On today's 'BradCast':  Republicans on the U.S. House Ethics Committee blocked release of a report on the investigation into Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. Attorney General, former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), that documents evidence of alleged sex trafficking of minors and other criminal activities. Trump nominated pro-wrestling CEO Linda McMahon for the Dept. of Education and TV doctor/snake oil salesman Dr. Mehmet Oz to head up the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. Trump's nominee for the...

On today's 'BradCast':  Concerns over the accuracy of the 2024 Election results are swirling around, after cybersecurity and voting security experts urged the Harris Campaign to seek hand recounts in states where voting system software was breached after the 2020 Election. We explain new theories about the election results posed by financial services security expert Stephen Spoonamore - - but again, the only way to determine if the results were tabulated accurately is with a public hand-count...

On today's 'BradCast':   Donald Trump hasn't even been sworn in yet, but he's already violating ethics requirements that he himself signed into law in 2019. The Republican President-elect, who barely won a plurality, not a majority, has nominated a flood of unqualified appointees to cabinet level posts and is refusing FBI background checks for sensitive national security positions. Trump and his transition team have also declined to sign required transition and ethics documents. Former DOJ...

On today's 'BradCast':  An update on 2024 election results announced over the weekend, and remaining races still being tallied, including Pennsylvania's extremely close U.S. Senate race. Many listeners have voiced concerns about various voting system issues and election anomalies across the country in last week's election. Brad explains what is known so far about the incidents and anomalies, particularly in Pennsylvania and Michigan, and notes that, as of yet, there is no evidence of voting...

On today's 'BradCast':  Top election security experts and computer scientists are urging Vice President Kamala Harris to seek hand recounts of the presidential election in key states to verify election totals, citing voting system breaches by Donald Trump allies in 2021 and 2022, and Georgia's refusal to apply recommended security patches to their election system. The scientists emphasize that they have 'no evidence' that voting systems were compromised, and that such audits should be routine...

On today's 'BradCast':  Donald Trump lost a political battle after his upcoming Republican US Senate Majority chose Sen. John Thune (R-SD) as its majority leader, rejecting Trump's favorite. Trump is nominating a wave of toadies, unqualified buffoons and corporatists to key cabinet and administration roles:  a Fox 'News' TV host for Defense Secretary; billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to head a non-existent government agency; Putin apologist Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National...

On today's 'BradCast':  Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego won Arizona's U.S. Senate seat against Republican election denier Kari Lake, one of several updates on key 2024 races. Control of the U.S. House remains undecided. Donald Trump rapidly nominated a number of cabinet appointees, including ultra far-right Tom Homan as 'border czar', who supported Trump's cruel family separation policies in his first term, and vows to carry out mass deportations. Oil and coal lobbyists on Trump's EPA...

On today's 'BradCast':  An update on 2024 election results announced over the weekend and remaining races still being tallied, including Pennsylvania's extremely close US Senate race. Many listeners have voiced concerns about various voting system issues and election anomalies across the country in last week's election. Brad explains what is known so far about the incidents and anomalies, particularly in Pennsylvania and Michigan, and notes that, as of yet, there is no evidence of voting...

Encore: original airdate 11-6-2024. On today's 'BradCast': A deeply divided voting population in the United States re-elected disgraced former president and convicted felon Donald Trump to another term on Tuesday. Vice President Kamala Harris in a brief concession speech vowed to ensure a peaceful transfer of power, and to continue the fight for freedom, opportunity, fairness, democracy and much more, 'in the voting booth, the courts, and in the public square.' Salon opinion columnist HEATHER...

On today's 'BradCast':  President Joe Biden pledged a peaceful transfer of power and urged Americans to never give up fighting to defend freedom and democracy, in his first public remarks since the disgraced, lawless former president Donald Trump was re-elected. California Gov. Gavin Newsom called a special legislative session to bolster legal resources to protect civil rights, reproductive freedom, climate action, and more, in preparation for the Trump Administration. The fast-moving,...

On today's 'BradCast':  A deeply divided voting population in the United States re-elected disgraced former president and convicted felon Donald Trump to another term on Tuesday. Vice President Kamala Harris, in a brief concession speech today, vowed to ensure a peaceful transfer of power, and to continue the fight for freedom, opportunity, fairness, democracy and much more, 'in the voting booth, the courts, and in the public square.' Salon opinion columnist HEATHER DIGBY PARTON and...

On today's 'BradCast':  As we go to air, voting is still underway in the critical 2024 Election. A number of polling place problems were reported around the country, but were not widespread, and there were no reports of violence. Georgia and several other states received hoax bomb threats that officials linked to Russian sources. We explain what to expect over the next few hours, days, weeks and months, key upcoming dates for certification of the election, and different scenarios for how it...

