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Sunday Toons of the Climate Covfefe Moment
* * * Perry Dorrell blogs as PDiddie at Brains and Eggs , usually on topics concerning the strange brew of Texas politics. He's also on Twitter @PDiddie .

Jun 02

All the President's Ethics Waivers; Plus: Brutal 'Paris' Fallout Continues: 'BradCast' 6/2/2017
On today's BradCast : The political price of becoming the world's pariah, and new documents finally released by the Trump Administration prove yet again that they are doing anything but "draining the swamp" as promised. The brutal fallout , including both nationwide and worldwide condemnation for President Trump's regrettable decision to pull the US out of the historic Paris Climate Agreement, co

Jun 01

Trump Quits Paris Climate Pact; Nixon's Secret Back-Channel to Moscow: 'BradCast' 6/1/2017
On today's BradCast : Making history and breaking history. From historic worldwide climate pacts to nuclear arms treaties, from Trump and Russia to Nixon and the Soviet Union and back again. [ Audio link to show follows below. ] First, in an historic Rose Garden speech on Thursday, President Donald Trump --- against the advice of world leaders, major American companies, and even many in his own A
'Green News Report' - June 1, 2017
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: 'GNR' Special Coverage : President Trump announces he will withdraw the U.S. from the landmark United Nations Paris Agreement, sending shockwaves around the world... All that and more in today's Green News Report! Listen online here, or Download MP3 (6 mins)... Link: Embed: Got comments, tips, love letters, hate mail? Drop us a line at GreenNews@BradBlog.com or right here

May 31

We May Not Always Have Paris: 'BradCast' 5/31/2017
On today's BradCast , the Trump Administration leaks the suggestion that they, are indeed, planning to drop out of the historic 2015 world pact to limit the dangerous global rise of heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions in order to prevent, or at least stall, the worst effects of climate change. [ Audio link to show follows below. ] The comments from unnamed White House sources today that Presid

May 30

Trump Ticking Off Allies Overseas, Losing Major Court Cases at Home: 'BradCast' 5/30/2017
On today's BradCast , Trump is back from his "incredible, historic" overseas trip, where everything was wildly successful, according to the White House. Longtime U.S. allies, however, do not appear to agree. Also, both he and fellow Republicans are facing a number of setbacks in court on both immigration and election-related matters. [ Audio link to show posted below. ] The President returned fro

May 28

Sunday Toons of the 'Moscow on the Potomac' Moment
WH Budget Chief: "I Hope" Fewer People Get Social Security Disability Insurance "There is fraud, no doubt," the New York Times ' Teresa Tritch argued in 2015. "But there is no evidence it is rampant." Tritch pointed to a telling statistic: "If people on disability were faking it, they wouldn't have such high death rates. " * * * Perry Dorrell blogs as PDiddie at Brains and Eggs , usually on topic

May 26

Gianforte Wins in MT Despite Assault Charge; Longtime Voting Rights Group Forced to Close: 'BradCast' 5/26/2017
On today's BradCast , the Trump-toxified GOP appears to have abandoned all pretense of "values" and "personal responsibility" to elect someone to federal office even after he violently assaulted a journalist on the Eve of the Election. And a longtime voting rights group announces they are forced to shutter their doors for lack of funding. What's wrong with this picture? [ Audio link to show is po

May 25

Gianforte's Monumental Montana Meltdown (And Ryan's Cowardly Constitutional Dodge): 'BradCast' 5/25/2017
On today's BradCast , one of the most amazing candidate meltdowns ever seen (or, in this case, heard ) and how the Speaker of the House hopes to look the other way in the event that he wins anyway. But that's just the tip of today's news iceberg(s). [ Audio link to show posted below. ] In one of the most remarkable Election Eve unravelings ever by a U.S. candidate for...pretty much anything, Repu
'Green News Report' - May 25, 2017
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Trump's proposed budget cuts deeply into the environment and Superfund programs; Landslide buries California's iconic Pacific Coast Highway 1; Wind farm company proposes to retrain unemployed coal miners to be wind technicians - for free; PLUS: Pope Francis offers a gift and a message to President Trump... All that and more in today's Green News Report! Listen online here

May 24

Big Dem Wins in Special Elections; CBO Finds GOP 'Healthcare' Bill Still Deadly: 'BradCast' 5/24/2017
On today's BradCast , big wins for Democrats in very Republican districts, more trouble for the GOP as the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) finally scores the House healthcare bill, and trouble likely ahead for still-divided Democrats. [ Audio link to full show is posted below. ] As Republicans struggle to pass any major legislation in the wake of Donald Trump's continuing political and legal tr

