The Nicole Sandler Show

Today's show is a serious and important one. There's so much to be concerned about these days, and the areas of concern have multiplied since the current administration moved into and took over DC. From day one, the orange madman, has dismantled, destroyed, and decimated the agencies, departments and safety nets that had made this country great. And it was great. It is no longer because of...

Welcome to a new week, sadly, same war- only more. More deaths, more destruction, more money burned, more madness run amok. Jonathan Larsen of TheFuckingNews.substack.com and his original report reporting at jonathanlarsen.substack.com will be here for the second half of the show. We'll talk about his big breaking news this week about what Hegseth's military is claiming regarding this war...

Last Friday as we were wrapping that edition of Emptywheel Friday, Marcy Wheeler said something like, "... unless we invade Iran..." because we knew that was certainly a strong possibility." In the early morning hours of February 28, less than 24 hours after the show ended, the US and Israel struck Iran. And that's only one story from a week that included so much more. So get comfo...

BREAKING NEWS just as I'm in the final throes of show prep for today's show with goes live in 40 minutes! The orange mess just announced - via social media, of course - that Kristi Noem is FIRED and in her place, the moronic MarkWayne Mullin. I kid you not. And on another note, investigative reporter, filmmaker and so much more, Greg Palast returns to the show today. Strap in... Advertisin...

Yes, it's exhausting. Even Heather Cox Richardson is in the land of the overwhelmed and cursing loudly with us. And we got a harbinger of things to come with yesterday's Democratic Party Senate primary in Texas. I'll try to encapsulate much of that as we begin today's show. Then Will Bunch joins in f rom the Philadelphia Inquirer , where he's been opining about many of the same...

Day 4 of the war the orange mess promised he'd never start. The lies continue unabated. He lies and his sycophants swear to them. Everything is fucked up and stupid. I may never recover from the parts of Kristi Noem's testimony this morning before the Senate Judiciary Committee. And it seems like every minute, there's some other breaking news that, alone under a Democratic administrati...

No Mincing Words any more, not like I ever did in the first place. But the Orange Mass of Crud along with his idiotic drunken sidekick Whiskey Pete Kegseth, late Friday Night, started bombing Iran. Not even a word to or with Congress about this massive attack, which is the only legal way to start a war according to our constitution. It's a new week, a new month, a new war... and thankfully Jon...

We made it through another jam-packed week of D'umpian idiocy, incompetence and horror but we're still here! Thankfully, the amazing Marcy Wheeler steps away, momentarily, from emptywheel.net to join me each week at this time to recap and try to explain some of the madness happening in the world. And there's a lot of it to cover today, from SCOTUS on tariffs and El Dumpo's reaction...

As I read the news, I shake my head because nothing makes sense. This is not new, but it is constant. I can share what I'm reading, even express my outrage that it's come to this- but it all comes back to Opposite World, where things would make sense if they were the exact opposite of what they are. But they're not. My old friend John Fugelsang has that gift of being able to find the h...

Or not! I didn't watch even a minute of the orange tinged lie-fest last night. You shouldn't be surprised, I didn't say was going to watch it yesterday. And frankly, unless I had heard from a reliable source that the dump was going to ... no, I take it back. There's nothing that could have convinced to to watch the shit show that was happening before a joint session of Congress las...

Tonight's the State of the Union. I used to look forward to it. Now I simply dread it. One of the lead stories today proclaims today being the 4th anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Dump continues lying, but we no longer have the Washington Post, or any other "news" entity keeping a running count of them. Maybe someone will tonight? The military buildup continues around I...

Whether we like it or not, Mondays keep coming. And despite some wins, we still have that orange pile of shit lying about everything, and a so-called news media that won't date contradict him as he continues spewing his lies. Tomorrow night, he'll deliver his State of the Union address where he'll continue to lie. He made that clear when he spoke this morning and lied about everything...

