The Nicole Sandler Show

Things are getting more and more out of hand. The state of Florida sent state police to raid the home of a former Dept of Health data scientist for sharing accurate information about COVID infection rates here. The story is only more sickening when you see the video and that these "law enforcement" officers pointed their guns at her and her children! Trump is still living in delusion while being complicit in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans. But it's Tuesday, our day to commiserate with GottaLaff about what's happening. 42 days...

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Once again, the media is highlighting the progressive/centrist divide in the Democratic Party. Today, I aim to shed light on what separates us and to take on the mainstream corporate media for their attitude toward the grassroots of the party. I'll speak with Jeff Hauser, founder and director of The Revolving Door Project, part of CEPR, which scrutinizes executive branch appointees to ensure they use their office to serve the broad public interest, rather than to entrench corporate power or seek personal advancement.

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Forty-Seven days until the 46th president is sworn in and the 45th is banished from the White House! And poor old #45 seems to be losing what's left of his mind further each day. There's been a lot of chatter in recent days about Trump's pardon plans. He already pardoned Michael Flynn, and the rumors are that he'll pardon his cronies and family members including Giuliani, Jared Kushner, Kushner's dad, Don Jr, Eric and Ivanka... and himself. And this week we learned of a Pay for Pardon scheme that also implicates Jared, his lawyer Abbe Lowell (who should know better), and one big-league donor who's already been caught up in Trump's swamp, Elliott Broidy. To help pull it together and make sense of it all, we'll check with Marcy Wheeler of Emptywheel.net [http://Emptywheel.com/?fbclid=IwAR0LETrK42CeFUNOjEGK_BdUC9L82-W_LLrq2VAfJcs2leVVeYPuYnzx82I]

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Forty-eight days until inauguration day, which means 48 days till we're rid of Trump. Sort of. Unfortunately, things won't suddenly get better on Jan 20. We're living in perilous times. Trump seems bound and determined to torch the place on his way out the door, and Biden seems to be drinking from the same well as Obama did, thinking that the Republicans who've vilified Democrats mercilessly for the past four years (and more), are all of a sudden going to work with us. It's Thursday, so Howie Klein joins in. I'll try to steer us in a positive direction. But sadly, the only positives coming in big numbers these days are covid-19 tests.

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The news is horrific. So bad, in fact, that the White House cv task force is issuing a dire warning about what's yet to come, ominously predicting that a further post-Thanksgiving surge will compromise medical care overall. My old friend Spocko is trying to get everyone to pay attention. He has a new piece up at Crooks & Liars and joins us today. But first, we'll check in with Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee for a post-mortem on the 2020 elections.

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