May 23

Trump's $2 TRILLION 'Bernie Madoff-Level Budget Fraud': 'BradCast' 5/23/2017
On today's BradCast , the Trump Administration introduces what economists --- on both the Right and Left --- are describing as a massive 2 trillion dollar accounting error (or, less generously, 'fraudulent' numbers) in their new budget proposal introduced today. And we get caught up on the latest late updates on yesterday's Manchester Bombing and the FBI's ongoing investigation of Team Trump. [ A
'Green News Report' - May 23, 2017
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: The Global Seed Vault flooded by melting permafrost; Antarctica is going green, and not in a good way; Switzerland votes to accelerate renewable energy transition; PLUS: Trump's final budget proposal takes a hatchet to the environment... All that and more in today's Green News Report! Listen online here, or Download MP3 (6 mins)... Link: Embed: Got comments, tips, love le

May 22

The Surreal if 'Clear and Present Danger' of Donald Trump: 'BradCast' 5/22/2017
The new Twin Peaks (which is excellent, by the way!) may be less surreal than the latest goings on inside our current White House. On today's BradCast , the latest news on the ever unfolding investigations into Team Trump and on his overseas trip (stories Trump already managed to conflate today), along with big election-related news from the U.S. Supreme Court and a quick preview of this week's u
Pence and the 'Sergeant Schultz Defense'
Faced with his own inept inability to control the antics of his American prisoners, the only defense for bumbling Luftwaffe POW camp guard Sergeant Schultz was to pretend he had no knowledge of events. Confronted with what he saw and was told in this classic Hogan's Heroes clip , Schultz proclaims: "I see nothing! I was not here! I did not even get up this morning!" Last Thursday, we witnessed a

May 21

Sunday Toons of the 'Witch Hunt!' Moment
(Click it to big it if you can't read it) * * * Perry Dorrell blogs as PDiddie at Brains and Eggs , usually on topics concerning the strange brew of Texas politics. He's also on Twitter @PDiddie .

May 19

Sessions Rolls Back Criminal Justice Reform, Trump Digs Himself Deeper: 'BradCast' 5/19/2017
So who is the "nut job" here? On today's BradCast , Trump appears to have dug himself even deeper into the Obstruction of Justice mire and, speaking of "justice", Attorney General Jeff Sessions rolls back bi-partisan gains on criminal justice reform made during the Obama Era. [ Audio link for show follows below. ] A new report today from the New York Times alleges that, during his Oval Office mee

May 18

'The Single Greatest Witch Hunt of a Politician in American History!': 'BradCast' 5/18/2017
On today's BradCast , we do our best to surf today's news tsunami, with a focus on a few troubling and under-appreciated stories amid the political flood pouring out of Washington and around the world in the wake of the DoJ's appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Among the huge number of quickly moving and/or under-covered stories pieced together on today's show... CA Assembly bill calls
'Green News Report' - May 18, 2017
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Virginia's Governor sets up statewide carbon cap-and-trade system; Bears Ears National Monument targeted for repeal on behalf of oil and gas industry; EPA gets an earful on which pollution regulations to repeal --- or not; PLUS: See it while you still can --- Glacier National Park's glaciers are going, going... All that and more in today's Green News Report! Listen online

May 17

What is 'Obstruction of Justice'?; Also BREAKING: Special Counsel Takes Over Trump/Russia Probe: 'BradCast' 5/17/2017
On today's BradCast , yes, like yesterday, more huge breaking news mid-show. [ Audio link follows below. ] But before we get to that, today, controversial, extremist and, perhaps, insane Milwaukee Sheriff David C. Clarke claimed today that he has been appointed to a position in Donald Trump's Dept. of Homeland Security. If true, his appointment would be disturbing. Not only given the number of pe

May 16

'Espionage Act': The Oval Office is Leaking (Bigly): 'BradCast' 5/16/2017
On today's BradCast : Coverage of the two (yes, two ) most recent (yes, most recent) blockbuster reports regarding the President, as leaked out of the Oval Office. [ Audio link to show follows below. ] First up today: Washington Post's explosive report from late yesterday detailing Donald Trump's alleged (and all but confirmed by Trump himself) sharing of highly classified information (reportedly
'Green News Report' - May 16, 2017
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: North Carolina's request for disaster relief denied; April 2017 the second hottest April on record for the planet; US Secretary of State Tillerson signs climate change declaration; PLUS: US military warns of national security impacts of climate change --- again... All that and more in today's Green News Report! Listen online here, or Download MP3 (6 mins)... Link: Embed:

May 15

Making Sense of (& Surviving) President Goldfish: 'BradCast' 5/15/2017
On today's BradCast : Our friend David Roberts of Vox.com on making sense of Donald Trump's seemingly senseless decision making process --- and, somehow, learning to live with it and/or contain the damage. [ Audio link to show follows below. ] But, first up today, some good news! The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear North Carolina Republicans' appeal of the U.S. 4th Circuit Appeals Court r

May 14

Sunday Toons of the 'Comey on Both Sides of the Aisle' Moment
* * * Perry Dorrell blogs as PDiddie at Brains and Eggs , usually on topics concerning the strange brew of Texas politics. He's also on Twitter @PDiddie .

