Articles in Category: Fascism/Autocracy (Page 4)

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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8/4/2025 -
6:19 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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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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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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Trump’s New Law Supersizes ICE, Mass Detention, Militarization of America: ‘BradCast’ 7/8/2025

Guest: Josh Kovensky of TPM; Also: 140 EPA staffers placed on leave for dissenting; SCOTUS greenlights Admin's mass firing of federal workers...

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Brad Friedman,
7/8/2025 -
6:43 pm PT

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Thank You For Your Attention to This Matter: ‘BradCast’ 6/26/2025

Guests: Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast' on NYC's Mayoral primary; Trump and Iran; ICE roundups; GOP budget bill...

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Brad Friedman,
6/26/2025 -
6:22 pm PT

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U.S. Authoritarianism Underway (But We’re Still Here to Fight It): ‘BradCast’ 6/24/2025

More Trump failures, 'F' bombs and real bombs; Corrupt SCOTUS okays Trump DOJ lawlessness; RCV in NYC Mayoral election; Heat dome dangers; DHS cracks down on gardeners and military dads...

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Brad Friedman,
6/24/2025 -
6:46 pm PT

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Trump Calls for ‘Remigration’, a Far-Right Code-Word for ‘Ethnic Cleansing’: ‘BradCast’ 6/17/2025

Guest: David Gilbert of WIRED; Also: Lindell found liable for defamation; Eastman disbarment upheld in CA; NYC Comptroller, Mayoral candidate arrested by masked Feds in courthouse...

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

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Last Weekend Today: ‘BradCast’ 6/16/2025

Massive 'No Kings' rallies across nation; Trump's military parade flops; Israel bombs Iran; Political assassination in MN; Callers ring in with reports from their own protest experiences...

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Brad Friedman,
6/16/2025 -
6:25 pm PT

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And Then They Came for the U.S. Senators: ‘BradCast’ 6/12/2025

Trump's 'new police state' expands with masked men in small towns; Also: Voters rejecting Trump and his policies; Nat'l Guard unpaid in L.A.; Trump signs bills after GOP Senate nukes filibuster to end CA clean car laws...

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Brad Friedman,
6/12/2025 -
6:22 pm PT

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With ‘No Reason to Obey the Law Anymore’, Trump Warms Up for the Insurrection Act: ‘BradCast’ 6/11/2025

Guests: Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast'; Also: NJ Guv Primary results; Dem landslide in OK special election...

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Brad Friedman,
6/11/2025 -
6:37 pm PT

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Team Trump Inciting Violence, State of Fear in City of Angels, Elsewhere: ‘BradCast’ 6/10/2025

Insurrection Act coming soon?; Also: Bondi bro bombs in D.C. Bar election; SCOTUS does right thing for PA voters; Defamation trial against 2020 election conspiracist Lindell underway in CO...

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Brad Friedman,
6/10/2025 -
6:39 pm PT

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Republicans Are Revolting: ‘BradCast’ 5/21/2026

Guests: Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast' on the primaries, the ballroom, the slush fund, the wars, the media, Stephen Colbert, and much more...

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Primary Results from Six States and Trump’s $1.8 Billion Taxpayer-Funded Grift Machine: ‘BradCast’ 5/20/2026

Results and context from AL, GA, ID, KY, OR, PA; Also: Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol cops file suit to shutdown Trump's 'insurrectionist slush fund'...

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NAACP Calls for Voting Rights Boycott of College Sports at Southern Schools: ‘BradCast’ 5/19/2026

Also: We endorse Trump's endorsement in TX GOP U.S. Senate runoff!; DOJ adds MORE corruption to Trump's already 'most corrupt' agreement in U.S. history...

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‘The Most Corrupt Thing in ALL of American History’: Trump’s $1.8 Billion DOJ-Facilitated Taxpayer Heist: ‘BradCast’ 5/18/2026

Guest: Robert Weissman of Public Citizen; Also: Election results from LA; Mass voting rights protest in AL; More...

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More GOP Vote Rigging Underway. Hey, Maryland Dems! Time to Get Crackin’!: ‘BradCast’ 5/14/2026

Also: GA GOP rigs Atlanta D.A. elections; MT's new voter suppression law nixed by state court; Much more...

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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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Articles in Category: Fascism/Autocracy (Page 4)

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...

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

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...

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: Josh Kovensky of TPM; Also: 140 EPA staffers placed on leave for dissenting; SCOTUS greenlights Admin's mass firing of federal workers...

Guests: Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast' on NYC's Mayoral primary; Trump and Iran; ICE roundups; GOP budget bill...

More Trump failures, 'F' bombs and real bombs; Corrupt SCOTUS okays Trump DOJ lawlessness; RCV in NYC Mayoral election; Heat dome dangers; DHS cracks down on gardeners and military dads...

Guest: David Gilbert of WIRED; Also: Lindell found liable for defamation; Eastman disbarment upheld in CA; NYC Comptroller, Mayoral candidate arrested by masked Feds in courthouse...

Massive 'No Kings' rallies across nation; Trump's military parade flops; Israel bombs Iran; Political assassination in MN; Callers ring in with reports from their own protest experiences...

Trump's 'new police state' expands with masked men in small towns; Also: Voters rejecting Trump and his policies; Nat'l Guard unpaid in L.A.; Trump signs bills after GOP Senate nukes filibuster to end CA clean car laws...

Guests: Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast'; Also: NJ Guv Primary results; Dem landslide in OK special election...

Insurrection Act coming soon?; Also: Bondi bro bombs in D.C. Bar election; SCOTUS does right thing for PA voters; Defamation trial against 2020 election conspiracist Lindell underway in CO...

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With Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

Results and context from AL, GA, ID, KY, OR, PA; Also: Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol cops file suit to shutdown Trump's 'insurrectionist slush fund'...

Also: We endorse Trump's endorsement in TX GOP U.S. Senate runoff!; DOJ adds MORE corruption to Trump's already 'most corrupt' agreement in U.S. history...

With Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

Guest: Robert Weissman of Public Citizen; Also: Election results from LA; Mass voting rights protest in AL; More...

THIS WEEK: South Rising Again ... T in China ... Strait Outta Hormuz ...

Also: GA GOP rigs Atlanta D.A. elections; MT's new voter suppression law nixed by state court; Much more...

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

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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