In Which We Discuss:

1. Lila wins the internet, and buzzfeed commits some serious thought crime.

2. The greatest story to come out of the crazy 2012 republican primary.

3. Israeli pundits prove to be just as irritating as American ones during Obama’s brief visit to the region.

4. The senate finally passes a budget, 4 years and 13 hrs later.

5. Rich people are awful.  An in-depth conversation about why.

6. Republicans still trying to figure out their post-Portman stance on gay marriage.  Unknowinlgy offering reasons to support it as reasons for their opposition.

7. Plus, guns, deadly asteroids, and other dangers of living in Glendale.

Look out for our weekly blog post, coming Thursday, and as always, remember to follow us on Twitter @braintrustlive and find us on Facebook!

Happy Birthday to us!  It's a very special one year anniversary for BTL in which we discuss:

1.  You heard it here first!  The dangers of sinkholes are very real and this week totally proves it.

2.  Everything we feared about the sequester happened, so...

3.  Ahhhh...We’re Popeless!  Anyone looking for a direct line to god will have to speak to speak to Warren Jeffs.

4.  SCOTUS Justice declares the end of racism.  Congratulations America!

5.  GOP continues to answer to Todd Akin’s rape comments...by agreeing with them.

6.  Plus guns, horsemeat, climate change and snakes where you’ll least expect them!

Look out for our weekly blog post, coming Thursday, and as always, remember to follow us on Twitter @braintrustlive and find us on Facebook!

In Which We Discuss:

1) We both do better in our Oscar predictions than Nate Silver

2) Sequester deadline looms again and lawmakers may or may not do anything about it

3) Catholic church continues to do nothing to help itself in the area of scandal; slowly digging its own grave

4) Is Obama pushing for a federal gay marriage law so that he can get gay married for a second time?

5) Senator Cruz channels his inner Joe McCarthy

6) State legislatures take up the important issues of the day, like human/animal hybrids and the need for access to quality road kill meat

7) Plus Snakes, Killer robots, Sinkholes and the most terrifying of them all...Guy Fieri!

In Which We Discuss:

1.  Poland Springs steals the state of the union, expanding market share on west coast

2.  Hagel will get nominated and/or filibustered depending on which John McCain you talk to

3.  Going to an Obama speech on will definitely get your family members shot in Chicago.  We warned you.

4.  Republicans now against their own immigration plan after finding out that Obama also supports it

5.  Alabama UNOS organ donor lists now offering babies!

6.  Plus, Elizabeth Warren wins the internet, John McCain speaks to every media outlet about every issue all week, CNN jumps the shark, and no need for the Cold War any longer because Russia has the sky

Look out for our weekly blog post, coming Thursday, and as always, remember to follow us on Twitter @braintrustlive and find us on Facebook!

In Which We Discuss:

1.  Hold onto your hats...it’s inauguration day!  So that’s happening...

2.  Healthcare has the most exciting, underreported week ever!

3. White House proposes a great gun control package and is immediately one upped by New York State.  (Plus a fun new weekly segment!)

4.  The debt ceiling crises is not happening anymore.  Go home.  Come back in March.

5.  The return of Mark Sanford, our first introduction to Stephen Colbert’s sister, and a Berman Sherman follow-up that we never saw coming.

6.  Plus, gays, the environment, and a nefarious smoothie shop that won’t be getting any of our business.

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In Which We Discuss:

1. The First Presidential Debate For Hours and Bring You All of Our Crackpot Theories, Oftentimes Contradicting Each Other and Ourselves

2. Some Jobs Numbers, Some War on Voting News….And That’s Really About It

It’s an hour and 20 minutes you can only get here!  And if you want to hear more from us during the week, like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/BrainTrustLive or find us on Twitter @braintrustlive!

In Which We Discuss:

1. Romney Campaign Still Has No Coherent Position the Law They Invented.

2. Republicans Continue to Un-endorse Mitt Romney at Staggering Rate.  Luckly Mitt Has Family, Friends, and Mormons to Sustain Him.

3. Surprise, We Now Have Proof that Americans Hate Bain Capital

4. Gary Johnson: A Future Ross Perot in the Works?

5. Allen West is Obsessed With Obama as Slave Owner.

6. You Can, As of Right Now, Still Get an Abortion in Mississippi and Vote In Texas, But Maybe Not For Long…

7. Apparently, American Bison To Blame For Your High Gas Prices.  Irrefutable Logic From America's Cow Doctor.

8. Is It Hot Where You Are?  George Will Tells Us Why

9. You Are Still Much Poorer Than The Average CEO

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In Which We Discuss:

1. House, Though Held in Nation's Contempt, Can Still Hold Their Own Grudges

2. Romney Tries to Woo WaPo With Powerpoints, Fails

3. The Week in Tweets, Much Longer Than the Last Week In Tweets

4.  Hidden News Item of the Week: Congress Did One Thing Successfully, Nobody Notices

5. JPMorgan's Dimon Thinks Earth Hitting Moon Unlikely Possibility

6. The Horrific Tragedy of 9/18 (Never Forget)

7. Texas Republican Trying to Outlaw Thought

8. Week in Fake Celebrity News