# The Day SCOTUS Hit Us with Citizens United (and Killed Air America Too!)

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Podcast: [The Nicole Sandler Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nicole-sandler-show-1065430)
Published: 2026-07-02T01:32:03+00:00
Episode link: https://nicolesandler.com/7-1-26
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With the Supreme Court ending their term yesterday with what I call the sequel to Citizens United, NRSC v FEC, which will make things exponentially worse than its predecessor, and I'm not feeling great today, I thought I'd reach back 16.5 years to the day when the Extreme Court handed down that devastating opinion in Citizens United v FEC. It was January 21, 2010. They didn't even wait until the end of the term! To add insult to injury, later that afternoon, I lost my job along with everyone else who worked at Air America Radio. At about 5pm, they pulled the plug on the network for good. At the time, I hosted a late night show from 11pm-1am Eastern, so I decided to take that night's guests which included John Fugelsang, John Bonifaz, Congressman Alan Grayson, Congreswoman Donna Edwards and others (it was a 2-hour show back then!) and go live with video on uStream. We didn't have YouTube then, so this show has never been on YouTube. And it still isn't, but it will be. It's been sitting on Vimeo. How it got there, I don't know! But I found it and am playing it today for the first time since then. I think there are lessons to be learned. Do you? Let me know. As soon as YouTube will edit out the fullsongs I played (fingers crossed). In the meantime, you should be able to hear the audio streams... I hope. This is history in your ears. I hope you'll check it out. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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