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On the Media, One Year In and One Year Out: ‘BradCast’ 1/19/2022

Guest: Eric Boehlert of Press Run; Also: SCOTUS allows Nat'l Archives to release Trump Jan. 6 records to House; NY A.G. details 'fraud' by Trump family; Fox Nation gets a historian's hilarious 'hard no'...

GOP Gerrymanders ‘Not So Bad’ for Dems This Year? Think Again, Argues Redistricting Expert: ‘BradCast’ 1/18/2020

Guest: Brennan Center's Michael Li; Also: AZ County finds no 2020 voter fraud; TX counties rejecting absentee applications under new law; Giuliani, other Trump fraudsters subpoenaed by House Jan. 6 Committee...

DOJ ‘Turning the Screws’ on Path to Trump with Oath Keepers Seditious Conspiracy Charges: ‘BradCast’ 1/14/2022

Guest: Marcy Wheeler of Emptywheel; Also: WI judge bars all ballot drop boxes; OH Supremes nix GOP-gerrymandered state, U.S. House maps...

The Hilarious Death of the Pathetic Cyber Ninjas: ‘BradCast’ 1/11/2022

Also: A history lesson for Manchin; And Biden finally calls for Senate filibuster reform to pass voting rights and election protection legislation...

Should We Feel Better About Merrick Garland Yet?: ‘BradCast’ 1/10/2022

Omicron rising; Emissions rising; Calls for Trump accountability rising...

Protecting American Democracy from the ‘Re-Emerging Demons of Hell’: ‘BradCast’ 1/7/2022

Guest: Dr. Nils Gilman of Berggruen Institute; Also: Life sentences for the Arbery murderers; CyberNinjas fined by AZ judge, claim to shut down...

First Anniversary of Jan. 6: ‘I Will Allow No One to Place a Dagger at the Throat of Our Democracy’: ‘BradCast’ 1/6/2022

Republicans remain shamefully disinformed one year later; Biden calls out predecessor's 'web of lies conceived and spread for profit and power'; American democracy remains in peril...

Trump Judge Allows Cases to Proceed Against GA Voter Suppression Law (In Which I am a Plaintiff): ‘BradCast’ 12/17/2021

Guest: Marilyn Marks of Coalition for Good Governance on that and MUCH more; Also: Stone takes the 5th; Judge allows Dominion's $1.6 billion defamation case to proceed against Fox 'News' ...

GA Voting Rights Leader Warns of ‘Total Takeover’ by GOP to ‘Control Outcomes of All Elections’: ‘BradCast’ 12/15/2021

Guest: Helen Butler of The People's Agenda, purged from the Morgan County, GA Board of Elections; Also: Listener mail!...

Fixing the Electoral Count Act of 1887 BEFORE It’s Used to Try and Steal ANOTHER Election: ‘BradCast’ 12/7/2021

Guest: Election law scholar and democracy activist, Paul Lehto; Also: Biden v. Putin; U.S. v. China; Meadows v. 1/6 Committee; DoJ v. Texas...

Partisan Gerrymander Challenges in State Courts and Debating Tit-for-Tat Dem Redistricting: ‘BradCast’ 12/3/2021

Guest: Univ. of KY election law professor Joshua A. Douglas; Also: Media fail again in reporting on latest, wildly misleading jobs numbers...

SCOTUS Set to Cancel Reproductive Rights; GOP Set to Steal 2024 Election: ‘BradCast’ 12/1/2021

Guest: Activist, author Kenny Bruno on 'DEFCON for Democracy'; Also: Fourth student dies after MI high school gun massacre...

FEC Rules Foreign Money in State Ballot Initiative Campaigns Is Just Fine: ‘BradCast’ 11/10/2021

Guest: Campaign Legal Center's Brendan Fischer; Also: Big news out of UN Climate Summit; Bad news out of federal court for Trump and friends...

Government Accountability Group Calls for AG Garland’s Resignation: ‘BradCast’ 11/5/2021

Guest: Legal expert John Bonifaz of Free Speech for People; Also: GOP gerrymandering getting worse, Dems running out of time to stop it...

The Continuing Wars For and Against Democracy: ‘BradCast’ 11/4/2021

Dems continue legislative struggle to protect voting rights, Repubs face new legal woes for trying to steal 2020; Also: More results from 2021 elections; Progress at U.N. climate summit in Glasgow...

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