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Latest Featured Reports | Wednesday, November 29, 2023
'Democracy on a Knife's Edge': 'BradCast' 11/28/2023
Warning from a top conservative federal judge; Far-right electoral victories in Argentina, Holland; Trump threatens use of Insurrection Act; Biden invokes DPA for climate, jobs...
'Green News Report' 11/28/23
  w/ Brad & Desi
U.N. warns world far off track to avoid catastrophe; COP28 gets underway in oil-rich Dubai; PLUS: International Energy Agency warns fossil fuel industry faces a reckoning...
Recent GNRs: 11/16/23 - 11/14/23 - Archives...
Fed Appeals Court Ruling Guts Last Critical Section of VRA: 'BradCast' 11/27/23
Guest: ACLU attorney Jonathan Topaz; Also: Israel-Hamas truce extended for two more days amid more hostage releases...
Sunday 'Emissions of the Rich and Famous' Toons
Ingenious rich people schemes (what could possibly go wrong?) in PDiddie's latest toons!...
Turkey Day Toons
A special holiday collection from PDiddie! Gobble gobble!...
Pausing Our Thanksgiving Pause for This Special 'Live' (Video!) Presentation...
Brad and Desi on The Nicole Sandler Show. Not suitable for children or adults of any age...
Sunday 'Thankful for Vermin' Toons
Weak strongmen trip their own traps in PDiddie's latest collection of the week's best political toons...
2024 to Kick Off with Long-Awaited, High Stakes Federal Voting System Trial in GA: 'BradCast' 11/16/23
Guest: Marilyn Marks of plaintiff Coalition for Good Governance; Also: More GA court news
'Green News Report' 11/16/23
Nat'l Climate Assessment: All regions of US affected; US, China agreement to displace fossil fuels, tackle climate; PLUS: Biden's new funding for climate resilience...
A Republican Climate Change Solution? Really?: 'BradCast' 11/15/23
Guests: Matthew Lee, Rev. Dr. Jessica Moerman of Evangelical Enviro Network; Also: U.S. climate report details nationwide threats; U.S., China climate deal...
'Sleepwalking Towards Authoritarianism':
'BradCast' 11/14/23
Also: Sleepwalking towards climate disaster...
'Green News Report' 11/14/23
Australia's historic Tuvalu treaty; Miami GOP debate ignores climate change; 12 hottest months ever; 2023 election policy changes; Plus: Manchin exits...
Trial Set in Years-Long Challenge to GA's Unverifiable Touchscreen Voting System
Public interest would be well served if Sec. of State Raffensperger moved to hand-marked paper ballots before the 2024 election...
Sunday 'GOP Electile Dysfunction' Toons
It's their lady problems again, in PDiddie's latest collection of the week's best toons...
'A Party of Losers': GOP War-Mongering Returns for Third 2024 'Presidential Primary Debate': 'BradCast' 11/9/23
Special Coverage with Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'ProLeft Podcast'...
Off-Year Elections Another Huge Victory for Democracy, Democrats, Reproductive Freedoms: 'BradCast' 11/8/23
OH, KY, MS, PA, RI, VA results; Guest: Author Robin Marty of the West AL Women's Center...
BARCODED BALLOTS AND BALLOT MARKING DEVICES
BMDs pose a new threat to democracy in all 50 states...
VIDEO: 'Rise of the Tea Bags'
Brad interviews American patriots...
'Democracy's Gold Standard'
Hand-marked, hand-counted ballots...
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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: O'Keefe / Breitbart's ACORN 'Pimp' Hoax Revealed

Links to The BRAD BLOG's extensive, in-depth coverage of the James O'Keefe / Hannah Giles / Andrew Breitbart ACORN "Pimp" Hoax, as reported in excruciating detail over many months in 2010 and beyond, as the scam was revealed and undone piece by piece.

(For coverage of the GOP's anti-ACORN jihad/"voter fraud" scam of 2008, see our Special Coverage page here.)

