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Trump’s Losing Battles: ‘BradCast’ 10/8/2025

Hollow threat of arrest for Chicago Mayor, IL Guv; Comey trial failing before it begins; Repubs in disarray over shutdown, health care funding...

Trump, Nazis and Trump’s Nazified Elections: ‘BradCast’ 8/18/2025

Also: TX Dems return to state after quorum break in fight for democracy...

Newsom Unveils ‘Election Rigging Response Act’; FCC Renews License for Sock-Puppeting Sinclair: ‘BradCast’ 8/14/2025

Guest: Sue Wilson of Media Action Center...

140 New House Reps?: Ideas for Moving Beyond the Gerrymandering Wars: ‘BradCast’ 8/13/2025

Guest: Fred Bauer of 'Rounding Up'; Also: Big Gov't Tyranny: U.S. troops in D.C. as Trump's pointless L.A. deployment faces trial...

It’s Not About the Rule of Law, It’s About Authoritarian Control: ‘BradCast’ 8/12/2025

More on CDC shooting; Trump frees ax-murderer from prison, threatens to send more U.S. troops to U.S. cities; Judge nixes DOJ's Epstein 'diversion'; Texas doubles down on attempted election rigging...

Trump’s Wars Against Clean, Renewable Energy and American Democracy on VRA’s 60th Anniv: ‘BradCast’ 8/7/2025

For better or worse (mostly worse), Texas plays a role in almost every story we cover today...

All’s Fair in Love, War and, Apparently, Partisan Gerrymandering: ‘BradCast’ 8/4/2025

Dem lawmakers flee TX to block GOP theft of five U.S. House seats; CA focuses on November voter measure in response; Callers ring in...

Gerrymandering Expert on Why Dems Unlikely to Counter GOP’s New Texas Redistricting Scheme: ‘BradCast’ 7/22/2025

Guest: FairVote's David Daley; Also: Speaker Johnson to adjourn House for August recess to avoid vote on releasing 'Epstein Files'...

Democracy is STILL Our Best Way Out of This Mess — And Republicans Know It: ‘BradCast’ 7/10/2025

Trump EPA does right thing on asbestos?; Noem falsely cites sexual abuse as cause to shut FEMA; ND tribes to appeal VRA ruling at SCOTUS; Abbott seeks to further rig TX U.S. House maps...

Catastrophic Texas Flooding Tragedy Was Both Predictable and Predicted: ‘BradCast’ 7/7/2025

Also: As climate change-fueled storms killed more than 100, Trump signed GOP budget bill gutting landmark Biden/Dem clean energy initiatives...

Dueling Lawsuits: Texas A.G. and County Election Officials Square-Off Over Voter Registration

Right to register under assault following state's massive voter roll purge...

Biden Should Federalize Texas National Guard Amid State Defiance of SCOTUS Order

In a major address, POTUS must also expose the 'moral crisis' brought on by GOP hypocrisy, cruelty and dehumanizing anti-immigrant propaganda...

House, Broken: ‘BradCast’ 2/7/2024

GOP chaos, faceplants and dysfunction in House, Senate, everywhere else; Also: Haley loses to 'none' in NV; O'Keefe forced to admit to fake 2020 'fraud' story; Listener mail on hand-marked ballots and Taylor Swift...

Fifty SCOTUS Amici Briefs Underscore Enormity of Trump Ballot Disqualification Issue

Survival of democracy and rule of law also on docket, as potential for political chaos looms no matter how Court ultimately rules...

New Hampshire and the First Dirty Trick of 2024: ‘BradCast’ 1/22/2024

Catching up after conquering COVID (again!); Also: DeSantis drops out, 'kisses the ring'; SCOTUS sides with Biden on border (for now); Callers ring in for first time this year...

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