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From The Global Coronavirus Epicenter of Miami Beach: ‘BradCast’ 7/27/2020

Guest host Nicole Sandler with Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber and healthcare advocate Laura Packard...

SCOTUS Allows ‘DREAMers’ to Remain Protected, Trump Plays Victim Again: ‘BradCast’ 6/18/2020

Guest: Sarah Pierce of the Migration Policy Institute; Also: Bolton book confirms what every honest person already knows...

As Police Brutality and Protests Continue, Is It Time to ‘Defund the Police’?: ‘BradCast’ 6/2/2020

Guest: Policing expert Alex S. Vitale on failed reforms and a new solution

Also: Messy primaries underway in a dozen states; Tough Guy Trump unleashes federal troops on peaceful demonstrators, a church, and foreign journos for a campaign photo-op...

Donald Trump is a Voter Fraud Criminal: ‘BradCast’ 5/13/2020

Guest: Howie Klein on progressive Dem win in NE, establishment Dem loss in CA; Also: Trump voted illegally in FL and ... 'OBAMAGATE'!...

America Shutting Down Amid Trump’s (Latest) ‘Katrina’: ‘BradCast’ 3/12/2020

Prime-time Oval Office speech goes disastrously, markets plunge, almost all gains under Trump wiped out, major league seasons called off, Biden and Sanders step up, even as critical elections threatened by virus...

How the Power to Declare War Shifted from the Congress to the President

And how the War Powers Act was created and then ignored...

Why Iowa’s ‘Chaos’ Should be Good News for Voters (Other Than the GOP Phone-Jam Scheme): ‘BradCast’ 2/6/2020

Also: CBS-LA runs investigative report (featuring Brad) on L.A.'s new unverifiable touchscreen voting system; And a word or two about Romney's courage and Trump's ugly everlasting shame...

‘All Is Well!’: After Iran’s Symbolic Revenge Attack Trump Opts for Off-Ramp: ‘BradCast’ 1/8/2020

Guest: Former Deputy Asst. Sec. of State Michael Fuchs on the path toward de-escalation with Iran; Also: Lights out (again) for Puerto Rico...

‘We’ve Crossed That Threshold’: Trump’s Unlawful Assassination of Soleimani: ‘BradCast’ 1/7/2020

Guest: National security law expert Karen J. Greenberg; Also: McConnell says has votes to begin fixed impeachment trial; 'GNR' returns for 2020!...

Gripping Impeachment Hearings Conclude (For Now) as 2020 Dems Return to Debate Stage: ‘BradCast’ 11/21/2019

Special coverage of both with David Bender and Jackie Schechner...

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Nope. Why We’re Not ‘Getting Over It’, A Year After Kavanaugh: ‘BradCast’ 11/4/2019

Guest: Slate's Dahlia Lithwick on not returning to SCOTUS; Also: John Oliver touches on touchscreens; KY Gov. Matt Bevin's reelection contest...

Multipartisan Petition Effort to Recall Alaska’s New GOP Governor Catches Fire: ‘BradCast’ 8/19/2019

Guest: Jeanne Devon of the AK Dem Party; Also: GA petition effort mandates new review of state's new unverifiable voting system...

The White Supremacist-in-Chief and Some Much Brighter 2020 News: ‘BradCast’ 8/8/2019

Brutal ICE raids in MS; WH denial over domestic terror; MT assaulter acted on Trump 'rhetoric'; 'The OC' turns 'blue'; TX may soon do same...

Trump Breaking the World, GOP ‘Conservatism’ is a Deadly Lie: ‘BradCast’ 7/23/2019

President's comments wreak havoc in India, stun Afghanistan; Brexit Boris to be new UK PM; Trump budget agreement balloons his record deficit spending; GOPers killing thousands by undermining ACA...

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