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1 week ago | 
nicolesandler.com | Nicole Sandler
Although we have a lot of work to do in keeping democracy alive until then, we have the most important election in our lifetimes coming up on Nov. 3, 2026. Either the Democrats take back control of Congress or we resign ourselves to living in a dictatorship with an autocratic orange lying blob determining just how bad things will get. And based on the past four months, we know that’ll be horrific. So it’s time to get serious about the next election.
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1 week ago | 
nicolesandler.com | Nicole Sandler
I’ve been in a bit of a haze lately, so I may have crossed wires with Digby when I booked her to appear on today’s show. I’m guessing she may have put it in her book for next Tuesday.. either way, I apologize. We’ll have her on soon.
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1 week ago | 
nicolesandler.com | Nicole Sandler
Click to play today’s Memorial Day Music Show. We’ll be back tomorrow!
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2 weeks ago | 
nicolesandler.com | Nicole Sandler
Emptywheel Fridays by Nicole SandlerNicole Sandler Show 5-23-2025Read on SubstackThere was no shortage of real news this week, almost none of it good! But the media is still set on telling us that Joe Biden is old.
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2 weeks ago | 
nicolesandler.com | Nicole Sandler
Listen to the podcast via Substack here!The second time is the charm! We had our wires crossed on Tuesday, so John Fugelsang did not join us then. But he is here today. We have much to catch up on since the last time we spoke. He jumps in for the second half hour of the show. To get us started though, a bit of an update. I was out yesterday for a medical test. It seems that as we get older, our bodies don’t work as well as they used to.
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3 weeks ago | 
nicolesandler.com | Nicole Sandler
It was another eventful week in this surreal world. The idiot-in-chief went to the Middle East, SCOTUS held a special hearing yesterday, and what was thought to be a very old copy of the Magna Carta housed at Harvard is discovered to be an authentic 7th original copy dating back to 1300! Marcy Wheeler thinks it’s an auspicious sign, especially when the administration is talking about suspending habeas corpus. And, oh yeah, they’re likely arresting a sitting member of Congress today.
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3 weeks ago | 
nicolesandler.com | Nicole Sandler
Ethics are important to Republicans ONLY when it’s a Democrat engaging in questionable behaviors. That’s more evident every day. But it cuts much deeper… they’re quick to call out anything a Democrat does, like nodding off in an all-night hearing. But they have no problem with it’s a Republican.
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3 weeks ago | 
nicolesandler.com | Nicole Sandler
Welcome to Tuesday. I’ve had more than a few listeners ask me about ActBlue in the wake of D’ump ordering the DoJ to investigate the online fundraising platform used by Democrats and progressive organizations. Today we’ll check in with Josh Nelson, CEO of Civic Shout, an advertising platform for progressive causes, who’ll set the record straight. Then, a break from news and politics for a musical diversion.
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3 weeks ago | 
nicolesandler.com | Nicole Sandler
A new week begins with news of a “$400 Million flying palace” that allegedly will be gifted by the Qatari Royal Family to Donald F’ing Trump!?! WTF? Oh there’s more news too. Like the idea of suspending habeas corpus? Huh? I accidentally stumbled onto Newsmax over the weekend and was hit with El Dumpo on the tube trying to sell me a Trump Watch? Seriously? The President of the United States doing a TV commercial to sell a watch with his name scribbled on it. How is that legal?
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1 month ago | 
nicolesandler.com | Nicole Sandler
It’s Thursday, so we’ll talk politics with Howie Klein of DownWithTyranny.com and the Blue America Pac today… Lots of action, perhaps, in Congress where we can’t help but hope the Republican caucus starts coming apart to derail some of this insanity that the orange one is unleashing on the world. Dump did announce a trade deal this morning with the UK. But is it a deal if it’s not a deal? Only Congress can authorize a trade deal. But then again, only Congress can authorize tariffs.