Best Nicole Sandler Podcasts (2024)

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20241004 Emptywheel Fridays on the Nicole Sandler Show 1:07:40

37m ago1:07:40

1:07:40

Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net joins Nicole Sandler every Friday for a spirited and no-holds-barred discussion about our world and what happened in it throughout the week.Today, it's Jack Smith's brief explaining to the court why the former guy's actions on and around January 6 do not fall under the heading of "official presidential business" and …

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20241003 Thursdays with Howie Klein on the Nicole Sandler Show 59:58

2h ago59:58

59:58

It's Thursday and Howie Klein of Down With Tyranny is back with us this week. We have lots to talk about from the Veep debate and just how creepy JD Vance is... and we'll get a status update on how the Blue America PAC endorsed candidates are faring. Plus a farewell to another friend. Getting old sucks, but it beats the alternative, I guess.…

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20241002 About Last Night's VP Debate on the Nicole Sandler Show 59:59

2h ago59:59

59:59

Last night we saw the first and only Vice Presidential debate of the season, and probably the last one for either VP or POTUS this time around. I'll share some clips and take your calls if you have a burning question or comment... (Thom Hartmann was scheduled on today's show, but less than an hour before showtime, his wife emailed me to say he has …

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20241001 Veep Debate Prep with Digby on the Nicole Sandler Show 59:59

10m ago59:59

59:59

Hopefully the gremlins have been eradicated and we're firing on all cylinders today...Governor, Coach and our next VP Tim Walz is in the spotlight today as tonight, he'll face JD Vance (or whatever he's calling himself today) in their only debate tonight.Trump is showing us how deranged, disoriented and demented he is every time he opens his mouth.…

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20240930 I'm Back Today along with the Fu&%ing News -Nicole Sandler Show 59:59

7h ago59:59

59:59

My long housing hell nightmare is almost over! I'm back live today and boy do I have a story to share with you! I'll fill you in on why I was out all last week and why I'm doing so much better today. Then, as it's Monday, we'll visit with Jonathan Larsen, proprietor of TheFuckingNews.substack.com (along with JonathanLarson.substack.com) who helps u…

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20240927 Emptywheel Fridays on the Nicole Sandler Show 1:11:06

3d ago1:11:06

1:11:06

I've been off the air all week due to the housing hell we're in. Long story short -- the place we had lined up to move into on Monday was yanked out from under us Saturday evening for no reason (I'll share all when this is over), so we've been frantically looking all week. We have to be out of here next week, and I've been dealing with panic attack…

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20240920 Emptywheel Fridays on the Nicole Sandler Show 1:06:10

10d ago1:06:10

1:06:10

One more piece of business before the weekend officially begins... our weekly get-together with Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net during which we discuss much of what happened during the week. As usual, there was no shortage of insanity to talk about.

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20240919 Thursdays with Howie Klein on the Nicole Sandler Show 1:11:54

11d ago1:11:54

1:11:54

It's Thursday, so time to get together with Howie Klein of DownwithTyranny.com and the Blue America PAC...And North Carolina has a Mark Robinson problem.

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20240918 They're Here (But Aren't Eating Our Pets) on the Nicole Sandler Show 59:59

12d ago59:59

59:59

Yes, we're talking aliens today.. the extra-terrestrial sort, (non human intelligence in Pentagon-speak) and they're not eating our pets either, or so it seems.There's news today... from the Fed cutting interest rates by 1/2 point, Teamsters won't make a presidential endorsement (!WTAF?), Republicans again said NO IVF for you, Sarah Huckabooboo tri…

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20240917 Fun Civics for Adults on Nat'l Voter Registration Day on the Nicole Sandler Show 59:59

13d ago59:59

59:59

Today is National Voter Registration Day, so I'll help you remember to check your registration! Actor and all-around talented guy Jason Kravits joins in to talk about his Schoolhouse Rock-inspired video about Project 2025 (and more), and we'll get a primer on how to stop voter harassment and intimidation at the polls from the people at Vote, Run, L…

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20240916 It's Monday with Jonathan Larsen's Fu$&ing News on the Nicole Sandler Show 1:05:30

