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Latest Featured Reports | Friday, July 11, 2025
Democracy STILL Our Best Way Out of This Mess -- And Repubs Know It: 'BradCast' 7/10/25
Trump EPA does right thing?; Noem falsely cites sex abuse to attack FEMA; ND tribes to appeal VRA ruling; Abbott seeks new US House maps...
'Green News Report' 7/10/25
  w/ Brad & Desi
Another deadly flash flooding event, in the third state in five days, this time in NM; Extreme heat kills thousands in Europe; PLUS: Climate experts warn no country is prepared for climate impacts...
Previous GNRs: 7/8/25 - 6/26/25 - Archives...
A 'Mass Shooter Subsidy'?: More Dumb, Deadly Stuff in Trump's New Law: 'BradCast' 7/9/25
Guest: TAP's Ryan Cooper; Also: More climate chaos, as NM becomes third state to see deadly flash flooding in less than a week...
Trump's New Law Supersizes ICE, Mass Detention, U.S. Militarization: 'BradCast' 7/8/25
Guest: Josh Kovensky of TPM; Also: 140 EPA staffers put on leave for dissent; SCOTUS greenlights Admin mass firing of fed workers...
'Green News Report' 7/8/25
  w/ Brad & Desi
Flash flood tragedy in TX; Tropical Storm Chantal triggers record flooding in NC; PLUS: Trump and Republicans pass massive budget bill gutting U.S. climate and clean energy investments...
Previous GNRs: 6/26/25 - 6/24/25 - Archives...
Texas Flooding Tragedy Was Both Predictable and Predicted: 'BradCast' 7/7/25
Also: As climate change-fueled storms killed more than 100 in TX, Trump signed GOP budget bill gutting landmark clean energy initiatives...
Sunday 'Big Billionaire Bonanza' Toons
THIS WEEK: Careful what you vote for. It's our latest collection of the week's wealthiest toons!...
Sunday 'Total Obliteration' Toons
THIS WEEK: Bombs Away ... The King's Court ... Mayor Mamdani? ... Big and Barbaric ... and more in our complete and total collection of the week's best toons...
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'BradCast' 6/26/25
Guests: Heather Digby Parton and 'Driftglass' on NYC's Mayoral primary; Trump and Iran; ICE roundups; GOP budget bill...
'Green News Report' 6/26/25
  w/ Brad & Desi
Record breaking heat, worsening air pollution; GOP's massive sale of public lands blocked; PLUS: Trump moves to repeal 'Roadless Rule' in 58 million acres of your national forests...
Previous GNRs: 6/24/25 - 6/19/25 - Archives...
Mamdani Primary 'Win' Augurs New Era of Rising Progressives: 'BradCast' 6/25/25
Guest: The Nation's John Nichols; Also: Sen. GOP budget lines nixed by Parliamentarian...
U.S. Authoritarianism Under-way (But We're Still Here to Fight It): 'BradCast' 6/24/25
Trump failures and 'F' bombs; SCOTUS okays DOJ lawlessness; RCV in NYC; DHS cracks down on gardeners and military dads...
'Green News Report' 6/24/25
Heat wave broils much of U.S.; Climate change to hammer food supply; Spain's nationwide blackout not caused by renewables; PLUS: Window closing to limit warming...
'Anti-War' Trump Attacks Iran on False Claims About WMD: 'BradCast' 6/23/25
Guest: Rolling Stone's Andrew Perez; Also: Callers ring in, including 'stabbed in the back' Trump supporter...
Sunday 'Peacemaker' Toons
THIS WEEK: Iran and Iran We Go ... Tip of the ICEberg ... Splat, Splat, Splat ... And more, in our latest collection of the week's most self-destructive toons...
Senate Health Care Cuts 'More Extreme' Than House Version: 'BradCast' 6/19/25
Guest: Former WH budget adviser Bobby Kogan; Also: Travel ban blocks emergency care, new medical staff...
'Green News Report' 6/19/25
Early start to hurricane season as Erick slams Mexico; Trump layoffs impacting nat'l parks; PLUS: Repub budget bill increases energy prices, sells off public lands...
What 'Anti-War President'? MAGA Civil War Over Trump, Iran: 'BradCast' 6/18/25
Also: SCOTUS allows ban on medical care for trans kids; Trump/GOP budget bill wildly unpopular...
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