As anyone who&#39;s listened to this show for a while knows, Lisa Graves is my favorite go-to expert on the courts, the laws and the many ways this administration acts as if the laws don&#39;t apply to them/him. As we near the end of the year, there are many illegal actions D&#39;ump has been trying to invoke. Thankfully, there are many who abide by our laws trying to stop him. And then there&#39;s the issue of due process, which the orange one thinks doesn&#39;t exist for us mere humans. Lisa also published her first book a few months ago, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1630/9781645030676" rel="nofollow">Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts and his Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights</a>. Although the year is ending, the SCOTUS term goes through June, and there are still many cases to be heard, and lots of decisions to be handed down, including the fate of the tariffs... Lisa Graves is our guest today with so much to discuss. Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;As anyone who&amp;#39;s listened to this show for a while knows, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lisa Graves&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt; is my favorite go-to expert on the courts, the laws and the many ways this administration acts as if the laws don&amp;#39;t apply to them/him. As we near the end of the year, there are many illegal actions D&amp;#39;ump has been trying to invoke. Thankfully, there are many who abide by our laws trying to stop him. And then there&amp;#39;s the issue of due process, which the orange one thinks doesn&amp;#39;t exist for us mere humans. Lisa also published her first book a few months ago, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1630/9781645030676" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts and his Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;. Although the year is ending, the SCOTUS term goes through June, and there are still many cases to be heard, and lots of decisions to be handed down, including the fate of the tariffs... Lisa Graves is our guest today with so much to discuss.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Advertising Inquiries: &lt;a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'&gt;https://redcircle.com/brands&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Privacy &amp; Opt-Out: &lt;a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'&gt;https://redcircle.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt;</description>

The Nicole Sandler Show  12-18-25

As anyone who's listened to this show for a while knows, Lisa Graves is my favorite go-to expert on the courts, the laws and the many ways this administration acts as if the laws don't apply to them/him. As we near the end of the year, there are many illegal actions D'ump has been trying to invoke. Thankfully, there are many who abide by our laws trying to stop him. And then there's the issue of due process, which the orange one thinks doesn't exist for us mere humans. Lisa also published her first book a few months ago, Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts and his Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights. Although the year is ending, the SCOTUS term goes through June, and there are still many cases to be heard, and lots of decisions to be handed down, including the fate of the tariffs... Lisa Graves is our guest today with so much to discuss.

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Lisa Graves on his Lawless Exploits & the Roberts Court Is to Blame

As we near the end of the year, the administration is showing cracks at the seams, and sadly, things are getting scarier. I&#39;ve long realized that the news goes down easier when you can inject some humor into it. Thankfully, <a href="httpsL//johnfugelsang.com" rel="nofollow">John Fugelsang</a> is our guest today to add that spoonful of sugar to the sour notes. Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;As we near the end of the year, the administration is showing cracks at the seams, and sadly, things are getting scarier. I&amp;#39;ve long realized that the news goes down easier when you can inject some humor into it. Thankfully, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="httpsL//johnfugelsang.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;John Fugelsang&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt; is our guest today to add that spoonful of sugar to the sour notes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Advertising Inquiries: &lt;a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'&gt;https://redcircle.com/brands&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Privacy &amp; Opt-Out: &lt;a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'&gt;https://redcircle.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt;</description>

The Nicole Sandler Show  12-17-25

As we near the end of the year, the administration is showing cracks at the seams, and sadly, things are getting scarier. I've long realized that the news goes down easier when you can inject some humor into it. Thankfully, John Fugelsang is our guest today to add that spoonful of sugar to the sour notes.

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Bad News Made Less Bad with John Fugelsang's Humor on the Nicole Sandler Show

We have 15 days left in 2025. But many of us take time off around the holidays, so we&#39;re really counting the days until the end of the week... I&#39;ll be taking some time off for the holidays, but won&#39;t know my complete schedule until I talk it over with Marcy Wheeler. But I&#39;ll try to let you know in the next day or two. This week got off to a shitty start. Yesterday, we spent a lot of time talking about Rob Reiner, for good reason. I still can&#39;t believe he&#39;s gone. Then last night, my husband David sent me <a href="https://brianjkarem.substack.com/" rel="nofollow">Brian Karem&#39;s Substack </a>column, <a href="https://brianjkarem.substack.com/p/shoebootie" rel="nofollow">&#34;Shoebootie</a>&#34; - which I was planning on sharing with you today. Lucky for us all, when I reached out to him, he was able to join us today so he can tell you about it himself. Good thing too, because I&#39;m still not feeling great, so I almost shared my episode of Rock &amp; Roll Jeopardy with you... Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt; We have 15 days left in 2025. But many of us take time off around the holidays, so we&amp;#39;re really counting the days until the end of the week... I&amp;#39;ll be taking some time off for the holidays, but won&amp;#39;t know my complete schedule until I talk it over with Marcy Wheeler. But I&amp;#39;ll try to let you know in the next day or two. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;This week got off to a shitty start. Yesterday, we spent a lot of time talking about Rob Reiner, for good reason. I still can&amp;#39;t believe he&amp;#39;s gone. Then last night, my husband David sent me &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://brianjkarem.substack.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Brian Karem&amp;#39;s Substack &lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;column, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://brianjkarem.substack.com/p/shoebootie" rel="nofollow"&gt;&amp;#34;Shoebootie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;#34; - which I was planning on sharing with you today. Lucky for us all, when I reached out to him, he was able to join us today so he can tell you about it himself. Good thing too, because I&amp;#39;m still not feeling great, so I almost shared my episode of Rock &amp;amp; Roll Jeopardy with you...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Advertising Inquiries: &lt;a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'&gt;https://redcircle.com/brands&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Privacy &amp; Opt-Out: &lt;a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'&gt;https://redcircle.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt;</description>

