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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': Another court victory for New York Attorney General Letitia James, after a federal judge struck down Donald Trump's executive order halting virtually all wind energy projects on federal lands/waters. Europe's climate service announced 2025 will be either the second or third hottest year ever recorded globally. Renowned climate scientist DR. MICHAEL E. MANN of the Univ. of Pennsylvania explains what has gone wrong at the UN climate talks, most recently in Brazil, where authoritarian petro-states succeeded in blocking substantive action on climate change. Dr. Mann also covers what remains of the 'carbon budget'; billionaire Bill Gates spreading climate disinformation at an alarming rate; why he remains optimistic about the fight to address climate change; and his new book, 'Science Under Siege: the Five Most Powerful Forces That Threaten Our World'.
On today's 'BradCast': Don't let our ridiculous, sociopathic President's absurd, unspeakable actions distract from the relentless, damaging effects of his terrible policies, and the increasingly high costs Americans (and the world) are paying for them. Donald Trump announced another billion-dollar taxpayer bailout for US farmers who have been harmed by his tariffs. Even Fox News reported that Trump's policies will raise healthcare costs for everyone, including those on Medicare. DAN BECKER of the Center for Biological Diversity delves into how Trump's rollbacks of fuel efficiency standards will cost Americans dearly - - by increasing demand for oil and fuel costs, harming American health by worsening pollution and global warming, all while handing global market dominance to China.
Encore: original airdate 12-1-2025. On today's 'BradCast': We catch up on a number of important developments that unfolded over the Thanksgiving holiday week. Donald Trump lost again in court: a federal appeals panel ruled Trump's appointment of Alina Habba as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey was unlawful, and a different court upheld a $1 million judgement against Trump over his frivolous lawsuit against Hillary Clinton. Following former(?) MAGA Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) resignation announcement, new reporting suggests more Republicans plan to leave Congress. Democrat Aftyn Behn is shockingly close to winning a special U.S. House election in deep red Tennessee. Democrats expanded their wins across most local and county races in New York State in the November elections. Callers weigh in.
On today's 'BradCast': A Defense Dept. Inspector General report on 'Signalgate' found that Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth endangered U.S. military personnel when he shared sensitive military information on an unsecured app. Congressional Democrats were 'deeply disturbed' after viewing video of lethal boat strikes in the Caribbean that experts say violated US military and international law. Justice Department charged a suspect in the case of pipe bombs planted near the Capitol before the Jan. 6 insurrection. Grand jury declined to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James. The rightwing Supreme Court majority allowed Texas to use new Trump-backed gerrymandered map in the midterm elections. Global child mortality is rising after the Trump Administration dismantled US AID. Politico's Alice Miranda Ollstein lays out the political and policy landscape as the nation heads towards a Republican health care crisis cliff as of January 1. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'
On today's 'BradCast': In Tennessee's special U.S. House election on Tuesday, Democratic candidate Aftyn Behn lost the deep red, heavily-gerrymandered seat to her Republican opponent, but like virtually all special elections this year, the results showed a massive voter shift toward Democrats - - a 'flashing red light warning sign' for Republicans heading into the 2026 midterm elections. Donald Trump unleashed a tirade of racist remarks demonizing Minnesota's American Somali population. Minneapolis officials vowed they will not assist Trump's federal jack-booted thugs reportedly set to launch another round of immigration raids in the city. Similar raids are also reportedly planned for New Orleans. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'
On today's 'BradCast': The Trump Administration cited their supposed 'war on drugs' as legal justification for blowing up small boats carrying civilians in international waters near Venezuela. Trump Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth reportedly issued orders to conduct a second strike to kill shipwrecked survivors of one such attack, which military experts say is wildly illegal. Hegseth threatened veteran U.S. congressmembers for reminding military personnel that they are required to disobey illegal orders. CARRIE A. LEE, PhD, an expert on civil-military relations, discusses the politicization of the U.S. military and Trump's attempts to weaponize the military justice system to punish political opponents. Relatedly, Donald Trump pardoned the former President of Honduras, a drug kingpin convicted by a U.S. jury for his role in trafficking some 400 tons of cocaine to the U.S.
On today's 'BradCast': We catch up on a number of important developments that unfolded over the Thanksgiving holiday week. Donald Trump lost again in court: a federal appeals panel ruled Trump's appointment of Alina Habba as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey was unlawful, and a different court upheld a $1 million judgement against Trump over his frivolous lawsuit against Hillary Clinton. Following former(?) MAGA Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) resignation announcement, new reporting suggests more Republicans plan to leave Congress. Democrat Aftyn Behn is shockingly close to winning a special U.S. House election in deep red Tennessee. Democrats expanded their wins across most local and county races in New York State in the November elections. Callers weigh in.
