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WI ‘Recount’ Update and Callers on What the Non-Right Must Do Now: ‘BradCast’ 1/4/2017

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‘Alleged’ Email Hacks? Obama on Russia, Kerry on Israel: ‘BradCast’ 12/29/2016

RJ Eskow on Russia, Israel, & the nature of spin; Susie Madrak on the latest safety net attack. This time, it's Medicaid.

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How Progressives Can Expand Democracy NOW (Even in the Trump Years!): ‘BradCast’ 12/22/2016

Guest: Univ of Chicago's Daniel Nichanian on proactive, state-by-state measures that Democrats can and must take to expand voting rights...

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The Real Cost of Killing ‘ObamaCare’ and the North Carolina GOP Coup: ‘BradCast’ 12/20/2016

Organize This and FOIA You Too: ‘BradCast’ 12/16/2016

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‘Reality is Just as Hackable as the Lab’: ‘Recount’ Legal Battles in WI, PA, MI and FL (Yes, FL!): ‘BradCast’ 12/9/2016

Guest: Susan Pynchon of Florida Fair Elections Coalition on high 'invalid vote' rate, a hacked election vendor, case calling for hand-counts in FL

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Stein Campaign Chief: ‘Corporate Media Lied. We are Escalating Fight in PA’: ‘BradCast’ 12/5/2016

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Stealing the Supreme Court(s): ‘BradCast’ 11/18/2016

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Exit Polls Were ‘Wrong’ Again (Or Were They?): ‘BradCast’ 11/17/2016

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Were Vote Tabulation Systems Rigged for Trump? (What We Know, and Don’t, and Why We Don’t): ‘BradCast’ 11/16/2016

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Did Voter Suppression Rig It For Trump?: ‘BradCast’ 11/11/2016

Guest: Author, journalist, Ari Berman of The Nation | PLUS: Trump transition team packed with corporate lobbyists, D.C. insiders...

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