blog, elections, Environment, Endorsements, meet the candidates, Prop22, propositions, women, feature
Lila Nordstrom
The BTL California Propositions and Ballot ...

It’s that time again! Our CA Prop Guide is here! It covers all seven state-wide props with our usual mix of panache and…mild irritation. Feel free to share this guide far and wide because, look, nobody has time to research all the motherf*ing props this state throws at us.

The BTL California Propositions and Ballot Guide - November 2022
blog, California, elections, Endorsements, feature, meet the candidates, special feature
Lila Nordstrom
California General Election Prop Cheat Sheet ...

We've put together a handy cheat sheet for the California propositions on the ballot this November so you can earn that "I Voted" sticker!

California General Election Prop Cheat Sheet (Nov. 2016)
blog, California, Donald Trump, elections, Endorsements, FeelTheBern, feature, Hillary Pillory, meet the candidates, presidential election, special feature, Third Party, women
Lila Nordstrom
Jill Stein Rally/Interview [Segment from BTL ...

A standalone version of the Jill Stein interview and rally segment from last week's podcast.

Jill Stein Rally/Interview [Segment from BTL #216]
blog, editorial, elections, Endorsements, FeelTheBern, fundraising, Hillary Pillory, meet the candidates, PSA, feature, women, presidential election
Lila Nordstrom
How to Defeat Il Duce If You Still Don't Like ...

A list of websites that can help you identify downticket races to get involved in. 

How to Defeat Il Duce If You Still Don't Like Clinton/Kaine Pt. 2
blog, editorial, executive branch, feature, FeelTheBern, media, meet the candidates, presidential election, propaganda, Refuted Science, women, Third Party
Lila Nordstrom
Meet the (Third Party) Candidates: Jill Stein

Green party candidate for president Jill Stein.  Democrats believe she’s the Yoko Ono of the presidential race.  Donald Trump believes she’s...yet another faceless disgusting woman who probably has periods.  Both major parties would like you to think she’s some sort of dreadlock-y hippie that isn’t worth your time.  If corporate shills and/or flat out insane people aren’t your cup of tea, join us as we meet our first of the two major third party candidates and dive a little deeper into this thing called democracy!

 

Meet the (Third Party) Candidates: Jill Stein

presidential election

, , , , , , , , , , , ,

BTL #195 - The Bathroom Line - 4/4/16

, , , , , , , , , , , ,
BTL #195 - The Bathroom Line - 4/4/16

This week on another bi-coastal BTL, Hillary goes full "Shillary" on a Greenpeace activist, causing the world's greatest photo (at left) to be taken.  She's super tired of being attacked for her record and is withholding any debating pearls of genius from the state of New York until we all agree to stop talking about it.  Things aren't going much better on the right, where all three candidates are now refusing to vote for each other.  It's a real race through Wisconsin and onto New York, where we assume Trump will explain which of the five positions he expressed on abortion this week are actually his.  Then we're on to a rundown of the GOP's slate of lesser-known presidential candidates, at least one of whom thinks God has cured him of leukemia three times.  Enjoy this primary downtime with us as your guides!

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

BTL #194 - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Saturday - 3/28/16

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
BTL #194 - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Saturday - 3/28/16

This week on BTL, we begin with a yearly tradition: Brent telling Lila the story of Easter only to have Lila forget the story by the time the podcast is posted.  Will she ever learn?  Tune in to find out.  Then we have some new superlative primary days of our own invention: #LooneyTuesday and #SupercalifragilisticexpialidociousSaturday.  Plus, we've got the latest on Obama's trip to Cuba, the (too) many terrorist attacks that went down this week week, and a rundown of 13 Democratic presidential candidates you may not be aware of and probably should try not to learn more about!

, , , , , , , , , , , ,

BTL #193 - A Hashtag Plan Doesn't Make You #Blessed - 3/21/16

, , , , , , , , , , , ,
BTL #193 - A Hashtag Plan Doesn't Make You #Blessed - 3/21/16

This week on BTL, we say goodbye to our favorite third-place winner, #LittleMarco Rubio.  After what can only be described as a totally predictable and fully expected loss in his home state of Florida, Rubio leaves the title of "Cuban" to Sen. Ted Cruz.  Also leaving the race is Rubio's ambition to ever serve in public office again.  See ya never Private Citizen Rubio!  Luckily the Rubio-less GOP has a foolproof plan to defeat Trump.  It involves claiming that they have a plan to defeat Trump and starting the hashtag #NeverTrump and the only thing you need to know about it is that it's totally going to work.  Right?  RIGHT?!  And then there's some non-election news for once.  Can you imagine?!  Remember those days?  Take a walk down memory lane with us!  All that and tons more this week on a new BTL podcast!

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

BTL #192 - Return of the Goldwater Gal - 3/14/16

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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!

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

BTL #191 - The Euphamism - 3/7/16

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
BTL #191 - The Euphamism - 3/7/16

This week on a special bi-coastal BTL, all hell breaks loose in the GOP primary in an ever-mounting flurry of desperate party maneuvers and bizarre Donald Trump quotes.  Christ Christie has been kidnapped and cannot be saved so let's not worry about him anymore, but is anybody going to tell Rubio that his time might be up?  Also, a rowdy Democratic Debate in Flint, MI, election results from all the "super" election days a person could ask for, CPAC, Ted Cruz's booger-eating, and so much more!  How is it possible that every week tops the last?  We're exhausted, you guys, but we do it all for you!

, , , , , , , , , ,

BTL #190 - The Fruit Salad of Life - 2/29/16

, , , , , , , , , ,
BTL #190 - The Fruit Salad of Life - 2/29/16

This week on an all-new BTL, Donald Trump's Nevada blowout saw him promising that he's going to bring us “so much everything” when he’s president.  If "everything" involves more of his accidental slam poetry, then we're in.  If it involves more racism, however, we're not.  Will update.  Plus, Thursday's GOP Debate was more bananas than ever and showed an emerging trend in the GOP field: campaigning exclusively via insult comedy.  (Policy proposals are so 2015.)  Also, anybody who’s anybody in whatever the opposite of MENSA is endorsed Donald Trump this week, Clinton had a BLOWOUT win in South Carolina,  and Super Tuesday is upon us!  (All signs point to Texas is proving once again that it can’t be trusted.)  Then there's the NY Times' sudden Clinton takedown, some intelligentsia speculation that for once isn't about Beyonce, and the newest kind of militia to look out for in the post-Bundy world: toddlers.  It's yet another week for the books and we have it all here!

, , , , , , , ,

GUEST POST: Listen To Our Daughters

, , , , , , , ,
GUEST POST: Listen To Our Daughters

An older woman's defense of the primary's young female voters.  A guest post from this week's podcast guest, Carla Nordstrom. 

, , , , , , , , ,

BTL #189 - George's Little Brother - 2/22/16

, , , , , , , , ,
BTL #189 - George's Little Brother - 2/22/16

This week on the podcast, Carla Nordstrom joins us for our coverage of the Nevada Caucus results, the fully bonkers South Carolina GOP primary results, a finally tally of what money can't buy you care of a now exclamation point-less Jeb, and Donald Trump's latest sparring partner, Pope Francis.  Naturally we didn't forget to bring you this week's crazy Scalia conspiracy theories and make sure to listen to Carla's editorial on young voters and the Democratic Party!  Yet another can't-miss week and more are on the way!