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Things Getting Weirder and Weirder as Trump Keeps Losing and Losing: ‘BradCast’ 1/13/2026

Grocery prices spike; Renewable energy restored; Senate nixes science cuts; Rs join Ds to stop Trump's war, restore ACA cuts; Bessent fumes over Powell probe; 12 DOJ prosecutors resign over MN ICE coverup...

Trump’s ‘Cook’ed-Up Mortgage Fraud Claims: ‘BradCast’ 9/3/2025

Guest: Michael Hiltzik, Pulitzer Prize-winning business columnist; Also: Huge Dem wins in FL special elections; Trump losing case after case; Local Denver anchor: 'It's authoritarianism'...

While We Were Out: ‘BradCast’ 9/2/2025

We're back! With (almost) everything we missed (and/or wish we had) over the past week during our end-of-Summer break!...

‘Green News Report’ – February 13, 2025

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Losers’ Stench: GOPers Gaming the Map to 270: ‘BradCast’ 9/19/2024

More bad news for Repubs in NC; Trump/Vance 'illegal immigrant' lies in OH; Desperate GOP Electoral Vote scheme in NE; Gaming result certification in GA; Vote suppression in TX; Vote expansion in CA...

Bad Climate News for Home and Car Owners; Good Labor News for Workers in the South: ‘BradCast’ 4/18/2024

Also: 12 jurors now seated in Trump's NY criminal trial; NV Supreme Court approves ballot measure to protect 'reproductive freedoms'; OH Republicans still refusing to put Biden on the 2024 ballot...

Economic Recovery Soaring; GOPers Crashing, Burning, Heading to Prison: ‘BradCast’ 1/25/2024

UAW endorses Biden as GDP, other indicators 'stun' experts; Also: Navarro sentenced to prison; Proud Boy gets 6 years; A THIRD swing-state GOP Chair has now been ousted amid outrageous scandal...

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...

You Forgot Poland!: ‘BradCast’ 12/12/2023

COP28 in 'overtime'; Democracy rises in Poland; New U.S. House maps for NY; More good economic news; Trump at SCOTUS; Rudy defames amid defamation trial; Johnson lies about WI's fake electors...

Even SCOTUS is Rejecting the Rightwing Scheme to Kill the CFPB: ‘BradCast’ 10/4/2023

Guest: David Dayen of The American Prospect; Also: Biden forgives another $9B in student loans; Jordan, Scalise to run for Speaker; Republicans try to blame Dems for Repub removal of McCarthy...

Failed Banks, ‘Woke’ Banks and GOP Banking on ‘Woke’ to Win in 2024: ‘BradCast’ 3/14/2023

Also: McConnell checks into rehab; DeSantis flip-flops on Ukraine; NM expands right to vote...

FBI Suggests Feds Haven’t Probed Post-2020 Voting System Breaches by Team Trump: ‘BradCast’ 3/13/2023

Guest: Election system expert Susan Greenhalgh; Also: Biden on bank failures; Admin approves new AK oil project, blocks millions of acres from drilling; Pence calls out Trump, but refuses to testify about Jan. 6...

Could Biden Just Ignore the Dumb Debt Limit if Repubs Refuse to Raise It?: ‘BradCast’ 2/1/2023

Guest: Kevin Drum of Jabberwocking; Also: Prepare yourself for the GOP's crash and burn Congressional 'investigations'...

It Ain’t the Supply Chain or War. It’s the Greed: ‘BradCast’ 5/11/2022

Guest: Omar Ocampo of Inequality.org: Also: NE, WV primary results and who cares what they mean for Trump?; Senate abortion vote; Federal court ruling on semi-automatic weapons sales to children in CA...

This Machine Fights Fascism: ‘Heat Pumps for Peace and Freedom!’: ‘BradCast’ 3/17/2022

Guest: Journalist, author, activist, Bill McKibben of 350.org, ThirdAct.org; Also: Putin on dangerous edge; Ukraine now fully on the EU grid...

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