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Trump’s ‘Fine-Tuned Machine’ Wreaks Havoc at NATO, in Congress and for U.S. Workers: ‘BradCast’ 7/12/2018

Also: Listeners respond to Dem plan to block Kavanaugh at SCOTUS...

Schumer’s Tepid SCOTUS Plan, Trump’s Continuing Trail of Destruction: ‘BradCast’ 7/11/2018

Guest: The Intercept's Ryan Grim on Senate Dem hopes of derailing Brett Kavanaugh; Also: The Administration's trade wars, new attacks on 'ObamaCare' keep undermining GOP voters...

Trump’s SCOTUS Pick Little More Than a Loyal ‘Republican Foot Soldier’: ‘BradCast’ 7/10/2018

Guest: Slate legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern on Judge Brett Kavanaugh, the Constitutional rights he is likely to help overturn, and his background as a Federalist Society-trained party 'apparatchik'...

While We Were Out: Record Heat, Pruitt Dumped, and Things Get Still Worse: ‘BradCast’ 7/9/2018

Also: Plastic straws, straw polls, final straws, some actual good voting news, RIP Ed Schultz, and a bunch of listener calls...

My Recent Appearance on Terrence McNally’s ‘Free Forum’: ‘BradCast’ 7/3/2018

On how I started blogging, the many still-unanswered questions about the 2016 election, how our voting systems are getting worse, not better, and what we all must do right now to protect the 2018 midterm elections...

‘Are We Fighting or Not?’: Why Dems Must Fight to Block Trump’s SCOTUS Pick: ‘BradCast’ 7/2/2018

Even if it means denying a Senate quorum and shutting it down entirely...

On Political Courage and ‘Not Getting Lost in a Sea of Despair’: ‘BradCast’ 6/28/2018

Good advice from smart people on this very dark moment in U.S. history; Also: More encouraging results from Tuesday's primaries...

EARTHQUAKES: JUSTICE KENNEDY RETIRES, NY PROGRESSIVE UNSEATS TOP HOUSE DEM: ‘BradCast’ 6/27/2018

Guest: The Nation's John Nichols on all of that and the stolen SCOTUS' anti-union decision today and whether it's time for Dems to 'steal' it back...

Stolen SCOTUS Approves Trump’s Muslim Ban, Strikes Down CA Rules for Anti-Abortion ‘Clinics’: ‘BradCast’ 6/26/2018

Guest: Legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern on 'Korematsu 2.0' and how the GOP's theft of the Supreme Court has finally paid off big time...

Trump’s Lie Collapses, Is Forced to Reverse Family Separation Policy…Sort Of: ‘BradCast’ 6/20/2018

Also: D.C., AR election results; Why 'both sides are the same' argument from progressives is pathetic; Canada legalizes recreational pot...

Judge Strikes Down Kansas ‘Proof of Citizenship’ Voting Law, Slaps Humiliating Sanction on Kobach: ‘BradCast’ 6/19/2018

Guest: Trial attorney Sophia Lin Lakin of ACLU's Voting Rights Project; Also: Trump's border 'crisis' worsens for Republicans...

Why Ranked Choice Voting is a Terrible Idea, Election Results/Failures and Trump’s GOP Cult: ‘BradCast’ 6/13/2018

New unverifiable voting systems fail in NV; LePage still dumb in ME; Walker's fears come true in WI; Canada 'fights' back; Initiative to break CA into three states will qualify for 2018 ballot...

Trump’s Bonkers Turn Against G7 Allies Bodes Ill for North Korea Deal: ‘BradCast’ 6/11/2018

Also: Stolen SCOTUS approves OH's radical vote purge scheme; L.A. County won't rule out hacking in primary election 'print error' that left 118k off Election Day rolls; Callers ring in on all of the above...

HUD Scheme Will Increase Rent by 26%, Year After Year, For Lowest-Income Households: ‘BradCast’ 6/8/2018

Guest: Former HUD official Diane Yentel; Also: DoJ spied on journalist in leak probe, refuses to defend 'ObamaCare' in new lawsuit...

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