Duck and Cover

It’s been 204 days, and… we just can’t do this anymore. ISIS is still here, but that joke is dead. We’ve eclipsed the half-year point, the NSA hasn’t taken us away yet, and we’re ready to break this week’s craziness down for you.

Featured in today’s podcast:

  • North Korea pokes a flabby, blonde bear
  • Beijing says, “None for us, thanks.”
  • Mueller’s Special Council® targets the burn directly!

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  • Half of Elected Republicans would delay 2020 election if proposed by Pres Trump http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/346000-poll-about-half-of-republicans-would-back-postponing-2020-election-if-trump?amp
  • Pres Putin has our bottom line in mind http://www.npr.org/2017/08/10/542685154/president-trump-thanks-putin-for-ordering-expulsion-of-u-s-diplomats-from-russia
  • Pres Trump channels his inner Alan Tudyk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6e5E20k9jY
  • Carl Sagan has some words of foreboding for us all:

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V332 – Duck and Cover

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Affirmative Vacation

It’s been 197 days, and to celebrate the approaching milestone, the President has eliminated ISIS! Oh, no… He hasn’t. But he scheduled a vacation anyways. The Canadian returns, and helps us to break down the insanity of this past week.

Featured in today’s podcast:

  • The Mooch is loose!
  • Mueller requests a Grand Jury
  • Pres Trump sanctions himself from Russian Sanctions

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V331 – Affirmative Vacation

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Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Tweet

It’s been 190 days, everyone. ISIS is still alive and kicking.

THE REVOLUTIONARY IS NO LONGER ABROAD! We welcome him back to the big seat, and hit the ground running. Twitter is ablaze with controversy, the West Wing staff is asking the question: “Can we blend?”, and Tomi Lahren weighs in.

Featured in today’s podcast:

  • Pres Trump can’t do simple subtraction
  • We can’t listen to Tomi Lahren for more than 5 seconds without interrupting
  • AG Sessions is in hot water

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V330 – Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Tweet

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West Wing Gone Mild

It’s been 183 Days, and ISIS IS GONE! Oh no, wait, it’s still around.

Some of the crew is back in the bunker, but the Revolutionary remains abroad. We get sidetracked by persistent discussion on women’s civil rights and rape culture, then education, and then find our way back to the mess that was the White House this week.

Featured in today’s podcast:

  • The West Wing loses that zesty feeling
  • Mueller flexes his DoJ muscles
  • The Revolutionary returns next week!

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V329 – West Wing Gone Mild

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Live and Abroad

It’s been 174 Days, and ISIS has been evicted from Mosul! But, sadly, still exists. This week we broadcast from abroad! The audio quality is a little different, but the Revolutionary is back where he belongs: in the middle of the conversation, causing trouble. Tonight, we give you a rather rough crash course in this past weeks’ happening.

Featured in today’s podcast:

  • Dear Donnie: Letters from a Russian Agent
  • Net Neutrality is a fragile thing
  • Some good news from Texas this week!

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Direct link to the episode: V328 – Live and Abroad

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Can’t Touch This

It’s been 169 Days and ISIS was erased at the G20! Wait, no 🙁

We introduce the newest Fellow Traveller to the crew: The Canadian! This week has been (there’s just no other word) silly. The Canadian helps us provide some insight on the happenings in Germany, North Korea, and Twitter.

Featured in today’s podcast:

  • NPR tweets the Declaration of Independence
  • VP Pence NO MEANS NO
  • Twitter is the gift that keeps on giving

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V327 – Can’t Touch This

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The Big Picture

It’s been 166 Days and ISIS, somehow, still exists.

We have our international Fellow Traveller back for a third week! The Revolutionary checks in from an island in the Atlantic, and the Inquisitor gets into it with the Fellow Traveller!

Featured in today’s podcast:

  • Your Health and the GOP
  • How Twitter effects our Country
  • Looking to travel abroad? Be careful

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V326 – The Big Picture

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The Missing Tapes

It’s been 155 Days and ISIS is still kicking… lame!

The Revolutionary finds a way to check in despite the time difference! The Comrade, the Inquisitor, and a repeat performance from our new Fellow Traveler see our time this week run a little long.

Featured in today’s podcast:

  • Qatar and terror
  • The President likes signing things
  • Education and everything that effects it and is effected by it

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V325 – The Missing Tapes

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Witch Hunt

It’s been 148 Days and ISIS stilll exists… this is getting old.

The Revolutionary remains abroad, but the Comrade is holding it down. The Inquisitor returns, with a new Fellow Traveller! We discuss the so-titled “Witch Hunt”, international perspective on domestic issues, and had a few positive things to end on.

Featured in today’s podcast:

  • We kept it on the rails… mostly
  • Israelis discuss Germany
  • The EU is complicated

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V324 – Witch Hunt

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The Pulse of Orlando

It’s been 142 Days and ISIS is still there, like that thorn is your foot.

The Revolutionary is still abroad and being mean to the Comrade! Also, we discuss gun control in relevance to the one year Anniversary to the Pulse shooting in Orlando, James Comey has words, and #InfrastructureWeek is a killer success!

Featured in today’s podcast:

  • It’s off the rails from the get-go
  • It’s officially resolved, Russia did indeed stick their fingers into the election
  • But! Did the Russians work with the Trump Campaign?

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V323 – Pulse of Orlando

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