BRAIN TRUST LIVE #75 - THE DAY THE NEWS CAME (W/ GUEST: ARTHUR TEBBEL) - 8/26/13

In Which We Discuss:

1. Syria gets more crazy by the moment, but luckily Al Jazeera America launched just in time to gives us the facts no one else would

2. Only 50 years later, MLK’s "I Have a Dream" speech is finally front page news at the Washington Post

3. Bradley/Chelsea Manning’s surprise announcement sparks an entire week of pronoun debates

4. Serial sexual harasser Bob Filner FINALLY resigns as mayor of San Diego

5. Ted Cruz doesn’t realize he’s Canadian, despite having been born in a canadian hospital... in Canada

6. NYT gives ambivalent endorsement to Quinn...and Lila is furious!

7. America’s long crazy history of secession finds its latest example in the potential new state of North Colorado

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