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Rough Night for Statewide Dems in Off-Year Elections, Better Night for Local Progressives: ‘BradCast’ 11/3/2021

Guest: John Nichols of The Nation on what went right and wrong; Also: E-Pollbook failures in NJ open door for loser to challenge results...

‘Watching Democracy Die’: ‘BradCast’ 11/1/2021

FL blocks Univ. of Florida profs from serving as expert witnesses in lawsuits against the state; SCOTUS may be having second thoughts about TX' unconstitutional anti-abortion law; And more chilling stories of democracy dying before our eyes...

Election Reform on the Ballot in NY, But Election Reformers Are Divided: ‘BradCast’ 10/27/2021

Guests: Dr. Virginia Martin, former Columbia County, NY Election Commissioner and Allegra Dengler of Citizens for Voting Integrity NY; Also: Taxing U.S. billionaire pandemic profiteers...

The Good with the Bad: ‘BradCast’ 10/21/2021

House holds Bannon in contempt; TX Lt. Gov. pays out for GOP voter fraud; CA GOP's recall boondoggle; Vets dump Sinema; Manchin could dump Dems; TX steals minority House seats; IL boosts Dems (a little)...

‘A One-Way Ratchet’: Biden’s SCOTUS Commission Does GOP’s Bidding: ‘BradCast’ 10/20/2021

Guest: Legal journalist Mark Joseph Stern; Also: 'Contempt' for Bannon; Manchin, Sanders in talks; GOP Senate blocks voting rights again...

House Divided: Listeners Ring in on Whether Dems Should Now Gerrymander ‘Blue’ States: ‘BradCast’ 10/18/2021

Also: How the unvaxxed helped kill fully-vaxxed Colin Powell; And how Manchin is killing Biden's landmark plan to take on the climate crisis...

Why Dems Should Partisan Gerrymander the Hell Out of ‘Blue’ States (and Why They Shouldn’t): ‘BradCast’ 10/15/2021

Guest: Author, gerrymandering expert David Daley of Fair Vote; Also: Hope springs eternal for Freedom to Vote in the U.S. Senate; And GOP bathtub climate change physics in Virginia...

Why the Last Remaining 2020 Election Challenge in Georgia Should Not Have Been Dismissed: ‘BradCast’ 10/14/2021

Also: Why Bannon's in big trouble (probably); And why Trump may not be planning to run in 2024 after all...

‘The Whole Thing Was a Grift’: A Postmortem for Cyber Ninjas’ Spectacularly Failed AZ ‘Audit’: ‘BradCast’ 9/27/2021

Guest: Maricopa 'audit' insider and 'bamboo guy' John Brakey of AUDIT-USA; Also: Congressional GOP pushing the U.S. government toward default and global economic disaster...

Ornstein: Nation in ‘Deep, Deep, Deep Trouble’ If Dems Fail to Pass Voting Rights, Biden Agenda: ‘BradCast’ 9/22/2021

Guest: Congressional historian and author Norman Ornstein of AEI on why he believes Dems will both reform the filibuster and pass a transformative Build Back Better budget reconciliation package...

NEWSOM WINS LANDSLIDE, GOP’S CALIFORNIA RECALL ELECTION FAILS: ‘BradCast’ 9/15/2021

Guest: The American Prospect's Harold Meyerson; Also: Senate's 'Freedom to Vote Act' will mandate hand-marked paper ballots for all!...

Republicans Threaten ‘War’ Over CA Recall and COVID, Democrats Threaten Voting Rights for All: ‘BradCast’ 9/14/2021

Elder pretends to care about 'election integrity', lies about fraud before Election Day; Senate Dems reach fantastic election reform 'compromise'; More anti-vax RWers 'bite the dust' while inflaming the pandemic for all...

‘Too Little Skepticism, Too Much Hubris’: CA Recall Officials Dismiss Warning After Software Theft: ‘BradCast’ 9/8/2021

Guest: Vote system expert Dr. Duncan Buell; Also: GA's criminal Trump probe 'inches forward'; Pillow Guy says something really REALLY stupid...

‘Emergency Action Warranted’ to Protect CA Recall Election After Vote System Software Leak, Experts Warn SoS

Open letter to CA's Sec. of State calls for 'urgent mitigating action' with an immediate mandate for statewide post-election Risk-Limiting Audits...

California Recall ‘Another Example of Republicans Using Legal Means to Subvert Democracy’: ‘BradCast’ 8/27/2021

Guest: Heather Digby Parton on that, Afghanistan, phony 'conservatism', Trump accountability and more: Also: Good news in FL; Bad news in TX; Very disturbing news in Russia and New Orleans...

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