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Divided House Holds Historic Vote on Impeachment Guidelines: ‘BradCast’ 10/31/2019

Also: Impeachment 101; NSC official offers first-hand corroboration of Trump's quid pro quo pressure campaign...

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Begging for Reform: Even Facebook Employees Now Want Zuckerberg to Block False Political Ads: ‘BradCast’ 10/30/2019

Guest: Media reformer Sue Wilson; Also: Preemptive blackouts threaten CA elections; GOP tries denial as impeachment defense; Trump Campaign has bought 69,000 Facebook ads since May...

‘If You’re Arguing About Process, You’re Losing’: ‘BradCast’ 10/29/2019

Guest: Former Asst. U.S. Attorney Randall Eliason; Also: Army officer was so alarmed by Trump's Ukraine scheme he alerted NSC lawyers; NC court orders ungerrymandered U.S. House maps for 2020!...

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Nothin’ But News, Mostly Out Of Congress, Much of It Insane: ‘BradCast’ 10/28/2019

Conyers, Hagan, RIP; Hill resigns; Another House GOPer retires; Trump touts ISIS kill, lies about bin Laden; Former Bolton aide a no-show at impeachment; Pence ducks Ukraine questions; Senate Repubs on edge...

Court Demolishes DOJ, White House Objections to Impeachment Inquiry

AG Barr ordered to hand over grand jury transcripts, exhibits redacted from the Mueller Report to Congress by October 30

UPDATE 10/29/19: DC Circuit Court of Appeal Grants Temporary Stay of Order to Release Grand Jury Materials...

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Former FEC Chair: ‘No Question’ About Trump Crime with Ukraine; ‘Appalled’ by Barr’s DoJ: ‘BradCast’ 10/25/2019

Guest: Ann Ravel goes from FEC Commish to CA State Senate candidate, with some thoughts on many criminal violations by the President, and on our broken campaign finance system; Also: Giuliani snowballing...

Fakebook: Zuckerberg’s Hands-Off Political Ad Policy Undermines American Democracy Itself

$10 billion should buy a lot of fact-checking on his social media platform. Instead it empowers the fake news he claims to oppose...

Meanwhile…In a Break (Mostly) from Impeachment News…: ‘BradCast’ 10/24/2019

CA fires, private utility blackouts; Wilbur Ross' private email scandal; Giuliani lawyers up; 'Obamacare' prices drop; MA's shameful vaping ban...

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The Desperate Panic to Defend the President: ‘BradCast’ 10/23/2019

Trump attorneys claim immunity for shooting someone on Fifth Ave.; WH attacks Bill Taylor; House RWers 'storm' Impeachment hearing; Facts keep undercutting Ukraine quid pro quo excuses; Also: Exxon scientists undercut oil giant on Capitol Hill...

But Her Emails?: ‘BradCast’ 10/22/2019

Guest: Media analyst Eric Boehlert; Also: Trump calls impeachment a 'lynching'; Top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine destroys Admin claim about withheld military assistance...

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