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
Tuesday May 27, 2014
Tuesday May 27, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
1. War on Masculinity claims another victim as the War on Guns continues amassing a staggering record of defeat
2. Feminism is en vogue this month. Try it.
3. If Darrell Issa can’t win Benghazi, he’ll make sure nobody can
4. Ukraine is either at war with itself or with Russia, nobody can be sure, but one thing that is sure is that everybody is dying
5. Obama’s latest drawdown proposal brings up the important question of why we still have troops in Afghanistan to begin with
6. The Volunteer State will not be stopped by socialist Europe when it comes to murdering its own citizens in cruel and unusual ways
Monday Apr 21, 2014
Monday Apr 21, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
1. Russia signs agreement to track down those dirty scoundrels destabilizing Ukraine, which should be easy because most of those “scoundrels” are Russian military men
2. Final Obamacare numbers show that Californians are just as late to sign up for healthcare as they are to meet you for brunch
3. CNN’s ocean tragedy experts are having a banner year
4. Keystone ambivalents rejoice as Obama announces yet another plan to non-decide on the issue
5. Clintons tee up a potential 2064 presidential campaign with an as yet unborn Clinton spawn on the way
Monday Jan 13, 2014
Monday Jan 13, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
1. Chris Christie finally one-ups Tony Soprano, reclaims his position as the king of the bad kind of being “New Jersey”
2. Robert Gates bitterly discusses Obama’s thoughtful approach to war as nearly treasonous
3. Iran’s deal-to-make-deal-to-make-a-deal goes into effect...in a few weeks
5. North Korean ambassador Dennis Rodman will not be fighting for Kenneth Bae’s freedom, but will be fighting for rebounds in Kim Jong-Un’s birthday basketball blowout
6. W. Virginia and Utah. Don’t live there.
7. Science offers long-awaited proof that cats are evil
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Sunday Oct 06, 2013
Sunday Oct 06, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. As country heads into week two of the government shutdown, GOP’s goals become even less clear
2. Stubborn House GOP antics cause wounded pride, open doors for Democratic contenders in at least 17 house races.
3. Government shutdown opens up a pandora’s box of crazy shenanigans for furloughed capitol police to deal with.
4. Turns out, millions of people were looking for cheaper healthcare. Good thing the Obamacare exchanges started this week!
5. Wendy Davis heeds our advices, announces her candidacy with a populist bang.
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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
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 Sep 01, 2013
Sunday Sep 01, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Obama administration decisively passes the buck on Syria
2. A Brief People’s History of Labor Day
3. Bob McDonnell doesn’t know what he knows
4. America’s Secretary of Explaining Stuff is back
5. This week in “we told you so!,” we talk immigration reform
6. Brain Trust puts Congress on notice because now even Chris Christie has passed an equal pay law
7. 41 learns the hard way that, just because the obituary is written, doesn’t mean the person is dead
Sunday Aug 04, 2013
Sunday Aug 04, 2013
In Which We Discuss (w/ SPECIAL GUEST GRANT SLOSS!):
1. Obama has gall to turn another year older, and the world responds with threat of violence
2. Bradley Manning is sentenced with up to 100 years in jail, meanwhile Edward Snowden suffers a much worse fate...1 year in Russia
3. 2016 speculation update - every human being may or may not be running for president
4. 40th times is again the charm as Obamacare is overturned by congress in a new and inventive way
5. Mitch McConnell’s tea party opposition might be more coherent than he is
6. Devoid of Weiner news, we take refuge in an actual scandal
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Monday Jul 22, 2013
Monday Jul 22, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Breaking news: Baby born in Britain!
2. Lack of justice in Florida still causing near riots elsewhere
3. A rare point/counterpoint on the Rolling Stone cover
4. Canadian immigrant Ted Cruz is currently America’s leading immigrant hater/constitution denier
5. John Boehner: America’s most important lawmaker, hates making laws.
6. Detroit mysteriously just now declaring bankruptcy
7. North Dakota’s restrictive abortion law gets its day in court, gets laughed out of the room
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Sunday 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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