Even Slavery is on the Ballot This Year in 5 States: ‘BradCast’ 11/1/2022
We’ve been discussing for weeks (months, actually) on The BradCast how critical the November 8 midterm elections are to American democracy itself. I’ve even referred to it as the most critical midterms since the Civil War. Until recently, however, I had no idea how on the money that comparison actually is. [Audio link to full […]
‘Barbaric’ SCOTUS Decision Blows Away Precedent on Juvenile Justice, Offers Very Dark Warning: ‘BradCast’ 4/23/2021
Today on The BradCast, a very ominous sign from the U.S. Supreme Court. Very. [Audio link to full show is posted below.] On Thursday, the Court issued a 6 to 3 opinion in Jones v. Mississippi, which shatters years of established Court precedent that had prevented minors from being charged with life in prison without […]
State Repubs Using Phony 2020 ‘Fraud’ Claims to Push Real Electoral Reforms, Restrictions: ‘BradCast’ 1/26/2021
NOW CELEBRATING THE BRAD BLOG’S 17th ANNIVERSARY!WE WELCOME YOUR ANNIVERSARY SUPPORT/DONATIONS HERE! On today’s BradCast: The effort by Donald Trump and Republicans to steal the Presidential election with false allegations of “voter fraud” didn’t work. But that tsunami of disinformation is now being used to advance new restrictions on voting in the states as the […]
‘For the Virus, It’s Like Shooting Fish in a Barrel’: Don Siegelman on the Prison COVID-19 Explosion: ‘BradCast’ 4/8/2020
On today’s BradCast: Sanders is out, and a former federal prisoner tries to sound the alarm about deplorable and deadly conditions in our nation’s prison system as coronavirus turns jail sentences, even for non-violent offenders, into death sentences — not to mention the dangers posed to prison workers and their families in the bargain. [Audio […]
Trump Appointment Spree; Cohen ‘Deserves’ Prison Time: ‘BradCast’ 12/7/2018
On today’s BradCast, I’m your host – Angie Coiro, host of In Deep with Angie Coiro. Donald Trump’s tweet fingers were a’twitchin’, as he tried to keep up with the flow of Mueller investigation news while churning out headlines of his own. For starters, he made three key appointments/nominations: Army head General Mark Milley will […]
American Carnage?: One Year of ‘Trump Justice’: ‘BradCast’ 1/24/2018
On today’s BradCast, we celebrate The BRAD BLOG’s 14th anniversary of independent investigative blogging, journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muck-raking! Thanks to those who’ve stopped by BradBlog.com/Donate to help us continue into our 15th year! If you haven’t done so yet, what’s stopping you? We really need your help! [Audio link to today’s show follow below.] […]
Impeachable Offenses: Trump’s Malevolent ‘ObamaCare’ Lie: ‘BradCast’ 10/17/2017
On today’s BradCast: Donald Trump’s assertion at the White House on Monday that “ObamaCare is finished, it’s dead, it’s gone…There is no such thing as ObamaCare anymore” is a blatant, cruel and malevolent lie. It is also, along with Trump’s other efforts to undermine the federal law, an impeachable offense. Also today, very real and […]
Sessions Rolls Back Criminal Justice Reform, Trump Digs Himself Deeper: ‘BradCast’ 5/19/2017
So who is the “nut job” here? On today’s BradCast, Trump appears to have dug himself even deeper into the Obstruction of Justice mire and, speaking of “justice”, Attorney General Jeff Sessions rolls back bi-partisan gains on criminal justice reform made during the Obama Era. [Audio link for show follows below.] A new report today […]
DoJ Announces ‘End’ of Private For-Profit Federal Prison System; Plus: GOP ‘Civil War’ vs. Reality: ‘BradCast’ 8/18/2016
Shockingly good news on today’s BradCast, following today’s remarkable announcement by the U.S. Dept. of Justice that they are working to end the federal government’s “use of privately operated prisons”. After that, you may want to pop up some popcorn to best enjoy the rest of today’s program. [Audio link to complete program is posted […]
NY Primary Voting Problems (Real and Fake); Prison Industrial Scam Bites MS ‘Conservatives’: ‘BradCast’ 4/19/2016
On today’s BradCast, voter head to the polls in the New York Presidential Primary and encounter yet another electoral mess, while down in Mississippi, the decades-long false ‘promises’ of the Prison Industrial Complex come back to bite local jurisdictions in the ass. First up, it’s like clockwork, and just as we predicted on yesterday’s BradCast. […]
Ending Mass Incarceration; Debunking New Fox ‘News’ Lie About Voting: ‘BradCast’ 10/13/2015
I’m back after a few days off for today’s BradCast! My huge thanks to Radio Or Not’s Nicole Sandler for guest-hosting over the past several days and affording Desi and me a bit of much-needed down time. Of course, as soon as we stood down, everything blew up in Congress and everywhere else. So, I […]
It’s Not Just Baltimore and Bernie Jumps In: ‘BradCast’ 4/29/2015
Would the nation even be discussing what happened in Baltimore were it not for the violence that broke out at the protests over the killing in police custody of Freddie Gray? Also, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is jumping in to the 2016 race for the Democratic Presidential nomination. Our listeners call in with thoughts on […]
HBO’s ‘Last Week Tonight’ Knocks It Out of Park on America’s Shameful Prison Problems
In the weeks since its debut on HBO, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver has slowly, if assuredly, evolved from being little more than a weekend knockoff of its progenitor The Daily Show, to finding its own unique voice and ability to take advantage of the more in-depth “coverage” afforded by the lack of self-censorship […]
Disturbing Questions About Our Government and the So-Called ‘War on Drugs’ – [PART 3 of 3]
Guest Editorial Series by Ernest A. Canning Even a glimpse at the statistics leads knowledgeable sources, like Ethan Nadelmann, founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, to describe the ‘War on Drugs’ as a “failed prohibitionist policy.” “Over the last 40 years, more than 45 million drug-related arrests have cost an estimated $1 […]
Disturbing Questions About Our Government and the So-Called ‘War on Drugs’ – [PART 2 of 3]
Guest Editorial Series by Ernest A. Canning This is the second of our three-part series advancing the hypothesis that one must turn to economics to make sense of the so-called ‘War on Drugs’ and the U.S. government’s seemingly irrational obsession with shutting down something as innocuous as medicinal marijuana dispensaries. PART 1 examined both historical […]