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GOP Gains Ground in Their War Against Voting and Voters in FL, WI, TX, NC, PA: ‘BradCast’ 9/11/2020

Guest: Courtney Hostetler, Senior Counsel at Free Speech for People...

Judge Strikes Down ‘Secure White Supremacy’ Law in NC, Freeing 100,000 Newly Eligible Voters: ‘BradCast’ 9/9/2020

Guest: Slate's Mark Joseph Stern on that and DoJ's rescue of Trump in rape defamation case; Also: 'Unprecedented' climate change-fueled infernos in OR, WA, CA...

Progressive Victories (and Some Losses) in MO, MI, AZ, WA, KS State Primaries: ‘BradCast’ 8/5/2020

Guest: Howie Klein of Down With Tyranny; Also: Disgraced Kobach and Watkins lose in KS; Disgraced Arpaio in the running in AZ; GOP Guv restores voting rights to former felons in IA...

Democracy Wars Intensify Amid Pandemic: ‘BradCast’ 7/16/2020

SCOTUS blocks 1.4M potential new voters in FL; Tough choice for TX voters diagnosed with COVID; Absentee ballots returned to Dallas voters; MI court blocks counting of tens of thousands of mail-in ballots...

Faithless Judiciary: SCOTUS, Appeals Courts Block Voting Rights Expansion Efforts Amid Pandemic: ‘BradCast’ 7/7/2020

Guest: Mark Joseph Stern on new Court opinions on 'faithless electors', Obamacare and the GOP's ongoing (and now deadly) war on voting...

Unlikely 11th Circuit Will Sustain FL Governor’s Appeal of Felon Voting Rights Decision [UPDATED]

Appeals court previously found state's new poll tax unconstitutional

UPDATE, 7/1/20: Appellate Court expedites DeSantis appeal; sets oral arguments for Aug. 10; grants en banc review and stays the injunction...

Are Dems Prepared to Counter ‘REDMAP 2.0’?: ‘BradCast’ 5/27/2020

Guest: FairVote's David Daley; Also: Trump pretends to be 'furious' at Twitter. He isn't. But he is hoping to distract you (and the media)...

‘It’s 100,000. But We’re Still at the Beginning’: ‘BradCast’ 5/26/2020

Also: Ernest A. Canning on GOP's CA Vote-by-Mail ballot lawsuit; Federal judge guts FL Republicans' newest voter suppression law...

Courts Block GOP Vote Suppression Efforts in FL, NC, AZ, MO. For Now.: ‘BradCast’ 2/28/2020

Guest: Slate's Mark Joseph Stern; Also: Coronavirus tanking markets, wingnuts lie about it; Buttigieg 'wins' Iowa!...

Fighting for Even Donald Trump’s RIGHT to Vote From Prison: ‘BradCast’ 11/26/2019

Guest: Election and criminal justice expert Daniel Nichanian; Also: House schedules new impeachment hearing as Trump appeals federal ruling finding 'Presidents are not kings'...

Admin Concedes Loss in Census Fight, and Other Signs of Hope: ‘BradCast’ 7/2/2019

Court blocks Trump 'national emergency'; Congress sues for Trump taxes; FL Repubs gut landmark voting reform; Carter says Trump 'illegitimate'; 2020 dirty tricks now underway; Dems talk climate at first debate...

The GOP is Now an Entirely Corrupt Enterprise: ‘BradCast’ 6/11/2019

White House censors climate science; NC GOP lied to federal court about gerrymandering; FL Repubs solidify power by gutting state initiative process; Jon Stewart shames Congress for ignoring 9/11 victims...again...

FL’s Ion Sancho Has ‘No Confidence At All’ 2020 Will Be Secure After New 2016 FBI Disclosures: ‘BradCast’ 5/15/2019

Leon County's 30-year veteran Election Supervisor tells us FBI lied about hacks in 2016; Rubio covered up in 2018; FL ballots will be unverifiable in 2020; calls NSA 'leaker' Reality Winner a 'heroine'; warns new GOP law means 'Jim Crow' has returned to the Sunshine State

Also: Trump's Iran war threat; AL bans almost all abortions; NC-9 do-over candidates set...

Inmate Voting is Not a Radical Idea

All Americans, progressive or otherwise, should stand for what is right...

FL Republicans Undermining New Constitutional Amendment Granting Voting Rights to Ex-Felons: ‘BradCast’ 3/20/2019

Guest: Dr. Micah Kubic of ACLU Florida; Also: Beto on voter suppression; Abrams says she 'won' in GA; U.S. judge blocks oil, gas drilling in WY...

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