18d ago1:05:30

1:05:30

Every Monday we check in with Jonathan Larsen who tells us what's happening in our world at thefuckingnews.substack.com. Here at the Nicole Sandler Show, we use language like that, but apparently some are squeamish about expletives, so Jonathan is launching a second substack newsletter. He'll fill us in on that today, along with more important news…

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20240913 Emptywheel Friday - Debate Edition -- Nicole Sandler Show 1:13:43

21d ago1:13:43

1:13:43

Every Friday I get to hang out with Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net, discussing much of what happened during the week. Of course, this was the week we saw the brilliance of VP Kamala Harris as she destroyed TFG in what just might be their only debate of this race. But it gave us "they're eating the dogs" and other priceless gems…

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20240912 Thursdays with Down With Tyranny's Howie Klein on the Nicole Sandler Show 59:59

19d ago59:59

59:59

Howie Klein is here today. In addition to the debate and the strange political bedfellows that have emerged in this election cycle, we'll also discuss the disconnect that finds tens of millions of Americans still supporting and voting for the convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, known conman and pathological liar (I could go on, but you get the ide…

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20240911 Now THAT was a Debate on the Nicole Sandler Show 1:29:17

23d ago1:29:17

1:29:17

Talk about a complete 180. Donald Trump was decimated in last night's debate with VP Kamala Harris. Today, I'll share some of the highs and the lows of what might be the only the time these two debate ahead of the 2024 presidential elections... We call it 100% for Harris (Trump is toast!)

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20240910 PreDebate Movie Time: UNTRUTH with Dan Partland on the Nicole Sandler Show 1:00:00

24d ago1:00:00

1:00:00

As we prepare for tonight's debate between the Vice President and the former guy, we'll chat with director Dan Partland. Dan returns to the show four years after his first appearance here. The occasion is the release of the latest film he directed, UNTRUTH: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TRUMPISM. The first time he was here, the film UNFIT: The Psychology of Do…

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20240909 The Fu&%ing News Monday on the Nicole Sandler Show 59:59

25d ago59:59

59:59

Mondays are difficult by definition, soo we get our news with a bit of snark with Jonathan Larsen who delivers the news to us every morning from thefuckingnews.substack.com and discusses it with us Monday afternoons on the show. Today... about those Kamala Harris endorsements from Liz & Dick Cheney! And what about the rest of the Republicans???…

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20240906 Emptywheel Fridays on the Nicole Sandler Show 1:08:17

28d ago1:08:17

1:08:17

It's Friday! Although this was a short week, there was no shortage of news to discuss with Marcy Wheeler today... The fall season of the Trump Trials has begun. Trump was in court this morning to appeal the verdict in the first E. Jean Carroll case. Yesterday Judge Chutkan issued her scheduling order for the next developments in Trump's Jan 6 trial…

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20240905 Thursday with News, Spocko & Dave the Worm from RFK Jr's Brain- Nicole Sandler Show 59:59

29d ago59:59

59:59

Sorry for my absence yesterday... still feeling the effects of a nasty infection from a few weeks ago, and trying to listen to my body and take better care of myself. Getting old sucks, but it beats the alternative! Anyway, I'm back today (with a follow up appointment with my doctor scheduled for tomorrow afternoon). It's Thursday, so Howie Klein i…

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20240903 Hitting the Home Stretch with Will Bunch on the Nicole Sandler Show 1:12:04

1M ago1:12:04

1:12:04

Both the Democratic and Republican conventions are in the rear view mirror, and we made it through Labor Day, so we're now officially in the home stretch of the 2024 presidential election cycle. In two months and two days Nov 5 arrives, whether or not we're ready.Today, we'll take a look at some of the news made over the Labor Day holiday weekend. …

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20240830 Emptywheel Fridays on the Nicole Sandler Show 1:16:45

1M ago1:16:45

1:16:45

We wrap up each week with Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net and a review of all that happened that week.Today it's Jack Smith's superseding indictment (predicted by Marcy last week), plus the big boring CNN interview, the Arlington Cemetery photo op debacle, RFk Jr & Tusli Gabbard and lots more...

