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GOP Plans ‘Catastrophic’ Debt Ceiling ‘Hostage-Taking’ if They Win House or Senate Majorities: ‘BradCast’ 10/19/2022

Guest: Congressional historian, political scientist Norm Ornstein; Also: Leahy's Iraq War spy story...

Long Roads to Accountability, Climate Action and (Finally!) Infrastructure: ‘BradCast’ 11/15/2021

Bannon turns himself in; U.N. Climate Summit concludes with noteworthy agreement; Biden signs landmark, $1.2T roads, bridges, environment bill...

Ford Pain, Kavanaugh Fury: ‘BradCast’ 9/27/2018

Guest-host Angie Coiro with Jodi Jacobson on Dr. Christine Blasey Ford 'on trial' and Brett Kavanaugh's Senate Judiciary Committee rebuttal; Also: The Kochs, and immigrants choosing between deportation and hunger...

Former Top Senate Judiciary Attorney Calls for Kavanaugh’s Impeachment: ‘BradCast’ 9/11/2018

Guest: Leahy's former Chief Counsel, Lisa Graves; Also: 'Monster' Florence intensifies; KS GOP panel allows man arrested for fraud and Kobach to remain on ballot; CA takes lead on climate change action...

Progressive Upset in MA; Kavanaugh Stumbles on Day 2; New Trump White House ‘Deep Throat’: ‘BradCast’ 9/5/2018

Guest: Author, columnist, political scientist David Faris on all of that and on 'packing' the U.S. Supreme Court once Dems return to power...

Kavanaugh’s ‘Sham’ SCOTUS Hearings Begin in U.S. Senate with Missing Docs, Pandemonium, Protest: ‘BradCast’ 9/4/2018

Guest: Richard 'R.J.' Eskow; Also: Gulf Coast facing Hurricane Gordon...

‘The Government Is Not Going to Save Us. WE Are Going to Save Us.’: ‘BradCast’ 8/2/2018

Important U.S. House Special Election next Tuesday in Columbus, OH; Trump, GOP Congress lying about election security; Admin announces deadly scheme to rollback mileage, air quality standards; More...

(Not) Normalizing a Stolen U.S. Supreme Court: ‘BradCast’ 3/21/2017

Guest: Law professor Peter Shane on lack of 'institutional penalty' for GOP theft of SCOTUS; Also: House GOP makes healthcare bill even crueler...

NRA IN 1999: ‘Background Checks for Every Sale at Every Gun Show. No Loopholes’; NRA TODAY: Background Checks Unnecessary

LaPierre flip-flops to defend lack of background checks at trade shows where 40% of gun sales occur...

Shoddy Journalism at the Los Angeles Times

Fawning front-page article describes lying wing-nut hatchet man, Andrew Breitbart, as a 'new media phenom'

Stenographer who thinks she's a journalist regurgitates Breitbart's latest Shirley Sherrod 'spin'...

Former FBI Agent Confirms: Bush State Official Was Target of ‘Decade-Long’ Espionage Probe

Longtime counterintel official acknowledges evidence behind key aspect of allegations against Marc Grossman made by former FBI translator turned whistleblower Sibel Edmonds

Bureau vet says investigation was 'buried and covered up,' calls for new investigation, 'accountability'...

State Officials Allege Bush DoJ Involvement in Nevada’s Pre-Election ACORN ‘Voter Fraud’ Raid

US Attorney said to have worked with state was installed after US Attorney firings; Strongly suggests DoJ violations...

Senate to Probe Legality, Effectiveness of Bush Torture Policies

'This is going to be big,' says Sen. Whitehouse

UPDATED: Hearing now scheduled for Wed., March 4th...

Pelosi Tells Rolling Stone She ‘Thinks’ She Can Foresee Prosecution of Senior Bush Admin Officials

(At least we think that's what she said she thinks.)

DoJ IG Report Buried, Now Released, Finds Schlozman Broke the Law, Lied About it to Congress

But Bush's DoJ Declines to Prosecute...So Will Obama?...

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