Trump Weaponizing FCC Against Free Press: ‘BradCast’ 1/23/2025
When we allow a felon to become President of the United States (thanks, in no small part, to extreme rightwing activists on the Supreme Court ignoring and rewriting the 14th Amendment), it’s not surprising that he’d quickly begin violating laws and undermining the U.S. Constitution. When that felon also hopes to be a dictator, we […]
‘Green News Report’ – January 23, 2025
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Unprecedented blizzard warning and record snowstorm shuts down the South; New wildfire and evacuations in L.A. County; Donald Trump spews delusional lies about California’s water; PLUS: Last year, the U.S. saw 27 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters… All that and more […]
Nope, Trump Still Sucks at Presidenting: ‘BradCast’ 1/22/2025
We were promised there would be “shock and awe” and “rolling thunder” in the first few days of felon Donald Trump’s second Presidency. Instead, as one of our guests on The BradCast quips today, what we’ve got, so far anyway, is more like “drooling thunder.” [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] Before we […]
Trump’s Day 1 Assault on America: ‘BradCast’ 1/21/2025
On Day 2 of the second corrupt Trump Presidency, we catch up on today’s BradCast with the destruction he wrought (or attempted to) on Day 1, just hours after he became the first convicted felon, adjudicated rapist and adjudicated insurrectionist to be sworn in as President of the United States. And it all just happens […]
‘Green News Report’ – January 21, 2025
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Donald Trump at his Inauguration pledges to reverse U.S. climate and pollution policies, quickly signs Executive Orders to do so; Americans coast to coast grapple with climate-intensified extreme weather disasters; PLUS: Trump announces withdrawal of U.S. from Paris Climate Agreement, again… […]
2025 Inauguration Counter-Programming Special: ‘BradCast’ 1/20/2025
On today’s BradCast, a dark echo of eight years ago. Unfortunately, the update for 2025 was easier than one might have hoped. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] “There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can’t take part. You […]
Sunday ‘Felonauguration’ Toons
Fires, Liars and Oligarchs Rising as Biden Takes Final Bow, Issues Warning: ‘BradCast’ 1/16/2025
This is our final BradCast of the Biden Era. We’ve got a lot of mixed emotions on today’s program, as you’ll discover when you tune in. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] Among our coverage… Vile Congressional Republicans, such as Alabama’s Sen. Tommy Tuberville, Kansas’ Roger Marshall and many of their far-right media […]
‘Green News Report’ – January 16, 2025
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Crews gain ground against L.A. Fires, as long road to recovery begins; Trump’s Dept. of Energy nominee, a fossil fuel executive, calls for more domestic energy production; PLUS: President Biden urges Americans to hold the line on climate action in farewell […]
Does Trump’s Sentencing as a Felon Matter?: ‘BradCast’ 1/15/2025
Buckle up for yet another busy day on The BradCast. It’s gonna be this way for a long while, I suspect. At least we’ve got some apparently good news today in the bargain. [Audio link to full show follows below this summary.] FIRST UP: An apparent breakthrough in the months-long negotiations for a six-week, and […]
Hegseth Faces Democratic Fire in Contentious, Constrained Senate SecDef Nomination Hearing: ‘BradCast’ 1/14/2025
Today on The BradCast: The first of what will likely be a series of contentious U.S. Senate advice and consent hearings for key cabinet nominees tapped for the second Trump Administration. Tomorrow seven such hearings are scheduled, most of them overlapping with each other, purposely making public oversight even more difficult. [Audio link to full […]
‘Green News Report’ – January 14, 2025
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Los Angeles Fires intensify toxic air pollution and housing shortages in Southern California; Trump and Republicans spark a firestorm of disinformation about the L.A. Fires; PLUS: Congressional Republicans threaten to withhold disaster aid from California… All that and more in today’s […]
Sunday ‘City of Angels’ Toons
Ordered to Evacuate, But We’re Now Home Safe: ‘BradCast’ 1/9/2025
It’s been a rough 24 hours or so. But we are among the lucky ones, as detailed at the top of today’s BradCast. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] The photo of a massive fire nearby first came in via cell phone from a neighbor before we had even been able to publish […]
‘Green News Report’ – January 9, 2025
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Extreme wildfire crisis now the most destructive in Los Angeles history, as Green News Report is forced to evacuate; Climate change is intensifying extreme fire conditions; PLUS: President Biden designates two new national monuments, protecting sacred tribal lands… All that and […]