Brain Trust Live

In Which We Discuss: 

1. Not much actual hearing going on at the congressional Planned Parenthood yammerings

2. Kevin McCarthy’s Speaker candidacy unravels after an accidental moment of honesty

3. Oregon shooting is a remarkable reminder of how unremarkable it is to be talking about mass shootings in America

4. Bernie Sanders...the oldest guy to ever be THIS trendy

5. Hillary Clinton would love to support gays, but she can’t, mainly because she just just doesn’t wanna

6. Kim Davis: just one more American who doesn’t know Pope

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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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In Which We Discuss:

1. “Surprising” new Iowa polls show that everything we’ve always said would happen is happening now in Iowa, where we said it would happen

2. GOP candidates are ready with plans for our next immigration war with...Canada?

3. O’Malley and Sanders are not afraid to get all up in Debbie Wasserman-Schultz’s face

4. Apparently stealing a single Mountain Dew while Black (#SMDWB?) in America is yet another offense police punish by death

5. The sanitation strike in Beirut is bad enough that it’s spawned a rare multi-religious movement (as well as great PR for their new sanitation service, Uber)

6. VMA’s are happening.  Ew.

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In Which We Discuss:

1. Brent went to the Iowa State fair for you, so you wouldn’t have to eat fried butter.

2. Americans can rest easy knowing that Donald Trump has promised to never ride a bicycle or eat Oreos ever again.  Whew, relief!

3. Scott Walker has an opinion on the 14th Amendment.  Actually, he has all of the opinions.

4. Hillary Clinton email scandal has gotten so bad, even Joe Biden thinks maybe he could be president now.

5. Greek prime minister calls news elections in effort to run against his past sel

6. Ashley Madison leak provides most comprehensive list of evangelical Christians ever compiled

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In Which We Discuss:

1.  Bernie Sanders hates your cable company just as much as you, and that’s why he’s can be the President.

2. Alan Grayson has a novel idea: running as an actual Democrat in a Democratic primary.  Guess who the establishment people are supporting…

3. Donald Trump reminds us that he’s, “like, a really smart person.”  His surge in the polls proves that Republican primary voters are, like, really dumb people.

4. Jeb Bush currently has all the money but don’t worry, if you work longer hours it’ll trickle down.  That’s worked in history, right?

5.  If Germany can Shock Doctrine Greece, does this mean that California can Shock Doctrine Kansas and get rid of Sam Brownback?

6.Why can Republicans never remember the third thing?  Now even Texas border states are suffering from this scourge.

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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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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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In Which We Discuss:

1.  An important review of Bernie Sanders’ long-forgotten folk career

2.  Baltimore finally has a folk hero and, more importantly, an indictment

3.  Ben Carson hopes to add a sequel to his hit TV biopic. Cuba Gooding-Jr is probably still available.

4. New Bridegate developments strike at the very moment Chris Christie would have liked to have been announcing

5. Rick Santorum cannot tolerate your gay marriage due to the fact that it caused 9/11 but is totally cool if Bruce Jenner feels he’s a woman.  Who is he to judge?

6. Biggest boxing match in history pits domestic violence aficionado against world’s least effective politician 

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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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In Which We Discuss:

1. Hillary is IN...but ONLY if you watched until the very end of that Kaiser Permanente video she’s passing off as a campaign announcement

2. Rand Paul is also in, and he’s already beating Hillary.  Lindsay Graham is also in, but he’s only running against Rand.  Former Republican Lincoln Chaffee’s also in, but just to make sure there’s someone to Hillary’s...left?

3. Republicans and racists alike have finally found a shooting of an unarmed black man they can denounce.  So...progress?

4. Rahm Emanuel just barely avoids being Christine Quinn’d, can now victoriously continue closing schools and free health clinics.  Hooray!

5. Tom Cotton has a detailed plan for Iran.  Step one: Bomb them.  Step two...actually there’s no step two.  It’s a simple plan, really.

6. Finally, we’ll take a terrifying walk down memory lane and revisit the news of BTL #1! 

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