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All’s Fair in Love, War and, Apparently, Partisan Gerrymandering: ‘BradCast’ 8/4/2025

Dem lawmakers flee TX to block GOP theft of five U.S. House seats; CA focuses on November voter measure in response; Callers ring in...

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The Art of the Corrupt, Phony, Unlawful, Pretend Trade Deal: ‘BradCast’ 7/31/2025

Trump has mastered it. YOU are already paying for it.; Also: TX Repubs move ahead with scheme to steal five U.S. House seats next year...

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Brad Friedman,
7/31/2025 -
6:06 pm PT

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Climate Champions Ready Legal Battle Against Trump EPA ‘Kill Shot’ at Emissions Regulations: ‘BradCast’ 7/30/2025

Guest: NRDC's David Doniger; Also: Tsunami fallout; Harris out in CA...

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7/30/2025 -
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A Pu Pu Platter of Trump Corruption: ‘BradCast’ 7/29/2025

DOJ kills gun violence prevention, mental health grants; Stealing from nukes to pay for 'free' Qatari Air Force One; Another Bove whistleblower; Cancelling EPA 'endangerment finding'; Also: RIP Tom Lehrer...

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Brad Friedman,
7/29/2025 -
6:31 pm PT

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GOP Cuts to Medicaid, Medicare and ACA Could Trigger ‘Catastrophic’ Health Care Crisis This Fall: ‘BradCast’ 7/28/2025

Guest: David Dayen of 'The Prospect'; Also: Judge blocks Planned Parenthood Medicaid cuts; SCOTUS stays ruling blocking VRA lawsuits...

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Brad Friedman,
7/28/2025 -
6:23 pm PT

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Landmark Climate Ruling at World Court; More Epstein Trouble for our Petty Little Tyrant: ‘BradCast’ 7/24/2025

Nations must curb emissions or pay up; Trump denies FEMA aid to 'blue' state; Also: Prez told in May he's in 'Epstein Files', as cover-up fumbles...

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Brad Friedman,
7/24/2025 -
6:52 pm PT

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Trump’s Epstein ‘Conspiracy Machine Not Going Away’: ‘BradCast’ 7/23/2025

Guests: Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast' on that, Obama's 'sedatious coup', Colbert firing, and our 'dictator' moment...

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Brad Friedman,
7/23/2025 -
6:23 pm PT

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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'...

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Brad Friedman,
7/22/2025 -
7:13 pm PT

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Not a Drill! Trump Gutting News Media and Press Freedoms from Right to Left, Public to Private: ‘BradCast’ 7/21/2025

Repubs cancel NPR/PBS funding; CBS, Paramount capitulate and fire top-rated Colbert; and much more; Also: Callers ring in on all of the above...

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Brad Friedman,
7/21/2025 -
6:46 pm PT

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CO Election Clerks Block White House/MAGA Plot to Breach Voting Systems: ‘BradCast’ 7/17/2025

Failed scheme echoes Team Trump 2021 breach in GA; Also: WY's new vote suppression; GOP Senate cuts NPR/PBS funding; Dems walk out of Sen. Judiciary vote to make Trump defense lawyer a federal judge...

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Brad Friedman,
7/17/2025 -
6:52 pm PT

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If ‘Superman is the Story of America,’ No Wonder MAGA Hates Him Now Too: ‘BradCast’ 7/16/2025

Guest: Nicholas Grossman of Univ. of Illinois; Also: AZ-7 Special Election results; Mass layoffs now underway at State, Education, HHS, elsewhere...

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Brad Friedman,
7/16/2025 -
6:18 pm PT

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Trump IRS Agrees to Allow Churches to Endorse Political Candidates. Are All Nonprofits Next?: ‘BradCast’ 7/15/2025

Guest: Tax law Prof. Ellen Aprill; Also: AZ's special House primary; Inflation up as tariffs take hold; Tax dodge specialist writing tax policy...

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Brad Friedman,
7/15/2025 -
6:45 pm PT

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Repub, Indie Support for Immigrants Skyrockets Amid Trump’s Crackdown: ‘BradCast’ 7/14/2025

U.S.-born kids caught in net; Religious leaders condemn DHS/ICE; Federal judge blocks indiscriminate SoCal round-ups; Also: Callers ring in...

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Brad Friedman,
7/14/2025 -
5:36 pm PT

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Democracy is STILL Our Best Way Out of This Mess — And Republicans Know It: ‘BradCast’ 7/10/2025

Trump EPA does right thing on asbestos?; Noem falsely cites sexual abuse as cause to shut FEMA; ND tribes to appeal VRA ruling at SCOTUS; Abbott seeks to further rig TX U.S. House maps...

