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Sunday ‘Happyish Holidays’ Toons

THIS WEEK: Lots of Santa ... Lots of Naughty ... (And a Little Bit of Nice) ...

Trump Gets Trumped in Our Musky End-of-Year Roundtable: ‘BradCast’ 12/19/2024

Guests: Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast'...

About Some of Trump’s ‘Day One’ Threats: ‘BradCast’ 12/18/2024

Guest: Prof. Joshua A. Douglas on voting laws and a President's power to change them; Also: House Ethics Committee votes to release report on Gaetz; Trump's plans for reversing Biden climate and energy initiatives...

Trump Family Corruption Cometh…But So Does Our Opposition: ‘BradCast’ 12/17/2024

Immunity denied to felon Trump in NY; The Family's crypto-corruption on display in UAE; A few thoughts on overcoming 'militant pessimism'...

Mistallied Contests Discovered in Ohio County, as Oligarchy Rises in D.C.: ‘BradCast’ 12/16/2024

Hand-count reverses results in Ashtabula County; FBI informant pleads guilty to Russian lies about Ukrainian bribes (not) paid to Bidens; Trump Cabinet picks donated millions; Tech/media billionaires pay tribute...

Sunday ‘Barrel Bottom’ Toons

THIS WEEK: Kashing In ... Billionaire Broligarchy ... Slow Learners ... Exiting Autocrats ...

Trump Admits He Can’t Lower Grocery Prices (Though the Biden Administration Just Did): ‘BradCast’ 12/12/2024

Also: 1,500 Presidential commutations in one day; DOJ I.G. report released on the FBI and Trump's Jan. 6 insurrection; NC Repubs pull off massive power grab; Film and TV legend Dick Van Dyke sends us home smiling...

What ‘Unprecedented and Powerful Mandate’?: ‘BradCast’ 12/11/2024

Guest: Julia R. Azari of Marquette Univ.; Also: Malibu fire expands; FBI Director to quit; New charges in WI GOP's 2020 fake Trump Elector plot...

Trump Barely Won Nationally, But in ‘News Deserts’ It Was a Landslide: ‘BradCast’ 12/10/2024

Guest: Media reporter Paul Farhi; Also: Trump DoJ spied on Kash Patel...

A Bad Weekend for Authoritarianism; Also: To Pardon or Not to Pardon?: ‘BradCast’ 12/9/2024

Syria falls, S. Korea on the brink, Romania to rerun Presidential election after Russian interference; And callers ring on whether Biden should issue preemptive pardons to Trump's enemies...

Sunday ‘Teeny Tiny’ Toons

THIS WEEK: What Mandate? ... Cabinet Medicine ... Concept Plans ... Pardon-pocrisy ...

Fox ‘News’ and GOP Get Their Hateful War on Trans Kids at SCOTUS: ‘BradCast’ 12/5/2024

Guest: Law Dork's Chris Geidner; Also: 7.0 quake, tsunami warning in CA; Island nations fight for survival amid climate change at U.N. High Court...

‘The Mind Boggles at Potential for Corruption’ in Trump Tariff Scheme: ‘BradCast’ 12/4/2024

Guest: Author, financial journalist David Dayen of The American Prospect; Also: Final U.S. House seat called in CA, flips from 'red' to 'blue'; '2000 Mules' filmmaker apologizes for film's fraudulent 'fraud' claims...

In Defense of Democracy from S. Korea to N. Carolina (and Beyond): ‘BradCast’ 12/3/2024

Also: Control of MN House hangs on incredibly close race and tossed ballots; WI's 13-year old anti-union law found 'unconstitutional'...

Hunter’s Pardon: ‘BradCast’ 12/2/2024

Also: Biden-Harris 2020 cybersecurity chief questions 2024 results; Trump's latest corrupt appointments; Listeners ring in...

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