The Young Turks, a daily radio program which broadcasts nationally from out here in Los Angeles, has been on the air “filibustering” since last Thursday evening. They have vowed to do so until they get 41 votes needed to keep a filibuster going in Congress over Sam Alito. They are now webcasting a video stream of the show.
I learned about it this morning (via host Cenk Uyger’s Huff Po item), and gave them a call to see if they could use a break. It turns out they could. So I’m gonna head over there in a few hours and sit in as Guest Host for them for a number of hours.
Looks I’ll be sitting in over there beginning at 5pm PT (8pm ET) and will go through at least 8pm PT (11pm PT).
Currently, Thom Hartmann has just come on to guest, he’ll be followed by Peter B. Collins, and I’ll follow at 5pm PT.
You can follow all the action at their website at TheYoungTurks.com and click on the video monitor graphic to WATCH their video stream. (NOTE: The link on the site to their audio stream is, apparently, not the live stream, but rather the video stream is).
More later…Hope all of you BRAD SHOW fans who have been missing it lately, will help spread the word!
UPDATE: Thanks for all the support guys. Had much fun! I’ll be back on sitting in for the turks tomorrow on the late-shift! Sunday 9p-12a PT (Midnight to 3am on the East Coast!) Keep making noise! Details now here.
…And…Thanks to my guests for jumping in at the last minutes today! Pam Leavey of The Democratic Daily (audio from of our interview now posted here), Pokey Anderson of KPFT in Houston, the legendary Freeway Blogger (MP3 audio from our interview tonight is already up on his cyber-based blog!), Jane Hamsher of FireDogLake, and author of Fooled Again, Mark Crispin Miller!
CoooooooooL I’m There !
Thom never stops, does he
For that matter neither does Brad
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I’ve Had Enough of all this "School Yard Politcs" were the School Yard Bully always wins (right or wrong), then gets away With MURDER !
Thom Hartmann is on the BALL & looking forward to hearing Brad.
YAAYYY!!!
Thank you Brad. Again!
I’ve been streaming the young turks filibuster since 3pm PST thursday. Glad to have you onboard!
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Hey Guys!
Brad the video keeps going out 🙁
Go to crystalone.net Chat and ask them to stream this filla-buster-athon as well!
Hey Brad, know how to contact Randi Rhodes or other hosts) to help out? I’ve emailed blogs and hosts aplently.
Thanks again for being a part of the solution!
I’ve been calling Harkin D-IA. Faxed a bunch, too. Bye for now. Can’t comment and llisten at the same time.
Dial-up sucks.
Go to http://www.crystalone.net and go to "Chat". Ask them to stream BRAD and the fillabusterathon!
Kos said he wants to see a turd in the punch bowl.
I’m hoping for a Desert Island Dump: A massive load of semi-solid poop that fills the bowl and leaves a heaping, mushy island of crap surrounded by punch.
Doing a great show Brad. I’m enjoying it. You should have video streaming for your show. 🙂
Hey Brad who’s the Babe in the "Brad Blog T- shirt" ?
Is there a Matching "Brad Blog Thong" ?
Thanks for doing this!
I’m Ladyliberty on Thom’s Chat
Video is streaming of Brad over at youngturks.com.
Try: mms://63.251.167.51/youngturks
Also audio is streaming at IBC Radio Network and whiterosesociety.org — the Bob Kincaid stream.
Hop on board the filibuster train!
the notions that Alito will move the court to the right and support the growth of executive power are, imo, secondary to the most important reason to filibuster – that he has been nominated by a president whose own legitimacy is greatly open to question. since we have the msm largely to thank for this unfortunate situation – along with the aquiescence of the senate – two important sources of dissent have forgone a powerful argument.
Hey you sound great – a lot like Thom Hartmann, but more peppy?
I heard you say HELLO a few times
Thank you for doing this Brad. I see that Jane Hamsher is going to be joining. Keep the pressure on; "We the People …" shall definitely prevail.
Here’s my latest to Gov. Dean:
http://www.democraticundergroun...mesg_id=263847
Had just called in but they indicated you were getting tons of calls — I am NOT surprised — and I didn’t want to consume bandwidth by staying on-hold.
"We the People …" will defend our Constitution from Bush and his neoconster minions, for sure.