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20240829 Thursdays with Howie Klein (& FL's Ben Braver Too) on the Nicole Sandler Show 59:19

1M ago59:19

59:19

For the past dozen or so years, I've had a weekly conversation with my old friend Howie Klein who blogs at DownWithTyranny.com and runs the Blue America PAC, identifying and supporting progressive candidates up and down the ballot all over the country. Howie returns today and brings with him a young candidate running for the Florida state senate, B…

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20240828 Gaslighting of a Nation with Steve Benen on the Nicole Sandler Show 59:50

1M ago59:50

59:50

I've been looking forward to this interview for a long time. In fact, Steve Benen was scheduled on this show two weeks ago, the day MINISTRY OF TRUTH: DEMOCRACY, REALITY, AND THE REPUBLICANS' WAR ON THE RECENT PAST was published, but I got sick and had to reschedule. I promise you, it was worth the wait.If you're like me, you've been shouting at th…

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20240827 Superseding Indictment and RFK Jr's Worm Weighs In - Nicole Sandler Show 59:59

1M ago59:59

59:59

Today is a catch up day, of sorts. We'll talk about the latest news - there's never a lack of crazy stuff to discuss while TFG is trying to remain relevant. Just before we hit the air, a breaking news alert came in-- Jack Smith filed a superseding indictment in the J6 Obstruction case against Trump. We'll open the phone lines should you have a comm…

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20240826 It's Another Fu$&ing News Monday on the Nicole Sandler Show 59:59

1M ago59:59

59:59

I'm finally feeling almost normal after an awful infection that led me to two separate Emergency Room visits in one week. So today, it's back to the grind. Somehow, the fact that today is Monday is not quite as awful as the last few hundred (or so it seems) Mondays have been... So, we'll chat about all that's happening in the news today, and then b…

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20240823 Emptywheel Friday - DNC Recap Edition on the Nicole Sandler Show 1:28:00

1M ago1:28:00

1:28:00

Well, that was a convention for the history books!I apologize for the lack of an Emptywheel Friday show last week. I got really sick from a UTI that spawned an e Coli infection, something you do not ever want.Thankfully I was doing well enough this week to be able to share some highlights of the 2024 Democratic National Convention for the past few …

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20231007 Nicole Sandler Tom Petty interview show with the correct audio 43:29

1M ago43:29

43:29

This was supposed to run on Monday,but I obviously uploaded the wrong episode, Here's the correct show:--------When I decided to put together some actual best of shows to run while I'm in transit, I asked for requests…. Almost immediately someone asked if I had ever interviewed Tom Petty. I did! IT was the one and only time I ever met him… It was A…

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20240822 DNC Day 3 - "That's My Dad": America Meets Tim Walz! Nicole Sandler Show 1:26:51

1M ago1:26:51

1:26:51

I can't remember ever smiling so much while watching a political convention. I predict the top three names for baby girls born this year will be Hope, Joy and Kamala!!Night 3 of the party of the decade featured some real surprises: Stevie Wonder delivering heartfelt words and a rousing "Higher Ground." Sheila E was joined by John Legend to play Min…

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20240821 DNC Day 2 Recap With Doug, Michelle & DO SOMETHING Nicole Sandler Show 1:10:20

1M ago1:10:20

1:10:20

If I had to chose a week to be sick this would have been the one. That's because as lousy as I feel, watching the festivities out of Chicago for the DNC is making me feel so much better. Although the first night was a difficult act to follow, the Harris/Walz team did just that. With a number of moving and motivational speeches -- as expected from f…

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20240820 Hope & Joy Are Back! DNC 2024 on the Nicole Sandler Show 59:59

1M ago59:59

59:59

Talk about good medicine! As you may know, I've been pretty sick for the past week or so. But the best medicine possible came last night in the form of Night 1 of the 2024 Democratic National Convention! It just kept getting better as the night went on, and I cried tears of joy as President Joe Biden received the love and adoration of a grateful na…

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20240819 New Week, DNC Begins, Infection Persists & More- Nicole Sandler Show 1:00:36

2M ago1:00:36

1:00:36

I spent the weekend resting and recuperating, slowly regaining my strength and planning to be back on the air today. But E Coli seems to have other plans.I am feeling much better, but far from normal (even for me, which is also far from normal).So it's lucky for me that the Democratic Convention gets underway today in Chicago. Unfortunately, the fe…

