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Victories for Democracy in Election 2025; Also: 7 Dems, 1 Indie Vote to End Shutdown in Senate: ‘BradCast’ 11/10/2025

Guest: Alex Burness of the indispensable Bolts Magazine; Plus: Callers!...

Extremism Expert: Americans Aren’t Prepared for Trump’s Police State: ‘BradCast’ 10/16/2024

Guest: Author, researcher, journalist David Neiwert; Also: More good news for voters in Georgia and Nebraska...

The GOP Fight to Suppress the Vote in Nebraska: ‘BradCast’ 9/10/2024

Guest: Alex Burness of Bolts Mag on disenfranchisement of former felons; Also: MO Supremes approve abortion rights ballot measure; Listener mail and more...

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'...

Rightwing Fraudsters Failing and Flailing: ‘BradCast’ 6/6/2023

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GOP High Courts Dismantling Election Law Precedent, Federal Agency Rulemaking Authority: ‘BradCast’ 5/1/2023

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Virginia is for Vote Suppressors: ‘BradCast’ 3/29/2023

Guest: Alex Burness of Bolts Magazine; Also: More on need for media to call out pro-murder, anti-democracy Republicans; KY Repubs ban health care for trans kids; AR's GOP Guv further restricts absentee voting...

Republicans Support Murder, Oppose Democracy. Media Should Say as Much: ‘BradCast’ 3/28/2023

Pence ordered to testify; More white GOP voter fraud in FL; SCOTUS allows KS racial gerrymander; AR Repubs attack direct democracy; Mentally ill TN shooter legally purchased seven guns...

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

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Good News for Democracy in MN, PA and for Accountability in CO: ‘BradCast’ 3/7/2023

MN restores voting rights for former felons; First black female House speaker seated in PA; First guilty verdict for Peters in CO; Also: Biden refunding billions to students ripped off by for-profit schools...

Voting Rights Court Fights Continue After Latest SCOTUS Blow to the VRA: ‘BradCast’ 8/25/2021

Guest: FSFP's Courtney Hostetler on federal suit challenging two new vote suppression laws in AZ; Also: John Lewis Voting Rights Enhancement Act passed by House Dems; NC court restores voting rights to 50k...

Democracy Strikes Back (Sort Of): ‘For the People’ v. For the GOP Fraudsters: ‘BradCast’ 3/4/2021

House passes H.R.1., so now what?; MI audits find 2020 results accurate, so now what?; AZ Senate finally gets ahold of Maricopa County's 2020 ballots, so now what?; GOP Congressman admits to three counts of felony voter fraud...so guess what?!...

Dobbs Doomed Himself (But We Helped); Trump’s Dumb Defense; Democrats Do Democracy: ‘BradCast’ 2/8/2021

Guest: Attorney Ernest A. Canning on the critical H.R.1, 'For the People Act'; Also: GOP Rep. dies with COVID; Another GOP Senator to retire; GA SoS opens probe of Trump's attempted election theft...

Criminal Justice Reform Measures, Candidates Won Big Last Week: ‘BradCast’ 11/12/2020

Guest: Daniel Nichanian of 'The Appeal'; Also: COVID-19 surge shatters U.S. records, explodes at White House, RNC, and for Georgia's Sec. of State; Rove says 'Election won't be overturned'...

‘RECOUNTED’ with Transition Integrity Project’s Nils Gilman, Legal Reporter Mark Joseph Stern: ‘BradCast’ 9/18/2020

On potential disruption, Constitutional crisis after 2020 election; And the long-overdue end of a racist voter suppression law in NC...

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