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Kavanaugh Confirmation All But Certain and the SCOTUS Case Cited as a Reason for the Rush: ‘BradCast’ 10/5/2018

Guest: Fordham Law's Jed Shugerman; Also: More reported vote.org registration probs; Vote-flipping in MO; Willie Nelson's 'Vote 'em Out!'...

‘White House Whitewash’: FBI’s Kavanaugh Report Released to Senators: ‘BradCast’ 10/4/2018

Also: Enthusiasm for midterms high in BOTH parties, TX voter registrations in limbo, young voter turnout may prove decisive...

Meanwhile, In NON-Kavanaugh Related News…: ‘BradCast’ 10/2/2018

Guest: Journalist David Dayen on new NAFTA, CA's new Net Neutrality law (and DoJ lawsuit), Amazon's new minimum wage; Also: Senate Repubs hope to force vote, bury FBI probe on U.S. Supreme Court nominee...

The Small, Disqualifying Lies of Brett Kavanaugh and His FBI Investigation: ‘BradCast’ 10/1/2018

Guest: Attorney, journalist Jessica Mason Pieklo of Rewire.News; Also: More good news for Democrats in KS and in the U.S. House...

Ford Pain, Kavanaugh Fury: ‘BradCast’ 9/27/2018

Guest-host Angie Coiro with Jodi Jacobson on Dr. Christine Blasey Ford 'on trial' and Brett Kavanaugh's Senate Judiciary Committee rebuttal; Also: The Kochs, and immigrants choosing between deportation and hunger...

Rick Scott Trying to Usurp Successor’s Power for Nominating Three FL Supreme Court Justices

Good government groups file 'emergency petition' to stop him

UPDATE: FL Supreme Court finds Scott exceeded his authoriry, grants emergency petition...

Federal Judge Rules GA Voting Systems Insecure, Unverifiable. Allows Them in November Anyway: ‘BradCast’ 9/21/2018

Guest: Plaintiff, Election Integrity advocate Marilyn Marks; Also: Flooding, toxic crisis worsening after Florence; Midterm voting officially begins...

The GOP Panic to Confirm Kavanaugh ‘ASAP’: ‘BradCast’ 9/19/2018

Also: Toxic environmental disaster begins after Florence; AL SoS sued for Twitter blocking; Bad news for 'dark money', good news for voters...

Progressive Wins, Losses in NY End a Primary Season That Has Redefined the Democratic Party: ‘BradCast’ 9/14/2018

Guest: Journalist David Dayen; Also: Florence flooding and nuclear threat; Manafort guilty plea; MA NatGas explosions; 10 years after the crash...

‘Disaster’s at the Doorstep’: ‘BradCast’ 9/13/2018

RI primary results; Registration probs reported in NY; Deadly Florence rolls ashore; Olivia threatens dam in HI; Trump becomes a Maria death toll denier; Mysterious fires explode in MA...

Fueling Florence (and, Concurrently, Eight Other Major Storms): ‘BradCast’ 9/12/2018

Guest: Meteorologist Guy 'Climate Guy' Walton; Also: NH Primary results...

Hurricanes Florence, Olivia … and Donald: ‘BradCast’ 9/10/2018

Deadly storms -- political and otherwise -- on every front and taking calls from listeners on all of it; Plus: Some bona fide good news out of CA!...

Progressive Upset in MA; Kavanaugh Stumbles on Day 2; New Trump White House ‘Deep Throat’: ‘BradCast’ 9/5/2018

Guest: Author, columnist, political scientist David Faris on all of that and on 'packing' the U.S. Supreme Court once Dems return to power...

Kavanaugh’s ‘Sham’ SCOTUS Hearings Begin in U.S. Senate with Missing Docs, Pandemonium, Protest: ‘BradCast’ 9/4/2018

Guest: Richard 'R.J.' Eskow; Also: Gulf Coast facing Hurricane Gordon...

FL, AZ, OK Primary Results and What Went So Terribly Wrong for Voters in Maricopa County: ‘BradCast’ 8/29/2018

Also: NV's primary election failures much worse than previously known; Mystery group seeking copies of MI 2016 Presidential ballots revealed...

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