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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' 4/10/2020 (WI Election disaster, U.S. Postal Service on the brink)
04-10-2020 (53.99 MB)
On today's 'BradCast': New national poll shows that former Vice President Joe Biden leads Donald Trump by 11 points. Trump is desperate to 're-open' America as early as next month – but health experts say that's insane, in part because a vaccine won't be available for two years. Americans continue to wait for paltry $1200 relief checks, but millions of Americans fall between the cracks and will never receive them. In Wisconsin's disastrous primary election, Republicans and the US Supreme Court forced voters to risk their health to vote in-person during a pandemic – now new reporting reveals that even more voters were disenfranchised than previously known. Officials are now calling for the U.S. Postal Service to investigate why thousands of absentee ballots have since been discovered to be either missing or never delivered. A Republican Wisconsin state lawmaker is hypocritically seeking a special extension for his constituents, after blocking the same extension for other voters who received their absentee ballots late or not at all. The US Postal Service is on the brink of a complete shutdown as early as June, due to the decrease in mail delivery during the coronavirus pandemic and prior onerous requirements imposed by Congressional Republicans in 2006. House Democrats are seeking a short-term bailout for the USPS, which receives no taxpayer dollars, but Republicans have blocked all efforts to save the independent federal agency (despite having approved $500 billion for private corporations). Millions of Americans rely on USPS for prescription drug delivery, and states need the USPS to conduct Vote-By-Mail elections in upcoming primaries in June, and the 2020 presidential election in November. Plus: musical satirist Randy Rainbow's tribute to his new favorite Governor...
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