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Is it legal if there's no one willing to enforce the laws that say it isn't? That's just one question I'm grappling with these days as we watch what's left of the Department of Justice and the rule of law crumble in the USA. We are experiencing the complete gaslighting of America. The most confounding part of this opposite world in which we're stuck is why so many people are comfortable in it, or claim to be. There is a slight window through which some clarity is attempting to break through, I think. Who would have guessed that it would be a defunct child predator, rapist, sex trafficker & "creep" who'd strike the most damaging blow to the heretofore Teflon cult leader? I know, it's not over until it's over, but we are seeing those cracks in the armor forming. It is a tough coating to penetrate, though, which has allowed DonOld Trump to impose his demented ideals on our nation. While we wait for his complete demise, the sensible among us try to use the tools at our disposal to stay afloat -- the law. When it’s followed… That's one of the reasons I invite my friend and favorite legal expert Lisa Graves on the show so often! And did again today. Lisa is busy... tonight and every Wednesday evening, she co-hosts the podcast 'THE FIVE 8 1/2' here on YouTube. She's also a co-host at Legal AF, writes the Grave Injustice newsletter (graveinjustice.news), and has an important day job too. And her forthcoming book, Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts and his Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled our Rights is now available for pre-order! Inquiring minds have lots of questions about the assault being perpetrated on our nation, so we cover a lot of ground today. Get full access to The Nicole Sandler Show at nicolesandler.substack.com/subscribe

After a power outage rudely disrupted yesterday's show, I'm back today to seize the power of life. I tried to be clever there... We actually are talking about power today, but the power that most of us could use a bit of help to tap in to. But we begin with some of the day’s news including: * The Supreme Extreme Court’s decision allowing Dump to proceed with plans to carry out mass layoffs at the Dept of Education or in plaing English, to dismantle the DoE * ICE instructing its officers to hold immigrants who entered the country illegally “for the duration of their removal proceedings (including millions who crossed the border from Mexico over the past few decades). Meaning without a bond hearing. Just held indefinitely, as the “removal proceedings” can take months or years * The House rules committee voting down an amendment offered by Rep. Ro Kanna that demands the release of all the Epstein files by a vote of 5-7 (one Republican, Ralph Norman, voted with the Democrats), killing the amendment * Inflation continues rising apparently as Dump’s tariffs start to bite Then, it’s on to my guest today. Shannon Watts is here to tell us about the lessons she shares in her new book, FIRED UP: HOW TO TURN YOUR SPARK INTO A FLAME AND COME ALIVE AT ANY AGE. Yes, this is the same Shannon Watts who founded Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. Shannon describes the book as part memoir, part manual, part manifesto for women of all ages who are ready to come alive, overcome their fears, and take action to turn a small spark of desire into a fire that will transform their lives. She explains that much of it is about the lessons she learned during her journey from starting a Facebook group for moms to do something about our gun epidemic the day after the Sandy Hook murders to building it into the nation's largest grassroots organization against gun violence. I've been in awe of Shannon Watts for many years though this is the first time I've spoken with her. Although her book will undoubtedly help men too, I realize she wrote it for me, and the millions of other women who are struggling with life as it is and need some help. Or as Shannon describes it, "For women ready to stop living on autopilot and playing it small, FIRED UP invites you to shatter your self imposed limitations and unleash your potential so you can finally start living the life you deserve." In September, Shannon will launch Firestarter University, a year-long online course that provides an interactive, action-driven curriculum and a curated, supportive community for people who are ready to prioritize their personal, professional or political desires. It’s a bonus that comes with the purchase of the book. (You can get it from Shannon’s site, or use this link from Bookshop.org, which also gives a small commission to this show). Get full access to The Nicole Sandler Show at nicolesandler.substack.com/subscribe

