What Happens in Texas Does NOT Stay in Texas: ‘BradCast’ 6/5/2024
Far-right Republicans in the Lone Star State are telling us about their extreme plans. Why are both state and national media downplaying them? We discuss on today’s BradCast. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] BUT FIRST UP… The Presidential Primary season comes to a close this week, with Tuesday’s contests in New Jersey, […]
GOP Plans ‘Catastrophic’ Debt Ceiling ‘Hostage-Taking’ if They Win House or Senate Majorities: ‘BradCast’ 10/19/2022
We’ve spent quite a bit of time of late on The BradCast discussing what could happen if Democrats are able to hold their majority in the U.S. House this year and pick up two more seats in the Senate. Codifying privacy rights and reproductive freedoms into federal law; passage of the much-needed Freedom to Vote […]
Are Americans Ready (or Even Able) to Roll Back the GOP’s Decade-Old ‘Permanent Minority Rule’?: ‘BradCast’ 10/21/2020
There’s a lot to digest on today’s BradCast, so I’ll try to keep this teaser brief so you can just listen. [Audio link to show is posted below summary.] First up, it turns out lawyers really don’t like Donald Trump, even the ones he actually pays millions to work for him. In Congress, Dems vow […]
Conspiracies. Real Ones.: ‘BradCast’ 7/29/2020
On today’s BradCast (after a quick correction, thanks to @RadioDoogie on The Twitters, about a point covered on yesterday’s show): Conspiracy theorists are too often disregarded. Especially with so many actual conspiracies behind so many of the disasters we’re now facing in the U.S. [Audio link to show is posted below summary.] Sure, some should […]
Coronavirus ‘Math and Reality’ and Georgia Sued Over Elections (Again): ‘BradCast’ 4/21/2020
On today’s BradCast: Desperate to salvage Donald Trump’s re-election chances, the White House and several GOP Governors are apparently now set on putting hundreds of thousands of Americans in their own states at grave risk. But, hey, this year’s critical Presidential election ain’t gonna just win itself, ya know! [Audio link to show is posted […]
The Desperate Panic to Defend the President: ‘BradCast’ 10/23/2019
On today’s BradCast, Donald Trump needs a LOT of defending — on virtually every front today. Lucky for him he’s still got quite a few willing chumps, suckers and patsies willing to go down with his ship, from elected officials in Congress, to entire media networks invested in his criminal wingnuttery, to the best team […]
GOP’s Amash Declares Trump ‘Impeachable’; Gerrymandering Allowed Radical Abortion Bills: ‘BradCast’ 5/20/2019
Our guest on today’s BradCast, argues that representative democracy is facing a “major crisis.” And he wasn’t even talking about the Constitutional Crisis we are now seeing as Trump turns up his obstruction measures against the U.S. Congress to 11. But partisan gerrymandering underscores that crisis as well. [Audio link to full show is posted […]
Swamp Things: ‘BradCast’ 4/2/2019
On today’s BradCast: Donald Trump’s D.C. swamp isn’t getting any less swampy, but it all does make chants of “Lock her up!” over Hillary Clinton’s personal email server appear quite quaint. [Audio link to show follows below.] Among the many stories covered on today’s program… It’s Election Day in a number of places today, including […]
New SCOTUS Voting Rights Rulings; Also: NY Sues Trump for ‘Charity’ Foundation’s ‘Illegal Conduct’: ‘BradCast’ 6/14/2018
On today’s BradCast: Happy birthday, Mr. President! To celebrate today, the New York Attorney general filed a civil lawsuit [PDF] against Donald J. Trump, his so-called “charitable foundation”, and his children Eric, Don Jr. and Ivanka, charging that his foundation was used as little more than a personal and business slush fund, and to benefit […]
Progressives Win Some, Lose Some in Tuesday Primaries in GA, KY, AR, TX: ‘BradCast’ 5/23/2018
On today’s BradCast: Primary elections for the crucial 2018 mid-terms were held on Tuesday in Georgia, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Texas (which held their primary runoffs following the first round of voting back in early March.) That, as hopes for a massive “blue wave” this fall could be fading, at least according to some new polling. […]
Gerrymandering Cases Highlight Need for State, Federal ‘Blue Waves’ in Both 2018 AND 2020
Don’t get me wrong. The bold move by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in adopting a Congressional map that, according to an analysis cited by the Wall Street Journal, could see PA Democrats picking up as many as six Congressional House seats now held by Republicans, bodes well for those of us who value small “d” […]
New Government Spending Deal Disappoints ‘Dreamers’: ‘BradCast’ 2/7/2018
On today’s BradCast: Several encouraging election-related news items for Democrats and others in the fact-based community, but still more troubling news for American immigrants and their families as DACA recipients are left out of a new Senate deal to keep the government open. [Audio link to show posted at end of article.] We start with […]
Voting Rights Versus Wrongs, Climate Facts Versus Myths (Plus Callers!): ‘BradCast’ 1/29/2018
Today’s BradCast took several unexpected turns as news broke, callers called, and the Trump-era debunkery continued. [Audio link to show follows below.] Among the many stories covered and/or debunked on today’s program, before we opened up the line to callers… In a surprise reversal, some good news to start off, as Donald Trump’s EPA Administrator […]
‘We Are in a Reverse Democracy Right Now”: ‘BradCast’ 1/19/2018
On today’s BradCast, we’re still fighting for the right to vote and to have that vote counted, 60 years after MLK’s “Give Us the Ballot” speech, 50 years after the passage of the hard-won Voting Rights Act, 4 years after the U.S. Supreme Court gutted it, and one day after what my guest today describes […]
Dems Lend Trump a Helping Hand on Warrantless Surveillance of Americans: ‘BradCast’ 1/17/2018
On today’s BradCast: Donald Trump and his Great American Shitshow continues today, though he has now received a very helpful hand from Congressional Democrats, for reasons that may beggar the imagination. [Audio link to show is posted below.] First up today, a quick word on the allegations regarding $130k in hush money said, by the […]