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Special Coverage: Analysis of the First 2020 Democratic Presidential Debate, Night TWO: ‘BradCast’ 6/28/2019

Guests: Heather Digby Parton and Richard 'RJ' Eskow on Harris' 'breakout', Biden's 'stumble', Bernie's plan for private insurers, Yang's Universal Basic Income, and Marianne Williamson's '4th dimension'!...

Special Coverage: Analysis of the First 2020 Democratic Presidential Debate, Night ONE: ‘BradCast’ 6/27/2019

Guests: Heather Digby Parton and Dave Johnson; Also: Bad news from SCOTUS on partisan gerrymandering, slightly better news on next year's U.S. Census...

Rightwing SCOTUS ‘Swinging for the Rafters’ to Overturn Decades of Precedent, Federal Laws: ‘BradCast’ 6/26/2019

Guest: Slate's Mark Joseph Stern; Also: Dems pass $4.5B emergency funding for border - with strings; Mueller to testify in open hearings; Kellyanne Conway subpoenaed by House; NRATV finally shuts down...

Sizing Up the Field Before the First 2020 Debate: ‘BradCast’ 6/24/2019

Also: Sestak jumps in; SCOTUS says trademark law is 'FUCT'; Pence defends squalid conditions for detained children; Even NC knows hand-marked paper ballots are needed, so why doesn't L.A. County?; Callers ring in on the Dem 'horse race' before this week's two-night Dem debate...

Trump Blinks on Iran (For Now), But Not on His U.S. ‘Concentration Camps’: ‘BradCast’ 6/21/2019

Also: OR GOPers still on run; 'COVFEFE - Grounds for Impeachment'...

Tensions Dangerously Escalate After Iran Shoots Down U.S. Spy Drone: ‘BradCast’ 6/20/2019

Guest: Dr. Assal Rad of the Nat'l Iranian Amer. Council; Also: OR Repubs skip town; House re-launches bipartisan 'Climate Solutions Caucus'...

SCOTUS Decision in VA is Good News for Voters, But Trouble Lies Ahead: ‘BradCast’ 6/19/2019

Guest: Slate legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern; Also: Trump lauds socialism at 'campaign kickoff'; WH, DoJ nix Hicks testimony in House; Trump EPA to help kill thousands with new roll back of Obama coal regs...

Trump’s Obstruction of the Investigation Into Trump’s Obstruction of the Investigation Into Trump’s Obstruction: ‘BradCast’ 6/18/2019

Guest: Former Dep. Asst. AG Lisa Graves; Also: Acting SecDef withdraws nomination; S. America power grid collapse did not prevent voting; Swing district Rep. Porter calls for impeachment proceedings...

Supremely Strange Bedfellows in Today’s SCOTUS Rulings: ‘BradCast’ 6/17/2019

Court punts on discrimination case, allows VA racial gerrymander fix, leaves Constitution's double-jeopardy loophole in place; Also: Iran pushes back; More bad 2020 news for Trump; Confused anti-choicer rings in...

Amidst the GOP Paracosm: ‘BradCast’ 6/13/2019

Bizarre day in the Conway household; Remarkable GOP excuses for ignoring Mueller; MI drops Flint water crisis indictments; Plus: A long-overdue musical tribute to the Stanley Cup Champion St. Louis Blues!...

NC Falsely Claims Vote System Passwords Found Online Were Old, ‘Encrypted’; (And Why Didn’t DHS Find Them First?): ‘BradCast’ 6/12/2019

Guest: NC elections expert Dr. William Busa ('DocDawg' of Daily Kos!); Also: Barr, Ross found in contempt by House Oversight; Big progressive wins in VA; New NATIONAL polls show Trump in trouble, Warren surging...

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...

20th State Votes to Overturn ‘Citizens United’: ‘BradCast’ 6/7/2019

Guest: Public Citizen's Aquene Freechild; Also: Biden flips on Hyde Amendment, swears off fossil fuel money (sorta); Automakers oppose Trump mileage, emissions rollback; Listener feedback on impeachment...

GOP ‘Socialism’ and Other Deadly Hypocrisies: ‘BradCast’ 6/6/2019

UT stuck with coal plant cleanup; UN equates anti-abortion with 'torture'; NC veto upheld; TX Guv vetoes domestic violence law; Dems to speed up contempt votes; Pelosi wants Trump 'in prison'...

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