We've been waiting for this decision from the Supreme Extreme Court for months now, and thankfully, three of the usual INjustices decided to follow the constitution this time and ruled against the orange liar-in-chief! Ding Dong, Trump's Tariffs are dead. That's where Marcy Wheeler and I started today on our weekly get-together to discuss much of what happened since we spoke last Frida...

Alex Lawson has been executive director of Social Security Works for longer than the 16+ years that I've known him, fighting to save and expand Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and speaking truth to power everywhere to everyone. Today he joined me for the whole hour and brought it, including our plans for the People's State of the Union address Tuesday evening, Feb 24, while the oran...

The questions are never-ending. I'll just have to figure out which ones to ask Chris Geidner, who covers all things court and law related at lawdork.com , as he returns to the show today.. Already today, Chris told us that in cases brought by the NEA and AFT, there are now final court orders: Last year's anti-DEI "Dear Colleague" letter is vacated and unenforceable. DOJ/DOE gave up...

I'm back today but barely... Today is the Chinese Lunar New Year - the start of the Year of the Horse. It's also Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday. I didn't sleep last night and had to be up early today for a CT scan... and my guest fell through. This should be fun Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We've reached another Friday, so that means that Marcy Wheeler takes a quick break from emptywheel.net to join us to discuss much of what happened this week and, as usual, there was a lot. And because it all centers around the shit that the orange blob has pushed on us, there's a whole lot of bad. But, as Marcy reminds us, so much is in flux... so keep that in mind, as minds are changing,...

Heads are still spinning everywhere, thanks to Dump's Bimbo General Pam Blondi and the show she put on yesterday in front of the House Judiciary Committee and the world. She already showed us her slam book and angry act, and it didn't work the first time. Why she thought it would this time is beyond my understanding of stupidity. We'll talk about that and some other news in real time.....

The horrendous excuse for a human being Pam Bondi appeared on Capitol Hill today to answer questions from the House Judiciary Committee about the Epstein files and whatever else they want to ask her about. It really didn't matter because she refused to answer any questions at all. She did as she has in prior hearings, deflecting, accusing and snidely smirking. She is a despicable kisser of the...

We have a lot of frozen territory to cover today. That's because ICE and its superiors at HSI and CBP were on Capitol Hill today for questions from the House Homeland Security Committee.. I watched it so you didn't have to, and I've got clips . Plus the latest on the Epstein files, Spocko on Bad Bunny and more... Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: ht...

Like taxes and death, Mondays are inevitable. And despite how much we wish this current news cycle would just end already, I'm afraid we're stuck with it until the fascist dick-tator keels over. Luckily, as he does every Monday, Jonathan Larsen will join me for the second half of today's show. Jonathan, of course, writes up the news daily at The Fucking News with the right amount of sn...

This was a very strange week. Yes, there were quite a few offensive, disgusting and illegal things done by Dump and his cronies this week, but that's par for this shitty course. However, as I told emptywheel.net' s Marcy Wheeler at the start of today's show, somehow the ominous foreboding seemed more intense. I feel that pit in my stomach dancing like jumping beans. Even though we ran...

Apologies for the headline, but Driftglass is such a talented writer, I thought I should take a shot at a clever headline. Sadly, what that orange pile of narcissism in the White House is doing to us and covering how he's destroying life in what's left of our country has depleted my energy. I somehow manage to make it through each day, taking it one day at a time. And I don't even drin...

It's fitting that journalist and author Brian Karem is my guest today. His latest book, Free the Press , is all about our dying media... and the morning's big news was about the gutting of what's left of the Washington Post by Jeff Bezos (who proves it wasn't about the money at all). And we had a whole lot more to talk about today too... Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com...

Overwhelmed yet? That's their goal. And in that, they're succeeding, but we can't let them win - on any level! Today, it's sort of a potpourri of news and Dumpy Chaos for Chaos' sake. The orange guy in the White House is out of his mind. He shows up 38 THOUSAND times in the Epstein files, but says he's done talking about them. Sorry, he doesn't get to make that call. It...