We love Fridays of course for the obvious reasons. But here at the Nicole Sandler Show, we get together each Friday with Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net to review some of the most important issues, news stories and things affecting our lives that happened during the week.
These days, it's overwhelming, which is why I say we'll cover some of it.
We record these Friday sessions at noon Eastern time due to our physical locations and the time difference. I'm in Arizona; Marcy is in Ireland. The show goes live a few hours later, at 3pm ET, which is what time I begin my live show weekday afternoons.
I don't edit for content, our conversations run as if they were live. Even when I sometimes realize that I had an "oh shit" moment. Such was the case at the start of the show when I attempted a clever opening by quoting D'ump's alleged letter to Jeffrey Epstein that the Wall St. Journal reported last night....
“Voice Over: There must be more to life than having everything,” the note began.
Donald: Yes, there is, but I won’t tell you what it is.
Jeffrey: Nor will I, since I also know what it is.
Donald: We have certain things in common, Jeffrey.
Jeffrey: Yes, we do, come to think of it.
Donald: Enigmas never age, have you noticed that?
Jeffrey: As a matter of fact, it was clear to me the last time I saw you.
Donald: A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.
Marcy tried to figure out where this week's insanity began and as she was searching through her notes, said "Are we still talking about Epstein?"
We were obviously on different planes at the start of the show as I thought she was asking the question, which I found odd. But she was quoting the orange cankle as he ranted about the Epstein story on Saturday! The second time she "asked" that question, I finally realized she wasn't asking, she was quoting him. Thankfully, we then got in sync. Whew.
What follows is a information-filled discussion about the events of the week, mostly pertaining to this story that seems to have put a decent-sized schism in MAGA world.
It‘s the story that also won't go away, and that is really freaking old DonOld out!
A reminder that I'll be taking a week off beginning Wednesday. But I will be running special vacation shows that I've been putting together, consisting of interviews that are worthy of a second listen (or a first if you missed them when they originally aired).
They'll all be posted on my website at nicolesandler.com and will go out via email to subscribers (paid or free) here on Substack.
As I mentioned during today’s show, next Friday I’ll run an interview with Julie K. Brown, the Miami Herald reporter who covered the Epstein story from South Florida in real time. She was on my show in 2021 when her book, Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story was published.
Have a great weekend. I’ll be back Monday with
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