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At the end of yesterday's show, I made the mistake of believing Mike the meeker Speaker Johnson who inferred that the Senate under John Thune would collude with him to delay passing the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Thune instead allowed it to pass by unanimous consent. But I was correct in my assumption that Dump's directive for Bondi to open a new investigation into Epstein and only De...

I knew today was going to be a huge day filled with news, but it turned out to be bigger than I thought. So I invited a real journalist, Brian Karem , to join me on today's show. There was much to cover, as the day began early with a presser outside of the Capitol with Epstein survivors. The Orange Dumpkin welcomed his soul brother MBS to the Oval Office, which was more sickening than I imagin...

Jonathan Larsen, the man behind " The Fucking News" and the Jonathan Larsen Substacks joins us every Monday to help explain wtf is happening in the news. Today, we will discuss wtf is going on with Dump threatening war with Venezuela. He has original reporting on the whole f'n mess at jonathanlarsen.substack.com . Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: h...

Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net joins me every Friday to recap both the momentous and the newsworthy events of the week that you might not have heard enough about. Obviously this was a heavy-duty week. Unfortunately, I've been out of commission and certainly didn't pay as much attention as I usually do this week as I've been dealing with the death of my dog Jaxson, who was a member of...

It's Nicole Sandler, back on this Thursday, Nov 13. I was out earlier this week because my dog Jaxson, my fur baby, got very sick Monday and we lost him. I could probably use a few more days off, but Jason Leopold was scheduled to join me, and he's a dear old friend, so I thought I could make it through... For the most part, I did. Jason is the government-anointed "FOIA Terrorist,"...

Every Friday, we wrap up the week's news with Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net. And this was certainly a momentous week! Just this morning, Marcy posted a blueprint for much of today's discussion in a post titled "May This Week Be a Pivot". I second that emotion! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

It's Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. I was dreading yesterday's Supreme Extreme Court hearing regarding the felon's illegal and unconstitutional tariffs because of how the court has demeaned itself by bending over backwards to appease the dick-tator over the past year. But to my layperson's ears, it sounded like they - or at least enough of them - have finally reached their limit. And it w...

Today is Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. Yesterday was Election Day. It was about as close to a clean sweep as possible, with the people rebuking D'ump and taking back control. And hopefully, showing what's still to come.... That's not all we're talking about today. This morning, The Supreme Extreme Court heard arguments about the felon's illegal and unconstitutional tariff debacle th...

This year, my birthday falls on election day, something that wouldn't necessarily warrant a day off. But when my daughter tells me she's coming to town to spend my birthday with me, that's another story. So I figured we'd go back in time to Nov 4, 2016. That year, election day fell on Nov 9, so this was just a few days out. I was truly mortified at the idea that Donald Trump could...

It's the Nicole Sandler Show for Monday, Nov. 3. Election Day is tomorrow. Unfortunately it's an off-off year so we don't get to dump the garbage, yet. But some of us will be able to get rid of some annoying trash, so there's that. Please vote! As he does on Mondays, Jonathan Larsen brings his latest scoops from thefuckingnews.substack.com and jonathanlarsen.substack.com . And we&#...

It's Friday, October 31, 2025! Nicole Sandler here, finally here in my newly rebuilt studio in our new home. Hopefully we'll stay at this one for a while! Today is Halloween, but every day is frightening in this D'umpster fire of a nation these days... Thankfully, Marcy Wheeler is here to help us muddle through much of what transpired this week. I'm not much help today because I&#3...

Today is the final day of my move, so we're up and running for good from the new home studio after today's special pre-Halloween episode, and this one is scary as Trump. David Daley literally wrote the book about gerrymandering. Now make that book s, as he's written two more sequels since the original, Ratf**ked: Why Your Vote Doesn't Count , was released in 2017. Now that Trumpkin...

It's the day before Halloween. Since today's the day we have to be out of the old house and do a walk-through with the slumlord so we can get our security deposit back, I have to run another 'Best of' show. So I figured I'd pull out a truly frightening episode to run today. This episode originally aired on August 12 of this year. Here's what I wrote about this episode on th...

