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Are They Liars? Or Just Incompetent? Or Both?: ‘BradCast’ 7/14/2017

Plus: On the Espionage Act's 100th Anniversary, it's now being used against whistleblowers and journalists rather than spies...

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Brad Friedman,
7/14/2017 -
6:15 pm PT

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Trump Hacked and Furious; GOP Health Care Repeal; Good-ish News on Rip-Off Bank Scheme: ‘BradCast’ 7/12/2017

Guest: Lisa Gilbert, Public Citizen's VP of Legislative Affairs...

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Brad Friedman,
7/12/2017 -
6:09 pm PT

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Kobach’s ‘Voter Fraud’ Commission Facing Federal Lawsuits, Suppressing Votes: ‘BradCast’ 7/11/2017

Guest: ACLU's Theresa Lee | Also: Trump Jr.'s legal probs; Senate GOP health care repeal; 'Green News Report' returns for another heat wave...

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Brad Friedman,
7/11/2017 -
6:07 pm PT

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Senate GOP Assault on American Health Care is Anything But Over: ‘BradCast’ 6/28/2017

Wildly unpopular Senate bill will be back soon, and why Dems can never 'compromise' on what is, in fact, an issue of national security...

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Brad Friedman,
6/28/2017 -
5:50 pm PT

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GOP Health Care Vote Delayed as Repub Senators Balk at Medicaid Cuts, Harm to Hospitals: ‘BradCast’ 6/27/2017

Guests: Health care reform analysts Allen Dobson and Randy Haught...

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Brad Friedman,
6/27/2017 -
6:48 pm PT

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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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Brad Friedman,
6/26/2017 -
6:29 pm PT

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‘American Carnage’ (Or, the Senate Republican ‘Health Care’ Plan): ‘BradCast’ 6/23/2017

Guest: Igor Volsky of the Center for American Progress...

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Brad Friedman,
6/23/2017 -
6:37 pm PT

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Secrets Revealed: DoD Damage Assessment of Manning Leaks, GOP Senate Healthcare Bill: ‘BradCast’ 6/22/2017

Guest: BuzzFeed News Journalist, 'FOIA Terrorist' Jason Leopold; Also: Trump says he was bluffing about audio tapes...but was he?...

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Brad Friedman,
6/22/2017 -
6:09 pm PT

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‘Bedlam’ Ahead: Obstruction, Recusals, Chain of Succession, Impeachment and Indictments: ‘BradCast’ 6/20/2017

Guest: Author, attorney Seth Abramson | Plus: Senate GOP plans to pass 'secret' health care bill; Energy Sec. Rick Perry is still dumb; much more...

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Brad Friedman,
6/20/2017 -
5:48 pm PT

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Big Dem Wins in Special Elections; CBO Finds GOP ‘Healthcare’ Bill Still Deadly: ‘BradCast’ 5/24/2017

Guest: Journalist, health care reform advocate Jacki Schechner...

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Brad Friedman,
5/24/2017 -
6:14 pm PT

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Dems Could Pick Up GOP U.S. House Seats in Upcoming Special Elections: ‘BradCast’ 4/10/2017

Guest: Howie Klein of 'Down With Tyranny' on surprisingly good odds for progressives in KS, GA, MT, CA; Also: Tons of breaking news today...

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Brad Friedman,
4/10/2017 -
6:11 pm PT

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Gorsuch Confirmed to Stolen SCOTUS; Trump’s ‘Unlawful’ Syria Attack; Major Civil Rights Ruling: ‘BradCast’ 4/7/2017

Guest: Slate's Mark Joseph Stern...

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Brad Friedman,
4/7/2017 -
5:31 pm PT

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McConnell, Republicans Invoke ‘Nuclear Option’ to Steal the U.S. Supreme Court: ‘BradCast’ 4/6/2017

Guest: Constitutional law and SCOTUS expert Ian Millhiser; Also: Trump eyes military response against Syria...

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Brad Friedman,
4/6/2017 -
6:03 pm PT

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(Not) Normalizing a Stolen U.S. Supreme Court: ‘BradCast’ 3/21/2017

Guest: Law professor Peter Shane on lack of 'institutional penalty' for GOP theft of SCOTUS; Also: House GOP makes healthcare bill even crueler...

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Brad Friedman,
3/21/2017 -
5:52 pm PT

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Get Ready for Hot GOP on GOP Budget Action!: ‘BradCast’ 3/9/2017

Guest: Journalist Alice Ollstein from Capitol Hill; Plus: The high cost of cutting IRS funding and the benefits of single-payer national health care...

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Brad Friedman,
3/9/2017 -
5:10 pm PT

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Trump Losing Everything Everywhere All At Once: ‘BradCast’ 7/14/2026

Court battles, policy fights, Iran War, more; 'This is very much a story about what a loser does'...

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7/14/2026 |
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Court Finds ‘Bad Faith’ in Trump’s ‘Untenable’, ‘Collusive’ Lawsuit, ‘Settlement Agreement’ with IRS

Ruling negates $1.8 billion 'weaponization' fund; exposes illegality of effort to create immunity from IRS audits; refers Acting AG Blanche, Asst. AG Woodward, Plaintiffs' attorneys to Bar Associations for discipline...

Ernest A. Canning
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7/14/2026 |
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‘Green News Report’ – July 14, 2026

with Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...