Peace,
Bob
Huh . . .Three equal branches of government, No That’s Old School . . . . . I cleaned up more than that. . . gwb
Does anyone else get the impression that most of the organization, conviction and passion driving this filibuster is coming from bloggers and not the Democratic leadership?
Btw, for those of you just tuning in… New Assclowns of the Week is up, if anyone’s interested. On the spit this week: Tweety Matthews, Pumpkinhead Russert, The Washington Post, The US Army, George Bush, Ann Coulter and many, many more.
Thank you for doing this Brad! You’re the BEST!
Jane Hamsher (Hi Jane!) has a link at firedoglake to a free fax website but I’m not able to get it to work. It’s HERE.
She also has a list of Sentors to contact with their fax numbers HERE.
AND PFAW FAX to Filibuster HERE!
Brad your doing great! Lots of people listening,I got kicked off my connection and I have cable access.I had to retry six times before I could get back on. I kept getting that the the site was BUSY! So all you guys keep up the good work!
Brad…I’m listening to you on Turks now….Great job. Thanks.
GREAT WORK, BRAD!
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Just found you for the first time, broadcasting on Young turks whom I also discoved today.
I’e faxed and called all the swing , undecided and also those who would concievable change their votes to NO on Alito and Yes to Filibuster ( note no two Ls in filibuser thought I would for solidarity, Brad 🙂
Anyway..A) you are a terrific broadcaster. Let me know your broadcast schedule because you should be a major broadcaster…NATIONAL.
You have the chops. Don’t stop broadcasting keep it up …glad I found you.
You guys are awesome! Thanks for havin’ my back!
I’m back in again for the Turks on Sunday Late-Night. 9p to Midnight PT (Midnight to 3am ET!)
Hope you’ll stay awake for us! 🙂
Brad
I had a blast! Thanks for having me on.
I just wrote the following message to Senator John Thune (R) of South Dakota. I know it is a hopeless cause, but it’s better than doing nothing at all:
Dear Senator Thune,
Like you, I am a South Dakotan. I graduated from Lyman High School in 1979. You and I are from a generation and a state that prides itself on its philosophy of individual rights and freedoms. We believe in less government, not more. I know that deep down you are more of a South Dakotan than you are a loyal member of an agenda-driven political party. You have a chance to make history (and a very big name for yourself) by taking a very principled stand and protecting our Constitution, rather than voting for a person, Samuel Alito, whose record undeniably shows that he has ruled against individual rights 85 percent of the time.
Many conservative South Dakotans are so caught up in overturning Roe v. Wade that they are blind to the much greater dangers posed by Alito. That said, a survey in South Dakota shows that its citizens are evenly split between pro-choice and pro-life; therefore, as far as abortion goes, you are going to offend half the population of South Dakota, no matter what you do. So abortion is a non-issue in this particular matter. In fact, it is nothing more than a distraction.
Please tell me that you value our Constitution and our future as a nation (a nation that proudly does its best to "err" on the side of freedom every time in judicial matters) more than you value your temporary spot in the United States Senate. Millions of Americans have put their lives on the line in order to protect our Constitution from foreign threats. Surely, the very least you could do is put your senate seat on the line in order to protect it from an insidious domestic threat. You took an oath to do that very thing.
If you do not, this nation will feel the effects of your decision long after you have left office, maybe for all time. Almost certainly your children and grandchildren will not grow up with the same freedoms that we did. Are you willing to risk those freedoms for temporary political benefit? You have a chance to take a stand for something unbelievably important, instead of quietly towing a party line for a president who is clearly not pursuing the greater good for our nation (you must surely see that, as I do, since we were raised practically next door to one another). Far more South Dakotans agree with me than you may realize. Make them proud. They are more deserving of your representation than are those who have a particular agenda. Take a stand that will surely get you noticed (and even admired) around the world. Shock our mainstream media out of their six-year slumber. They will beat down your door to get interviews with you. When they ask baited questions, you answer bluntly. Don’t mince words. The strength of your convictions will be far more impressive to their millions of viewers than will a comparatively anonymous party-line vote for a dangerous Supreme Court nominee.
