In Which We Discuss: 1. There’s been elections. Lots of elections. We’ll tell you about them. 2. Republicans continue to flee the scene of the crime. 3. Everytime a new government funding bill passes, a new GOP speaker gets their wings. 4. Democrats try to make a splashy announcement, seem unaware that everybody else denounced Netanyahu twenty year…

In Which We Discuss: 1. Ezra Klein condenses twelve years of Brain Trust Live into one hour of reasons why Joe Biden should not run for president. 2. George Santos wishes “you fucking idiots” good luck raising funding next quarter! 3. For once, Joe Manchin’s “Listening Tour” resulted in him listening. 4. The fate of America rests on one simple ques…

In Which We Discuss: 1. Note on Joe Biden’s Super Bowl tiktok: In the wise words of Hillary Clinton, delete your account. 2. Jon Stewart is back and has already thought-crimed us so things are looking up! 3. The Santos special election is almost as bizarre as him. 4. Nikki Haley lost Nevada to “none of these candidates,” which is exactly how we’d l…

In Which We Discuss: 1. Ben Softness, our resident legal expert, who is in no way representing the views of Alphabet Inc., joins us to discuss the recent Trump legal action. (Skip to 39:02 to start there) 2. Can we move on, as a people, from caring about Taylor Swift? 3. If a tree falls in the South Carolina primary, and no voters hear it, did an e…

In Which We Discuss: 1. Don’t worry, all. Marianne Williamson will soldier on in the presidential race. 2. E. Jean Carroll continues her mission of making Donald Trump look poor. 3. Reminder: Regardless of who Fani Willis is vacationing with, Trump still did the crime. 4. Texas is finally starting that Civil War they’ve always dreamed of. 5. Joe Bi…

In Which We Discuss: 1. The New Hampshire Primary and Iowa Caucus were both over before they started. 2. Tim Scott is now fake engaged to his fake girlfriend because now he’ll be Veep material…or something. 3. Joe Biden is staking his entire campaign on the one issue he doesn’t personally care about at all. 4. Dean Phillips is getting bad media adv…

In Which We Discuss: 1. The House now “formally” working on a fake impeachment case 2. More people are leaving Congress due to self-inflicted embarrassment 3. Why was there another GOP Debate? An important question you will not be hearing an answer to on this podcast. 4. New Iowa poll leaves us wondering, why are we even still doing new Iowa polls?…

In Which We Discuss: 1. Henry Kissinger is dead, and not even his dear friend Hillary Clinton offered a statement. 2. George Santos can finally move into his next stage of D-List celebrity. 3. Ron DeSantis is the latest GOP figure to proudly announce he’s carrying pornography on his person. 4. Democrats in Florida move ahead with their plan to save…

In Which We Discuss: 1. Your favorite Radical Left Lunatic, Communist, and Marxist podcast hosts hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. 2. Desantis adds another major Iowa endorsement that could lead to him only losing the state by 25% instead of 30%. 3. Always remember: AIPAC is a conservative group. 4. Everybody’s leaving Congress because even Am…

In Which We Discuss: 1. Latest election results prove one important thing: People want Republicans to stay out of their damn business. 2. “In a fight, I’m gonna bite,” is a real quote you could only get from a real US Senator named Markwayne. 3. Santos begins preparation for his prison and reality television tour. 4. Jill Stein is back to haunt dem…

In Which We Discuss: 1. The Brain Trust Live 2023 Super Bowl (i.e. Election Day) is this Tuesday 2. Polls reveal that Biden is not just too old, he’s also bad at his job 3. This week we find out if Donald Trump actually loves Eric 4. The George Santos expulsion vote failed, and thank God for that 5. Mike Johnson is committing tax fraud. Ask us how …

In Which We Discuss: 1. Good News: New Speaker Mike Johnson has a podcast, so look forward to new scandals breaking weekly 2. Jared Golden is the Erika Jayne of the US House 3. Somebody should tell Mike Pence that his life has hit rock bottom 4. The Lincoln Project finally manifested a real life human in Dean Phillips 5. New candidate soars into se…

In Which We Discuss: 1. Jim Jordan coaches the US House to its most embarrassing week in history 2. Recent Georgia plea deals leave us wonder, how many more times will we have to see the artwork of Trump standing next to Jesus in the courtroom before this is all over? 3. A gelato entrepreneur is running for president, because someone had to 4. Demo…

In Which We Discuss: 1. The only person brazen enough to try to lead the house GOP is, obviously, a criminal. 2. With no Speaker, House Republicans turn to prop comedy for their messaging needs. 3. George Santos stole a baby on Friday to distract us from the fact that he stole the credit card information of his donors. 4. We know Gavin Newsom wants…

In Which We Discuss: 1. Feinstein commemorative memes are a cautionary tale for Mitch McConnell and Joe Biden. 2. A government shutdown has been averted…until it 100% happens in November. 3. Kevin McCarthy was shocked to be voted out after agreeing to be voted out at any moment. 4. Get excited for a six-way presidential race next fall! 5. Why is an…

In Which We Discuss: 1. Jeremy Payne from Catalyst California is here to explain how we can reform the LA city council 2. Joe Biden is being beaten by a wax figure in the latest 2024 polls 3. Democratic brains fell into a wormhole this week 4. Read the room, Nancy! 5. New Mexico experiments with a new gun control tactic: Actually trying something F…

In Which We Discuss: 1. Burning Man has confirmed everything we’ve always suspected about trying to commune with nature. 2. Mitch McConnell is glitching again 3. Vivek Ramaswamy takes the next natural step from professional grifter to MLM leader 4. Joe Manchin will run for president because he needs to keep making his houseboat mortgage payments wh…

In Which We Discuss: 1. Joe the Plumber, the 2008 political symbol celebrated for his misunderstanding of tax laws, is dead at 49. He leaves behind a fully broken political system. 2. The Trump trial calendar is getting competitive! 3. Nikki Haley makes a stratospheric rise to fifth place and a higher single digit number in GOP post-debate polls. 4…

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