Desi Doyen
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7/14/2026 |
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Trump Fires All Commissioners on U.S. Elections Assistance Commission — Should We Worry?: ‘BradCast’ 7/13/2026

Guest: Election security expert Susan Greenhalgh; Also: Lindsey dead; Mitch alive (theoretically); U.S. restarts forever war in Iran, with Trump vowing to charge tolls on Strait of Hormuz...

Brad Friedman
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7/13/2026 |
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Sunday ‘Everything F**ked Up’ Toons

THIS WEEK: Pacific Persians! ... Red Menace! ... Sex Pests! ...

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7/12/2026 |
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LINDSEY GRAHAM DEAD AT 71

UPDATES: Medical examiner cites 'aorta rupture' as cause of Graham's death; McConnell issues first statement, photo on his own recovery from fall, hospitalization, pneumonia, silence about condition...

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7/12/2026 |
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Dead Ends: Iran, Platner, McConnell: ‘BradCast’ 7/9/2026

Guest: Prof. David Faris, Roosevelt University author, political scientist...

Brad Friedman
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7/9/2026 |
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‘Green News Report’ – July 9, 2026

with Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...

Desi Doyen
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7/9/2026 |
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John Roberts and his Corrupt Republican SCOTUS Majority Winning the Long Game: ‘BradCast’ 7/8/2026

Guest: Former Dep. Asst. A.G. Lisa Graves on the Chief Justice's decades-long fights to undermine voting rights, expand Presidential power...

Brad Friedman
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7/8/2026 |
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The Trump Crime Family’s Staggering Second-Term Crime Spree Comes into View: ‘BradCast’ 7/7/2026

Also: Platner support collapses in ME; How Trump's 'Freedom 250' hijacked America's 250th birthday...using wire fraud to do it...

Brad Friedman
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7/7/2026 |
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‘Green News Report’ – July 7, 2026

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Desi Doyen
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7/7/2026 |
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Maine U.S. Senate Race Rocked by Sexual Assault Claim; Callers Want Platner to Stay In: ‘BradCast’ 7/6/2026

Dem candidate 'categorically' denies 'false' allegation, but 'taking time to reflect on best path forward...and goal of defeating Susan Collins' ahead of July 13 deadline to drop out and be replaced by state party...

Brad Friedman
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7/6/2026 |
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Sunday ‘One Small Step for Americans…’ Toons

THIS WEEK: SCOTUS Out ... Birthday Blues ... Fair/Enough ... Grift in Plane Sight ...

Brad Friedman
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7/5/2026 |
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SCOTUS Hot Takes: Mailing it In

Hitting the road, but with some VERY quick thoughts before we go...

Brad Friedman
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6/29/2026 |

Sunday ‘A Quack in the Case’ Toons

THIS WEEK: Wet Dreams ... Trump's 250th ... SCOTUS Bloody SCOTUS ... Elon Bloody Elon ...

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6/28/2026 |

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Articles in Category: Mitch McConnell (Page 11)

Plus: On the Espionage Act's 100th Anniversary, it's now being used against whistleblowers and journalists rather than spies...

Guest: Lisa Gilbert, Public Citizen's VP of Legislative Affairs...

Guest: ACLU's Theresa Lee | Also: Trump Jr.'s legal probs; Senate GOP health care repeal; 'Green News Report' returns for another heat wave...

Wildly unpopular Senate bill will be back soon, and why Dems can never 'compromise' on what is, in fact, an issue of national security...

Guests: Health care reform analysts Allen Dobson and Randy Haught...

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

Guest: Igor Volsky of the Center for American Progress...

Guest: BuzzFeed News Journalist, 'FOIA Terrorist' Jason Leopold; Also: Trump says he was bluffing about audio tapes...but was he?...

Guest: Author, attorney Seth Abramson | Plus: Senate GOP plans to pass 'secret' health care bill; Energy Sec. Rick Perry is still dumb; much more...

Guest: Journalist, health care reform advocate Jacki Schechner...

Guest: Howie Klein of 'Down With Tyranny' on surprisingly good odds for progressives in KS, GA, MT, CA; Also: Tons of breaking news today...

Guest: Slate's Mark Joseph Stern...

Guest: Constitutional law and SCOTUS expert Ian Millhiser; Also: Trump eyes military response against Syria...

Guest: Law professor Peter Shane on lack of 'institutional penalty' for GOP theft of SCOTUS; Also: House GOP makes healthcare bill even crueler...

Guest: Journalist Alice Ollstein from Capitol Hill; Plus: The high cost of cutting IRS funding and the benefits of single-payer national health care...

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Court battles, policy fights, Iran War, more; 'This is very much a story about what a loser does'...

Ruling negates $1.8 billion 'weaponization' fund; exposes illegality of effort to create immunity from IRS audits; refers Acting AG Blanche, Asst. AG Woodward, Plaintiffs' attorneys to Bar Associations for discipline...

with Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...

Guest: Election security expert Susan Greenhalgh; Also: Lindsey dead; Mitch alive (theoretically); U.S. restarts forever war in Iran, with Trump vowing to charge tolls on Strait of Hormuz...

THIS WEEK: Pacific Persians! ... Red Menace! ... Sex Pests! ...

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with Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...

Guest: Former Dep. Asst. A.G. Lisa Graves on the Chief Justice's decades-long fights to undermine voting rights, expand Presidential power...

Also: Platner support collapses in ME; How Trump's 'Freedom 250' hijacked America's 250th birthday...using wire fraud to do it...

with Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen...

Dem candidate 'categorically' denies 'false' allegation, but 'taking time to reflect on best path forward...and goal of defeating Susan Collins' ahead of July 13 deadline to drop out and be replaced by state party...

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