The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman feed:

Copy the feed link and paste it into your aggregator

Subscribe to this podcast with iTunes

Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com

Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com. Originating on Pacifica Radio's KPFK 90.7FM in Los Angeles and syndicated coast-to-coast and around the globe! NOW FIVE DAYS A WEEK!

'BradCast' 5/6/2021 (Guest: L.A. Times energy reporter Sammy Roth; Plus: 'Bamboo'zled in AZ!)

05-06-2021 (53.53 MB)

On today's 'BradCast': Florida's rightwing Republican Governor (and 2024 GOP presidential hopeful) Ron DeSantis used a live appearance on Fox 'News' to sign the state's new voter suppression law while locking out access to his own state's local media. In Arizona, corporate media is finally catching up to much of what we have been warning over the past few weeks about the 'audit' theatre circus show underway in Maricopa County (Phoenix) of the 2020 presidential election. We've been covering the 'audit' in-depth, which is being conducted by Cyber Ninjas, a rightwing private company with no experience in elections or voting systems. We also previously warned you that Cyber Ninja's procedures would allow them to change a minimum of 42,000 votes without setting off any alarm bells inside the secretive count. AZ's Democratic Sec. of State and the US Justice Department today warned the company about potential serious violations of state and federal election laws in their 'audit.' A video posted by a local reporter outlet that contained badly edited, out-of-context remarks from John Brakey -- a longtime Democratic election integrity expert, founder of AUDIT USA –- put a misleading spin on Brakey's explanation of why the Cyber Ninjas are searching for 'bamboo fibers' in the ballots, and failed to include (until later) that Brakey himself does not believe in the conspiracy theory. Then: Los Angeles Time energy reporter SAMMY ROTH explains California's recent renewable energy generation record temporarily hitting 95% clean electricity, and a landmark report that details a road map for how the city of Los Angeles can go 100% renewable energy by 2035. Roth also explains how, if California can do it, so can the rest of the nation...