Like death and taxes, Mondays are inevitable. And despite our most fervent wishes to the contrary, the news doesn't stop. These days, the news is pretty much always bad. If that’s the case, I prefer to take my news with a healthy dose of snark and some well-placed profanity. So we begin the week here on The Nicole Sandler Show with Jonathan Larsen, the man behind thefuckingnews.substack.com. I'm particularly enjoying watching the MAGAts eating their own over the Epstein files coverup and lies. But there's more that appears to be the impetus for right wing implosion, like tariffs, weapons, war and more... In addition to his profane "fucking news" Jonathan writes another newsletter where he does his original reporting, sans snark. Lately he's been reporting on the sickening form of "Bible Study" at the White House, where they claim to be diligently fighting antisemitism, while seeming to stress their quite anti-Semitic mythology in teaching that "the Jews killed Jesus." This is exhausting already. **Postscript: I knew this was one of those days. We never did get to the part about the Bible perversion today. Just about 53 minutes into the show, my power went out. So the show suddenly ended. That's the bad news. It got worse when the power company said the estimated time power would be restored would be 2:52 local time. I got that news right around 1:00. Oh, and the temperature was 100 degrees. That’s a problem because with the power went the AC! The good news is that the power kicked back on right around 1:20... Yes, it could have been worse. Sorry about the end of the show. It was good while it lasted. I'll be back tomorrow. Activist and author Shannon Watts is my scheduled guest! Get full access to The Nicole Sandler Show at nicolesandler.substack.com/subscribe

I’ll keep the written part short and sweet today, as yesterday’s was long and overloaded with information and links. And today’s show runs a bit longer than usual. Today, really, the only link you need is emptywheel.net. That’s Marcy Wheeler’s info-packed site where she wrote about pretty much everything we discussed today on the show. Marcy took last week off - as did we. It was the 4th of July here, but Marcy lives in Ireland these days. She did write a piece about what she did with her week off that you can read here. Thankfully, she’s back today. We always seem to mention how long each week in the D’ump era feels. In this case, two weeks felt like an eternity. We had a lot of territory to cover today. The Big Ugly (now) law, Emil Bove's corruption and bid to become a federal judge, the Epstein files deception, lies & coverup, the Brazil and other bullshit tariffs, the Texas floods and DHS/FEMA mess and a lot more. Get full access to The Nicole Sandler Show at nicolesandler.substack.com/subscribe

Today is Thursday. Howie Klein has been doing a weekly segment on this show for probably 15 years. He’s been out a bit lately as he’s been undergoing treatment for cancer. Thankfully, today he has a day off from that, so he'll join us in the second half hour of today's show. Despite his health issues, Howie's been busy writing at DownWithTyranny.com and working to find great progressive candidates for the Blue America PAC to endorse. Our main topic today deals with more hypocrisy from D'ump and his lemmings. It’s become one of the biggest issues pissing off his MAGAt followers and fracturing his support. It should. It’s Jeffrey Epstein. For years we've been waiting for the so-called Epstein files to be released. This administration, who claims to be the most transparent ever, has said they'll be releasing everything to the public. The unqualified Trump shill posing as Attorney General, Pam Bondi, has been emphatic about it until she was emphatic that there's no there there. Some background I promised you on today’s show: The shit hit the fan on Monday when the Department of Justice and the FBI released a statement saying that there is no “Epstein Client List” and that no further information regarding the accused rapist/pedophile and reported former friend of Trump’s would be forthcoming. This despite AG Bondi’s statement on Fox (not) News in February claiming that the “Epstein Client List” was at that moment on her desk. At D’ump’s media circus posing as a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, July 8, the orange one berated a reporter for asking about Epstein when “we have Texas, we have this, we have all of the things. Wha… and are people still talking about this guy? This creep…” And Pam Bondi then attempts to explain that when she said the client list was on her desk, that’s not what she meant. Right… Of course, Trump called Epstein “this creep.” But in an interview with author Michael Wolff, detailed by The Daily Beast in a paywalled article in November of 2024, but entered into the House record (so you can read it here), Epstein says Trump was his “best friend” and gave many details of their years-long friendship and escapades. Filmmaker Don Winslow posted this on Xitter: As for Trump being implicated as having participated with Epstein in the “forcible rape” of a then-13 year-old girl at one of the creep’s parties, here are a couple of articles to read: * From Courthouse News Service 9/30/2016 “Rape Allegations Refiled Against Trump” * From Politico 11/4/2016 “Woman suing Trump over alleged teen rape drops suit, again” No reason was given for the abruptly dropped suit (for the second time), but the attorney who canceled the scheduled press conference “said Trump’s accuser had received threats and was too frightened to show up.” That’s not proof of anything, but it’s related information nonetheless… The Miami Herald’s Julie Brown reported tirelessly for years about Epstein and his sickening crimes. A Xitter account for Project Constitution on Wed July 9 posted a throwback video taken from a Miami Herald film about the case along with related information. Critics on both sides of the aisle - including some big-time D’ump acolytes are crying foul. This is an older one from the idiot who would become VP… Even Alex Jones is on video, literally crying... and apparently puking about it! (Sorry, I couldn’t bring myself to actually post anything from that psychopath.) One more. Even Tucker Carlson… I think that’s enough for now… When does everyone finally get it? And there was some breaking news this morning too… A (Bush appointed) federal judge in New Hampshire placed a new block on D'ump's ban on birthright citizenship. Confused yet? You should be. Here’s a gift article from the Washington Post that explains what happened: “Federal judge places new block on Trump’s ban on birthright citizenship” As for what happens next, perhaps Marcy Wheeler will have some thoughts on that on tomorrow’s show. Talk to you...