May 12

How Mike Pence Helped Suppress the Indiana Vote in the 2016 Election: 'BradCast' 5/12/2017
On today's BradCast : The story of Donald Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey turns even more bizarre and takes a decidedly thuggish turn (don't worry, your President is 'not a crook') and Vice President Mike Pence gets tapped to head Trump's new "voter fraud" commission, despite his own (much overlooked) record of stoking false GOP allegations of "voter fraud" and helping to shut down a m

May 11

Meanwhile...In Utah...Trump's Scheme to Sell Off Sacred Tribal Public Lands: 'BradCast' 5/11/2017
On today's BradCast , the fallout from the James Comey firing swirl further out of control, as I suspect it will for quite some time, while other disturbing Administration policies move forward with much less focus from either media or Congress. One such policy is Trump's recent Executive Order calling for the dismantling of National Monuments --- "public land grabs" and "outrageous abuses of pow
'Green News Report' - May 11, 2017
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Temporary reprieve for the planet as Trump postpones decision on Paris Climate Agreement; Emergency declared at the most contaminated nuclear site in the U.S.; Majority of toxic Superfund sites located near low-income residential areas; PLUS: A win for taxpayers, and the climate, as Republicans fail to repeal methane flaring rule... All that and more in today's Green News

May 10

'A Full-Blown Constitutional Crisis' or Just Another Day on Planet Trump?: 'BradCast' 5/10/2017
On today's BradCast , as you might have guessed, we pick up on the news that broke mid-show yesterday of Donald Trump's stunning and sudden firing of FBI Director James Comey, while the fallout and reeling continues in D.C. and across the nation today. [ Audio link to show follows below. ] The pretext for that firing, which even some on Fox "News" describe as "almost inexplicable", was Comey's al

May 09

BREAKING: COMEY FIRED; Also: GOP Photo ID Laws Suppressed 2016 Turnout, Helped Trump Take WI: 'BradCast' 5/9/2017
On today's BradCast : The stunning breaking news that FBI Director James Comey has been fired by Donald Trump hits smack dab in the middle of today's show. Other than that, we also cover a whole bunch of other noteworthy stuff today, including... South Korea elects liberal candidate who wants to open relations with North Korea as new President, Donald Trump about to get very confused; Trump Campa
'Green News Report' - May 9, 2017
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: France votes for climate action in Presidential election; Wildfires force evacuations in Florida and Georgia; Extreme storms and flooding kill 13 in the Midwest; Time is running out to speak up for EPA regulations you'd like to keep; PLUS: Conservative climate group trolls Trump on climate change denial... All that and more in today's Green News Report! Listen online here

May 08

GA-06 Election Night Tabulation Failure Analysis Finds 'Critical Security Flaws': 'BradCast' 5/8/2017
On today's BradCast : A new technical analysis of the root causes of the Election Night tabulation disaster that halted counting during the U.S. House primary special election in Georgia's 6th Congressional District last month finds several "critical security flaws" in the computerized tabulation system that, the reports authors find, could affect both the highly contested upcoming June run-off,

May 07

Sunday Toons of the Mildly Nauseous Moment
* * * Perry Dorrell blogs as PDiddie at Brains and Eggs , usually on topics concerning the strange brew of Texas politics. He's also on Twitter @PDiddie .

May 05

New Phoenix Election Chief Says 'Nearly 91,000' Citizens Left Off Voter Rolls: 'BradCast' 5/5/2017
On today's BradCast , the new election chief in Maricopa County (Phoenix), AZ has discovered tens of thousands of voter registration forms from citizens who, he says, are otherwise eligible to vote, but were never added to the voting rolls by his predecessor, due to what he describes as an unconstitutional or, at least, immoral state statute. [ Audio link to show follows below. ] Democrats seem q
New Federal Court Ruling, House 'Wealthcare' Vote Boost Ossoff Chances in GA-06, But...
Two things occurred last Thursday that should bolster the chances of Democrat Jon Ossoff in the June 20, 2017 runoff special election for the U.S. House in Georgia's 6th Congressional District. One thing --- one big thing --- remains in place that could help to derail those prospects. The first helpful item entails the removal of an obstacle to casting a vote at all in the upcoming election, than

May 04

The Cost of GOP Health Care 'Reform'; The Danger of Trump's 'Religious Liberties' Scam: 'BradCast' 5/4/2017 On today's BradCast , House Republicans finally pass the American Health Care Act (AHCA) --- a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act ('ObamaCare') --- but at what cost? Also: Donald Trump signs a bill that pretends to protect religious liberties. But what does it really do? [ Audio link to show follows below. ] It's difficult, if not

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