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Fake Electors, Real Crimes: ‘BradCast’ 7/26/2022

Also: Climate chaos everywhere; Hand-marked paper ballots save the day in IL; PA's GOP Guv nominee at center of 2020 'fake' Electors plot; Biden slams disgraced, pro-insurrection, anti-cop Trump...

Tuesday’s Election Results and the Tea Leaves of ‘UNconventional Times’: ‘BradCast’ 6/29/2022

What can be gleaned from the first midterm primary and special election results after the fall of 'Roe v. Wade'...

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PowerPoint Doc via Meadows Spells Out Trump’s Failed Scheme to STEAL the 2020 Election: ‘BradCast’ 12/13/2021

Also: We finally got boosted!; And, another deadly climate change fueled disaster devastates Midwest...

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)...

Exclusive: Cyber Ninjas’ AZ ‘Audit’ Finds Biden Beat Trump by MORE Than Originally Certified: ‘BradCast’ 9/23/2021

Controversial partisan hand-count in Maricopa County also found 2020 margin increased for Dem over Repub in U.S. Senate race; Plus: GOP Senate now threatening to force unprecedented default on U.S. debt...

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Federal Court Blocks ‘Politically Motivated’ USPS Changes, Orders Sorting Machines Reinstalled

Judge blasts new Postal Service mandates as 'intentional effort to disrupt' and delegitimize the 2020 elections and to disenfranchise voters...

UPDATE 9/22/20: 2nd federal court enjoins USPS; separate preliminary injunction motion pending in D.C. federal court...

Can the Damage of U.S. Postal Service Sabotage Be Reversed Before the Election?

Multi-State legal challenges expose illegality, but it may be too late to fully repair damage even if Trump's Postmaster General is ordered to do so...

‘Green News Report’ – July 23, 2020

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‘It Was Never Politics, It Was Always Science’: ‘BradCast’ 6/25/2020

COVID-19 surging in U.S. at record rates as hard evidence confirms that yes, Trump told his 'people' to 'slow the testing down, please'...

Could Trump Legally Cancel the 2020 Election?: ‘BradCast’ 3/20/2020

Guest: Slate's Mark Joseph Stern on that and pandemic affects on immigration courts, prisons and the Judiciary; Also: Statewide 'stay-at-home' mandates; Mask shortages and price gouging; More postponed primaries; and socialist Trump comes unglued at WH presser...

Is the Nation Ready for Vote-by-Mail Elections?; Biden Wins FL, IL, AZ: ‘BradCast’ 3/18/2020

Guest: Montgomery County, MD Dep. Election Dir. Alysoun McLaughlin; Also: Progressive U.S. House candidate wins in IL; With all market gains since inauguration gone, Trump declares self a 'wartime president'...

Coronavirus Plunges 2020 Elections Into Disarray: ‘BradCast’ 3/17/2020

Guest: Legendary FL Election Supervisor Ion Sancho; Also: More states postpone primaries, consider moving to Vote-by-Mail; GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter sentenced to 11 months...

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