Fridays with Nicole Sandler

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  1. zscoreUSA says:

    On the John Saur Ball of Thread, and the strategy of using information warfare to appeal to the Judges, I love the line: the justices have “been pickled in” Fox News ridiculousness for decades.

    The new BLS head is likely a component of the strategy. And Maria Bartiromo spins economic data to make it sound like the tariffs are winning.

  3. dark winter says:

    I really got a lot out of the show today. Marcy shared new insights on putin/djt and that was especially thought provoking.

    Thanks Marcy.

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    • missinggeorgecarlin says:

      My favorite part after the ceremonial throwing of the sandwich was the man’s relatively SLOW jog away from the doofus agents. That they sent 20 armed men later means he actually got away! These “agents” make Barney Fife seem like James Bond by comparison.

  6. wa_rickf says:

    Axios reports on a White House “loyalty list” of 533 companies showing fealty to Trump policies.

    ”If groups/companies want to start advocating more now for the tax bill or additional administration priorities, we will take that into account in our grading.”

    https://www.axios.com/2025/08/15/white-house-rating-big-beautiful-bill

    ======

    Companies are being rated on their loyalty to Trump policies? Only a dictator expects loyalty. A real president earns it .

    I can’t find the actual list after trying and searching. .

  8. HonestyPolicyCraig says:

    I thought about this news conversation a lot. It was the comment about the sexual aspect of domination. I see it, but wonder, in the realm of an alpha male, the female issue, on a social level, the females that follow the alpha male often manipulate the alpha male against other males. But, yo, I don’t think of it as a sexual issue, more of a primitive biological function. Like the whole alpha connection is about social manipulation.

    But, then there is Jeanine Pirro. And the hit and spit thing. Yeah, it is sexual. But, food was thrown at authority, that’s primitive.

    • wa_rickf says:

      Grandma Winebox is going full hilt. Such a passionate woman. Felony assault with a Subway sandwich? Subway’s bread is not THAT hard. Pro’lly the acid from the vinegar in the mustard is what is making this a felony.

      /s

  10. HonestyPolicyCraig says:

    Given the latest news from the Guardian about Laura Loomer

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/16/gaza-children-visas-medical-care-laura-loomer

    I completely agree with the sexual aspect of what Ms Wheeler was discussing. It is a strange flipping of alpha male into alpha female with Loomer. Three more years of this domination S and M fantasy of political submission. Even Pirro as a sexually dominant female, or Bondi, all for the Nazi white boy trash of this country to masturbate to?

    • Rayne says:

      It may have much less to do with psychosexual politics than geopolitical power. I don’t think there’s been adequate investigation into Loomer’s connections. Who is her sponsor? Is she the mouthpiece for a specific person/organization?

      It sure looks like it from a distance, so why isn’t there more factual reporting on this? How can some obnoxious right-wing freak like Loomer insist on getting federal personnel fired without anybody reporting on the real power behind her?

      And why isn’t there more pressure on Loomer through more scrutiny into her background and contacts in order to press her regarding the Epstein files? If she can get federal personnel fired, why isn’t she using that power to demand the files be released?

      • wa_rickf says:

        Laura is a lone wolf who has risen to the MAGA top like cream. She has a podcast and is prolific social media contributor. She has earned her position in MAGA-world – she did it herself. Trump became aware of Laura via his inner circle. There was a time when Laura was a fixture at Mara-Largo. Don Jr may have had something to do with getting Laura a Membership at ML when he was single for a bit after Kimberly. Laura is so close to Trump now, the Membership could now possibly be comped. There were rumors about Laura and Trump being so close at Mara-Largo that Bill Maher quipped about the two having sexual relations and Melania not caring. Ergo the lawsuit of Maher by Laura.

      • zscoreUSA says:

        Loomer’s funding is an interesting question.

