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House Divided: Listeners Ring in on Whether Dems Should Now Gerrymander ‘Blue’ States: ‘BradCast’ 10/18/2021

Also: How the unvaxxed helped kill fully-vaxxed Colin Powell; And how Manchin is killing Biden's landmark plan to take on the climate crisis...

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Brad Friedman,
10/18/2021 -
6:20 pm PT

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Former U.S. Intel Agency Officials Offer Counter-Narrative on Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria

Allegations underscore need for Congressional investigation, grants of immunity, BEFORE authorization for use of military force...

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Ernest A. Canning,
9/11/2013 -
11:58 am PT

8 Comments

‘MSNBC: Selling the Iraq War’ or: ‘Hubris’ in the Mirror

Why NBC News' next documentary must examine the network's own failures in the run-up and aftermath of the Iraq invasion...

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Brad Friedman,
2/25/2013 -
6:05 am PT

21 Comments

On ‘Wilkerson Bashing’ and ‘Derailing the Madness’

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Brad Friedman,
2/23/2013 -
7:17 pm PT

12 Comments

Powell’s Chief of Staff: Iraq Intel Was ‘Outright Lies’, But Powell Didn’t ‘Knowingly Lie’ at U.N.

Col. Lawrence Wilkerson is 'increasingly convinced' of blatant fabrications by George W. Bush's team and the CIA, but says that a specific critique of his former boss cited by The BRAD BLOG 'desecrates a fair condemnation of what is already bad enough'...

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Brad Friedman,
2/20/2013 -
3:02 pm PT

26 Comments

‘HUBRIS: Selling the Iraq War’ [WATCH THE FULL DOCUMENTARY HERE]

New evidence reveals every single selling point was a lie...

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Brad Friedman,
2/19/2013 -
4:19 pm PT

12 Comments

‘Hubris’ Isn’t the Half of It

NBC News documentary on the lies used to sell the Iraq War, while worthy, conveniently avoids several key points...

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David Swanson,
2/19/2013 -
12:52 pm PT

19 Comments

‘We Did Participate in a Hoax’: New Documentary Offers New Revelations About the Bush Admin’s Phony Case for the Iraq War Scam

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Brad Friedman,
2/17/2013 -
12:18 pm PT

30 Comments

Colin Powell Calls Out GOP for Attempts to ‘Reduce Turnout’ With Photo ID Restriction Laws

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Brad Friedman,
1/21/2013 -
7:18 pm PT

11 Comments

History of CIA Torture: Unraveling the Web of Deceit, Part IV

The Bureaucratic Euphemism of 'Extraordinary Rendition'...

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Ernest A. Canning,
7/14/2009 -
3:54 pm PT

4 Comments

Coverage of al-Libi ‘Suicide’ Almost Wholly Absent from U.S. Mainstream Corporate Media

(But there's plenty on a comedian's jokes about Limbaugh and Hannity at the White House Correspondents Dinner)

UPDATED: 24 hours later, WaPo & UPI finally jump in with some decent coverage...

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Brad Friedman,
5/11/2009 -
2:06 pm PT

19 Comments

Prisoner Who Tied Iraq to Al-Qaeda Found Dead in Libyan Jail

Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, whose false tortured confession was used as basis for Bush's war, has reportedly committed suicide...

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Brad Friedman,
5/10/2009 -
8:18 pm PT

14 Comments

Irony-Drenched Quote of the Moment

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Brad Friedman,
11/24/2004 -
11:35 pm PT

10 Comments

Quote of the Moment FLASHBACK

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Brad Friedman,
9/23/2004 -
1:49 pm PT

7 Comments

Oops…Never mind.

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Brad Friedman,
4/3/2004 -
11:24 am PT

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Primary Results from Six States and Trump’s $1.8 Billion Taxpayer-Funded Grift Machine: ‘BradCast’ 5/20/2026

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‘The Most Corrupt Thing in ALL of American History’: Trump’s $1.8 Billion DOJ-Facilitated Taxpayer Heist: ‘BradCast’ 5/18/2026

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More GOP Vote Rigging Underway. Hey, Maryland Dems! Time to Get Crackin’!: ‘BradCast’ 5/14/2026

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Do Dems Have the Courage Required to Restore and Reform American Democracy? (Do You?): ‘BradCast’ 5/13/2026

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Offshore Oil Rig Fire in SoCal a Preview of Trump’s NEXT Huge Failure: ‘BradCast’ 5/12/2026

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Articles in Category: Colin Powell

Also: How the unvaxxed helped kill fully-vaxxed Colin Powell; And how Manchin is killing Biden's landmark plan to take on the climate crisis...

Allegations underscore need for Congressional investigation, grants of immunity, BEFORE authorization for use of military force...

Why NBC News' next documentary must examine the network's own failures in the run-up and aftermath of the Iraq invasion...

Col. Lawrence Wilkerson is 'increasingly convinced' of blatant fabrications by George W. Bush's team and the CIA, but says that a specific critique of his former boss cited by The BRAD BLOG 'desecrates a fair condemnation of what is already bad enough'...

New evidence reveals every single selling point was a lie...

NBC News documentary on the lies used to sell the Iraq War, while worthy, conveniently avoids several key points...

The Bureaucratic Euphemism of 'Extraordinary Rendition'...

(But there's plenty on a comedian's jokes about Limbaugh and Hannity at the White House Correspondents Dinner)

UPDATED: 24 hours later, WaPo & UPI finally jump in with some decent coverage...

Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, whose false tortured confession was used as basis for Bush's war, has reportedly committed suicide...

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