No Lie covers the most important and breaking political stories of the week, hosted by progressive commentator Brian Tyler Cohen. He sits down with major players in the world of politics, bringing you right into the heart of the action. No bad faith talking points, no disinformation, and no lies.
Trump and Republicans take an axe to our healthcare system and our economy– but the Democrats can learn something from it. Brian interviews Senator Elizabeth Warren about the House budget bill that’ll gut healthcare and food assistance for tens of millions of Americans and attorney Norm Eisen about a major update on the legal front. Shop merch: https://briantylercohen.com/shop YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/briantylercohen Twitter: https://twitter.com/briantylercohen Facebook: https://www...
Brian Tyler Cohen critiques legacy media for focusing on President Biden's age while downplaying President Trump's escalating corruption, including accepting a $400 million jet. He interviews Congressman Jamie Raskin on emoluments clause violations and the need for enforcement, Beto O'Rourke on grassroots efforts in Texas and finding hope through action, and Jon Favreau on the failed Republican budget bill, associated political risks, and recent manufactured GOP controversies.
The coming weeks look dire at American ports and shelves. Brian interviews New York attorney general Letitia James about a new lawsuit against the Trump administration and North Carolina Supreme Court justice Allison Riggs about her win finally being certified– 6 months after Election Day. Shop merch: https://briantylercohen.com/shop YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/briantylercohen Twitter: https://twitter.com/briantylercohen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/briantylercohen Instagram: htt...
Trump picks a fight with the governor of Maine and loses, offering up a valuable lesson. Brian interviews Governor Gavin Newsom to discuss California’s economy growing as Trump oversees an economic contraction; Post Save America’s Jon Lovett about Trump pretending his bad economy still belongs to Joe Biden; and Chasten Buttigieg about SignalGate and how his own family dealt with protecting private information. Shop merch: https://briantylercohen.com/shop YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/bri...
Trump’s approval rating craters. Brian interviews Representatives Robert Garcia and Maxwell Frost in El Salvador about their efforts to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the US, Katie Porter about her run for governor of California, David Hogg about his effort to oust Democratic incumbents to recruit younger candidates, and Norm Eisen about Trump arresting a judge in Wisconsin. Shop merch: https://briantylercohen.com/shop YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/briantylercohen Twitter: https://tw...
The big debate: are Democrats taking the bait by fighting the illegal deportation of migrants to El Salvador? Brian interviews Gavin Newsom about his lawsuit against the Trump administration; Senator Van Hollen about going to El Salvador to meet with illegally deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia; Jon Favreau about the political impacts of the immigration debate; and Abdul El Sayed about his campaign for Senate in Michigan. Shop merch: https://briantylercohen.com/shop YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/u...
Trump caves on the single most important element of his tariff policies. Brian interviews Senator Cory Booker about his 25 hour speech and the impact of Trump’s economic warfare; Senator Elizabeth Warren about the possibility of an insider trading scandal in the White House; Senator Brian Schatz about the move he pulled to slow down Republican progress; and journalist Ari Berman about what a spate of special elections suggests about midterms. Shop merch: https://briantylercohen.com/shop YouTube:...
Trump implements disastrous tariff implementation– and importantly, there's a not-so-obvious reason that he’s okay with the results. Brian interviews Pod Save America's Tommy Vietor about the market crash; data scientist Elliot Morris about the implications of the Wisconsin Supreme Court race victory as we head toward 2026; and two candidates: Mallory McMorrow in Michigan and Dan Osborn in Nebraska. Support Mallory McMorrow: https://www.mcmorrowformichigan.com/ Support Dan Osborn: https://...
Trump takes an aggressive posture on Greenland, which may be a distraction, and yet still worth talking about. Brian interviews Kara Swisher about whether Tesla can ever recover and why Elon would torch his reputation when his consumer base is liberals; national security expert Ned Price and Congressman Jim Himes discuss Signal-gate; and Ezra Klein talks about his new book Abundance and what the Democrats can learn from it. Shop merch: https://briantylercohen.com/shop YouTube: https://www.youtub...
Trump threatens the legal community, which has major implications for the rest of us. Brian interviews Congressman Jamie Raskin about Trump targeting him by trying to withdraw Biden’s pardons for all members of the January 6 Committee, and Pod Save America’s Jon Lovett about Elon playing the victim over vandalism of Teslas. Shop merch: https://briantylercohen.com/shop YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/briantylercohen Twitter: https://twitter.com/briantylercohen Facebook: https://www.facebook...
