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Last Call(s) Before Election Day 2025: ‘BradCast’ 11/3/2025

Also: News headlines, and latest dispatches from the Gerrymandering Wars in VA and OH as we keep our eyes on ALL the electoral prizes...

The ‘Jeffrey Epstein Shutdown’ and Other Autocratic Nightmares With ‘Digby’ and ‘Driftglass’: ‘BradCast’ 10/15/2025

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

Trump’s Losing Battles: ‘BradCast’ 10/8/2025

Hollow threat of arrest for Chicago Mayor, IL Guv; Comey trial failing before it begins; Repubs in disarray over shutdown, health care funding...

Trump Attempting His ‘Invasion from Within’: ‘BradCast’ 10/6/2025

Also: Americans blame Repubs for shutdown; Help for S. Cal Prop 50 voters who lost homes in wildfires; Callers ring in...

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!...

From CA’s ‘Nuclear Deterrence’ Map to Newsom’s Trolling to Trump’s ‘Fascist Theatre’ and Beyond: ‘BradCast’ 8/21/2025

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

140 New House Reps?: Ideas for Moving Beyond the Gerrymandering Wars: ‘BradCast’ 8/13/2025

Guest: Fred Bauer of 'Rounding Up'; Also: Big Gov't Tyranny: U.S. troops in D.C. as Trump's pointless L.A. deployment faces trial...

It’s Not About the Rule of Law, It’s About Authoritarian Control: ‘BradCast’ 8/12/2025

More on CDC shooting; Trump frees ax-murderer from prison, threatens to send more U.S. troops to U.S. cities; Judge nixes DOJ's Epstein 'diversion'; Texas doubles down on attempted election rigging...

After Vaccine Cancellations, Shooting at CDC, Fired Health Officials Want RFK Jr.’s Resignation: ‘BradCast’ 8/11/2025

Guest: Aryn Melton Backus, formerly of CDC, now of 'Fired But Fighting': Israel targets Gaza journalists; Trump deploys Nat'l Guard to DC...

And Then They Came for the U.S. Senators: ‘BradCast’ 6/12/2025

Trump's 'new police state' expands with masked men in small towns; Also: Voters rejecting Trump and his policies; Nat'l Guard unpaid in L.A.; Trump signs bills after GOP Senate nukes filibuster to end CA clean car laws...

With ‘No Reason to Obey the Law Anymore’, Trump Warms Up for the Insurrection Act: ‘BradCast’ 6/11/2025

Guests: Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast'; Also: NJ Guv Primary results; Dem landslide in OK special election...

Team Trump Inciting Violence, State of Fear in City of Angels, Elsewhere: ‘BradCast’ 6/10/2025

Insurrection Act coming soon?; Also: Bondi bro bombs in D.C. Bar election; SCOTUS does right thing for PA voters; Defamation trial against 2020 election conspiracist Lindell underway in CO...

Never Mind Elon and the Epstein Files, Trump Says There Are ‘Riots’ in L.A.!: ‘BradCast’ 6/9/2025

President federalizes CA National Guard, deploys U.S. Marines in defiance of Guv, Mayor, laws to distract from all of his other, ongoing failures...

‘If Inciting an Insurrection is Not Impeachable, Then What Is?’: ‘BradCast’ 2/11/2021

Special Coverage Day 3 of Trump's second Impeachment Trial as House Managers wrap up their damning case to Republicans who may fail to realize they could now take away his last remaining 'superpower'; Also: Disenchanted GOPers consider forming new national party...

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