The Social Security Administration sent out an unsolicited email a few days ago, making far fetched claims about what ‘benefits’ the just-passed Big Ugly Tax & Kill bill would bring to Social Security beneficiaries. Most notably, the claim that El Dumpo has been crowing about repeatedly -- that it would eliminate taxes on those Social Security benefits. It's a lie. Steve Benen had a great article about it the other day at MaddowBlog. But there are many others out there echoing similar sentiment. The email makes other claims too that are, at the very least, confusing. To help clear up the confusion and debunk the lies and explain just how dire the situation is, Alex Lawson joins us today right at the top of the show. Alex is Executive Director of Social Security Works, and he knows how to cut through the bullshit and bring us the facts. That's exactly what we need right now. Get full access to The Nicole Sandler Show at nicolesandler.substack.com/subscribe

We first met Wendell Potter about 15 years ago when he broke ranks as a health insurance PR executive to blow the whistle on the industry he knew was killing people in its quest for higher profits. And the rest, as they say, is history. Wendell still stands virtually alone in telling truth about the industry that's only grown larger and more powerful and still values profits over the lives they allegedly exist to protect. Wendell Potter is a best-selling author, journalist and above all, a leading advocate for health care reform. He's also editor-in-chief of the newsletter HEALTH CARE un-covered (subscribe at healthcareuncovered.substack.com). He returns to the show today in the wake of the passage of the horrendous Big Ugly Trump Tax and Kill Bill to help us figure out what it means for the future of health care in this country. Get full access to The Nicole Sandler Show at nicolesandler.substack.com/subscribe

When Jonathan Larsen first launched his newsletter and called it "The Fucking News," I thought it was quite clever. Now I know it was perfect and prescient. Jonathan joins me on the show each Monday to help us get a handle on what's happening in the news and set the stage for the week. It reminds of of the limbo dance. It's really a game that asks, "How low can you go?" The aim is to pass forward under a bar, which keeps getting set lower and lower, without falling or dislodging the bar. Unfortunately, in this Trumpian world, there seems to be no bottom. The lows keep going lower and there is no winner! Last week we were incredulous about the war the orange madman injected us in to. This week, I still can't believe we couldn't find enough Republicans in a Congress with the tiniest majority margin to vote against the most damaging piece of legislation in our nation's history. And now we move back to the tariffs to inflict yet more pain on the American people, enough of whom are masochists still under the spell of that madman asking him to hurt them more. When will it end? Or maybe I should ask, Will it end? Subscribe to both TheFuckingNews.substack.com and JonathanLarsen.substack.com! Hopefully Jonathan will lighten the mood a bit! BTW, I mentioned the website to sign up for a General Strike... it's generalstrikeus.com. And tomorrow, Wendell Potter will join us to tell us how the Big Ugly Tax & Kill bill will affect your healthcare. Get full access to The Nicole Sandler Show at nicolesandler.substack.com/subscribe

