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Bad Court and Election News for Trump is Good News for America: ‘BradCast’ 3/31/2025

Federal judges keep ruling against Admin; LA voters reject GOP Guv's amendments; Musk scrambles to buy WI, FL elections for Repubs; Also: U.S. nowhere to be found after Myanmar quake; Callers ring in...

  • , 3/31/2025 - 
  • 6:25 pm PT
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Courts Largely Holding Against Rampant Trump, Musk Lawlessness. For Now: ‘BradCast’ 3/18/2025

Trump ignores immigration ruling, threatens judge; Federal workers return after two courts rule; USAID shutdown found deadly, 'unconstitutional'; Also: 'Dead' Social Security recipient fights for his benefits...

  • , 3/18/2025 - 
  • 6:45 pm PT
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Trump Nixed Enforcement Actions Against Nearly 100 Favored Corporate Lawbreakers: ‘BradCast’ 3/12/2025

Guest: Rick Claypool of Public Citizen; Also: Senate Dems block GOP budget resolution (for now); DoJ guts Public Corruption unit; USAID ordered to shred, burn documents...

  • , 3/12/2025 - 
  • 7:10 pm PT
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‘A Litany of Atrocities’: The Longest, Dullest, Most Lie-Filled ‘SOTU’ Ever: ‘BradCast’ 3/5/2025

Guests: Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast'; Also: SCOTUS narrowly rules against Trump on USAID funding...

  • , 3/05/2025 - 
  • 5:45 pm PT
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Trump is Bad for Business… and Farmers… and National Parks… and… : ‘BradCast’ 3/4/2025

Also: More evidence 'DOGE' is clueless; 'GNR' turns 16!; Much more!...

  • , 3/04/2025 - 
  • 5:27 pm PT
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‘Green News Report’ – February 27, 2025

With Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...

  • , 2/27/2025 - 
  • 10:37 am PT
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The Ongoing Waste, Fraud and Abuse by Trump, Musk and the DOGE Bros: ‘BradCast’ 2/26/2025

Billions in 'savings' quietly deleted; Elon awards himself huge new contract at FAA; Trump keeps losing in court (and defying orders); Also: Un-finding the EPA's landmark climate 'endangerment finding'...

  • , 2/26/2025 - 
  • 6:34 pm PT
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Why Does Trump Want to Destroy the Federal Government? Seriously, What’s in it for Him?: ‘BradCast’ 2/24/2025

Lots of related news, and callers ring in with answers to that question...

  • , 2/24/2025 - 
  • 5:50 pm PT
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‘Green News Report’ – February 20, 2025

With Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...

  • , 2/20/2025 - 
  • 10:38 am PT
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2024’s Last Unsettled Race: ‘BradCast’ 2/12/2025

Guest: Debra Dicks Maxwell of the NC NAACP; Also: Trump 'violates First Amendment' by shutting out AP, attacks free speech by firing another IG...

  • , 2/12/2025 - 
  • 6:47 pm PT
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Some Trump/Musk ‘Shutdowns’, ‘Pauses’ and ‘Freezes’ You Haven’t Heard as Much About: ‘BradCast’ 2/6/2025

Guest: Author, financial journalist David Dayen on the CFPB, NLRB shutdowns; Also: Bird flu spreading amid CDC, USDA communications, research 'pause'; Racist Musk DOGE Bro at Treasury resigns...

  • , 2/06/2025 - 
  • 6:45 pm PT
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‘Two-State Solution — State of Confusion and State of Chaos’: ‘BradCast’ 2/5/2025

Guests: Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast' on the disastrous, illegal, authoritarian state of play in Trump/Musk World, and its rising Opposition...

  • , 2/05/2025 - 
  • 6:29 pm PT
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The Opposition Takes Shape: ‘BradCast’ 2/4/2025

Agency insiders, elected Dems, civil suits, public actions coalesce to take on the radical rightwing extremism of Trump, Musk and the DOGE Bros...

  • , 2/04/2025 - 
  • 7:18 pm PT
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‘You’re Not Overwhelmed. You’re Under Attack.’: ‘BradCast’ 2/3/2025

Unlawful Trump political firings at DOJ, FBI; Critical CDC databases gone; USAID offices taken over, shut down, employees locked out; Musk takes over Treasury Dept. payment system for entire U.S...

  • , 2/03/2025 - 
  • 6:28 pm PT
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