On today's 'BradCast':  The last day to vote in the critical 2024 election is Tuesday,  Nov. 5th. Either Kamala Harris will become the next President of the United States, and the first Black, Southeast-Asian American woman to do so, or Donald Trump, a convicted criminal felon, adjudicated rapist, and self-proclaimed wannabe-dictator, will be. Trump will declare victory on Election Night, regardless of the actual results; if he loses, he will use any means to overturn the results, as when he...

Encore: original airdate 10-23-2024. On today's 'BradCast':  The very conservative General John Kelly, former Dept. of Homeland Security chief and Donald Trump's former White House Chief of Staff, explains in an alarming, on-the-record taped interview that Trump meets 'the definition of fascist,' frequently praised Hitler, disdained U.S. military service members and disabled veterans, and more. But Fox News hasn't informed its viewers about Gen. Kelly's warnings. The Executive Director of the...

On today's 'BradCast:  Get ready for a tsunami of 'fraud' claims, both real and fake, likely to come our way in the next few days and weeks, IF Donald Trump loses to Kamala Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 5. Understand the facts to combat disinformation spread by Trump, Republicans and their MAGA supporters, as they lay the groundwork to contest the election. Actual proven voter fraud cases are exceedingly rare and are caught by an extensive fraud check system, as recent arrests in several states...

On today's 'BradCast':  The contrast and choice for American voters could not be starker in the waning days before the most consequential Election Day in modern American history. On Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a 'closing argument' on the Ellipse in front of the White House, the same spot where former President Donald Trump incited the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Harris underscored her many policy proposals to boost average American families, restore...

On today's 'BradCast':  The Washington Post has lost at least 200,000 subscribers following billionaire owner Jeff Bezos' cowardly decision to kill the legendary paper's planned endorsement of Kamala Harris just days before the 2024 presidential election. Bezos is apparently seeking to appease vengeful former President Donald Trump in case he wins. Trump and billionaire Twitter/X owner, Elon Musk, are reportedly in regular, secret contact with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. Russia expert...

On today's 'BradCast':  The FBI is investigating ballot drop boxes in Portland, OR, Vancouver, WA that were set on fire, destroying hundreds of ballots, in apparent arson incidents. Philadelphia's district attorney sued billionaire Elon Musk to halt his 'lottery' giveaway as a likely unlawful vote-buying scheme. The billionaire owners of the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times cited flimsy excuses for killing their papers' planned endorsements of Kamala Harris for president, in turn...

Encore: original airdate 10-16-2024. On today's 'BradCast': Retired top military officials are now warning about the threat that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump poses to the American people and the Constitution. Trump is escalating his fascist rhetoric, calling his perceived domestic political enemies 'the enemy within,' and suggesting he would use the U.S. military against them.  Domestic extremism expert and author DAVID NEIWERT explains the fascistic threats of Trump and his...

On today's 'BradCast':  It's going to be a very bumpy road to Election Day and beyond, but there are still plenty of opportunities to stay hopeful and helpful, like 'Markers For Democracy,' a group 'Saving our democracy, one postcard at a time.' In Arizona, an arsonist set fire to a USPS box, damaging absentee ballots. Phoenix police charged a man suspected of shooting at Democratic National Committee field office. Donald Trump described how he will quash criminal investigations against him...

On today's 'BradCast':  The very conservative General John Kelly, former Dept. of Homeland Security chief and Donald Trump's former White House Chief of Staff, explains in an alarming, on-the-record taped interview that Trump meets 'the definition of fascist,' frequently praised Hitler, disdained U.S. military service members and disabled veterans, and more. But Fox News hasn't informed its viewers about Gen. Kelly's warnings. The Executive Director of the nonprofit Ballot Initiative Strategy...

On today's 'BradCast':  With less than two weeks to Election Day, it's your last chance to vote and help others vote in the 2024 election. Are you doing all you can to help and encourage others? Judge ordered Donald Trump's former lawyer Rudy Giuliani to turn over his million-dollar New York apartment and more to Shaye Moss and her mother Ruby Freeman, the Georgia election workers defamed by Giuliani after the 2020 election. Arizona GOP county election official pleaded guilty to attempting to...

On today's 'BradCast': Billionaire Elon Musk is using his vast wealth to influence the 2024 Election, leveraging his social media company X (Twitter) almost entirely on behalf of disgraced former President Donald Trump, flooding the site with disinformation and outright lies about the election, and funding dark money political action committees that are micro-targeting different groups of voters with deceptive information disguised to appear legitimate. Musk's new stunt is giving away $1...

Encore: original airdate 10-9-2024. On today's 'BradCast': Monster Hurricane Milton is menacing Florida's central Gulf Coast even as millions in that state and five others are struggling to recover from Hurricane Helene two weeks ago. North Carolina's bipartisan Board of Elections approved a number of emergency measures to help voters in the hardest-hit counties. Naturally, Trump Republicans and Fox News are already spreading disinformation about the new rules. Republicans are using election...