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‘Mass Confusion and Chaos’: New Trump HHS Rule Undermines Healthcare for Millions of Women: ‘BradCast 7/16/2019

Guest: Politico's Alice Ollstein; Also: House votes to condemn Trump 'racism'; Dem Rep. to introduce Articles of Impeachment...

Trump Blinks on Iran (For Now), But Not on His U.S. ‘Concentration Camps’: ‘BradCast’ 6/21/2019

Also: OR GOPers still on run; 'COVFEFE - Grounds for Impeachment'...

Tensions Dangerously Escalate After Iran Shoots Down U.S. Spy Drone: ‘BradCast’ 6/20/2019

Guest: Dr. Assal Rad of the Nat'l Iranian Amer. Council; Also: OR Repubs skip town; House re-launches bipartisan 'Climate Solutions Caucus'...

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SCOTUS Decision in VA is Good News for Voters, But Trouble Lies Ahead: ‘BradCast’ 6/19/2019

Guest: Slate legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern; Also: Trump lauds socialism at 'campaign kickoff'; WH, DoJ nix Hicks testimony in House; Trump EPA to help kill thousands with new roll back of Obama coal regs...

20th State Votes to Overturn ‘Citizens United’: ‘BradCast’ 6/7/2019

Guest: Public Citizen's Aquene Freechild; Also: Biden flips on Hyde Amendment, swears off fossil fuel money (sorta); Automakers oppose Trump mileage, emissions rollback; Listener feedback on impeachment...

Pelosi Nails Trump Word by Word; Impeachment, Again; Tubman Scares Trump; Packing the Courts: ‘BradCast’ 5/24/2019

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The Poway Synagogue Shooting and the Continuing Rise of Rightwing Hate Under Trump: ‘BradCast’ 4/29/2019

Guest: NBC 7 San Diego's Ramon Galindo; Also: Callers ring in...

Biden Jumps In and Other 2020 Concerns: ‘BradCast’ 4/25/2019

Obama's Veep goes straight after Trump in campaign kickoff; Hillary's recommendations after Mueller; Kellyanne's husband wins Twitter, owns Trump; MI GOP district maps ruled unconstitutional gerrymanders; Nielsen was rebuffed in attempts to protect 2020 election from Russia...

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Trump Is, In Fact, Our National Emergency – His Biggest Toddler Tantrum Yet: ‘BradCast’ 2/15/2019

Guest-host Angie Coiro with Joel Simon of Comm. to Protect Journalists; Also: Fate of big-tech host cities; Weld to primary Trump?; RBG returns...

The BRAD BLOG’s 15th Anniversary! (and Some Other Stuff): ‘BradCast’ 1/24/2019

Guests: BRAD BLOG's Ernest A. Canning and Desi Doyen, with a look back, a look forward, some thanks, and, yes, the news of the day...

Trump’s True Colors: Build a Wall or Confront the Opioid Epidemic: ‘BradCast’ 12/28/2018

Guest-host Angie Coiro with Robin Marty on the Post-Roe World; Navy Seal James Hatch, Pt. 2...

Cohen in Prague? And Trump’s Iraq Campaign Swing: ‘BradCast’ 12/27/2018

Guest-host Angie Coiro on the Russia/Britain media feud; Big Ag strangling family dairies; and James Hatch on recovery...

Indictment of Sitting President May Be ‘Only’ Means to Ensure ‘Equal Justice Under Law’

Legal scholars find DoJ opinion fails to consider Constitutional measure for Executive Branch continuity during a President's criminal trial...

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