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Progressive Upset in MA; Kavanaugh Stumbles on Day 2; New Trump White House ‘Deep Throat’: ‘BradCast’ 9/5/2018

Guest: Author, columnist, political scientist David Faris on all of that and on 'packing' the U.S. Supreme Court once Dems return to power...

Kavanaugh’s ‘Sham’ SCOTUS Hearings Begin in U.S. Senate with Missing Docs, Pandemonium, Protest: ‘BradCast’ 9/4/2018

Guest: Richard 'R.J.' Eskow; Also: Gulf Coast facing Hurricane Gordon...

‘Absolutely Doable’: California to Move to 100% ‘Carbon-Free’ Electricity by 2045 (Probably): ‘BradCast’ 8/30/2018

Guest: David Roberts of Vox; Also: Trump cancels pay raise for federal workers; Felonious coal-baron Blankenship nixed (again) from WV ballot...

FL, AZ, OK Primary Results and What Went So Terribly Wrong for Voters in Maricopa County: ‘BradCast’ 8/29/2018

Also: NV's primary election failures much worse than previously known; Mystery group seeking copies of MI 2016 Presidential ballots revealed...

GOP’s Partisan Gerrymandering in NC Could Result in a New U.S. House Map for 2018 Midterms: ‘BradCast’ 8/28/2018

Guest: Slate's Mark Joseph Stern on that and WV GOP's state Supreme Court coup; Also: Massive voting system failures in AZ primary...

Lawsuit Claims English-Only Elections in 32 FL Counties Blocking Dislocated Puerto Rican Voters: ‘BradCast’ 8/27/2018

Guest: Stuart Naifeh of Demos; Also: 500k disenfranchised voters in AZ?; Trump says he's quitting NAFTA; DNC scraps 'SuperDelegates'; U.S. Govt student loan ombudsman quits in disgust; Callers ring in...

EPA Admits Trump’s ‘Dirty Power Plan’ Will Kill Thousands of Americans: ‘BradCast’ 8/24/2018

Guest: Conrad Schneider of Clean Air Task Force; Also: Presidency collapsing; Hawaii v. Hurricane Lane; McCain's cancer battle nears end; GA county nixes poll closures; Repub wins U.S. House Special Election...

‘Trump Tripped Up By His Own Pecker’ and MUCH More News of the Day: ‘BradCast’ 8/23/2018

Trump's dark week gets darker; Dems nix SCOTUS nom meetings; Majority of Repubs support 'Medicare for All'; Very bad polling news for GOP; GA county poll closure scam falls apart; Hurricane Lane threatens Hawaii...

The Stormy Fallout After Trump’s Darkest Day: ‘BradCast’ 8/22/2018

Guest: Salon's Heather Digby Parton; Also: Primary results from WY, AK; Hurricane bears down on HI; Rep. Duncan Hunter, wife indicted on 60 counts of fraud, campaign finance violations...

MANAFORT CONVICTED, COHEN PLEADS GUILTY; Also: What’s the Matter With Kansas Elections (And Everyone Else’s)?: ‘BradCast’ 8/21/2018

Guest: Attorney, election integrity advocate, journalist Jennifer Cohn...

The Attempted 2018 Voter Suppression Begins: ‘BradCast’ 8/20/2018

And other news, both good and bad, around the country and world, 78 days out from the midterm elections...

So, Who’s ‘The Enemy of the People’ Again?: ‘BradCast’ 8/16/2018

Newspapers push back as GOPers agree with Trump's Nixonian attacks on media; Trade war leads to U.S. factory closures; Trump's $92M parade; Zinke's land lie; Pruitt's toxic desk; Poison in your cereal; RIP Aretha...

Landmark Victories, Battles Ahead for Dems in CT, VT, MN, WI Primaries: ‘BradCast’ 8/15/2018

Guest: Wisconsin's own John Nichols; Also: Surprise concession in KS GOP Guv primary; CO's anti-gay cake baker is back in court...

Why GOP Sees Trump/Russia as Whitewater More Than Watergate: ‘BradCast’ 8/14/2018

Guest: Salon's Heather Digby Parton; Also: KS GOP Gubernatorial primary counting fight update; MO Repubs elect another Nazi; Interior Sec. Zinke says environmentalists are 'terrorists'...

Chinese Song Found on US Voting System, 11-Year Old Hacks Mock FL SoS Website, More News from DEF CON Vote Hack Village: ‘BradCast’ 8/13/2018

Guest: Journalist, documentarian Lulu Friesdat...

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