Encore: Original airdate 11-20-2025. On today's 'BradCast': The pathetic, desperate coward in the White House, Donald Trump, called for six Democratic members of Congress, all veterans, to be executed for sedition after they published a video accurately advising all U.S. military service members that they are required by law to reject unlawful orders. Republicans, who have pretended for months to be furious about political violence, today remained silent or lied to cover up for Trump. A senior military attorney warned that Trump's killings of civilians in boat strikes off the Caribbrean and Pacific coasts are unlawful, but was overruled. Federal prosecutors dropped a bunch of cases against people who protested federal immigration raids in Chicago. The Trump Administration's new plans to drill off the coasts of California and Florida face ferocious opposition. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'
Encore: Original airdate 9-4-2025. On today's 'BradCast': The Trump Administration is at war with science and reality. In a combative Senate hearing, Democrats grilled HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. over his years-long personal war against life-saving vaccines and his gutting of U.S. public health infrastructure and science research. Florida's loony top medical officer lifted vaccine mandates for school children. DR. TYLER EVANS, author, infectious disease and public health expert, and co-founder of the Wellness and Equity Alliance, discusses the Trump Administration's escalating war on public health, the impacts of politicization of vaccines, what he's learned about advancing public health from his work around the world, and much more. Donald Trump is escalating his war on climate science and cheap renewable energy. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'
Encore: Original airdate 11-19-2025. On today's 'BradCast': The Trump Justice Department's attempted criminal prosecution of former FBI Dir. James Comey appears to be in serious jeopardy after Lindsey Halligan, Donald Trump's inexperienced interim U.S. Attorney, admitted the grand jury never saw the actual felony indictment. Trump's intense efforts to block the release of the Epstein Files and other actions have created growing division among his MAGA base. Former MAGA member and GOP operative RICH LOGIS of Leaving MAGA explains that many Trump supporters are experiencing 'cognitive dissonance' over Trump's flip-flops over the Epstein Files and more, and offers recommendations for listeners to engage with their MAGA family members over the holidays and ways to help them exit the movement.
Encore: Original airdate 10-23-2025. On today's 'BradCast': The first six months of 2025 featured the costliest weather and climate-related disasters on record for the U.S. We know about it because former NOAA scientists have resurrected the world-leading climate and weather agency's Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters Database after it was shut down by the science deniers of the Trump Administration, bringing their skills to the non-profit climate research organization Climate Central. Former NOAA climate scientist TOM DI LIBERTO explains the vital importance of the database and NOAA's climate research, why Team Trump wants to dismantle and privatize NOAA, whether it can be rebuilt, and much more. Virginia state Democratic lawmakers launch ingenious plan to counter the unprecedented Trump/Republican mid-decade gerrymandering efforts in multiple states to rig the 2026 midterm elections. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'
Original airdate 11/12/2025.On today's 'BradCast': Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson finally allowed the US House back into session, swearing in new Rep. Adlita Grijalva (D-AZ) who immediately signed on to a discharge petition that will force a vote on the release of the Epstein Files being covered up the Trump Justice Department. House Democrats released previously-unseen emails from sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein that discuss Donald Trump. New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani ran on an 'Affordability Agenda,' including a rent freeze, free universal childcare, free buses, and more. The Zero Hour's RICHARD (RJ) ESKOW did the math, and explains his analysis showing how and why Mamdani's plans are 'surprisingly affordable'; why the billionaire class spent so much attempting to defeat Mamdani; and much more.