• 3/13/13: Brad Intvws Attny of San Diego ACORN Worker
• 3/12/13: Giles Paid $50k Settlement to Former San Diego ACORN Worker
• 3/8/13: O'Keefe Forced to Pay $100k to Former San Diego ACORN Worker
• 3/1/12: IN MEMORIAM: ANDREW BREITBART, 1969 - 2012
• 9/3/11: Breitbart May be Pulled into ACORN Worker Suit w/ O'Keefe, Giles
• 5/27/11: Judge Rejects O'Keefe's '1st Amnd' Defense in ACORN Worker Lawsuit
• 2/25/11: ACORN Scammer Giles Tosses Fellow Scammer O'Keefe 'Under Bus'
• 9/29/10: O'Keefe's CNN 'Sex' Scam May Violate MD's Felony Wiretap Laws
• 8/30/10: NYTimes New Public Editor, Meet NYTimes' Old ACORN Problem
• 7/13/10: 'Crimes Caught on ACORN Tapes! O'Keefe's!' Maddow Covers Lawsuit
• 7/12/10: Former ACORN Employee Files Suit Against O'Keefe and Giles
• 6/13/10: NYT Public Editor, 'Weasel' Pens Farewell Column
• 6/3/10: FAIR Echoes Our Critique of ABC, Stephanopoulos Fail
• 6/1/10: ABC's Stephanopoulos Quotes Discredted NYT w/ O'Keefe/Breitbart
• 5/27/10: FBI: Details on O'Keefe's 'Wiretap Plot'
• 5/26/10: O'Keefe Pleads Guilty in New Orleans
• 5/20/10: O'Keefe Dressed Down by Judge, Allowed to Avoid Trial
• 4/26/10: 'Loser' O'Keefe 'Celebrated' in Song
• 4/15/10: What? No Pulitzer Prize for Dirty Tricks?!
• 4/14/10: AP: Breitbart's Newest Video Deception
• 4/8/10: Duplicate Anti-ACORN 'Editorials' Astroturfed in Rightwing Papers
• 4/7/10: Brad Interviews ACORN CEO Lewis
• 4/7/10: Maddow Airs Unedited 'Pimp' Tapes: 'Firestorm Pure Manure'
• 4/6/10: NYT's ACORN 'Pimp' Finally Goes Missing?
• 4/5/10: Maddow Video: ACORN 'Pimp' Hoax 'Triumph of Fake Politics'
• 4/2/10: McClatchy/SacBee Corrects Cvrge of ACORN 'Pimp' Hoax (Hint: NYT!)
• 4/1/10: CA AG: VIDS 'SEVERELY EDITED', SHOW 'NO VIOLATION OF LAW'
• 3/30/10: 'Yes Men': O'Keefe, Breitbart 'Sad, Pathetic, Assholes'
• 3/29/10: Superstar GOP Atty Gets O'Keefe Felony Rap Reduced
• 3/26/10: AUDIO: Brad on S.F. Public Radio's 'Friday Media Roundtable'
• 3/26/10: GritTV: NYT's Belated Correction 'Way, Way, WAY Too Late'
• 3/24/10: VIDEO: Brad on Russian TV re: ACORN 'Pimp' Hoax, NYT Fail
• 3/23/10: No, NYT, O'Keefe Didn't 'Pose as a Pimp' Either
• 3/22/10: NYT PARTIALLY CORRECTS ACORN 'PIMP' MISREPORTS
• 3/22/10: It's About the Democracy & the Media, Stupid
• 3/22/10: GOP 'Mission Accomplished: ACORN to Close Doors
• 3/20/10: NYT'S HOYT ADMITS: 'TIMES WAS WRONG, I WAS WRONG'
• 3/15/10: More Media Condemnation for NYT 'Pimp' Hoax Coverage, Excuses
• 3/11/10: Media Watchdog FAIR Slams NYT Coverage as 'Wildly Misleading'
• 3/12/10: VIDEO: 'The Times Botched the Story': Author on 'DN!'
• 3/10/10: Another Legal Victory: Judge Finds Funding Ban 'Unconstitutional'
• 3/10/10: Real Targets of GOP ACORN Smears: Truth, American Democracy
• 3/8/10: Take Note NYT!: How to 'Edit Video to Meet Your Agenda'
• 3/7/10: Vote Fraudster Ann Coulter Jumps Into 'Pimp' Hoax Lying Game
• 3/5/10: VIDEO: Stephen Colbert Mocks ACORN 'Pimp' Hoax
• 3/4/10: ACORN STRIKES BACK! Demands 'Accountability' from NYT, Others
• 3/3/10: Transcripts Show O'Keefe & Giles 'Buried the Truth'
• 3/2/10: Toon Depicts NYT Editor 'as Weasel' for ACORN Emails
• 3/1/10: NY D.A.: 'No Criminality' in 'Highly Edited' ACORN Videos
• 3/1/10: VIDEO: Breitbart Says 'Had No Idea' About 'Pimp' Hoax
• 2/26/10: NYT Exec Editor in '05: 'Fact-checking is our responsibility'
• 2/24/10: NYT's Public Editor Accuses BRAD BLOG of 'Political Agenda'
• 2/23/10: Exclusive: NYT Public Editor's Remarkable 'Pimp' Hoax Emails
• 2/22/10: Giles Confirms on Video: 'He Wasn't Dressed Like a Pimp'
• 2/21/10: Breitbart 'Apologizes' for 'Apparent' ACORN 'Pimp' Lie
• 2/19/10: Giles Admits O'Keefe, Breitbart ACORN 'Pimp' Story a Lie
• 2/17/10: Breitbart Lied About 'Pimp' Claim in Own News Column
• 2/15/10: Group Demands NYTimes Retract O'Keefe 'Pimp' Reports
• 2/15/10: Breitbart Contradicts Self on O'Keefe Salary
• 2/11/10: Rightwing Blogger Attacks Our Coverage, Shoots Self Instead
• 2/10/10: ACORN Reacts to Times Editor Emails: 'Troubling, Disturbing'
• 2/10/10: Follow-Up, Quick Summary of NYT's O'Keefe Story FAIL
• 2/8/10: Exclusive: NYT Editor on False O'Keefe 'Pimp' Stories
• 2/4/10: Race Obsessions of O'Keefe; Twitter Tantrum of Breitbart
• 2/1/10: Questions for Breitbart, AP Investigates, NYTimes Fawns
• 1/30/10: O'Keefe/Breitbart Have Lame Story, Sticking to It
• 1/28/10: VIDEO: 'Orly Taitz' Andy Self-Destructs on MSNBC
• 1/27/10: Breitbart is a Criminal, According to Breitbart's Logic
• 1/27/10: ACORN Defund Bill 'Unconstitutional' After GOP Scam
• 1/26/10: Anti-ACORN Videographer Arrested at Senator's Office


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