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Can the Damage of U.S. Postal Service Sabotage Be Reversed Before the Election?

Multi-State legal challenges expose illegality, but it may be too late to fully repair damage even if Trump's Postmaster General is ordered to do so...

‘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...

‘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...

GOP Secretaries of State Crank Up Mail-in Vote Suppression in GA, KY, OH: ‘BradCast’ 8/12/2020

Guest: Howie Klein on Tuesday's primary results in MN, GA, elsewhere; Also: Kamala's first appearance as Biden's running mate...

Overcoming Trump’s Vote-By-Mail Obstacles

How states, counties and YOU must help defend our 'last firewall'...

Monopoly Money: ‘BradCast’ 7/30/2020

Guest: David Dayen on Wednesday's 'incredible' anti-trust hearing in the House and new book 'Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power'; Also: Herman Cain dies of COVID; Trump tries to distract from newly disastrous economic numbers; Rep. Lewis laid to rest...

‘RECOUNTED’ with Voting Rights Journalist Ari Berman, Inequality Expert Chuck Collins: ‘BradCast’ 7/24/2020

On safeguarding the 2020 election and worsening economic inequailty...

Oregon, ACLU Lawsuits Seek to End ‘Totalitarian’ Assault by Trump’s Secret Police

Despite legal challenges, White House threatens to expand 'shock troop' operation 'across heartland of the country'...

UPDATE, 7/23/20: Federal 'thugs' attack 'wall of moms', Navy vet; Tump/AG Barr expand 'illegal' assault to Kansas City, Chicago and Albuquerque; Judge issues TRO against feds...

‘Good Trouble, Necessary Trouble’: Fighting for Voting Rights and Fair Elections — Even in CA: ‘BradCast’ 7/20/2020

Guest: Ray Lutz of Citizens' Oversight; Also: Rest in Power, John Lewis...

Federal Lawsuit Seeks to Expand CT Vote-by-Mail

Case may persuade state Dems to nix restrictions on Nov. mail-in voting...

Democracy Wars Intensify Amid Pandemic: ‘BradCast’ 7/16/2020

SCOTUS blocks 1.4M potential new voters in FL; Tough choice for TX voters diagnosed with COVID; Absentee ballots returned to Dallas voters; MI court blocks counting of tens of thousands of mail-in ballots...

The Truth About Trump, Barr’s Fraudulent Claims About Absentee Ballot Fraud: ‘BradCast’ 7/8/2020

Guest: Eddie Perez of OSET Institute; Also: Trump's coronavirus Death March continues; SCOTUS allows religious groups to discriminate...

Faithless Judiciary: SCOTUS, Appeals Courts Block Voting Rights Expansion Efforts Amid Pandemic: ‘BradCast’ 7/7/2020

Guest: Mark Joseph Stern on new Court opinions on 'faithless electors', Obamacare and the GOP's ongoing (and now deadly) war on voting...

Despite Three Recent Surprise Rulings, No, John Roberts Has Not Become a Liberal Squish: ‘BradCast’ 6/29/2020

Guest: Slate's SCOTUS reporter Mark Joseph Stern on the 'canny legal' maneuverings of the Chief Justice; Also: MS votes to dump Confederate flag; Trump Campaign removed social distancing stickers before Tulsa Death Rally; COVID-19 now ravaging all but two states...

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