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Brad Friedman is an independent investigative journalist, blogger, broadcaster, trouble-maker, muckraker and all-around swell fellow. He is the founder of The BRAD BLOG, host of the nationally syndicated ‘BradCast’, and co-host of ‘Green News Report’ over your public airwaves.
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Treasury Dept. Announces Dark Money Will Go Darker: ‘BradCast’ 7/18/2018

Guest: The Intercept's David Dayen: Also: CA Dems endorse Feinstein's opponent de León; Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez head to KS; FBI reveals Russian ownership of MD's public election system server...

How Mueller’s 2016 Russian Cyberattack Charges Foretell Future Indictments Against Americans: ‘BradCast’ 7/17/2018

Guest: Former federal prosecutor Michael J. Stern; Also: Trump tries to walk back Helsinki remarks after a day of brutal criticism...

Trump Backs Putin, Attacks U.S. Intel Community, Law Enforcement, Dems at Helsinki Summit: ‘BradCast’ 7/16/2018

New 2016 Russian Cyberattack Indictments, New Lawsuit Against SC’s Unverifiable Voting System: ‘BradCast’ 7/13/2018

Guests: SC GOP activist Frank Heindel and attorney Larry Schwartzol; Also: New Senate bill finally calls for HAND-MARKED paper ballots...

Trump’s ‘Fine-Tuned Machine’ Wreaks Havoc at NATO, in Congress and for U.S. Workers: ‘BradCast’ 7/12/2018

Also: Listeners respond to Dem plan to block Kavanaugh at SCOTUS...

Schumer’s Tepid SCOTUS Plan, Trump’s Continuing Trail of Destruction: ‘BradCast’ 7/11/2018

Guest: The Intercept's Ryan Grim on Senate Dem hopes of derailing Brett Kavanaugh; Also: The Administration's trade wars, new attacks on 'ObamaCare' keep undermining GOP voters...

Trump’s SCOTUS Pick Little More Than a Loyal ‘Republican Foot Soldier’: ‘BradCast’ 7/10/2018

Guest: Slate legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern on Judge Brett Kavanaugh, the Constitutional rights he is likely to help overturn, and his background as a Federalist Society-trained party 'apparatchik'...

While We Were Out: Record Heat, Pruitt Dumped, and Things Get Still Worse: ‘BradCast’ 7/9/2018

Also: Plastic straws, straw polls, final straws, some actual good voting news, RIP Ed Schultz, and a bunch of listener calls...

My Recent Appearance on Terrence McNally’s ‘Free Forum’: ‘BradCast’ 7/3/2018

On how I started blogging, the many still-unanswered questions about the 2016 election, how our voting systems are getting worse, not better, and what we all must do right now to protect the 2018 midterm elections...

‘Are We Fighting or Not?’: Why Dems Must Fight to Block Trump’s SCOTUS Pick: ‘BradCast’ 7/2/2018

Even if it means denying a Senate quorum and shutting it down entirely...

The Fight to End Gerrymandering in a World Without Justice Kennedy: ‘BradCast’ 6/29/2018

Guest: Common Cause Nat’l Redistricting Manager Dan Vicuña; Also: Scheme to add Medicaid work requirements in KY struck down, and Trump's trade wars are now costing real American jobs...

On Political Courage and ‘Not Getting Lost in a Sea of Despair’: ‘BradCast’ 6/28/2018

Good advice from smart people on this very dark moment in U.S. history; Also: More encouraging results from Tuesday's primaries...

EARTHQUAKES: JUSTICE KENNEDY RETIRES, NY PROGRESSIVE UNSEATS TOP HOUSE DEM: ‘BradCast’ 6/27/2018

Guest: The Nation's John Nichols on all of that and the stolen SCOTUS' anti-union decision today and whether it's time for Dems to 'steal' it back...

Stolen SCOTUS Approves Trump’s Muslim Ban, Strikes Down CA Rules for Anti-Abortion ‘Clinics’: ‘BradCast’ 6/26/2018

Guest: Legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern on 'Korematsu 2.0' and how the GOP's theft of the Supreme Court has finally paid off big time...

Trump Calls For End of ‘Due Process’, Protesters Make Admin (and MSM) Sad: ‘BradCast’ 6/25/2018

Also: SCOTUS undermines electoral democracy again, this time in TX and NC, and callers ring in on Trump, Dems and our immigration 'crisis'...

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