Fridays with Nicole Sandler

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Note, as we discuss at the very end of this, we’re wondering when/if you think we should record next week. We could do it on Wednesday, Friday, or not at all. Let us know!

 

Also, here’s that graphic Nicole mentioned, which shows that we’re firing cancer researchers and VA nurses and replacing them with ICE goons.

 

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  3. Peterr says:

    Re Greg Bovino . . .

    No one is happier about ICE’s invasion of Chicago than the Chicago Police Department, but not for the reason you might think. You see, the Chicago PD has a long and distinguished history of abuse, violence, and corruption (see Operation Greylord for one classic example). But now . . . now they can walk their neighborhood beats around the city and say “See, we’re not THAT bad . . .”

    And they’re right. Look at it this way: CPD officers never rappelled out of a helicopter to bust a few heads.

    • Memory hole says:

      In a strange coincidence, the black site where the Chicago PD did their head busting and torture is called Homan Square.

      Same name as our sadist border czar.

    • xyxyxyxy says:

      You’re right, “CPD officers never rappelled out of a helicopter to bust a few heads.”
      But jumped out of a car and shot a Black teen wielding a knife and presenting no danger to anyone, in the back.
      And then the creep Emanuel hiding the video, till he got re-elected mayor and then finally releasing it after he was re-elected.
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Laquan_McDonald

  7. JVOJVOJVO says:

    Take the week off would ya, please! Enjoy and Happy US Turkey and football Day!
    MAGAt women know that sex sells enough to get influence and attention – FFA!

    • Matt Foley says:

      This means her spineless boyfriend reporter Brian Glenn has to stay behind kissing Trump’s ass. How humiliating! I love it.

  10. Sheila_21NOV2025_2348h says:

    I vote for Friday but would be fine if both of you took the week off. You deserve it, and we are so grateful. Also, Nicole, I wanted to note, I am sorry about the loss of your beloved doggy. I think you talked about that last week. I’ve been thinking about you. It’s mind-numbingly dreadful when a pet passes, and I know that pain well, as many of us do. Doggy condolences.

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      • Ginevra diBenci says:

        Few things shake our worlds like losing our closest friends, the ones always with us with their clicking claws and concern only for us. Dear Nicole, take the time you need to honor this loss. And cry.

        I will be thinking of you. Only do a taping if it helps you get through this.

  11. AndTheSlithyToves says:

    From one of the recent troves of e-mails via Ryan Grim and Murtaza Hussain of “Drop-Site News” | Nov 18
    Private communications between Barak and Gurvich show discussions about a wide range of cyberweapons concepts drawn from Israeli military research, inspired in part by the astonishing scope of U.S. global surveillance apparatus revealed by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in 2013. Epstein pushed forward a plan to finance Israeli “offensive cyber” startups with the hope of winning de Rothschild’s support.
    Epstein often played the role of middleman, handing off messages between the banker and the former prime minister. In one note, Epstein passed along a tantalizing offer from de Rothschild to Barak: “if Ehud wants to make serious money, he will have to build a relationship with me. take time so that we can truly understand one another.” Barak asked for advice, deferring to Epstein’s supposed expertise on women—“I’m ready,” he wrote, “But I need your advise re HOW? (ladies is your forté).”
    Neither Barak nor de Rothschild responded to requests for comment from Drop Site News. The Handala hacking team is suspected of having links to Iran, but Drop Site has been able to verify the authenticity of a number of private details in the Barak email database. Many of Epstein’s emails have also been verified via the House disclosures.
    It’s not clear whether the Rothschild bank ultimately participated directly in Epstein and Barak’s cyberweapons efforts—but in October 2015, de Rothschild negotiated a $25 million contract with Epstein’s Southern Trust Company, the same entity Epstein used to fund Barak’s intelligence-linked security startup Reporty Homeland Security (now known as Carbyne) earlier that year. According to a proposal reviewed by the Wall Street Journal, the multi-million dollar contract was for “risk analysis and the application and use of certain algorithms.”
    Maybe MTG didn’t realize how prescient she was with her “Jewish Space Lasers!”

  13. dimmsdale says:

    Well, I personally would prefer a Friday taping if only to address whatever batsh*t nonsense our fascist overlords get up to on Thursday. But you both absolutely deserve a breather, and in a way I’d enjoy your absence knowing you were pursuing LEISURE! (or whatever seems important to you). As always, thanks for the little bubble of sanity you both provide.

  14. Spooky Mulder says:

    Friday, please. I have a very bad feeling about the Putin Peace Plan. And thank you to both of you for the weekly breakdowns.

  15. Verrückte Pferd says:

    No matter what’s happening in the world, please take some time for yourselves.
    I am appalled, angry and dispirited over the horror of the surrender plan for Ukraine.
    Where are the Yurpeen leaders standing up against this madness?

  17. Wa_rickf says:

    Yes, buying from Amazon supports Jeff Bezos, but kudos to Amazon for having a protest costume category.

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