The Nicole Sandler Show

It's Thursday, so time to get together with Howie Klein of DownwithTyranny.com and the Blue America PAC... And North Carolina has a Mark Robinson problem.

Yes, we're talking aliens today.. the extra-terrestrial sort, (non human intelligence in Pentagon-speak) and they're not eating our pets either, or so it seems. There's news today... from the Fed cutting interest rates by 1/2 point, Teamsters won't make a presidential endorsement (!WTAF?), Republicans again said NO IVF for you, Sarah Huckabooboo tries to shame Kamala Harris for not giving birth to a baby, Diddy what? and more... But our guest today is a former US Counterintelligence Special Agent - Luis Elizondo - whose new book, IMMINENT: INSIDE THE PENTAGON'S HUNT FOR UFOS says they are not only out there, they're here, and it's a big secret.

Today is National Voter Registration Day, so I'll help you remember to check your registration! Actor and all-around talented guy Jason Kravits joins in to talk about his Schoolhouse Rock-inspired video about Project 2025 (and more), and we'll get a primer on how to stop voter harassment and intimidation at the polls from the people at Vote, Run, Lead Action.

Every Monday we check in with Jonathan Larsen who tells us what's happening in our world at thefuckingnews.substack.com. Here at the Nicole Sandler Show, we use language like that, but apparently some are squeamish about expletives, so Jonathan is launching a second substack newsletter. He'll fill us in on that today, along with more important news like a second assassination attempt on TFG and the Trump campaign's latest attempt to pit Americans against Americans. Plus my thoughts on how we're coping with the sickening racism, xenophobia and contempt for our fellow human beings by Trump and his minions...

Every Friday I get to hang out with Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net, discussing much of what happened during the week. Of course, this was the week we saw the brilliance of VP Kamala Harris as she destroyed TFG in what just might be their only debate of this race. But it gave us "they're eating the dogs" and other priceless gems

Howie Klein is here today. In addition to the debate and the strange political bedfellows that have emerged in this election cycle, we'll also discuss the disconnect that finds tens of millions of Americans still supporting and voting for the convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, known conman and pathological liar (I could go on, but you get the idea). Also too, as Howie and I both had careers in the music biz, we'll talk about the effect of celebrity/musical icons endorsements in the wake of Taylor Swift and Linda Ronstadt - and many others - coming out loudly in support of Vice President Kamala Harris.

Talk about a complete 180. Donald Trump was decimated in last night's debate with VP Kamala Harris. Today, I'll share some of the highs and the lows of what might be the only the time these two debate ahead of the 2024 presidential elections... We call it 100% for Harris (Trump is toast!)

As we prepare for tonight's debate between the Vice President and the former guy, we'll chat with director Dan Partland. Dan returns to the show four years after his first appearance here. The occasion is the release of the latest film he directed, UNTRUTH: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TRUMPISM. The first time he was here, the film UNFIT: The Psychology of Donald Trump had just been released. A lot has happened since..

Mondays are difficult by definition, soo we get our news with a bit of snark with Jonathan Larsen who delivers the news to us every morning from thefuckingnews.substack.com and discusses it with us Monday afternoons on the show. Today... about those Kamala Harris endorsements from Liz & Dick Cheney! And what about the rest of the Republicans???

It's Friday! Although this was a short week, there was no shortage of news to discuss with Marcy Wheeler today... The fall season of the Trump Trials has begun. Trump was in court this morning to appeal the verdict in the first E. Jean Carroll case. Yesterday Judge Chutkan issued her scheduling order for the next developments in Trump's Jan 6 trial. And unfortunately, while we were recording (we tape on Friday mornings due to the fact that Marcy is in Ireland and I'm in Arizona), the news broke that Judge Merchan will delay the sentencing in the Manhattan criminal case for which he was convicted in May of falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal. The sentencing, scheduled for Sept. 18 will now happen on Nov. 26. In other news that we discuss on today's show, AG Merrick Garland announced new charges in a new case alleging Russian interference in the 2024 presidential election, Hunter Biden pleads guilty in the tax case that was set to begin yesterday in a California courtroom, Liz Cheney endorsed Kamala Harris, and there was yet another school shooting... Here we go....