Encore: original airdate 11-6-2025. On today's 'BradCast': We're joined by OG bloggers HEATHER DIGBY PARTON of Salon and Digby's Hullabaloo and 'DRIFTGLASS' of the Professional Left Podcast to analyze Tuesday's remarkable election day across the country, in which voters delivered a crystal clear rebuke to the failed first year of the second Donald Trump presidency. Pro-democracy ballot initiatives and Democratic candidates -- from the left to the center -- handily won in virtually every jurisdiction in about 30 states across the nation. Digby and Driftglass delve into the election results and the fallout, what it means for the nation and the Democratic Party, and deliver context, history, and hilarity on major developments this week in politics, the courts, the media, the future of democracy and much more. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'
On today's 'BradCast': The pathetic, desperate coward in the White House, Donald Trump, called for six Democratic members of Congress, all veterans, to be executed for sedition after they published a video accurately advising all U.S. military service members that they are required by law to reject unlawful orders. Republicans, who have pretended for months to be furious about political violence, today remained silent or lied to cover up for Trump. A senior military attorney warned that Trump's killings of civilians in boat strikes off the Caribbrean and Pacific coasts are unlawful, but was overruled. Federal prosecutors dropped a bunch of cases against people who protested federal immigration raids in Chicago. The Trump Administration's new plans to drill off the coasts of California and Florida face ferocious opposition. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'
On today's 'BradCast': The Trump Justice Department's attempted criminal prosecution of former FBI Dir. James Comey appears to be in serious jeopardy after Lindsey Halligan, Donald Trump's inexperienced interim U.S. Attorney, admitted the grand jury never saw the actual felony indictment. Trump's intense efforts to block the release of the Epstein Files and other actions have created growing division among his MAGA base. Former MAGA member and GOP operative RICH LOGIS of Leaving MAGA explains that many Trump supporters are experiencing 'cognitive dissonance' over Trump's flip-flops over the Epstein Files and more, and offers recommendations for listeners to engage with their MAGA family members over the holidays and ways to help them exit the movement.
On today's 'BradCast': Donald Trump offered Saudi Arabia's crown prince Mohammed bin Salman a royal welcome, and berated a reporter who asked about the CIA's determination that MBS personally approved the murder of journalist and U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi. Congress overcame intense obstruction from Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson to vote overwhelmingly to release the Epstein Files (which Trump could release himself). Will Trump's corrupt DOJ withhold the files by claiming they are part of an active investigation? US House members secured a second discharge petition to restore collective bargaining rights for federal workers. A federal appeals court blocked Texas' new, heavily-gerrymandered U.S. House map as an unlawful racial gerrymander. Indiana's GOP state legislature refused Trump's demands to redistrict. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'
On today's 'BradCast': As Donald Trump threatens a new war of distraction against Venezuela, a new report details how Venezuelan detainees deported by Trump to El Salvador have suffered egregious human rights abuses, including torture. Attorney KEITH BARBER explains the remarkable ruling from a federal judge finding that the corrupt Trump Justice Department has engaged in a pattern of prosecutorial misconduct in its indictment of former FBI Director James Comey. Trump gave Congressional Republicans permission to vote to release the Epstein Files, even though he can order their release himself. Trump also ordered DOJ to launch a new investigation into Democrats mentioned in Epstein's files, which can then be used as justification to prevent the release of any documents, including any data that might incriminate Trump. Callers weigh in.
Encore: original airdate 11-5-2025. On today's 'BradCast': In the 2025 off-year elections on Tuesday, Democrats won nearly every contest on the ballot in about 30 states. Voters issued a stinging rebuke to Donald Trump and Republicans in high-profile and under-the-radar down-ballot races, seizing the first opportunity they've had to register their opinions at the ballot box in several states at once. New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani delivered a barn-burner of a victory speech, among the most effective political speeches in US history. The Nation's JOHN NICHOLS analyzes the results, the remarkable near-clean sweep by Democrats in races across the country, why it happened and what message Dems should learn from it, and much, much more.
On today's 'BradCast': The corrupted Trump Justice Department joined a Republican Party lawsuit to block California's new congressional map, which was approved by voters and generated as a response to Texas lawmakers' scheme to gerrymander their heavily-gerrymandered state; the fight could shape control of the House in the 2026 midterm elections. DOJ hilariously claims that California's new maps disenfranchise white voters. The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is over, at least until the end of January. Donald Trump's approval numbers continue to plummet. Seattle voters elected democratic socialist Katie Wilson as their new mayor. The wreck of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975 inspired major, life-saving changes and weather forecasting reforms by NOAA. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'
On today's 'BradCast': Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson finally allowed the US House back into session, swearing in new Rep. Adlita Grijalva (D-AZ) who immediately signed on to a discharge petition that will force a vote on the release of the Epstein Files being covered up the Trump Justice Department. House Democrats released previously-unseen emails from sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein that discuss Donald Trump. New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani ran on an 'Affordability Agenda,' including a rent freeze, free universal childcare, free buses, and more. The Zero Hour's RICHARD (RJ) ESKOW did the math, and explains his analysis showing how and why Mamdani's plans are 'surprisingly affordable'; why the billionaire class spent so much attempting to defeat Mamdani; and much more.
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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