Emptywheel Friday (Big Bad Breakup Edition) on The Nicole Sandler Show 6-6-25

Every Friday, Marcy Wheeler (emptywheel.net) and I get together to recap some of the big news of the week and, frankly, it's usually a depressing job. Today, though, we were able to have a few laughs at the expense of two utterly despicable characters - Donald Trump and Elon Musk. That's because of their very public, very childish big, beautiful breakup yesterday. But we also did the responsible thing and point out the questions that journalists should be asking instead of just exploiting the spectacle.. Most notably, the national security risks of the president having given Musk virtually [...]

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Feuding Narcissists & Howie Klein Thursday – Nicole Sandler Show 6-5-25

    We knew it would eventually happen, we just didn't know when. But things are ugly in Dump World today where barbs are flying between the orange madman and his biggest campaign contributor. Dump and Elmo are lashing out at one another on their (dis) respective social media platforms and I can't wait to see how low they'll go. Over at downwithtyranny.com, Howie Klein wrote about it, and came up with a great headline: "Musk to Senor Trumpanzee: Go Fund Yourself". Today is Thursday, so we will check in with Howie Klein, who also has the amazing results of [...]

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Hard Truth Time with Digby on the Nicole Sandler Show 4-16-25

     Everything is FUBAR, and I'm not exaggerating. I constantly reiterate that it's almost impossible to keep up with all the shit that's hitting the fan. I should modify that to say that I personally cannot keep up with it all. But my friend Heather Parton, better known as Digby, does a great job of it with the help of Tom Sullivan, Spocko and Dennis Hartley at her wonderful Hullabaloo blog at DigbysBlog.net. We're midway through what is shaping up to be one of the worst weeks in an awful few months since this administration has been in [...]

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DOGE Watch Time on the Nicole Sandler Show 4-15-25

     If it feels like things are spinning out of control, you are correct. If you're wondering why no one is doing anything, you're asking the wrong question. You should be asking the corporate media why they're not covering the opposition. There's a lot of it from all quarters. There's a lot of pushback and fighting, but the most important element is WE the People. Today, we'll speak with Jeff Hauser, the Executive Director of The Revolving Door Project. In addition to their mission of scrutinizing executive branch appointees to ensure they use their office to serve the [...]

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Emptywheel Fridays on the Nicole Sandler Show 4-11-25

Every Friday, I join with Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net to recap much of what happened during the week. As has been the case every week since the inauguration, this week was a doozy. But as Marcy says, “gravity hit this week, in a big way.” Trump had his “liberation day” tariff announcement, causing the stock market to crash. Then he “paused” it (but not really), causing the market to spike before it crashed again. The DumpsterCoaster is one nauseating ride. Things may be coming to a head in this administration’s clash with the judiciary branch. The Supreme Court unanimously said yesterday that they must [...]

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Alex Lawson & Facts About Social Security on the Nicole Sandler Show 3-19-25

       Both Alex and I had technical problems last week when he joined us, so he's back today as the regime's attack on Social Security intensifies. The news has only gotten more alarming and unprecedented in the last seven days. Alex Lawson is executive director of Social Security Works, an organization dedicated to fighting to protect and expand Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid; lower drug prices; ensure economic justice for all; and guarantee health care as a human right—because everyone deserves to live in dignity. I've known Alex for close to 15 years, and have never heard [...]

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Social Security, All Government Spending at Risk – Nicole Sandler Show 3-12-25

         I've gotten a lot of email in the past week or two from listeners very concerned about what the Musk/Dump regime will do to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Although I know that messing with those programs would bring down what's left of this nation -- or maybe because I know that -- it's got me really concerned too. ProPublica this morning published a story regarding a leaked phone recording of the acting Social Security Commissioner expressing grave concerns about what "the DOGE kids" are doing there and the ramifications if they 'succeed'. I shared [...]

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Emptywheel Friday on the Nicole Sandler Show 3-7-25

 We reached another Friday and it was another week filled with more crap than we could cover in an hour-long discussion, which is what Marcy Wheeler and I try to do each Friday. This morning, Marcy put up a long, information-filled post at emptywheel.net titled "Attention Deficit and Defiance Division of Labor: There's Stuff Happening Where You're Not Looking" which provided a bit of a blueprint for today's conversation -- and lots of links you can click on while you follow along. Coming up next week -- in addition to our regulars Jonathan [...]

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David Dayen on the State of the News on the Nicole Sandler Show 2-26-25

     The current regime has announced that they are following the authoritarian's handbook when it comes to controlling the media. Banning the AP from the Oval Office and other press events with the liar-in-chief wasn't enough for them, so now they've decided that they will decide which reporters and media outlets will be allowed to cover the office of the president in the WH Press Pool. The NY Times' chief White House correspondent Peter Baker likened the move to "how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access." [...]

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Tuesday Afternoon with Digby on the Nicole Sandler Show 2-25-25

      A huge part of surviving this assault on our nation from within is our ability to maintain our sanity. One lesson I've learned in the past five weeks is that some days are better than others. I look forward to those mornings when the usual pit in my stomach doesn't fully form and I'm able to make it through the day without dissolving into a trembling mess. So far, so good today. I like days like these because I'm more able to catch up on my reading and somehow digest the avalanche of surreal news that, on [...]

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