Articles in Category: Health Care

Overcoming Corporate Capture of CA’s Ballot Initiative System, Federal Courts, Grocery Stores: ‘BradCast’ 10/24/2022

Guest: David Dayen of The American Prospect; Also: Follow science and save lives by voting NO on CA's Prop 31 vaping flavor ban!...

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10/24/2022 -
6:35 pm PT

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GOP Plans ‘Catastrophic’ Debt Ceiling ‘Hostage-Taking’ if They Win House or Senate Majorities: ‘BradCast’ 10/19/2022

Guest: Congressional historian, political scientist Norm Ornstein; Also: Leahy's Iraq War spy story...

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Brad Friedman,
10/19/2022 -
5:41 pm PT

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Reagan’s Big Government Gift to Big Pharma is Still Giving and Still Killing: ‘BradCast’ 9/16/2022

Guest: Ernest A. Canning on that and CA's big step toward socialized medications; Also: Trump's election theft effort on GA prosecutor's mind; GOP Senate nom no longer an election denier (now that he won the nomination); Patagonia gives away the company to save the planet...

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Brad Friedman,
9/16/2022 -
6:35 pm PT

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As COVID Continues, Reagan’s Gift to Big Pharma is Still Endangering Global Health

Dismantling pharmaceutical monopolies begins with repealing his 1987 Executive Order giveaway...

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Ernest A. Canning,
9/14/2022 -
11:05 am PT

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CA’s New Insulin Plan a Shot in the Arm Toward Socialized Medications, Ending Patent Abuse

Newsom makes good on vow to manufacture generic drugs, highlighting Big Pharma's long manipulation of Intellectual Property laws for profit...

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Ernest A. Canning,
8/29/2022 -
11:05 am PT

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Biden Signs Dems’ Landmark Climate, Health Bill; Trumpers Inciting Domestic Violence, Extremism: ‘BradCast’ 8/16/2022

Guest: Stephanie Foggett of The Soufan Center...

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Brad Friedman,
8/16/2022 -
6:53 pm PT

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WARRANT REVEALS TRUMP ESPIONAGE PROBE; HOUSE ADOPTS ‘TRANSFORMATIVE’ CLIMATE BILL: ‘BradCast’ 8/12/2022

Guest: Climate and energy journalist David Roberts of Volts...

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Brad Friedman,
8/12/2022 -
5:21 pm PT

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‘It Is a Good Day’: 36 Years After Being Warned, Senate Dems Finally Pass Major Climate Bill: ‘BradCast’ 8/8/2022

Guest: Penn State climate scientist, author, Dr. Michael E. Mann on long-overdue passage of $370 billion to combat global warming...

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Brad Friedman,
8/8/2022 -
5:55 pm PT

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Too Little Too Late? Or Not a Moment Too Soon?: ‘BradCast’ 8/1/2022

Can Dems finally pass the critical Schumer/Manchin compromise bill to save the climate (and maybe themselves)?; Also: Biden's 'rebound'; KY's death toll; Tuesday's primaries; And callers ring in...

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Brad Friedman,
8/1/2022 -
6:16 pm PT

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Establishment Pressure Haunted Manchin Into Major Deal on Taxes, Healthcare and Climate: ‘BradCast’ 7/28/2022

Even more amazing: Schumer outfoxed McConnell to do it! Also: Deadly flash flooding in KY; More signs of UNconventional November elections...

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Brad Friedman,
7/28/2022 -
5:50 pm PT

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Activist Supreme Court’s Abortion Ruling Has Resurrected the U.S. Free/Slave State Divide

Anti-choicers embracing 21st century 'Fugitive Slave Act' mentality

UPDATE 7/26/22: Oklahoma threatens librarians with job loss/fines/jail if they say 'abortion'...

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Ernest A. Canning,
7/25/2022 -
10:05 am PT

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What the House Jan. 6 Committee Must Do (and Why Dems Should be Wary of Liz Cheney): ‘BradCast’ 6/8/2022

Guest: The Nation's John Nichols on that and midterm primary lessons; Also: Noteworthy results from primaries in IA, MS, MT, NJ, NM, SD, CA...

