{"id":1668,"date":"2005-08-06T15:31:46","date_gmt":"2005-08-06T19:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.test.bradblog.com\/?p=1668"},"modified":"2005-08-06T15:31:46","modified_gmt":"2005-08-06T19:31:46","slug":"open-thread-for-the-brad-show-of-august-6th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=1668","title":{"rendered":"OPEN THREAD for The BRAD SHOW of August 6th"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a><\/a>Guest blogged by Winter Patriot<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

This week’s Brad Show<\/i> is almost ready to hit the airwaves.
\nOnce again we have a fine lineup and the prospect of a really fine show. <\/p>\n

Listen LIVE via the Web! Saturday from 7p-11p ET (4p-8p PT)!
\nRepeating Sunday 12noon-4p ET (9a-1p PT)<\/i><\/p>\n

It’s free speech at its best, but it’s not free!
\nBrad pays for the studio rental — out of his own pocket — at $500 per week!
\nSo please donate here to help defray costs!
\nEvery little bit helps, friends.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Tonight Brad’s scheduled guests include:<\/p>\n

\n
  • Rep. CYNTHIA MCKINNEY<\/b> (D-GA) on Diebold<\/a> in Georgia<\/a> and the need for Election Reform (and on her 9\/11 Forum last week<\/a>!)<\/i><\/li>\n

    <\/p>\n

  • SAM WALKER<\/b> of the National Voting Rights Museum<\/a> in Selma,
    \nAlabama<\/a> with an eyewitness account of Bloody Sunday.<\/li>\n

    <\/p>\n

  • KEENAN KELLER<\/b> Special Counsel to Conyers’ & the House Judiciary Comm. on the Voting Rights Act<\/a> & SCOTUS Nominee John Roberts’ opposition to it<\/a>.<\/li>\n

    <\/p>\n

  • An Exclusive Account<\/i> of what led to the Voting Rights Act <\/a>in 1965 from civil rights icon Rep. JOHN LEWIS<\/b> (D-GA) who was beaten on Bloody Sunday<\/a> and then marched next to Dr. Martin Luther King from Selma to Montgomery.<\/li>\n<\/div>\n

    \nPLUS!<\/i><\/b> If the Radio & Democracy Gods are with us…<\/i><\/p>\n

    \n
  • Rev. JESSE JACKSON<\/b> calling in LIVE<\/i> from the Rainbow\/PUSH Rally in Atlanta!<\/a><\/i> and…<\/li>\n

    <\/p>\n

  • Rep. RUSH HOLT<\/b> (D-NJ) on his Election Reform Bill!<\/li>\n<\/div>\n

    \nAlso…<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

    \n
  • A LIVE report from BRAD BLOG<\/a> reader, KIRA<\/b> attending Saturday’s Rainbow\/PUSH March & Rally in Atlanta!<\/a> “March like your rights depended on it!”<\/li>\n<\/div>\n

    \nJoin us Saturday Night 7p-11p ET (4p-8p PT)! Listen up via www.BradShow.com<\/a>, call in with your questions and comments for our guests at 323-650-1286<\/b>, and blog along with us right here at The BRAD BLOG<\/a> in our LIVE Open Thread during the show!<\/p>\n

    URGENT REMINDER:<\/b> The BRAD SHOW<\/a> is still supported primarily by listener donations … and we still need more listeners and more contributors! So please pick up the phone, or send some e-mail, and tell a few friends about The BRAD SHOW<\/a>. You (and they) will be glad you did. <\/p>\n

    LIVE OPEN THREAD BLOGGING below<\/b>: click on the “comments” link at the bottom-right corner of this item to join in!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Guest blogged by Winter Patriot This week’s Brad Show is almost ready to hit the airwaves. Once again we have a fine lineup and the prospect of a really fine show. Listen LIVE via the Web! Saturday from 7p-11p ET (4p-8p PT)! Repeating Sunday 12noon-4p ET (9a-1p PT) It’s free speech at its best, but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-1668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1668\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1668"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=1668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}