{"id":16915,"date":"2026-05-19T18:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T01:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=16915"},"modified":"2026-05-19T18:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T01:13:11","slug":"naacp-calls-for-voting-rights-boycott-of-college-sports-at-southern-schools-bradcast-5-19-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=16915","title":{"rendered":"NAACP Calls for Voting Rights Boycott of College Sports at Southern Schools: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 5\/19\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center style=\"margin-bottom: 32px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_PaxtonTrump-NAACP-IRS_051926.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I had trouble deciding which story to lead with in the headline for today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a> because, in fact, we cover several blockbuster stories today that you need to know about. [Audio to full show follows this summary.]<\/p>\n<p>Among today&#8217;s coverage&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wildfire season is off to a dangerous start in the Southwest. The blaze known as the Sandy Fire in Southern <b>California<\/b>&#8216;s Simi Valley, outside of Los Angeles, which we covered yesterday as it was just erupting, <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/live-updates\/sandy-fire-simi-valley-several-structures-burned-184-acres-scorched\/19125501\/\">continues to spread<\/a> in windy conditions near many homes and other structures. It is just one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2026-05-19\/sandy-fire-evacuations\">several in the SoCAl area<\/a> right now. And, in <b>New Mexico<\/b>, the enormous Seven Cabins Fire, touched off by a tragic, medical plane crash late last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kob.com\/news\/top-news\/fire-linked-to-deadly-plane-crash-eclipses-12000-acres\/\">continues to spread quickly<\/a> in a rural, mountainous area. It now covers nearly 24 square miles in steep terrain outside of Ruidoso in the Capitan Mountains near Lincoln National Forest.  Both fires are fueled by years of climate change-intensified drought.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The <b>NAACP<\/b> has unveiled their <a href=\"https:\/\/naacp.org\/campaigns\/out-bounds\">&#8220;Out of Bounds&#8221;<\/a> campaign, <a href=\"https:\/\/naacp.org\/articles\/naacp-calls-black-athletes-fans-withhold-support-public-schools-states-attacking-black\">calling on black athletes and their supporters<\/a> to boycott public universities in southern states that are targeting Black voters following the <b>U.S. Supreme Court&#8217;s<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=16430\">recent gutting<\/a> of the <b>Voting Rights Act<\/b>. The group is asking athletes and recruits to withhold committing to major state schools in eight states &#8212; <b>Alabama<\/b>, <b>Florida<\/b>, <b>Georgia<\/b>, <b>Louisiana<\/b>, <b>Mississippi<\/b>, <b>South Carolina<\/b>, <b>Tennessee<\/b> and <b>Texas<\/b> &#8212; where college sports programs generate millions in annual revenue. The civil rights organization is asking fans to stop purchasing tickets or merchandise from those schools, in states where Republican legislatures are erasing majority-minority voting districts at a breakneck speed in the middle of this year&#8217;s critical midterm election primaries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>It&#8217;s Primary Election Day in six states today (noteworthy results on tomorrow&#8217;s <i>BradCast<\/i>). But among the races we are watching are two seats on the rightwing-dominated <b>Georgia Supreme Court<\/b>, that are not primaries at all, but actual general elections. Democrats have targeted those two seats, even though no sitting state Justice has been removed from the bench in an election in more than 100 years. Nonetheless, Dems are <a href=\"https:\/\/votehub.com\/2026\/05\/15\/democrats-build-early-vote-advantage-ahead-of-georgia-supreme-court-elections\/\">pressing hard for two liberal candidates<\/a> and, if successful, hope to follow a path to a liberal-dominated High Court in the Peach State by 2028. Republicans, however, are already working on a way to try and undo the election, if they lose, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2026\/5\/18\/800040887\/stateandlocal\/gop-steal-georgia-supreme-court-seats\/\">scheme to remove the two candidates<\/a> if they win on Tuesday. