Brain Trust Live Lila Nordstrom/Brent Thornburg

In Which We Discuss:
1. Sadly Donald Trump is not yet a political prisoner! If only.
2. GOP frustrated that the Hunter Biden conviction they’ve long sought is now here.
3. First presidential debate shaping up to be more physical comedy than content.
4. Democrats mysteriously unbothered by spooky parallels to ‘68 Chicago convention.
5. Did Donald Trump commit 34 felonies to get out of going to Milwaukee for the GOP Convention?
6. Imagine how many trips Doug Burgham would get to take to the border if he was Trump’s VP pick!
 
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of falling phones, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, and computer beeps who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL!  Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.
Plus, subscribe to Lila's new podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!
 

In Which We Discuss:
1. MMT: Now you don’t have to read the book. (But you should!)
2. To celebrate his 80th, Rudy Giuliani was served birthday cake and birthday indictment papers.
3. Democracy is not, in fact, on the ballot in New York State care of the state Dems.
4. Democrats shocked at 700th poll showing Joe Biden losing battleground states.
5. The Trump Trial strategy can’t rely on jurors trusting Michael Cohen as a non-liar. We know he’s a liar. Work around it.
6. Samuel Alito’s wife: Just another SCOTUS spouse working to overthrow the government.
 
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of falling phones, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, and computer beeps who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL!  Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.
Plus, subscribe to Lila's new podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!

In Which We Discuss:
1. Brain Worms: Somebody in the presidential race finally admits to having them!
2. A plea to have fun with the Donald Von Shitzinpants Trial.
3. Some political advice: Dog killing = bad. Hope that helped.
4. Bidenomics, we hardly knew ya! 
5. To the surprise of nobody but Nancy Pelosi, Trump-loving Democrat Henry Cuellar is also a criminal.
6. At least there’s still some good news out in the world: Kitara Rivache is out of retirement.
 
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of falling phones, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, and computer beeps who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL!  Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.
Plus, subscribe to Lila's new podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!

In Which We Discuss:
1. There’s been elections. Lots of elections. We’ll tell you about them.
2. Republicans continue to flee the scene of the crime. 
3. Everytime a new government funding bill passes, a new GOP speaker gets their wings.
4. Democrats try to make a splashy announcement, seem unaware that everybody else denounced Netanyahu twenty years ago.
5. Like the collection of old foggety people that it is, Congress sets its sights on banning fun next.
6. The return of George Santos, queen of the return.
 
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of falling phones, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, and computer beeps who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL!  Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.
Plus, subscribe to Lila's new podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!

In Which We Discuss:
1. Ezra Klein condenses twelve years of Brain Trust Live into one hour of reasons why Joe Biden should not run for president.
2. George Santos wishes “you fucking idiots” good luck raising funding next quarter! 
3. For once, Joe Manchin’s “Listening Tour” resulted in him listening.
4. The fate of America rests on one simple question: Did anyone see Fani Willis kissing Nathan Wade in the year 2019?
5. Donald Trump becomes the opposite of a billionaire, which is the closest he’ll ever get to that sum.
6. Trump’s new sneaker line is shipping in July 2024, so you’re definitely not getting those. 
 
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of falling phones, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, and computer beeps who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL!  Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.
Plus, subscribe to Lila's new podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!

In Which We Discuss:
1. Note on Joe Biden’s Super Bowl tiktok: In the wise words of Hillary Clinton, delete your account.
2. Jon Stewart is back and has already thought-crimed us so things are looking up!
3. The Santos special election is almost as bizarre as him.
4. Nikki Haley lost Nevada to “none of these candidates,” which is exactly how we’d like to vote in our own primary.
5. We live in a world where the president is too senile to stand trial but happy to run for a second term.
6. Congress has tied their two most evil bipartisan priorities together and now can’t pass either.
 
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of falling phones, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, and computer beeps who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL!  Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.
Plus, subscribe to Lila's new podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!