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Judge Strikes Down ‘Secure White Supremacy’ Law in NC, Freeing 100,000 Newly Eligible Voters: ‘BradCast’ 9/9/2020

Guest: Slate's Mark Joseph Stern on that and DoJ's rescue of Trump in rape defamation case; Also: 'Unprecedented' climate change-fueled infernos in OR, WA, CA...

Vet Group Cites Trump Attack on Fallen Troops as ‘New Low’ from ‘Maniac in the Oval Office’: ‘BradCast’ 9/8/2020

Guest: Will Goodwin of VoteVets.org; Also: Record climate change-fueled heat and fires in CA; The ransomware election specter; Barr's election fraud lie; Progressive champion, Kevin Zeese, passes away...

Progressive Climate Champ Markey Fends off Dynastic Kennedy Challenge in MA Primary: ‘BradCast’ 9/2/2020

Guest: BlueAmericaPAC's Howie Klein on that and other noteworthy results; Also: Dems fight for voting rights against Repubs in PA, TX...

Democracy, Disinformation, Dirty Tricks: ‘BradCast’ 9/1/2020

Foreign and domestic election interference continues. So does our effort to help you make sense of what's actually going on...

Unverifiable, Unsecure, Uncertified: L.A. County’s New Touchscreen Vote System Still Failing: ‘BradCast’ 8/31/2020

Guests: Lulu Friesdat and Robin Gibson on activist efforts to urge CA Sec. of State to mitigate most dangerous elements of $300M computer voting machines before certification and critical 2020 general election...

Trump Accepts GOP Nomination at Lawless, Lie-Filled White House Super-Spreader Event: ‘BradCast’ 8/28/2020

Our 2020 RNC wrap up with Heather Digby Parton and Richard 'RJ' Eskow on the Republicans' viral effort to scare up a second term...

The Man Who Faced Down Bush and Obama Now Plans to Flip a ‘Red’ NC U.S. House Seat to ‘Blue’: ‘BradCast’ 8/27/2020

Guest: Col. Moe Davis, former Chief Military Prosecutor at Gitmo, now Dem candidate for NC-11; Also: Hurricane Laura lands hard and Faking America Great Again (again) at RNC Day 3...

Mail-in Ballots from Black Voters Rejected at Disproportionate Rate During GA’s June Primary: ‘BradCast’ 8/25/2020

Guest: Aklima Khondoker of All Voting is Local; Also: Hurricane Laura to slam Gulf Coast; White vigilante arrested for killing Kenosha protesters; Trump's violations of law at RNC Day 2 reveal 'The Audacity of the Grift'...

Be Afraid! Republican National ‘Nightmare’ Day 1: ‘BradCast’ 8/25/2020

Also: Courts continue to save nation on COVID dangers, voting, more...

A Party That Now Stands for Nothing (Has Voters Who Fall for Anything): ‘BradCast’ 8/24/2020

Two storms in the Gulf as RNC begins; Trump's sister calls him a liar; Former GOP lawmakers endorse Biden; Former Republican NatSec officials endorse Biden; Repubs fail to create a platform at national convention, party now officially a cult of personality...

Nation’s Nicest Guy v. Its Meanest — Our 2020 DNC Week-in-Review: ‘BradCast’ 8/21/2020

Guests: Progressive journalists Heather Digby Parton and Eric Boehlert on Biden, Harris, the Obamas and the surprising overall success of the nation's first 'virtual' political convention...

‘Do Not Let Them Take Away Your Democracy’: ‘BradCast’ 8/20/2020

Obama's DNC Day 3 speech for the ages; Also: All the President's Accountability - Bannon arrested for fraud, Trump loses again on taxes...

26-Year Old Progressive House Candidate Ready to Win in a ‘Red’ FL District: ‘BradCast’ 8/19/2020

Guests: FL-3's presumptive Democratic nominee Adam Christensen and Progressive blogger Howie Klein; Also: Some highlights from DNC Day 2...

‘Donald Trump Is the Wrong President for Our Country, But It Is What It Is’: ‘BradCast’ 8/18/2020

Winning the Right to Vote; DeJoy to DeCongress; Repub Led Senate Report on Team Trump Lies About 2016 Russia Interference; Former DHS Official Calls Trump 'Terrifying', Lawless; Highlights from DNC Day 1...

Experts from Both Parties Find a Constitutional Crisis Over Election Results ALMOST Inevitable: ‘BradCast’ 8/17/2020

Guest: Transition Integrity Project co-founder Nils Gilman on recent election 'war games' predicting potential disaster in almost every scenario -- and how we must work to mitigate it...

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