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20240816 A Health Update & Meidas Touch Flashback Nicole Sandler Show 59:59

2M ago59:59

59:59

I'm sorry I've been MIA all week, but I've been really sick. I'll give a brief update today, but I'm still not well enough to come back. And it pains me (sorry for the pun) to say there's no Emptywheel Friday episode today. I really had hoped to feel good enough enough to do the show, but I need the rest. So we'll go back to August 7 of 2020. The M…

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20240812 Rallies vs Lies and The Fucking News on the Nicole Sandler Show 59:59

2M ago59:59

59:59

What a weekend this was! On Friday, I was at the Glendale AZ Kamala Harris/Tim Walz record-breaking rally. On Saturday night, I saw the Pretenders in concert (Chrissie Hynde is still amazing!), and I spent Sunday sick in bed... But today is Monday and there's lots of fucking news to get to, so the show must go on. As we do most Mondays, we're joine…

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20240809 Emptywheel Fridays on the Nicole Sandler Show 1:11:37

2M ago1:11:37

1:11:37

We made it to the end of another eventful week. The best news of the week is that Kamala Harris named her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz! He almost seems too good to be true!So, Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net and I discuss our VP nominee, the so-called press conference Trump held yesterday at Mar a Lago, and the latest on the Jan 6 case…

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20240808 Thursdays with Howie Klein, WI's Eric Wilson on the Nicole Sandler Show 59:59

2M ago59:59

59:59

It's Thursday, so Howie Klein is here from Down with Tyranny and the Blue America PAC. Today, one of the congressional candidates they've endorsed -- Eric Wilson from Wisconsin! First, some of the news of the day, including that spectacle the former guy called a press conference, and VP/ soon to be POTUS Kamala Harris shows how you deal with heckle…

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20240807 Brand New Day in America and Jason Leopold Too on the Nicole Sandler Show 59:59

2M ago59:59

59:59

We witnessed history yesterday, and it streamed live right here.As our regular hour together was just finishing up yesterday, VP Kamala Harris and MN Gov Tim Walz took the stage at a massive rally in Philadelphia PA in their new roles as Democratic nominee for President introducing for the first time her running mate. It was magical. And we're just…

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20240806 Countering the Right's War on Democracy with David Daley on the Nicole Sandler Show 1:49:40

2M ago1:49:40

1:49:40

t's a big day.. VP Kamala Harris announced her running mate this morning: Gov Tim Walz of Minnesota The two will appear at their first rally together in Philadelphia this afternoon during our live show. They're expected to speak at around 5:30ET (2:30 AZ time). So I'll keep an eye on the feed and pick it up to carry it live... For the first part of…

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20240805 Veepstakes Dead-Bear SCOTUS-bribe Google-guilty Fucking News Mon on the Nicole Sandler Show 59:59

2M ago59:59

59:59

Yes, a lot of fucking news for a fucking Monday, and that's not even all of it. As we do on Mondays, I'll chat with Jonathan Larsen of thefuckingnews.substack.com about much of what I don't get to in the first half hour of the show on my own!

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20240802 Emptywheel Fridays on the Nicole Sandler Show 1:14:02

2M ago1:14:02

1:14:02

Every Friday, Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net joins Nicole Sandler to recap and discuss the week's news. Today, that includes the $10 million transfer from Egypt to Donald Trump in 2017, the huge prisoner swap that President Biden was negotiating while sick with Covid and the media was declaring him too old to do his job, and lots more.…

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20240801 He's Back! Thursdays with Howie Klein on the Nicole Sandler Show 59:59

2M ago59:59

59:59

He's been gone for a few weeks, but Howie Klein is back today. A few things happened while he was out... we'll catch up on the political sea change that took place over the past three weeks, and then some...

