‘Green News Report’ – February 29, 2024
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Historic winter heat smashes records across U.S., sparks massive wildfires in Texas; Groundbreaking Colorado lawsuit seeks to force oil companies to clean up abandoned wells; PLUS: Shifting to EVs and clean electricity will dramatically improve children’s health, study finds… All that […]
Journalist Doxxed, Threatened After Reports on Teen Neo-Nazi Recruiters: ‘BradCast’ 2/28/2024
Brad is still under the (non-COVID) weather today, so guest host Nicole Sandler joins us to take the captain’s chair for today’s BradCast. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] FIRST: We start with some of today’s breaking news (and there was a lot of it that came after airtime today, which we’ll try […]
COVID: The Afterparty
Just after the first of the year, and despite being fully up to date with our shots, COVID finally found its way into BRAD BLOG World News Headquarters for the first time, after we’d successfully avoided it since the jump. Desi unknowingly picked it up in Texas, then brought it back to me about a […]
‘Green News Report’ at 15
We are now celebrating 15 years of the Green News Report, our twice-weekly, 6-minute radio feature which is, as far as we know, the longest-running regular program on our public airwaves focused on connecting the critical climate change dots through coverage of environmental news, politics, analysis (and a helpful dose of snarky comment!). Thanks to […]
‘Green News Report’ – February 27, 2024
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Weather disasters displaced 2.5 million Americans from their homes last year; Texas real estate prices plunge in wake of new flood risk disclosure law; Northeast sled dog race canceled due to lack of snow; PLUS: Chicago sues five major oil companies […]
From Russia With…The Left: ‘BradCast’ 2/26/2024
I’m fighting (and losing to) a sinus infection, so otherwise exhausted after today’s very lively BradCast. Thus, Imma try to keep this short and leave you to tune in for all the juicy fun on today’s program. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] In general, amongst the stuff we covered… GOP South Carolina […]
Sunday ‘Useful Idiot’ Toons
Our Russian Nesting Doll: ‘BradCast’ 2/22/2024
On today’s BradCast: As of this week, if it wasn’t clear before (and, obviously, for many, it was not) it is now clearer than ever that the U.S., its corporate media, the Republican Party, its front-runner for the 2024 Presidential nomination (and, sadly, even too many on the “left”), have all fallen prey — knowingly […]
‘Green News Report’ – February 22, 2024
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: U.S. Supreme Court hears challenge to EPA’s landmark ‘Good Neighbor’ pollution rule; Bizarre winter heat wave hits Japan; New study finds near-universal global public support for climate action; PLUS: Biden Administration unveils billions in new funding to clean up the nation’s […]
DeSantis’ Anti-Labor Law Now Decertifying Unions for Thousands of Floridians: ‘BradCast’ 2/21/2024
Don’t forget to laugh out loud next time you hear a Republican pretending to oppose “Big Government regulations” or acting as if they give a damn about “forgotten working folks”. Those are two of the biggest lies in the GOP toolbox, as discussed on today’s BradCast, and actively demonstrated down in Emperor Ron DeSantis’ Republic […]
Wisconsin’s Decade-Long Un-Democracy Finally Undone. (Almost.): ‘BradCast’ 2/20/2024
Yesterday was a very good day for democracy in Wisconsin. On today’s BradCast, we take a few minutes to celebrate. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] We have been covering the GOP’s autocratic takeover of the state following the 2010 elections for some 13 years at this point. After the 2010 Census, state […]
‘Green News Report’ – February 20, 2024
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Record marine heat wave decimated Florida’s coral reefs; Plastics industry knew for 50 years that recycling didn’t work, and deceived the public about it; PLUS: Nearly half the world’s migratory species in decline, U.N. study finds… All that and more in […]
After Navalny: ‘BradCast’ 2/19/2024
On today’s BradCast we mark the Presidents’ Day holiday honoring the birthdays of both George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, with a quip from our friend Marcy Wheeler, independent national security journalist at Emptywheel, who tweeted: “Happy President’s Day, America, a holiday celebrating the guy who said Presidents should not be kings and the guy who […]
Sunday ‘Partying With Putin’ Toons
Can someone let Tucker know that Vlad got another one?…
In Memoriam: Alexei Navalny (1976-2024)
Heart-breaking, crushing news today. Remind me again how wonderful Vladimir Putin is… #Navalny's appeal to Russians in case of his death ?? Excerpt from the movie "Navalny" by Daniel Rohr, 2022 pic.twitter.com/QET6hQ122V — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) February 16, 2024 [If the short video above doesn’t load for you, click here to view it.] For the record, […]