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‘We Have to Act’: GOP Support for Gun Massacres Predictably Results in Another One in Colorado: ‘BradCast’ 3/23/2021

Heroes and heartbreak in Boulder; Filibuster reform inches forward; Response to Siegelman interview, Repub recall of CA's Dem Governor...

Exclusive: Former AL Gov. Siegelman on GOP Recall of CA Gov. Newsom: ‘BradCast’ 3/22/2021

'It reeks of politics,' says Don Siegelman, citing Repub campaign 'laced with racism,' aimed at sabotaging 'a rising star in the Democratic Party'

Also: Siegelman on Biden and hopes for criminal justice reform; The Amazon unionization vote near Birmingham; And whether he might run for public office again in the future...

‘Blue’ States Still Bailing Out ‘Red’ Ones…and Praising Arizona: ‘BradCast’ 3/18/2021

OH AG looks $5.5B federal gift-horse in mouth; AZ GOP sanctioned for 'groundless' lawsuit after well-run 2020 election; Repub attacks on democracy seek to send voters to 'Back of the Line'...

Huge Security Hole Discovered in Vote System Software Used by Dozens of States Last Year: ‘BradCast’ 3/17/2021

Guest: Election integrity advocate, journalist Jennifer Cohn on newly discovered ES&S, EAC failures; Also: Biden endorses filibuster reform...

Separating Fact from GOP/Media-Inflated Fiction at the Southern Border: ‘BradCast’ 3/16/2021

Guest: Migration Policy Institute's Sarah Pierce; Also: More 'Clean up on Aisle 45' news on the FBI, Kavanaugh and the Vindman family...

FL Governor, GOP Lawmakers Push to Curtail Absentee Voting. Election Officials Push Back: ‘BradCast’ 3/15/2021

Guest: 30-year veteran Leon County, FL elections chief Ion Sancho; Also: Callers ring in on that and Biden's progressive American Rescue Plan...

Prime Time for Joe Biden: ‘BradCast’ 3/12/2021

Guest: Salon's Heather Digby Parton on the new President's unexpected progressivism, 'the death knell of Republican ideology,' and 'a very consequential battle over the future of American politics'...

Biden’s ‘American Rescue Plan’ May Ultimately Be Seen as the Official End of the Reagan Era: ‘BradCast’ 3/11/2021

Working class, poor waited decades for Dems' progressive, equitable, paradigm-shifting $1.9T COVID rescue, relief and stimulus package

Also: Rememberinig 1 year since the world locked down, 10 years since Japan's triple disaster; And Trump is in big trouble in GA...

‘The Most Pro-Union President You’ve Ever Seen’: ‘BradCast’ 3/10/2021

Guest: Labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein of UC-Santa Barbara; Also: Biden's hugely progressive $1.9T 'American Rescue Plan' receives final Congressional approval; And Randy Rainbow needs a vaccine...

Are Dems About to Miss a Filibuster-Free Chance to Roll Back Dozens of Corrupt Trump Regs?: ‘BradCast’ 3/9/2021

Guest: Public Citizen's Matt Kent on the Congressional Review Act's closing window; Also: IA, GA Repubs pass vote suppression bills; Palm Beach resident Trump votes by absentee...again...

New Report Finds Freedom, Democracy ‘Under Siege’ Around Globe, in U.S.: ‘BradCast’ 3/8/2021

Guest: Sarah Repucci of Freedom House; Also: Senate passes Biden's very progressive $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill; SCOTUS rejects last of Trump's 2020 election challenges...

Pandemic Profits of 664 U.S. Billionaires Could Pay For Most of $1.9 Trillion COVID Relief Bill: ‘BradCast’ 3/5/2021

Guest: Chuck Collins of Institute for Policy Studies' Inequality.org; Also: 2021 flu season proves masks work; Swalwell latest to sue Trump...

Democracy Strikes Back (Sort Of): ‘For the People’ v. For the GOP Fraudsters: ‘BradCast’ 3/4/2021

House passes H.R.1., so now what?; MI audits find 2020 results accurate, so now what?; AZ Senate finally gets ahold of Maricopa County's 2020 ballots, so now what?; GOP Congressman admits to three counts of felony voter fraud...so guess what?!...

Mann on Gates: Climate Scientist Says Microsoft Founder ‘Wrong-Headed’ on Climate Solutions: ‘BradCast’ 3/3/2021

Guest: Dr. Michael E. Mann of Penn State's Earth System Science Center; Also: Rightwing extremist threat on Capitol; Congressional subpoena renewed for Trump financial docs; Biden chides TX, MS Governors...

Haaland’s Historic Interior Nomination Becomes ‘Proxy Fight’ Over Much More: ‘BradCast’ 3/2/2021

Guest: Julian Brave NoiseCat of Data for Progress and the Canim Lake Band Tsq'escen; Also: Biden announces enough vaccine for all U.S. adults by May; Abbott lifts ALL masking, business restrictions in TX...

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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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