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Dear Dems: Time to Unrig the Court (If They Don’t Rig the Election First): ‘BradCast’ 10/27/2020

Guest: Aaron Belkin of Take Back the Court; Also: Barrett sworn onto GOP's Stolen SCOTUS; Supremes order WI to reject mail-in ballots cast by Election Day that arrive afterward...

FL Election Official Who Oversaw 2000 ‘Recount’ Urgently Warns of Modem ‘Hacked’ 2020 Results: ‘BradCast’ 10/26/2020

Guest: 28-year former Leon County, FL Supervisor of Elections, Ion Sancho; Also: Coronavirus begins third U.S. peak; Ransomware attack hits GA county's election infrastructure...

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...

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