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L.A. County’s New ‘Vote Center’ System Makes Recounts All But Impossible: ‘BradCast’ 7/26/2021

Guest: Ian Patton of Long Beach Reform Coalition; Also: COVID vaccine deniers now learning they were wrong...the hard way...

Critical Failure in Media Coverage of Rightwing ‘Critical Race Theory’ Hoax: ‘BradCast’ 7/16/2021

Guest: Media analyst Eric Boehlert of PRESS RUN; Also: Masks back on in L.A. County; Deadly climate change-fueled deluge in Germany...

Activist SCOTUS Undermines Democracy and the Constitution at Term’s End: ‘BradCast’ 7/6/2021

Guest: Robert Brandon of Fair Elections Center; Also: We're back! But with a week of news in one segment to get you (and us) all caught up!...

Federal Court Hearing Set for First Challenge to GA’s New Anti-Voting, Anti-Press Freedoms Law: ‘BradCast’ 6/21/2021

Guest: Coalition for Good Governance's Marilyn Marks on that and separate challenge to state's 100% unverifiable touchscreen voting...

Federal Judge Cites Century of Systemic Racism, Corruption Behind L.A.’s Homelessness Crisis: ‘BradCast’ 5/20/2021

Guest: BRAD BLOG legal analyst Ernest A. Canning; Also: CA GOP's Newsom recall falling flat so far; Israel, Hamas agree to cease-fire; GOP disgraces self, infuriates cops by trying to block Jan. 6th Commission...

While Beneficial, Federal Court Intervention Won’t Resolve Los Angeles Homelessness Crisis

Lengthy opinion exposes century of entrenched racism, corruption and indifference but overlooks extreme predatory capitalist inequality...

UPDATE, 9/24/21: 9th Circuit Overturns Injunction

‘Bamboo’zled in AZ; 95% Renewable Energy in CA: ‘BradCast’ 5/6/2021

Guest: L.A. Times energy reporter Sammy Roth; Also: DeSantis signs new FL voter suppression bill on Fox 'News'...

Florida’s New Vote Suppression Bill Also Threatens Elections Officials with $25,000 Fines: ‘BradCast’ 5/4/2021

Guest: 30-year former Leon County, FL elections chief, Ion Sancho; Also: L.A. County records zero COVID deaths two days in row while California infection, hospitalization, death rates fall dramatically...

H.R.1: Ambitious Democratic Measure Tackles Vote Suppression, Enhances Election Security

Landmark bill would enact long-overdue voting reforms, but needs at least one key rewrite to close a loophole regarding hand-marked paper ballots...

‘Cancel Culture’ Actually Means Accountability: ‘BradCast’ 2/1/2021

Guest: Accountable's Lizzy Price on holding corporate CEOs to account for hiring Trumpers; Also: Trump loses Impeachment lawyers; Callers ring in on whether Biden should compromise with GOP on COVID bill...

Hopefully Padilla Will be Better as U.S. Senator Than as CA Sec. of State: ‘BradCast’ 12/22/2020

Also: Contest filed in Iowa U.S. House election with 6-vote margin; Newsmax cracks under legal threat from voting machine company...

Five Days of Trump Humiliation, Failure Explained in One Hour. Wish Us Luck: ‘BradCast’ 11/30/2020

L.A. County faces down new COVID spike; AZ, WI certify Biden victory; Team Trump cases shredded by federal and state courts in PA; Callers ring in on Trump's SCOTUS 'Trump Card'...

Criminal Justice Reform Measures, Candidates Won Big Last Week: ‘BradCast’ 11/12/2020

Guest: Daniel Nichanian of 'The Appeal'; Also: COVID-19 surge shatters U.S. records, explodes at White House, RNC, and for Georgia's Sec. of State; Rove says 'Election won't be overturned'...

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...

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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