The Nicole Sandler Show is a listener/reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Just when I thought that just maybe three or four Republican House members would find a spine and actually represent their constituents and fulfill the oaths they swore to uphold and defend the Constitution, I realize that I only wind up disappointed. In the middle of the night last night, the traitors who would sell out the people to help the wealthiest of the wealthy caved. As I prepare to go live on the air at 3pm Eastern/noon Pacific, the Democratic Leader in the House Hakeem Jeffries wrapped up a record-breaking speech (Dems are good at that). After 8 hours and 44 minutes, he yielded back so the Republicans could hold the final democracy-killing vote on the big ugly democracy killing tax bill. Here’s his big finish: Then some smug, jerk rank and file Republican spoke for a minute or two, and handed it off the the even more rude, nasty, lying Trump sycophantic Speaker of the House Mike Johnson to make some rude and condescending remarks before opening the vote. Sickeningly, literally, they voted and passed the monstrosity of a killer bill 218-214. We spent most of the show explaining how they went from five House Republicans opposing the procedural motion to proceed to the final vote, which would have killed it, to somehow coercing all but one to vote in favor of it. Johnson kept the vote open all night to changed those four votes, but they did it. Only Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania held strong. After that, Jeffries did his thing… and after 8 hours and 44 minutes, the inevitable happened. In the end, two Republicans joined all the Democrats to pass the piece of shit 218-214. The two who are now on Trump’s shit list are Brian Fitzpatrick and Thomas Massie. Just in time for them to destroy the meaning of Independence Day. Thankfully, we were able to inject a bit of fun to lead us into an ironic holiday weekend... Spinal Tap is back! There's a new film opening September 12, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues. And this weekend for a limited run July 5-10, the original, This Is Spinal Tap returns to theaters, 41 years later... Spinal Tap's bass player, Derek Smalls, better known to most of us as Harry Shearer, joins us at the start of the show. We talked about the legendary band, the movies as well as Harry’s long, long, long run on The Simpsons, his excellent radio show Le Show, his wonderful and talented wife, singer, songwriter, performer Judith Owen, and of course, the political shit we’re living through… Tomorrow, I’m taking the 4th of July off. I’ll be doing a special music show that’ll stream at nicolesandler.com all weekend long. Just hit the audio player on the home page and it’ll play for you… or listen here: I’ll be back Monday, as usual, with Jonathan Larsen of The Fucking News because life goes on, sort of… Watch today’s show via YouTube: Get full access to The Nicole Sandler Show at nicolesandler.substack.com/subscribe

Knowing that I can't possibly cover everything that goes on each day in this hour we have together, today we'll focus on two... CBS paid Trump's extortion demands and a conversation with Gaby Pacheco, a lifelong activist for dreamers, Immigrants and education rights. Both are critical stories as the current administration is methodically taking away our rights on its road to fascism. Get full access to The Nicole Sandler Show at nicolesandler.substack.com/subscribe

After more than 24 hours of "debate" (it wasn't a debate) and the so-called vote-a-rama (including bullshit backroom deals, we're looking at you Murkowski), the Opposite World fittingly-named "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (though according to Schumer, he got the name changed to something else) passed the Senate today with the tightest possible margin. It was a 50-50 vote with VP JD Vance breaking the tie. All Democrats voted NO. Three Republicans --Thom Tillis, Rand Paul and Susan Collins stepped up. But it was Alaska's Lisa Murkowski who betrayed the nation and caved in to the pressure and more likely, the threats lobbed at her. She's spoken of them in the past. Now she's publicly hoping the House will save the nation. She didn't when she could have. Her vote would have done it. Unconscionable. This comes just days after the Extreme Supreme Court gave President D'ump his wet dream of a term-ender. Today's guest is Chris Geidner of www.lawdork.com. That's home to his newsletter where he draws on his 15 years of legal and political journalism with his own unique style. I invited Chris to join us to talk about the big, seriously bad Extreme Supreme Court finale. And now there's this extra shitty news that broke this morning thanks to the shit show in the Senate. Never a dull moment! Get full access to The Nicole Sandler Show at nicolesandler.substack.com/subscribe

