Texas GOP Vote Suppression and Nation’s Election Officials Alarmed by USPS Ballot Delivery Failure: ‘BradCast’ 9/12/2024
We’re catching up with a lot of news on today’s BradCast, as climate change ravages the globe and the critical November general election nears. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] Among our many stories on another busy program… The death toll following Vietnam‘s climate change-fueled Typhoon Yagi climbs to 200, with more than […]
‘Green News Report’ – September 12, 2024
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Presidential debate focused on fracking and energy politics, but climate change got short shrift as fires rage in the U.S. West and Hurricane Francine slams into Louisiana… All that and more in today’s Green News Report! Click here to listen or […]
‘He Swallowed the Hook’: Harris Dominated Trump in Philly Debate: ‘BradCast’ 9/11/2024
I’m not sure I’ve ever declared a “winner” or “loser” in any Presidential debate, after covering them here for twenty years. They generally just don’t work like that. But, as discussed on today’s BradCast special coverage of last night’s showdown in Philadelphia, there was one clear winner and one very clear loser. [Audio link to […]
The GOP Fight to Suppress the Vote in Nebraska: ‘BradCast’ 9/10/2024
I must try and keep today’s BradCast summary short to finish up in time to watch tonight’s Presidential Debate (which we will be covering in detail on tomorrow’s program, natch.) [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] We start off with breaking news out of Missouri, where the state’s Supreme Court has overturned a […]
‘Green News Report’ – September 10, 2024
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: The planet just lived through the hottest summer ever recorded — again; Extreme heat and wildfires broil the U.S. West, as storm Francine threatens the U.S. Gulf Coast; PLUS: State Ag Commissioner warns parts of Texas are running out of water… […]
The Cheneys Endorse Democrats and Trump Vows to Jail Everyone: ‘BradCast’ 9/9/2024
Well, we had a few technical disasters during today’s BradCast. But that’s what makes live radio fun, right? [Audio link to full show — minus a minute or two of dead air — follows this summary.] At the top of the show, Desi and I began coverage of this weekend’s deadly Typhoon Yagi in Vietnam, […]
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From Russia With Money: ‘BradCast’ 9/5/2024
We’re all over the place on today’s BradCast, as things seem to be speeding up exponentially as Election Day draws near. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] Among our stories today… On Wednesday, the Dept. of Justice filed an indictment against two members of the Russia‘s state media outlet known as RT for […]
Watchdog Group Seeks Judge Cannon’s Removal From Trump’s Stolen Documents Case
Attorneys from the watchdog group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), including a retired federal judge, have now filed an Amici Curiae Brief [PDF] (friends of the court brief) in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeal in relation to the stolen classified documents case (United States v. Trump). The case was recently dismissed […]
‘Green News Report’ – September 5, 2024
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Most humid summer on record in U.S. intensified by Midwestern corn sweat, as Western U.S. swelters; August 2024 was the hottest August on record globally; PLUS: Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest saw record number of wildfires in August… All that and more in […]
Trump’s Project 2025/Agenda 47 is ‘The Final Dagger in the Heart of the Civil Service’: ‘BradCast’ 9/4/2024
Today on The BradCast: What you may not know about the horrifying Trump-Vance scheme to fire hundreds of thousands of non-partisan career civil servants and replace them with Trump loyalists — if Trump is elected in November. [Audio link to full show follows below this summary.] But, first up, results from Congressional and state legislative […]
Pre-COVID Trump Policies Didn’t Improve the Economy, Increase Job Growth or Lower Prices
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command,” wrote George Orwell in his classic dystopian novel, 1984. It was a lesson that the Republican Party has learned well. A recent poll pertaining to whose economic approach is preferred by American voters — Donald […]
We’re Back! And Catching Up With America’s ‘Knife Fight in a Phone Booth’ and Much More!: ‘BradCast’ 9/3/2024
Yup. We’re back! And we’ve got lots to begin getting caught up with on today’s BradCast. [Audio link to full show follows below this summary.] Among the many stories reported and discussed on today’s program… Donald Trump‘s recent flip-flops on abortion, pandering on IVF and his desecration of Arlington Cemetery for political purposes. (By the […]
‘Green News Report’ – September 3, 2024
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: While we were out — Catching up on climate and energy in the 2024 presidential race; Canada’s wildfires last year emitted more carbon than India, new study finds; Extreme heat killed a record number of Americans in 2023; China hit its […]