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Humanitarian Crisis Deepens in Gaza: ‘BradCast’ 10/16/2023

Admin urges Israel to allow aid in, foreign nationals out as death toll rises, situation grows dire; Also: 6-year old Palestinian boy killed by angry rightwinger in IL; Admin settles suit over Trump's child separation policy...

  • , 10/16/2023 - 
  • 5:57 pm PT
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Federal Court Blocks New Florida Law Banning Gender-Affirming Care

Judge finds state statue would cause child plaintiffs 'irreparable harm'...

  • , 6/14/2023 - 
  • 9:57 am PT
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‘Clocks Striking Thirteen’: Court Cites Orwell in Response to FL Republicans’ ‘Stop W.O.K.E. Act’

But DeSantis' totalitarian new law has even darker echoes...

UPDATE 3/16/23: 11th Circuit panel unanimously denied FL request to stay the preliminary injunction...

  • , 2/01/2023 - 
  • 9:56 am PT
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Misuse of the Espionage Act of 1917 and its 2022 Use Against Donald Trump: ‘BradCast’ 8/23/2022

Guest: ACLU's Ben Wizner; Also: Results from KS abortion amendment recount; Dems quietly outsmart GOP/SCOTUS on climate; More...

  • , 8/23/2022 - 
  • 6:23 pm PT
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‘If They’re Doing This to Reporters, What They’re Doing to Regular Citizens is Going to be Worse’: ‘BradCast’ 4/21/2021

Guest: Columnist Will Bunch on the need for institutional policing reform; Also: DoJ to probe MPD after Floyd murder; Biden meets 200M COVID vaccine goal, will now pledge to cut carbon emissions in half by 2030...

  • , 4/21/2021 - 
  • 6:28 pm PT
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Oregon, ACLU Lawsuits Seek to End ‘Totalitarian’ Assault by Trump’s Secret Police

Despite legal challenges, White House threatens to expand 'shock troop' operation 'across heartland of the country'...

UPDATE, 7/23/20: Federal 'thugs' attack 'wall of moms', Navy vet; Tump/AG Barr expand 'illegal' assault to Kansas City, Chicago and Albuquerque; Judge issues TRO against feds...

  • , 7/21/2020 - 
  • 1:21 pm PT
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The Race To Stupid: ‘BradCast’ 5/18/2020

Trump fires another IG, this one investigating Pompeo; Amash declines to run for Prez; MO allows absentee voting for all (sort of); CA relaxes reopen rules; Anti-lockdown protester threatens journo; Callers ring in...

  • , 5/18/2020 - 
  • 6:20 pm PT
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FL’s Ion Sancho Has ‘No Confidence At All’ 2020 Will Be Secure After New 2016 FBI Disclosures: ‘BradCast’ 5/15/2019

Leon County's 30-year veteran Election Supervisor tells us FBI lied about hacks in 2016; Rubio covered up in 2018; FL ballots will be unverifiable in 2020; calls NSA 'leaker' Reality Winner a 'heroine'; warns new GOP law means 'Jim Crow' has returned to the Sunshine State

Also: Trump's Iran war threat; AL bans almost all abortions; NC-9 do-over candidates set...

  • , 5/15/2019 - 
  • 6:59 pm PT
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Humans Threaten Extinction of One Million Species and Other News of Quite Significant Note: ‘BradCast’ 5/6/2019

Guest: Ernie Canning defends inmate voting; Also: Trump lies (again) about tariffs, economy, China; House Judiciary to vote on Barr contempt; Mnuchin refuses (again) to turn over Trump taxes; 400 former prosecutors say Mueller revealed criminal felonies by the President...

  • , 5/06/2019 - 
  • 7:00 pm PT
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Trump’s Unlawful Border Orders; And on Pressing 2020 Candidates for Answers: ‘BradCast’ 4/9/2019

Also: Kansas conman Kobach's comeback?; GOP's 'Green Real Deal'...

  • , 4/09/2019 - 
  • 6:25 pm PT
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White House Hardliners Rising; ACLU’s 2020 ‘Rights for All’ Campaign: ‘BradCast’ 4/8/2019

Guest: ACLU's Phil Aroneanu; Also: Nielsen out at DHS, as Trump's far-right agency purge rolls out amid immigration crisis; Callers ring in...

  • , 4/08/2019 - 
  • 6:19 pm PT
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FL Republicans Undermining New Constitutional Amendment Granting Voting Rights to Ex-Felons: ‘BradCast’ 3/20/2019

Guest: Dr. Micah Kubic of ACLU Florida; Also: Beto on voter suppression; Abrams says she 'won' in GA; U.S. judge blocks oil, gas drilling in WY...

  • , 3/20/2019 - 
  • 6:33 pm PT
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Trump Is, In Fact, Our National Emergency – His Biggest Toddler Tantrum Yet: ‘BradCast’ 2/15/2019

Guest-host Angie Coiro with Joel Simon of Comm. to Protect Journalists; Also: Fate of big-tech host cities; Weld to primary Trump?; RBG returns...

  • , 2/15/2019 - 
  • 6:11 pm PT
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Election Battles Raging On in FL, AZ, GA: ‘BradCast’ 11/9/2018

Guest-host Angie Coiro w/ the latest on that and other news; Also: Amber McKinney on DACA; D.D. Guttenplan on a progressive future...

  • , 11/09/2018 - 
  • 7:07 pm PT
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Memphis Blues: ‘Disenfranchisement’, Rejected Registrations in TN Amid Tight U.S. Senate Race: ‘BradCast’ 10/24/2018

Guest: Shelby County, TN Democratic Chair Corey Strong; Also: Good news for GA voters; Bad news for ExxonMobil; Pipe bombs sent to Obama, Clinton, CNN, other Dem targets of Trump's 'right-wing ire'...

  • , 10/24/2018 - 
  • 6:29 pm PT
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