Among the stories covered on today’s BradCast…with no small amount of gusto and an occasional comedic turn in an otherwise dark (and smokey) world…

• Devastating wildfires spread down the Southern California coast toward San Diego, in a record wildfire season that has lasted all the way into winter, as predicted by scientists at least a decade ago. Alas, few heeded their warnings;
• Clearly not heeding such warnings is Donald Trump who, according to a new AP analysis, is failing to appoint actual scientists to scores of Senate-confirmable, top scientific positions at multiple important federal agencies, from the EPA to the Energy Dept. to the White House itself;
• The former Chair of the CO Republican Party turned rightwing radio host, Steve Curtis, had claimed before last year’s election that “virtually every case of voter fraud I can remember in my lifetime was committed by Democrats.” Well, he was proven wrong in court this week as he, himself, is found guilty of….you guessed it. (His failed excuse for it is equally astonishing.)
• And, speaking of…on the eve of Tuesday’s much-watched U.S. Senate special election in Alabama, multi-partisan Election Integrity advocates file suit to force the state to retain “ballot images” from the state’s paper ballot digital-scanners. New York Daily News’ Editorial Board joins them in that call…for very good reason. (My interview several days ago with the longtime election integrity champ, John Brakey, who helped organize the lawsuit and effort, is right here.)
• After a spate of mass shootings, Congress finally moves some gun legislation forward, as Republicans in the U.S. House do the bidding of their terrorist-enabling NRA masters in passing a bill to expand the right to carry concealed deadly weapons into states whose laws prohibit it;

And, finally today, we end with some listener e-mail on a few of the topics we’ve covered on recent shows from guns to the Democratic Party to Trump/Russia…

The BradCast with Brad Friedman 12/8/2017

Former CO GOP Chair Guilty of Voter Fraud and Other Ironies and Outrages: ‘BradCast’ 12/8/2017  |  SoCal fires spread; Trump dumps science; Election Integrity suit before AL election; House GOP ignores states' rights on guns; Listener e-mail...   · · · · ·   Former CO GOP Chair Guilty of Voter Fraud and Other Ironies and Outrages: ‘BradCast’ 12/8/2017  |  SoCal fires spread; Trump dumps science; Election Integrity suit before AL election; House GOP ignores states' rights on guns; Listener e-mail...

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