The Nicole Sandler Show

And today was one of those days. My guest never showed... so it was a Friday ...

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Although I don't think that invoking "I told you so" is a good look, Howie Klein gets a pass today should he care to say it. Today's the day that the reality hits that the Build Back Better act will not pass the senate before the end of the year. I guess I'm guilty of wishful thinking. Despite knowing deep down that Biden was the wrong man to lead us out of the Trump disaster, I tried to stay hopeful. I gave him the benefit of the doubt. And I don't put all the blame on him for the situation in which we now find ourselves... but he is at the "the buck stops here" desk. Is it realistic to expect the president to control members of Congress in his party? The Republicans do. I used to think the Democrats were *better* because they didn't take marching orders or recite talking points. But perhaps our side could use some of that discipline. We'll talk with Howie Klein today about that, and try to figure out how to turn this thing around. Good luck to us. At the top of the show, a quick conversation with Arthur Delaney of Huffpost who had a run-in with Joe Manchin yesterday. The senator called him "bullshit." Seems nice.

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It's Wednesday, 10 days before Christmas, and it's clear that Congress wants to go home for the holidays, as they're getting a lot of work done. Debt ceiling - check, NDAA - (unfortunately) check. Funding the government - (through mid Feb anyway) check. But wait. There's more! We should be on high alert and no one should be allowed to leave DC before the Right to Vote bill and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act are passed and signed in to law. And, of course, there's the Build Back Better legislation which Joe Manchin is still threatening to kill. Whether either of those happens is still to be determined. But frankly, if they don't fix our voting issues, they may as well just stay home after the holiday break, as our democracy will be lost. Today, Will Bunch, columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, returns to the show. His latest column deals with last weekend's tornado disaster that took over 100 lives and exposed the big problems that haven't been fixed in our country. And we'll begin with an interview I taped with Ryan Grim of the Intercept yesterday. He has more information on that Medicare privatization scheme we've been talking about, Direct Contracting Entities, that you need to know about.

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Our favorite legal expert Lisa Graves joins in at the top of the show to talk about the contempt of Congress charges against Mark Meadows and the significance of the text messages he received on January 6, imploring him to get Trump to stop the siege, that we learned of last night.

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It's a mixed-bag kind of Monday. There's a lot going on that should be discussed, and the guest I had lined up had to cancel today, so it's just us. A day without a guest gives me time to get to some of the stories I've missed in the last week, and to take calls from listeners. Feel free to call in: 954-8896410 or Skype to nicolesandler. Nothing is off-limits. A few things that I'll get to today: Shake-ups at all three cable news giants- will this usher in a new era? LOL Gavin Newsom proves that California did right by keeping him in office. He strikes back at SCOTUS beautifully! Time Magazine name its Person of the Year, and I'm confused Tornadoes demolished entire towns in five states this weekend, killing upwards of 100 people Author Anne Rice died, and I have a story about her... actually about one of her books. And I'm sure it's not what you think it is, unless you were a Mark & Brian listeners in LA in the early 90's.

A bit of what's news for now