It's difficult to imagine the news getting any worse than the crap we've been dealing with over the last five months. Just when you think we've hit rock bottom, we live through another week of Dump 2.0 and we realize there is no basement. The senate right now is in the middle of the vote-a-rama on its way to passing the Behemoth Barbaric Bill Act which is worse than anything we could have imagined. The orange idiot-in-chief has also taken us down through the depths of Opposite World as his lies continue confusing those who somehow still retain some semblance of sanity. It's the kind of shit that proves Jonathan Larsen chose the perfect title when he launched his daily newsletter and called it The Fucking News because it really is! For a really good explanation of what's happening with that Big Bloated Bullocks Bill, check out David Dayen's article "Trump Tax Cut Magic Wand Kicks Off Vote-a-Rama." And here's John Oliver's funnier but still truly informative segment on it from last night's Last Week Tonight: As we do each Monday, Jonathan joins us today to recount some of that fucking news- both the shit that has us banging our heads against brick walls & sinking deeper into despair and the crap that we probably wouldn't know about if Jonathan didn't report on it. He did just that Saturday in his other newsletter where he writes up his original reporting -jonathanlarsen.substack.com- with a truly upsetting, despicable exclusive story headlined "White House Bible Study Teaches that Jews Killed Jesus". Yes, this is the same White House who claims that the motivating issue driving so much of their horrific policy is fighting anti-semitism. Yes, that's why I call it Opposite World. Get full access to The Nicole Sandler Show at nicolesandler.substack.com/subscribe

It was a week that, once again, felt like a year... or more! There was a war. More accurately, the moron in the White House inserted us into a war between Israel and Iran. The Supreme/Extreme Court finished it's term by handing down the final opinions in the regular term, though a handful of shadow docket cases will be handed down next week). It was an ugly day for the future of our democracy. The Big Ugly Bill is racing toward the MAGAts self-imposed 4th of July deadline. And a whole lot more happened, much of which Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net deconstruct during today's weekly discussion. Strap in, we've got a lot of territory to cover! Get full access to The Nicole Sandler Show at nicolesandler.substack.com/subscribe

I read a ridiculous amount of news in preparation for this show every day, much of which I never get to during the hour I'm on the air with this show. So today we'll play catch up on a bunch of news that transpired so far this week. The Supreme Court today handed down four of their 10 remaining decisions, and announced they'll finish them off tomorrow! Of course, that doesn't count the outstanding shadow docket cases, or does it? (That's a gift link to a NY Times article "The Major Supreme Court Decisions in 2025" - jam-packed full of info!) The former Fox weekend host who now plays Secretary of Defense and the guy who was named Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff because he has a tough-sounding nickname that D'ump likes (Dan 'Raising' Cain) held a media-scolding, whiny press conference this morning where they seemed oh-so-defensive about the outcome of the war they inserted the US into and for which they claimed victory. The Big Ugly clusterfuck of a bill is still being pushed by the WH, while the Senate Parliamentarian, thankfully, keeps trying to explain-and delete- items that DO NOT fly under reconciliation. The NYC Mayoral Primaries are done with a surprise outcome for the Dems, but where's the laughter about the GOP nominee? (It'sCurtis Sliwa... you can laugh now) And there's lots more... At the end of the show, I shared a tiny bit of history I enjoyed with Bobby Sherman, the pop star and teen idol who died this week. Watch the video of today's show below, and you'll see both of us in 1992 at a radio event in Los Angeles from when I was producer of The Mark & Brian Show at KLOS... fun times. I'll also include the video below. And just after today's show ended, the sad news broke of the passing of the great Bill Moyers. (Another gift link.) It truly is the end of an era. Get full access to The Nicole Sandler Show at nicolesandler.substack.com/subscribe