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Brad Friedman,
6/8/2022 -
6:25 pm PT

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‘This is the Hiroshima of Botched Elections’: ‘BradCast’ 5/26/2022

Guest: Election Integrity activist Sherry Healy on Clackamas County, OR's primary election boondoggle; Also: Abbott slashed mental health care in TX before shooting; GOP blocks domestic terror bill in Senate; Trump loses another appeal in NY...

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Brad Friedman,
5/26/2022 -
7:10 pm PT

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GOP’s Packed and Stolen SCOTUS Set to Insert Big Government Between a Woman and Her Doctor: ‘BradCast’ 5/3/2022

Guest: Attorney Jessica Mason Pieklo of Rewired News Group on leaked Court opinion to end reproductive freedom by overturning 'Roe v. Wade'...

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Brad Friedman,
5/3/2022 -
6:11 pm PT

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‘Democracies Rising to the Moment’: Biden’s First State of the Union Address: ‘BradCast’ 3/2/2022

Special coverage with guests Heather Digby Parton of Salon and Richard 'RJ' Eskow of 'The Zero Hour'; Also: TX primary results, election probs...

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Brad Friedman,
3/2/2022 -
5:37 pm PT

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Insiders Making a Killing Betting on Trump’s War: ‘BradCast’ 4/21/2026

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Week 8: Iran War Lies Continue from Sundowning Gaslighter-in-Chief: ‘BradCast’ 4/20/2026

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U.S. Middle Eastern ‘War Crimes’ Then and Now: ‘BradCast’ 4/16/2026

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Trump’s USDA Takes Chainsaw to U.S. Forest Service: ‘BradCast’ 4/15/2026

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Another Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Weekend: ‘BradCast’ 4/13/2026

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Articles in Category: Health Care

Guest: David Dayen of The American Prospect; Also: Follow science and save lives by voting NO on CA's Prop 31 vaping flavor ban!...

Guest: Congressional historian, political scientist Norm Ornstein; Also: Leahy's Iraq War spy story...

Guest: Ernest A. Canning on that and CA's big step toward socialized medications; Also: Trump's election theft effort on GA prosecutor's mind; GOP Senate nom no longer an election denier (now that he won the nomination); Patagonia gives away the company to save the planet...

Dismantling pharmaceutical monopolies begins with repealing his 1987 Executive Order giveaway...

Newsom makes good on vow to manufacture generic drugs, highlighting Big Pharma's long manipulation of Intellectual Property laws for profit...

Guest: Stephanie Foggett of The Soufan Center...

Guest: Climate and energy journalist David Roberts of Volts...

Guest: Penn State climate scientist, author, Dr. Michael E. Mann on long-overdue passage of $370 billion to combat global warming...

Can Dems finally pass the critical Schumer/Manchin compromise bill to save the climate (and maybe themselves)?; Also: Biden's 'rebound'; KY's death toll; Tuesday's primaries; And callers ring in...

Even more amazing: Schumer outfoxed McConnell to do it! Also: Deadly flash flooding in KY; More signs of UNconventional November elections...

Anti-choicers embracing 21st century 'Fugitive Slave Act' mentality

UPDATE 7/26/22: Oklahoma threatens librarians with job loss/fines/jail if they say 'abortion'...

Guest: The Nation's John Nichols on that and midterm primary lessons; Also: Noteworthy results from primaries in IA, MS, MT, NJ, NM, SD, CA...

Guest: Election Integrity activist Sherry Healy on Clackamas County, OR's primary election boondoggle; Also: Abbott slashed mental health care in TX before shooting; GOP blocks domestic terror bill in Senate; Trump loses another appeal in NY...

Guest: Attorney Jessica Mason Pieklo of Rewired News Group on leaked Court opinion to end reproductive freedom by overturning 'Roe v. Wade'...

Special coverage with guests Heather Digby Parton of Salon and Richard 'RJ' Eskow of 'The Zero Hour'; Also: TX primary results, election probs...

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