Guns Again, Trump as Ever, Media Failure and Our Only Way Forward: ‘BradCast’ 2/15/2024
We covered so much territory on today’s BradCast that I’m having trouble writing about all of the seemingly disparate pieces in a cogent narrative here. So I won’t try. I’ll give you the pieces, and hopefully you will listen to the show to see how it all ties together (or doesn’t). [Audio link to full […]
‘Green News Report’ – February 15, 2024
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Mysterious oil spill triggers national emergency in Trinidad and Tobago; Big changes underway as Greenland warms; Wildfires are reversing hard-won gains against air pollution in the U.S.; PLUS: Climate change has come for your chocolate… All that and more in today’s […]
Newly Obtained Chesebro Email, Texts Shed New Light on Team Trump’s Failed 2020 ‘Legal Coup’: ‘BradCast’ 2/14/2024
A tranche of newly unearthed documents offer a clearer understanding of Team Trump’s failed attempt to steal the 2020 election on today’s BradCast, in which we also cover yet another better-than-expected Special Election Day for Democrats on Tuesday. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] First, some of the breaking headlines on today’s horrific […]
Jon Stewart Returns to ‘The Daily Show’ Not a Moment Too Soon!: ‘BradCast’ 2/13/2024
Once again today, we try to stuff a 10-pound show into a 5-pound BradCast. Wish us luck! [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] Among our many stories for your listening pleasure, amusement and outrage today… Jon Stewart is back on The Daily Show! At least on Monday nights. At least for this year. […]
‘Green News Report’ – February 13, 2024
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Super Bowl EV ads mark the slow but persistent cultural shift in the transition from fossil fuels; Oil and gas industry spending big to get Trump into the White House; PLUS: Jury sides with climate scientist Dr. Michael Mann in defamatory […]
Russia, If You’re Listening, Trump Says ‘Do Whatever the Hell You Want’ to NATO Nations: ‘BradCast’ 2/12/2024
Some days these days on The BradCast, it’s hard to believe we’re covering what we are covering. I’d say that’s the case on most days, these days. Today is, yet again, one of those days. [Audio link to full show follows below this summary.] FIRST, we try to bring you up to date following Donald […]
Super Sunday ‘Borderline Insanity’ Toons
Biden Should Federalize Texas National Guard Amid State Defiance of SCOTUS Order
Given the rationale behind the recent SCOTUS decision in Department of Homeland Security v. Texas, Governor Greg Abbott’s election year efforts to block the U.S. Border Patrol’s access to the Rio Grande in Texas amount to defiance of a federal court order. President Joe Biden can and should assure State compliance with federal law by […]
Constitutional ‘Textualists’ at SCOTUS Seem Ready to Ignore Text of Constitution: ‘BradCast’ 2/8/2024
We’ve been telling you for years on The BradCast that most rightwingers who claim to be “Constitutional Conservatives” — such as the corrupted bunch now packed onto the Republican U.S. Supreme Court supermajority — are nothing of the sort. Today’s oral argument at SCOTUS, on whether Donald Trump must be disqualified from the 2024 ballot […]
‘Green News Report’ – February 8, 2024
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: EPA cracks down on deadly soot pollution; January 2024 was the hottest January ever recorded on Planet Earth; PLUS: Hurricanes are getting so intense, scientists propose a ‘Category 6’… All that and more in today’s Green News Report! Click here to […]
House, Broken: ‘BradCast’ 2/7/2024
I’d say Tuesday was a high (or low?) watermark for GOP failure, but on The BradCast, we think it wise to never under (or over?) estimate them. [Audio link to full show is posted below this summary.] Among our many stories covered today… Nikki Haley lost the one-person Republican Presidential Primary in Nevada by more […]
D.C. Appeals Panel Unanimously Rules Trump Not Criminally Immune. (Duh.): ‘BradCast’ 2/6/2024
Today on The BradCast: Bad news from the DC Court of Appeals for the disgraced former President, though things could get much worse this week depending on how things go at SCOTUS on Thursday. [Audio link to full program follows this summary.] Among our stories today… The unrelenting downpour in Southern California continues for a […]
‘Green News Report’ – February 6, 2024
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Historic atmospheric river rains down a state of emergency on California; Chile grapples with extreme heat and catastrophic wildfires; Europe is escaping Putin’s energy blackmail; PLUS: Republicans’ comprehensive plan to dismantle U.S. climate policy if a Republican wins the White House… […]
GA Touchscreen Vote System Hacked in Court with a Pen, Nobody Overseeing Cybersecurity: ‘BradCast’ 2/5/2024
The long-awaited trial over Georgia‘s vulnerable voting systems has finally come to a close. As reported on today’s BradCast: Last month, one of the plaintiffs’ experts demonstrated in court that the state’s vulnerable touchscreen voting systems can be hacked in about 5 seconds by one person, with nothing more than a ballpoint pen. And the […]
Fifty SCOTUS Amici Briefs Underscore Enormity of Trump Ballot Disqualification Issue
Only a month has passed since the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear, on an expedited basis, a legal challenge to the Colorado Supreme Court’s determination that Donald J. Trump is disqualified from holding any state or federal office by reason of §3 of the 14th Amendment. Both the CO trial and state Supreme Court […]