        The earliest rumors I found were from 2017 by her competitors in the rw conspiracy theory grifter community were that she was funded by Arnon Milchen and received info from Black Qube. I couldn’t corroborate but I put pin in it, and recalled it as soon as I saw Barak Ravid’s scoop that she got an inside visit to the White House and caused NSC staffing decisions.
        https://www.axios.com/2025/04/03/trump-laura-loomer-fire-national-security-council

        She claims her “intelligence” training comes from James O’Keefe.

        Here’s 2017 reporting that she received funding from a tech billionaire Robert Shillman, via Rebel Media and Stephen Miller’s Mentor David Horowitz’s Freedom Centre.
        https://web.archive.org/web/20180202174029/https://news.vice.com/en_ca/article/wjz73q/inside-rebel-medias-big-money-anti-islam-crusade

        2019 reporting by Jared Holt that she was funded by anti-Muslim hate group United West, which was funded by Koch’s Donor Trust and Sheldon Adelson.
        https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/post/the-anti-muslim-hate-group-backing-laura-loomers-independent-journalism

        She had Congressional campaigns which I would bet funded some of her activities.

        She wrote a really trashy novel in 2019, which I imagine could receive inauthentic purchases as a form of funding her activities.

        She has had defense funds that didn’t have legal action, per her former alt-right ally Milo Yiannopolous.
        https://archive.is/A3Vuu

        https://web.archive.org/web/20250818024217/https://www.givesendgo.com/LoomerLawfare

        In November 2024 she registered Loomered Strategies in Montana.
        https://biz.sosmt.gov/search/business

        Overall she has a similar profile with Stephen Miller. It stands out when a young Jewish person has such a close relationship with antisemitic alt-righters, almost as if they were being directed to add oil to the alt right fire, but steer the hate towards Hispanics and Muslims.

  11. zscoreUSA says:

    I love these videos on the Emptywheel YouTube channel. Like the Ball of Thread videos, they feel like documentaries explaining through nuanced and detail-heavy topics.

    Here is from today, video titled: Stop Looking for a Fucking Pee Tape
    [For some reason YouTube labels as “inappropriate for some users Do you wish to continue?”]

    https://youtu.be/b3hT-c4giBc

    Coincidentally, as I type this I recall that Tom Arnold did a project where he was looking for a pee tape, which got left wingers riled up over Russia.

    The coincidence is that one of the reasons I suspect Carter Page of being deep state is an interview of Tom Arnold on the QAA podcast (then known as Qanon Anonymous Podcast) in August /September 2019.

    The podcasters later described the interview as if Arnold was an operative with an agenda, sent by somebody.

    One of the things Arnold discussed was how compromised Carter Page was with the Russians. Playing into a left leaning audience which would want to hear how Russia compromised anyone near Trump is, Arnold laid it on thick. How Russians viewed Page as lonely and pathetic and “sucked dick” just to get attention that he desperately craves.

  13. wa_rickf says:

    I want to share this podcast with you. This lady “gets” EXACTLY what Faux News does in every story about anyone or anything left of Rwing Faux viewers. This is why Faux News is so dangerous. This example is of Pete and being gay, the issue is that Faux does this very same to EVERY topic they are against.

    https://youtu.be/H7Di8YCT76I?si=DhCKCprPHWWsF5EO

  14. HonestyPolicyCraig says:

    Nope, I cannot believe this. Apparently maga calls Donald daddy. I am not linking the file with the story. It is a cult. It is nothing but a cult. And, cults come and go. I cannot believe I am watching this in my life time.

    Gosh, it is just going to wither away and die. The whole stupid waste of fucking time and tax payer dollars. The big question is, is how weak the Republicans are to have let a cult into it’s agenda. The Republican party is a pack of dummies.

    Why the press puts all the pressure on the Democrats now is freakish and weird too. We really have to measure and evaluate what the hell is going on in our formal press institutions. It must be a mess.

    The Trump era was born from ignorance, depravity, drug and alcohol abuse, and nepotism.

    Ms. Wheeler, I must thank you again for expressing the correlation of sex, domination, and politics of the Trump admin.

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