Brain Trust Live

3/28/23 - The Carla Nordstrom Spectacular

In Which We Discuss:

1. Carla Nordstrom provides a report from NY State

2. We asked for more salad-fork style dramas, and this week we got them!

3. Donald Trump announces plans to stave of WWIII by promising death and destruction

4. The Nebraska Senate’s GOP Christmas card list is getting smaller and smaller

5. Only Chicago city politics could cause a Jim Clyburn and Bernie Sanders unity endorsement.

 

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

And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.

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11/8/21 - The Congressional MLM Caucus [w/ guest Laura Packard]

In Which We Discuss:

1. Laura Packard is here to talk healthcare and Build Back Better!

2. To the surprise of zero hosts of this podcast, Terry McAuliffe was not the best candidate for Virginia governor

3. The BIF passed, the BBB needs the CBO. Is it DOA?

4. Nobody saw Australia emerging as the supervillan of this week’s climate summit

5. Last month's jobs numbers are great or terrible, depending on whether you’re Brent or Lila

6. Nothing has ever made more sense than Krysten Sinema’s ties to MLM

 

Learn More About Laura:

Follow Laura on Twitter: @lpackard

Follow Laura on Instagram: @laurapackardactivist

Follow Healthcare Voter on Twitter: @HealthCareVoter

Check Out Laura's Recent Op-Ed in Business Insider

 

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

10/3/21 - Almost a Real Infrastructure Week

In Which We Discuss:

1. For the first time in 5 years we almost had a real infrastructure week.  Almost.

2. A review of all the dumb ways moderates waste money.

3. Are we talking about the fucking debt ceiling??? Again???

4. I do not have enough closet space for a repeat of the toilet paper shortages.

5. Who fixes an oil pipeline when nobody knows who owns it? 

6. We freed Britney! But who’s in charge of worrying about her now?

 

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Brain Trust Live is (still) Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, 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!

6/7/21 - Robert Byrd's Hostage

In Which We Discuss:

1. Joe Manchin’s brain is being held hostage by the ghost of Robert Byrd

2. Giving people money stops them from starving: an expose

3. Dem soul searching leads to exact answers we gave them before they started soul searching

4. Surprising that Andrew Yang, after participating in the democratic presidential primary, admitted publicly to wanting to be more like Michael Bloomberg.

5. In effort to undermine the meat industry, vegans find natural ally in Vladimir Putin

6. Donald Trump will be back in August according to the pillow industry

Also:

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Brain Trust Live is (still) Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, 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!

3/29/21 - Illegal Water

In Which We Discuss:

1. Now we all have to use all our disposable income to go to Georgia and hand out illegal water, an obligation absolutely nobody wanted.

2. Joe Biden has a surefire plan to ruin Kamala’s career in his first 100 days.

3. We will vaccinate 200 million people in Biden’s first 100 days, whether or not we plan for it. 

4. Amazon workers in Alabama remind us that maybe we could unionize too.

5. Are boats too big? An exposé.

6. COVID is on the rise again.

 

Also:

CALL YOUR REPS. ABOUT EVERYTHING. Make this number your profile picture. Tweet it every day. Add it to your phonebook:

Capitol Hill Main Switchboard: (202) 224-3121

 

Brain Trust Live is (still) Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, 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!

 

3/22/21 - Mild Competence

In Which We Discuss:

1. We once again found out what happens when a 21 year-old white guy with a gun has a “bad day.”

2. Ted Cruz could finally get his chance to share recipes and re-read his beloved Dr. Seuss from the Senate floor.

3. Mild competence was, as it turned out, all we needed to get vaccines into arms.

4. If smoking pot gets you kicked out of the Biden admin, Lila Nordstrom will be only person in American qualified to serve. Medicare-for-all, coming soon!

5. The CA recall is shaping up to be a...huge waste of money.

6. Mar a Lago has just as many germs as you’d expect.

 

Also:

CALL YOUR REPS. ABOUT EVERYTHING. Make this number your profile picture. Tweet it every day. Add it to your phonebook:

Capitol Hill Main Switchboard: (202) 224-3121

 

Brain Trust Live is (still) Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, 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!

BTL #278 - THE ANTI-MEMO - 2/12/18

 

In Which We Discuss:

1. The anti-Nunes Memo has too many words and not enough illustrations for public release, says White House

2. Dems in Congress win tons of money for GOP priorities in landmark budget deal

3. Apparently only White House staff has to resign over abuse accusations. Anyone can still be president! (The American dream!)

4. GOP new plan to keep power is to just stop having elections to fill vacant seats

5. Kansas found six teenagers but only one woman to run for governor

6. You know your administration’s shit when they’re losing to North Korea at diplomacy

 

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!

BTL #265 - BREAKOUT HATS - 10/23/17

In Which We Discuss:

1. Alexander-Murray healthcare bill is the will they/wont they breakout hit of the congressional season

2. There is a chance you understand Trump’s tax reform proposal better than he does

3. Trump is one person who doesn’t know what Sgt. Johnson signed up since he never signed up for it himself

4. John Kelly hates that Rep. Wilson is hiding all of her secrets under her elaborate hats

5. DNC is either fully funded and ready for action, or broke and confused. As usual, they can’t decide on a message.

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

 

 

BTL #240 - PASSOVER PURGE - 4/11/17

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

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

 

 

BTL #238 - THINGS NOBODY WANTS - 3/27/17

 

In Which We Discuss:

1. AHCA is revised to address the real problems: obscure upstate New York tax issues

2. Trump surrogates decry that “Washington Won” in the AHCA battle. Still don’t seem to understand they’re in it.

3. Sanders and friends hope that if we can say “Single Payer,” we can dream it

4. Next up in “things nobody wants the Republicans to do”: large corporate tax cuts

5. Congressman Nunes is the most confusing person in Washington this week

6. Internet privacy: A thing we don’t have

 

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