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Koch ‘Dark Money’ Group Learns Even Repub Voters Oppose ‘Billionaires Buying Elections’: ‘BradCast’ 3/30/2021

Secret audio reveals 'conservatives' support Dems' For the People Act (H.R.1); Also: Economists giddy about Biden's infrastructure, jobs and climate plan; Third lawsuit filed against GA's new vote suppression law...

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Brad Friedman,
3/30/2021 -
6:49 pm PT

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What a REAL White House Scandal Looked Like: James Comey’s Riveting 2007 Testimony

'I couldn't stay if the Administration was going to engage in conduct the Dept. of Justice said had no legal basis. I just couldn't stay.'...

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Brad Friedman,
5/30/2013 -
6:45 pm PT

37 Comments

Disturbing Questions About Our Government and the So-Called ‘War on Drugs’ – [PART 2 of 3]

Would legalization disrupt the economics of the Prison Industrial Complex and its pool of slave laborers?...

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Ernest A. Canning,
4/18/2012 -
7:05 am PT

9 Comments

Rand Paul Wants Koch Brothers Thrown in Jail!

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Brad Friedman,
9/23/2011 -
12:40 pm PT

9 Comments

‘Sibel Edmonds: The Traitors Among Us’ in March Issue of Hustler (Now on Newsstands Online!)

Also, Maxim's feature on Death of Mike Connell also online...

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Brad Friedman,
2/27/2010 -
1:02 pm PT

32 Comments

FBI Veteran Executive Calls For Special Counsel Investigation, Prosecutions in Sibel Edmonds Case

Details panic inside the Bureau, executive effort to 'keep this whole thing quiet' when matter first came to light in 2002

Further confirms FBI translator/whistleblower's allegations, credibility...

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Brad Friedman,
10/5/2009 -
11:18 am PT

75 Comments

Inspectors General Report on Bush Domestic Spy Program Finally Released

Unclassified version of Congressionally-mandated report indicates very few in Bush WH, DoJ knew about unprecedented surveillance of American citizens

Full extent of program still unknown...

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Brad Friedman,
7/10/2009 -
5:33 pm PT

37 Comments

McClatchy: Bush Operative Von Spakovsky, Now Head of the FEC, Strong-Armed the EAC and the DoJ Voting Rights Unit on ‘Voter Fraud’ Issues While Serving as DoJ Appointee

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Brad Friedman,
5/21/2007 -
8:35 am PT

6 Comments

NSA Wiretaps: Schumer Demands Testimony from Bush Officials

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David Edwards,
1/1/2006 -
5:30 pm PT

58 Comments

Adios Ashcroft & Evans

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Brad Friedman,
11/9/2004 -
3:15 pm PT

5 Comments

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Maine Dems Elect Platner in Landslide: ‘BradCast’ 6/10/2026

Repub Hilton 'wins' slot in CA Guv general election; Inflation spikes again; New U.S. solar milestones despite Trump; Primary results from ND, NV, SC and ME...

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Corporate Donors to White House Ballroom Win $50 Billion in New Government Contracts, Funding: ‘BradCast’ 6/9/2026

Guest: Robert Weissman of Public Citizen; Also: Updates on the races for CA Guv, L.A. Mayor, Trump's evidence-free allegations of election fraud...

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‘Crooked or Stupid’: Trump Rails Against ‘Rigged’ CA Elections, Offers No Evidence, Storms off Interview: ‘BradCast’ 6/8/2026

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‘I’m not a Victim. I was a Criminal’: J6er Says ‘No’ to Trump’s ‘Weaponization’ Slush Fund Money: ‘BradCast’ 6/4/2026

Guest: Convicted MAGA rioter Jason Riddle; Also: Pelley charges new CBS execs pushing 'falsehoods', 'bias' into '60 Minutes'...

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Corrupt, Partisan SCOTUS Ends Any and All Claim to Legitimacy With Mid-Election Alabama Ruling: ‘BradCast’ 6/3/2026

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Trump’s Favorite Election Fraud Criminal Now Runs Free: ‘BradCast’ 6/2/2026

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One Failure After Another: ‘BradCast’ 6/1/2026

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Did Trump and His Attorneys Conspire to Defraud the United States?

The court-ordered reopening of Trump's lawsuit against the IRS could have impacts well beyond blocking access to a $1.8 billion slush fund...

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Articles in Category: John Ashcroft

Secret audio reveals 'conservatives' support Dems' For the People Act (H.R.1); Also: Economists giddy about Biden's infrastructure, jobs and climate plan; Third lawsuit filed against GA's new vote suppression law...

'I couldn't stay if the Administration was going to engage in conduct the Dept. of Justice said had no legal basis. I just couldn't stay.'...

Would legalization disrupt the economics of the Prison Industrial Complex and its pool of slave laborers?...

Also, Maxim's feature on Death of Mike Connell also online...

Details panic inside the Bureau, executive effort to 'keep this whole thing quiet' when matter first came to light in 2002

Further confirms FBI translator/whistleblower's allegations, credibility...

Unclassified version of Congressionally-mandated report indicates very few in Bush WH, DoJ knew about unprecedented surveillance of American citizens

Full extent of program still unknown...

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