‘Blue’ States Still Bailing Out ‘Red’ Ones…and Praising Arizona: ‘BradCast’ 3/18/2021
It’s a bit of a grab bag on today’s BradCast, but one that will hopefully keep you well prepared for your next conversation with any of your still brain-poisoned wingnut friends, family and coworkers.[Audio link to full show is posted below summary.] Included in our grab bag of coverage today… Ohio‘s Republican Attorney General Dave […]
AZ GOP Sanctioned for ‘Bad Faith’ Frivolous Lawsuit Filed to Undercut Election Legitimacy
In his maiden speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, Georgia’s new Democratic U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock noted that “the four most powerful words in a democracy are ‘the People have spoken’”. That message, however, may not have made it out to the state Republican Party in Arizona. When it was first […]
‘Green News Report’ – March 18, 2021
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: U.S. extreme weather whiplash: blizzards in the north, extreme tornado outbreaks in the south; Drought deepens in the Western U.S. and Europe; Corporate broadcast media coverage of climate change plummeted in 2020; PLUS: Top Texas utility regulator caught on tape promising […]
Huge Security Hole Discovered in Vote System Software Used by Dozens of States Last Year: ‘BradCast’ 3/17/2021
On today’s BradCast: While Team Trump spent months pretending the Dominion Voting Systems company stole votes from Trump and flipped them to Biden with their computerized voting and tabulation systems, there is exactly zero independently verifiable evidence to support that baseless conclusion. At the same time, however, recently unearthed documents from the state of Texas […]
Is There a Link Between Trump’s November Purge at DoD and the January U.S. Capitol Insurrection?
For more than two months, the FBI has been rounding up and charging hundreds of Trump-incited insurrectionists who, in hopes of preventing the Congressional certification of Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory last November, stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6th. But a number of key questions remain wholly unanswered following the unprecedented attack on our […]
Separating Fact from GOP/Media-Inflated Fiction at the Southern Border: ‘BradCast’ 3/16/2021
We’ve got quite a bit of ‘Clean up on Aisle 45’ news on today’s BradCast, particularly at the U.S. southern border. [Audio link to today’s full show is posted below this summary.] But first, a few noteworthy ‘Clean up” news items. Rhode Island’s Democratic Sen. Sheldon has written a letter to Joe Biden’s newly confirmed […]
‘Green News Report’ – March 16, 2021
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: U.S. Senate confirms historic nomination of Rep. Deb Haaland as Interior Secretary; Jackson, MS still without clean drinking water one month after winter storm; US dams and levees get D grades from American engineers; Democrats turn to crafting massive infrastructure bill, […]
FL Governor, GOP Lawmakers Push to Curtail Absentee Voting. Election Officials Push Back: ‘BradCast’ 3/15/2021
On today’s BradCast: The Republican assault on voting rights is not only happening in states where the GOP lost, for the first time in many years, at the Presidential level in 2020, like Georgia. It’s also happening in states that Donald Trump won in 2020, but by a smaller margin than in 2016, like Texas. […]
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Prime Time for Joe Biden: ‘BradCast’ 3/12/2021
On Thursday night, on the one-year anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring the coronavirus to be a pandemic, on Joe Biden’s 50th day in office, on the day he signed what we have argued on The BradCast may go down as the most progressive, equitable relief, stimulus and investment package perhaps in U.S. history, […]
Biden’s ‘American Rescue Plan’ May Ultimately Be Seen as the Official End of the Reagan Era: ‘BradCast’ 3/11/2021
If nothing else, the thing to remember from today’s BradCast is that not one single Republican in either the House or Senate voted for Joe Biden and the Democrats’ remarkably robust, progressive and equitably written American Rescue Plan, the $1.9 trillion COVID rescue and relief package that history may someday regard as the long-overdue end […]
‘Green News Report’ – March 11, 2021
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: U.S. Senate confirms historic nomination of Michael Regan to head EPA; Biden’s COVID relief bill is also sort of a climate bill; First major U.S. offshore wind farm clears key hurdle; PLUS: Ten years since triple disasters devastated Japan… All that […]
‘The Most Pro-Union President You’ve Ever Seen’: ‘BradCast’ 3/10/2021
On today’s BradCast: Joe Biden has been winning quite a bit lately. Today was no exception. So, can he turn that winning streak into a win for labor unions and keep his campaign promise to be “the most pro-union President you’ve ever seen”? As of now, he’s on track for that as well, according to […]
Are Dems About to Miss a Filibuster-Free Chance to Roll Back Dozens of Corrupt Trump Regs?: ‘BradCast’ 3/9/2021
On today’s BradCast: Democrats could roll back dozens of toxic and/or corrupt Trump-era regulations, many of which had, themselves, rolled back previous regulations. And they can do it with a simple, filibuster-proof majority vote in the U.S. Senate. But they must act quickly. So, what’s the hold up? [Audio link to full show follows below […]
‘Green News Report’ – March 9, 2021
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Global oil prices are rising again, and so is the price at the pump; Interior Department moving swiftly to roll back Trump-era rollbacks; Bankrupt coal company seeks to shed responsibility for mine clean-up; PLUS: Cities thwarted in effort to change building […]