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'BradCast' 10/26/2026 (Trump DOJ's Laughable Election Lawsuits and Other Fascism Failures; Guest: Theresa J. Lee of ACLU's Voting Rights Project)

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The BradCast

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'BradCast' 10/22/2026 (Polling, Vote Flipping, Mail Ballot Rejections, Trump's DOJ and Other Late Threats to the Midterms)

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'BradCast' 10/21/2026 (Twelve Million Have Lost Access to Health Care Under Trump and the Worst is Yet to Come; Guest: Politico's Alice Miranda Ollstein)

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'BradCast' 10/20/2026 (Virginia Now Voting to Restore Felon Voting Rights; Guest: Alex Burness of Bolts Mag)

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'BradCast' 10/19/2026 (Fox 'News' Polling Finds 'Govt Corruption' Top Issue for Voters for First Time, For Some Reason)

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'BradCast' 10/16/2026 (Encore: The Greatest Threat to Our Midterms is Trump and his Election Conspiracy Clown Car)

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'BradCast' 10/15/2026 (DOJ Files Limp 'Noncitizen' Voting Roll Lawsuit in CA After Its Nationwide Voting Roll Scheme Found Unlawful)

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'BradCast' 10/14/2026 (Trump Admin Weaponizing Against Public, Tribal Lands in U.S. West; Guest: Laiken Jordahl of Center for Bio-Diversity)

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'BradCast' 10/13/2026 (Admin Defies Court Orders, Raids Dem Congresswoman; Guest: Attorney Keith Barber)

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'BradCast' 10/12/2026 (Encore: US, Russia Collude to Weaken UN Treaty on Autonomous AI 'Killer Robot' Weaponry; Guest: Verity Coyle of Human Rights Watch)

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'BradCast' 10/9/2026 (Encore: Trump Rolls Back U.S. Fuel Efficiency Standards Amid Global Oil Crisis; Guest: Dan Becker, Center for BioDiversity)

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'BradCast' 10/8/2026 (The Greatest Threat to Our Midterms is Trump and his Election Conspiracy Clown Car)

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'BradCast' 10/7/2026 (Saudi Arabia's Trump Family Bribes Not Paying Off as War Expands in Middle East; Guest: Nicholas Grossman, Univ. of IL)

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'BradCast' 10/6/2026 (Good, Bad and Ugly News, One Month from Midterm Election Day)

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'BradCast' 10/5/2026 (Why Has GA's Election Board Asked DOJ to Interfere in Their Midterm Elections?: Guest: Marilyn Marks of Coalition for Good Governance)

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'BradCast' 10/2/2026 (Encore: Merging and 'Murdering' the Media; Guest: Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films)

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'BradCast' 10/1/2026 (Dems COULD Win US Senate Races in Previously Unthinkable Places)

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'BradCast' 9/30/2026 (US, Russia Collude to Weaken UN Treaty on Autonomous AI 'Killer Robot' Weaponry; Guest: Verity Coyle of Human Rights Watch)

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'BradCast' 9/29/2026 (Trump Rolls Back U.S. Fuel Efficiency Standards Amid Global Oil Crisis; Guest: Dan Becker, Center for BioDiversity)

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'BradCast' 9/28/2026 (The Fraudulent Ballots of Ken Paxton and Other Not-Fake News Regarding GOP Vote Suppressors)

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'BradCast' 9/25/2026 (Encore: A Simple Solution to the AI Apocalypse Panic?; Guest: David Dayen of 'The Prospect')

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'BradCast' 9/24/2026 (40 Days Out: Chaos Reigns, Hope Looms, with guests Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast')

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'BradCast' 9/23/2026 (Arch Nemesis; Guest: Charles Birnbaum of The Cultural Landscape Foundation on Trump's 'triumphal arch')

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'BradCast' 9/22/2026 (Senate Midterm 'Blue' Wave Rising; Repubs turning on Trump)

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'BradCast' 9/21/2026 (Merging and 'Murdering' the Media; Guest: Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films)

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'BradCast' 9/18/2026 (Encore: A Midterm Bullet Dodged (For Now). Can't Say Same for the Climate)

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'BradCast' 9/17/2026 (A Simple Solution to the AI Apocalypse Panic?; Guest: David Dayen of 'The Prospect')

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'BradCast' 9/16/2026 (The Unthinkable -- The Federal Seizure of Midterm Ballots; Guest: Election fraud investigator Richard Hayes Phillips)

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'BradCast' 9/15/2026 (A Midterm Bullet Dodged (For Now). Can't Say Same for the Climate)

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'BradCast' 9/14/2026 (Going Postal...50 Days Before Midterm Election Day)

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'BradCast' 9/11/2026 (Encore: Midterm Mayhem; 'Trump-a-Palooza' in Dallas; Vote suppression in Fort Worth; Gerrymander mess in MO)

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'BradCast' 9/10/2026 (SCOTUS Again Rejects MO's Trump/GOP U.S. House Gerrymander; Trump's $5k 'dividend checks')

