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‘A Cancer on Our Constitutional Republic’: ‘BradCast’ 7/27/2021

Harrowing, emotional testimony at first hearing of U.S. House Select Committee on deadly January 6 insurrection; Also: More unvaccinated regrets, new CDC mask guidance as Delta variant rises...

L.A. County’s New ‘Vote Center’ System Makes Recounts All But Impossible: ‘BradCast’ 7/26/2021

Guest: Ian Patton of Long Beach Reform Coalition; Also: COVID vaccine deniers now learning they were wrong...the hard way...

‘Our Darkest Hour, Our Selma Moment…We Must Act’: ‘BradCast’ 7/21/2021

Guest: Voting rights champion Helen Butler of The People's Agenda, after her GOP removal from Morgan County, GA's Board of Elections; Also: More tragic ends for COVID vaccine refusers; More evidence that AZ's election 'auditers' are clueless...

Fact-Checking Right (on the Phony AZ ‘Audit’) and Left (on Garland’s DoJ): ‘BradCast’ 7/20/2021

Also: Chair of Trump Inaugural Committee, Tom Barrack, arrested, charged with acting as foreign agent, lying to FBI...

Callers Explain Their Refusal to Get Vaccinated as Deadly Delta Variant Surges: ‘BradCast’ 7/19/2021

Also: New analysis finds fewer than 200 POTENTIAL cases of voter fraud in AZ last year...

Birthday. Gift?…

[UPDATED] Sometimes we get what we deserve...

Critical Failure in Media Coverage of Rightwing ‘Critical Race Theory’ Hoax: ‘BradCast’ 7/16/2021

Guest: Media analyst Eric Boehlert of PRESS RUN; Also: Masks back on in L.A. County; Deadly climate change-fueled deluge in Germany...

The REAL Cost of the Maricopa, AZ ‘Audit’: ‘BradCast’ 7/15/2021

Also: GOPers laughing at, thanking Manchin, Sinema; Encouraging news on Dems' landmark infrastructure bill; Trump's COVID Death Cult rising...

U.S. EAC Sued to Restore Guidelines After Secret Meetings With E-Vote Vendors Allowed Modems: ‘BradCast’ 7/14/2021

Guest: Election security expert Susan Greenhalgh of plaintiff Free Speech for People; Also: Senate Dems announce deal for 'transformative' $3.5 trillion health care, climate, infrastructure package...

‘A Test of Our Time’: Biden Steps Up Fight for Voting Rights, Democracy: ‘BradCast’ 7/13/2021

Also: The 2020 Election Night genesis of Trump's 'Big Lie'; And heroic Texas state Dems land in D.C. to press Senate for federal reform...

As CA Faces Multiple Emergencies, State GOP Tries to Oust Popular Dem Governor in Recall: ‘BradCast’ 7/12/2021

Guest: Legal analyst Ernest A. Canning on reforming CA's 110-year old Recall process; Also: TX DEMS FLEE STATE TO BLOCK GOP VOTE-SUPPRESSION BILL PASSAGE IN SPECIAL SESSION...

Rightwing SCOTUS’ Disregard of Constitution’s Plain Text Signals Even Darker Days Ahead: ‘BradCast’ 7/9/2021

Guest: Legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern on activist Alito's 'totally fabricated' new rules for Voting Rights Act enforcement and much more; Also: Corporations break vow on donations to insurrectionist GOPers...

COVID Surge in Unvaxxed Trump Country and US (Almost) Out of Afghanistan: ‘BradCast’ 7/8/2021

Also: Rudy's woes worsen; Heat wave kills hundreds in U.S. and Canada; How Rupert Murdoch's Fox 'News' broke the nation and the planet...

The United States of Trump Legal Trouble: ‘BradCast’ 7/7/2021

Guest: Former Asst. U.S. Attorney Randall D. Eliason on NY indictments of Trump Organization, CFO Weisselberg, and what's next; Also: Trump files 'asinine' lawsuit against social media companies, stiffs Giuliani...

Activist SCOTUS Undermines Democracy and the Constitution at Term’s End: ‘BradCast’ 7/6/2021

Guest: Robert Brandon of Fair Elections Center; Also: We're back! But with a week of news in one segment to get you (and us) all caught up!...

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Billionaires Spending Millions to Fight Against, Lie to Voters About CA’s Proposed, One-Time Billionaires Tax: ‘BradCast’ 5/4/2026

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