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‘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...

Federal Court Upholds NJ Right to Begin Canvass of Mail-In Ballots 10 Days Before Election Day

Also upholds legislative presumption that mail-in ballots received by 11/5, two days after Election Day, were timely mailed, even without a postmark...

UPDATE 10/23/20: In a subsequent order, the court dismissed the Trump campaign's complaint...

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...

‘End of the Supreme Court as We Know It’; Plus: A Major, Statewide Vote System Failure in Georgia: ‘BradCast’ 9/28/2020

Guest: Legal journalist Mark Joseph Stern on Amy Coney Barrett; Also: GA SoS orders pre-election testing stopped on new, touchscreen voting systems after major errors found affecting all 159 counties...

RBG RIP and the Fight Over What Happens Now: ‘BradCast’ 9/21/2020

On her historic, nation-changing legacy and the unspeakable GOP hypocrisy over her replacement; Also: Callers ring in on what Dems must do next and on expanding the stolen SCOTUS...

More Wins in the War Against the War On Voting in PA, OH, SC and at USPS: ‘BradCast’ 9/17/2020

Also: Trump FBI Dir. confirms 2020 Russian interference; Former top Pence staffer endorses Biden; And MUCH more you need to hear...

GA’s ‘Experts’ Flounder in Court Defending State’s New Unverifiable Touchscreen Voting Systems: ‘BradCast’ 9/16/2020

Guest: Marilyn Marks of plaintiff Coalition for Good Governance; Also: Hurricane Sally drenches AL, FL; Results from 2020's final primary in DE...

Mostly Good News in Battleground Ballot Battles in WI, OH, NV: ‘BradCast’ 9/15/2020

Also: 175-year old science mag issues first-ever Presidential endorsement; Corporate broadcast news outlets failing disastrously to inform electorate about our worsening climate crisis...

GOP Gains Ground in Their War Against Voting and Voters in FL, WI, TX, NC, PA: ‘BradCast’ 9/11/2020

Guest: Courtney Hostetler, Senior Counsel at Free Speech for People...

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...

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...

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'...

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