Brain Trust Live

BTL #222 - THE CASE OF THE MISSING COMP SEATS - 11/21/16

In Which We Discuss:

1. So far the only thing Trump has accomplished in his transition is firing the few people who knew what was going on

2. Trump’s cabinet picks begin with a man too racist to get approved under Reagan and end with an list of every nightmare human being in America

3. Update: Trump’s first 100 days infrastructure plan may just be bills that have already passed and proposals he campaigned against

4. Settling a lawsuit for $25 million dollars is not what you do just because "don’t have time," it's what you do because you don't have a case

5. Guys, Mike Pence deserved to be booed, because seriously, how long does a man have to run for VP before he decides to get comp seats to Hamilton?

6. Democrats, in making attempt to be more inclusive, expand their leadership team to include...everyone

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BTL #214 - OUR LOCAL TACO TRUCK - 9/6/14

In Which We Discuss:

1.  If the worst thing that will happen under a Clinton regime is taco trucks appearing on every corner, sign us up!

2. Hillary Clinton doesn’t remember whether she has email problems or not as well as 38 other things that may or may not be important

3. Clinton kidnapped by rich donors, forced to make pleasant small talk with people just like her

4. Polls indicate that hatred for Clinton is still high enough that Donald Trump could be the president.

5. You know the fracking science is bad if even Oklahoma is taking it seriously

6. Michelle Bachmann.  Still insane.  Still amazing.  Still suffering from crazy-eye syndrome.

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BTL #184 - #HILLARYPILLORY, THE MOVEMENT - 1/18/16

In Which We Discuss:

1. Bernie Sanders: A man who got the most debate time at this week’s Democratic debate

2. Hillary Clinton: A woman who won’t let experience stop her from misunderstanding things

3. Iran‘s prisoner release includes a mystery man that Wolf Blitzer just learned of

4. State of the Union reveals Paul Ryan is member of the elusive pro-cancer caucus

5. Ted Cruz and ALL of New York City have a very different sense of what “New York values” consist of 

6. Flint, MI’s water situation is just another kind of state violence against black people

7. Have a happy MLK Day, America!  (Related: Have a terrible Robert E. Lee day, Arkansas!  Or better yet, just don’t have one at all...)

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of barking dogs 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 # 179 - DEADLY MONEY - 12/7/15

In Which We Discuss:

1. When can we start calling the NRA terrorists instead of lobbyists?  Is it now?

2. GOP proposes several strategies to deal with the week’s multiple mass shootings including denial, misplaced blame, and voting no on common sense gun legislation

3. Bernie Sanders is now polling higher against Hillary than Obama was in December of 2007

4. GOP releases plan in case of Trump nomination: ask Senate candidates to wear cooler clothes and dig up tree trunks for a day

5. Senate now only 60 Obamacare repeals behind House in the GOP war of healthcare-hating

6. Ben Carson will the defeat the delicious chickpea-based snack food beloved by millions, fear be damned

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BTL #177 - FRIDAY THE 13TH - 11/17/15

In Which We Discuss:

1. Terrorists are out to ruin Lila’s birthday, which is just like terrorists to do

2. Terrible attacks in Western Europe lead many to the discovery that terrorist attacks are happening constantly and all over the world. It’s a dangerous place!

3. GOP Debate #4 ends with a sad plea by moderators promising that economic issues can totally be interesting sometimes

4. Knee-Jerk Hillary Clinton turns out to sound a lot like Rudolph Giuliani at Saturday’s super secret Democratic debate

5. College protests start up in Missouri, end with Yale students hating John Calhoun and Chris Christie hating Obama

6. SCOTUS will now determine whether they meant to give us any abortion rights at all

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BTL #172 - HUMAN DNA FOUND AT POLITICON - 10/12/15

In Which We Discuss:

1. What is it that drives Hillary Clinton destroy everything that she loves?  What will become of her beloved TPP?

2. With McCarthy gone and the GOP in shambles, we’re all in some danger of becoming Speaker of the House.  Is there an opt-out form somewhere?

3. If any of the 158 families determining the next election results are listening, we have a campaign we’d like to talk chat about.  We accept checks.

4. Ben Carson’s gun control prescription: find a human shield or raise an army of casual handgun owners.  #assuredsuccess  

5. POLITICON.  It happened.  We were there.  We can confirm that Michele Bachmann is a real person with human DNA, FYI.  It was a weird day.

6. Guys, there’s a Democratic debate Tuesday night on CNN.  You should watch that.

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BTL #170 - CELEBRITY WATER THIEF - 9/28/15

In Which We Discuss:

1. Hey guys, what does it mean that Boehner is being remembered by Democrats as a great compromiser?  Should we be concerned?

2. Walker can’t stand the figurative and literal heat at the Reagan library GOP debates

3. Florida’s entry into the GOP race is on the rise...it’s just not Bush

4. The Democratic poll numbers are fucking bananas

5. Pope’s visit finally puts the spotlight on the greatest celebrity water thief in American history.  Somebody elected this person to office, btw.

6. Who would have guessed that the makers of the adorable Beetle hatchback would be up to something so nefarious?  Only students of German history.

7.  Brazen sea turtle riding on the rise in...you guessed it...Florida!

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BTL #158 - COLLECTIVE INTERNET WINS - 6/14/15

In Which We Discuss:

1. Out of literally nowhere, Democrats grow a pair and spurn Obama and Republicans on TPP. 

2. Hillary Clinton re-launch proves that she is physically capable of reading the same words that Bernie Sanders once said and meant.  

3. Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio apparently never finished high school English

4. Michele Bachmann brought about the straw poll endtimes with her 2012 win.  Whatever will Ben Carson do now?

5. Every once in a while America comes together around one story to collectively win the internet.  This week, Rachel Dolezal was that story.

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BTL #155 - THE GREAT REPUBLICAN TICKLE-FIGHT - 5/18/15

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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BTL #152 - BIRTHDAY PRESENTS - 4/29/15

In Which We Discuss:

1. Bernie Sanders gives Brent the best birthday present a boy could ever ask for.

2. A message to the police: please stop killing unarmed black people.  Coming up with funny headlines for those stories is impossible.

3.  In a very Los Angeles move, Ted Cruz would totally protest Loretta Lynch’s appointment if he didn’t have better plans.

4. A war of the signs breaks out outside the Supreme Court.  Also something is going on inside there...

5. Washington commences the yearly summit between famous comedians and the people they make awkward jokes about. 

6. Bruce Jenner comes out as a...Republican gun-owner.  JUDGEMENT.

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