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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'...

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...

Journalist Suspended by Twitter for Anti Alt-Right Book Graphic in Profile: ‘BradCast’ 6/14/2019

Guest: Author, investigative journalist David Neiwert; Also: Don't fall for Admin's Iran scam; DNC sets spots for first 2020 debate; Sanders defends democratic socialism, calls for FDR's Economic Bill of Rights...

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...

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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‘Stop Asking Us to Wait’: 30 Progressive Groups Call on Pelosi to Begin Impeachment Inquiry: ‘BradCast’ 6/5/2019

Guest: DFA's Charles Chamberlain; Also: Trump does not understand climate change; Emails: TX Guv pushed for bogus 'non-citizen voter' list...

Gun Safety, ‘Live Hand Grenades’, Contempt, and Beyond the Climate Crisis ‘Middle Ground’: ‘BradCast’ 6/4/2019

Northam calls special session in VA; GOP's 'Mexican standoff'; Hicks' nix fix; 2020 Dems seek climate solutions, Admin offers 'freedom gas'...

N. Korea Flexes Missile Muscle, Trump Looks the Other Way (Toward Iran): ‘BradCast’ 5/31/2019

Guest: MIT nuclear proliferation expert Vipin Narang; Also: Flooding, evacuations in AR, MO; GOP pushback against Trump's new Mexican tariff scheme; The necessity of continuing to talk about impeachment...

‘Happy’ Memorial Day?: ‘BradCast’ 5/28/2019

More Trump embarrassments abroad; More deadly tornado swarms; More rightwing buffoonery; More bad news from SCOTUS; Some good news for TX; And Mayor Pete doubles-down against 'draft dodger' Trump...

Pelosi Nails Trump Word by Word; Impeachment, Again; Tubman Scares Trump; Packing the Courts: ‘BradCast’ 5/24/2019

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