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‘Green News Report’ – October 25, 2022

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Overcoming Corporate Capture of CA’s Ballot Initiative System, Federal Courts, Grocery Stores: ‘BradCast’ 10/24/2022

Guest: David Dayen of The American Prospect; Also: Follow science and save lives by voting NO on CA's Prop 31 vaping flavor ban!...

America’s Authoritarian Dystopian Future is Now. (And More Fun News of the Day!): ‘BradCast’ 10/20/2022

DeSantis' shameful 'voter fraud' round-up; Blistering progressive midterm ads; Disastrous 'conservative' fiscal leadership in U.K., U.S.; Good CO2 emissions news (mostly); Rubio bombs in FL debate with Demings...

GOP Plans ‘Catastrophic’ Debt Ceiling ‘Hostage-Taking’ if They Win House or Senate Majorities: ‘BradCast’ 10/19/2022

Guest: Congressional historian, political scientist Norm Ornstein; Also: Leahy's Iraq War spy story...

The High Cost of Climate Denial and the Collapse of FL’s Insurance Industry: ‘BradCast’ 9/30/2022

Guest: Thomas Frank of E&E News; Also: DeSantis suddenly supports federal disaster aid; Big Oil exposed (again) as liars...

More Good News for Dems; More Fraud Accountability for Repubs: ‘BradCast’ 9/15/2022

Biden approval spikes, gets good econ data, helps avert rail strike; Trump fails to settle NY fraud suit; Feds subpoena Lindell in CO election fraud case; Special prosecutor to probe GOP A.G. nom in MI election fraud case; Feds charge GOP Election Commish with absentee fraud in NY...

‘Groundbreaking’ Victory for California’s Half-Million Fast-Food Workers: ‘BradCast’ 9/14/2022

Guest: The American Prospect's Harold Meyerson; Also: Rail worker strike looms; Noteworthy primary results from DE, RI, NH...

Democracy This Fall? Or the Fall of Democracy?: ‘BradCast’ 8/22/2022

New poll finds democracy now top issue for voters; Also: Latest Trump accountability news; Midterm election news; Callers ring in on why they're voting this November...

Biden Signs Dems’ Landmark Climate, Health Bill; Trumpers Inciting Domestic Violence, Extremism: ‘BradCast’ 8/16/2022

Guest: Stephanie Foggett of The Soufan Center...

‘If You’re Innocent, Why Are You Taking the Fifth?’ Great Question!: ‘BradCast’ 8/10/2022

Guest: Former Asst. U.S. Attorney, Randall D. Eliason; Also: Inflation slowing?; Noteworthy primary results from CT, MN, VT, WI (and WA)...

‘Green News Report’ – July 26, 2022

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A Midsummer’s Nightmare: ‘BradCast’ 7/11/2022

And why SCOTUS has given us no choice but to elect Democrats in 2022 to save democracy itself in 2024...

It Ain’t the Supply Chain or War. It’s the Greed: ‘BradCast’ 5/11/2022

Guest: Omar Ocampo of Inequality.org: Also: NE, WV primary results and who cares what they mean for Trump?; Senate abortion vote; Federal court ruling on semi-automatic weapons sales to children in CA...

After 5 Republican Justices Lied About ‘Roe’, GOP Runs for Cover, Dems Try to Marshal Response: ‘BradCast’ 5/6/2022

Guest: Salon's Heather Digby Parton; Also: New jobs under Biden blow away records; Trump wanted to bomb Mexico, says his former SecDef...

Banner Year Continues for the GOP ‘Voter Fraud’ Industrial Complex: ‘BradCast’ 4/14/2022

Also: More record job growth under Biden; More lousy media coverage of it; Huge majorities want climate change action, clean energy...

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

We are in an historic moment, as the Trump Presidency begins its collapse; Also: Callers ring in on tomorrow's wild California Gubernatorial primary...

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