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Schumer Steps Up on Israel; Longtime Trump Biz Associates Paid Biden Burisma ‘Bribe’ Liar $600k: ‘BradCast’ 3/14/2024

Also: TikTok foolishness; NY hush-money trial delay?; Navarro must go to jail; Trump owes $400k for failed 'Steele Dossier' lawsuit in UK...

The GOP’s Hypocritical Exploitation of Laken Riley

Suddenly they care about gun violence?...

Trump Judge Upholds Inflation Reduction Act’s Mandate for Medicare to Negotiate Drug Pricing

'No one is entitled to sell the Government drugs at prices the Government won't agree to pay,' federal judge rules...

SCOTUS Guts U.S. Constitution’s ‘Insurrectionist Clause’ to Keep Trump on the 2024 Ballot: ‘BradCast’ 3/4/2024

Guests: Former Deputy Asst. A.G. Lisa Graves; Legal journalist Chris Geidner; Also: Haley wins a primary; And a Super Tuesday preview...

DeSantis’ Anti-Labor Law Now Decertifying Unions for Thousands of Floridians: ‘BradCast’ 2/21/2024

Guest: Rich Templin of Florida AFL-CIO; Also: NY A.G. may seize Trump building to cover fines; Biden forgives another $1.2B in student loans...

Wisconsin’s Decade-Long Un-Democracy Finally Undone. (Almost.): ‘BradCast’ 2/20/2024

Guest: WI's John Nichols of 'The Nation'; Also: 2020 Team Trump attorneys lose again at SCOTUS; And a word on the 'victims' of Trump's decades-long NY real estate fraud...

Colorado GOP’s SCOTUS Petition Fails to Contest Finding That Trump Engaged in Insurrection

Trump likely to appear on CO GOP's 2024 primary ballots nonetheless...

UPDATE, 1/3/24: Trump contests 'engaged' in 'insurrection' finding in separate SCOTUS; UPDATE, 1/5/24 SCOTUS grants cert; sets oral argument for Feb. 8...

SCOTUS Decision to Hear Abortion Pill Case Good News For Reproductive Liberty

Threat of nationwide ban is over, likelihood of newly imposed restrictions on expanded, FDA-approved availability dimmed...

SCOTUS and the ‘Growing Lower Court Rebellion’ by Trump Judges: ‘BradCast’ 12/13/2023

Guest: Legal journalist Mark Joseph Stern; Also: Dow tops record high; Chutkan pauses Trump case; Hunter Biden pushes back at U.S. Capitol; House GOP votes to open revenge Impeachment inquiry...

Special Coverage (For Some Reason) of the GOP’s Fourth 2024 ‘Presidential Primary Debate’: ‘BradCast’ 12/7/2023

Guests: Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'ProLeft Podcast'...

Is a Trump Criminal Trial Verdict Still Possible Before Election Day 2024?: ‘BradCast’ 12/6/2023

Guest: Former federal prosecutor Randall D. Eliason; Also: McCarthy quits Congress; U.S. files war crimes charges against Russians; Trump's fake 2020 electors settle WI lawsuit, are indicted in NV...

Federal Appeals Court Ruling Threatens to Gut Last Critical Section of Voting Rights Act: ‘BradCast’ 11/27/2023

Guest: ACLU voting rights attorney Jonathan Topaz; Also: Israel-Hamas truce extended for two more days amid more hostage releases...

‘A Party of Losers’: GOP War-Mongering Returns for Third 2024 ‘Presidential Primary Debate’: ‘BradCast’ 11/9/2023

Guests: Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'ProLeft Podcast'...

Off-Year Elections Prove Another Huge Victory for Democracy, Democrats, Reproductive Freedoms: ‘BradCast’ 11/8/2023

Results from OH, KY, MS, PA, VA, elsewhere; Guest: 'Handbook for a Post-Roe America' author Robin Marty of the West Alabama Women's Center...

Federal Court Upholds IL Assault Weapons Ban

U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeal panel finds civilians' right to 'bear arms' doesn't apply to weapons intended for military use...

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