Every Tuesday, GottaLaff and Nicole Sandler join forces to shoot the shit about the news of the day. There's plenty to talk about today, from Trump's latest round of insane interviews, the Iran situation, migrant children being abused and other border issues and lots more... Plus the first Democratic Party 2020 debates are this week!
Many Americans first met Wendell Potter in 2009 when he left the health insurance industry to become a whistleblower and told us the truth. He exposed the industry for the profit-grabbing thieves they are. Today, Potter is president of The Business Initiative for Health Policy, an organization focused on enacting Medicare for All. He's also the founder of Tarbell.org, an nonprofit, independent, reader supported news site covering money in politics and policy. And he's the author of a few books including Deadly Spin, which tells the story of his transition from insurance industry PR flak to whistleblower. It was [...]
It's June 19 - Juneteenth - a holiday I learned nothing about as a child. But it's the anniversary of the day in 1865 on which slavery finally ended in the United States. I found a great article on Juneteenth in Teen Vogue of all places, and shared some of it on the show today. Follow the link to the whole thing, which I highly recommend. In what is likely not a coincidence, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties is today holding hearings on reparations. I played the opening statements from author/journalist [...]
Just when you think the news can't get any stranger, Donald Trump opens his mouth again. This time, he told George Stephanopolous on camera that if a foreign power came to him with info on a political opponent, he'd take it. Asked about calling the FBI he said "you don't call the FBI". Today is Thursday which means a visit from Howie Klein of Down with Tyranny and the Blue America PAC. Today, we'll talk a bit about Bernie Sanders' great speech explaining what Democratic Socialism is, and Gov Frackenlooper's response too.
It's another Tuesday and our nation continues unraveling at the hand of the orange idiot occupying the oval office. Each Tuesday, GottaLaff joins Nicole to shoot the shit about anything and everything in the news....
It's another Tuesday and our nation continues unraveling at the hand of the orange idiot occupying the oval office. Each Tuesday, GottaLaff joins Nicole to shoot the shit about anything and everything in the news....
Every Tuesday afternoon, GottaLaff joins Nicole Sandler to dish on the day's news as taken from Laffy's Twitter feed in her "Tweet Spot" segment.
From the Iran deal pullout to the Michael Cohen payments to Gina Haspell's confirmation hearings and more, it's a busy Wednesday. Dave Johnson, former senior fellow at the Campaign for America's Future who blogs at Seeing the Forest joins Nicole to wade through the swamp. National security journalist Marcy Wheeler joins in at the start of the show to talk about the Gina Haspell hearing too. She wrote about it on her blog at emptywheel.net. By the way, if you're looking for the Michael Avenalli executive summary of the money Michael Cohen's LLC took in, you can find it here.
GottaLaff joins Nicole each Tuesday to discuss the day's news as gleaned from Laffy's Twitter feed in her "Tweet Spot," today dealing with Trump's pulling the US out of the JCPOA, Eric Schneiderman's abuse and resignation, and more.
