The Nicole Sandler Show

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The book on the 2020 election is out and it's a page-turner. Today, I chat with Edward-Isaac Dovere, author of "Battle for the Soul: Inside the Democrats' Campaigns To Defeat Trump". I'm able to read this book because I know how it ended. That didn't stop my blood pressure from rising when I started reading it. It was election night 2016 and, for the first time, we learn how both Joe Biden and Barack Obama received the news that Donald Trump would be the 45th president. We'll also speak with someone who will hopefully become part of the soul of the Democratic Party, as Shervin Aazami, candidate for Congress from CA's 30th district drops in to introduce himself.

A bit of what's news for now

A bit of what's news for now

For probably a decade already, GottaLaff has joined me for her weekly spot on the show, talking about whatever is making news or Twitter is all atwitter about. But she's been gone for a couple of months because she's been dealing with terrible pain in her hands. We'll get the scoop on what's going on with her, and we'll shoot the shit as we've done for 10 years or more... And there's plenty to talk about! Today is the first anniversary of the murder of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police, Marjorie Taylor Greene is still shooting her mouth off daring to correlate mask mandates to protect us with the holocaust and the imprisonment and killing 6 million Jews. And lots more too... Welcome back Laffy!

A bit of what's news, for now

It's a new week, with the same ugly shit rearing its head. That people around the world don't know the difference between a Zionist and a Jew is sad, but unfortunately also prevalent in our world where televised lies are presented as "news" and education is not a priority. The reports of attacks on Jews around the nation are surging and it's terrifying. This on top of the recent escalation of violence against Asian Americans. And the targeting of Black and Brown people, especially by police, seems to also be on the rise. Turn away From hate, before it's too late is a line from a song I love ("Fork in the Road" by Judith Owen) and it sums up the main topic on today's show. I'll speak with Norman Finkelstein, author of 10 books, mostly in the field of Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the politics of the Holocaust. His most recent book is "Gaza: An inquest into its martyrdom". The song played at the end might be the most important part of this show. I took the line for the title of this post from it. It's called "Fork in the Road" by Judith Owen https://youtu.be/USWz-ytGErI

A bit of what's news for now

I spent the better part of the show setting up for today's guest who proceeded to stand me up. I guess we had a miscommunication regarding the time. Or maybe he was punking me. Either way, it was a somewhat entertaining and slightly surreal hour. This is live radio, so this is what happened.... This is what I had planned: The odds are against the Democrats in the upcoming 2022 midterm elections. It's the first midterm after a new party took the White House, which historically points to that party losing seats in Congress. We have no margin to play with, so the experts and pundits are predicting the Republicans will take back at least one chamber. New district lines will be drawn based on Trump's uber-flawed 202 Census and Republicans still have the majority in a majority of state legislatures, who get to draw the new districts. (Can you say gerrymander on steroids?). And then there's the fact the the Republicans, led by the former occupant of the oval office, have been lying about our elections, casting doubt on their legitimacy, who've spent all their time since November 2020 trying to make it more difficult for us to vote. The outlook for the midterms and even the 2024 presidential elections doesn't look very rosy for the Democrats. Our guest today says none of that matters. Guy Saperstein is one of America's must successful civil rights attorneys. He's retired now, but is one of the progressive movements biggest champions and biggest donors. And he says the Democrats are going to run the table in the upcoming elections, and predicts the GOP might not even exist when the next presidential election day rolls around. We'll have that discussion today.

A bit of what's news, for now