Nicole continues analyzing the 5th GOP debate, today joined by Harvey J. Kaye- professor of Freedom and Democracy at UWGB. And David Dayen explains what’s in the spending bill… Plus the latest news, info and commentary as we head toward the end of the year.
Nicole is outraged over much of the news today, from the killing of Cecil the Lion by an American dentist, to Congress' 5 week vacation coming up while there's important work to be done. Deborah Newell Tornello joins in for our Oy FloriDUH segment (and to rant about the lion killer), and David Dayen explains the latest on the highway bill and more. Plus, Nicole airs her interview with Carl Safina, animal expert and author of "Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel" recorded last week.
Jeb Bush announces his candidacy today, replacing the "Bush" in his name and logo with an !. Hillary held her first big rally on Saturday. Nicole discusses it all and more, including the massive #TAAfail in the House in Friday. Today's guests are media strategist Joel Silberman and journalist David Dayen
Nicole speaks with media strategist, consultant and trainer Joel Silberman in the first hour. David Dayen joins in during hour two to tell us about TiSA, another so-called trade deal being negotiated in secret that makes TPP look like kid's play.
OK, it wasn't a vacation, but I spent the last few days with members of the American Federation of Teachers. at their bi-annual convention here in Los Angeles. I had no idea the American Federation of Teachers represented so many of the people whose work is in helping others until I arrived on Friday. But I sat in the opening session, with the powerful Rev. Dr. William Barber (more about him in a moment) and the electric president of the AFT Randi Weingarten, and saw a huge contingent of nurses waving their flags. I learned that the AFT, whose numbers [...]
If there's one subject I talk about a lot on this show it's the epic failure of media in America. Today, I spoke with journalist David Dayen who wrote a piece for Al Jazeera America about the "Better Off Budget" - the budget released by the Congressional Progressive Caucus on Wednesday of last week. Unless you saw Dayen's piece or read about in on another blog somewhere, you don't know that it was offered, because the mainstream, corporate media completely ignored it... as they do every year! Dave Johnson asked "Why the Blackout on the Progressive 'Better off Budget'?" [...]
So now we learn that the government shutdown that lasted 16 days will cost we the taxpayers around $24 billion. I say we send Ted Cruz the bill! I don't know if the email address on the invoice is correct, but feel free to post it on his Facebook page, send it to him on Twitter, or email it to his office . So, after Cruz and his followers shut down the government, cost us $24 billion (so much for those fiscal conservatives), and put the good faith and credit of our nation at risk, these asshats got nothing. [...]
Thousands of people took to the Michigan Capital in Lansing today as the State Senate took up its lame-duck session rush bill to pass the ALEC pushed "Right to Work" legislation, undoing decades of hard fought victories on behalf of working people. Estimates of the crowd size ranged from 10-15,000 by 10am, and the Capital itself was shut down when it hit capacity of over 2000. Having worked in both a "right to work" state and under union membership in a union-friendly state, I'll take the latter any day of the week. My career has always been in radio. In [...]
Listen to this episode: {play}http://traffic.libsyn.com/radioornot/20120829_Nicole_Sandler_Show_-_RNC_lies.mp3 {/play} Podcast: Play in new window There's your split screen image for today. On the left, the photo tweeted by MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry with the description Feeling sad. #Isaac took the home @JamesHPerry and I just bought. All safe. House was vacant except for my dreams. pic.twitter.com/h62AkGPB On the right is the scene in Tampa, where people bragged about praying the storm away. Their party will continue tonight, as millions in the Gulf are fighting the elements to stay alive and keep what few possessions they have left. Today on the show, I gave an update [...]
Ian Dury and the Blockheads with a good description of today's show. Sex and Drugs Those santimonious hypocrites posing as the religious righteous on their high horses can go fuck themselves, and they soon may have to do so. Hey guys - you take away our birth control, you will never get laid again. Hey Marco Rubio, I'm talking to you with your sanctimonious Religious Freedom Protection Act of 2012. I called Rubio's office this morning on the show and asked why he hates women. This pandering piece of horrible legislation would allow ANY business or corporation to refuse [...]