While we await the final rulings of this term from the Supreme Extreme Court, we're still getting decisions from them along with rulings from lower courts which may, or may not, apply nationally... depending on what SCOTUS rules when they finally get around to announcing their final decisions of the term. It's not only tedious but unnerving, frightening and based on their recent records, potentially (and probably) sickening. There's also a confirmation hearing for Judge Emil Bove, a person wholly unsuitable for a federal, lifetime appointment to the bench, this morning. And the orange wannabe dick-tator held a press conference in The Hague where he's been for a day at a NATO gathering. He's leaving early, probably because he wanted to claim hero status for himself (and a future Nobel Peace Prize) for his orders to bomb Iran... Instead, he had to deflect to criticize the US media, blaming them for "demeaning the US military and the pilots who flew those bombing missions. Talk about embarrassing the US on the world stage! My favorite legal expert, Lisa Graves of the Grave Injustice newsletter & podcast & the Five 8 1/2 podcast, and author of the forthcoming book, Without Precedent (available for pre-order now), and a whole lot more, returns to the show to talk about where we stand, today's confirmation hearing of Emil Bove to the federal bench, the latest unconscionable decisions from the (far from) Supreme Court and more.... Get full access to The Nicole Sandler Show at nicolesandler.substack.com/subscribe

It's another TrumperCoaster ride so get your barf bags ready. We've ridden many TrumperCoasters over the last 10 years, but this one might be the most nauseating. He's the self-proclaimed "peace president"; one who drops bombs. He threatens, cajoles and lies at every turn. He's delusional! I can't explain it. Perhaps Brian Karem can... He does a pretty good job of it at Salon.com, on his Just Ask the Question podcast, on his substack and social media and, occasionally, on this show. Hopefully he can help us a bit on today's show... Get full access to The Nicole Sandler Show at nicolesandler.substack.com/subscribe

For some reason it seems like President D'ump likes those Friday night news dumps. So of course, after throwing out his standard delay brain crutch of "2 weeks," the man who can't think for himself launched an attack on three "nuclear sites" inside of Iran, breaking a big campaign promise to keep us out of Middle East wars, inserted us right in the middle of one. Shortly before showtime we learned that Iran retaliated. However, AP reported that “this missile attack on Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar matched the number of bombs dropped by the United States on its nuclear sites this weekend, signaling its likely desire to deescalate. Iran made the announcement via a statement from its Supreme National Security Council after the attack, which Qatar said caused no injuries. Iran also said it targeted the base because it was outside of populated areas.” And I read an editorial from The Onion , a satirical letter to Congress, that the paper hand delivered to all members of Congress and also appeared as a full-page ad in the NY Times! As much as I appreciate the sentiment, I also had to mention that while it applies to many Democrats (and Republicans) in Congress, there are quite a few of them who are making the effort to do whatever they can to stop the madness. The problem is that while the Republicans control both houses of Congress, there's very little the Dems can do. But while I was on the air, the ranking members of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, Jamie Raskin and Dick Durban presided over a hearing "Defending the Rights of the People - Bicameral Spotlight Forum" which addresses some of the issues we're facing... Oh sure, there's lots more news and I'm sure we'll get around to some of that on today's show - both before and during our weekly conversation with Jonathan Larsen of TheFuckingNews.substack.com. But there's also a bunch of breaking news today saying that Iran launched retaliatory strikes against a US base in Qatar - the largest US base in the Middle East& home of US Central Command's forward headquarters. Get full access to The Nicole Sandler Show at nicolesandler.substack.com/subscribe

