In Which We Discuss:

Really just one thing - the Nevada Caucuses! We went, we saw, we covered. Get out thoughts on the experience, the outcome and the how polling looks moving forward, all fresh off the campaign trail!

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In Which We Discuss:

1. Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar win New Hampshire by coming in second and third.

2. Sanders manages only first place in both New Hampshire and most national polls. Is first place his ceiling?: An Investigation.

3. Nevada hopes to relieve Iowa of the pressure of being the only incompetent caucus state in the country.

4. If you don’t like putting kids in cages, Michael Bloomberg can’t be on the table. 

5. Telemundo’s accidental quiz show proves that only annoying overachievers know who’s running Mexico right now. 

6. Maybe you missed the Saturday Night Massacre last week because it was on Tuesday.

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. Impeachment diet of milk and candy is no match for 85 year old sleepy people in senate marathon trial

2. John Bolton’s unreleased book is already old news

3. Is Elizabeth Warren the new establishment candidate?

4. No Hillary Clinton, America does not want your authentic and unvarnished views 

5. Latest polls prove that we live in a post-poll world

6. Donald Trump has the best numbers.  So much so that they definitely prove he’s the second coming.

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’ll share important self-care tips for the next #DemDebate 

2. Next week’s TV schedule is: CSPAN, 25 hours a day, 8 days a week. Impeachment Trial-Palooza starts Tuesday morning at an ungodly hour.

3. If you’re too young to remember the 90s, Ken Starr is doing a comeback tour and playing all his greatest sex-obsessed hits!

4. Lev Parnas confirms everything we knew via common sense from the last six months

5. Joe Kennedy III is a conspiracy theory waiting to happen in the race for the MA Senate

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. Nancy Pelosi is sending the articles of impeachment to the Senate, so get ready for sham trial season!

2. Mar-A-Lago might have started a war with Iran. Stay tuned to Twitter for official updates and golf scores.

3. People are dropping out, but somehow the Democratic presidential field is not contracting.

4. Bernie Sanders is back in action after outraising Wine Cave Pete

5. Earthquake swarms are the tree snakes of Puerto Rico

6. Koalas are suffering, and that’s our fault.

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. If Louisiana votes on Saturday, couldn’t we all do it?

2. Impeachment hearings are the birthday gift that keep on giving. And taking.

3. Roger Stone proves that getting a Nixon tattoo on your back will eventually land you in jail

4. If you’re looking for a book deal, there’s still time announce that you’re running for president

5. Pete Buttigeig: Loved by Midwestern white people and fake black people everywhere!

6. Elizabeth Warren over-plans on healthcare and, in the process, accidentally under-plans

7. Fringe political celebrities are desperate to represent Simi Valley: An update

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. There’s cross traffic in the race for president - we’ll tell you who’s in and who’s out.

2. Joe Biden has seemingly thought A LOT about the assasination of Barack Obama.

3. David Koch is dead, survived by Russian authoritarian government and the MET.

4. Trump did not successfully buy Greenland last week. Let’s depose him.

5. The future of oxygen is up in smoke, literally.

6. Pray for RBG because how many cancers is too many?

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. Biden thinks “fuck it” and announces his candidacy on his way to a high-dollar fundraiser.

2. Mueller Report tells us we all knew in our hearts: Donald Trump wanted to collude and obstruct but isn’t competent enough to do it.

3. The only thing longer and more exhausting than the new Avengers movie is CNN’s new townhall format.

4. In the war between Wayne LaPierre and Oliver North, which one is the good guy with the gun?

5. If the White House Correspondents Dinner has no host or president, has it actually happened?

6. Howard Schultz wants to be America's modern existentialist poet laureate. He's failing.

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens and helicopters 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. Everything you need to know about Election Day (remember to vote!)

2. We shouldn’t have to say this so much, but don’t commit acts of terrorism!

3. Genius Idea: Lets keep letting people be citizens when they’re born here

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens and helicopters 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 went to Politicon, and we can now officially tell you who is running for president.

2. Voter suppression: It’s not just in Georgia anymore!

3. Mitch McConnell loyally follows script that Democrats wrote for him

4. Fun with midterm polls!

5. We never thought we’d say this, but Donald Trump doesn’t care enough about your genitalia.

6. Trump nicknames continue to get less clever and more off-topic, just like his administration.

Guys, it's our 300th episode!!! 

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens and helicopters who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL!  Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!