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Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com. Originating on Pacifica Radio's KPFK 90.7FM in Los Angeles and syndicated coast-to-coast and around the globe! NOW FIVE DAYS A WEEK!
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On today's 'BradCast': Happy Beginning of Daylight Saving Time Day to those who celebrate. A Reagan-appointed judge ruled that Kari Lake, who led Donald Trump's effort to dismantle Voice of America, was illegally appointed, and reversed her mass layoffs. In Trump's War on Iran, new evidence indicates the U.S. military is responsible for a deadly missile strike on a girls' elementary school. Iran chose Mojtaba Khamenei to replace his assassinated father as Supreme Leader. Global oil prices soar as production grinds to a standstill in the Middle East. President Dwight Eisenhower in 1953 called skyrocketing defense spending a type of theft from a nation's citizens. Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) notes there's always plenty of money for war, but never enough for you or your needs. Callers weigh in.
Encore: original airdate 2-18-2026. On today's 'BradCast': After Trump FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatened to rewrite Equal Time rules for late-night talk shows, the venerable CBS television network, now owned by rightwing billionaires, immediately surrendered, barring 'Late Show' host Stephen Colbert from broadcasting his interview with U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico (D-TX). The move backfired, with the interview on Youtube garnering many millions more views than it might have otherwise. Journalist Art Levine discusses his deep dive documenting the rise in blatant, public antisemitism in the Republican MAGA movement that is causing a slow-motion implosion. Levine also covers nutty MAGA conspiracy theories about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, how the Trump Administration weaponized campus protests against Israel's war on Gaza to extort universities and other organizations, and much more.
On today's 'BradCast': Dept. of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was fired by Donald Trump today for unclear reasons. Noem was justifiably excoriated in blistering House and Senate hearings this week that delved into her blatant corruption, lack of oversight of out-of-control federal ICE and CBP agencies, the murders of US citizens in Minneapolis by her federal immigration thugs, and much, much more. A federal judge denounced the Trump Administration's 'abhorrent and illegal' immigration enforcement practices in a scathing ruling denouncing the Kafka-esque treatment of a legal U.S. resident. Sleazy Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) withdrew his re-election bid just minutes before the legal deadline and endorsed his hand-picked successor in a corrupt scheme to block other candidates from filing in time. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'
On today's 'BradCast': The crucial 2026 midterm elections are underway in earnest with the first primaries in Texas, North Carolina, and Arkansas. Notable results include longtime GOP Senator John Cornyn forced into a runoff with corrupt Republican sleazeball, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, for the US Senate. Popular Texas Democratic state Rep. James Talarico narrowly defeated the progressive firebrand, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, for US Senate amid election night chicanery from AG Paxton. Univ. of Michigan historian and Middle East expert, Prof. Juan Cole, discusses Trump's ill-advised War on Iran that is spreading throughout the Persian Gulf region; the history of how we got here; the administration's obvious lack of planning and clear objectives for the conflict; rising risks to the global economy; how the war could ultimately accelerate the transition to renewable energy; and much more.
On today's 'BradCast': Donald Trump's ridiculously ill-considered War on Iran is already a disaster on many fronts, and has spread to at least eleven additional nations. Global oil and natural gas prices are soaring; Trump has no idea who will take over leadership of Iran after assassinating so many potential successors. The Trump State Department directed Americans to evacuate from several Middle Eastern countries but left them stranded without any assistance. Most Americans oppose Trump's war, including some MAGA leaders. Court rules that Virginia's plan to counter Republicans' mid-decade gerrymandering may proceed. But the corrupt US Supreme Court ominously blocked a New York redistricting effort in the middle of litigation in state court, violating their own precedent. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'
On today's 'BradCast': Donald Trump has launched another foreign regime change war, illegally under both U.S. and international law, and he and his administration are offering up a shifting array of justifications for their new war of choice. Trump ran for office while lying repeatedly that he was against such wars, with Vice President JD Vance, cabinet members, top staffers and congressional Republicans similarly falsely claiming he would not launch new wars. Trump has failed to negotiate a new Iran nuclear deal to replace the agreement he tore up, and is choosing to spend billions of taxpayer dollars on another foreign interventionist war instead of funding roads, bridges, schools, etc. in the US. Is it a gambit to disrupt attention on new allegations in the Epstein Files, or his dreadful approval ratings? Callers weigh in.
