The Nicole Sandler Show

Friday's monthly job numbers were devastating, showing that 20.5 million Americans lost their jobs in April -- and the report only covered half of the month, leading the experts to believe that next month's numbers could be even worse. Are we officially now in a depression? That's one of the questions I put to Stephanie Kelton [http://stephaniekelton.com], Modern Monetary Theory expert, professor and author whose new book, The Deficit Myth [https://bookshop.org/a/1630/9781541736184], will be released on June 9. We'll begin the show with a look and listen to some of what happened yesterday as the Supreme Court (and we) heard a few cases on whether Donald Trump, as president, is above the law, and in the Senate where Dr,. Fauci and others testified before the HELP committee about the Covid-19 crisis and the nation's response.

A bit of what's news, for now

It's a split-screen kind of day. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments over Trump's taxes and financial information that are under subpoena from both the House of Representatives and New York State. And the Senate HELP committee is holding a hearing with Dr. Fauci and three other COVID-19 experts being questions by the senators. @GottaLaff and Amy Simon are watching the senate hearing; I'm listening to the Supreme Court arguments. We'll discuss both and more today on the show!

A bit of what's news, for now

A bit of what's news for now

It's the end of my 7th week in home exile, as I'm social distancing and trying to steer clear of the possibility of being infected with Covid-19! And today, there's some bombshell news to cover. The Department of Justice yesterday, under AG Bill Barr, announced it was dropping its case against former national security advisor Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his dealings with the Russian ambassador to the US. Lisa Graves, who served all three branches of government and rose to Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Clinton DoJ, joins us to explain how much of an assault this is on the American justice system. Then we'll end the week with another edition of Quarantine Calling.. this time we reach out to Kazakhstan, the nation from which I adopted my daughter almost 20 years ago!

A bit of what's news, for now

It's another Thursday in lockdown and, as he does every Thursday, Howie Klein of DownWithTyranny.com and the Blue America PAC joins me. With the pandemic raging, the November Congressional elections have not been getting the attention they deserve. The mission of Blue America is in identifying and raising money for the best progressive candidates running. Today, we'll update the revised primary calendar and run down the list of the Blue America-endorsed candidates who we must mobilize to elect!

A bit of What's News, for now

After our usual start to the show with the latest news, some commentary and, of course, something funny to bring a much-needed laugh or two, Nicole welcomes John M. Barry to the show. He wrote the book, "The Great Influenza" and will give us all the info we need and more about the deadliest pandemic in history