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NEWSOM WINS LANDSLIDE, GOP’S CALIFORNIA RECALL ELECTION FAILS: ‘BradCast’ 9/15/2021

Guest: The American Prospect's Harold Meyerson; Also: Senate's 'Freedom to Vote Act' will mandate hand-marked paper ballots for all!...

Republicans Threaten ‘War’ Over CA Recall and COVID, Democrats Threaten Voting Rights for All: ‘BradCast’ 9/14/2021

Elder pretends to care about 'election integrity', lies about fraud before Election Day; Senate Dems reach fantastic election reform 'compromise'; More anti-vax RWers 'bite the dust' while inflaming the pandemic for all...

Last Call Before Perils and Security Dangers of CA’s Recall Election Day: ‘BradCast’ 9/13/2021

Also: No, we weren't 'united' after 9/11. My 'Presidential Speech', written 20 years ago this week. Plus: Callers...

CA SoS Asks Election Experts to be ‘Cheerleaders’ for State Recall Election Security Procedures: ‘BradCast’ 9/10/2021

Guests: Emily Levy of Scrutineers, Jim Soper of NVRTF; Also: GOP freaks out over Biden's vaccine mandate; Cat 5 super typhoon targets Taiwan...

Thanks for the Death Panels, Anti-Vaxxers!: ‘BradCast’ 9/9/2021

Hospitals in GOP-leaning states begin rationing healthcare as Delta variant skyrockets, even among children (while DeSantis tries to kill them); Better news in Alaska; Good jobs numbers; DoJ sues Texas; Much more...

‘Too Little Skepticism, Too Much Hubris’: CA Recall Officials Dismiss Warning After Software Theft: ‘BradCast’ 9/8/2021

Guest: Vote system expert Dr. Duncan Buell; Also: GA's criminal Trump probe 'inches forward'; Pillow Guy says something really REALLY stupid...

What Evil Lurks in the Heart of SCOTUS? The Shadow Docket!: ‘BradCast’ 9/7/2021

Guest: Legal journalist Mark Joseph Stern; Also: Cybersecurity and voting system experts alert CA SoS to stolen election software threat to Recall...

‘Emergency Action Warranted’ to Protect CA Recall Election After Vote System Software Leak, Experts Warn SoS

Open letter to CA's Sec. of State calls for 'urgent mitigating action' with an immediate mandate for statewide post-election Risk-Limiting Audits...

California Recall ‘Another Example of Republicans Using Legal Means to Subvert Democracy’: ‘BradCast’ 8/27/2021

Guest: Heather Digby Parton on that, Afghanistan, phony 'conservatism', Trump accountability and more: Also: Good news in FL; Bad news in TX; Very disturbing news in Russia and New Orleans...

Accountability Rising for Trump’s Failed Attempt to Steal the 2020 Election: ‘BradCast’ 8/26/2021

Trump lawyers sanctioned, will face disbarment probes; Capitol officers sue Trump; Terror suspect sentenced in MI Guv kidnap plot; House files massive 1/6 records requests; TX AG Paxton clears TX AG Paxton; More...

Voting Rights Court Fights Continue After Latest SCOTUS Blow to the VRA: ‘BradCast’ 8/25/2021

Guest: FSFP's Courtney Hostetler on federal suit challenging two new vote suppression laws in AZ; Also: John Lewis Voting Rights Enhancement Act passed by House Dems; NC court restores voting rights to 50k...

And the Wall Comes Tumblin’ Down: ‘BradCast’ 8/24/2021

Monsoons taking out Trump's crappy border fence; Also: TX, FL out of beds, oxygen amid explosion of unvaxxed COVID patients; Pelosi holds off 'suicide squad' Dems to pass landmark $3.5 trillion budget blueprint...

Advice for CA Progressive Voters in the Critical Gubernatorial Recall: ‘BradCast’ 8/23/2021

Guest: Ernest A. Canning; Also: Deadly record flooding in TN and from Tropical Storm Henri; Another rightwing talker dies of COVID; And we win the first court victory against GA's anti-voting, anti-press freedom law!...

The Brainwashed Right’s Newest Culture War Hill to (Literally) Die On: ‘BradCast’ 8/19/2021

Also: Unhappy updates on COVID hospitalized RW radio hosts and other anti-vaxxers; FBI joins CO voting software theft probe, as Mike Lindell harbors Mesa County Clerk in 'safe house'; And, hey, AP...are you okay?...

Experts Warn Recent ‘Insider’ Theft, Leak of Vote System Software Imperils CA Recall Election: ‘BradCast’ 8/18/2021

Guest: UC-Berkeley's Philip Stark; Also: Deadly edicts by FL, TX Guvs and Recall candidate circus in CA underscore importance of defeating GOP attempt to unseat Newsom amid pandemic, climate crisis...

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