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.

On today's 'BradCast':  Fallout and voter anger is growing over the capitulation by seven rogue Senate Democrats and one independent to vote with all Senate Republicans to end the government shutdown, receiving almost nothing in return. But the majority of Congressional Democrats in both chambers did NOT capitulate, and seem to be learning to fight in the Trump era. A Utah state judge rejected state Republicans' heavily gerrymandered US House map and implemented a fairer one. Donald Trump's approval ratings plummet further after last week's blowout election results for Democrats. Trump issued full pardons for 77 accomplices who tried to help him steal the 2020 election. The rightwing US Supreme Court will hear a challenge to Mississippi's mail-in voting laws. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'

On today's 'BradCast': The 2025 Election brought democratic and Democratic victories across the nation, from the major topline contests you may have heard about to hundreds of other, under-the-radar elections in more than 30 states. Journalist ALEX BURNESS of Bolts Magazine delves into those lesser-known races that will reverberate going forward, on critical issues like mail voting, felon disenfranchisement, mid-decade gerrymandering and more, with very good news for voters and free and fair elections. In the US Senate, seven moderate Democrats and one independent (none up for re-election) broke ranks to vote with Republicans to end the government shutdown, getting almost nothing in return toward Democrats' efforts to restore healthcare assistance for millions of Americans. Callers weigh in.

Encore: Original airdate 10-30-2025. On today's 'BradCast':  Donald Trump desperately wants to be a strongman, but reveals he is incredibly weak with each passing day. Trump's approval numbers are crashing, even in states he won in the 2024 election. China played Trump in trade deal negotiations, while nuclear weapons experts debunked his lie-filled claims about resuming nuclear weapons testing. State Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D-MI) called out the lies of the Trump Administration and Republicans and their use of 'food as a political weapon' in refusing to fund federal food assistance for millions of low-income Americans. Next Tuesday, voters will decide important contests and ballot issues in New York City, New Jersey, Virginia and California, while Republicans hope to enact new voting restrictions in Maine and Texas, and take the majority on the critical Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'

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':  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':  It's Election Day for major contests in New York City, New Jersey, Virginia, California, with statewide and local races in about 30 other states.  Some polling places in New Jersey temporarily closed due to bomb threats. Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died at the age of 84. The Trump Administration fired the Inspector General of the Federal Housing and Finance Authority for following the law in bogus criminal investigations targeting Donald Trump's political foes. Attorney General Pam Bondi attempted to retroactively fix big problems with those weaponized political indictments. California's Sec. of State debunked Trump's false claims of election fraud. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) considers entering the Gerrymandering Wars started by Trump. Federal judges block Trump's dumb executive orders attempting to interfere in elections. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'

On today's 'BradCast':  It's Election Day tomorrow, in the first major elections since Trump's disastrous second term in office began ten hellishly long months ago. Voters will decide statewide elections for Governor and state legislature in Virginia and New Jersey; the New York City mayoral race; and the anti-gerrymandering Prop 50 ballot initiative in California, among other contests of note. Virginia Democrats in the state legislature cleared another critical step in their effort to counter the Gerrymandering Wars launched by Donald Trump and Republican-controlled states to rig the 2026 midterm elections and hold on to power. Ohio moved to further gerrymander its maps to benefit Republicans. Callers weigh in and make their case on the last day before Election Day.

Encore: original airdate 10-22-2025.  On today's 'BradCast':  Donald Trump is unlawfully demolishing the entire East Wing of the White House to make room for his enormous, garish, 90's-era Vegas casino-style ballroom, after lying that the new addition wouldn't interfere with the current building. A newly-formed company owned by the former Republican election director of St. Louis has purchased Dominion Voting, the nation's second largest voting machine vendor and the target of false 2020 election denier conspiracy theories. Very little information is available about who funded the surprise purchase, but the CEO also owns the nation's largest electronic pollbook vendor. What could go wrong? Election security expert SUSAN GREENHALGH delves into the many serious concerns over the purchase of Dominion by a self-declared partisan, the new company's plans for the 2026 election, the lack of oversight and transparency, our badly broken and opaque election system industry, and much more.

