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‘Green News Report’ – May 12, 2022

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DeSantis Helped Kill Thousands in Florida (and Other Unfortunately Continuing COVID Facts): ‘BradCast’ 4/26/2022

Don't be afraid to keep your mask on! Also: Twitter bans climate change denialist ads. Will 'free speech absolutist' Musk keep the ban in place?...

Progressives in AZ Have a Plan to Push Back on the State GOP’s ‘Batshit Crazy Attack on Voters’: ‘BradCast’ 4/1/2022

Guest: Eric Kramer of Arizonans for Fair Elections; Also: Good news on the economy, unions, COVID and cannabis!; Plus: Annoy a Nazi!...

Corrupt Clarence and Ginni Thomas Not the Only Cause for Alarm About GOP’s Radicalized SCOTUS: ‘BradCast’ 3/30/2022

Guest: Legal journalist Mark Joseph Stern of Slate; Also: Major new study confirms Ivermectin ineffective as COVID treatment...

The Accountability Funk: ‘BradCast’ 3/29/2022

Guest: Philly Inquirer's Will Bunch on the corrupt Thomases, criminal Trump, missing 1/6 phone logs, and our never-ending quest for account-ability; Also: Smith apologizes to Rock; FDA okays new booster shots...

New Report Warns of Autocracy Rising Amid 16th Consecutive Year of Democracy’s Global Decline: ‘BradCast’ 3/25/2022

Guest: Amy Slipowitz of Freedom House; Also: Keeping up with the wildly corrupt Clarence and Ginni Thomas; Some good news for EVs in the U.S....

GOP Threats to Election Officials Imperil Future of American Democracy: ‘BradCast’ 3/15/2022

Guest: 30-year Florida elections Supervisor Ion Sancho; Also: More signs of new COVID variant rising; Russia's war crimes against Ukraine continue; Fox 'News' journalists killed while reporting on war...

Sorry, But COVID Ain’t Over Yet; And Propaganda in Russia/Ukraine/US: ‘BradCast’ 3/14/2022

More transmissible Omicron variant rising; Ukraine keeps sense of humor amid war; Russia's dark lies and celebration of Tucker Carlson; 'Censorship' on YouTube...

‘Democracies Rising to the Moment’: Biden’s First State of the Union Address: ‘BradCast’ 3/2/2022

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Can Fixing the U.S. Supply Chain Disaster Actually Unite Americans?: ‘BradCast’ 2/15/2022

Guest: The American Prospect's David Dayen on the magazine's ambitious Special Issue: Also: Gun-maker settles with Sandy Hook families; Prince Andrew settles sex-abuse case; Palin loses (again); Putin blinks?...

Dumb and Dangerous: Russia-Ukraine Standoff, Canadian Anti-Vax Protests: ‘BradCast’ 2/14/2022

Since nobody seems to know much about either, we open the phone lines to listeners to see what we can learn...

All Our Never-Ending Stories: ‘BradCast’ 2/3/2022

US v. ISIS; Omicron falling, deaths rising; Good swing-state redistricting news; Biden EPA applying brakes on DeJoy's insane, corrupt USPS gas-powered delivery truck boondoggle...

Someone Tell Spotify and Rogan ‘Balance’ Not Needed for Facts and Truth: ‘BradCast’ 1/31/2022

Also: Trump vows pardons for insurrectionists; Bi-partisan Senators working to reform law Trump tried to use to steal election; 'Maus' tops best-seller lists after TN school board ban; Callers ring in on all...

SCOTUS Blocks OSHA Experts from ‘Protecting General Welfare’ of Workers Amid Pandemic: ‘BradCast’ 1/13/2022

Also: Oath Keepers founder charged with 'seditious conspiracy' for Capitol attack; Bernstein says Jan 6. 'cover-up in excess of Watergate'...

Prepare for the ‘Juristocracy’ and the Literal ‘Destruction of the Administrative State’: ‘BradCast’ 1/12/2022

Guest: Slate legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern; Also: Jan 6. Comm seeks McCarthy interview; Fulton County, GA D.A. closing in on Trump...

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