Brain Trust Live

4/3/23 - The People of the State of New York against Donald J. Trump

In Which We Discuss:

1. You Guys! Where on earth is Mitch McConnell and is he still actually on earth?

2. Trump will have to be brought down by the very people who brought him to us: New Yorkers

3. Chris Christie harkens back to the heady days of his undercard debate glory

4. Joe Manchin and Joe Lieberman: Why didn’t we see the parallels sooner?

5. Ron DeSantis takes on the real government of Florida - Disney - and loses

6. Federal government picks an arbitrary end date to a pandemic that’s still very much ongoing

 

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8/30/21 - Pandemic of the Radio Hosts

In Which We Discuss:

1. Lila’s book is in stores now. You should buy it.

2. Hurricane Ida: Just the kind of disrespectful hurricane that chose to come in the middle of a pandemic as opposed to...literally any other time.

3. Recall update: Idiots abound. Vote no.

4. No one wants everyone to be evicted from their homes more than SCOTUS.

5. Covid is now a pandemic of the radio hosts

6. Infrastructure Season: Everybody has claimed victory and yet nobody has won anything yet.

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BTL #390 - Problem Causers Caucus - 3/8/21

In Which We Discuss:

1. Less than $2000 could be coming to a checking account near you very soon!

2. Joe Manchin formed the problem causers caucus, whose political ideology seems vaguely similar to the problem solvers caucus.

3. Marie Antoinette voted no on increasing the minimum wage

4. Neera Tandan. Goodbye forever. We wish you nothing but the worst.

5. For second week in a row: Do not run for a third term in NY state.

6. March 4th has come and gone and Donald Trump has no risen from the swamp.

 

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 #207 - POITICON 2016 - 6/27/16

In Which We Discuss:

Well...this week on the podcast, we’re starting a little differently.  Yes, we’ll cover Brexit, the House sit-in, the latest polls, Veepstakes, and Rubio, but first join us on the other side of the theme music for highlights from the most important news story in this very packed week: Our two days at Politicon!

BTL #197 - THE VATICAN HANDSHAKE - 4/18/16

In Which We Discuss:

1. Brooklyn Debate blockbuster moments include Hillary Clinton coming out in favor of supporting what could be a $15/hour minimum wage if and only if we play our cards right

2. If you’re cool and in New York right now, you’re probably at a Bernie Sanders rally

3. Bernie bends the rules of time and space to be at both the Vatican and Coachella on Saturday

4. Hiring a new campaign director somehow left no one in charge of Trump’s campaign operation

5. Kasich’s New York Scorecard: Italian Food - 2, Pickles 1, Kasich - 0

6. Christians in Mississippi better hope this whole afterlife thing is legit, because they’re all about to get shot at church

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of honking cars 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 #192 - RETURN OF THE GOLDWATER GAL - 3/14/16

In Which We Discuss:

 1. MSNBC so shocked by Michigan results that they disavow their own exit polling and established mathematical facts

 2. The Goldwater Gal returns as Clinton actively misremembers her thoughts on AIDS and abortion

 3. On both sides of the aisle, it’s time to ask an important question: how many debates is too many debates?

 4. Trump delivers one-hour victory infomercial for all of his failed consumer goods, creating the most perfect hour of reality television in US history

5. Sanders, Obama, and “Thugs on the street” all to blame for Donald Trump’s hate speech.  Notably not blamed: Donald Trump’s hate speech.

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of honking cars 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 #161 - BERNIE-MENTUM-MONIUM-MANIA - 7/6/15

In Which We Discuss:

1. Get ready...we’re about to coin the term Bernie-monium!  It’s happening.

2. Latest Hillary Clinton email dump proves she was right to ask to borrow a book on how to email better.  Next up: a book on better "Twittering."

3. SCOTUS reminds America that while the majority of them aren’t stupid, at least 5 are pure evil

4. California decides that one massive measles outbreak is enough, even if it means taking on Jenny McCarthy.

5. Greece does what the world has been trying to do for millenia, tells Germany to fuck off

6. If we’ve known anything since the first podcast, it’s that losing your mattress endorsement is the beginning of the end.  Buh bye Donald!

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BTL #160 - PURE APPLESAUCE - 6/29/15

In Which We Discuss:

1. SCOTUS continues it’s move to the left as Scalia continues his slow descent into jiggery-pokery

2. Alabama and Bree Newsome show SC and America that taking an offensive flag down is as easy as...removing a flag

3. Bernie Sanders proves he’s a contender by facing his first slate of attacks...ever.

4. Bobby Jindal announces presidential run in homemade horror film

5. It only takes two words to explain why abstinence-only education doesn’t work: Bristol Palin

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BTL #159 - NORTH KOREAN DERRING-DO - 6/23/15

In Which We Discuss:

1. Like the president and Jon Stewart, we’re sick and tired of thinking of something new to say about white domestic terrorists and their totally legal super-deadly arsenals.

2. Proving they’re only 250 years behind the times, South Carolina may finally take down their state confederate flag.  It’s time to admit the dream is dead, guys.

3. Speaking of dreams, 2016 is going to be the year we finally get to officially not vote for Donald Trump.

4. Math and science finally prove that once you know Bernie Sanders, you have no choice but to love him. 

5. The GOP’s Catholic hopefuls now must explain why their faith is guiding them to deny science even the Pope knows is true.

6. Women continue to get 77% of what they ask for in their battle to be on the $20

7. North Korea cures everything using a top secret combination minerals and derring-do.

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BTL #151 - SINGLE IN THE SENATE - 4/21/15

In Which We Discuss:

1.  Marco Rubio spends his first week on the campaign trail presenting diametrically opposed ideas on numerous subjects

2. The Ted Cruz Super PAC trilogy teases a mythical tale of blockbuster proportions

3. Why is Lindsay Graham still single?  Fox News and Brain Trust Live discuss.

4. Hillary, Huma, and the whole Scooby gang begin their storied road trip to rural Iowa with a burrito, a Liz Warren compliment, and a dream

5. We’re 91% closer to having a Chick-fil-a in the White House thanks to Lindsey Graham

6. Animals are literally falling from the sky, an in-depth analysis

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