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'BradCast' 9/9/2026 (Missouri's insane U.S. House map battle, with guest Richard Von Glahn of People Not Politicians)

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'BradCast' 9/8/2026 (Back to Midterm Mayhem; 'Trump-a-Palooza' in Dallas; Vote suppression in Fort Worth; Gerrymander mess in MO)

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'BradCast' 9/7/2026 (Encore: We're Paying an Unspeakable Price for the Cost of DOGE; Guest: Michael Mechanic of MoJo)

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'BradCast' 9/4/2026 (Encore: Democracy is 'Kryptonite for Empires'; Guests: Heather Digby Parton and 'Driftglass')

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'BradCast' 9/3/2026 (Encore: National Debt Tops $40 Trillion; Guest: Former WH economist Bobby Kogan)

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'BradCast' 9/2/2026 (Encore: About that Corrupt SCOTUS Ruling on Trump Election Order; Guest: Former U.S. Dept. Asst. Attorney General Justin Levitt)

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'BradCast' 9/1/2026 (Encore: Thom Hartmann on the Fourth Rise of U.S. Oligarchy and the 2026 Election That Could Begin to End It)

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'BradCast' 8/31/2026 (Encore: Is the Zombie Myth that Repubs are Better than Dems on the Economy Finally Dead?; Guest: Michael Tomasky of The New Republic)

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'BradCast' 8/28/2026 (Encore: Lawless FCC Votes to Ignore Legal Cap on TV Station Ownership; Guest: John Bergmayer of Public Knowledge)

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'BradCast' 8/27/2026 (Will Dems Risk Being Called 'Election Deniers' If They Need to Challenge Midterms?)

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'BradCast' 8/26/2026 (Democracy is 'Kryptonite for Empires'; Guests: Heather Digby Parton and 'Driftglass')

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'BradCast' 8/25/2026 (About that Corrupt SCOTUS Ruling on Trump's Election Order; Guest: Former U.S. Dept. Asst. AG Justin Levitt)

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'BradCast' 8/24/2026 (SCOTUS Gifts Trump Again on USPS Vote-by-Mail Order; Trade war with Canada?!)

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'BradCast' 8/21/2026 (Encore: Alarming voting system vulnerabilities persist, with guest Susan Greenhalgh, election security expert)

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'BradCast' 8/20/2026 (National Debt Tops $40 Trillion; Guest: Former WH economist Bobby Kogan)

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'BradCast' 8/19/2026 (Hope for Democracy Shines After Fascinating Primaries in WY, FL, AK, and more)

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'BradCast' 8/18/2026 (Is the Zombie Myth that Repubs are Better than Dems on the Economy Finally Dead?; Guest: Michael Tomasky of The New Republic)

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'BradCast' 8/17/2026 (Trump Dismisses Deteriorating Conditions Aboard USS Lincoln Amid Record-Long Deployment)

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'BradCast' 8/14/2026 (Encore: Georgia Voting System Flaw Allows Discovery of How Voters Voted; Guest: Marilyn Marks, election security advocate)

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'BradCast' 8/13/2026 (We're Paying an Unspeakable Price for the Cost of DOGE; Guest: Michael Mechanic of MoJo)

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'BradCast' 8/12/2026 (What the Heck Just Happened in WI? Guest: John Nichols of 'The Nation')

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'BradCast' 8/11/2026 (War, Climate Chaos Now Threatening U.S. Crude, Diesel, Water, Power Supplies)

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'BradCast' 8/10/2026 (Alarming voting system vulnerabilities persist, with guest Susan Greenhalgh, election security expert)

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'BradCast' 8/7/2026 (Encore: This is What Kleptocracy Looks Like)

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'BradCast' 8/6/2026 (Lawless FCC Votes to Ignore Legal Cap on TV Station Ownership; Guest: John Bergmayer of Public Knowledge)

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'BradCast' 8/5/2026 (El-Sayed's Primary Win in MI Will Test Popularity of Progressivism; Guest: John Nichols of 'The Nation')

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'BradCast' 8/4/2026 (Cornyn, Tillis Approve Blanche for A.G. and Trump's Historic Taxpayer-Funded Heist)

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'BradCast' 8/3/2026 (Breaking: Georgia Voting System Flaw Allows Discovery of How Voters Voted; Guest: Marilyn Marks, election security advocate)

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'BradCast' 7/31/2026 (Encore: Corporate Political Spending in 2026 Shatters All-Time Record; Guest: Rick Claypool of Public Citizen)

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'BradCast' 7/30/2026 (This is What Kleptocracy Looks Like)

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'BradCast' 7/29/2026 (The 2026 Election, GOP division, Dems' odds, Trump's War, with guests: Heather Digby Parton and 'Driftglass')

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'BradCast' 7/28/2026 (Surviving the Pyrocumulonimbus: Firestorms in Europe, US; DOGE slashed fire management; Good news for voters in MO and KS)

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'BradCast' 7/27/2026 (Thom Hartmann on the Fourth Rise of U.S. Oligarchy and the 2026 Election That Could Begin to End It)

