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Latest Featured Reports | Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Losing Legally and Politically, Trump Threatens to 'Nationalize' Elections: 'BradCast' 2/3/26
Fear not!; Also: His support is eroding, and there are ways we can help...
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  w/ Brad & Desi
Global weirding: Brutal Arctic cold in South and East, record-setting snow drought in U.S. West; PLUS: Courts have now restarted 5 out of 5 offshore wind farms that Trump tried to block...
Previous GNRs: 1/29/26 - 1/27/26 - Archives...
Bad and Good Bunnies, and an Electoral Shock Deep in 'Red' Heart of TX: 'BradCast' 2/2/26
Music world slams Trump; Liam Ramos released; Dem wins TX seat by 14 points in district Trump won by 17; Callers ring in...
Sunday 'Mirror, Mirror' Toons
THIS WEEK: Paid Agitators ... Blood and ICE ... Melonelia ... Coming Distractions ... and more! In our latest collection of the week's most self-reflective toons...
It's About Elections and the Windmills of His Mind: 'BradCast' 1/29/26
A Nobel for Mpls?; Stooge swapping; Shutdown averted?; ICE leaves ME; Fulton elections raid deets; Trump's sore loser assault on MN...
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'Doomsday' grows closer; Trump formally takes U.S. out of Paris pact again; Yet another court blocks Trump on offshore wind ban; PLUS: EVs outsell gas cars in Europe for first time!...
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Govt Shutdown Over ICE Funding Near Certain This Weekend: 'BradCast' 1/28/26
Guest: Bobby Kogan, former WH Budget Advisor; Also: Dem landslide in MN; FBI raids Atlanta elections facility; Springsteen's 'Streets of Mpls'...
Trump Blinks, Bovino Out, MN Op Falters but Persists as Midterms Loom: 'BradCast' 1/27
Also: 'Doomsday Clock'; Judge nixes another DOJ voter roll suit; Gerrymander War in MD, VA...
'Green News Report' 1/27/26
Deadly storm pummels U.S.; House Repubs overturn MN mine ban; Judge blocks Trump theft of EV charging funds; PLUS: MI A.G. sues Big Oil 'cartel'...
The ICE Murder of ICU Nurse Alex Pretti and the Heroes of Mpls: 'BradCast' 1/26/26
Lies, truth, the next looming govt shutdown, and callers ringi in on Trump's out of control, militarized secret police...
Sunday 'Worth a Thousand Words' Toons
THIS WEEK: Trumper Tantrum ... Problem Solved ... Bored of Peace ... ICE Storm ... and more! In our latest collection of the week's most führious toons!...
'Green News Report' 1/22/26
Polar vortex returns; Warning of 'global water bankruptcy'; Mozambique's extreme flooding; PLUS: Trump peddles intensely stupid new lies about wind energy...
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GOP Voter Registration Fraud Scandal 2012...
VA GOP VOTER REG FRAUDSTER OFF HOOK
Felony charges dropped against VA Republican caught trashing voter registrations before last year's election. Did GOP AG, Prosecutor conflicts of interest play role?...

Criminal GOP Voter Registration Fraud Probe Expanding in VA
State investigators widening criminal probe of man arrested destroying registration forms, said now looking at violations of law by Nathan Sproul's RNC-hired firm...

DOJ PROBE SOUGHT AFTER VA ARREST
Arrest of RNC/Sproul man caught destroying registration forms brings official calls for wider criminal probe from compromised VA AG Cuccinelli and U.S. AG Holder...

Arrest in VA: GOP Voter Reg Scandal Widens
'RNC official' charged on 13 counts, for allegely trashing voter registration forms in a dumpster, worked for Romney consultant, 'fired' GOP operative Nathan Sproul...

ALL TOGETHER: ROVE, SPROUL, KOCHS, RNC
His Super-PAC, his voter registration (fraud) firm & their 'Americans for Prosperity' are all based out of same top RNC legal office in Virginia...

LATimes: RNC's 'Fired' Sproul Working for Repubs in 'as Many as 30 States'
So much for the RNC's 'zero tolerance' policy, as discredited Republican registration fraud operative still hiring for dozens of GOP 'Get Out The Vote' campaigns...

'Fired' Sproul Group 'Cloned', Still Working for Republicans in At Least 10 States
The other companies of Romney's GOP operative Nathan Sproul, at center of Voter Registration Fraud Scandal, still at it; Congressional Dems seek answers...

FINALLY: FOX ON GOP REG FRAUD SCANDAL
The belated and begrudging coverage by Fox' Eric Shawn includes two different video reports featuring an interview with The BRAD BLOG's Brad Friedman...

COLORADO FOLLOWS FLORIDA WITH GOP CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
Repub Sec. of State Gessler ignores expanding GOP Voter Registration Fraud Scandal, rants about evidence-free 'Dem Voter Fraud' at Tea Party event...

CRIMINAL PROBE LAUNCHED INTO GOP VOTER REGISTRATION FRAUD SCANDAL IN FL
FL Dept. of Law Enforcement confirms 'enough evidence to warrant full-blown investigation'; Election officials told fraudulent forms 'may become evidence in court'...

Brad Breaks PA Photo ID & GOP Registration Fraud Scandal News on Hartmann TV
Another visit on Thom Hartmann's Big Picture with new news on several developing Election Integrity stories...

CAUGHT ON TAPE: COORDINATED NATIONWIDE GOP VOTER REG SCAM
The GOP Voter Registration Fraud Scandal reveals insidious nationwide registration scheme to keep Obama supporters from even registering to vote...

CRIMINAL ELECTION FRAUD COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST GOP 'FRAUD' FIRM
Scandal spreads to 11 FL counties, other states; RNC, Romney try to contain damage, split from GOP operative...

