{"id":15638,"date":"2026-02-12T18:25:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T02:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=15638"},"modified":"2026-02-12T18:49:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T02:49:58","slug":"harpy-tantrums-legal-losses-election-fails-retreating-ice-and-other-hopeful-signs-bradcast-2122026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=15638","title":{"rendered":"Harpy Tantrums, Legal Losses, Election Fails, Retreating ICE and Other Hopeful Signs: ‘BradCast’ 2\/12\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s not all peaches and cream on today’s BradCast<\/i><\/a>, especially in our “everything is stupid” world. But it could be — in fact it was supposed<\/i> to be — a lot worse by now. [Audio link to full story follows below this summary.<\/i>]\n

We’ve got a lot of news today to cover for a start, including another Democratic special election overperformance<\/a> in another deep “red” district; more<\/a> and more<\/a> embarrassing court losses and grand jury rejections<\/a> for the Administration; calls<\/a> from a few MAGA<\/b> folks for Attorney General Pam Bondi<\/b> to resign following her ridiculous performance in the U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday; ICE<\/b> claims to be retreating<\/a> from Minnesota<\/b> altogether, after the heroic residents of Minneapolis finally wore them down; and three new polls<\/a> (including a very<\/i> Trump-friendly one!) find that voters now think Joe Biden<\/b> was a better President than Donald Trump<\/b>. <\/p>\n

After the news, we’re delighted to be joined once again today, for another one of our somewhat free-wheeling round table shows with our longtime OG blogger pals, HEATHER DIGBY PARTON<\/b> of Salon<\/a> and Digby’s Hullabaloo<\/a>, and ‘DRIFTGLASS’<\/b> of The Professional Left Podcast<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n

It has been a minute since they’ve joined us, so we’ve got a lot<\/i> of ground to cover and get caught up with today, including…<\/p>\n