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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...

What ‘Anti-War President’? MAGA Civil War Erupts Over Trump and Iran: ‘BradCast’ 6/18/2025

Also: SCOTUS upholds cruel ban on medical care for trans kids; Trump/GOP budget bill wildly unpopular among Americans...

Subsequent Wednesday: Results, Problems, Fallout From Super Tuesday: ‘BradCast’ 3/6/2024

Biden, Trump (mostly) sweep; Haley drops out; McConnell endorses; Protests haunt Dem victories in MN, CA; Few (though some noteworthy) Election Day voting system failures...

Justin Pearson Reseated in TN; Justice Thomas Still Corrupt at SCOTUS: ‘BradCast’ 4/13/2023

Also: Ted Cruz still an idiot in TX; U.S. House GOP approval deep under water after first 100 days; Ungodly rainfall in South Florida...

Evidence Shows Hunter Biden Reads Newspapers, Not Classified Documents (Repubs Should Try it!): ‘BradCast’ 2/2/2023

The President's son threatens legal action against rightwing media, seeks legal probe of 'stolen' emails; Also: Omar pushes back against GOP revenge vote; And, a 'BradCast' programming announcement!...

Trump’s Jan 6 Legal ‘Mastermind’ Eastman Faces Disbarment Charges in CA: ‘BradCast’ 1/30/2023

Guest: Former UT Asst. A.G. Michael Teter of The 65 Project; Also: BRAD BLOG's 20th year!; NY D.A. seeking criminal charges against Trump...

Republican Dark Money Group’s Multi-Million Dollar ‘Grassroots’ Vote Suppression Scheme: ‘BradCast’ 1/25/2023

Guest: Campaign finance expert Brendan Fischer of Documented; Also: My ridiculous, couldn't-possibly-be-true George Santos theory...

GOP Senate Candidates Used Same ‘Replacement’ Rhetoric as Buffalo’s White Supremacist Shooter: ‘BradCast’ 5/19/2022

Also: Cruz TX disbarment sought for 2020 steal efforts; GOP Sen. booed in WY; Young voters eager for 2022; Record majority for abortion rights...

‘In Tonight’s Performance, the Role of Hitler Will be Played by Vladimir Putin’: ‘BradCast’ 3/22/2022

Also: GOP's KBJ confirmation idiocy; KY's anti-marriage equality clerk finally found guilty; 23,000 mail ballots rejected under new TX law...

‘Barbaric’ SCOTUS Decision Blows Away Precedent on Juvenile Justice, Offers Very Dark Warning: ‘BradCast’ 4/23/2021

Guest: Slate legal journalist Mark Joseph Stern; Also: Biden soaring in polls, young voters hopeful again about the future...

GOP ‘Legislative’ Agenda Now Being Carried Out by Activist Supreme Court: ‘BradCast’ 4/9/2021

Guest: SCOTUS expert, author Ian Millhiser; Also: Amazon unionization vote goes down in AL, union cries foul; Biden creates commission to study SCOTUS reform; Everyone loves hating on Cruz and Graham...

U.S. EAC Sued After Allowing Modems in E-Vote Systems Following Private Meetings with Vendors: ‘BradCast’ 4/2/2021

Guest: Susan Greenhalgh, Senior Election Security Advisor at Free Speech for People; Also: Officer killed in new U.S. Capitol attack; MLB pulls All-Star game out of GA; Boehner's message for Cruz...

Cruz Deserts Texas, NASA Returns to Mars: ‘BradCast’ 2/18/2021

Guest: Margot Paez, formerly of 'BradCast' and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Also: TX crisis spikes oil, gas prices; Sparks int'l ire...

‘An Unspeakable Assault on Our Nation and Our People’: ‘BradCast’ 1/7/2021

Biden's victory is affirmed by Congress following Trump's attempted MAGA Mob insurrection; Fallout continues, including White House resignations, calls for impeachment, 25th Amendment...

‘Chickens Coming Home to Roost’ in Trump, GOP’s Last Ditch Scheme to Steal the 2020 Election: ‘BradCast’ 1/4/2021

Guest: Democracy activist, legal scholar Paul Lehto; Also: New Congress, same old problems; Former SecDefs issue warning about Trump; Unhinged President's unhinged phone call threatening GA's Sec. of State...

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