Could Ohio Republicans REALLY Keep Biden Off the Ballot?!: ‘BradCast’ 5/14/2024
We’re covering 2024 election news in at least four different states on today’s BradCast — track conditions, not horse race — and only one of those stories is particularly good news as GOP dirty tricks and voter suppression seem to be getting an early start this year. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] […]
Election Day Voting Disasters in Parts of PA, OH: ‘BradCast’ 11/7/2023
Today was Election Day in a bunch of states across the U.S. Important contests and ballot measures were before voters in this off-year election, including in Ohio, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Mississippi, parts of California and elsewhere. And, as covered on today’s BradCast, things did not go well for voters in parts of at least two […]
A Heads Up for Tuesday’s ‘Bellwether’ Elections!: ‘BradCast’ 11/6/2023
Tomorrow is a so-called “off-year” election in a number of states. But several of those elections may tell us quite a bit about the 2024 elections, and not necessarily in the way you may think, as reported on today’s BradCast. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] Among today’s stories… First up, some quickish […]
‘The Next 18 Months Are Going to be a Bumpy Ride’ (or, ‘I Can’t Fight This Feeling Anymore’): ‘BradCast’ 9/5/2023
We’re back! Both on today’s BradCast and even in L.A., after fleeing the state last month to avoid weeks of construction on the roof of the apartment housing our home studio. To no one’s surprise, the work is taking longer than we were told, so please pardon our efforts this week to work around it […]
Democracy, Hypocrisy, Free Speech and Reproductive Freedom: ‘BradCast’ 8/9/2023
It was a great day for democracy in Ohio on Tuesday. And how often do we get to say that on The BradCast? [Audio link to full show follows below this summary.] But first, it’s not a great day for our friends in Maui, Hawaii, where windswept wildfires have leveled homes and businesses and a […]
Democracy Strikes Back, Even in Special Elections in August: ‘BradCast’ 8/7/2023
It may be the dead of Summer, not exactly when most Americans are thinking about elections. But they were thinking about them last week in Tennessee and Ohio. No matter what these days, Americans are still thinking about Donald Trump. We cover all of that and more on today’s busy BradCast. [Audio link to full […]
CNN Gifts 70-Minute Infomercial to Trump: ‘BradCast’ 5/11/2023
Democracy is not having an easy time of it of late, as both of our main stories on the always pro-democracy BradCast seem to underscore today. [Audio link to full show follows below this summary.] FIRST UP, after months of wrangling, Ohio‘s gerrymandered Republican state House on Wednesday decided to put majority rule up for […]
2022 Midterm Primary Season Kicks of With Voting System Failures in OH: ‘BradCast’ 5/4/2022
On today’s BradCast: With midterm primaries in Ohio and Indiana yesterday kicking off a month of about a dozen such primaries across the country, and more to come in subsequent months, America is voting again. So, naturally, America’s voting systems are failing voters again. [Audio link to full show is posted below this summary.] In […]
E-Pollbook Failure in GA, OH, TX Undermines a (So Far) Surprisingly Smooth Election Day 2020: ‘BradCast’ 11/3/2020
I’ve got to be quick about this today, as polls are now closing on the nightmarish hellscape that is Election Day 2020. But, on today’s BradCast, we cover some of the reported problems voters had around the country on Tuesday, thanks to failed voting systems in battleground states such as Georgia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Texas. […]
More Wins in the War Against the War On Voting in PA, OH, SC and at USPS: ‘BradCast’ 9/17/2020
As my rant near the top of today’s BradCast makes clear — there is a now mountain of madness emanating from the White House. All of it now going on at one time, as Donald Trump and the Republican Party become more desperate with each passing day before this year’s election. And while the mountain […]
Mostly Good News in Battleground Ballot Battles in WI, OH, NV: ‘BradCast’ 9/15/2020
On today’s BradCast: The endless court battles continue as Donald Trump and the Republican Party continue their fight to make voting harder and more dangerous during the worst pandemic in a century. But we’ve got mostly good news today on those fronts. The news on the climate front today, however, is not nearly as encouraging. […]
GOP Secretaries of State Crank Up Mail-in Vote Suppression in GA, KY, OH: ‘BradCast’ 8/12/2020
On today’s BradCast, we look at noteworthy results after Tuesday’s state primary elections in Minnesota, Georgia, Wisconsin, Vermont and Connecticut. But we begin with problems voting on Tuesday in (where else?) Georgia, and the quickly expanding efforts by Republican Secretaries of State in key battlegrounds to make mail-in voting as difficult as possible this November, […]
Ohio’s Emergency Primary Election Legislation Demonstrates How NOT to Handle This Crisis: ‘BradCast’ 3/30/2020
On today’s BradCast: We’ve got a boatload of news and more listener calls from the Coronaverse today, as Republicans continue to try and game this year’s elections, even amid a global pandemic. (Priorities, ya know!) [Audio for today’s show is posted below.] We start with a quick review of some of the news from over […]
Coronavirus Plunges 2020 Elections Into Disarray: ‘BradCast’ 3/17/2020
On today’s BradCast: America continues to adjust to the pandemic, as the most critical election in our nation’s history is now threatened by a virus, even as voters in three major states hit the polls on Tuesday. At least some of them did. [Audio link to show is posted at end of summary.] We begin […]
Impeachment, Syria and Trump’s ‘Russia First’ Policy: ‘BradCast’ 10/15/2019
Our long road toward catching up with a month’s worth of news continues on today’s BradCast, with voting news out of Battleground Ohio, the latest on Trump’s impeachment and chaos in Syria (and the thing that ties them together), as well as the latest environmental and climate news after a month away. [Audio link to […]