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San Francisco Promotes Smoking, Death by Banning All E-Cig Sales: ‘BradCast’ 7/8/2019

Guest: David Pasch of Voices for Vaping; Also: A quick roundup of a mountain of news from over the holiday weekend...

Admin Concedes Loss in Census Fight, and Other Signs of Hope: ‘BradCast’ 7/2/2019

Court blocks Trump 'national emergency'; Congress sues for Trump taxes; FL Repubs gut landmark voting reform; Carter says Trump 'illegitimate'; 2020 dirty tricks now underway; Dems talk climate at first debate...

Special Coverage: Analysis of the First 2020 Democratic Presidential Debate, Night TWO: ‘BradCast’ 6/28/2019

Guests: Heather Digby Parton and Richard 'RJ' Eskow on Harris' 'breakout', Biden's 'stumble', Bernie's plan for private insurers, Yang's Universal Basic Income, and Marianne Williamson's '4th dimension'!...

Rightwing SCOTUS ‘Swinging for the Rafters’ to Overturn Decades of Precedent, Federal Laws: ‘BradCast’ 6/26/2019

Guest: Slate's Mark Joseph Stern; Also: Dems pass $4.5B emergency funding for border - with strings; Mueller to testify in open hearings; Kellyanne Conway subpoenaed by House; NRATV finally shuts down...

Sizing Up the Field Before the First 2020 Debate: ‘BradCast’ 6/24/2019

Also: Sestak jumps in; SCOTUS says trademark law is 'FUCT'; Pence defends squalid conditions for detained children; Even NC knows hand-marked paper ballots are needed, so why doesn't L.A. County?; Callers ring in on the Dem 'horse race' before this week's two-night Dem debate...

Trump Blinks on Iran (For Now), But Not on His U.S. ‘Concentration Camps’: ‘BradCast’ 6/21/2019

Also: OR GOPers still on run; 'COVFEFE - Grounds for Impeachment'...

SCOTUS Decision in VA is Good News for Voters, But Trouble Lies Ahead: ‘BradCast’ 6/19/2019

Guest: Slate legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern; Also: Trump lauds socialism at 'campaign kickoff'; WH, DoJ nix Hicks testimony in House; Trump EPA to help kill thousands with new roll back of Obama coal regs...

Supremely Strange Bedfellows in Today’s SCOTUS Rulings: ‘BradCast’ 6/17/2019

Court punts on discrimination case, allows VA racial gerrymander fix, leaves Constitution's double-jeopardy loophole in place; Also: Iran pushes back; More bad 2020 news for Trump; Confused anti-choicer rings in...

The GOP is Now an Entirely Corrupt Enterprise: ‘BradCast’ 6/11/2019

White House censors climate science; NC GOP lied to federal court about gerrymandering; FL Repubs solidify power by gutting state initiative process; Jon Stewart shames Congress for ignoring 9/11 victims...again...

20th State Votes to Overturn ‘Citizens United’: ‘BradCast’ 6/7/2019

Guest: Public Citizen's Aquene Freechild; Also: Biden flips on Hyde Amendment, swears off fossil fuel money (sorta); Automakers oppose Trump mileage, emissions rollback; Listener feedback on impeachment...

GOP ‘Socialism’ and Other Deadly Hypocrisies: ‘BradCast’ 6/6/2019

UT stuck with coal plant cleanup; UN equates anti-abortion with 'torture'; NC veto upheld; TX Guv vetoes domestic violence law; Dems to speed up contempt votes; Pelosi wants Trump 'in prison'...

97-Year Old TX Political Icon Blocked From Voting, Other Impeachable Matters: ‘BradCast’ 6/3/2019

2020 voting concerns coming to light; GOP gerrymandering helped make Virginia Beach massacre possible; The impeachment debate continues; Plus: Listener calls!...

GOP’s Amash Declares Trump ‘Impeachable’; Gerrymandering Allowed Radical Abortion Bills: ‘BradCast’ 5/20/2019

Guest: Dave Daley of FairVote: Also: Tornado swarms erupt across U.S. amid climate crisis; Ford to fire thousands of workers...

FL’s Ion Sancho Has ‘No Confidence At All’ 2020 Will Be Secure After New 2016 FBI Disclosures: ‘BradCast’ 5/15/2019

Leon County's 30-year veteran Election Supervisor tells us FBI lied about hacks in 2016; Rubio covered up in 2018; FL ballots will be unverifiable in 2020; calls NSA 'leaker' Reality Winner a 'heroine'; warns new GOP law means 'Jim Crow' has returned to the Sunshine State

Also: Trump's Iran war threat; AL bans almost all abortions; NC-9 do-over candidates set...

Case of 125,000 ‘Missing’ Votes in Georgia’s 2018 Lt. Governor Race Heard by State Supreme Court: ‘BradCast’ 5/13/2019

Guest: Plaintiff Marilyn Marks; Also: Trump trade war sends markets plunging; Trump's Constitutional Crisis with Congress continues; Good news for FL voters; NC-9's do-over primary election...

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