May 27, 2019

Abortion, Alternative Facts, congress, Donald Trump, Conspiracy Theory, Courts, elections, executive branch, presidential election, primaries, Suspicious Science, women, blog, feature

19 - We've Started a Newsletter!

Lila Nordstrom

May 27, 2019

Abortion, Alternative Facts, congress, Donald Trump, Conspiracy Theory, Courts, elections, executive branch, presidential election, primaries, Suspicious Science, women, blog, feature

There's no new podcast this week, but…we’ve started a newsletter!

Our goal is to make you sound smart to your friends (and more importantly, for us to sound smart to you). From now on, whenever we don't get the chance to record a podcast, we'll be providing a news summary right here in your inbox! That way, everybody's smarts get their moment in the sun. Here's what happened this week:

Click HERE to get the next newsletter, as well as voting guides and other (but not an annoying number of) updates, sent straight to your inbox.

Lila Nordstrom

June 18, 2018

congress, Donald Trump, Conspiracy Theory, elections, Endorsements, executive branch, foreign policy, Legal Entanglements, media, Natural Disasters, podcast, polls, propaganda, women

BTL #291 - 1950s Toddler - 6/18/18

Lila Nordstrom

June 18, 2018

congress, Donald Trump, Conspiracy Theory, elections, Endorsements, executive branch, foreign policy, Legal Entanglements, media, Natural Disasters, podcast, polls, propaganda, women

This week on BTL, Trump tantrums his way around the G7, dictates his way through the U.S. - North Korea summit, and rips poor desperate immigrant families apart while we obsess about the California primaries! (Whose hobby is better? We’ll let you decide.) We’ve got results from CA and the other June 5th states, as well as some ire about the poor children being torn from their parents in the name of cruelty [cough]…sorry safety (?). All that plus visiting information if you want to get some facetime with Paul Manafort while he’s in jail. We all have a few things we’d like to say to his face, right?

Lila Nordstrom

July 3, 2017

Alternative Facts, California, Donald Trump, FeelTheBern, foreign policy, guns, Libertarians, media, Obamacare, podcast, Single-Payer, SCOTUS, Trumpcare, women

BTL #251 - Healthcare or a Giraffe - 7/3/17

Lila Nordstrom

July 3, 2017

Alternative Facts, California, Donald Trump, FeelTheBern, foreign policy, guns, Libertarians, media, Obamacare, podcast, Single-Payer, SCOTUS, Trumpcare, women

BTL #251 - Healthcare or a Giraffe - 7/3/17

This week on BTL, healthcare reform didn't get through before the holiday, but we're still worried about Mitch McConnell's evil plans to woo new GOPers to the cause. Trump, meanwhile, is so worried that he's changed his mind about his position yet again. On the Democratic side though, mind changes are a good thing! The writing on the wall is increasingly clear - Medicare for all is going to be a defining issue of 2020. All that plus Gorsuch being a problem already, a shake-up at Our Revolution, and Donald Trump's latest Twitter shenanigans.

Lila Nordstrom

March 12, 2017

Abortion, Alternative Facts, Conflict of Interest, congress, Donald Trump, foreign policy, media, Obamacare, podcast, propaganda, Single-Payer, Voting Rights, Trumpcare

BTL #236 - Say Trumpcare - 3/13/17

Lila Nordstrom

March 12, 2017

Abortion, Alternative Facts, Conflict of Interest, congress, Donald Trump, foreign policy, media, Obamacare, podcast, propaganda, Single-Payer, Voting Rights, Trumpcare

This week on BTL, everybody hates Trumpcare including all of the non-asshole community, most of the GOP, more of the white supremacist community than you'd guess, and most mammals and sea creatures. Jury is still out on reptiles - after all, Paul Ryan supports it. Then, let us remind you of the many ways in which the monthly Jobs Report is never to be trusted, something that's especially true when the president tells you to only start trusting it now that he's in office. And finally, ever dream of seeing the White House? Apparently it's as easy as hopping a fence and...walking right in? All this and more chaos awaits!

Lila Nordstrom

February 26, 2017

congress, Conspiracy Theory, Donald Trump, elections, Endorsements, executive branch, FeelTheBern, fundraising, lobbying, media, Obamacare, podcast, Physical Comedy, The Revolution

BTL #234 - WANTED: Missing Senator - 2/27/17

Lila Nordstrom

February 26, 2017

congress, Conspiracy Theory, Donald Trump, elections, Endorsements, executive branch, FeelTheBern, fundraising, lobbying, media, Obamacare, podcast, Physical Comedy, The Revolution

BTL #234 - WANTED: Missing Senator - 2/27/17

This week on BTL...it's updates from #ResistanceRecess! People got active, got creative, and got angry in all the best possible ways. Plus, the DNC chair race results, why Donald Trump should be careful about pushing the paper of record too far, and updates on all the new and exciting (and terrible) laws and policies that will make life for even legal immigrants a living hell. Come for the terrible news, stay for the many many many creative ways constituents are coming up with to get their reps' attention. Oh, and join us for our own little action as well!

BTL #232 - SEE YOU IN COURT [w/ Special Guests: Bad News Live’s Chuck Ludwig and Julianne Simitz] - 2/13/17

This week on BTL...the Bad News Live Crew is back! Check out their next live show on Feb 18th at the Acme Theater in LA! In the meantime, however, catch them reliving the million hours of news the Trump administration so thoughtfully produced in the last week. First a foremost, let's #neverremember to #newforget a new category of fake terrorist victims - those (zero) lost in the Atlanta attacks. Plus, we've got news on the Muslim Ban's court progress, updates on the senate confirmations (DeVos, Sessions, Price, oh my!), thoughts on why and how #shepersisted, whether or not Hillary Clinton has persisted, whether or not the Senate should persist, and more! Also, anybody with leads for where a person can get some easy D should contact the White House.

BTL #230 - The Gossipy Side of a Constitutional Crisis [SPECIAL GUEST: William Floyd, LA County Dems] - 1/30/17

This week on BTL, join us for a walk down memory lane as we recount every single horrifying thing that happened in the last week. Yup, week. Trump has only been the president for a week. We're already mid-constitutional crisis, we've already pissed off most of the world, and Trump's staff keeps tweeting us their passwords so things are leakier over there than a paper pipe. On the bright side, if you enjoy protesting, you'll have lots of opportunities coming up. Also, if you enjoy engaging in Wikipedia mischief, this next year is probably going to be your holy grail.

Also if you're pissed, get involved at the local level! Don't miss our interview with William Floyd of the LA County Democrats to find out more about what that means.

Lila Nordstrom

November 6, 2015

blog, elections, feature, meet the candidates

Meet The Candidates #4 - Marco Rubio: Thirsty for Success, Thirsty for Water

Lila Nordstrom

November 6, 2015

blog, elections, feature, meet the candidates

Meet The Candidates #4 - Marco Rubio: Thirsty for Success, Thirsty for Water

In this week’s Meet the Candidates, we’ll take a look at Marco Rubio, the GOP establishment’s next great hope for the presidency. He’s currently in 4th place, but hey, that’s about as high as an establishment candidate can get, so...winning! He’s also the most popular candidate from Florida and the most popular Cuban candidate, so he’s really killing it on those fronts. Other fronts Rubio’s killing it on? Boring credit card scandals, immigration flip-flopping, and religion switching. That’s right, did you know Rubio was once a young idealistic mormon?!? Get all the details here!