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A Few Hits of Dopamine for Your Listening Pleasure: ‘BradCast’ 4/30/2024

NY judge finds Trump in criminal contempt; A 'key' prediction for 2024; UAW wins again; Indicted AZ state Senator rewarded by RNC; Good news for trans people in WV, NC; Biden goes to pot...not a moment too soon...

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Brad Friedman,
4/30/2024 -
6:56 pm PT

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American Carnage?: One Year of ‘Trump Justice’: ‘BradCast’ 1/24/2018

Guest: Justin George of The Marshall Project; Also: FL initiative to restore former felon voting rights qualifies for November ballot, dirty Trump Family laundry, and 14 years of muck-raking at The BRAD BLOG!...

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Brad Friedman,
1/24/2018 -
6:19 pm PT

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‘Reshuffling the Decks’ on Gun Safety, Marijuana, Immigration in 2018: ‘BradCast’ 1/16/2018

Guest: Mike Liszewski of Drug Policy Alliance; Also: Goodbye, Chris Christie and other encouraging news from the states...

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Brad Friedman,
1/16/2018 -
5:39 pm PT

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‘Are You Now or Have You Ever Been a Climate Scientist?’: ‘BradCast’ 12/13/2016

Guest: Physicist, author and former Asst. Energy Sec. Joe Romm on Trump, Perry, Tillerson, the DoE and 'the fate of the next thousand years'

Also: Jill Stein's 'recount' lessons and her ongoing fight for citizen oversight of elections...

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Brad Friedman,
12/13/2016 -
6:22 pm PT

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‘Rotten to the Core’: ‘Rogue’ DEA Punts on Pot: ‘BradCast’ 8/16/2016

Guest: Michael Collins of Drug Policy Alliance | Plus: 'Third-party' Presidential woes, disturbing climate news and more...

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Brad Friedman,
8/16/2016 -
6:02 pm PT

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Going to Pot and the Dawn of Our New Progressive Age: ‘BradCast’ 6/5/2015

Guest: Dan Riffle of the Marijuana Policy Project...

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Brad Friedman,
6/5/2015 -
3:58 pm PT

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Why Rep. Brownley Voted Against Amash-Conyers, and Why Her Vote Helps Protect the NSA’s Continuing VIOLATION of Civil Liberties

UPDATED: NSA domestic surveillance data used for IRS investigations...

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Ernest A. Canning,
8/7/2013 -
6:35 am PT

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Carnage Wrought, Profits Made, Thanks to the U.S. Small Arms Trade, Our ‘War on Drugs’, and the NRA

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Ernest A. Canning,
8/6/2012 -
11:50 am PT

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Disturbing Questions About Our Government and the So-Called ‘War on Drugs’ – [PART 3 of 3]

Is the evil, that many cite as indicative of the 'failure' of the 'War on Drugs,' actually a perverse indices of its success?

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Ernest A. Canning,
4/20/2012 -
8:05 am PT

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Disturbing Questions About Our Government and the So-Called ‘War on Drugs’ – [PART 1 of 3]

Would legalization reduce CIA access to covert funding?...

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Ernest A. Canning,
4/16/2012 -
6:05 am PT

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Big Government: Predator Drones Used by Police to Help Capture Cow Rustlers in North Dakota

First confirmed use of unmanned 'terror tool' spy plane in U.S. against U.S. citizenry...

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Brad Friedman,
12/11/2011 -
9:33 am PT

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‘Project Expose MSM’ Report #2

DEA Special Agent Sandalio Gonzalez on Time Magazine's blackout of four whistleblowers 'exclusive' on U.S. agents drug-trafficking in Colombia...

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Sibel Edmonds,
6/11/2009 -
12:56 pm PT

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Virginia Supremes Void Special Election on Redistricting Referendum in Huge Gift to Vote Rigging GOP: ‘BradCast’ 5/11/2026

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Repubs Seek Immunity Law for Big Oil; White South Rising Again After SCOTUS Ruling: ‘BradCast’ 5/7/2026

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Time to Reform our Illegitimate Supreme Court: ‘BradCast’ 5/6/2026

Guest: Alicia Bannon of NYU's Brennan Center for Justice; Also: Primary and special election results in OH, IN, MI...

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The Corrupt Hypocrisy of SCOTUS’ VRA Ruling in the Middle of Primary Election Season: ‘BradCast’ 5/5/2026

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Billionaires Spending Millions to Fight Against, Lie to Voters About CA’s Proposed, One-Time Billionaires Tax: ‘BradCast’ 5/4/2026

Guest: Harold Meyerson of 'The American Prospect'; Also: GOP states scramble to write Black districts out of existence; A warning for CA vote-by-mail voters...

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Steyer Facing Deceptive Fire in CA Gubernatorial Race for Call to Eliminate ‘Trump Loophole’

Trump-allied GOP opponent lying about progressive billionaire's proposal to end state's corporate 'property transfer loophole'...

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‘86 47’ or ‘Weekend at Donnie’s’: ‘BradCast’ 4/30/2026

Guests: Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast' on the SCOTUS VRA ruling and fallout, the ballroom, Iran, Comey, Kimmel and much more!...

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Corrupt SCOTUS Undermines U.S. Constitution, Guts Last Remaining Protections of Voting Rights Act: ‘BradCast’ 4/29/2026

Guest: Redistricting expert Dan Vicuña of Common Cause; Also: Comey's dumb new indictment; E. Jean Carroll wins again; More new lows for Trump approval...

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Trump’s Activist Rightwing ‘Originalist’ Judges Strike Again in Texas: ‘BradCast’ 4/28/2026

Guest: Jay Willis of Balls and Strikes; Also: Dem takes polling lead for U.S. Senate in TX as Repubs brace for 'sour, ugly, bad, bleak' midterm elections...

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Articles in Category: DEA

NY judge finds Trump in criminal contempt; A 'key' prediction for 2024; UAW wins again; Indicted AZ state Senator rewarded by RNC; Good news for trans people in WV, NC; Biden goes to pot...not a moment too soon...

Guest: Justin George of The Marshall Project; Also: FL initiative to restore former felon voting rights qualifies for November ballot, dirty Trump Family laundry, and 14 years of muck-raking at The BRAD BLOG!...

Guest: Mike Liszewski of Drug Policy Alliance; Also: Goodbye, Chris Christie and other encouraging news from the states...

Guest: Physicist, author and former Asst. Energy Sec. Joe Romm on Trump, Perry, Tillerson, the DoE and 'the fate of the next thousand years'

Also: Jill Stein's 'recount' lessons and her ongoing fight for citizen oversight of elections...

Guest: Michael Collins of Drug Policy Alliance | Plus: 'Third-party' Presidential woes, disturbing climate news and more...

Guest: Dan Riffle of the Marijuana Policy Project...

UPDATED: NSA domestic surveillance data used for IRS investigations...

Is the evil, that many cite as indicative of the 'failure' of the 'War on Drugs,' actually a perverse indices of its success?

Would legalization reduce CIA access to covert funding?...

First confirmed use of unmanned 'terror tool' spy plane in U.S. against U.S. citizenry...

DEA Special Agent Sandalio Gonzalez on Time Magazine's blackout of four whistleblowers 'exclusive' on U.S. agents drug-trafficking in Colombia...

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