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Another busy day taking on America's rising GOP Authoritarian Front...

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Brad Friedman,
10/12/2021 -
6:31 pm PT

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Trump Didn’t Try to ‘Subvert Results’, He Tried to STEAL the 2020 Election!: ‘BradCast’ 10/7/2021

Also: Pipeline co.'s leak tech failed in SoCal spill; Judge restores freedom of choice to TX women (for now); Media misreport GOP debt threat...

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Brad Friedman,
10/7/2021 -
6:42 pm PT

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McConnell Blinks on Debt Default Threat; Manchin Holds Fast to Meanness of ‘Means Testing’: ‘BradCast’ 10/6/2021

Guest: Philly Inquirer's Will Bunch; Also: Idaho's Lt. Guv may be insane -- or maybe just a Republican...

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Brad Friedman,
10/6/2021 -
5:52 pm PT

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Dem ‘Sausage Making’ Becomes ‘Logjam’: ‘BradCast’ 9/30/2021

Bill to keep U.S. government open (for two more months) gets passed, but the three more difficult and critical bills remain blocked by obstructionists with economic disaster and Biden agenda hanging in the balance...

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Brad Friedman,
9/30/2021 -
6:46 pm PT

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Why the DOJ Should Prevail in its Effort to Enjoin Texas’ 6-Week Abortion Ban

SCOTUS may soon overturn Roe v. Wade, but, until then, an injunction would restore long-established legal precedent in the Lone Star State...

[UPDATED 10/6/21: Judge grants preliminary injunction; temporarily enjoins state ban] [UPDATED 10/8/21: 5th Circuit grants temporary administrative stay][UPDATED 10/15/21: DOJ will ask Supreme Court to lift 5th Circuit stay]

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Ernest A. Canning,
9/29/2021 -
10:05 am PT

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‘A Time of Intensity’: ‘BradCast’ 9/28/2021

Biden and Congressional Dems face down a GOP hell-bent on chaos and a handful of 'moderate' Dems set on undermining the Build Back Better agenda; Also: Is the electric vehicle inflection point finally here?...

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Brad Friedman,
9/28/2021 -
6:29 pm PT

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Ornstein: Nation in ‘Deep, Deep, Deep Trouble’ If Dems Fail to Pass Voting Rights, Biden Agenda: ‘BradCast’ 9/22/2021

Guest: Congressional historian and author Norman Ornstein of AEI on why he believes Dems will both reform the filibuster and pass a transformative Build Back Better budget reconciliation package...

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Brad Friedman,
9/22/2021 -
6:23 pm PT

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Sen. Whitehouse Presses FBI Director Wray on Whitewash of Kavanaugh Sexual Assault Probe: ‘BradCast’ 9/16/2021

Also: Debunking CA Recall 'fraud' claim; COVID crisis creating hospital death panels as the voluntarily unvaxxed killing themselves and others...

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Brad Friedman,
9/16/2021 -
6:10 pm PT

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Thanks for the Death Panels, Anti-Vaxxers!: ‘BradCast’ 9/9/2021

Hospitals in GOP-leaning states begin rationing healthcare as Delta variant skyrockets, even among children (while DeSantis tries to kill them); Better news in Alaska; Good jobs numbers; DoJ sues Texas; Much more...

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Brad Friedman,
9/9/2021 -
6:36 pm PT

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Everything You Wanted to Know About Socialism But Were Afraid to Ask: ‘BradCast’ 9/1/2021

Guest Host Nicole Sandler with filmmaker Yael Bridge, activist Lauren Windsor...

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Nicole Sandler,
9/1/2021 -
5:28 pm PT

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And the Wall Comes Tumblin’ Down: ‘BradCast’ 8/24/2021

Monsoons taking out Trump's crappy border fence; Also: TX, FL out of beds, oxygen amid explosion of unvaxxed COVID patients; Pelosi holds off 'suicide squad' Dems to pass landmark $3.5 trillion budget blueprint...