In conclusion, let me repeat: You are a South Dakotan. I want to have faith in you, regardless of party affiliation (party affiliation is tearing this nation apart). I want to continue to brag to my Nebraska friends about the enlightened citizens of South Dakota, as I have for thirty years now (off and on, as I have moved back and forth between here and "home").
Thank you.
Sincerely,
M. Welfl
P.S. I think you may be unaware of the vast grassroots anti-Alito movement that has been building in this nation over the weekend. Believe me. It is definitely a bipartisan movement. Even the ultra-conservative John Birch Society has sided overwhelmingly against President Bush.
I like DKD’s point in #20. The "advise and consent" custom operates from the premise that an elected president nominates judicial candidates and the Senate establishes guidelines for acceptance.
But "advise and consent" is meaningless when a president has been elected by fraud, because by definition such a person will not accept advice. Once John Kerry and the Democratic National Committe accepted the outcome of Nov. 2, 2004, it changed their status from "advisers" to "whiners" regarding Supreme Court nominees.
RLM #34
I would rather have Kerry as president than bush or cheney.
And I am not going to blame Kerry for what the neoCon criminals did in the election.
Kerry is like most Americans who have learned to loose fair and square, win fair and square, and they do not think like criminals.
They instinctively give the benefit of the doubt, and are prone to exhibit the utmost reluctance when it comes to public controversy … especially when they think it could further divide the nation.
They go back to the drawing boards, work behind closed doors, and make a long term plan to fix the problem.
I would rather kick the republicans in the ass for what they have done in the past six years, by voting the republicans out of office, than kick the democrats who were victims of fraud.
To continue to whine about how the minority performs in a minority position without power is to ignore the greatest wrongs fostered on this nation in many generations by the republicans.
I say get over it and move on into ass kicking mode and get these neoCons out. Whimpering about how weak the weak minority party is does not focus on the part that only we can fix.
That weakness of the minority party is a result of congressional rules and procedures not a result of the character of democrats.
Only we can vote the neoCons in the republican party out of office. Kerry can’t. I would vote for him again but that is in ’08 …
First comes ’06 … what are the issues of THIS NOVEMBER???? Kerry is not a candidate, neither is George, neither is McCain …
It is time to focus on the ’06 Congressional elections … and those issues.
Welfl #33
Thank you for focusing on the party that is in power and therefore responsible.
Sending email, phone calls, and letters to them is the right thing to do.
Why?
Because they have the power. And the way congess is set up they have power over all the committes, the meeting rooms, the toilet paper, and everything else. Even the presidency.
So I applaud your approach of speaking to power and letting them know we will hold the majority power to account.
Because the republicans are the movers and shakers now, and they are responsible for what is happening to damage our nation.
The show…Turks, Hartman, Mike and stuff. Yeah, it was great, it was amazing. It was awesome. Absolutly inspiring. It was, if you listened to it, LIFE CHANGING. It didn’t work. Because we, we as in we the people, HAVE TO not only LISTEN to what these people are saying but ACT on it as well. They can’t do it by themselves. Take their words of inspiration and, holy shit, thank them by freakin DOING SOMETHING so our integrity is not wasted…our sacrifice is not in vain. WE HAVE THE POWER and yet, WE still don’t get it…don’t you see, that’s what "they" fear the most, they know one day we will get it. We will understand the first three words of the constitution…HELLO?? WE, as in all of us, we are the "we" in WE THE PEOPLE…
Past pationing, past protesting, past marching…we need to…organize. ORGANIZE! Ya heard me? 5 words: TAKE OVER YOUR DEMOCRATIC PARTY!! Okay? You don’t like the existing laws in effect? Write new legislation. You don’t like the politicians in office? Run. Show-the fuck-up! Bring, even like, four of your friends and check the impact. You will probably be the majority there…how crazy is that? Freedom is there, all we have to do to greet it is SHOW UP.
I love ya all…peace
Heaven
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I tune in to Air joke America for the boredom. iIt is amazing how the Young Turks can talk about absolutely nothing for hours and better yet know more about nothing than most typical liberal idiots. I will call those dopes someday and slam them personally. Yours truly
Tommy Vercetti
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Boy are you guys america haters and Bush bashers .You are traders to my country why not just leave .We don’t need cowards in the u.s.LEO