We survived another week, though this one had quite a few precarious moments, much of which went unreported by the mainstream, corporate media and certainly ignored by the right-wing media which most of MAGAt-world erroneously considers news and trusts to (dis) inform them. It's a big reason why I do this show and why these Friday episodes with Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net are so important. And although we usually run over our allotted hour (like today), there's still a lot of real news that we don't have time to cover. Since our last get-together last Friday, so much has happened. It was overnight Friday night/Saturday morning that an assassin in Minnesota murdered the former speaker of the MN House, Democrat Melissa Hortman, and her husband and attempted to murder a Democratic state senator and his wife. The massive #NOKINGS Day rallies and the big dud of D'ump's military birthday parade happened on Saturday. Yes, that - and a lot more happened this week... Today, Marcy and I cover much of the week's important news including the continuing ICE assaults on Los Angeles along with the pushback it deserves, the arrest of another elected Democratic official, NYC Comptroller and NYC Mayoral candidate Brad Lander, and the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Cain. That hearing was ostensibly about the DoD's 2026 budget, but much of the Democrats' questioning concerned the unconstitutional deployment of the Marines to US cities to aid ICE in rounding up and arresting alleged undocumented migrants, with a few questions about the Israel-Iran war and our potential involvement and other issues. Marcy and I record these Friday shows at noon ET due to our time difference. She's in Ireland, I'm in Arizona. Because of the insane volume of shit they're constantly throwing at us, there's often something that changes before this show goes live at 3pm ET. As is the case today. During the show I mentioned that the first publicized ice detention on bullshit grounds - Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia grad student who helped organize pro-Palestinian protests - was still incarcerated despite winning in court. Marcy explained what the case was about and that it didn't require he be released. BUT, as we were wrapping up today's show, the news broke that a federal judge ordered he be released from the detention center in Louisiana where he's been held. Try to rest up this weekend... though D'ump does like to dump more crap on us on Friday evenings. Ugh. Get full access to The Nicole Sandler Show at nicolesandler.substack.com/subscribe

Happy Juneteenth! It's our newest federal holiday, recognized as such in 2021 after President Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law. Even D'ump proposed making Juneteenth a national holiday during his first re-election bid. But he's done an about face since somehow getting back into office in January, with a vendetta against "DEI" and, by his attitude and actions, reaffirming his followers' rights to let their racists flags fly. He's bringing back Jim Crow which did NOT recognize Juneteenth. Today is also the first day of summer and things are literally heating up... On today's show, in addition to Juneteenth, we'll continue going over the avalanche of news that's bombarding us including the war between Israel and Iran and our - er- Trump's role in it, ICE raids, Trump's mental decline, Trump's ridiculous lies and a lot more. Plus, it's Thursday so we'll check in with Howie Klein of DownWithTyranny.com and the Blue America PAC... And at the end of the show, I share a ridiculously funny story about how Google's AI claims I had a close personal relationship with the late, great Clarence Clemons of Bruce Springsteen's E-Street Band! I did meet him once, around 40 years ago when I worked at WPLJ in NY and did have my picture taken with him... Get full access to The Nicole Sandler Show at nicolesandler.substack.com/subscribe

This is is one of those days in the middle of one of those weeks during one of those months in the inconceivable, unbelievable second term of an imbecile. There's an avalanche of news, precious little of it good. We don't have a guest today, so our pal Spocko joined in to talk about much of the day's news. We cover a lot of ground, share a lot of video - especially from a contentious hearing today in the Senate Armed Services Committee where the completely in-over-his-head Defense Sec (sic) Whiskey Pete Hegseth and the also unqualified and wrong person for the job head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Cain refused to give a straight answer to any question posed by the Democrats on the committee. Makes you wonder wtf they're hiding! Today, there was also an unconscionable ruling from the Supreme Extreme Court. Well, a few really bad ones but one on transgender care rights was as bad as we could imagine. But wait, there's more! Bombs are flying between Israel and Iran and, of course, the idiot in chief has to get in the middle of it making clueless threats - and Iran's "supreme leader" is hitting back -- over social media. Seriously. And so much more... #NoKings attendance numbers, Utah pushing back on the heinous Mike Lee, Dump left the G7 meeting early, the Senate passed the so-called Genius act regarding crypto currency ... There's more. But like I said, it's impossible to cover it all in one show. We'll continue tomorrow... Get full access to The Nicole Sandler Show at nicolesandler.substack.com/subscribe