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‘Sorta Victories’ for Blocked Twitter Users, AZ Voters, and at SCOTUS: ‘BradCast’ 6/5/2018

Guest: Slate legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern on 'having cake and eating it too'; Also: Probs for voters in CA and SD, as eight states hold primaries...

Legal and Historical Perspective on Trump’s New Claims of Extraordinary Presidential Powers: ‘BradCast’ 6/4/2018

Guest: Fordham Univ. School of Law's legal historian Jed Shugerman...

‘First Genuinely Good Election Night for Wisconsin Progressives’ in Years: ‘BradCast’ 4/4/2018

Guest: WI journalist John Nichols; Also: More good election news in AK; MO Repubs move hand-marked paper ballot bill forward; PA opens door to more unverifiable voting; MLK's assassination, 50 years ago today...

‘Washington’ Isn’t Broken. The Republicans Are.: ‘BradCast’ 2/23/2018

Trump's horrible idea; FL's tepid gun reform package; Melania's parents' 'chain migration'; Gates cops a plea; McMaster may soon be out; Why Republicans must be removed; Stoneman Douglas students shine...

Moore, Moore, Moore…and Other Vital News: ‘BradCast’ 12/11/2017

Terror attacks in NY, KS, NM; Pentagon to allow transgender enlistment, despite Trump's ban; SoCal fire update; A big election integrity court win and deep dive into the mad state of Alabama's U.S. Senate election as voters head to the polls...

Two Big Rights Cases at SCOTUS This Week ‘Take the Cake’ for Absurdity: ‘BradCast’ 12/6/2017

Guest: Legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern; Also: Fires worsen in and near L.A.; Franken may be forced, by Democrats, to resign...

Some News to Be Thankful For (Sort Of): ‘BradCast’ 11/22/2017

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‘It Does Not Appear to be Supported by Any Facts’: Judge Blocks Trump’s Military Transgender Ban: ‘BradCast’ 11/1/2017

Guest: Constitutional law expert Ian Millhiser; Also: Trump's reaction to NYC terror attack and continuing failure to understand public policy...

Houston Flood Officials Spent Years Denying Scientific Warnings of Catastrophic Flooding: ‘BradCast’ 8/28/2017

Also: Trump's pardon of Arpaio; North Korea fires missile over Japan...

White House, U.S. Senate Devolve Into Chaos: ‘BradCast’ 7/27/2017

Intra-party Republican disarray over health care repeal, Trump's trans ban, threats to replace AG, more | GUEST: Former Acting CBO Director Donald Marron on why GOP plan to gut the agency is 'a terrible idea'...

Deflect, Distract, Deny and Other Lead Balloons: ‘BradCast’ 7/26/2017

Trump's transgender military ban, GOP's still failing health care repeal, the bullying of Jeff Sessions and listeners call in on all of the above...

SCOTUS Rulings on Trump ‘Travel Ban’, WI Partisan Gerrymandering, More: ‘BradCast’ 6/26/2017

Guest: Legal journalist Mark Joseph Stern; Also: CBO Finds GOP Senate health bill to result in coverage lost for 22 million Americans...

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