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There’d Be No Trucker Shortage If the Industry Took Care of Its Drivers: ‘BradCast’ 11/19/2021

Guest: NicolásRivero of Quartz; Also: House finally passes Biden BBB agenda, hard part waits in Senate; VA school board unbans books; Fight for majority control of VA House of Delegates not over yet...

Digging Deeper Into the Case for Homicide Charges Against Both Trump AND Pence: ‘BradCast’ 11/18/2021

Also: COVID rising again before holidays; OK clemency for Julius Jones...

Deflating Inflation Fears: Misreported by Media, Good for Many Workers, Terrible for Big Banks: ‘BradCast’ 11/17/2021

Guest: Jon Schwarz of The Intercept: Also: 'QAnon Shaman' gets 3+ years (while Trump runs free); Gosar censured by House; Biden seeks probe of Big Oil profiteering; Sanders on Defense spending hypocrisy...

The Unmistakable Drumbeat of Authoritarianism: ‘BradCast’ 11/16/2021

Ominous warnings for those who wish to notice: Republican gerrymanders continue; GOPers v. GOPers; More details on the attempt to steal the 2020 election; Book 'burning'; Trump's COVID cover-up...

Long Roads to Accountability, Climate Action and (Finally!) Infrastructure: ‘BradCast’ 11/15/2021

Bannon turns himself in; U.N. Climate Summit concludes with noteworthy agreement; Biden signs landmark, $1.2T roads, bridges, environment bill...

No Way Out: ‘BradCast’ 11/11/2021

The walls are closing in on Trump. The courts are unlikely to save him.; Also: UK Prime Ministers remind us of what actual 'conservatives' sound like, as the fight to save humanity continues at COP26...

FEC Rules Foreign Money in State Ballot Initiative Campaigns Is Just Fine: ‘BradCast’ 11/10/2021

Guest: Campaign Legal Center's Brendan Fischer; Also: Big news out of UN Climate Summit; Bad news out of federal court for Trump and friends...

Two Systems of Justice and Truth v. Disinfo: ‘BradCast’ 11/9/2021

Son of VA's GOP Guv-elect tried to vote illegally. Twice; 1/6 Comm. moving toward Trump; COVID lies widen death gap between 'red', 'blue' states...

Thom Hartmann Makes the Case for Mass Murder Charges Against Trump: ‘BradCast’ 11/8/2021

Guest: Author, radio host Thom Hartmann; Also: Callers ring in on Thom's argument and new calls for AG Merrick Garland's resignation...

Government Accountability Group Calls for AG Garland’s Resignation: ‘BradCast’ 11/5/2021

Guest: Legal expert John Bonifaz of Free Speech for People; Also: GOP gerrymandering getting worse, Dems running out of time to stop it...

The Continuing Wars For and Against Democracy: ‘BradCast’ 11/4/2021

Dems continue legislative struggle to protect voting rights, Repubs face new legal woes for trying to steal 2020; Also: More results from 2021 elections; Progress at U.N. climate summit in Glasgow...

Rough Night for Statewide Dems in Off-Year Elections, Better Night for Local Progressives: ‘BradCast’ 11/3/2021

Guest: John Nichols of The Nation on what went right and wrong; Also: E-Pollbook failures in NJ open door for loser to challenge results...

Big Deals, Big Storms and Why Mandates Work: ‘BradCast’ 11/2/2021

Vote system failure in NJ; Another GOP gerrymander in OK; Too many Atlantic storms; Major climate deals in Glasgow; Breakthrough deal on drug pricing in Senate; NYC's vax mandate working well so far at NYPD...

‘Watching Democracy Die’: ‘BradCast’ 11/1/2021

FL blocks Univ. of Florida profs from serving as expert witnesses in lawsuits against the state; SCOTUS may be having second thoughts about TX' unconstitutional anti-abortion law; And more chilling stories of democracy dying before our eyes...

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