Sunday ‘Documenting the Atrocities’ Toons
War has been on my mind this week… Fruit comparisons were on cartoonists’ minds after classified documents were announced as having been found in Joe Biden‘s old vice presidential office in November and more recently at his Delaware home. Some played down, some played up, some played off…
Republican Federal Courts Taking Aim at Section 2 of Voting Rights Act: ‘BradCast’ 1/14/2023
What a way to “celebrate” Martin Luther King Day this year on The BradCast. Fifty-eight years since the passage of the Voting Rights Act and 10 years since the rightwingers on the U.S. Supreme Court gutted one of its central provisions, our even farther rightwing courts now appear to be gunning for much of the […]
Transparency and Public Oversight to the Rescue: ‘BradCast’ 1/12/2023
Today’s BradCast — from questions about classified Presidential documents to this week’s hand-count of 2020 ballots in a swing-state county — is ultimately about transparency and sunshine as the best disinfectants when it comes to politics and the necessity of public oversight for the health of American democracy. Even when it may seem annoying to […]
‘Green News Report’ – January 12, 2023
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Extreme weather cost the U.S. more than $1 trillion in just 7 years; NOAA finds the last 8 years have all been the hottest ever recorded; PLUS: Fox ‘News’ pretends the Biden Administration wants to cancel your kitchen stove… All that […]
Biden FTC’s New Rule to Ban Wage-Depressing, Non-Compete Contracts: ‘BradCast’ 1/11/2023
If you can get through the troubling news at the top of today’s BradCast, we’ve got far more encouraging news beyond it! [Audio link to full show is posted below this summary.] First up, the dangerous GOP scheme to use the need to raise the nation’s borrowing limit to hold the nation’s economy hostage, may […]
California Climate Chaos: ‘BradCast’ 1/10/2023
Who says it never rains in Southern California? Evidence on today’s BradCast would strongly suggests otherwise. [Audio link to full show follows below] Repeated “atmospheric river” downpours continue to drench the Golden State for the second straight week, and will keep doing so through at least the weekend. Some 35 inches of rain have reportedly […]
‘Green News Report’ – January 10, 2023
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: California slammed by another round of extreme downpours; Australia hit by unprecedented floods as hundreds airlifted to safety; PLUS: Natural-gas fired kitchen stoves are a significant cause of childhood asthma… All that and more in today’s Green News Report! GNR’s now […]
McCarthy’s Concessions as New Congress Begins With Attacks on Democracy, Law Enforcement: ‘BradCast’ 1/9/2023
It’s our first call-in show of the new year on today’s BradCast, but we’ve got a lot of news to get to as well first. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] Among the bevy of stuff covered on today’s program… Thousands in California face mandatory evacuations due to flooding and possible mudslides, with […]
Sunday ‘Speaking of Kevin’ Toons
GOP Threat to Democracy Continues, Two Years After Capitol Insurrection: ‘BradCast’ 1/6/2023
It’s January 6 again, so our “weird annual tradition,” as our guest describes it today, continues on The BradCast. Sadly, so does the GOP’s continuing threat to American democracy, two years after the deadly assault at the U.S. Capitol. [Audio link to full show follows below this summary.] First up, it is also Day 4 […]
U.S. House GOP Breaks 100-Year Record for Failing to Elect a Speaker: ‘BradCast’ 1/5/2023
The last time multiple ballots were needed for any party to elect a House Speaker, a century ago in 1923, it took nine ballots to settle the matter. Today, before we got off the air from today’s BradCast, Republican leader Kevin McCarthy had failed to secure a majority on the eleventh ballot. [Audio link to […]
‘Green News Report’ – January 5, 2023
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Biden promotes bipartisan infrastructure repairs and upgrades as funding flows from new climate laws; U.S. West braces for another round of major storms; PLUS: Republican dysfunction in U.S. House a bad omen for climate policy… All that and more in today’s […]
The Fake GOP ‘Red Wave’ and Real Cost of 2022’s Skewed Partisan Polling: ‘BradCast’ 1/4/2023
As the ingenious GOP on GOP rebellion continues in the U.S. House today, we cover that and some clarifying new insights from the 2022 elections regarding the “red wave” that never came (as we long told you it wouldn’t) on today’s BradCast. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] Day 2 of the GOP […]
REPUBLICANS IN DISARRAY: ‘BradCast’ 1/3/2023
Well, we’re back on today’s BradCast — like it or not — after our holiday break, with a head cold (but not COVID) and a doozy of a day in Washington D.C.! [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] For the first time in 100 years, the party in charge of the U.S. House […]