RICK SCOTT GETS ROLLED IN GOP REGISTRATION FRAUD SCANDAL
Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL) sends blistering letter to Gov. Rick Scott (R) demanding bi-partisan reg fraud probe in FL; Slams 'shocking and hypocritical' silence, lack of action...

VIDEO: Brad Breaks GOP Reg Fraud Scandal on Hartmann TV
Breaking coverage as the RNC fires their Romney-tied voter registration firm, Strategic Allied Consulting...

RNC FIRES NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION FIRM FOR FRAUD
After FL & NC GOP fire Romney-tied group, RNC does same; Dead people found reg'd as new voters; RNC paid firm over $3m over 2 months in 5 battleground states...

EXCLUSIVE: Intvw w/ FL Official Who First Discovered GOP Reg Fraud
After fraudulent registration forms from Romney-tied GOP firm found in Palm Beach, Election Supe says state's 'fraud'-obsessed top election official failed to return call...

GOP REGISTRATION FRAUD FOUND IN FL
State GOP fires Romney-tied registration firm after fraudulent forms found in Palm Beach; Firm hired 'at request of RNC' in FL, NC, VA, NV & CO...
The Secret Koch Brothers Tapes...

SPECIAL COVERAGE: The Riverside County Sequoia Hack Challenge

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12/6/06: RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA SUPERVISOR BETS 'A THOUSAND TO ONE' THAT HIS SEQUOIA VOTING MACHINES CAN'T BE HACKED!
Challenges Election Integrity Advocates to 'See if Your Programmer Can Manipulate That Machine' at Public, Video Taped Meeting!
Invites Media to Witness Challenge!

12/12/06: EXCLUSIVE: Renowned Computer Security Expert Agrees to Meet California County Supervisor's '1000 to 1' Challenge to 'Manipulate' Sequoia Voting Machine!
Harri Hursti --- The Lead Programmer Who Hacked Diebold Systems in Both Florida and Utah --- Looking Forward to Testing the Security Vulnerability of Riverside County's Systems!
Election Integrity Individuals, Group, Stake $1000 for Charity on Supervisor Jeff Stone's Offer!

12/13/06: 'RIVERSIDE CHALLENGE': County Supervisors, Voting Machine Company Begin to go Wobbly
Press Coverage Reveals Board of Supervisors, Sequoia Laying Groundwork to Try and Wriggle Out of '1000 to 1' Bet Their Voting Machines Can't Be Hacked...

12/19/06: 'RIVERSIDE CHALLENGE': 'Hot Rod Harri's Fight to the Finnish'

1/5/07: California County Official Who Dared 'Hackers' to Manipulate Voting System Gets Desperate!
Sends Letter to Outgoing CA Sec. of State Attempting to Create New Conditions for Hack Test! Computer Security Experts Deride!
EXCLUSIVE: Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone's Complete Letter to SoS Bruce McPherson

1/18/07: Jeff Stone: The Coward of Riverside County?
The California County Supervisor Continues to Hide Behind Unrealistic 'Conditions' on His Sequoia Voting Machine 'Hack Challenge'
COLUMNIST: 'A test that doesn't allow the hacker to work on the machines as handled prior to the election and after it is no real test at all.'

2/10/07: SEQUOIA TOUCH-SCREEN VOTING MACHINES HACKED, FOUND VULNERABLE TO VOTE-FLIPPING BY PRINCETON UNIVERSITY!
New Jersey Attorney to Ask Judge for Decertification of Company's 'AVC Advantage' System After Machines Found Untested by State
Princeton Professor Paid $86 For Online Purchase of 5 Machines That a NJ County Paid $40,000 for...

2/26/07: EXCLUSIVE: California SoS Finds No State Law to Prohibit Proposed Riverside County 'Hack Test' of Sequoia Touch-Screen Machines!
But Secretary Bowen Says Board of Supes Proposed 'Ground Rules' for Test 'Overly Narrow', 'Would Prove Little and Give Voters False Sense of Security'
Supervisor Stone's Hope for SoS Participation in '1000 to 1' Bet with Election Integrity Advocates under Unilateral, Unrealistic Restrictions Flatly Rejected by State's New Election Chief...

3/28/07: HACKIN' HARRI HURSTI TO APPEAR BEFORE PANEL IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA!
Finnish Security Expert to Appear, Give Testimony This Friday Before County's 'Blue Ribbon' Commission Investigating Complaints About Local Election System
No Word on Whether Gamblin' County Supervisor, Jeff '1000 to 1' Stone, Will Be in Attendance...

4/1/07: Hackin' Harri Hursti a Hit in Riverside County, California
As we Sit Down for a One-on-One Debriefing with the Finnish Computer Security Expert and Discuss American Elections, Rush Holt's Reform Bill, Debra Bowen, 'Black Hats' and Why Elections Matter
Big Turnout and Good Press Coverage Accompany his Riverside Visit, Even if Jeff '1000 to 1' Stone Was a No Show...

7/13/07: 'Blue Ribbon' Committee to Riverside County, CA Board of Supes: Dump DRE Touch-Screen Voting Systems!
Enormous Victory as Dogged Citizen Advocacy Finally Pays Off!
Committee Also Recommends Security Audit of Registrar's Office in First County in America to Move to Touch-Screen Voting Systems...

8/18/07: Riverside County, CA to Hold Sequoia Accountable for Lies, Faulty Voting Machines?
If So, Let the Fraud Suits Begin!

9/20/07: Riverside County, CA Board of Supes to Sequoia Voting Systems: 'Drop Dead'
Board Members Threaten 'Not Another Dime' For Company That Has Failed Them to the Tune of $27 Million So Far
The Time is Now for Accountability...

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