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20240731 Getting To Know Kamala Harris with Joan Walsh on the Nicole Sandler Show 59:59

2M ago59:59

59:59

She's been our Vice President for almost four years now, but do we really know Kamala Harris? Joan Walsh first interviewed her for a 2003 San Francisco magazine profile when Ms. Harris was running for district attorney. She sat down with most recently just a few weeks ago, for a cover story profile of the VP for The Nation magazine.The timing was f…

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20240729 Girls Rule (from Ancient Times to Today) - Nicole Sandler Show 59:59

2M ago59:59

59:59

I'll admit it. I don't know much about ancient history. I read The Iliad and The Odyssey, but most other historical literature from the ancient world is like Greek to me.... And although I excelled in Advanced World History in high school, that was a very long time ago and sadly, I've forgotten most of what I knew. But I do remember that most of wh…

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20240729 Monday and the Weird Fu&king News on the Nicole Sandler Show 59:59

2M ago59:59

59:59

Another Monday has arrived and the outlook is much rosier than in recent weeks. Needless to say, there's lots to discuss. And it's Monday, so Jonathan Larsen of The Fucking News (thefuckingnews.substack.com) joins in for the second half hour of the show. We'll venture into the world of the weird, which we acknowledge that there are different strain…

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20240726 Emptywheel Fridays – the Change and Hope Edition on the Nicole Sandler Show 1:15:05

2M ago1:15:05

1:15:05

Another week that feels like a decade gone by since our last Friday get-together. There’s no shortage of news to discuss today as Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net and I try to recount what all happened. Of course, it was this week that President Joe Biden stepped away from his re-election campaign and passed the torch to VP Kamala Harris. With that …

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20240725 A Tale of Two Speeches and More on the Nicole Sandler Show 59:59

2M ago59:59

59:59

The blurb I posted on the live video stream today read I watched two speeches from Washington DC yesterday. One that shouldn't have happened, and one that should (though the way we got there is troublesome). One brought out the best of America; the other, the worst. We'll discuss both of them today and more news of the day. Unfortunately (or fortun…

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20240724 Brian Karem Returns to the Nicole Sandler Show and I Have Some Questions 1:03:28

2M ago1:03:28

1:03:28

My first existential question is whether we, as a nation, are too broken.Our politics are broken. Our 'news' media is broken. Our ability to talk with one another is broken.Believe it or not, I'm not as depressed as I was yesterday (or the past few weeks), but that changes too...Journalist, columnist, author, podcaster, musician, dog lover, White H…

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20240723 It's a New Day Tuesday on the Nicole Sandler Show 1:00:01

2M ago1:00:01

1:00:01

I took a rare day off yesterday as I was in no shape to do a show. Emotions are running too high due to a combination of things beyond my control. I should probably take off another day or four, but there's too much at stake to sit on the sidelines. But I also realized that by not doing a show, I'm internalizing all that I'm feeling. So I figured t…

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20240719 Emptywheel Fridays on the Nicole Sandler Show 59:59

3M ago59:59

59:59

I don't know about you, but I'm exhausted. Thank Dog it's Friday so we can stick a fork in this week. But another one is coming right behind this one with plenty more shit to be stirred. At least have this hour each week to get together with Marcy Wheeler, independent journalist at emptywheel.net, to dissect the events of the week.To day this was a…

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20240718 Project 2025 Exposed with Lisa Graves - Nicole Sandler Show 1:11:17

3M ago1:11:17

1:11:17

Trying to remember despair is not an option. It seems that sanity is failing all around us, but I'm trying to stay positive and believe that good will win out over evil. Evil has been on display all week, from a rally in PA to a convention hall in Milwaukee. The Democratic circular firing squad is doing what they know how to do best, though I refus…

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20240717 Rachel Bitecofer Returns to Explain How We Win - Nicole Sandler Show 1:09:37

3M ago1:09:37

1:09:37

Political Scientist, Election Strategist and author of the must-read book, Hit 'Em Where It Hurts: How to Save Democracy by Beating Republicans at their Own Game, Rachel Bitecofer returns to the show today to tell Democrats how to win. All we need to do is listen to her and do what she suggests! Take notes.. We got this! Tomorrow, Lisa Graves retur…

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20240716 Trumper Teleprompter Troubles & Biden Speaks to NAACP - Nicole Sandler Show 59:59

3M ago59:59

59:59

The Republicans always go back to the teleprompter. They claim that Joe Biden can't speak without one, but won't admit that they use them too. And when they fail? They got nothing. Seriously. The first day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee was replete with Teleprompter troubles. We'll share a few laughs at their expense,. And becau…

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