The Nicole Sandler Show

Howie Klein writes at Down with Tyranny and runs the Blue America PAC, which identifies and raises money for progressive candidates all over the country. He joins us every Thursday for a frank discussion of the politics of politics. Today, we explore the depths to which the idiot in the White House has plunged, and see how Blue America is helping some of the candidates they've endorsed.

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A friend recently asked on Twitter to sum up our current reality with a classic album cover. I chose Supertramp's "Crisis, What Crisis?" Not only is it a great album, the cover is the perfect analogy for 2020 here in Amerikkka. After a look at the latest news and outrages, we'll reconnect with Thomas Neuburger (the writer formerly known as Gaius Publius) to talk about his latest piece up at Down with Tyranny: "Trump's Eviction Moratorium Opens the Door for Medicare for All by Executive Order" and more!

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With just 7 weeks to go until election day, Trump is derailing a little bit more each day. GottaLaff joins us every Tuesday to talk about all that's happening in our crazy world... We'll see what today brings, but here's a hint: mass hysterectomies at migrant detention camps, Middle East Peace without Palestinians, fires due to not enough raking, whistleblowers at DHS and HHS, Woodward's book, Lordy there are tapes and a whole lot more....

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I keep asking how low Trump can go and truly believe there is no bottom. After a weekend filled with one outrageous breaking news story after another, we check in with Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net [https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Femptywheel.net%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1dsu5w4jU4jAGf7PDAZjJ2WtO9IUxPyVVnYO2lxObeKj9FfOfyxngOR6k&h=AT1HmOcUXufwMvlDf2tFSXT29OETqs0WLd47_x4eEVjvOMugXRRADxmWMj-i_cuhvTDgV9eJMdxYKF8RkBcTKWQqVfclo1YrhchzzEsSPXW_VBYzjbfNbUeKtpC_Z0-3o0b0hAiTRDLLYg8-Jw&__tn__=-UK-y-R&c[0]=AT0HR7BoRSbYTTAq05YDRLbH7afg0hvbXNHCv796ej3ajMh-RJHqY0QLbeaiZx_Ia09PYLbDyIi7v-llux3oK4k7HMzVcfcCf88Wl-sxCQ_mQ_Tk6WwSRmI6TVJ9crtk60gA4rRQ6Lz7UqwWILp3Q2uhQ-w6bxoOfjy5TXDfbuQUmOBhvOWJI5QsR1fYk-e2F3BnIWYTtud4jq_l-A] to ride the escalator down through the hell that is Trump's Amerikkka. Plus a new Randy Rainbow video is released in the wake of some not-so-pleasant news about Mr. Rainbow...

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oday marks the 19th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks on our country. It may be unpopular to say it out loud, but Osama bin Laden won. He got exactly what he wanted -- to destroy the American way of life. And that destruction will be complete if Donald Trump is able to rule for a second term. There's widespread belief that the Trump cabal is already engaged in a coup, and fears abound that they'll take it to a democracy-crushing conclusion around the upcoming election. Author and journalist Sasha Abramsky wrote the Sept 7 cover story for The Nation magazine, "Is Trump Planning a Coup d'Etat?"; he joins us today to discuss the frightening possibilities and what we can do to head it off.

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