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Brad Friedman,
7/10/2025 -
6:48 pm PT

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A ‘Mass Shooter Subsidy’?: More Dumb, Deadly Stuff in the Trump/Republican Spending Law: ‘BradCast’ 7/9/2025

Guest: Ryan Cooper of 'American Prospect'; Also: Fact-checking Trump's 'Cabinet Meeting'; More climate chaos, as NM becomes third state to see deadly flash flooding in less than a week...

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Brad Friedman,
7/9/2025 -
6:21 pm PT

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Do Dems Have the Courage Required to Restore and Reform American Democracy? (Do You?): ‘BradCast’ 5/13/2026

Guest: Kate Riga of Talking Points Memo; Also: SC Senate leader blocks U.S. House gerrymandering; Primary results from WV, NE...

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Offshore Oil Rig Fire in SoCal a Preview of Trump’s NEXT Huge Failure: ‘BradCast’ 5/12/2026

Guest: Brady Bradshaw of Center for Biological Diversity; Also: Inflation spiked to 3-year high in April; Dems still favored to win House, despite GOP map rigging...

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

Voting rights disappearing, Jim Crow returning before our eyes in GOP-controlled state after state; Callers ring in...

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

Guest: Laura Peterson of Union of Concerned Scientists; Also: Trump panel calls for FEMA cuts as MS slammed by another tornado swarm...

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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

Also: 'Project Deadlock' in Strait of Hormuz as Admin pretends ill-fated, unlawful, continuing Iran War is over; The conflict's very real, if ironic, upside...

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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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Articles in Category: KPFK

Dem lawmakers flee TX to block GOP theft of five U.S. House seats; CA focuses on November voter measure in response; Callers ring in...

Trump has mastered it. YOU are already paying for it.; Also: TX Repubs move ahead with scheme to steal five U.S. House seats next year...

Guest: NRDC's David Doniger; Also: Tsunami fallout; Harris out in CA...

DOJ kills gun violence prevention, mental health grants; Stealing from nukes to pay for 'free' Qatari Air Force One; Another Bove whistleblower; Cancelling EPA 'endangerment finding'; Also: RIP Tom Lehrer...

Guest: David Dayen of 'The Prospect'; Also: Judge blocks Planned Parenthood Medicaid cuts; SCOTUS stays ruling blocking VRA lawsuits...

Nations must curb emissions or pay up; Trump denies FEMA aid to 'blue' state; Also: Prez told in May he's in 'Epstein Files', as cover-up fumbles...

Guests: Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast' on that, Obama's 'sedatious coup', Colbert firing, and our 'dictator' moment...

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

Repubs cancel NPR/PBS funding; CBS, Paramount capitulate and fire top-rated Colbert; and much more; Also: Callers ring in on all of the above...

Failed scheme echoes Team Trump 2021 breach in GA; Also: WY's new vote suppression; GOP Senate cuts NPR/PBS funding; Dems walk out of Sen. Judiciary vote to make Trump defense lawyer a federal judge...

Guest: Nicholas Grossman of Univ. of Illinois; Also: AZ-7 Special Election results; Mass layoffs now underway at State, Education, HHS, elsewhere...

Guest: Tax law Prof. Ellen Aprill; Also: AZ's special House primary; Inflation up as tariffs take hold; Tax dodge specialist writing tax policy...

U.S.-born kids caught in net; Religious leaders condemn DHS/ICE; Federal judge blocks indiscriminate SoCal round-ups; Also: Callers ring in...

Trump EPA does right thing on asbestos?; Noem falsely cites sexual abuse as cause to shut FEMA; ND tribes to appeal VRA ruling at SCOTUS; Abbott seeks to further rig TX U.S. House maps...

Guest: Ryan Cooper of 'American Prospect'; Also: Fact-checking Trump's 'Cabinet Meeting'; More climate chaos, as NM becomes third state to see deadly flash flooding in less than a week...

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Voting rights disappearing, Jim Crow returning before our eyes in GOP-controlled state after state; Callers ring in...

THIS WEEK: The Voting Whites Act ... Iran and Iran We Go ... Happy Mother's Day! ...

Guest: Laura Peterson of Union of Concerned Scientists; Also: Trump panel calls for FEMA cuts as MS slammed by another tornado swarm...

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

Also: 'Project Deadlock' in Strait of Hormuz as Admin pretends ill-fated, unlawful, continuing Iran War is over; The conflict's very real, if ironic, upside...

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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...

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

THIS WEEK: RIP VRA ... '86 47' by the Seashore ... Ballroom Grift ...

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