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Special Coverage of The Final 2020 Presidential Debate: ‘BradCast’ 10/23/2020

Guests: Heather Digby Parton and Richard 'R.J.' Eskow decode Thursday's face-off in Nashville and our nightmares before (and after?) Halloween...

Federal Suit Filed Against Trump, Barr, Acting Dir. of DHS, Charging Unlawful Voter Intimidation: ‘BradCast’ 10/22/2020

Guest: Attorney Ron Fein of Free Speech for People; Also: Biden's plan for SCOTUS expansion; Graham breaks rules to approve Barrett w/out Dems; SCOTUS blocks AL curbside voting; Admin claims Iran (not Russia, not Proud Boys) behind email threats to Dem voters...

Are Americans Ready (or Even Able) to Roll Back the GOP’s Decade-Old ‘Permanent Minority Rule’?: ‘BradCast’ 10/21/2020

Guest: Author and 'REDMAP' gerrymandering expert David Daley; Also: Lawyers hate Trump; Dems to boycott Barrett vote?; Federal court allows TX to reject mail-in ballots without contacting voters...

Good News, Bad News! It’s ‘The Caveat Show!’: ‘BradCast’ 10/20/2020

All sorts of reasons for Dems to feel good about Biden and re-taking the Senate...Along with plenty of reasons to remain concerned about both...

Voting is Not Enough: How YOU Can Help Oversee and Protect Our Elections!: ‘BradCast’ 10/19/2020

Guest: Emily Levy of Scrutineers.org; Also: Repub judges block MI mail-in vote extension; FL County website fails on first day of Early Voting...

2020’s Federal Court Voting Rights Roller Coaster and How to Make it Stop: ‘BradCast’ 10/16/2020

Guest: Univ. of KY election law Prof. Joshua A. Douglas; Also: Trump's CA wildfire emergency disaster relief roller coaster...

‘Deranged Power Grab’: Barrett SCOTUS Packing Hearings Conclude in Senate Judiciary Comm: ‘BradCast’ 10/15/2020

Guest: Slate legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern; Also: Computer check-in system causing long Early Voting lines in GA; FBI warns of 'unauthorized access to elections support systems'...

‘When You Find Hypocrisy in the Daylight, Look for Power in the Shadows’: ‘BradCast’ 10/14/2020

Guest: Dark money researcher Lisa Graves on Sen. Whitehouse's Judiciary Committee revelations on the GOP's decades-long, $250 million Supreme Court-packing coup; Also: Good news for voters in VA, TX, AK!...

Barrett’s Hypocritical, Media-Aided, Scalia-Fueled ‘Originalist’ Hoax: ‘BradCast’ 10/13/2020

Also: Touchscreen systems fail on first day of Early Voting outside Houston; Three Trump judges clear way for absentee vote suppression in TX; Online registration fails on deadline day in VA...

Judge Finds ‘Serious Security Vulnerabilities’ in GA’s New Vote Systems, Allows Them Anyway: ‘BradCast’ 10/12/2020

Guest: Plaintiff Marilyn Marks of Coalition for Good Governance; Also: My escape from 'Twitter Jail'; GA's vote system fails, causes long lines on first day of early voting; CA GOP's fake mail-in drop boxes...

Special Coverage of Buzz-worthy, But Otherwise Refreshingly ‘Normal’ VP Debate in Utah: ‘BradCast’ 10/8/2020

Guests: Heather Digby Parton of Salon, David Faris of Roosevelt Univ.; Also: Suspended on Twitter because I tweeted completely accurate news about GA's flawed touchscreen voting system...

I’ve Been Suspended by Twitter for 100% Accurate Tweet About Error Discovered in GA’s New Touchscreen Vote Systems [UPDATED x 3]

The tweet in question and federal court evidence proving it's true..

[FINAL UPDATE 10/11/2020: Faced with no good options, I've relented and deleted the tweet.]

‘Kindness’ is Key: New Survey Identifies Trump Achilles Heel for Evangelical, Catholic Voters: ‘BradCast’ 10/7/2020

Guest: Vote Common Good's Doug Pagitt; Also: More TX vote restrictions, bribery allegations against its A.G.; Biden calls for unity at Gettysburg...

The Gaslighting Continues – But Americans No Longer Seem to be Buying It: ‘BradCast’ 10/6/2020

Trump pretends his way out of the hospital, lies again about COVID, gets blocked on social media, is sinking in the polls and dragging his party down with him. No wonder they need to suppress the vote...

‘At This Point, For This President, Death Would Be Too Good’: ‘BradCast’ 10/5/2020

Super-spreader Donald Trump has helped infect at least 11 senior White House officials and U.S. Senators and appears to have lied about both his infection and treatment. How many more Americans will he sicken before this nightmare finally ends?...

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