In Which We Discuss:

1. House Dems Heroes Act finally honors the heroes among us.  Lobbyists and rich people.

2. The Nordstrom/Thornburg task force to study the validity of the Biden/Sanders task forces is now in session.

3. Dems will not let Coronavirus trample their record of losing winnable elections.

4. Everyone looking for a good reason to not vote for Biden got one...directly from Joe Biden.

5. We’re struggling about how to make a super duper missile joke when the president has already made it for us.

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, helicopters, 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!

In Which We Discuss:

1. White House, having finally caught Coronavirus, devoted to becoming #1 disease vector in America

2. NY could singlehandedly save the USPS with their byzantine primary ballot strategy, if they even have it at all

3. Your favorite and least favorite Tara Reades/Reids are back in the news this week!

4. How’s that employer-sponsored healthcare going for you now?

5. We know Americans have a lot of time on their hands, but 30 minutes of “Plandemic” is definitely a bridge too far

6. Friend of the podcast Grant Sloss is back!

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, helicopters, 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!

In Which We Discuss:

1. If 2019 was the year of believing women, then 2020 is the year we decided to stop.

2. If we can read anything into the Biden VP selection committee, it’s that Biden likes to stick to a theme.

3. If Kansas is lapping you in primary ideas, you might be New York State.

4. States are re-opening, so looks like we may have to die to save capitalism.

5. He may be the king of ratings, but his polling is the one stat Donald Trump can’t rescue through sheer force of personality.

6. If Kim Jong-Un really is back, then he’s wasted an opportunity to peddle a brilliant rebirth story. Amateur.

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, helicopters, 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!

In Which We Discuss:

1. Biden endorse-fest attendees wondering why the left wont come along for the ride

2. New stimulus possible. Will it actually stimulate anybody?

3. More people are newly unemployed than have voted in the Democratic primary so far

4. Stay at home orders actually work!

5. That’s why Trump hates them...

6. A Michael Cohen tell-all coming to you from...his house. Where he currently is. Just like you.

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, helicopters, 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!

In Which We Discuss:

1. Get ready for a week in which everything will be constantly compared to Pearl Harbor

2. We smashed the record for unemployment claims. Just slaughtered it.

3. Turns out when 10M people are suddenly unemployed, medicare-for-all sounds like a great plan.

4. The Democratic convention is being pushed, but no stupid deadly virus is going to stop the Wisconsin primary, whether or not they have polling place, poll workers, or voters.

5. The Republican Governors are proving they’re actually as science-challenged as the character they play on TV.

6. California is either doing a bang-up job, or it isn’t. The numbers tell many stories.

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of sirens, helicopters, 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!

In Which We Discuss:

1. Joe Biden was accused of a Trump-worthy sexual assault, but you probably didn’t hear about it.

2. Are we going to end up with Andrew Cuomo as president?

3. America smashed records all week! We’re number one in coronavirus cases, and in unemployment. Beat that, China!

4. Apparently we had $2 trillion the whole time?!

5. Latest on coronavirus: Trump’s getting great ratings. That makes all the death and fear worth it, right?

6. Trump finally invokes P on Twitter. Whatever "P" is…

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens, helicopters, 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!

In Which We Discuss:

1. Donald Trump now handing out heart attacks on Twitter

2. Mitch McConnell is currently the only Kentucky senator without Coronavirus, but given Rand Paul’s approach to quarantining, that could change.

3. Senators spent their February dumping stocks instead of pandemic prepping.

4. There were elections on March 17th, which was this week if you can believe it.

5. We can’t be in public. How do we finish the primaries?

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens, helicopters, 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!

In Which We Discuss:

1. We’re in a real-life pandemic! STAY AT HOME!

2. Maybe you need help remembering that tomorrow is Tuesday and an Election Day because the last week has felt like 12 years.

3. Sunday Night’s debate was the most torturous yet, mostly because we were all stuck at home watching it.

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens, helicopters, 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!

In Which We Discuss:

1. South Carolina 

2. Super Tuesday

3. The Brain Trust Live Senate Project

4. Saturdays' LA Bernie Rally

5. Death by Corona Virus

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens, helicopters, 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!

In Which We Discuss:

Really just one thing - the Nevada Caucuses! We went, we saw, we covered. Get out thoughts on the experience, the outcome and the how polling looks moving forward, all fresh off the campaign trail!

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens, helicopters, 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!