House, Broken: ‘BradCast’ 2/7/2024
I’d say Tuesday was a high (or low?) watermark for GOP failure, but on The BradCast, we think it wise to never under (or over?) estimate them. [Audio link to full show is posted below this summary.] Among our many stories covered today… Nikki Haley lost the one-person Republican Presidential Primary in Nevada by more […]
Will Corporate Media Step Up to Meet 2024’s Unprecedented Challenges?: ‘BradCast’ 1/10/2024
No matter what happens in this year’s election, the year will be like none other in the U.S. Are the mainstream media — which arguably helped lead us to our current mess at the edge of a potential collapse of American democracy — able to meet the challenge? To serve a nation that badly news […]
In Memory of and Tribute to Eric Boehlert: ‘BradCast’ 4/6/2022
Very shortly before airtime today, we learned that our friend, longtime progressive media critic and frequent guest on The BradCast, ERIC BOEHLERT, was killed earlier this week at the age of 57, in a tragic bicycling accident when he was hit by a commuter train in Montclair, New Jersey. [Audio link to full show is […]
The BRAD BLOG’s 15th Anniversary! (and Some Other Stuff): ‘BradCast’ 1/24/2019
On today’s BradCast, it’s the 15th Anniversary of The BRAD BLOG! So — in addition to the news of the day — we take a precious few minutes on today’s program to reminisce a bit with longtime BradBlog.com legal contributor ERNEST A. CANNING and Green News Report co-host and BradCast producer DESI DOYEN! [Audio link […]
Franken, the ‘Deficit Trap’ and Other Dem Acts of Preemptive Assisted Suicide: ‘BradCast’ 12/7/2017
On today’s BradCast: Are Democrats falling for all of these rightwing traps? Or are they willingly walking right into them…because they want to? [Audio link to show follows below.] After a few news headlines today — Australia’s parliament finally adopts marriage equality; the white Charleston, SC cop who killed unarmed black man Walter Scott receives […]
Gianforte Wins in MT Despite Assault Charge; Longtime Voting Rights Group Forced to Close: ‘BradCast’ 5/26/2017
On today’s BradCast, the Trump-toxified GOP appears to have abandoned all pretense of “values” and “personal responsibility” to elect someone to federal office even after he violently assaulted a journalist on the Eve of the Election. And a longtime voting rights group announces they are forced to shutter their doors for lack of funding. What’s […]
How Mike Pence Helped Suppress the Indiana Vote in the 2016 Election: ‘BradCast’ 5/12/2017
On today’s BradCast: The story of Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey turns even more bizarre and takes a decidedly thuggish turn (don’t worry, your President is ‘not a crook’) and Vice President Mike Pence gets tapped to head Trump’s new “voter fraud” commission, despite his own (much overlooked) record of stoking false […]
‘Pixie Dust and Hope’ v. Coal Dust and Corruption: ‘BradCast’ 3/29/2017
On today’s BradCast, some accountability news for a happy change of pace! What are the odds? [Audio link to the show posted below.] Among the accountability stories covered on today’s show: 15 felony counts filed in CA against the rightwing activists who secretly video taped and then lied about Planned Parenthood; 28 federal criminal counts […]
Election Rigging, Integrity and Amnesia – Special Coverage of the Final 2016 Presidential Debate: ‘BradCast’ 10/20/2016
On today’s BradCast: Bad hombres! Nasty women! And SUSPENSE! Real coverage of the final Presidential Debate of 2016, some of which is almost guaranteed to piss off just about everybody in one way or another. You’re welcome! [Audio link to show posted below.] For our analysis of the final — and, by our count, 25th! […]
NH GOPer Decries Trump’s ‘Rigged’ Charges, But Denies Party Promoted ‘Voter Fraud Conspiracies’: ‘BradCast’ 10/17/2016
On today’s BradCast, a self-identified “establishment Republican” pushes back against Donald Trump’s claims that the election will be “rigged”, but goes on to deny that his own party has promoted the very “voter fraud” conspiracies that the Republican nominee is now exploiting. [Audio link to complete show is posted below.] Trump has been increasingly strident […]
Any ‘There’ There? About Those ‘Problematic’ WikiLeaks Emails: ‘BradCast’ 10/12/2016
On today’s BradCast, WikiLeaks releases transcripts from Hillary Clinton’s paid speeches to Wall Street bankers (and more) as America’s long national nightmare known as Election 2016 grinds towards the finish line. [Audio link to show posted below.] But first, some encouraging breaking news at the top of the show: A federal judge today has ordered […]
‘Extreme Vetting’? New Trump Campaign Chief is Alleged Domestic Abuser, Voter Reg Fraudster: ‘BradCast’ 8/26/2016
Today on The BradCast, it seems the Republican Party’s Presidential nominee can’t keep alleged criminals from running his own campaign — but he wants the American people to trust his plan to keep them out of the country?! [Audio link to today’s show posted below.] Donald Trump may want to carry out some of that […]
Facts Behind the Fraud: Debunking Trump on Terror, ‘Voter Fraud’ in PA and Climate Change: ‘BradCast’ 8/15/2016
Today on The BradCast: While the corporate media continues to amplify Trump’s BS, we do our best to counter it with actual, independently verifiable facts. Yes, it is possible. [Audio to full show linked below.] Fact-checks on today’s program include long-disproven and yet still-repeated nonsense from Trump’s ‘major speech on national security and terrorism’ in […]
NYTimes Blows It Again: ‘BradCast’ 7/30/2015
Today on The BradCast… • Medicare turns 50! That’s right, the original “socialized medicine” that, Republicans told us, would be the end of freedom (sound familiar?) is just 15 years away from being eligible for Medicare! We revisit Ronald Reagan’s completely wrong 1961 warnings about one of the nation’s most successful and beloved social programs. […]
James O’Keefe Loses in Court Again
Rightwing grifter and convicted federal criminal James O’Keefe — the guy who we exposed as having faked the infamous ACORN “pimp” hoax — lost again in court this week. O’Keefe, of course, is no stranger to being a loser. You’ll recall the Republican scam-artist was also forced to pay $100,000 to a San Diego ACORN […]