The Nicole Sandler Show

Up until showtime, I wasn't sure whether or not I'd do a show today. I'm tired and cranky (I can't remember the last time I had a good night's sleep), and just feeling like I need a day to regroup. But, there's so much to talk about that I'd feel guilty if I just reached back into the archives for a show from 10 years ago to show you that the more things change, the more they stay the same.. Well, I cut out a couple of interviews from the show I did on 10-22-12 (10 years ago tomorrow) in case I need to get out... but I do have a lot to share with you today, and I invite you to sound off as well. The phone lines are open 95886410 or you can Skype in to nicolesandler. Something will show up here beginning at 5ET/2PT, though I'm still not sure what it'll be...

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We took a break last week to watch the final House Jan 6 hearing, before election day anyway. But Howie Klein is back today. And there's lots to talk about, including a post script to my interview with Ryan Grim on yesterday's show. It was about AIPAC and DMFI targeting progressives during the primaries, effectively killing off most of them. What we both realized was that a major part of the story wasn't addressed... that's the fact that these groups are led by (cue the sinister music) Democrats! Of course, the corporate media still insists on covering the horse race instead of the issues, and the polls show everything tightening right now. So Dems are freaking out, while Michael Moore is predicting a Blue Tsunami. Howie has a post up at Down With Tyranny that includes a video from Stan Greenberg, one of the Democratic Party's top pollsters, explaining what the Dems must do to win in less than three weeks.. We'll hear what he has to say, because we must win this election.

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That old adage keeps rearing its ugly head. I know there are lots of adages that could apply here, but in this case, it's a fairly new and sickeningly blatant tact that some in the Democratic Party are using against fellow Democrats, and it really sucks. We watched during primary season as true progressives who should have won their respective races get beaten, as other (so-called) Democrats went on the attack. Make no mistake, this was a concerted effort by some "moderate" Dems (or Conserva-Dems) to destroy the progressive wing, and bolster the extremist pro-Israel flank of the party. In a long, in depth post-mortem, Ryan Grim tells the story at The Intercept, and he joins in at the top of today's show to tell us what happened. Then, about last night. Marco Rubio and Val Demings met for the one and only debate of this election cycle.

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The concept of "election day" is now an anachronism. This is election season, and we're in the thick of it. Early voting has begun in many states, and others begin each day going forward. Debates are finally happening - where they're happening at all, and polls are tightening. The stakes couldn't be higher. I'll start today's show with an essay I found on Facebook that sums up what women my age (give or take a decade) have experienced during our lives, and where we are now. Unfortunately, its author is "unknown"- but it's brilliant. Then, I welcome Tom Sullivan to the show. Tom is a political blogger, holding down the morning shift at Digby's blog, and a field organizer, and author of the get-out-the-vote planning guide, "For the Win" (the 4th edition now out, forthewin.net). A listener emailed me yesterday about Tom's article at Digby's Blog encouraging Democrats to run on their accomplishments, with the comment "Democrats need to take the narrative and start ramming this down everyone's throat". So, today, let the ramming begin!

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It's open enrollment time for Medicare again, and no doubt you're already sick of those damned TV ads for Medicare's so-called Advantage plans. Make no mistake, there's no advantage to these plans, unless you stay completely healthy. Once you get sick, the DISadvantage becomes more than apparent. Unfortunately, as we get older, we have more health challenges. But instead of making things easier on seniors, a new provision has gone into effect that allows these companies to put you into these (dis)advantage plans without even telling you they're doing it! Since open enrollment began Saturday, I figured today would be a great day for Wendell Potter to return to the show. He was VP/Communications for Cigna whose responsibility it was to debunk the facts about how the for-profit health insurance industry is failing us. He became the industry's first -and to this day, still the only whistleblower. Subscribe to his newsletter at wendellpotter.substack.com.

A bit of what's news for now