Democrats have to dig themself out of the hole they’ve created. Brian interviews Congressman Jamie Raskin about how he legally outsmarted Elon Musk, attorney Norm Eisen about his big court win against Trump and then being called out by Trump during his DOJ press conference, and Senator Mark Kelly about Elon Musk calling him a traitor. Support State Democracy Defenders: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/state-democracy-defenders-fund-2 Shop merch: https://briantylercohen.com/shop YouTube: https:/...
Brian discusses why he went to Washington, DC this week and the broader goal for the Democratic Party. Brian interviews AOC about Republicans bailing on town halls and the Trump administration’s threats against her personally; Jasmine Crockett about what happens when she herself goes into deep red districts; Senator Raphael Warnock about the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and his visit to Selma to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge; and Senator Chris Murphy about Republicans using a young boy wit...
Trump and Republicans rapidly abandon their own base with an agenda that is engineered to lose them support. Brian interviews Pod Save America’s Tommy Vietor to discuss the immediate implications of Trump abandoning Ukraine and the broader implications of the US realigning to global world order; Texas state representative James Talarico about the rise of Christian nationalism and how we reverse the tide; and the ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee, Brendan Boyle, about Republican’s bu...
Democrats discover the one way for Democrats to beat Trump and Elon. Brian interviews Pod Save America’s Jon Favreau to discuss Musk’s overreach, and Jen Psaki about Trump’s lagging poll numbers. Shop merch: https://briantylercohen.com/shop YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/briantylercohen Twitter: https://twitter.com/briantylercohen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/briantylercohen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/briantylercohen Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/briantylercohen Newslet...
The first indications of a real revolt form against the Trump administration. Brian interviews Bernie Sanders about Elon Musk’s overreach and a new path forward for Democrats; Elizabeth Warren about the attacks on the CFPB; and Cory Booker, Chris Murphy, and Brian Schatz together to discuss the prospect of a constitutional crisis. Shop merch: https://briantylercohen.com/shop YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/briantylercohen Twitter: https://twitter.com/briantylercohen Facebook: https://www.f...
Elon makes a fatal mistake with DOGE. Brian interviews Congressman Jamie Raskin about his own feud with Elon and Trump’s broader overreach. Senator Brian Schatz joins to discuss his plan to stall Trump’s progress. And Senator Chris Murphy discusses Trump's effort to distract us with his “flooding the zone” strategy. Shop merch: https://briantylercohen.com/shop YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/briantylercohen Twitter: https://twitter.com/briantylercohen Facebook: https://www.facebook.c...
Trump learns a swift lesson about the downside of unified control of government after he tried to blame a series of tragedies on Democrats. Brian interviews Senator Raphael Warnock to discuss RFK’s confirmation hearing and the hypocrisy of Republicans who hide behind their Christianity; Senator Schiff to discuss Kash Patel’s confirmation hearing and his unwillingness to tell the truth; and Senator Klobuchar to discuss the willingness of Democrats to fight as Trump continues to engage in lawlessn...
Trump accomplishes his strategy of flooding the zone—but importantly, there is a way for Democrats to overcome it. Brian interviews Congressman Daniel Goldman about Trump’s pardon of January 6 insurrectionists, Pod Save America’s Tommy Vietor about his surprise appearance on Fox News’ Jesse Watters’ show, and former Obama ethics czar Norm Eisen about him filing the very first lawsuit against Trump. Shop merch: https://briantylercohen.com/shop YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/briantylercohen...
Biden leaves office as America prepares for a second Trump term. Brian interviews California governor Gavin Newsom about the LA wildfires and his response to Republicans like Trump and Mike Johnson threatening to condition disaster relief. Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett joins to discuss her blow up with the most attention-obsessed member of Congress, Nancy Mace. And finally North Carolina Supreme Court justice Allison Riggs joins to discuss Republican efforts to steal her election win away from ...
Trump & Republicans exploit the California wildfires with a firehose of disinformation. Brian interviews the California fire marshal, Chief Daniel Berlant, about the state of the fires right now, what went wrong, and what we can fix moving forward. And FOX LA’s Elex Michaelson joins to discuss his nonstop coverage of the wildfires and his response to the disinformation plaguing our media. https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/wildfire-relief/california https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation...