On today's 'BradCast':  Donald Trump desperately wants to be a strongman, but reveals he is incredibly weak with each passing day. Trump's approval numbers are crashing, even in states he won in the 2024 election. China played Trump in trade deal negotiations, while nuclear weapons experts debunked his lie-filled claims about resuming nuclear weapons testing. State Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D-MI) called out the lies of the Trump Administration and Republicans and their use of 'food as a political weapon' in refusing to fund federal food assistance for millions of low-income Americans. Next Tuesday, voters will decide important contests and ballot issues in New York City, New Jersey, Virginia and California, while Republicans hope to enact new voting restrictions in Maine and Texas, and take the majority on the critical Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'

On today's 'BradCast':  Hurricane Melissa continues its record-shattering path of destruction across the Caribbean. Donald Trump fired everyone on the federal commission that would have reviewed plans for his $350 million ballroom and other proposed projects. In New York City, Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has proposed a popular 'affordability' agenda, funded in part by a small surcharge on millionaires. In California, a new proposal aiming for the 2026 ballot focuses on a one-time tax on the wealth of the state's billionaires, to fund the state's Medicaid program after Trump and Congressional Republicans gutted the federal program with a massive, trillion-dollar cut to pay for tax cuts for the richest Americans. The American Prospect's HAROLD MEYERSON discusses the California wealth tax, counters the many criticisms against such efforts, and much more.

On today's 'BradCast':  Record-shattering Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a catastrophic, slow moving Category 5 storm. Israel resumed its attacks on Gaza, claiming Hamas violated the recent peace agreement. So-called 'Peace President' Donald Trump continued his unlawful killing spree in international waters, murdering another 14 alleged 'narco-terrorists' in the Pacific, while deploying warships to Venezuela. Twenty-three Democratic states sued the Trump USDA to restore food assistance to 42 million low-income Americans via the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). California announced it will dispatch its own election monitors to watch the corrupted Justice Department's election monitors during next week's critical election. The Gerrymandering Wars expand with new Republican-controlled states moving to steal U.S. House seats from minority voters as Democratic states move to counter them. Plus our new 'Green News Report.'

On today's 'BradCast':  Hurricane Melissa is a deadly Category 5 storm bearing down on Jamaica in what forecasters call 'a worst-case scenario,' fueled in part by climate change.  The Trump Administration will halt funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for some 40 million low-income Americans on Nov. 1, using the ongoing government shutdown as an excuse even though SNAP has a dedicated contingency fund to be used in such circumstances. The Trump Justice Department will send federal monitors to next week's state elections in California and New Jersey, which California Gov. Gavin Newsom warns may be a trial run for interfering in the 2026 midterm elections. The Trump Administration has revised the U.S. citizenship test to make it much more difficult. We play 'Who Wants to be a U.S. Citizen?' with callers to see if they can pass the new, more difficult test.

Encore: original airdate 10-14-2025. On today's 'BradCast':  Republican-controlled North Carolina is obeying Donald Trump's orders to rig the 2026 midterm election by launching an unprecedented mid-decade redistricting effort to further gerrymander their already heavily gerrymandered state, to flip 'blue' US House seats to 'red'. But in Missouri, voters and pro-democracy groups are fighting back against the GOP state legislature's anti-democratic gerrymandering effort. Director RICHARD VON GLAHN of People Not Politicians explains their campaign underway to enact a ballot referendum to stop the gerrymander from moving forward in 2026, expose the specious effort by top state GOP officials to stymie their efforts, and much more. The fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire shows signs of fraying. The Fairbanks, AK mayoral election is another instance of a huge shift in the electorate toward Democrats. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'

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/weather science agency's Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters Database, after it was shut down by the climate science deniers of the Trump Administration, and brought 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.'

On today's 'BradCast': Donald Trump is unlawfully demolishing the entire East Wing of the White House to make room for his enormous, garish, 90's-era Vegas casino-style ballroom, after lying that the new addition wouldn't interfere with the current building. A newly-formed company owned by the former Republican election director of St. Louis has purchased Dominion Voting, the nation's second largest voting machine vendor and the target of false 2020 election denier conspiracy theories. Very little information is available about who funded the surprise purchase, but the CEO also owns the nation's largest electronic pollbook vendor. What could go wrong? Election security expert SUSAN GREENHALGH delves into the concerns over the purchase of Dominion by a self-declared partisan, the new company's plans for the 2026 election, the lack of oversight and transparency, our badly broken and opaque election system industry, and much more.

On today's 'BradCast':  Felon Donald Trump's ongoing crime spree, violating civil and criminal law, is unprecedented in US history. The corrupted Republican-controlled Congress and the stolen and packed rightwing U.S. Supreme Court supermajority are ensuring he is not held accountable for his lawlessness. A January 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was arrested this week for threatening to assassinate Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Trump granted clemency to disgraced conman, former GOP Rep. George Santos. Trump's administration created an interagency group to weaponize the entire federal government against his political enemies. Trump demanded the Justice Department pay him $230 million in taxpayer money as restitution for investigating his wrongdoing. North Carolina Republican state legislature is poised to further gerrymander the already-heavily gerrymandered state. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'