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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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Texas Photo ID Law Found Discriminatory, Illegal, Yet Still Suppressing Voters: ‘BradCast’ 8/24/2015

Guests: Attorney Ernest A. Canning; Financial journalist David Dayen...

E-Cigs Are Good For You; The GOP is Not: ‘BradCast’ 8/21/2015

Also: Bernie Sanders & ignoring corporate media are good for you too...

‘No Good Evidence’ Russia Behind Shootdown of Malaysia Air Flight 17 in Ukraine, Says Longtime CIA Analyst Ray McGovern: ‘BradCast’ 8/20/2015

U.S. Administration's 'evidence is as sketchy as one could imagine,' charges the intelligence veteran turned peace activist...

Did Keystone XL Judges Profit Off Ruling?: ‘BradCast’ 8/19/2015

Guest: Investigative journalist Steve Horn of DeSmogBlog...

AT&T/NSA Whistleblower Mark Klein on Newly Released AT&T/NSA Docs: ‘BradCast’ 8/18/2015

'They approached the phone companies before 9/11,' he says, citing new Edward Snowden disclosures that 'vindicate' his 2006 revelations...

The Demise of the Death Penalty and the Rise of The Donald’s GOP; ‘BradCast’ 8/17/2015

Guest: Diann Rust-Tierney of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty...

VERDICTS ARE IN: On ME Guv; CO Cakes; CT Death Penalty, ID ‘Ag-Gag’ and TX Photo ID Law: ‘BradCast’ 8/13/2015

Guest: BRAD BLOG's legal analyst Ernest A. Canning...

Walker, Bush Lies and Bernie’s Rise: ‘BradCast’ 8/12/2015

Guest: The Nation's John Nichols...

‘Feeling the Bern’ in L.A. on Foreign Policy; Ferguson One Year After Michael Brown: ‘BradCast’ 8/11/2015

With Cassandra Fairbanks in Ferguson, Margot Paez at the L.A. Sanders rally, and Nicole Sandler's exclusive interview with Bernie Sanders...

Cleaning Up Last Week’s Messes: ‘BradCast’ 8/10/2015

More on the GOP/Fox Debate; Jon Stewart's last 'Daily Show'; Verdict in Aurora, CO; The killing that didn't happen in TN and more…

‘Crazy Train’: Dissecting Last Night’s GOP/Fox ‘News’ Debate(s) – ‘BradCast’ 8/7/2015

Guests: Blogger/journalists Heather Digby Parton and Paul Rosenberg...

Voting Rights Act 50th Anniversary: Special ‘BradCast’ Coverage, 8/6/2015

Guests: Sam Walker of the National Voting Rights Museum in Selma, AL; Former DoJ attny Katherine Culliton-González of Advancement Project...

On Sanders’ Militarism, Obama’s Iran ‘Propaganda’, and Huge Voting Rights News Out of Texas: ‘BradCast’ 8/5/2015

Guests: Peace activist David Swanson; Const. law expert Ian Millhiser

BREAKING: U.S. APPEALS COURT STRIKES DOWN TEXAS PHOTO ID VOTING RESTRICTION

Cartoonist Ted Rall Blasts His Bizarre LAPD-Fueled Firing by L.A. Times: ‘BradCast’ 8/4/2015

Award-winning journalist charges LAPD 'basically stole something out of evidence room ... to send a message to other reporters'

Also: D.R. Tucker on MSNBC's firing of climate hawk Ed Schultz...

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