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
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
Sunday Sep 15, 2013
Sunday Sep 15, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. After a spectacular De Blasio victory, Carlos Danger's mayoral campaign ends on an entirely predictable note
2. Putin flexes his muscles, both literally and figuratively, to reach Syria chemical weapons deal
3. Tea Party not content with just ruining the Democratic party, hellbent on ruining GOP as well
4. Proposed state of Jefferson intent on becoming a lawless, insurance-less, perma-stoned hell-hole
5. Cuban Canadians apparently don’t move tickets with Iowa GOP
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 Jul 14, 2013
Sunday Jul 14, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Committing murder now officially legal in Florida.
2. And while carrying a concealed weapon into the texas statehouse may be fine, carrying a tampon is crossing the line
3. Canadian Senator Ted Cruz clearly begins his pre-presidential goodwill tour...not realizing he’s in the wrong country.
4. Harry Reid revives talk of the nuclear option, after previously agreeing it wasn’t needed.
5. Prominent conservative accidentally endorses single payer health care plan...again
6. Seriously...what’s going on with tv news?
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Sunday Jul 07, 2013
Sunday Jul 07, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Finding inspiration in Texas’ legislators, hundreds of GOP politicians decide they don’t like having female supporters either
2. North Carolina takes on the biggest threats of them all, Sharia law... and voting
3. Obama’s doing what he does best, chipping away at his one achievement.
4. A tragic human interest story tailor made for CNN and the podcast BBF Jill takes up all 24 hours of the news cycle
5. Egypt stages a military coup in order to save democracy
6. Brazil’s experiments with the Olympics continue, meanwhile, Tulsa’s experiment is just getting started
7. And some tips and tricks that will come in handy during your next transit strike experienceSunday Jun 30, 2013
Sunday Jun 30, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. The end of DOMA, Prop 8, Texas SB5, and...racism?
2. Senate passes immigration reform bill now sentenced to “ash heap of history”
3. Senate congratulates itself on immigration reform, forgets to pass student loan debt releif
4. Wendy Davis is a frigging badass
5. Southwestern heatwave proves global warming is 100% real
6. NSA not only spying on American Citizens, but also on our EU allies!
7. Plus, the continued saga of Edward Snowden, an on the scene update on the NYC Mayor’s race, and an unusual “tourism” PR campaign for an entire nation that you’ll probably only see on Fox News...Sunday May 19, 2013
Sunday May 19, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Presidential approval rating numbers finally illustrate how little people care about Benghazi and the other fake White House scandals
2. Harry Reid is still not done making empty threats about filibuster reform
3. After realizing what the GOP actually stands for, a Florida Latino outreach director becomes a Democrat
4. Anthony Weiner basically announces his mayoral candidacy by sitting in his favorite stoop and trying to look wholesome
5. Ann Coulter is furious that Star Trek doesn’t offer an accurate view of *her* present day America
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