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'BradCast' 7/24/2026 (Encore: Trump Fires U.S. Elections Assistance Commission; Guest: Election expert Susan Greenhalgh)

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'BradCast' 7/23/2026 (Trump's War on Course to Decimate Republicans in Midterm Elections)

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'BradCast' 7/22/2026 (Corporate Political Spending in 2026 Shatters All-Time Record; Guest: Rick Claypool of Public Citizen)

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'BradCast' 7/21/2026 ('SAVE America' Act Won't Save Trump. Neither Will False Claims of Non-Citizens Voting)

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'BradCast' 7/20/2026 (Encore: John Roberts and Corrupt Republican SCOTUS Majority Play the Long Game; with former DOJ official Lisa Graves)

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'BradCast' 7/17/2026 (Encore: Dead Ends -- Iran, Platner, McConnell with guest David Faris of Roosevelt Univ.)

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'BradCast' 7/16/2026 (Energy and Interior Chiefs Beclown Selves for Trump, Fossil Fuel Industry as American Chokes, Drowns, Burns)

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'BradCast' 7/15/2026 (Voice of America Being Unlawfully Used for Propaganda; Guest: Former VOA White House Chief Steve Herman)

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'BradCast' 7/14/2026 (Trump Losing Everything Everywhere All At Once)

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'BradCast' 7/13/2026 (Trump Fires All Commissioners on U.S. Elections Assistance Commission; Guest: Election expert Susan Greenhalgh)

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'BradCast' 7/10/2026 (Encore: The Trump Family's Staggering Crime Spree; Trump hijacked America's 250th)

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'BradCast' 7/9/2026 (Dead Ends: Iran, Platner, McConnell, with guest David Faris of Roosevelt University)

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'BradCast' 7/8/2026 (John Roberts and Corrupt Republican SCOTUS Majority Winning the Long Game; with former DOJ official Lisa Graves)

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'BradCast' 7/7/2026 (The Trump Family's Staggering Crime Spree; Trump hijacked America's 250th)

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'BradCast' 7/6/2026 (Maine Us Senate Race Rocked by Sexual Assault Claim Against Platner)

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'BradCast' 7/3/2026 (Encore: 'So Stupid it Makes Your Head Explode'; Guests: Heather Digby Parton and 'Driftglass')

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'BradCast' 7/2/2026 (Encore: Stop Trump's Project 2025 Scheme to Kill Science; Guest: Dr. Colette Delawalla of Stand Up for Science)

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'BradCast' 7/1/2026 (Encore: Corporate Donors to Trump's Ballroom Win $50B in New Govt Contracts; Guest: Robert Weissman, Public Citizen)

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'BradCast' 6/30/2026 (Encore: The Trouble With Trillionaires [and Billionaires]; Guest: Michael Mechanic of Mother Jones)

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'BradCast' 6/29/2026 (Encore: Trump Policies Imperil Social Security Trust Fund; Guest: Nancy Altman of Social Security Works)

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'BradCast' 6/26/2026 (Encore: DOJ Greenlights Paramount-Warner Deal; Guest: John Bergmayer of Public Knowledge)

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'BradCast' 6/25/2026 ('So Stupid it Makes Your Head Explode'; Guests: Heather Digby Parton and 'Driftglass')

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'BradCast' 6/24/2026 (Stop Trump's Project 2025 Scheme to Kill Science; Guest: Dr. Colette Delawalla of Stand Up for Science)

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'BradCast' 6/23/2026 (The Horses Races AND the Track Conditions; Why Trump endorsements matter; SCOTUS v. VRA Again)

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'BradCast' 6/22/2026 (Scandals and Vandals, Memoranda and Referenda; Trump Reflecting Pool; U.S.-Iran negotiations; Billionaire tax in CA)

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'BradCast' 6/19/2026 (Encore: J6er Says No to Trump's 'Weaponization' Slush Fund Money; Guest: Convicted Rioter Jason Riddle)

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'BradCast' 6/18/2026 ('Iran Wins': Trump Loyalists Rebuke Pathetic Iran 'Deal')

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'BradCast' 6/17/2026 (The Trouble With Trillionaires [and Billionaires]; Guest: Michael Mechanic of Mother Jones)

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'BradCast' 6/16/2026 (DOJ Defies Career Staff to Greenlight Paramount-Warner Deal; Guest: John Bergmayer of Public Knowledge)

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'BradCast' 6/15/2026 (Deal or No Deal in Iran, Trump is Losing his War on America)

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'BradCast' 6/12/2026 (Encore: Trump's Favorite Election Fraud Criminal Now Runs Free)

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'BradCast' 6/11/2026 (Trump Policies Imperil Social Security Trust Fund; Guest: Nancy Altman of Social Security Works)

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'BradCast' 6/10/2026 (Maine Dems Elect Platner in Landslide; Primary results from ND, NV, SC, ME; U.S. solar hits new milestone)

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'BradCast' 6/9/2026 (Corporate Donors to Trump's Ballroom Win $50B in New Govt Contracts; Guest: Robert Weissman, Public Citizen)