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11/13/2023 -
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11/2/2023 -
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Brad Friedman,
10/25/2023 -
6:53 pm PT

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The Old Normal (But With Democracy Itself and Life on Earth at Stake): ‘BradCast’ 10/5/2023

Media woefully misleads on Biden and the border wall; AL to finally add second Black-majority House district; September heat 'gobsmackingly bananas'; Prez warns democracy in peril in perfectly normal interview...

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10/5/2023 -
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Even SCOTUS is Rejecting the Rightwing Scheme to Kill the CFPB: ‘BradCast’ 10/4/2023

Guest: David Dayen of The American Prospect; Also: Biden forgives another $9B in student loans; Jordan, Scalise to run for Speaker; Republicans try to blame Dems for Repub removal of McCarthy...

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10/4/2023 -
6:47 pm PT

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What Scott Hall Knows, From Woman Who Taped His Coffee County, GA Phone Call ‘Confession’: ‘BradCast’ 10/2/2023

Guest: Marilyn Marks of Coalition for Good Governance; Also: Shutdown averted; CA's new Senator; Nobel prize for COVID vaccine masterminds; Trump in deeper trouble by the day...

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10/2/2023 -
7:08 pm PT

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Emergency WI Supreme Court Petition Seeks to Block Threatened Impeachment Proceedings

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9/18/2023 -
9:35 am PT

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Callers ring in on the politics of the 'Insurrection Disqualification Clause'; Also: Horrific disasters in Morocco, Libya; Somewhat brighter news for Maui; Lee continues to strengthen, menace the U.S. East Coast...

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Brad Friedman,
9/11/2023 -
6:15 pm PT

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‘The Next 18 Months Are Going to be a Bumpy Ride’ (or, ‘I Can’t Fight This Feeling Anymore’): ‘BradCast’ 9/5/2023

Election officials grapple with Trump's Constitutional ballot disqualification; Also: Proud Boy boss gets 22 years for 1/6; Courts order lawless AL, FL to restore Black-majority U.S. House Districts...

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Brad Friedman,
9/5/2023 -
6:24 pm PT

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Judicial Impeachment Threat by WI Republicans Sets Table for Potential Constitutional Crisis

GOPers in gerrymandered state legislative seats float possibility of removing newly elected Justice over state gerrymandering case...

UPDATE 08/23/23: Elections Commission files neutral response; WI Legislature moves to intervene; named GOP Senators oppose, named Dems respond in support; UPDATE 08/26/23 briefing scheduled on GOP recusal motion...

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Ernest A. Canning,
8/21/2023 -
9:19 am PT

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New Lawsuits Filed at WI’s Newly Liberal Supreme Court Seek to End GOP State Gerrymanders

Success would offer a fair shot at flipping state legislative seats, but leave Republicans' gerrymandered U.S. House delegation in place...

UPDATED: Court orders responsive brief; Gerrymandered legislature threatens impeachment...

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8/14/2023 -
9:35 am PT

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Democracy, Hypocrisy, Free Speech and Reproductive Freedom: ‘BradCast’ 8/9/2023

Guest: Robin Marty of the West Alabama Women's Center, author of 'The End of Roe v. Wade'; Also: Deadly, climate fueled wildfires in Maui, HI...

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Brad Friedman,
8/9/2023 -
6:33 pm PT

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‘The Darkest Hour is Just Before Dawn’

Democracy can reverse the damage wrought by corrupt, right-wing Supreme Court ideologues...

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Ernest A. Canning,
8/7/2023 -
9:49 am PT

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Alito’s (Corrupt) Way: ‘BradCast’ 7/31/2023

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7/31/2023 -
6:07 pm PT

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Media woefully misleads on Biden and the border wall; AL to finally add second Black-majority House district; September heat 'gobsmackingly bananas'; Prez warns democracy in peril in perfectly normal interview...

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Guest: Marilyn Marks of Coalition for Good Governance; Also: Shutdown averted; CA's new Senator; Nobel prize for COVID vaccine masterminds; Trump in deeper trouble by the day...

Petitioners argue GOP plan to remove recently seated Justice violates state Constitutional limitation to 'crimes' or 'corrupt conduct in office'...

UPDATE 10/3/23: Wisconsin Supremes declined to hear the case...

Callers ring in on the politics of the 'Insurrection Disqualification Clause'; Also: Horrific disasters in Morocco, Libya; Somewhat brighter news for Maui; Lee continues to strengthen, menace the U.S. East Coast...

Election officials grapple with Trump's Constitutional ballot disqualification; Also: Proud Boy boss gets 22 years for 1/6; Courts order lawless AL, FL to restore Black-majority U.S. House Districts...

GOPers in gerrymandered state legislative seats float possibility of removing newly elected Justice over state gerrymandering case...

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Success would offer a fair shot at flipping state legislative seats, but leave Republicans' gerrymandered U.S. House delegation in place...

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