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Today, the insanely corrupt <b>Donald Trump<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/05\/19\/donald-trump-ken-paxton-endorsement-texas-senate-gop-primary-runoff-cornyn\/\">endorsed<\/a> <b>Texas<\/b> Attorney General <b>Ken Paxton<\/b> &#8212; the one elected official in the nation who may be <a href=\"https:\/\/thebarbedwire.com\/2026\/02\/17\/ken-paxton-scandal-timeline\/\">nearly as corrupt<\/a>, even if on a smaller level, as Trump &#8212; for next week&#8217;s very expensive and bitterly fought GOP U.S. Senate Primary runoff in the Lone Star State. Paxton is squaring off against four-term Republican Senator and GOP establishment-favorite <b>John Cornyn<\/b>, as Democratic state Rep. <b>James Talarico<\/b> is leading both Republicans in several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tpr.org\/news\/2026-04-28\/talarico-leads-both-cornyn-paxton-in-new-poll-of-texas-u-s-senate-race\">recent state polls<\/a>. Nonetheless, for reasons detailed on today&#8217;s program, we are happy to give Donald Trump&#8217;s endorsement in the TX GOP U.S. Senate primary runoff our COMPLETE and TOTAL endorsement!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>If you thought Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=16899\">bogus agreement announced yesterday<\/a> with his corrupt <b>Dept. of Justice<\/b> to give him nearly $1.8 billion to distribute to his political supporters (and himself) via a so-called &#8220;Anti-Weaponization&#8221; slush fund was wildly corrupt, just wait until you see the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/irs-trump-settlement-tax-returns-7bb7a6d8020b903395accc180acf263b\">new page<\/a> separately added to the agreement today! The new page, supposedly part of the same agreement, though not signed by anyone who signed yesterday&#8217;s corrupt deal, declares the the U.S. is &#8220;forever barred and precluded from questioning, examining or auditing, in any way, tax returns filed by Trump, members of his family, or his companies. The unspeakably corrupt agreement is as absurdly bogus and extra-legal as it sounds. So, what are we gonna do about it?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Finally, Desi Doyen joins us for <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=16908\">our latest <i>Green News Report<\/i><\/a> with details on an incredibly dangerous <b>water shortage<\/b> in and near Corpus Christi, Texas; new details on Trump&#8217;s unlawful <b>oil blockade<\/b> of Cuba; several new plans by the Administration to help <b>poison<\/b> and kill more Americans, and some great news for <b>renewable energy<\/b> out of Greece&#8230;<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/Speaker_Icon_24.png\" style=\"width: 24px; float: none; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;\"> <b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman-SportsBoycottNAACP-SupremesElectionGA-TrumpPaxtonTX-TrumpScamIRS_051926.mp3\">CLICK TO LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD SHOW!&#8230;<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><b>* * *<\/b><\/center><i>While we post <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><\/i>The BradCast<i><\/a> here every day, and you can hear it across all of our great affiliate stations and websites, to automagically get new episodes as soon as they&#8217;re available sent right to your computer or personal device, subscribe for free at <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/id803467610\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pandora.com\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/PC:1000025838\">Pandora<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-BradCast-with-Brad-Friedman-p477565\/\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/256-the-bradcast-w-brad-friedm-30973643\/\">iHeart<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-BradCast-w-Brad-Friedman\/dp\/B08JJRN86R\/ref=sr_1_1\">Amazon<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/podcastgen\/bradcast\/feed.xml\">our native RSS feed<\/a>!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-START--><\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f5f0e0; border:2px solid #6b5a2e; border-radius:6px; padding:10px 14px; text-align:center; font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"display:block; margin:0 0 8px 0; color:#3a2e0e; font-size:0.95em; line-height:1.5;\"><strong>The BRAD BLOG<\/strong>, <em>The BradCast<\/em> and <em>Green News Report<\/em> are all 100% independent and 100% listener and reader supported!<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Donate\" style=\"display:inline-block; background:#6b5a2e; color:#ffffff; padding:6px 18px; border-radius:4px; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none; font-family:Georgia,serif; font-size:0.9em;\">Please CLICK HERE to help support our work today!<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-END--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had trouble deciding which story to lead with in the headline for today&#8217;s BradCast because, in fact, we cover several blockbuster stories today that you need to know about. [Audio to full show follows this summary.] Among today&#8217;s coverage&#8230; Wildfire season is off to a dangerous start in the Southwest. 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