Encore: original airdate 2-17-2026. On today's 'BradCast': The critical 2026 midterm elections are now underway with early voting for primaries in Arkansas, North Carolina and Texas. Civil rights leader and voting rights advocate Rev. Jesse Jackson passed today at 84. Polls show Donald Trump sinking to new lows in public opinion. Congressional Republicans' voter suppression law, the deceptively named 'SAVE America Act', would make it much harder to register to vote and much easier to purge legal voters from the rolls, using a notoriously inaccurate database. Election integrity advocate JENNIFER COHEN explains what's really in the GOP's voter suppression law, the 'sneaky' ways it ensnares legal voters and erects new barriers to the ballot box, how voters can act to protect their voting rights, and much more. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'
On today's 'BradCast': New reporting from mainstream corporate media outlets confirms that multiple FBI interviews and documents are missing from the Epstein Files released so far by the Justice Department, for unexplained reasons. Don't be fooled by the US Supreme Court striking down Donald Trump's chaotic, worldwide tariff taxes on imports to the US -- the lawsuit was backed by far-right billionaire Leonard Leo. Despite Trump's false claims, American consumers are paying 90 percent of the cost of Trump's illegal tariff taxes and the global trade deficit with the US has actually increased. Trump's DJT stock has fallen to single digits. Utah Republicans lose another legal battle to stop fair voting maps. Georgia's State Election Board finds billionaire Elon Musk's America PAC committed voter fraud. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'
1On today's 'BradCast': Donald Trump's State of the Union Address on Tuesday night was an angry, racist, ugly, hate-filled speech, the longest in U.S. history, and included astonishingly little of substance and even less that resembled truth or reality. OG bloggers HEATHER DIGBY PARTON of Salon and the notorious 'DRIFTGLASS' of the 'Professional Left Podcast' bring insight, context, history and hilarity as we delve into the bizarre and frequently lurid speech. In special state legislature elections in Pennsylvania and Maine, Democratic candidates outperformed 2024 election results by significant margins.
On today's 'BradCast': New reporting confirms that FBI documents from the Epstein Files are missing from the trove released by the Justice Department under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which detail serious allegations against Donald Trump. Democrats on the House Oversight Committee confirm that the DOJ 'appears to have illegally withheld FBI interviews,' and announced a new parallel investigation, calling it 'the single largest cover-up in modern American history.' HAROLD FELD of the non-profit group Public Knowledge explains new authoritarian actions by Trump's FCC Chair Brendan Carr, instructing broadcasters to air 'pro-America' programming; threats that have intimidated major networks into changing their programming; why he feels 'this is a critically dangerous moment for our First Amendment freedoms'; and much more. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'
On today's 'BradCast': A record-setting, climate fueled winter 'bomb cyclone' has all but shut down the Northeast, just days after Donald Trump destroyed the EPA's ability to regulate climate-warming emissions. Trump's FCC Chair Brendan Carr told broadcasters to boost 'patriotic' programming in advance of America's 250th anniversary. Top official in the UK arrested over his relationship with sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Corrupt, Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon permanently barred the release of the taxpayer funded report by Special Counsel Jack Smith, which details the probe of Trump's theft of thousands of national security documents when he left office after his first term. Are missing Epstein Files documents included in those stolen documents? Callers weigh in.
Encore: original airdate 2-11-2026. On today's 'BradCast': The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) suddenly shut down the air space above the El Paso, Texas airport, and the Trump Administration's shifting explanations don't add up. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi embarrassed the nation (and herself) again during U.S. House testimony on the DOJ's unlawful cover-up of the Epstein Files. In a victory for the fossil fuel industry, the corrupt Trump Environmental Protection Agency is poised to demolish the legal foundation for all US climate regulations by overturning the landmark 'Endangerment Finding,' the scientific determination that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health by causing catastrophic climate change. DAN BECKER of the Center For Biological Diversity explains the history and context of the Endangerment Finding, what overturning it will mean for public health and climate action, and much more.
On today's 'BradCast': South Korea's former President Yoon Suk Yeol has been found guilty of an attempted coup in December of 2024 and sentenced to life in prison. Former Prince Andrew, younger brother of King Charles III, was arrested on allegations he shared sensitive trade information with the late child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Top government officials in Great Britain, Norway, France and elsewhere have faced accountability related to information revealed in the Epstein Files. Accountability everywhere but in the US, where Donald Trump's Justice Department is blatantly covering up for him, violating the law. New reporting indicates that FBI documents detailing credible Epstein-related allegations against Trump have disappeared, and examines potential links to Trump's theft of classified documents after his first term. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'
On today's 'BradCast': After Trump FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatened to rewrite Equal Time rules for late-night talk shows, the venerable CBS television network, now owned by rightwing billionaires, immediately surrendered, barring 'Late Show' host Stephen Colbert from broadcasting his interview with U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico (D-TX). The move backfired, with the interview on Youtube garnering many millions more views than it might have otherwise. Journalist Art Levine discusses his deep dive documenting the rise in blatant, public antisemitism in the Republican MAGA movement that is causing a slow-motion implosion. Levine also covers nutty MAGA conspiracy theories about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, how the Trump Administration weaponized campus protests against Israel's war on Gaza to extort universities and other organizations, and much more.
