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Last Call: Listeners Ring in With Thoughts, Fears, Questions on Final Day Before Voting Deadline: ‘BradCast’ 11/2/2020

Also: Judge nixes GOP attempt to toss 127k votes in Houston; Power outages plague southern states with computer voting systems following hurricanes; Trump Camp operative gives away plan to steal the election...

Courting Chaos: Activist GOP Jurists Prepare to Nullify Lawfully Cast Mail-In Ballots in MN, PA: ‘BradCast’ 10/30/2020

Guest: Armstrong County, PA Election Director and longtime Election Integrity advocate Marybeth Kuznik on chaos, segregated ballots and unverifiable touchscreens in the critical battleground state...

Cold Civil War Over Democracy Grinds On as Voting Deadline Looms: ‘BradCast’ 10/29/2020

Several victories for pro-democracy forces in MN, TX; FL Guv's registration hacked in voter database; VT Sec. of State demands correction from SCOTUS following Kavanaugh's error-filled WI opinion...

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Dear Dems: Time to Unrig the Court (If They Don’t Rig the Election First): ‘BradCast’ 10/27/2020

Guest: Aaron Belkin of Take Back the Court; Also: Barrett sworn onto GOP's Stolen SCOTUS; Supremes order WI to reject mail-in ballots cast by Election Day that arrive afterward...

Special Coverage of The Final 2020 Presidential Debate: ‘BradCast’ 10/23/2020

Guests: Heather Digby Parton and Richard 'R.J.' Eskow decode Thursday's face-off in Nashville and our nightmares before (and after?) Halloween...

Federal Suit Filed Against Trump, Barr, Acting Dir. of DHS, Charging Unlawful Voter Intimidation: ‘BradCast’ 10/22/2020

Guest: Attorney Ron Fein of Free Speech for People; Also: Biden's plan for SCOTUS expansion; Graham breaks rules to approve Barrett w/out Dems; SCOTUS blocks AL curbside voting; Admin claims Iran (not Russia, not Proud Boys) behind email threats to Dem voters...

Are Americans Ready (or Even Able) to Roll Back the GOP’s Decade-Old ‘Permanent Minority Rule’?: ‘BradCast’ 10/21/2020

Guest: Author and 'REDMAP' gerrymandering expert David Daley; Also: Lawyers hate Trump; Dems to boycott Barrett vote?; Federal court allows TX to reject mail-in ballots without contacting voters...

Good News, Bad News! It’s ‘The Caveat Show!’: ‘BradCast’ 10/20/2020

All sorts of reasons for Dems to feel good about Biden and re-taking the Senate...Along with plenty of reasons to remain concerned about both...

2020’s Federal Court Voting Rights Roller Coaster and How to Make it Stop: ‘BradCast’ 10/16/2020

Guest: Univ. of KY election law Prof. Joshua A. Douglas; Also: Trump's CA wildfire emergency disaster relief roller coaster...

‘Deranged Power Grab’: Barrett SCOTUS Packing Hearings Conclude in Senate Judiciary Comm: ‘BradCast’ 10/15/2020

Guest: Slate legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern; Also: Computer check-in system causing long Early Voting lines in GA; FBI warns of 'unauthorized access to elections support systems'...

‘When You Find Hypocrisy in the Daylight, Look for Power in the Shadows’: ‘BradCast’ 10/14/2020

Guest: Dark money researcher Lisa Graves on Sen. Whitehouse's Judiciary Committee revelations on the GOP's decades-long, $250 million Supreme Court-packing coup; Also: Good news for voters in VA, TX, AK!...

Barrett’s Hypocritical, Media-Aided, Scalia-Fueled ‘Originalist’ Hoax: ‘BradCast’ 10/13/2020

Also: Touchscreen systems fail on first day of Early Voting outside Houston; Three Trump judges clear way for absentee vote suppression in TX; Online registration fails on deadline day in VA...

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Judge Finds ‘Serious Security Vulnerabilities’ in GA’s New Vote Systems, Allows Them Anyway: ‘BradCast’ 10/12/2020

Guest: Plaintiff Marilyn Marks of Coalition for Good Governance; Also: My escape from 'Twitter Jail'; GA's vote system fails, causes long lines on first day of early voting; CA GOP's fake mail-in drop boxes...

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