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Death and Taxes at SCOTUS: ‘BradCast’ 6/21/2018

Guest: Slate legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern; Also: Abuse reported at child immigrant detention centers; Trump's trade war dangers; More...

Trump’s Lie Collapses, Is Forced to Reverse Family Separation Policy…Sort Of: ‘BradCast’ 6/20/2018

Also: D.C., AR election results; Why 'both sides are the same' argument from progressives is pathetic; Canada legalizes recreational pot...

Judge Strikes Down Kansas ‘Proof of Citizenship’ Voting Law, Slaps Humiliating Sanction on Kobach: ‘BradCast’ 6/19/2018

Guest: Trial attorney Sophia Lin Lakin of ACLU's Voting Rights Project; Also: Trump's border 'crisis' worsens for Republicans...

SCOTUS Punts Partisan Gerrymanders; Outrage Grows Over Trump Separation of Kids/Parents: ‘BradCast’ 6/18/2018

Guest: Author David Daley of FairVote; Plus callers!...

Sessions ‘Can’t Do That’: Immigration Attorney on Trump Admin Denial of Domestic Abuse Asylum: ‘BradCast’ 6/15/2018

Guest: Karen Musalo of the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies; Also: Thousands of children ripped from parents, warehoused in detention centers by U.S. Government for months...

New SCOTUS Voting Rights Rulings; Also: NY Sues Trump for ‘Charity’ Foundation’s ‘Illegal Conduct’: ‘BradCast’ 6/14/2018

Guest: Legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern of Slate...

Why Ranked Choice Voting is a Terrible Idea, Election Results/Failures and Trump’s GOP Cult: ‘BradCast’ 6/13/2018

New unverifiable voting systems fail in NV; LePage still dumb in ME; Walker's fears come true in WI; Canada 'fights' back; Initiative to break CA into three states will qualify for 2018 ballot...

‘It Doesn’t Matter, We’re Starting from Scratch, We’re Starting Right Now’: ‘BradCast’ 6/12/2018

Guest: Former Deputy Asst. Sec. of State Michael Fuchs on Singapore statement, NK/US 'denuclearization' history, Trump dismissal of Kim atrocities...

Trump’s Bonkers Turn Against G7 Allies Bodes Ill for North Korea Deal: ‘BradCast’ 6/11/2018

Also: Stolen SCOTUS approves OH's radical vote purge scheme; L.A. County won't rule out hacking in primary election 'print error' that left 118k off Election Day rolls; Callers ring in on all of the above...

HUD Scheme Will Increase Rent by 26%, Year After Year, For Lowest-Income Households: ‘BradCast’ 6/8/2018

Guest: Former HUD official Diane Yentel; Also: DoJ spied on journalist in leak probe, refuses to defend 'ObamaCare' in new lawsuit...

Election Failure and Fallout in California, Alabama, South Dakota: ‘BradCast’ 6/7/2018

News on several massive Election Day failures in L.A. and some more noteworthy results in CA and elsewhere; Also: The continuing jaw-dropping kleptocracy of Trump's shockingly still-employed EPA chief...

Dems Appear to Have Dodged Bullets in CA’s ‘Top Two’ Midterm Primaries: ‘BradCast’ 6/6/2018

Guest: Jim Dean of DFA is 'celebrating' after contests in 9 states, but wants 'institutional' Dems to let state voters decide elections; Also: More on polling place failures in L.A. and SD; Huge wins for Dems in NM, MO...

‘Sorta Victories’ for Blocked Twitter Users, AZ Voters, and at SCOTUS: ‘BradCast’ 6/5/2018

Guest: Slate legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern on 'having cake and eating it too'; Also: Probs for voters in CA and SD, as eight states hold primaries...

Legal and Historical Perspective on Trump’s New Claims of Extraordinary Presidential Powers: ‘BradCast’ 6/4/2018

Guest: Fordham Univ. School of Law's legal historian Jed Shugerman...

Trump, Trudeau Fossil Fuel Nationalization Schemes Reveal They’re ‘More Alike Than Hoped’: ‘BradCast’ 6/1/2018

Guest: Alex Doukas of Oil Change Int'l; Also: Trump's trade war, Bad news for CA Repubs, Bad news for TX voters, listeners aghast at AL Sec. of State's crazy emails...

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