On today's 'BradCast': The critical 2026 midterm elections are now underway with early voting for primaries in Arkansas, North Carolina and Texas. Civil rights leader and voting rights advocate Rev. Jesse Jackson passed today at 84. Polls show Donald Trump sinking to new lows in public opinion. Congressional Republicans' voter suppression law, the deceptively named 'SAVE America Act', would make it much harder to register to vote and much easier to purge legal voters from the rolls, using a notoriously inaccurate database. Election integrity advocate JENNIFER COHEN explains what's really in the GOP's voter suppression law, the 'sneaky' ways it ensnares legal voters and erects new barriers to the ballot box, how voters can act to protect their voting rights, and much more. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'
Encore: original airdate 2-5-2026. On today's 'BradCast': Following the Trump FBI raid on the Fulton County, Georgia elections warehouse in service of Donald Trump's ongoing delusions about losing the 2020 election, his top Administration officials had promised to 'confront' the bipartisan National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) - - but they all cancelled their appearances at the last minute. At midnight on Feb. 4, Donald Trump allowed the last remaining nuclear arms treaty between the U.S. and Russia to expire. The New START nuclear agreement capped the numbers of ballistic missiles and nuclear warheads and included an extensive verification regime. Nuclear weapons policy analyst STEPHEN SCHWARTZ delves into the history, context and specifics of the agreement; what its expiration means; Trump's ill-advised 'Golden Dome' missile defense concept; and much, much more. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'
Encore: original airdate 2-4-2026. On today's 'BradCast': The Trump Administration claims it is 'drawing down' the deployment of ICE and CBP goons in Minneapolis, but is still leaving 2,000 thugs on the streets. So many Trump Justice Department attorneys have resigned from the Minneapolis federal field office, refusing to participate in the administration's violent immigration tactics, that it has caused severe staffing shortages. Talking Points Memo's investigative reporter JOSH KOVENSKY explains the Trump Administration's new effort to revive the nutty 'ItalyGate' conspiracy theory that Donald Trump believes cost him the 2020 election. Kovensky also covers a very disturbing series of Justice Department memos that repurpose a post-9/11 federal terrorism statute to turn it against peaceful protesters and those regarded as political opponents of Trump with 'domestic terrorism' charges, and much more.
On today's 'BradCast': The Trump Administration continues to lose in the courts and in special elections. Some MAGA folks are calling for US Attorney General Pam Bondi to resign following her ridiculous performance in a congressional hearing, ICE claims to be leaving Minnesota altogether, and new polls show voters now think Joe Biden was a better president than Donald Trump. Longtime OG bloggers, HEATHER DIGBY PARTON of Salon and Hullabaloo and 'DRIFTGLASS' of the 'Pro Left Podcast', bring insight, context, history and hilarity as they delve into the Trump Administration's growing list of failures, the Epstein Files, the rising resistance and resilience of the American people, and much, much more. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'
On today's 'BradCast': The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) suddenly shut down the air space above the El Paso, Texas airport, and the Trump Administration's shifting explanations don't add up. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi embarrassed the nation (and herself) again during U.S. House testimony on the DOJ's unlawful cover-up of the Epstein Files. In a victory for the fossil fuel industry, the corrupt Trump Environmental Protection Agency is poised to demolish the legal foundation for all US climate regulations by overturning the landmark 'Endangerment Finding,' the scientific determination that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health by causing catastrophic climate change. DAN BECKER of the Center For Biological Diversity explains the history and context of the Endangerment Finding, what overturning it will mean for public health and climate action, and much more.
On today's 'BradCast': Republicans love the 'culture wars' because they keep their voters perpetually outraged and divert attention from solving real problems. Some of Donald Trump's MAGA followers are ignoring his edict to hate Puerto Rican U.S. citizen Bad Bunny's spectacular Super Bowl Halftime show. CBS News' ratings plummet after rightwing takeover. Internal DHS documents expose the Trump Administration's lies, revealing that less than 14 percent of detained immigrants have been charged or convicted of violent crime. Trump's 'Religious Liberty Commission' sued for religious discrimination. Trump threatened to block a vital new border bridge with Canada for corrupt reasons. Unsealed affidavit in the FBI's seizure of Fulton County 2020 election records is based on long-debunked allegations. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'
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and they worried about JFK being a Catholic?
Texass is really messed up.
Bread have you given any thought to these republicans who have switched their party preferences to Democrat so they can go in and vote for the weakest candidate and now with Bloomberg putting as clinkin that mix is it possible that these Bloomberg supporters are also those people who are switching their party in order to screw us that's a huge consideration since I can't imagine democrats supporting Blumberg