The Nicole Sandler Show

Two years ago to the day, I spoke with Arizona's then Secretary of State Katie Hobbs. Though should wouldn't come out and announce she was running for governor then, she is the governor now.... Thank goodness, the Arizonans didn't elect the fascists!

It's Tuesday, and I don't think any former president is getting arrested today. So we jump back into the archives to see what happened this week in years gone by. Today we go back to March 23, 2010 - thirteen years ago. ACORN had been targeted by the twerp we've come to know and loathe as James O'Keefe. Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com covered the story better than most, so he joined me that night -- that day ACORN shut down.

Today marks 20 years since the US under George W Bush invaded Iraq. Today we mark that occasion by reaching into my radio archives. Today we hear a conversation with then-Congressman Dennis Kucinich and a production piece I put together both from May 20, 2009, and an interview with Peace Mom Cindy Sheehan from May 20, 2015.  We end on a peaceful note, with a 1996 performance and interview with musician Keb' Mo'...

Here in Floriduh, the gubmint, under the authoritarian rule of Rhonda Santis, is trying its hardest to rewrite our history and take their fabricated stories to our schools. It's happening right in front of us, and no one is stopping them. And it's not only here. It's happening in other states, coincidentally all states controlled by Republicans. Why are they afraid of history? I guess the same reason they're afraid of science. Boy do I have a story to tell about that one, but I digress.  Today, we'll speak with a man who was a Vietnam war "draft dodger". When I speak with Bob Zaugh on the show today, you'll understand why I put that term in quotation marks. The thing you should understand as a starting point for today's interview is that young people today have no idea about the Vietnam War... or the protest movement that grew from it, or anything else for that matter. He has a big story to tell, one that isn't being taught in schools.  There is some news to tell you about... we'll begin the show that way.  And I will be gone for the next week, taking time off after surgery on Monday. BUT if there is big breaking news next week, I will jump in with a special report. Stay tuned!

A bit of what's news for now

It's Thursday, so I'm joined today by Howie Klein [http://twitter.com/downwithtyranny]. We've been doing this segment for about a dozen years now. Howie writes at DownWithTyranny.com [http://downwithtyranny.com/] and runs with Blue America PAC [http://downwithtyranny.com/blue-america-PAC], finding and promoting the best progressive candidates up and down the ballot. When we get together on Thursdays, pretty much anything goes, so you're as likely to hear a story from Howie's years in the music industry as you are about the evils of yet another fascist Republican...

A bit of what's news for now

I'm off next week, having eye surgery again on Monday and then resting. So I figured we needed a Marcy Wheeler [http://emptywheel.net/] fix before then, as so much has happened since we last spoke! So, get ready for another big information download, as we'll talk the Matty Dick Pics hearings, the Tucker Carlson 1-6 videos and gaslighting, his Russian back channel and how he regards his viewers. Plus the Silicone Valley Bank failure, the Saudi Arabia- Iran deal and more. Really. And for all we didn't get  to, go read emptywheel.net [http://emptywheel.net/]!

A bit of what's news for now

It's that other Tuesday, so GottaLaff [https://mastodon.social/@gottalaff] is here. We scrub the depths of Twitter, Mastodon and actual news sources to talk about what's happening. Today, it's a run on the banks, a drone taken down by Russia and…. we'll find out as we go along!