‘Emptywheel’ on Why Trump NatSec Team Should ‘Resign in Disgrace’ After Signal Chat Debacle: ‘BradCast’ 3/25/2025
This one is really a debacle. It’s likely criminal as well, on several levels, according to today’s guest on The BradCast. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] You have likely heard by now about the group text chat that The Atlantic‘s Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg was somehow invited to over the commercially-available mobile phone […]
‘Green News Report’ – March 25, 2025
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Flood-ravaged Carolinas struck by another round of wildfires, as Trump pushes to dismantle FEMA; Melting glaciers around the world threaten water supplies for billions of people; PLUS: Fossil fuel industry pushing Congress to give it ‘immunity’ from liability for climate damages… […]
Head of Largest U.S. Postal Workers Union Vows USPS ‘Belongs to the People, Not the Billionaires’: ‘BradCast’ 3/24/2025
The nation’s postal carriers and workers are not going down without a fight, as they’ve made abundantly clear with hundreds of rallies around the country in recent days, and as the head of the nation’s largest postal workers union made very clear on today’s BradCast. [Audio link to full show follows this link.] Over the […]
Sunday ‘Suddenly Conceivable’ Toons
We’re ALL Voice of America Now: ‘BradCast’ 3/20/2025
Happy Spring! The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, flowers are in bloom and things couldn’t be better! Right? (If you believe that, you may not want to listen to today’s BradCast.) [Audio link to full show follows below this summary.] Among our roller-coaster coverage today… Finland, not Disneyland, is, once again, the happiest […]
‘Green News Report’ – March 20, 2025
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Greenpeace ordered to pay hundreds of millions to fossil fuel company over Dakota Access Pipeline protests; WMO climate report documents spiraling weather and climate impacts; Trump Interior rolls back protections for migratory birds; PLUS: China unveils EV battery charging breakthrough… All […]
What Trump’s Order for the ‘Immediate Expansion of Timber Production’ Really Means (and Costs): ‘BradCast’ 3/19/2025
Earlier this month, Donald Trump issued an Executive Order calling for the “Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production”. As discussed with our guest on today’s BradCast, it’s difficult to see that separately from his buddy Elon Musk’s recent declaration that “logically we should privatize anything that can reasonably be privatized.” [Audio link to full show […]
Courts Largely Holding Against Rampant Trump, Musk Lawlessness. For Now: ‘BradCast’ 3/18/2025
We remain on the precipice of a Constitutional Crisis on today’s BradCast, as our Man Baby President has now begun defying court orders. Some reasonably argue we are there already, but we will truly be there when (and if, but mostly when) he defies an order from the corrupted U.S. Supreme Court. For now, he’s […]
‘Green News Report’ – March 18, 2025
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Tornadoes, wildfires, and dust storms wreak havoc across Central and Southern US; Trump Administration mass firings endanger accuracy of weather forecasts; PLUS: Trump EPA rescinds vital permits for New Jersey offshore wind project… All that and more in today’s Green News […]
Voice of America’s Chief Nat’l Correspondent on Trump Silencing VOA for First Time Since 1942: ‘BradCast’ 3/17/2025
Saturday was a very dark day for the cause of democracy and the free press around the world, as detailed on today’s BradCast. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] Since its very first broadcast on February 1, 1942, the Voice of America has been, as my guest today described it in his “Requiem […]
Sunday ‘The Usual’ Toons
Trump EPA Unveils Plans to Endanger, Sicken Americans (We Don’t Have to Let Them): ‘BradCast’ 3/13/2025
We’ve got a few explainers on today’s BradCast. But I thought you might find it useful to be armed with some facts, truth and understanding right about now. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] Among our explainer coverage today… Not long after we got off air today, Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer […]
‘Green News Report’ – March 13, 2025
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Trump EPA announces plans to Make America Polluted Again; Trump Energy Secretary vows to reverse U.S. climate progress; PLUS: Climate whiplash is hammering major cities around the world, study finds… All that and more in today’s Green News Report! Click here […]
Trump Nixed Enforcement Actions Against Nearly 100 Favored Corporate Lawbreakers: ‘BradCast’ 3/12/2025
It may be the least surprising news you’ll hear all week on The BradCast, but the story still needs to be told. The Trump Administration — which still pretends to give a damn about “law and order” — has, in just its first month and a half, handed out “Get Out of Jail Free” cards […]
Bad Day for ‘Strongmen’: ‘BradCast’ 3/11/2025
Today’s BradCast is, necessarily, a bit dark. There are, however, a few bright spots here and there if you listen closely enough. [Audio link to show follows this summary.] Very briefly, these are some of the stories covered today… The Philippines former strongman President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested by Philippine law enforcement officials on Tuesday, […]