It's Wednesday, October 29, 2025. I've been in and out over the last few weeks because we moved, again. I'm exhausted and every inch of my body hurts. But I somehow managed to rebuild my studio in the new digs. Today, we take it out for a spin. Today I'm thrilled to welcome Jim Earl to the show for the very first time. You know I like to deliver the news with some snark and attitud...

March 6, 2020 was a Friday. As I wrote in the description back then of that day's show, "We made it to the end of a horrible week that included a brutal Super Tuesday, the end of a number of campaigns, a stock market crash and the global explosion of the coronavirus. We have two great guests today: Jason Leopold of BuzzFeed News whose lawsuit might bring us the unredacted Mueller Report (...

Nicole is almost done moving, so will be back here full-time with all-new live shows. In the meantime, we're listening back to some past episodes that are still relevant today. In August, she read an article by Professor of Sociology Dr. Art Jipson about a frightening religious sect that's been working its way into all branches of our American life. Actually, seven. And instead of branches...

It's Nicole Sandler, back live in the studio today, 10/24/25. I've been in and out as I've been moving, but I don't miss an Emptywheel Friday show unless it's completely unavoidable! After today's show, I'll break down my studio and move it to the new house where it'll take a few days to rebuild it. So I'll have a couple of Best of shows to start next week, and...

While Nicole is out moving, she's running some newsworthy shows from the past and throwing in a couple to take our mind off of the crap coming from Washington DC. Today we’ll take a break from the depressing, stress-filled world of news and politics to talk about the best job ever. Today’s guest is Paul Rappaport who spent his career at Columbia Records promoting rock records to radio and wrot...

I'm back live today - Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. If you watch TV, you've no doubt been inundated with commercials touting "Medicare Advantage." If you listen to this show, you've heard me tell you, consistently over the years, that Medicare Advantage is neither Medicare nor an advantage. Wendell Potter returns to the show today. We've spoken often over the years since he fir...

While Nicole is out moving from one house to another, she's running some shows from the past that are relevant today. This one originally aired four years ago this week, Oct. 26, 2021. With the rise of Donald Trump to dear leader of the Republican party and wannabe dictator for life, er, president, came the unmasking of white supremacists in America. Today, we'll get the history behind our...

The Nicole Sandler Show for Monday 10-20-25 I usually bemoan the beginning of a new week, but Saturday's No Kings Day rallies instead energized me, as I hope it did you. There's power and strength in numbers, and we numbered 7 million plus around the nation this weekend! As I've been busy with packing and moving, I didn't go into Phoenix on Saturday, opting instead to go to the ral...

Another seemingly endless week comes to a close, but not before we've had a chance to talk about it with Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net. We began with three detentions this week. The first, an ICE officer driving drunk with his kids in the back seat in Florida. The second is Portland Protestor Robby Steamroller explaining his arrest to Tim Miller at the Bulwark. And the third, Marcy wrote abo...

While Nicole's out moving, she's running some shows from the past that are essential listening today. First, from March 19 of this year, Alex Lawson, executive director of Social Security Works brings us some hard truths to understand. Then Nicole takes us back 17 years to the day to Oct.16, 2008. She was filling in for Thom Hartmann on Air America radio and had a few minutes with Melissa...

Nicole is out for a few days between now and the end of the month, so she's running some shows from the past that are still applicable today. Today we go back to Jan 16, 2024. She spoke with Erin "in the morning" Reed and Boca Britany Somers about Trans Rights in the US. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Nicole Sandler Show for Tues, Oct. 14, 2025 This Saturday, Oct 18, millions of people will take to the streets for a massive peaceful protest on the day designated for the second No Kings Day. Though the poor fools who believe the lies and propaganda fed to them by this law-breaking, fascist administration and its cult members like Speaker Mike Johnson are afraid of blow up frogs, furries, cla...