https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/swingstateshow/episodes/2017-08-30T06_58_43-07_00
Because of some re-shuffling, we’ll be on a short break.
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Episode 026 – The Nazi Episode
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/swingstateshow/episodes/2017-08-17T12_46_58-07_00
Schedule conflicts prevent a full show, but Trump’s blatant love for Nazis requires comment. So, you get a double-blast of Broadsides…
Episode 025 – The Revolving Door Episode
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/swingstateshow/episodes/2017-08-01T12_16_49-07_00
No Broadside this episode.
The guys go right into talking about Trump’s speech to the Boy Scouts of America.
http://time.com/4872118/trump-boy-scout-jamboree-speech-transcript/
Contrasted with Obama’s message to the Scouts.
http://time.com/4872425/boy-scouts-america-jamboree-donald-trump-barack-obama/
Then they talk about Trump’s “policy change” via Twitter RE transgender military personnel.
And follow up with a discussion of Trump’s revolving door policy for his staff…
Police officer speech clip
Episode 024 – The Laundromat Episode
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/swingstateshow/episodes/2017-07-27T07_09_5707_00
Lewayne opens the Broadside with a nod to The Terminator, then it’s a discussion of Craig Unger’s piece in the New Republic outlining Trump’s association with all things Russia…
Episode 023 – The Weekend Edition Episode
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/swingstateshow/episodes/2017-07-15T08_13_07-07_00
The guys spend a moment on Net Neutrality and Trumpcare round 3, then head into their performance art piece, “The Confession,” by Donald Trump Jr.
Then a Trump-Russia update, wherein the Right asks, “What about Hillary?” But some Republicans are beginning to turn on Trump…
Good…
After the break, the guys spend some time with a RawStory article about why rural, white, Christian Americans can’t be reasoned with…
Episode 022 – The Team Loyalty Episode
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/swingstateshow/episodes/2017-06-29T11_18_46-07_00
Geoff Ginter opens the episode ripping into Tom MacArthur (R-NJ) regarding the AHCA.
The full tirade can be viewed here, and really, everywhere on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TDkgIEn5Ac&t=28s
AJ goes after the Bernie haters in his Broadside.
The guys talk more about the Senate’s “health” care bill, the four potential Republican hold-outs, that mandates are basically back (except for businesses), and how many people the CBO estimates will lose coverage…
The guys discuss whether those still supporting the Republican party, particularly on health care are uninformed, simply devoted to their team, or so un-empathetic that people suffering is okay with them.
AJ looks at the poorest states in the US and notices that they’re mostly Red states… and they’re the ones that are likely to suffer most…
The guys talk some about Trump’s lawyer, who is described as “…the Donald Trump of lawyers…” why that’s the best Trump can get (because Trump doesn’t pay and doesn’t shut up) and how Trump being such a douchebag is destroying the entire country’s reputation…
After the break, AJ talks about Deutsche Bank, Kushner, loans, and money laundering, and Lewayne speculates (again) on how the Right would respond to Hillary if the roles were reversed, AJ breaks down the “Fox News” defense of Trump, and Lewayne asks if anyone has an analysis of Trump Et Al’s actions that doesn’t point to criminal, possible treasonous activity.
The guys talk about teams, party loyalty, and psychology, and still can’t figure out how someone can still back Trump’s actions… especially since it looks like the road to totalitarianism…
Episode 021 – The Lawyering Up Episode
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/swingstateshow/episodes/2017-06-22T07_23_55-07_00
Mr. Miyagi opens the episode telling Daniel-san to focus past the fear.
Which gives Lewayne the opportunity to talk about Democrats losing in special elections in the Broadside.
The guys talk some about Trump-Russia, Trump confirming that he’s under investigation, and how all of DC seems to be lawyering up.
After the “commercial break,” the guys talk about the GA special election, gerrymandering, and Trumpcare… including quotes from Republicans trying to explain how the AHCA will be “better” for Americans…
Then the guys call it a day before one of them has a rage-aneurysm.
Episode 020 – The Kegstanding On Kool-Aid Episode
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/swingstateshow/episodes/2017-06-16T08_04_27-07_00
Jeff Sessions starts off by forgetting everything.
A.J. Opens fire on the stupidity and denial inherent in cult adoration, and the unwillingness of the cult members to abandon their leader when his fraud is revealed.
Lewayne can’t wait for Wolfenstein II, so he can start shooting (video game) Nazis in America.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHht8480cEo
Trump has the creepiest cabinet meeting outside of North Korea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ARgUIpM6f0&t=2s
There’s mention made of the COVFEFE act, which aims to make Trump’s tweets part of the presidential record, and a bi-partisan effort to keep Trump from lifting sanctions on Russia without Congressional oversight… Which sounds a lot like they suspect he’s got questionable ties to Russia…
Which leads to talk about about Comey, Mueller, Russiagate, Watergate, etc. and Fox’s Britt Hume tells us why even he thinks Mueller is a great choice for special investigator.
The guys also discuss how Trump’s personality keeps him from doing the smart thing… ANY smart thing… why Trump’s hard-core base can’t take their mouths off his cock, no matter what he does, and why, regardless of what your Libertarian uncle says, there ARE differences between Democrats and Republicans…
Before they wrap up the show, AJ talks about the Senate Republicans’ death –
er, health bill…
Episode 019 – The Backchannels Episode
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/swingstateshow/episodes/2017-06-01T18_11_19-07_00
Charlton Heston emotes his way through the opening of the Broadside, and gives Lewayne a jumping off point to finally tell Trump voters what he really thinks.
The guys talk about Trump’s official first foreign visit, and how Der Speigel, and Europe in general view the current POTUS. Hint – Angela Merkel has been bumped to the position of “Leader Of The Free World.”
Trump, himself, sums up everyone’s view when he reminds us that “The world is laughing at us. They think we’re stupid.” Little did he suspect that HE would be the reason…
Link to Macron’s diss of Trump:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cahph7TR0YA
Then things come around to Russia – specifically, Jared Kushner wanting access to Russia’s backdoor… and how, if Hillary were in the same position, the right-wing media wouldn’t have shut up about it.
And, now, Trump’s own lawyer has confirmed that he’s been asked for information from Senate with regard to the Russia business, which leads AJ to talk about the “pattern or evidence,” and the “proper” response when the FBI comes sniffing around, and Trump reminds us that he thinks pleading the fifth is a sign of guilt.
Lewayne reviews previous Presidential scandals and how they fare against the potential Trump/Russia situation, particularly with regard to how deep the hole goes within the Republican party…
The guys get into the difference between them and Right-wing media RE speculation, and how perception is more important to the Right than reality…
Then, well, then there’s some interference…
Episode 018 – The Where Are We Now? Episode
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/swingstateshow/episodes/2017-05-25T19_46_55-07_00
AJ opens fire on the right’s increasing attacks on the free press.
After that, AJ, and Lewayne, who is only “mostly” dead from the flu, talk a lot about where things are with the Russia investigation and a variety of other tangential topics.
Swing State 