‘Green News Report’ – July 8, 2021
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: While we were out…Historic heat wave killed hundreds, sparked wildfires and shattered all time record temps in Pacific Northwest and Canada; Record heat wave ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change; ExxonMobil lobbyists caught on tape admitting company funds climate denial front groups; […]
The United States of Trump Legal Trouble: ‘BradCast’ 7/7/2021
Last week, New York prosecutors filed multiple criminal indictments against the Trump Organization and its CFO Allen Weisselberg in response to an alleged “sweeping and audacious” 15-year tax fraud scheme. Today, Donald Trump himself filed a lawsuit against social media companies for banning him after he used his accounts to incite an attack on the […]
Activist SCOTUS Undermines Democracy and the Constitution at Term’s End: ‘BradCast’ 7/6/2021
We’re back on today’s BradCast after a much-needed week off, which turned out to be a really big news week. But don’t worry. We get all caught up somehow (mostly) on everything you need to know in just one segment today! Plus, an excellent guest to explain how the Republicans’ packed U.S. Supreme Court has […]
Independence Day Toons
Vaxcation!
We’re standing down for a short, if much needed, respite — at least from The BradCast and Green News Report — until after the 4th of July holiday. Encore presentations will roll on our radio affiliate stations until our return. It may otherwise be quiet around The BRAD BLOG until then, save for Sunday Toons […]
Sunday ‘Party of Lincoln’ Toons
‘White Rage’, Rightwing Grievance Culture, Domestic Extremism Now a Public-Health Issue: ‘BradCast’ 6/25/2021
As usual in this country, we’re dealing with the crisis all wrong. Violent domestic extremism — domestic terrorism — has become a public-health issue in this country, according to our guest today on The BradCast. If we treat it as such, it may not become the security problem that we’re currently treating it as. We’re […]
Won’t Get Fooled Again?: ‘BradCast’ 6/24/2021
On today’s BradCast: It was one of those days. Again. Everything all at once. Again. We do our best to help you make sense of it all. Again. [Audio link to today’s full show is posted below this summary.] Among the stories, many of them still breaking as we went to air, covered on today’s […]
‘Green News Report’ – June 24, 2021
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Worsening drought conditions threaten drinking water supplies in California; Alarming heat wave hits Siberian Arctic; Climate change making extreme heat waves 3-5 degrees hotter in U.S.; PLUS: Grim U.N. draft reports warns climate change tipping points are underway, and ‘the worst […]
‘Not As Terrible As It Could Be’: New SCOTUS Opinions Handed Down as Term Nears End: ‘BradCast’ 6/23/2021
On today’s BradCast: The Republicans’ stolen and packed U.S. Supreme Court handed down a bunch of new decisions today. New York’s primaries elections were very interesting in both NYC and Buffalo on Tuesday. And Congressional Democrats vow to fight on for voting rights after Senate Republicans, as expected, used the filibuster to block debate on […]
The Heat Is On: ‘BradCast’ 6/22/2021
On today’s BradCast, the heat is on. Temperature records are being smashed in the West, and pressure continues to build on two Senate Democrats to take the action necessary to save democracy itself in the U.S. in light of the Trump-induced lurch toward autocracy and voter suppression by the Republican Party. [Audio link to full […]
‘Green News Report’ – June 22, 2021
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: First named storm of the 2021 hurricane season makes deadly landfall in the U.S.; New study confirms the U.S. Southwest is much drier than just decades ago; The amount of heat trapped by the planet has roughly doubled since 2005; PLUS: […]
Federal Court Hearing Set for First Challenge to GA’s New Anti-Voting, Anti-Press Freedoms Law: ‘BradCast’ 6/21/2021
On today’s BradCast: With virtually every new voter suppression law adopted by Republicans at the state level since last November’s election (there have been about 24 such laws adopted so far, in some 14 states), Democrats and voting rights advocates have been quickly filing lawsuits in opposition. One of those suits — filed in federal […]
Sunday ‘Now Do Election Day’ Toons
The Once (and Future?) Cleveland Mayor, Dennis Kucinich is Back: ‘BradCast’ 6/18/2021
It’s NICOLE SANDLER again filling in for Brad and Desi on today’s BradCast. After an update on the latest news, I welcome a regular guest from the last decade, former Congressman DENNIS KUCINICH. He left Congress after 12 years in office back in January of 2013 after Ohio gerrymandered his district out of existence, and […]