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
Tuesday Jan 07, 2014
Tuesday Jan 07, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
2. Rep. Boehner pats self on back for successfully carrying out the least productive year in Congressional history
3. A brief review of just how right we were in 2013
4. The Christmas Eve spin machine goes into overdrive
5. This week on Hillary Pillory: Clinton SuperPACs are already competing to run her campaign into the ground before it starts
6. Family-hating Virginia resident Liz Cheney pulls out of Wyoming senate primary against well-liked ice-cream socialite Mike Enzi
Monday Dec 16, 2013
Monday Dec 16, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Bipartisan budget deal draws enough criticism from both parties to pass the House going away
2. When it comes to sign language interpreters in South Africa, you really get what you pay for
3. Colorado residents should no longer expect staying alive to be one of the perks of living near all that fresh mountain air
4. Do you know someone who suffers from Affluenza? Get them help immediately before their inevitable crime spree goes unpunished!
5. Brain Trust Live tells you the future in a segment on the 2016 primaries
6. Megyn Kelly really needs you to know that Santa Claus is white. Because children!
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Tuesday Dec 03, 2013
Tuesday Dec 03, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. The Affordable Care Act website now working. Nothing more to see here.
2. Black Friday now has its own official death count tracker
3. The US reaches a deal to reach another deal in six months over Iran’s nuclear program
4. Obamacare’s not the only problem fast food CEOs will face this week
5. Turns out the government shutdown wasn’t much of a change from business as usual in Congress
6. Thanksgiving becomes a popular time to come out of the closet
7. Soon drones will no longer only be used for killing innocent civilians, they’ll deliver your toothpaste too
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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 Oct 06, 2013
Sunday Oct 06, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. As country heads into week two of the government shutdown, GOP’s goals become even less clear
2. Stubborn House GOP antics cause wounded pride, open doors for Democratic contenders in at least 17 house races.
3. Government shutdown opens up a pandora’s box of crazy shenanigans for furloughed capitol police to deal with.
4. Turns out, millions of people were looking for cheaper healthcare. Good thing the Obamacare exchanges started this week!
5. Wendy Davis heeds our advices, announces her candidacy with a populist bang.
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Monday Sep 23, 2013
Monday Sep 23, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. A roundup of the inconsequential un-newsy news of the week! Did anybody say Emmys? IPhone?
2. Republican strategy to defund Obamacare...now with more confusing twists!
3. Sadly, mass shootings surpass Miley Cyrus twerking videos as America’s hottest trend
4. President and Vice President of “selfie-town” get together to talk smack about weiners
5. GOP politicians, after several incomplete Bible reads, certain that Jesus would starve the poor and hate the gays
Monday Sep 09, 2013
Monday Sep 09, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. A look at the direct correlation between our indecisive Syria policy and the French ego
2. Revisionist histories of 9/11 are all the rage as the three stooges of the Tea Party hit the airwaves live from Egypt
4. We’ve got this months job numbers. Stay tuned for next month’s report that these reports were false.
5. As the primary campaigns in New York hit their final stride, Bloomberg announces that most of the electorate are just a bunch of moochers anyway
6. This week in secessionist movements
7. Gun rights are blindly taken to their logical extreme in IowaSunday 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 18, 2013
Sunday Aug 18, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Some serious shit’s going down in Egypt. No one knows what to do.
2. North Carolina certain that putting a halt to all voting will put a stop to their invisible voter fraud epidemic
3. Economics expert Kevin McDonald explains money to us like we’re toddlers
4. State Fair updates, from butter cows to rodeo clowns
5. Steve King on round three of defending his racism and still not sorry
6. Bill Clinton doing a worse job of controlling his foundation than he did of the entire country
7. Bob Filner will literally sexually harass your great grandmother
8. Creationist author gives us the reason we’ve needed to re-up our dragon insurance
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