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Virtual (Still Stolen) SCOTUS and ‘Freedom To’ vs. ‘Freedom From’: ‘BradCast’ 5/8/2020

Guest: Slate's legal and justice reporter Dahlia Lithwick; Also: Pence Press Sec., Stephen Miller's wife, tests positive for coronavirus...

Pretending It All Away; And GOP Rep. Caught on Tape Ordering Election Fraud: ‘BradCast’ 5/7/2020

AZ Guv shuts down COVID study; Trump plans to question death toll, buries CDC reopen guidance; CO's GOP Chair Rep. Ken Buck ordered a Party official to falsify elections results; And we finally reach 'Peak GNR'...

Bad News Gets Worse for U.S. Postal Service: ‘BradCast’ 5/6/2020

Guest: American Prospect's David Dayen; Also: TX Guv knew deaths would spike after reopening, did it anyway; Judge reinstates NY Dem Prez primary; MT's Bullock leading U.S. Senate race...

‘We Had to Do Something’: Gallup, NM Mayor on ‘Drastic’ State Lockdown of Rural COVID Hotspot: ‘BradCast’ 5/5/2020

Guest: Mayor Louie Bonaguidi; Also: Infection, death rate rising across country as Admin plans to shut task force; Trump throws tantrum over ad by Republicans; USDA does something right...

Everything is Worse Than You Are Being Told: ‘BradCast’ 5/4/2020

New stats prove 'opening' the country now will be a deadly disaster; COVID death projection doubled; Also: Attorney Doug Ecks on new details about L.A. County's $300 million touchscreen voting system debacle...

Trust Busting Big Ag to Save Meatpackers and the U.S. Food Supply: ‘BradCast’ 5/1/2020

Guest: Iowa U.S. House candidate J.D. Scholten; Also: The fight for safe, verifiable elections is now a state-by-state, county-by-county battle...

Texas (And Six Other States) Said Violating 26th Amendment With Absentee Ballot Restrictions: ‘BradCast’ 4/30/2020

Guest: Slate's legal journalist Mark Joseph Stern; Also: U.S. economy plummeting at staggering rate; One Fox 'News' host pushes back (a bit)...

Amash Getting In? Economy Tapping Out. Much More Election News of Note: ‘BradCast’ 4/29/2020

Biden takes OH; Mfume wins in MD; Yang sues NY state; MI's Amash likely running for Prez; Kobach loses again in KS; Also: Trump and economy sink like stones and a NYer on the government's f**ked up response...

Trump’s Vietnam: ‘BradCast’ 4/28/2020

Guest: Media analyst Eric Boehlert on press coverage of the President's historically unparalleled failure and knee-jerk 'Dems in disarray!' narrative; Also: OH, MD elections; Trump ignored intel warnings on Coronavirus...

NY Dems Nix Presidential Primary – And Other News Both Bad and Good: ‘BradCast’ 4/27/2020

NY State Dems under fire for removing Sanders/Biden contest from ballot; Native American Tribes settle ND Photo ID voting lawsuit; Drano Don still swirling after dangerous disinfectant remark; Plus Callers and more!...

Pelosi Stands by Wildly Conflicted Shalala for Key Bailout Oversight Post: ‘BradCast’ 4/23/2020

Guest: Investigative journalist David Dayen of The American Prospect; Also: Biden leads Trump by 8 in MI and PA, according to Fox 'News' poll...

NAACP Sues NC Over Unverifiable Touchscreen Vote Systems; Trump’s Magical Mystery Cure Fails; ‘BradCast’ 4/22/2020

Guest: Attorney Courtney Hostetler; Also: Studies find COVID deaths twice as high as thought, infections 25 to 80 times higher; And 'final dagger in heart of U.S. shale oil industry'?...

Coronavirus ‘Math and Reality’ and Georgia Sued Over Elections (Again): ‘BradCast’ 4/21/2020

Guest: Marilyn Marks of Coalition for Good Governance; Also: GA's Gov. Kemp plays politics with the health of state residents...

Stay-At-Home Protests, Absentee Voting Reforms – Careful What You Wish For: ‘BradCast’ 4/20/2020

Guest: Lulu Friesdat of SmartElections.us; Also: GA to open for businesses this week as infections increase; Callers ring in...

Death Cult GOP: ‘BradCast’ 4/17/2020

The so-called 'pro-life' party is now anything but...

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