Grading Joe at 100 Days: ‘BradCast’ 4/27/2021
On today’s BradCast: We’ve got a lot of news to catch you up on from over the weekend — and from today alone — before we open the phones to listeners to ring in on Joe Biden’s first 100 days in office. [Audio link to full show is posted below.] First up, today’s news… Over […]
Sunday ‘A Stone of Hope’ Toons
‘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 […]
Biden’s Earth Day Climate Summit; New Questions About Capitol Insurrection: ‘BradCast’ 4/22/2021
On today’s BradCast: After a disastrous four year mistake by the name of Donald Trump, the United States, under the leadership of Joe Biden, is taking the lead once again on our global climate emergency on Earth Day 2021. Or, at least, trying to. [Audio link to full show is posted below summary.] Among our […]
‘Green News Report’ – April 22, 2021
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: President Biden doubles US targets, vows to cut emissions in half by 2030; European Union and Britain accelerate emissions cuts under the Paris Climate Agreement; PLUS: Rep. AOC and Sen. Ed Markey re-introduce the Green New Deal… All that and more […]
‘If They’re Doing This to Reporters, What They’re Doing to Regular Citizens is Going to be Worse’: ‘BradCast’ 4/21/2021
It’s turning out to be Policing Week on The BradCast for some odd reason…even as a police helicopter circled above our studio here in L.A. for most of today’s show. We don’t think they were there for us, but apologies for any unexpected noise throughout. [Audio link to full show follows below summary.] Speaking of […]
Ending Traffic Enforcement by Police Makes Sense, Would Saves Lives: ‘BradCast’ 4/20/2021
On today’s BradCast: A day in which a cop was finally found guilty of the murder of a hand-cuffed black man is probably a good day to discuss an important idea for long-overdue police reforms that could help keep people alive and allow police to do more of what they should be doing and less […]
‘Green News Report’ – April 20, 2021
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: ‘Frightening’ U.N. global climate assessment warns climate change and sea level rise are accelerating; U.S. and China agree to cooperate on climate action; Biden to hold virtual climate leaders summit on Earth Day; Interior Sec. Haaland revokes Trump-era orders; PLUS: Nation’s […]
Good Shots and Still More Very Bad Ones: ‘BradCast’ 4/19/2021
We open up the phones on today’s BradCast for a bunch of very good calls, including from a teacher who was back for in-person instruction today for the first time in a year here in Los Angeles; a gun supporter who isn’t insane, though we bicker a bit on his actual level of support for […]
High Cost of Willfully Misinterpreting the 2nd Amendment (Revisited)
Nearly nine years ago, we published an article called “High Cost of Willfully Misinterpreting the 2nd Amendment.” It highlighted the compelling U.S. Supreme Court dissents written by the late Justice John Paul Stevens and Justice Stephen Breyer in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) — a 5 – 4 decision in which the Court’s right-wing […]
Sunday ‘Anti-Faxxers’ Toons
Taking the ‘DUH’ Out of Floriduh: ‘BradCast’ 4/16/2021
NICOLE SANDLER here, once again guest hosting The BradCast. I’m numb today, as there was yet another mass shooting overnight. This one was at a Fed Ex facility in Indianapolis. The shooter, a 19-year old former employee, killed eight people before turning the gun on himself. That follows another cop killing another Black kid, another […]
Corporations Pretend to Stand Up for Democracy: ‘BradCast’ 4/15/2021
On today’s BradCast: It’s nice to see hundreds of companies and corporate executives coming out in favor of democracy and voting rights. If only they actually meant it. [Audio link to full show is posted below this summary.] First up today, however, the Biden Administration announced a spate of new sanctions against Russian organizations and […]
‘Green News Report’ – April 15, 2021
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: U.S. global threat assessment warns climate change is a clear and present danger; Japan to dump Fukushima’s radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean; Biden’s budget seeks to undo Trump’s damage; Atmospheric methane hits largest single-year increase on record; PLUS: To combat […]
Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Begins the End of Government Socialism for the Fossil Fuel Industry: ‘BradCast’ 4/14/2021
On today’s BradCast: Joe Biden is on a “go big” roll that has stunned even many long time progressives. Another one of them joins us on today’s show to sing the praises (mostly) of his $2.25 trillion infrastructure, jobs and climate proposal known as the American Jobs Plan. It will be paid for — at […]