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‘A Very Dire Situation’: Ethics Expert on Trump’s Golden Age of Corruption: ‘BradCast’ 2/11/2025

Guest: Craig Holman, Ph.D., of Public Citizen; Also: Bannon pleads guilty; Blago wins full pardon; DoJ drops charges against Adams in NYC...

Trouble in Trumpland? Broligarchs v. MAGA!: ‘BradCast’ 1/7/2025

Guest: Ryan Cooper of 'The American Prospect'; Also: Wildfire weather in L.A.; Battle over release of Jack Smith report; Giuliani found in contempt...

Hunter’s Pardon: ‘BradCast’ 12/2/2024

Also: Biden-Harris 2020 cybersecurity chief questions 2024 results; Trump's latest corrupt appointments; Listeners ring in...

Trump Criminal Cases Fade After Election and as GOP ‘Does Not Believe in Rule of Law Anymore’: ‘BradCast’ 11/13/2024

Guest: NatSec journo Marcy Wheeler of Emptywheel; Also: CA U.S. House race updates; Trump loses in Senate; Gaetz, Gabbard, Musk, a Fox 'News' weekend guy and other stooges named for key Trump Admin roles...

So, What Now?: ‘BradCast’ 7/8/2024

We're back! And our listeners have strong opinions about where the hell we are and how to move forward to save democracy after corrupt SCOTUS rulings and a disastrous Presidential Debate...

Fox ‘News’ is Grooming Viewers for Another Insurrection if Biden Wins: ‘BradCast’ 6/24/2024

Guest: Matt Gertz of Media Matters; Also: Summer is just days old, but climate change is wreaking brutal, deadly, expensive consequences...

How SCOTUS Has Been Undermining American Democracy for 50 Years: ‘BradCast’ 6/6/2024

Guest: Univ. of KY election law professor Joshua A. Douglas; Also: Bannon (mostly) ordered to prison; U.N. chief calls for a ban on fossil fuel ads, as planet reaches disturbing new climate warming milestone...

Mysterious Recount in Tied U.S. House Primary Race Highlights Problems in CA Election Laws: ‘BradCast’ 5/13/2024

Guest: Dr. John Maa; Also: Bannon appeal denied; Giuliani fired; Trial begins for Menendez; Cohen takes stand in Trump's NY criminal case...

2024 Track Conditions Get Muddier by the Day: ‘BradCast’ 1/30/2024

RNC rigging nomination for Trump; Also: Luttig's 'textualist' SCOTUS brief argues Trump 'disqualified himself'; More bad news for Bannon; Court nixes Musk's $56B pay package; Biden pauses new NatGas terminals...

Odds, Ends, Follow-Ups, and More GOP Voter Fraud and Voter Suppression: ‘BradCast’ 9/7/2023

Navarro 'guilty'; Prigozhin's interference; DeSantis law v. Idalia recovery; Lee strengthens; OH GOP lawyer sentenced; AL GOP Rep. arrested; 'Crooked' Coffee County, GA; Solution to 'Rich Men from Richmond'...

‘This Summer is One of the Coolest Summers of the Rest of Our Lives’: ‘BradCast’ 7/26/2023

Guest: Meteorologist, author Guy Walton; Also: Rudy admits he lied about GA election workers; Trump 'Wall' scammer gets 5 years in prison; Bundy found liable for $50M in defamation suit...

Accountability Season Begins: ‘BradCast’ 7/11/2023

Trump and his henchmen facing more consequences by the day; Trump apologists in Congress hilariously face-planting...

Former AZ A.G. Spent 10,000 Taxpayer Hours to Find Zero 2020 Fraud, Kept Finding Secret: ‘BradCast’ 2/23/2023

...He also lied about it while running for U.S. Senate; Also: Other Trump liars and losers keep lying and losing; Biden support rising; More...

ELECTION 2022: Dems Hold Senate Majority; Election Liars Lose SoS Races; Callers Ring In: ‘BradCast’ 11/14/2022

And why all of that and still uncalled contests, very much matter...

Forewarned: GOP Manufacturing Midterm Chaos to Create APPEARANCE of Corrupt Elections: ‘BradCast’ 11/3/2022

Formalizing 2020's ad-hoc strategy, Republicans have organized nationally to create and unleash phony fraud claims, as needed, amid the havoc of next Tuesday's critical elections...

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