This week on BTL, Donald Trump and Lev Parnas were definitely friends because there are a million pictures out there just like this one! Plus, we’ll share one really important self-care tip for the next #DemDebate, which you’ll need because next week’s TV schedule is going to be 25 hours a day of CSPAN thanks to Impeachment Palooza 2020! Thank God Ken Starr is doing a comeback tour! It’s all this and much, much more!
BTL #321 - I Wrote The Bill - 7/5/19
This week BTL is back with an IN DEPTH discussion of the Democratic Debates, Puerto Rico’s amazing activism, and all the horrible news you missed while we were gone. Brent says some confusing things about Marianne Williamson (NOT ENDORSEMENT THINGS, CALM DOWN) but it gives us a chance to discuss our favorite topic - our prescience when it comes to presidential election cycles and how they work. Also, it’s summer recess in Congress which means…it’s townhall season! Go bug your reps!
BTL #319 - Who is John Delaney - 7/1/19
BTL #218 - Bad Hombre - 10/24/16
This week on BTL, we've got all the bad hombres, nasty women, and important updates from the final presidential debate. (Thank god these are over.) Plus, recent polls are showing thatTrump really doesn’t have much to worry about in the way of rigged elections...he'd have to be close to winning one first. But don't worry, the rich always come out on top, and Il Duce is no different - Trump TV is the latest business scam hounding this election and it's a doozy! Tune in, tune up, tune around, and listen to an all new BTL. Most importantly, it's that time again so REMEMBER TO VOTE! We'll have a prop cheat sheet up on the site this week!
BTL #216 - Interview: Jill Stein - 10/10/16
On this week's BTL, we talked voting, third parties, Libertarians, Ralph Nader, and more with GREEN PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JILL STEIN! Check out our chat with her, some dispatches from her Pershing Square rally, and of course all the bafoonery around the second presidential debate, Donald Trump pussy-grabbing, Hillary Clinton wall street speeches, and everything else that happened in this absurdly packed week!
BTL #215 - We're Back! - 10/3/16
Welcome back listeners! It's been an exciting three weeks are we're ready to dive back in. We fit this week's record between readings of the 233 page California Official Voters Information Guide (233! That many!), and it's jam packed! We've got the dirt on the first presidential debate and the ensuing melodramas of The Donald v. Women, The Donald v. Taxes, and The Donald v. Twitter. Plus, 2016 is the year of the non-endorsement, Californians might not live to see the outcome of this horrible presidential race (earthquakes around every corner), and the Senate is furious that Obama doesn’t control the laws of time and space. It was a great week for our triumphant return and we can't wait to dive in!
BTL #209 - Republican Dancing - 7/25/16
This week on BTL, we do our best to make up for our one-week absence! We try our hand at reporting breaking news, plus we've got a look ahead at the DNC and a look behind at the (terrifying, disorganized, slapstick-ridden) RNC. All that plus a discussion on the meaning of your vote and when voter outreach works and doesn't, plus an exciting (read: horrible) update on the week in racism. And jokes. We've got jokes too!
BTL #192 - Return of the Goldwater Gal - 3/14/16
This week on BTL, MSNBC is shocked, shocked, shocked when the Michigan primary results are exactly what their own exit polls predicted. Plus, this is the week we reached peak Trump: he gave us the best hour of television in American history not to be confused with the best reminder possible that he's a dangerous lunatic that must be stopped. And Hillary Clinton might be channeling her Goldwater Gal past a little too clearly these days. And of course we have election results, a look to this week's primaries, and polling galore!