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Brad Friedman,
8/24/2021 -
6:40 pm PT

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New York is Going Through Some Things…and Other Dark News of the Day: ‘BradCast’ 8/3/2021

NY AG details Cuomo harassment; NYC to require vaccine proof; COVID breaks records, wreaks havoc in South -- unvax'd and influencers to blame; Also: New Trump social-net flooded with ISIS propaganda...

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Brad Friedman,
8/3/2021 -
6:40 pm PT

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The 4th Surge and Callers on Why They Finally Got Vax’d (Or Still Haven’t): ‘BradCast’ 8/2/2021

Also: Biden's landmark infrastructure agenda takes another step forward in the Senate...

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Brad Friedman,
8/2/2021 -
6:01 pm PT

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The Legal Case for Compulsory Vaccinations

...And for patent waivers for life-saving inoculation drugs...

UPDATE 8/12/21 U.S. Supreme Court upholds Indiana University COVID vaccine mandate...

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Ernest A. Canning,
8/2/2021 -
10:58 am PT

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L.A. County’s New ‘Vote Center’ System Makes Recounts All But Impossible: ‘BradCast’ 7/26/2021

Guest: Ian Patton of Long Beach Reform Coalition; Also: COVID vaccine deniers now learning they were wrong...the hard way...

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Brad Friedman,
7/26/2021 -
6:25 pm PT

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Another busy day taking on America's rising GOP Authoritarian Front...

Also: Pipeline co.'s leak tech failed in SoCal spill; Judge restores freedom of choice to TX women (for now); Media misreport GOP debt threat...

Guest: Philly Inquirer's Will Bunch; Also: Idaho's Lt. Guv may be insane -- or maybe just a Republican...

Bill to keep U.S. government open (for two more months) gets passed, but the three more difficult and critical bills remain blocked by obstructionists with economic disaster and Biden agenda hanging in the balance...

SCOTUS may soon overturn Roe v. Wade, but, until then, an injunction would restore long-established legal precedent in the Lone Star State...

[UPDATED 10/6/21: Judge grants preliminary injunction; temporarily enjoins state ban] [UPDATED 10/8/21: 5th Circuit grants temporary administrative stay][UPDATED 10/15/21: DOJ will ask Supreme Court to lift 5th Circuit stay]

Biden and Congressional Dems face down a GOP hell-bent on chaos and a handful of 'moderate' Dems set on undermining the Build Back Better agenda; Also: Is the electric vehicle inflection point finally here?...

Guest: Congressional historian and author Norman Ornstein of AEI on why he believes Dems will both reform the filibuster and pass a transformative Build Back Better budget reconciliation package...

Also: Debunking CA Recall 'fraud' claim; COVID crisis creating hospital death panels as the voluntarily unvaxxed killing themselves and others...

Hospitals in GOP-leaning states begin rationing healthcare as Delta variant skyrockets, even among children (while DeSantis tries to kill them); Better news in Alaska; Good jobs numbers; DoJ sues Texas; Much more...

Guest Host Nicole Sandler with filmmaker Yael Bridge, activist Lauren Windsor...

Monsoons taking out Trump's crappy border fence; Also: TX, FL out of beds, oxygen amid explosion of unvaxxed COVID patients; Pelosi holds off 'suicide squad' Dems to pass landmark $3.5 trillion budget blueprint...

NY AG details Cuomo harassment; NYC to require vaccine proof; COVID breaks records, wreaks havoc in South -- unvax'd and influencers to blame; Also: New Trump social-net flooded with ISIS propaganda...

Also: Biden's landmark infrastructure agenda takes another step forward in the Senate...

...And for patent waivers for life-saving inoculation drugs...

UPDATE 8/12/21 U.S. Supreme Court upholds Indiana University COVID vaccine mandate...

Guest: Ian Patton of Long Beach Reform Coalition; Also: COVID vaccine deniers now learning they were wrong...the hard way...

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