. Somebody finally stood their ground and shot George Zimmerman in the face
7. Texas does the most Texas-y thing even attempted
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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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Sunday Apr 12, 2015
Sunday Apr 12, 2015
In Which We Discuss:
1. Hillary is IN...but ONLY if you watched until the very end of that Kaiser Permanente video she’s passing off as a campaign announcement
2. Rand Paul is also in, and he’s already beating Hillary. Lindsay Graham is also in, but he’s only running against Rand. Former Republican Lincoln Chaffee’s also in, but just to make sure there’s someone to Hillary’s...left?
3. Republicans and racists alike have finally found a shooting of an unarmed black man they can denounce. So...progress?
4. Rahm Emanuel just barely avoids being Christine Quinn’d, can now victoriously continue closing schools and free health clinics. Hooray!
5. Tom Cotton has a detailed plan for Iran. Step one: Bomb them. Step two...actually there’s no step two. It’s a simple plan, really.
6. Finally, we’ll take a terrifying walk down memory lane and revisit the news of BTL #1!
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Monday Apr 06, 2015
Monday Apr 06, 2015
In Which We Discuss:
1. Rand Paul prepares to “unleash” the American Dream on an unwitting public. No news yet on whether that’s a condition that can be treated.
2. This week on Hillary Pillory, Hillary moves her campaign artillery to an auxiliary office on Tillary
3. World applauds outline of Iran deal..well, world minus GOP Congressmen and their party president Bibi Netanyahu
4. Jerry Brown must really love walnuts, hate showering. A discussion of why.
5. Edward Snowden encourages us to take a principled stand on dick picks...by continuing to take them
6. Even Pat Robertson knows that gays aren’t trying to have pizza at their wedding receptions, sees this as more of a cake lobby issue
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Monday Mar 09, 2015
Monday Mar 09, 2015
In Which We Discuss:
1. Democrats everywhere to Hillary Clinton: Please stop doing the things you do
2. DOJ report paints a compelling picture of how wonderful it is to be white in Ferguson, America
3. Republican American President Bibi Netanyahu offers the fanatical clapping opportunity GOP politicians have so desperately been missing
4. Shadow Speaker Nancy Pelosi passes a clean DHS funding bill, leaves the boys to their silly squabbles
5. We again name-check the Democrats the voted to override the Keystone veto, this time with fury
6. Maryland Senate race poised to offer the exciting inter-party war we’ve been waiting for
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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 Dec 15, 2014
Monday Dec 15, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
1. CIA torture report proves that a) we’ve been in the grasp of a huge sneaking evil for years and b) Dianne Feinstein has an ounce of fight left in her after all.
2. Dick Cheney’s new heart only new in the literal sense. His metaphorical heart is just as evil and unfeeling as it always was.
3. New UN climate deal nixes the pledges and opts for the helpful non-binding suggestions way of dealing with major polluters.
4. Pig diarrhea among the many pressing items of national interest addressed by the new, amendment-laden house spending bill.
5. Much of the left is now Ready for Warren. Either none of or all of the right is ready for Jeb.
6. Ferguson Eric Garner Protests still going strong
7. Angelina Jolie and Amy Pascal share a hug (and grimace) heard ‘round the world in Sony leaks aftermath.
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Sunday Dec 07, 2014
Sunday Dec 07, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
2. “Uninspiring but mistake free” campaign crushes an uninspiring but stupidity-filled Landrieu campaign in Louisiana runoff
3. Obamacare proves, yet again, that simple math and logic have evaded GOP politicos, even in regard to a plan they thought up
4. Rolling Stone fact-checkers set anti-campus rape activist back one zillion years. Should somebody call Aaron Sorkin? It sounds like Rolling Stone editors need an ethics monologue.
5. Enthusiasm about fake economy’s fake good news is not a good enough reason to blow your cash on Christmas gifts
6. North Korea’s tourism website proves that they weren’t responsible for the Sony hack
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