The Nicole Sandler Show  12-16-25

We have 15 days left in 2025. But many of us take time off around the holidays, so we're really counting the days until the end of the week... I'll be taking some time off for the holidays, but won't know my complete schedule until I talk it over with Marcy Wheeler. But I'll try to let you know in the next day or two. 

This week got off to a shitty start. Yesterday, we spent a lot of time talking about Rob Reiner, for good reason. I still can't believe he's gone. Then last night, my husband David sent me Brian Karem's Substack column, "Shoebootie" - which I was planning on sharing with you today. Lucky for us all, when I reached out to him, he was able to join us today so he can tell you about it himself. Good thing too, because I'm still not feeling great, so I almost shared my episode of Rock & Roll Jeopardy with you...

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Counting  Down To The End of the Year

It was an awful weekend filled with horrific news of mass murder of Jews in Australia, another on-campus shooting at Brown University, the murder of an American film icon and the attempt by the narcissistic US president to inject himself into something that had nothing to do with him and more... Jonathan Larsen of <a href="https://thefuckingnews.substack.com" rel="nofollow">thefuckingnews.substack.com</a> is here for our regular Monday get together to try to make sense of the senseless and cruelty. Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;It was an awful weekend filled with horrific news of mass murder of Jews in Australia, another on-campus shooting at Brown University, the murder of an American film icon and the attempt by the narcissistic US president to inject himself into something that had nothing to do with him and more... &lt;strong&gt;Jonathan Larsen&lt;/strong&gt; of &lt;a href="https://thefuckingnews.substack.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;thefuckingnews.substack.com&lt;/a&gt; is here for our regular Monday get together to try to make sense of the senseless and cruelty.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Advertising Inquiries: &lt;a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'&gt;https://redcircle.com/brands&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Privacy &amp; Opt-Out: &lt;a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'&gt;https://redcircle.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt;</description>

The Nicole Sandler Show 12-15-25

It was an awful weekend filled with horrific news of mass murder of Jews in Australia, another on-campus shooting at Brown University, the murder of an American film icon and the attempt by the narcissistic US president to inject himself into something that had nothing to do with him and more... Jonathan Larsen of thefuckingnews.substack.com is here for our regular Monday get together to try to make sens of it all.

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Another F'ng Monday with Too Much F'ng F'd Up News

Thank goodness this week is nearly over, as yesterday alone was exhausting. And I&#39;m truly grateful that we have <a href="https://emptywheel.bsky.social" rel="nofollow">Marcy Wheeler </a>of <a href="https://emptywheel.net" rel="nofollow">Emptywheel.net</a> each Friday to help us figure out all that transpired, or most of it anyway.There were hearings and pardons and lies, oh my! And more evidence that D&#39;ump&#39;s mind is deteriorating even faster than before...I&#39;m really not feeling well today, so I&#39;m keeping the write-up short and sweet. It&#39;s all in today&#39;s show, so sit back, put on some headphones and listen. It&#39;s all there! I hope to be back to my usual feisty self on Monday.... Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Thank goodness this week is nearly over, as yesterday alone was exhausting. And I&amp;#39;m truly grateful that we have &lt;a href="https://emptywheel.bsky.social" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Marcy Wheeler&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/a&gt;of &lt;a href="https://emptywheel.net" rel="nofollow"&gt;Emptywheel.net&lt;/a&gt; each Friday to help us figure out all that transpired, or most of it anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There were hearings and pardons and lies, oh my! And more evidence that D&amp;#39;ump&amp;#39;s mind is deteriorating even faster than before...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;m really not feeling well today, so I&amp;#39;m keeping the write-up short and sweet. It&amp;#39;s all in today&amp;#39;s show, so sit back, put on some headphones and listen. It&amp;#39;s all there! I hope to be back to my usual feisty self on Monday....&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Advertising Inquiries: &lt;a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'&gt;https://redcircle.com/brands&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Privacy &amp; Opt-Out: &lt;a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'&gt;https://redcircle.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt;</description>

The Nicole Sandler Show 12-12-25

Thank goodness this week is nearly over, as yesterday alone was exhausting. And I'm truly grateful that we have Marcy Wheeler of Emptywheel.net each Friday to help us figure out all that transpired, or most of it anyway.

There were hearings and pardons and lies, oh my! And more evidence that D'ump's mind is deteriorating even faster than before...

I'm really not feeling well today, so I'm keeping the write-up short and sweet. It's all in today's show, so sit back, put on some headphones and listen. It's all there! I hope to be back to my usual feisty self on Monday....

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