Mike Johnson’s semi-successful Speaker election cements Trump's takeover of the GOP. Brian interviews Senator Adam Schiff about the prospect of Trump retaliating against him and other members of the January 6 Committee and the Senate’s plan for facilitating independent media. And former Pete Buttigieg adviser Lis Smith joins to discuss how Democrats can win in red states. Shop merch: https://briantylercohen.com/shop YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/briantylercohen Twitter: https://twitter.c...
Brian interviews Fox LA's Elex Michaelson about the impending Trump-Elon blow up and predictions for 2025. Shop merch: https://briantylercohen.com/shop YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/briantylercohen Twitter: https://twitter.com/briantylercohen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/briantylercohen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/briantylercohen Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/briantylercohen Newsletter: https://www.briantylercohen.com/sign-up Written by Brian Tyler Cohen Produced by Sam...
A MAGA civil war explodes between Trump’s most vocal supporters and Elon Musk. Brian interviews Congressman Jamie Raskin about Elon Musk's takeover of the GOP, his ascent to ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, and whether failing to elevate AOC to the top of the Oversight Committee was a mistake. And TYT’s Cenk Uygur joins to discuss his appearance at far-right AmFest, and whether reaching out to the MAGA-sphere is smart or naïve. Shop merch: https://briantylercohen.com/shop YouTube: http...
Elon's political debut... against kids with cancer Elon Musk makes his debut into politics by stripping out childhood cancer research funding. Brian interviews Senator Brian Schatz about Trump's extreme Cabinet nominees and how Democrats should message moving forward. And David Hogg, co-founder of March for Our Lives, joins to discuss his run for DNC Vice Chair. Shop merch: https://briantylercohen.com/shop YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/briantylercohen Twitter: https://twitter.com/brianty...
One by one, the media falls into Trump’s grasp. Brian interviews Pod Save America’s Jon Favreau about Trump backtracking on his biggest campaign promise and whether political gravity still exists. And newly-elected North Carolina Supreme Court justice Allison Riggs joins to discuss Republicans’ efforts to undo her win in the November election. Shop merch: https://briantylercohen.com/shop YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/briantylercohen Twitter: https://twitter.com/briantylercohen Facebook: ...
Biden considers issuing preemptive pardons and the media misses the mark with its coverage of it. Brian interviews Zeteo’s Mehdi Hasan about the state of independent media, the impact that Israel/Gaza played in the election, and why Harris was punished when Trump is already assembling a Cabinet of pro-Israel hawks. And Congressman Ro Khanna joins to discuss where Democrats should spend their political capital resisting Trump, why he supports Trump’s DOGE commission with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramas...
Trump goes off the deep end with the dangerous pick of Kash Patel to lead the FBI. Brian interviews Pod Save America’s Tommy Vietor to discuss the extent to which Democrats need to retool. And Max Stier from the Partnership for Public Service joins to discuss whether Trump could actually be successful at enacting the worst element of Project 2025: firing career civil servants and replacing them with loyalists. Shop merch: https://briantylercohen.com/shop YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/bri...
Democrats can use this election loss to win the future. Brian interviews Pod Save America’s Jon Lovett to discuss whether Matt Gaetz withdrawing his Attorney General nomination means that Democrats can still have influence and where the party goes from here. Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries chats about how he’s going to reconcile the need to act as a bulwark against Trump’s worst impulses with the exhaustion felt by so many on the left. And Senator Amy Klobuchar joins to discuss whether there’s...
Trump makes an extreme gamble with the Matt Gaetz attorney general nomination, and risks a lot by doing it. Brian interviews congressman Daniel Goldman to discuss what he and Democrats are doing in light of Trump’s threat to run for a 3rd term. Shop merch: https://briantylercohen.com/shop YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/briantylercohen Twitter: https://twitter.com/briantylercohen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/briantylercohen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/briantylercohen Patreon...
Brian offers a postmortem on what happened on Election Day, how we got here, and where we go from here. And Pod Save America's Jon Favreau joins to discuss the election results. Shop merch: https://briantylercohen.com/shop YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/briantylercohen Twitter: https://twitter.com/briantylercohen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/briantylercohen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/briantylercohen Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/briantylercohen Newsletter: https://www.b...
