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Gerrymandering Expert on Why Dems Unlikely to Counter GOP’s New Texas Redistricting Scheme: ‘BradCast’ 7/22/2025

Guest: FairVote's David Daley; Also: Speaker Johnson to adjourn House for August recess to avoid vote on releasing 'Epstein Files'...

U.S. Authoritarianism Underway (But We’re Still Here to Fight It): ‘BradCast’ 6/24/2025

More Trump failures, 'F' bombs and real bombs; Corrupt SCOTUS okays Trump DOJ lawlessness; RCV in NYC Mayoral election; Heat dome dangers; DHS cracks down on gardeners and military dads...

Biden in Ukraine; Carter in Hospice Care; Fox ‘News’ in Big Legal Trouble: ‘BradCast’ 2/20/2023

Also: Computer tabulators declared losing candidates to be winners in at least two states in the November, 2022 mid-terms...

We’re Back! But Election and Accountability Season Never Left: ‘BradCast’ 11/28/2022

Pillow Guy is running!; Special Counsel wasting no time; Trumpers failed in AK too; Lake still pretending in AZ; Callers have a few thoughts...

‘What’s Happening in Our Country is Not Normal’: ‘BradCast’ 9/6/2022

We're back! And we've got a LOT to catch up on...

‘Emptywheel’ on Trump, Espionage and the FBI Seizure of Stolen NatSec Docs at Mar-a-Lago: ‘BradCast’ 8/17/2022

Guest: Journalist Marcy Wheeler of Emptywheel; Also: Cheney loses in WY; Murkowski advances in AK, as Palin awaits Ranked Choice Vote count in U.S. House Special Election...

[UPDATED with link to full transcript of interview with Wheeler.]

Sarah Palin (and Santa Claus! Really!) Are Running for Congress in Alaska: ‘BradCast’ 4/5/2022

Guest: Jeanne Devon of Alaska's Mudflats with all the inside skinny; Also: Zelenskyy chides the U.N. Security Council as evidence of Russian war crimes mount; Three GOP Senators will vote for KBJ...

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!...

‘Not As Terrible As It Could Be’: New SCOTUS Opinions Handed Down as Term Nears End: ‘BradCast’ 6/23/2021

Guest: Legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern; Also: NYC mayoral primary will take weeks to tally by RCV system; Socialist wins upset in Buffalo mayoral primary; Dems 'not deterred' by GOP filibuster of voting rights bill...

The Heat Is On: ‘BradCast’ 6/22/2021

Guest: 'Climate Guy' Guy Walton on new climate extremes, smashed records; Also: NYC tries Ranked Choice Voting; Senate Dems battle to save American democracy -- will Manchin and Sinema join them?...

Iowa Fiasco: New, Secretly Developed Tech for a Mission Critical Election? What Could Go Wrong?!: ‘BradCast’ 2/4/2020

And who could have warned about such things in ADVANCE?! Also, The Nation's John Nichols joins us, just back from the IA Caucus meltdown...

Trump’s Indictable Campaign Finance Felony and the 25th Amendment: ‘BradCast’ 12/14/2018

Guest: Public Citizen's Craig Holman; Also: WI's Walker signs power grab bills; MI's Snyder undermines voters; NC's GOP Election Fraud scandal spreads to new district; ME's RCV hand-count ends early...

The Pentagon’s Great Budget ‘Fraud’ (and Other Federal Boondoggles): ‘BradCast’ 12/10/2018

Guest: Investigative journalist Dave Lindorff; Also: U.S. House contests in NC-9, FL-15, ME-2; Schiff says Trump may face prison time...

Cohen Implicates Trump in Moscow Tower Lies; NC Fraud Mystery Grows: ‘BradCast’ 11/29/2018

Also: Predictable call for 'recount' in ME's Ranked Choice Voting election...

Florida ‘Machine Recount’ Extension Denied, ‘Hand Recounts’ to Begin: ‘BradCast’ 11/15/2018

Also: The problem with Vote-by-Mail ballot signatures; Dems pickup ME U.S. House seat in Ranked Choice 'runoff'; GA's illegitimate Guv election...

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