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Top Elected Dems Push Back Against ‘Packed’, ‘Stolen’, ‘Corrupt’ SCOTUS: ‘BradCast’ 12/16/2021

Also: 'A lot of people are about to get sick' due to 'explosive' Omicron...

The Good with the Bad: ‘BradCast’ 10/21/2021

House holds Bannon in contempt; TX Lt. Gov. pays out for GOP voter fraud; CA GOP's recall boondoggle; Vets dump Sinema; Manchin could dump Dems; TX steals minority House seats; IL boosts Dems (a little)...

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‘We Have to Change the Whole Process’: CA Rep on Ending Big Oil After Latest Offshore Spill: ‘BradCast’ 10/11/2021

Guest: Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-CA-47); Also: More on media failure to take the rise of Trump/GOP autocracy with the gravity deserved; Callers...

‘Enough is Enough’: Yet Another Major Oil Disaster Fouls California Coastline: ‘BradCast’ 10/4/2021

Guest: Laura Deehan of Environment California on SoCal pipeline rupture that spilled at least 126,000 gallons of crude; Also: GOP economic terrorism on 'debt ceiling'; Callers on all of the above...

Seeing the (Burning) Forest for the (Giant) Trees: ‘BradCast’ 9/20/2021

Guest: Dr. Christy Brigham, chief science officer at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks; Also: Late breaking COVID news, democracy news, and callers...

NEWSOM WINS LANDSLIDE, GOP’S CALIFORNIA RECALL ELECTION FAILS: ‘BradCast’ 9/15/2021

Guest: The American Prospect's Harold Meyerson; Also: Senate's 'Freedom to Vote Act' will mandate hand-marked paper ballots for all!...

Republicans Threaten ‘War’ Over CA Recall and COVID, Democrats Threaten Voting Rights for All: ‘BradCast’ 9/14/2021

Elder pretends to care about 'election integrity', lies about fraud before Election Day; Senate Dems reach fantastic election reform 'compromise'; More anti-vax RWers 'bite the dust' while inflaming the pandemic for all...

Last Call Before Perils and Security Dangers of CA’s Recall Election Day: ‘BradCast’ 9/13/2021

Also: No, we weren't 'united' after 9/11. My 'Presidential Speech', written 20 years ago this week. Plus: Callers...

CA SoS Asks Election Experts to be ‘Cheerleaders’ for State Recall Election Security Procedures: ‘BradCast’ 9/10/2021

Guests: Emily Levy of Scrutineers, Jim Soper of NVRTF; Also: GOP freaks out over Biden's vaccine mandate; Cat 5 super typhoon targets Taiwan...

‘Too Little Skepticism, Too Much Hubris’: CA Recall Officials Dismiss Warning After Software Theft: ‘BradCast’ 9/8/2021

Guest: Vote system expert Dr. Duncan Buell; Also: GA's criminal Trump probe 'inches forward'; Pillow Guy says something really REALLY stupid...

What Evil Lurks in the Heart of SCOTUS? The Shadow Docket!: ‘BradCast’ 9/7/2021

Guest: Legal journalist Mark Joseph Stern; Also: Cybersecurity and voting system experts alert CA SoS to stolen election software threat to Recall...

‘Emergency Action Warranted’ to Protect CA Recall Election After Vote System Software Leak, Experts Warn SoS

Open letter to CA's Sec. of State calls for 'urgent mitigating action' with an immediate mandate for statewide post-election Risk-Limiting Audits...

California Recall ‘Another Example of Republicans Using Legal Means to Subvert Democracy’: ‘BradCast’ 8/27/2021

Guest: Heather Digby Parton on that, Afghanistan, phony 'conservatism', Trump accountability and more: Also: Good news in FL; Bad news in TX; Very disturbing news in Russia and New Orleans...

Advice for CA Progressive Voters in the Critical Gubernatorial Recall: ‘BradCast’ 8/23/2021

Guest: Ernest A. Canning; Also: Deadly record flooding in TN and from Tropical Storm Henri; Another rightwing talker dies of COVID; And we win the first court victory against GA's anti-voting, anti-press freedom law!...

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