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‘Political Revolution’, Step 2: Challenging the Insidious Reach of Corporate Lobbyists

After overcoming corporate media at the polls in 2018, a progressive class of U.S. House freshmen began facing down their next obstacle in 2019...

Making Sense of BuzzFeed’s Explosive Report and Mueller’s Rare Response: ‘BradCast’ 1/22/2019

Guest: NatSec journalist Marcy Wheeler: Also: SCOTUS allows Trump's cruel trans ban to proceed, makes no moves (yet) on DACA...

WI’s Lame Duck GOP Election Power-Grab Blocked by Federal Court: ‘BradCast’ 1/18/2019

Guest: Analiese Eicher of One Wisconsin Now; Also: MI's new Dem SoS looks to settle gerrymander case; Buzzfeed charges Trump told Cohen to lie to feds about Moscow Trump Tower project...

The ‘Low Barr’ for Trump’s AG Nominee and Other Notes from a ‘Symphony of Lawlessness’: ‘BradCast’ 1/16/2019

Guest: Slate's Mark Joseph Stern; Also: Surprisingly good news from the courts; SOTU cancelled?; ISIS not defeated...

Shutdown or Shakedown?: ‘BradCast’ 1/11/2019

Guest: Ricky Garza of Texas Civil Rights Project on Trump's Rio Grande land grab; Also: Historic shutdown fallout across the nation, and an impossible (but real!) 60-year old warning about 'Trump' and his 'wall'...

‘National Emergency’?: Trump’s Shutdown Crisis is Real, ‘Border Crisis’ is Not: ‘BradCast’ 1/8/2019

HUD closure threatens evictions; Pence makes false immigration claims; SCOTUS on redistricting; 2018 'blue wave' bringing good news for Americans in FL, MI, ME and elsewhere across the country...

Not Much Can Stop a Trump-Declared ‘National Emergency’: ‘BradCast’ 1/4/2019

Guest-host Angie Coiro with the latest shutdown news, HR-1, border update; Also: More with health care futurist Joe Flower...

And She’s In! Nancy Pelosi Takes the House Gavel: ‘BradCast’ 1/3/2019

Guest-host Angie Coiro on the first day of Congress' new session; Also: Hannah Ehrlich on diversity in Kids' Lit; Joe Flower on health care...

Cohen in Prague? And Trump’s Iraq Campaign Swing: ‘BradCast’ 12/27/2018

Guest-host Angie Coiro on the Russia/Britain media feud; Big Ag strangling family dairies; and James Hatch on recovery...

One Child Dead, One Still Hopeful: ‘BradCast’ 12/26/2018

Guest-host Angie Coiro on Trump's chronic paucity of character; Also: Rep. Jackie Speier on Jonestown, abortion, the 2019 Dem agenda...

‘Trump, The Presidency’! Thrilling Season Finale!: ‘BradCast’ 12/20/2018

Mattis quits! Troops out of Syria! Whitaker's reversal! Government shut-down?! Food stamps cut! NK nuke deal collapse?!; Also: Dems announce 2020 Primary debate plan; NC-9 GOP election fraud since at least 2016...

‘The Most Serious Political Crisis We’ve Ever Had’: ‘BradCast’ 12/19/2018

Guest: Heather Digby Parton on Trump, Flynn, Russia, Mueller and what Dems must do about the 'criminal and con man in the White House'

Also: Admin's cruel asylum policy ruled unlawful; KS GOP lawmakers flip to Dem Party...

New Study Finds Voters Do Not Accurately Verify Computer-Marked/Barcoded ‘Paper Ballots’: ‘BradCast’ 12/17/2018

Guest: Prof. Richard DeMillo of Georgia Tech; Also: Obamacare found 'unconstitutional'?; Zinke resigns; Callers ring in on compulsory voting...

Trump Appointment Spree; Cohen ‘Deserves’ Prison Time: ‘BradCast’ 12/7/2018

Guest-Host Angie Coiro with a slew of Mueller news and three new Trump noms; Revisiting the Bush Legacy; Huawei as spy?; And guest Lara Bazelon on justice for the wrongly imprisoned...

Dem Unconcedes in NC-9 U.S. House Race Tainted by GOP Election Fraud: ‘BradCast’ 12/6/2018

GOP knew about fraud, ignored it; Also: GOP fraud in NY; 82 Walker noms approved in WI lame duck; Lame duck 'GOP smash and grab' in MI...

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