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Virginia is for Vote Suppressors: ‘BradCast’ 3/29/2023

Guest: Alex Burness of Bolts Magazine; Also: More on need for media to call out pro-murder, anti-democracy Republicans; KY Repubs ban health care for trans kids; AR's GOP Guv further restricts absentee voting...

WI State Supreme Court Election May Finally Result in Liberal Majority: ‘BradCast’ 3/22/2023

Guest: Wisconsin author, journalist John Nichols of 'The Nation'; Also: Stunning overnight legal developments in Trump stolen documents case...

Also, Could You Define ‘Freedom’ to Make Sure We’re on the Same Page?: ‘BradCast’ 3/16/2023

The Right's hilarious Anti-'Woke' Chronicles continue; Anti-abortion Trump judge making chumps of SCOTUS majority; FL now where freedom goes to die; GA grand juror says Trump revelations 'gonna be massive'...

The Fossil Fuel Industry’s Under-the-Radar War on Farmers, Rural Communities and Clean Energy: ‘BradCast’ 3/15/2023

Guest: Climate journalist, videographer Peter Sinclair; Also: Farmers rally for climate in D.C.; MI Democrats repeal GOP anti-union laws...

Failed Banks, ‘Woke’ Banks and GOP Banking on ‘Woke’ to Win in 2024: ‘BradCast’ 3/14/2023

Also: McConnell checks into rehab; DeSantis flip-flops on Ukraine; NM expands right to vote...

Good News for Democracy in MN, PA and for Accountability in CO: ‘BradCast’ 3/7/2023

MN restores voting rights for former felons; First black female House speaker seated in PA; First guilty verdict for Peters in CO; Also: Biden refunding billions to students ripped off by for-profit schools...

Starbucks, Amazon, Apple, Others ‘Egregiously’ Violating Labor Laws to Block Unionization: ‘BradCast’ 3/6/2023

Guest: Dr. Nelson Lichtenstein, UCSB labor historian; Also: Landmark U.N. deal to protect world oceans; Fighting (again) for permanent DST...

CRT, ESG, E-I-E-I-O: Not Falling for the Right’s Pretend ‘Culture Wars’ and Neither Should You: ‘BradCast’ 3/2/2023

Also: AZ Guv files bar complaint against former A.G. for 2020 fraud lies...

Nationwide Right to Medication Abortions Now at Stake in Three Federal Lawsuits

Explaining the bumpy and uncertain legal path toward protecting -- or ending -- a critical reproductive freedom in all 50 states

UPDATED 4/8/23: Conflicting preliminary injunctions issued by federal courts in WA & TX; 4/11/23 FDA seeks emergency appellate stay of TX case ruling...

GOP’s Twitter/Hunter Biden Laptop ‘Censorship’ Hearing Crashes and Burns: ‘BradCast’ 2/9/2023

Also: Jeffries blocks GOP attempt to kill Office of Congressional Ethics; PA special elections give Dems full control of state House; New Dem trifecta in MN protects abortion rights, mandates 100% clean power...

Even Republican Election Officials in FL ‘Cannot Stomach’ DeSantis’ New Vote-by-Mail Restrictions: ‘BradCast’ 2/7/2023

Guest: Former Leon County election chief, Ion Sancho; Also: FL revokes Orlando Philharmonic venue liquor license for 'Drag Queen Xmas' show...

‘Clocks Striking Thirteen’: Court Cites Orwell in Response to FL Republicans’ ‘Stop W.O.K.E. Act’

But DeSantis' totalitarian new law has even darker echoes...

UPDATE 3/16/23: 11th Circuit panel unanimously denied FL request to stay the preliminary injunction...

Are You Okay, Chuck Todd?: ‘BradCast’ 1/31/2023

Jordan's FBI lies called out on 'Meet the Press'; Also: Barr's weaponization of the DoJ; 'Red' state murder rates far exceed 'blue' states; More white people voter fraud in FL; Sore-loser Lake violates AZ election law...

GOP Targeting Direct Democracy After 2022 ‘Red’ State Progressive Ballot Measure Successes: ‘BradCast’ 1/20/2023

Guest: Chris Melody Fields Figueredo of Ballot Initiative Strategy Center; Also: Trump sanctioned by federal judge, ordered to pay Hillary Clinton and others nearly $1 million...

Republican Federal Courts Taking Aim at Section 2 of Voting Rights Act: ‘BradCast’ 1/14/2023

Guest: ACLU attorney Jonathan Topaz; Also: IA, NY GOPers charged with mass vote fraud; OH Guv signs bill restricting voting rights...

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