Articles in Category: Kris Kobach

House GOP’s ‘One-Two Punch to Shut Down Office of Congressional Ethics’: ‘BradCast’ 1/18/2023

Guest: Public Citizen's Government Affairs lobbyist Craig Holman; Also: VA's Youngkin kills new Ford EV battery plant, 2,500 new jobs; Kobach fined by FEC as he takes seat as top law enforcement official in KS...

ELECTION 2022: Worst Red Wave Ever! (or, BEST Red Wave Ever?): ‘BradCast’ 11/9/2022

Conventional wisdom and corporate media proven wrong. Again.; Also: Big midterm wins, losses, surprises as voters hold the line for democracy, Congressional majorities remain up in the air...

UNconventional Times: Power of Abortion Rights (and Danger of Election Deniers) on the Ballot: ‘BradCast’ 8/3/2022

Critical lessons (and warnings) from primary results in AZ, KS, MI, MO, WA, OH; Also: IN Rep. Walorski killed in crash; A farewell to Vin Scully...

H.R.1: Ambitious Democratic Measure Tackles Vote Suppression, Enhances Election Security

Landmark bill would enact long-overdue voting reforms, but needs at least one key rewrite to close a loophole regarding hand-marked paper ballots...

The Stolen, Packed, Rightwing U.S. Supreme Court Not Terrible for Several Days in a Row: ‘BradCast’ 12/15/2020

Guest: Slate legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern on recent cases, Bill Barr, Kris Kobach and accountability for TX' attempt to overturn the election; Also: GOP now eating its own with GA's U.S. Senate runoffs underway...

‘Do Not Let Them Take Away Your Democracy’: ‘BradCast’ 8/20/2020

Obama's DNC Day 3 speech for the ages; Also: All the President's Accountability - Bannon arrested for fraud, Trump loses again on taxes...

Progressive Victories (and Some Losses) in MO, MI, AZ, WA, KS State Primaries: ‘BradCast’ 8/5/2020

Guest: Howie Klein of Down With Tyranny; Also: Disgraced Kobach and Watkins lose in KS; Disgraced Arpaio in the running in AZ; GOP Guv restores voting rights to former felons in IA...

Trump’s Executive Memo on Congressional Apportionment is ‘Patently Unconstitutional’: ‘BradCast’ 7/22/2020

Guest: Constitutional attorney Thomas Wolf of Brennan Center's Democracy Program; Also: America STRONGLY against Trump school reopening plan during COVID surge; And, Kris Kobach for Senate!

Charles Koch’s 50-Year Effort to Privatize the U.S. Postal Service May Be on the Brink of Success: ‘BradCast’ 7/15/2020

Guest: Longtime Koch researcher Lisa Graves; Also: Biden, Obama, Gates Twitter accounts hacked, but Nov. voting should be fine; KS Repub Congressman indicted on four voter fraud counts! Trump should be next...

Amash Getting In? Economy Tapping Out. Much More Election News of Note: ‘BradCast’ 4/29/2020

Biden takes OH; Mfume wins in MD; Yang sues NY state; MI's Amash likely running for Prez; Kobach loses again in KS; Also: Trump and economy sink like stones and a NYer on the government's f**ked up response...

U.S. Financial System ‘Whistling Past a Climate Graveyard’: ‘BradCast’ 12/6/2019

Guest: American Prospect's David Dayen on mag's landmark Green New Deal edition; Also: House GOPers jumping ship (several heading to jail)...

Trump’s Unlawful Border Orders; And on Pressing 2020 Candidates for Answers: ‘BradCast’ 4/9/2019

Also: Kansas conman Kobach's comeback?; GOP's 'Green Real Deal'...

Court News (Good and Bad) on Gerrymandering, Voting, Guns, and Abortion: ‘BradCast’ 3/18/2019

Guest: Slate's Mark Joseph Stern; Also: Record flooding in Midwest; Beto, Bernie and Buttigieg; The definitive truth about Daylight Saving Time...

Trump DoJ Ignored NC’s GOP Absentee Ballot Fraud in 2016, So It Happened Again in 2018: ‘BradCast’ 1/23/2019

Also: Govt still closed; Trump approval plummeting; Pelosi calls his SOTU bluff; Cohen cancels; Maher: How the middle-class has been squeezed...

DEMS TAKE HOUSE, GOVERNORSHIPS; GOP Holds Senate; Questions About Some Reported Results: ‘BradCast’ 11/7/2018

Also: Trump fires Sessions, but we won't let that derail us today...

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Appeals Court Blocks Last Route for Voters to Challenge Violations of the Voting Rights Act: ‘BradCast’ 5/19/2025

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