Overcoming Corporate Capture of CA’s Ballot Initiative System, Federal Courts, Grocery Stores: ‘BradCast’ 10/24/2022
Today on The BradCast, some help for voters in California trying to make sense of some of those confusing propositions on this year’s midterm ballot, and some new worries for the entire nation when it comes to the GOP’s vow to destroy the so-called “administrative state”. [Audio link to full show is posted below this […]
To Save American Democracy
I was a long time Bernie Sanders supporter. I still am. As an attorney and Vietnam veteran I even served as a Senior Adviser to Vets for Bernie during his 2016 campaign. I also supported Sen. Sanders during the 2020 primaries. That was then. This is 2022. President Biden was not engaging in hyperbole when […]
Sunday ‘Cheap Gas’ Toons
‘Stay Calm, Joyful’ and Defend Our Elections: ‘BradCast’ 10/21/2022
Today on The BradCast: There is a great deal to be concerned about between now and November 8, when American holds its first nationwide elections since Donald Trump tried to steal the last one. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] Since then, his unrelenting lies that the 2020 election was stolen from him […]
America’s Authoritarian Dystopian Future is Now. (And More Fun News of the Day!): ‘BradCast’ 10/20/2022
It’s a grab bag on today’s BradCast, as we cover a ton of stuff from around the world and here at home, just over two weeks before another critical Election Day. [Audio link to today’s show follows below.] Among our many stories covered today… With one disgraced, failed Conservative Party Prime Minister after another in […]
‘Green News Report’ – October 20, 2022
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: President Biden orders release of more oil from nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve; NJ latest state to sue Big Oil over climate science lies; FL sees surge in flesh-eating bacteria after Hurricane Ian: PLUS: Midterm elections will determine course of climate action […]
GOP Plans ‘Catastrophic’ Debt Ceiling ‘Hostage-Taking’ if They Win House or Senate Majorities: ‘BradCast’ 10/19/2022
We’ve spent quite a bit of time of late on The BradCast discussing what could happen if Democrats are able to hold their majority in the U.S. House this year and pick up two more seats in the Senate. Codifying privacy rights and reproductive freedoms into federal law; passage of the much-needed Freedom to Vote […]
Don’t Boo(-Hoo)! Vote!: ‘BradCast’ 10/18/2022
Democratic voters, it seems, are an easily spooked bunch. A few bad polls and some seem ready to all but throw in the towel on the November midterms. But now is not the time for that sort of thinking. As discussed on today’s BradCast, there is simply too much at stake this year — Constitutional […]
‘Green News Report’ – October 18, 2022
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: In both Florida and the U.K., rollbacks of climate policies exacerbated climate disaster impacts; Toxic smoke blankets Pacific Northwest as record heat and wildfires drag on in October; GOP Senator suggests government should do less to help disaster victims; PLUS: Tomato […]
Tell the FCC To Protect Our Public Airwaves From Dangerous, Convicted Hoaxster Alex Jones: ‘BradCast’ 10/17/2022
We are finally beginning to see the start of some real accountability for so many of the countless rightwing hoaxsters, fraudsters and scam artists who enjoyed their hey days during the Trump Era. Specifically on today’s BradCast, we’re beginning to see accountability for rightwing hoaxsters Steve Bannon, Alex Jones and the fraudsters calling themselves True […]
Sunday ‘The Choice’ Toons
Wingnut Freakout Follows J6 Committee Vote to Subpoena Loser Trump: ‘BradCast’ 10/14/2022
As another exhausting week wraps up on The BradCast, we’ve got a number of follow-ups today on several stories we’ve been covering throughout the week, and a few all-new reasons to be concerned about the critical upcoming midterm elections. [Audio link to full show is posted below this summary.] Among the stories covered today… Newly-released […]
Why is Alex Jones Still on Our Public Airwaves?
On Wednesday, a jury in Waterbury, Connecticut awarded parents of schoolchildren slain by a gunman’s bullets an extraordinary $965 million in damages because far-right propagandist, conspiracy theorist and huckster Alex Jones publicly defamed them. He did so on U.S. radio stations which are licensed by the federal government to serve in the public interest. (The […]
TRUMP SUBPOENAED BY HOUSE J6 COMMITTEE: ‘BradCast’ 10/13/2022
It was a very bad day for our disgraced former President. So, it was a good day for the nation and for today’s special BradCast coverage of what is likely to be the final public hearing of the bipartisan U.S. House Select Committee investigating the Trump-incited insurrection of January 6, 2021 and his many failed […]
‘Green News Report’ – October 13, 2022
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Climate change is causing more billion-dollar weather disasters in the U.S.; When it rains, it pours more than ever before, new study confirms; Clean energy and EV manufacturers accelerate investment in America; PLUS: Biden establishes first national monument of his presidency… […]